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Lyrics & meaning

Yaaro Manathile

From Dhaam Dhoom · 2008

Lyricist
Pa. Vijay
Singers
Bombay Jayashree, Krish
Music director
Harris Jayaraj
Movie name
Dhaam Dhoom
Movie release year
2008
Lyrics added on
27 Dec 2016

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Valiyae en uyir valiyae
Nee ulavugiraai en vizhi vazhiyae
Saghiyae en ilam saghiyae
Un ninaivugalal nee thurathuriyae
Madhiyae en muzhu madhiyae
Pen pagal iravai nee paduthuriyae
Nadhiyae en ilam nadhiyae
Un alaigalinaal nee urasiriyae
Yaaro manadhilae yeno kanavilae
Neeya uyirilae theeya theriyilae
Kaatru vandhu moongil ennai paada cholgindratho
Moongilukul vaarthai illai oomai aagindratho
Valiyae en uyir valiyae
Nee ulavugiraai en vizhi vazhiyae
Saghiyae en ilam saghiyae
Un ninaivugalal nee thurathuriyae
Madhiyae en muzhu madhiyae
Pen pagal iravai nee paduthuriyae
Nadhiyae en ilam nadhiyae
Un alaigalinaal nee urasiriyae
Manam manam engilum
Aedho ganam ganam aanathae
Thinam thinam nyabagam vandhu
Ranam ranam thandhathae
Alaigalin oosaiyil kizhinchalai vaazhgiren
Neeya
Male :Muzhumaiyai
Female :Naano
Male :Verumaiyai
Female :Naamo ini servomaa
Yaaro manathilae yeno kanavilae
Neeya uyirilae theeya theriyalae
Miga miga koormaiyai ennai
Rasithadhu un kangalthaan
Miruthuvai pesiyae ennul
Vasithathu un vaarthai thaan
Kangalai kaanavae imaigalai marupadha
Venneer vennilaa
Kanneer kannilaa
Naanum verum kaanala
Yaaro… (yaaro).. manathilae
Yeno…(yeno).. kanavilae
Ohh neeya…(ohh neeya)..
Uyirilae
Theeya …(theeya)..theriyilae
Kaatru vandhu moongil ennai paada cholgindratho
Moongilukul vaarthai illai oomai aagindratho
Valiyae en uyir valiyae
Nee ulavugiraai en vizhi vazhiyae
Saghiyae en ilam saghiyae
Un ninaivugalal nee thurathuriyae
Madhiyae en muzhu madhiyae
Pen pagal iravai nee paduthuriyae
Nadhiyae en ilam nadhiyae
Un alaigalinaal nee urasiriyae
Pain, oh the pain of my soul,
you wander right before my eyes.
My darling, my young companion,
you chase me down with your memories.
Moon, oh my full moon,
you trouble this girl's days and nights.
River, oh my gentle river,
you brush against me with your waves.
Someone in my heart, why are you in my dreams?
Is it you in my soul? A fire? I cannot tell.
Does the breeze come and tell me, a bamboo, to sing?
There are no words inside the bamboo; has it turned mute?
Pain, oh the pain of my soul,
you wander right before my eyes.
My darling, my young companion,
you chase me down with your memories.
Moon, oh my full moon,
you trouble this girl's days and nights.
River, oh my gentle river,
you brush against me with your waves.
Every corner of my heart
has grown so very heavy.
Day after day, memories arrive
and leave painful wounds.
I live like a seashell in the roar of the waves.
Are you...
Male: ...wholeness,
Female: while I am...
Male: ...emptiness?
Female: Will we ever be together again?
Someone in my heart, why are you in my dreams?
Is it you in my soul? A fire? I cannot tell.
With such piercing sharpness,
it was your eyes that admired me.
Speaking with such tenderness,
it was your words that lived inside me.
Can the eyelids refuse to let the eyes see?
A burning white moon,
or tears in my eyes?
Am I just a mirage?
Someone... (someone)... in my heart,
why... (why)... in my dreams?
Oh, is it you... (oh, is it you)...
in my soul?
A fire... (a fire)... I cannot tell.
Does the breeze come and tell me, a bamboo, to sing?
There are no words inside the bamboo; has it turned mute?
Pain, oh the pain of my soul,
you wander right before my eyes.
My darling, my young companion,
you chase me down with your memories.
Moon, oh my full moon,
you trouble this girl's days and nights.
River, oh my gentle river,
you brush against me with your waves.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song portrays the deep emotional torment, longing, and bittersweet grief experienced by a lover in separation. The lyrics continuously alternate between viewing the beloved as a soothing force (like a full moon or a river) and an unbearable source of pain and burning passion (like fire and deep wounds). The speaker feels emotionally hollowed out, comparing themselves to a mute bamboo reed that cannot sing even when the wind blows through it.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Kaatru vandhu moongil ennai paada cholgindratho / Moongilukul vaarthai illai oomai aagindratho

Compares the speaker's helpless, empty state to a hollow bamboo flute that is unable to produce words or song despite the wind passing through it.

Repetition / Rhyme (Iyaibu & Sorkkal Thirumbudhal)

Manam manam engilum / Aedho ganam ganam aanathae

Uses rhythmic repetition of words (manam manam, ganam ganam, thinam thinam, ranam ranam) to emphasize the relentless impact of painful memories.

Juxtaposition / Paradox

Neeya uyirilae theeya theriyilae

Presents a contradiction between the comfort of love and the pain it inflicts, questioning whether the beloved's presence in the soul is soothing life or burning fire.

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