Vanil Vidivelli
From Honest Raj · 1994
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Vaanil vidi velli | The morning star in the sky |
| Minnidum minnidum neram | It is the time when it sparkles and shines |
| Vaasalil maap pulli | At the entrance, with flour patterns |
| Veithidum veithidum neram | It is the time to place those dots |
| Female | |
| Adhi kaalai suba velai | At this auspicious early morning hour |
| Urangaathae kannaa | Do not sleep, my darling |
| Enai paarthu imai moodi | Looking at me, closing your eyes |
| Nadikkathae manna | Do not pretend, my king |
| Podhum…vaa en raajavae.. | Enough... come my king.. |
| Female | |
| Vaanil vidi velli | The morning star in the sky |
| Minnidum minnidum neram | It is the time when it sparkles and shines |
| Vaasalil maap pulli | At the entrance, with flour patterns |
| Veithidum veithidum neram | It is the time to place those dots |
| Male | |
| Engae aval | Where is she now? |
| Uyir thunai ponathae | My soulmate is gone |
| Ingae adhu | Here, that relationship |
| Palangathai aanathae.. | Has become an old story.. |
| Anbae unai | My love, towards you |
| Ivan manam theduthae | This heart searches endlessly |
| Undhan mugam | Your beloved face |
| Nizhal ena aaduthae | Dances like a shadow |
| Male | |
| Vaanil vidi velli | The morning star in the sky |
| Minnidum minnidum neram | It is the time when it sparkles and shines |
| Kanavaai kalainthaalae | As it dissolved like a dream |
| Kanmani kanmani thaaram | My precious darling star |
| Female | |
| Thaai enum oru deivamae | A divine mother figure |
| Alli eduthu eduthu valarkka | To scoop up and raise with tender love |
| Thozhanai oru pillaiyaai | Treating a friend like her own child |
| Aval iniya idhayam ninaikka | Her sweet heart fondly remembers |
| Oh oh.. | Oh oh.. |
| Female | |
| Yaavarum anbil urugiyae | Everyone melting in deep love |
| Pinni pinainthu inainthu kidakka | Entwined, bound, and united together |
| NaaL ellaam siru kuzhanthaiyaai | All day long like a little child |
| Manam kulungi kulungi sirikka | Heart laughing and shaking with joy |
| Female | |
| Annan ena thambi ena | Living as elder brother and younger brother |
| Sontham kondu vaazha | Cherishing the bonds of kinship |
| Thunbam indri thukkam indri | Without sorrow, without sadness |
| Inbam dhinam soozha | Surrounded daily by happiness |
| Female | |
| Pala vitha pookkalaiyum | Taking various kinds of flowers |
| Uravenum nool eduththu | Using the thread called family bonds |
| Iraivanum thoduththu vaiththa | Even God himself tied together |
| Azhagiya maalai idhu | This beautiful floral garland |
| Male | |
| Kolam adhai | Who destroyed that rangoli pattern, oh mother? |
| Kalaiththathu yaaramma | Who mutilated your head, oh mother? |
| Siram unai | It was none other than that despicable man |
| Chithaiththathu yaaramma | Who called himself a friend, oh mother! |
| Nanban enum | Oh mother... oh oh oh oh oh... |
| Izhi magan thaanamma | The morning star in the sky |
| Ammaa….oh oh oh oh oh…. | It is the time when it sparkles and shines |
| Male | |
| Vaanil vidi velli | As it dissolved like a dream |
| Minnidum minnidum neram | My precious darling star |
| Kanavaai kalainthaalae | At this auspicious early morning hour |
| Kanmani kanmani thaaram | Do not sleep, my darling |
| Female | |
| Adhi kaalai suba velai | Looking at me, closing your eyes |
| Urangaathae kannaa | Do not pretend, my king |
| Enai paarthu imai moodi | Enough... come my king |
| Nadikkathae manna | Two souls filled with deep affection |
| Podhum…vaa en raajavae | Interacting by showering endless love |
| Female | |
| Paasamai iru jeevanum | Like good poems written with affection |
| Anbai pozhinthu pozhinthu pazhagum | Writing softly as they come closer... |
| Nesamaai nalla kavithaigal | Ohh..ho.. |
| Mella nerungi nerungi ezhuthum… | Like a good birth of milky moonlight |
| Ohh.ho.. | Shining in the lap in the form of a child |
| Female | |
| Paal nila nalla piraviyaai | Like an academy brimming with many arts |
| Pillai vadivil madiyil thulangum | This sweet family flourishes beautifully |
| Palkalai konjum kazhagamaai | Where gentle breeze comes to tie a cradle |
| Indha iniya kudumbam vilangum | This home is like a sacred temple |
| Female | |
| Thendral vanthu thottil kattum | Where the woman prays like a deity |
| Illam oru kovil | And the king stands as its guardian |
| Deivam ena mangai thozhum | It was once like a flower garden |
| Mannan adhan kaaval | Where boundless joy bloomed in full |
| Male | |
| Malarvanam pol iruntha | This is the house of the family daughter |
| Magizhchigal pooththiruntha | This is a cozy nest of birds |
| Kulamagal veedu idhu | Today, that very flower garden |
| Kuruvigal koodu ithu | Has dried up completely |
| Male | |
| Innaal andha | As a storm struck this place |
| Malar vanam kaainthathae | It has collapsed to the ground |
| Ingae oru puyal vara | A rain of bitter tears |
| Saainthathae | Streamed down through the eyes |
| Kanneer mazhai | Oh my beloved... oh oh oh oh oh... |
| Vizhi vazhi paainthathae | The morning star in the sky |
| Anbae…. oh oh oh oh oh…… | It is the time when it sparkles and shines |
| Female | |
| Vaanil vidi velli | |
| Minnidum minnidum neram | |
வானில் விடி வெள்ளி
மின்னிடும் மின்னிடும் நேரம்
வாசலில் மாப்புள்ளி வைத்திடும்
வைத்திடும் நேரம்
The morning star in the sky
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
At the entrance, with flour patterns
It is the time to place those dots
அதிகாலை சுப வேளை
உறங்காதே கண்ணா
எனைப் பார்த்து
இமை மூடி நடிக்காதே மன்னா
போதும் வா என் ராஜாவே…
At this auspicious early morning hour
Do not sleep, my darling
Looking at me, closing your eyes
Do not pretend, my king
Enough... come my king..
