Pirivondrai Santhithen
From Piriyadha Varam Vendum · 2001
- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Hariharan
- Music director
- S. A. Rajkumar
- Details
- Piriyadha Varam Vendum2001
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Pirivondrai santhithen muthal muthal netru | I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday. |
| Nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru | The air returns without even touching my lungs. |
| Nee endra thooram varai neelaatho enthan kudai | Won't my umbrella extend up to the distance where you are? |
| Naan endra neram varai thooraatho unthan mazhai | Won't your rain drizzle until the time I exist? |
| Ododi vaaraaiyo anbae anbae anbae anbae | Won't you come running, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved? |
| Anbae anbae anbae anbae | My beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved. |
| Male | |
| Pirivondrai santhithen muthal muthal netru | I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday. |
| Nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru | The air returns without even touching my lungs. |
| Female | |
| Hey …hey …hey..heyhey…hey…hey | Hey... hey... hey... hey hey... hey... hey |
| Hey…hey…hey…heyhey…hey …hey | Hey... hey... hey... hey hey... hey... hey |
| Male | |
| Oru vari nee oru vari naan | You are one line, and I am another line. |
| Thirukuralai unnai sonnen | I described you as a Thirukkural couplet. |
| Thani thaniyae pirithuvaithaal | If separated into distinct parts, |
| Porul tharumo kavithai ingae | Would poetry give any meaning here? |
| Male | |
| Un kaigal endrae naan thudaikindra kaikuttai | The handkerchief I use to wipe feels like your hands. |
| Nee thotta adaiyaalam alikaathu en sattai | My shirt does not erase the mark where you touched. |
| Ennai naanae thedi ponen | I went searching for myself. |
| Pirivil naanae neeyai aanen | In separation, I became you. |
| Male | |
| Pirivondrai santhithen muthal muthal netru | I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday. |
| nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru | The air returns without even touching my lungs. |
| Chorus | |
| …………… | ... |
| Male | |
| Keezh imai naan mel imai nee | I am the lower eyelid, you are the upper eyelid. |
| Pirinthathillai kannae kannae | We were never separated, my darling, my darling. |
| Mel imai nee pirinthathanaal | Because you, the upper eyelid, moved away, |
| Purinthu konden kaadhal endrae | I understood that this is love. |
| Male | |
| Naam piranthanaalil thaan | Only on the day we were separated, |
| Nammai naan unarnthenae | Did I truly realize ourselves. |
| Naam piranthanaalil thaan | Only on the day we were separated, |
| Nam kaadhal thiranthenae | Did our love unfold. |
| Ullam engum neeyae neeyae | You are everywhere in my heart, only you. |
| Uyirin thaagam kaadhal thaanae | Love is indeed the soul's thirst. |
| Male | |
| Pirivondrai santhithen muthal muthal netru | I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday. |
| Nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru | The air returns without even touching my lungs. |
| Nee endra thooram varai neelaatho enthan kudai | Won't my umbrella extend up to the distance where you are? |
| Naan endra neram varai thooraatho unthan mazhai | Won't your rain drizzle until the time I exist? |
| Ododi vaaraaiyo anbae anbae anbae anbae | Won't you come running, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved? |
| Anbae anbae anbae anbae….. | My beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved... |
| Chorus | |
| hmmmmmm..mmmmm.mmmmmm | Hmmmmmm... mmmmm... mmmmmm |
பிரிவொன்றை
சந்தித்தேன் முதல் முதல்
நேற்று நுரை ஈரல்
தீண்டாமல் திரும்புது
காற்று நீ என்ற தூரம்
வரை நீளாதோ எந்தன்
குடை நான் என்ற நேரம்
வரை தூராதோ உந்தன்
மழை ஓடோடி வாராயோ
அன்பே அன்பே அன்பே
அன்பே அன்பே அன்பே
அன்பே அன்பே
I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday.
The air returns without even touching my lungs.
