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Lyrics & meaning

Vaanin Kadhal Devathai

From Kasthuri Maan · 2005

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singers
Tippu, Mathangi
Music director
Ilayaraja
Details
Kasthuri Maan2005

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Vaanin kaadhal dhevadhaiIs the sky's angel of love
Unnai vattam podudhaaCircling around you?
Undhan nenjin thaamaraiDoes a crowd gather around
Sutri koottam podudhaaThe lotus of your heart?
Kaadhal ippadi thaanLove is like this,
Ippadi thaan etti paarkkumIt peeps in just like this.
Konjam vittu vaithaalIf you leave it unattended for a moment,
Uyir varaikkum thindru theerkkumIt will devour you right up to your soul.
Female
Vaanin kaadhal dhaevadhaiSky's angel of love...
Aehae… hae hae…Aehae… hae hae…
Female
Minnal theriyum giragam yaavumDo all the lightning-lit planets
Unakkul therigiradhaaAppear within you?
Paruvai pilakkum aaivu unadhuIs an intense soul-searching study
Uyiril nadakkiradhaaHappening inside your spirit?
Male
Violin isaiyum kuzhalin isaiyumDoes the sound of your bangles
Valaiyal tharugiradhaaSound like violins and flutes?
Kulikkum pozhudhu vaasithu kondaeDo you like playing music and singing
Paada pidikkiradhaaEven while taking a bath?
Male
Indha inbam indha thunbamBoth this joy and this pain
Kaadhal solla thaanAre just meant to express love!
Chorus
Vaanin kaadhal dhevadhaiIs the sky's angel of love
Unnai vattam podudhaaCircling around you?
Undhan nenjin thaamaraiDoes a crowd gather around
Sutri koottam podudhaaThe lotus of your heart?
Female
Vaanin kaadhal dhevadhaiSky's angel of love...
Aehae… hae…Aehae… hae…
Male
Solla ninaikkum kaadhal poovaaiThe love you wish to express
Malarndhu sirikkiradhuBlossoms and smiles like a flower.
Solla marandha kaadhal kallaaiThe love you forgot to express
Uraindhu vidugiradhuFreezes into a cold stone.
Female
Nilavin amudham malli kinnamThe nectar of the moon overflows
Niraindhu vazhigiradhuFrom a cup of jasmine flowers.
Paravai pesum kaadhal mozhiyilThe day dawns in the love language
Pozhudhu pulargiradhuSpoken by the birds.
Male
Engum edhilum ketkum osaiThe sound heard everywhere and in everything
Kaadhal kaadhal thaanIs indeed love itself!
Female
Kaadhal ippadi thaanLove is like this,
Ippadi thaan etti paarkkumIt peeps in just like this.
Male
Konjam vittu vaithaalIf you leave it unattended for a moment,
Uyir varaikkum thindru theerkkumIt will devour you right up to your soul.
Female
Vaanin kaadhal dhevadhaiSky's angel of love...
Aehae… hae hae…Aehae… hae hae…

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

'Vaanin Kaadhal Dhevadhai' is a whimsical and romantic track that captures the overwhelming emotion of falling in love. The lyrics describe how love invades every aspect of a person's life, turning mundane moments—like taking a bath or hearing bangles jingle—into musical and astronomical wonder. It poetically contrasts expressed love, which blooms like a smiling flower, with unexpressed feelings that freeze into stone. Ultimately, the song portrays love as an all-encompassing force that consumes the soul and fills nature with joy.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Undhan nenjin thaamarai

Compares the lover's heart to a lotus bloom ('nenjin thaamarai').

Personification

Solla ninaikkum kaadhal poovaai / Malarndhu sirikkiradhu

Describes love as a blooming flower that smiles ('Malarndhu sirikkiradhu').

Contrast / Antithesis

Solla ninaikkum kaadhal poovaai vs Solla marandha kaadhal kallaai

Contrasts love expressed as a soft flower with love unexpressed turning into cold stone.

Monai (Initial Rhyme/Assonance)

Indha inbam indha thunbam

Repetition of the vowel sound 'I' at the beginning of adjacent words ('Indha inbam indha thunbam').

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Trivia

'Kasthuri Maan' (2005) was directed by renowned filmmaker A. K. Lohithadas, serving as a remake of his own 2003 hit Malayalam film of the same title. The musical score was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics crafted by Pazhani Bharathi.

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