வானில் விடி வெள்ளி
மின்னிடும் மின்னிடும் நேரம்
வாசலில் மாப்புள்ளி வைத்திடும்
வைத்திடும் நேரம்
The morning star in the sky
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
At the entrance, with flour patterns
It is the time to place those dots
எங்கே அவள்
உயிர்த் துணை போனதே
இங்கே அது பழங்கதை ஆனதே
அன்பே உனை
இவன் மனம் தேடுதே
உந்தன் முகம்
நிழல் என ஆடுதே…
Where is she now?
My soulmate is gone
Here, that relationship
Has become an old story..
My love, towards you
This heart searches endlessly
Your beloved face
Dances like a shadow
வானில் விடி வெள்ளி
மின்னிடும் மின்னிடும் நேரம்
கனவாய் கலைந்தாலே
கண்மணி கண்மணி தாரம்
The morning star in the sky
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
As it dissolved like a dream
My precious darling star
தாய் எனும் ஒரு தெய்வமே
அள்ளி எடுத்து எடுத்து வளர்க்க
தோழனை ஒரு பிள்ளையாய்
அவள் இனிய இதயம் நினைக்க
A divine mother figure
To scoop up and raise with tender love
Treating a friend like her own child
Her sweet heart fondly remembers
Oh oh..
ஓ... யாவரும் அன்பில் உருகியே
பின்னிப் பிணைந்து இணைந்து கிடக்க
நாள் எல்லாம் சிறு குழந்தையாய்
மனம் குலுங்கிக் குலுங்கி சிரிக்க
Everyone melting in deep love
Entwined, bound, and united together
All day long like a little child
Heart laughing and shaking with joy
அண்ணன் என தம்பி என
சொந்தம் கொண்டு வாழ
துன்பம் இன்றி துக்கம் இன்றி
இன்பம் தினம் சூழ
Living as elder brother and younger brother
Cherishing the bonds of kinship
Without sorrow, without sadness
Surrounded daily by happiness
பல வித பூக்களையும்
உறவெனும் நூல் எடுத்து
இறைவனும் தொடுத்து வைத்த
அழகிய மாலை இது
Taking various kinds of flowers
Using the thread called family bonds
Even God himself tied together
This beautiful floral garland
கோலம் அதை
கலைத்தது யாரம்மா
சிற்பம் உனைச்
சிதைத்தது யாரம்மா
நண்பன் எனும் இழி மகன்
தானம்மா அம்மா... ஆ... ஒஓ...
Who destroyed that rangoli pattern, oh mother?
Who mutilated your head, oh mother?
It was none other than that despicable man
Who called himself a friend, oh mother!
Oh mother... oh oh oh oh oh...
The morning star in the sky
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
வானில் விடி வெள்ளி
மின்னிடும் மின்னிடும் நேரம்
கனவாய் கலைந்தாலே
கண்மணி கண்மணி தாரம்
As it dissolved like a dream
My precious darling star
At this auspicious early morning hour
Do not sleep, my darling
அதிகாலை சுப வேளை
உறங்காதே கண்ணா
எனைப் பார்த்து
இமை மூடி நடிக்காதே மன்னா
போதும் வா என் ராஜாவே…
Looking at me, closing your eyes
Do not pretend, my king
Enough... come my king
Two souls filled with deep affection
Interacting by showering endless love
பாசமாய் இரு ஜீவனும்
அன்பை பொழிந்து பொழிந்து பழகும்
நேசமாய் நல்ல கவிதைகள்
மெல்ல நெருங்கி நெருங்கி எழுதும்
Like good poems written with affection
Writing softly as they come closer...
Ohh..ho..
