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Vaan Varuvaan

From Kaatru Veliyidai · 2017

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singer
Shashaa Tirupati
Music director
A. R. Rahman
Movie name
Kaatru Veliyidai
Movie release year
2017
Lyrics added on
15 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation
Vaan varuvaan varuvaan varuvaan
Vaan varuvaan varuvaan varuvaan
Vaan…varuvaan vaan…varuvaan
Vaan…varuvaan vaan…varuvaan
Vaan varuvaan thoduvaan
Mazhai pol vizhuvaan
Marmam arivaan
Ennul olivaan
Arugae nimirvaan
Tholaivil panivaan
Garvam kondal
Kallai uraivaan
Kallai uraivaan
Uraivaan…..
Kaadhal vandhaal
Kaniyaai negizhvaan
Kaadhal vandhaal
Kaniyaai negizhvaan
En kalla kaamuganae
Avandhaan varuvaan
Vaan varuvaan thoduvaan
Mazhai pol vizhuvaan
Marmam arivaan
Ennul olivaan
Arugae nimirvaan
Tholaivil panivaan
Garvam kondal
Kallai uraivaan
Kallai uraivaan
Uraivaan…..
Tha tara tha tara tha tara-hoiii
Tha tara ..ohoo..tha tara tha tara
Tha tara tha tara tha tara-hoiii
Tha tara ..ohoo..tha tara tha tara
Ennodu irundhaal
Evalo ninaivaan
Avanodu irundhaal
Ennaiyae ninaivaan
Ennai thuravaan
En per maravaan
Ennai marandhal
Than uyir viduvaan
Kan kavizhndhaal
Veli pol virivaan
Kan thirandhaal
Kanaththil karaivaan
Vaan varuvaan thoduvaan
Mazhai pol vizhuvaan
Marmam arivaan
Ennul olivaan
Arugae nimirvaan
Tholaivil panivaan
Garvam kondal
Kallai uraivaan
Kallai uraivaan
Uraivaan…..
{Kaadhal vandhaal
Kaniyaai negizhvaan
Kaadhal vandhaal
Kaniyaai negizhvaan} (2)
The sky will come, he will come, he will come
The sky will come, he will come, he will come
The sky... he will come, the sky... he will come
The sky... he will come, the sky... he will come
He will come like the sky, he will touch me
He will fall over me like rain
He knows my secrets
He will hide inside me
When he is close, he stands tall with pride
When far away, he bows down gently
If his pride takes over
He will freeze like stone
He will freeze like stone
He will freeze...
When love takes over
He will soften like ripe fruit
When love takes over
He will soften like ripe fruit
My sly, passionate lover,
It is he who will come
He will come like the sky, he will touch me
He will fall over me like rain
He knows my secrets
He will hide inside me
When he is close, he stands tall with pride
When far away, he bows down gently
If his pride takes over
He will freeze like stone
He will freeze like stone
He will freeze...
Dhaa dharaa dhaa dharaa dhaa dharaa-hoy
Dhaa dharaa.. oho.. dhaa dharaa dhaa dharaa
Dhaa dharaa dhaa dharaa dhaa dharaa-hoy
Dhaa dharaa.. oho.. dhaa dharaa dhaa dharaa
When he is with me,
He thinks of someone else
When he is by himself,
He thinks only of me
He will never leave me
He will never forget my name
If he ever forgets me,
He would give up his life
If I lower my eyes,
He surrounds me like a protective fence
If I open my eyes,
In an instant, he dissolves away
He will come like the sky, he will touch me
He will fall over me like rain
He knows my secrets
He will hide inside me
When he is close, he stands tall with pride
When far away, he bows down gently
If his pride takes over
He will freeze like stone
He will freeze like stone
He will freeze...
{When love takes over
He will soften like ripe fruit
When love takes over
He will soften like ripe fruit} (2)
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Vaan Varuvaan' from Kaatru Veliyidai is an evocative song depicting a woman's passionate and nuanced understanding of her lover. She metaphors him as the sky and rain—majestic, volatile, yet tenderly intimate. The lyrics highlight his complex emotional dualities: his ego and stone-like pride versus his complete vulnerability and surrender when filled with love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagamm)

Vaan varuvaan thoduvaan

Compares the lover directly to the vast sky ('Vaan').

Simile (Upamai)

Mazhai pol vizhuvaan

Compares his gentle fall/arrival to falling rain.

Contrast (Muran)

Arugae nimirvaan / Tholaivil panivaan

Contrasts standing tall when close with bowing down when far.

Metaphor / Imagery

Garvam kondal / Kallai uraivaan

Describes his hardening personality under pride as freezing into stone.

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Trivia

Composed by A.R. Rahman with lyrics by Vairamuthu, 'Vaan Varuvaan' earned singer Shashaa Tirupati the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.

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