Won't my umbrella extend up to the distance where you are?
Won't your rain drizzle until the time I exist?
Won't you come running, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved?
My beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved.
பிரிவொன்றை
சந்தித்தேன் முதல் முதல்
நேற்று நுரை ஈரல்
தீண்டாமல் திரும்புது
காற்று
I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday.
The air returns without even touching my lungs.
ஹே ஹே
ஹே ஹேஹே ஹே
ஹே ஹே ஹே ஹே
ஹேஹே ஹே ஹே
Hey... hey... hey... hey hey... hey... hey
Hey... hey... hey... hey hey... hey... hey
ஒரு வரி நீ ஒரு
வரி நான் திருக்குறளாய்
உன்னை சொன்னேன்
தனி தனியே பிரித்து
வைத்தால் பொருள்
தருமோ கவிதை இங்கே
You are one line, and I am another line.
I described you as a Thirukkural couplet.
If separated into distinct parts,
Would poetry give any meaning here?
உன் கைகள்
என்றே நான் துடைக்கின்ற
கை குட்டை நீ தொட்ட
அடையாளம் அழிக்காது
என் சட்டை என்னை நானே
தேடி போனேன் பிரிவில்
நானே நீயாய் ஆனேன்
The handkerchief I use to wipe feels like your hands.
My shirt does not erase the mark where you touched.
I went searching for myself.
In separation, I became you.
பிரிவொன்றை
சந்தித்தேன் முதல் முதல்
நேற்று நுரை ஈரல்
தீண்டாமல் திரும்புது
காற்று
I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday.
The air returns without even touching my lungs.
............................
...
கீழ் இமை
நான் மேல் இமை நீ
பிரிந்ததில்லை கண்ணே
கண்ணே மேல் இமை நீ
பிரிந்ததனால் புரிந்து
கொண்டேன் காதல்
என்றே
I am the lower eyelid, you are the upper eyelid.
We were never separated, my darling, my darling.
Because you, the upper eyelid, moved away,
I understood that this is love.
நாம் பிறந்த
நாளில் தான் நம்மை
நான் உணர்ந்தேனே
நாம் பிறந்த நாளில்
தான் நம் காதல்
திறந்தேனே உள்ளம்
எங்கும் நீயே நீயே
உயிரின் தாகம் காதல்
தானே
Only on the day we were separated,
Did I truly realize ourselves.
Only on the day we were separated,
Did our love unfold.
You are everywhere in my heart, only you.
Love is indeed the soul's thirst.
பிரிவொன்றை
சந்தித்தேன் முதல் முதல்
நேற்று நுரை ஈரல்
தீண்டாமல் திரும்புது
காற்று நீ என்ற தூரம்
வரை நீளாதோ எந்தன்
குடை நான் என்ற நேரம்
வரை தூராதோ உந்தன்
மழை ஓடோடி வாராயோ
அன்பே அன்பே அன்பே
அன்பே அன்பே அன்பே
அன்பே அன்பே
I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday.
The air returns without even touching my lungs.
Won't my umbrella extend up to the distance where you are?
Won't your rain drizzle until the time I exist?
Won't you come running, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved?
My beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved...
ஹ்ம்ம்
ம்ம்ம்ம் ம்ம்ம்ம்
Hmmmmmm... mmmmm... mmmmmm
Pirivondrai santhithen muthal muthal netru
I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday.
Nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru
The air returns without even touching my lungs.
Nee endra thooram varai neelaatho enthan kudai
Won't my umbrella extend up to the distance where you are?
Naan endra neram varai thooraatho unthan mazhai
Won't your rain drizzle until the time I exist?
Ododi vaaraaiyo anbae anbae anbae anbae
Won't you come running, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved?
Anbae anbae anbae anbae
My beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved.
Pirivondrai santhithen muthal muthal netru
I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday.
Nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru
The air returns without even touching my lungs.
