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Lyrics & meaning

Tholaigiren Naan

From Konjam Pesinaal Yenna · 2022

Lyricist
Raajasheela Raajarajan
Singer
Vinaita Sivakumar
Music director
Deepan Chakravarthy
Details
Konjam Pesinaal Yenna2022

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Tholaigiren…I am getting lost...
Naan tholaigirenI am getting lost
Un ninaivinilIn your thoughts
Enai tholaikkiren naan…!I lose myself...!
Female
Meelgiren…!I am recovering...!
Naan neelgirenI am extending myself
Un munnaeIn front of you
Enai meetkiren naan…!I rescue myself...!
Female
Un ninaivellaamAll your thoughts
Enadhaaga…!To become mine...!
Un vinaiyellaamAll your actions
Naan kolla…!For me to take upon myself...!
Female
Paruvam uruvam illaa..Without age or physical form..
Aanai nesikkaiyil…When loving a man...
Kanaa nijam idho…!Here is the dream made real...!
En munnae vandhaStanding before me
En kaadhalae…!!My love...!!
Female
Pogum paadhai ellaamAlong all the paths you go
Nan undhan pinnae vandhen…I followed right behind you...
Nee seluthumFor that single glance
Otrai paarvaikkai naan…!You cast, I am here...!
Female
Kadandhu sellum unai naanAs you walk past me
Kaanum otrai nodikkaaiFor that single second of seeing you
Arai naalaai nadai koodathilIn the hallway for half a day
Thavam seigiren!!I perform penance!!
Female
Tholaigiren…I am getting lost...
Naan tholaigirenI am getting lost
Un ninaivinilIn your thoughts
Enai tholaikkiren naan…!I lose myself...!
Female
Hmmm..Hmmm..
Mejaiyil nam peyaraiOn the desk, our names
Serthae sedhukkka vaithaaiYou made me carve together
Veraarum paaramalWithout anyone else seeing
Enaiyae azhikka vaithaai…!You made me erase my own self...!
Female
Haa…Haa…
Paritchaiyil en badhilgalIn the exam, my answers
Paadhiyil marakka vaithaai…!You made me forget halfway...!
Mudhalmurai vidumuraigalFor the first time, vacations
Enai nee verukka vaithaai…!You made me hate them...!
Female
Aan uru endralaeWhenever a male form is mentioned
Un mugam varaiya vaithaai…!You made me draw your face...!
Un peyar kondaalaeIf anyone bears your name
Yaaraiyum pidikka vaithaai…!You made me like them...!
Female
Thaaiyodum siru pogialEven small fights with my mother
Elidhaakinaai…!You made easy to handle...!
Un vetri enadhaakinaai…!You made your victory my own...!
Aridhaana sparisangalRare gentle touches
Silirpaakinaai…!You turned into goosebumps...!
Azhagana pennakinaai…!You made me a beautiful woman...!
Female
Kavidhai thedudhae…Poetry searches...
Kalamaai nee vara…!For you to arrive as the pen...
Kanavum thedudhae…Dreams search as well...
kaadhalanaai nee vandhida…!For you to arrive as my lover...!
Female
Pogum paadhai ellaamAlong all the paths you go
Nan undhan pinnae vandhen…I followed right behind you...
Nee seluthumFor that single glance
Otrai paarvaikkaai naan…!You cast, I am here...!
Female
Kadandhu sellum unai naanAs you walk past me
Kaanum otrai nodikkaaiFor that single second of seeing you
Arai naalaai nadai koodathilIn the hallway for half a day
Thavam seigiren!!I perform penance!!
Female
Tholaigiren…I am getting lost...
Naan tholaigirenI am getting lost
Un ninaivinilIn your thoughts
Enai tholaikkiren naan…!I lose myself...!
Female
Meelgiren…!I am recovering...!
Naan meelgirenI am recovering

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song portrays the sweet, overwhelming experience of a young woman falling deeply in love. She describes the innocent chaos love brings into her life—from carving names on desks and losing focus during exams to waiting endlessly in corridors just to catch a fleeting glance of her beloved.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Anaphora / Eyaibu (End Rhyme)

sedhukkaa vaithaai... azhikka vaithaai... marakka vaithaai...

The repetitive ending with 'vaithaai' across multiple lines emphasizes how the lover's presence alters her habits and behavior.

Metaphor (Uruvagaim)

Arai naalaai nadai koodathil Thavam seigiren!!

Waiting in a hallway for a single glance is metaphorically compared to doing religious penance ('Thavam seigiren').

Antithesis / Paradox

Naan tholaigiren... Naan meelgiren

Juxtaposition of losing oneself ('Tholaigiren') and finding or rescuing oneself ('Meelgiren / Meetkiren') through love.

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Trivia

Composed by Deepan Chakravarthy with lyrics by Raajasheela Raajarajan and vocals by Vinaita Sivakumar, 'Konjam Pesinaal Yenna' captures nostalgic, youthful romance centered on sweet school and college memories.

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