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Lyrics & meaning

Pudhu Kadhai

From Album Songs 2023 · 2023

Lyricist
Yohaan Manu
Singer
Yohaan Manu
Music director
Yohaan Manu
Details
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Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Nee oru pudhu kadhaiYou are a new story
En kanneer kalaivathaiAs my tears fade away
Unargiren…I feel it...
Male
Mounam pesathadhaiWhat silence failed to speak
Un kangal pesiyadhaeYour eyes spoke
RasikkirenI cherish it
Male
Naan pesum mozhiEven if the language I speak
Puriyamal poonaalumIs not understood
Nam kaadhal pesumThe love we share speaks
Andha bhasai purigirathaeAnd that language is understood
Male
Nee oru pudhu kadhaiYou are a new story
Nan thodarvathaiThat I am continuing
Un kannilaeIn your eyes
Naan kaangirenI see
Male
Oru pudhu kadhaiA new story
Nan thodarvathaiThat I am continuing
Un kannilaeIn your eyes
Naanum kandenI too saw it
Male
Nee oru pudhu kadhaiYou are a new story
Nan thodarvathaiThat I am continuing
Un kannilaeIn your eyes
Naan kaangirenI see
Male
Oru pudhu kadhaiA new story
Nan thodarvathaiThat I am continuing
Un kannilaeIn your eyes
Naanum kandenI too saw it
Male
Nee nadakaiyilAs you walk
Un paadhai aaginenI became your path
Un idhayathilIn your heart
Oru paadhi aaginenI became one half
Male
Thadumattram illaamalWithout any hesitation
Tholil saigirenI lean on your shoulder
Mutrupulli illaamalWithout a full stop
Kaadhal seigirenI keep loving you
Male
Un mugam paarthu pesaamalWithout looking at your face and speaking
Moolgi pogirenI drown deep within
Karai vandhu seraadhuWithout reaching the shore
Kadal aagirenI become the ocean itself
Male
Nee oru pudhu kadhai…You are a new story...
Male
Nee oru pudhu kadhaiYou are a new story
Nan thodarvathaiThat I am continuing
Un kannilaeIn your eyes
Naan kaangirenI see
Male
Oru pudhu kadhaiA new story
Nan thodarvathaiThat I am continuing
Un kannilaeIn your eyes
Naanum kandenI too saw it
Male
Nee oru pudhu kadhaiYou are a new story
Nan thodarvathaiThat I am continuing
Un kannilaeIn your eyes
Naan kaangirenI see
Male
Oru pudhu kadhaiA new story
Nan thodarvathaiThat I am continuing
Un kannilaeIn your eyes
Naanum kandenI too saw it

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

"Nee Oru Pudhu Kadhai" is an intimate romantic song about finding a fresh start in life through love. The protagonist reflects on how the presence of the beloved heals past sorrow and tears. The song emphasizes unspoken emotional depth, where silence and gaze communicate far more meaningfully than spoken words. The narrator feels completely merged with the partner's existence—willingly becoming the path they tread on and an endless ocean of love without any full stops or limitations. Looking into the partner's eyes feels like beginning a beautiful, continuing story together.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Nee oru pudhu kadhai

The beloved is directly equated to a 'new story' (pudhu kadhai), symbolizing a fresh chapter in the protagonist's life.

Visual Imagery

Un kangal pesiyadhae

Personifies the eyes as being capable of speaking what silence could not express.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Un paadhai aaginen

The speaker expresses selflessness and devotion by describing themselves as becoming the path for the lover to walk on.

Hyperbole & Metaphor

Karai vandhu seraadhu / Kadal aagiren

Compares endless love to an ocean that never touches a shore.

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Trivia

"Nee Oru Pudhu Kadhai" is an independent Tamil track created entirely by Yohaan Manu, who served as the lyricist, composer, and singer for the song.

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