Hey …hey …hey..heyhey…hey…hey
Hey... hey... hey... hey hey... hey... hey
Hey…hey…hey…heyhey…hey …hey
Hey... hey... hey... hey hey... hey... hey
Oru vari nee oru vari naan
You are one line, and I am another line.
Thirukuralai unnai sonnen
I described you as a Thirukkural couplet.
Thani thaniyae pirithuvaithaal
If separated into distinct parts,
Porul tharumo kavithai ingae
Would poetry give any meaning here?
Un kaigal endrae naan thudaikindra kaikuttai
The handkerchief I use to wipe feels like your hands.
Nee thotta adaiyaalam alikaathu en sattai
My shirt does not erase the mark where you touched.
Ennai naanae thedi ponen
I went searching for myself.
Pirivil naanae neeyai aanen
In separation, I became you.
Pirivondrai santhithen muthal muthal netru
I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday.
nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru
The air returns without even touching my lungs.
……………
...
Keezh imai naan mel imai nee
I am the lower eyelid, you are the upper eyelid.
Pirinthathillai kannae kannae
We were never separated, my darling, my darling.
Mel imai nee pirinthathanaal
Because you, the upper eyelid, moved away,
Purinthu konden kaadhal endrae
I understood that this is love.
Naam piranthanaalil thaan
Only on the day we were separated,
Nammai naan unarnthenae
Did I truly realize ourselves.
Naam piranthanaalil thaan
Only on the day we were separated,
Nam kaadhal thiranthenae
Did our love unfold.
Ullam engum neeyae neeyae
You are everywhere in my heart, only you.
Uyirin thaagam kaadhal thaanae
Love is indeed the soul's thirst.
Pirivondrai santhithen muthal muthal netru
I met with a separation for the very first time yesterday.
Nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru
The air returns without even touching my lungs.
Nee endra thooram varai neelaatho enthan kudai
Won't my umbrella extend up to the distance where you are?
Naan endra neram varai thooraatho unthan mazhai
Won't your rain drizzle until the time I exist?
Ododi vaaraaiyo anbae anbae anbae anbae
Won't you come running, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved?
Anbae anbae anbae anbae…..
My beloved, my beloved, my beloved, my beloved...
hmmmmmm..mmmmm.mmmmmm
Hmmmmmm... mmmmm... mmmmmm
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Pirivondrai Santhithen from Piriyadha Varam Vendum captures the profound sorrow and sudden enlightenment brought upon by a lover's first experience of separation. The protagonist expresses an overwhelming sensation of breathlessness, metaphorically describing how even the air turns back before reaching the lungs without the beloved's presence. Through rich poetic imagery—such as comparing their bond to the two lines of a Thirukkural or upper and lower eyelids—the lyrics convey how separation paradoxically forces them to realize the depth of their devotion, blurring the boundary between 'self' and 'other'. Ultimately, the song serves as a poignant longing for reunion, characterizing love as the eternal thirst of the soul that can only be quenched when the lovers reunite.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)
“Nuraieeral theendaamal thirumbuthu kaatru”
Exaggerates the agonizing pain of heartbreak by describing air turning away before touching the lungs.
Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagam)
“Oru vari nee oru vari naan Thirukuralai unnai sonnen”
Compares the two lovers to two lines of a Thirukkural, which lose their complete meaning when split apart.
Analogy / Metaphor
“Keezh imai naan mel imai nee”
Compares the lovers to the top and bottom eyelids, which operate together and cause pain/realization when separated.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Nee endra thooram varai neelaatho enthan kudai / Naan endra neram varai thooraatho unthan mazhai”
Repetition of the initial 'N' sound across consecutive lines creates rhythmic flow.
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Trivia
Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001) is the Tamil remake of the hit 1999 Malayalam film Niram. The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, with lyrics penned by Vairamuthu. This particular track, sung by Hariharan and K. S. Chithra, stands out for its high-concept literary imagery such as the Thirukkural metaphor.
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