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Lyrics & meaning

Un Vellandhiyu Azhagu Dhaan

From Irumban · 2022

Lyricist
Savee
Singers
G. V. Prakash Kumar, Saindhavi Prakash
Music director
Srikanth Deva
Details
Irumban2022

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Humming ……..[Humming]
Male
Un vellandhiyu azhagu dhaanYour innocence itself is beautiful
Kallandhiyu azhagu dhaanEven your cunningness is beautiful
Theththuppallu azhagu dhaanYour snaggletooth is beautiful
Vekka paarva azhagu dhaanYour shy glance is beautiful
Nenjukkulla vandhu ninnaThe one who came and stood inside my heart
En kanmani dhaanIs my darling apple of my eye
Male
Un vellandhiyu azhagu dhaanYour innocence itself is beautiful
Kallandhiyu azhagu dhaanEven your cunningness is beautiful
Theththuppallu azhagu dhaanYour snaggletooth is beautiful
Vekka paarva azhagu dhaan…Your shy glance is beautiful...
Nenjukkulla vandhu ninnaThe one who came and stood inside my heart
En kanmani dhaanIs my darling apple of my eye
Female
Un ora paarva paathuLooking at your side glance
En manasa naanu tholachenI lost my heart
Un kurumbu pechu kullaWithin your playful words
En kaadhal kandu pidichenI discovered my love
Female
Humming …….[Humming]
Female
Kanava vandha nesamaDid you come as a dream or reality?
Enakkul neeyum molachaYou sprouted inside me
Male :Hey nesandhaan idhu nesandhaanMale: Hey, it is reality, this is true affection
En manasil unna somappenI will carry you in my heart
Female
Unakkaga vazhgindra vazhvingu podhumThis life lived for you is enough
Unnalae pudhusorgam naan kaana vendumBecause of you, I want to see a new heaven
Male :Kaanaadha per inbam naam kaana vendumMale: We must experience an unseen great bliss
Aagaya megangal naam aaga vendum…We must become the clouds in the sky...
Female
Uyirae en uyirae en uravaagavaeOh my life, my life, become my soulmate
Vaanum immannum ini naamaagavaeLet the sky and this earth become us hereafter
Male :Azhagae en azhagae nee kadal polavaeMale: My beauty, my beauty, you are like the sea
Alaiyaai vandhu thoduven siru karaiyaagavaeI will come as a wave and touch you like a small shore
Male
Sugama idhu valiyaIs this pleasure or pain?
Indha kaadhal perundhavippaThis great longing of love
Female :Sugandhaan idhu sugandhaanFemale: It is pleasure, indeed it is pleasure
Un uyiril vandhu kalandhenI came and merged into your life
Male
Kilaimevum kodiyaagi un meedhu padarvenBecoming a creeper on a branch, I will spread over you
Ilaithedum oliyaagi naan unnai thodarvenBecoming the light seeking a leaf, I will follow you
Female :Theeraadha vaazhvingu naam vaazha vendumFemale: We must live an eternal life here
Neengaamal kaalathai naam aazha vendum…Without separating, we must rule over time...
Male
Theeyae en theeyae enai neeraakkavaOh my fire, my fire, turn me into water
Theedhum nandrum ini nee aagavaeLet all good and bad become you from now on
Female :Siragae vensiragae nee piriyaadhiruFemale: Oh wing, white wing, do not part away
Pirindhaal uyir thurappen idhu nijamaanadhaeIf you part, I will give up my life, this is the truth
Male
Un vellandhiyu azhagu dhaanYour innocence itself is beautiful
Kallandhiyu azhagu dhaanEven your cunningness is beautiful
Theththuppallu azhagu dhaanYour snaggletooth is beautiful
Vekka paarva azhagu dhaanYour shy glance is beautiful
Nenjukkulla vandhu ninnaThe one who came and stood inside my heart
En kanmani dhaan…Is my darling apple of my eye...
Female
Un ora paarva paathuLooking at your side glance
En manasa naanu tholachenI lost my heart
Un kurumbu pechu kullaWithin your playful words
En kaadhal kandu pidichenI discovered my love
Female
Uyirae en uyirae en uravaagavaeOh my life, my life, become my soulmate
Male :Alaiyaai vandhu thoduvenMale: I will come as a wave and touch you
Siru karaiyaagavae….Becoming a small shore....

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Un Vellandhiyu Azhagu Dhaan' from the movie Irumban is a soulful and romantic duet expressing deep emotional affection between two lovers. The lyrics adore every small detail of the beloved—from her innocence, playful nature, and snaggletooth to her shy glances. It captures the joy, longing, and surrender involved in true love, portraying how the lovers' lives merge seamlessly into one another like sea and shore or fire and water.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Anaphora / Emoni (Monai)

Un vellandhiyu azhagu dhaan / Kallandhiyu azhagu dhaan / Theththuppallu azhagu dhaan

Repetition of 'azhagu dhaan' at the end of consecutive lines emphasizing the beauty of the beloved in all her states.

Simile (Upamai)

Azhagae en azhagae nee kadal polavae / Alaiyaai vandhu thoduven siru karaiyaagavae

Comparing the beloved to the sea ('nee kadal polavae') and the lover's touch to waves hitting the shore.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Kilaimevum kodiyaagi un meedhu padarven / Ilaithedum oliyaagi naan unnai thodarven

Describing the emotional connection using elemental metaphors like creeper on a branch and light seeking a leaf.

Oxymoron / Contrast

Theeyae en theeyae enai neeraakkava

Contrasting opposing forces of nature like fire and water ('Theeyae' and 'neeraakkava') to show complete transformation through love.

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Trivia

The song features vocals by the real-life musical couple G. V. Prakash Kumar and Saindhavi, composed by Srikanth Deva for the movie Irumban (2022). Their real-life chemistry adds an authentic sweetness and depth to this melodic romantic track.

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