Like a good birth of milky moonlight
Shining in the lap in the form of a child
ஓஓ... பால் நிலா
நல்ல பிறவியாய்
பிள்ளை வடிவில் மடியில் துலங்கும்
பல்கலை கொஞ்சும் கழகமாய்
இந்த இனிய குடும்பம் விளங்கும்
Like an academy brimming with many arts
This sweet family flourishes beautifully
Where gentle breeze comes to tie a cradle
This home is like a sacred temple
தென்றல் வந்து
தொட்டில் கட்டும்
இல்லம் ஒரு கோவில்
தெய்வம் என மங்கை தொழும்
மன்னன் அதன் காவல்
Where the woman prays like a deity
And the king stands as its guardian
It was once like a flower garden
Where boundless joy bloomed in full
மலர் வனம் போல்
இருந்த மகிழ்ச்சிகள் பூத்திருந்த
குலமகள் வீடு இது
குருவிகள் கூடு இது
This is the house of the family daughter
This is a cozy nest of birds
Today, that very flower garden
Has dried up completely
இந்நாள் அந்த மலர்
வனம் காய்ந்ததே
இங்கே ஒரு புயல் வரச் சாய்ந்ததே
கண்ணீர் மழை விழி வழி பாய்ந்ததே
அன்பே... ஓ... ஓ...
As a storm struck this place
It has collapsed to the ground
A rain of bitter tears
Streamed down through the eyes
Oh my beloved... oh oh oh oh oh...
The morning star in the sky
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
வானில் விடி வெள்ளி
மின்னிடும் மின்னிடும் நேரம்
Vaanil vidi velli
The morning star in the sky
Minnidum minnidum neram
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
Vaasalil maap pulli
At the entrance, with flour patterns
Veithidum veithidum neram
It is the time to place those dots
Adhi kaalai suba velai
At this auspicious early morning hour
Urangaathae kannaa
Do not sleep, my darling
Enai paarthu imai moodi
Looking at me, closing your eyes
Nadikkathae manna
Do not pretend, my king
Podhum…vaa en raajavae..
Enough... come my king..
Vaanil vidi velli
The morning star in the sky
Minnidum minnidum neram
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
Vaasalil maap pulli
At the entrance, with flour patterns
Veithidum veithidum neram
It is the time to place those dots
Engae aval
Where is she now?
Uyir thunai ponathae
My soulmate is gone
Ingae adhu
Here, that relationship
Palangathai aanathae..
Has become an old story..
Anbae unai
My love, towards you
Ivan manam theduthae
This heart searches endlessly
Undhan mugam
Your beloved face
Nizhal ena aaduthae
Dances like a shadow
Vaanil vidi velli
The morning star in the sky
Minnidum minnidum neram
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
Kanavaai kalainthaalae
As it dissolved like a dream
Kanmani kanmani thaaram
My precious darling star
Thaai enum oru deivamae
A divine mother figure
Alli eduthu eduthu valarkka
To scoop up and raise with tender love
Thozhanai oru pillaiyaai
Treating a friend like her own child
Aval iniya idhayam ninaikka
Her sweet heart fondly remembers
Oh oh..
Oh oh..
Yaavarum anbil urugiyae
Everyone melting in deep love
Pinni pinainthu inainthu kidakka
Entwined, bound, and united together
NaaL ellaam siru kuzhanthaiyaai
All day long like a little child
Manam kulungi kulungi sirikka
Heart laughing and shaking with joy
Annan ena thambi ena
Living as elder brother and younger brother
Sontham kondu vaazha
Cherishing the bonds of kinship
Thunbam indri thukkam indri
Without sorrow, without sadness
Inbam dhinam soozha
Surrounded daily by happiness
Pala vitha pookkalaiyum
Taking various kinds of flowers
Uravenum nool eduththu
Using the thread called family bonds
Iraivanum thoduththu vaiththa
Even God himself tied together
Azhagiya maalai idhu
This beautiful floral garland
Kolam adhai
Who destroyed that rangoli pattern, oh mother?
Kalaiththathu yaaramma
Who mutilated your head, oh mother?
Siram unai
It was none other than that despicable man
Chithaiththathu yaaramma
Who called himself a friend, oh mother!
Nanban enum
Oh mother... oh oh oh oh oh...
Izhi magan thaanamma
The morning star in the sky
Ammaa….oh oh oh oh oh….
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
Vaanil vidi velli
As it dissolved like a dream
Minnidum minnidum neram
My precious darling star
Kanavaai kalainthaalae
At this auspicious early morning hour
Kanmani kanmani thaaram
Do not sleep, my darling
Adhi kaalai suba velai
Looking at me, closing your eyes
Urangaathae kannaa
Do not pretend, my king
Enai paarthu imai moodi
Enough... come my king
Nadikkathae manna
Two souls filled with deep affection
Podhum…vaa en raajavae
Interacting by showering endless love
Paasamai iru jeevanum
Like good poems written with affection
Anbai pozhinthu pozhinthu pazhagum
Writing softly as they come closer...
Nesamaai nalla kavithaigal
Ohh..ho..
Mella nerungi nerungi ezhuthum…
Like a good birth of milky moonlight
Ohh.ho..
Shining in the lap in the form of a child
Paal nila nalla piraviyaai
Like an academy brimming with many arts
Pillai vadivil madiyil thulangum
This sweet family flourishes beautifully
Palkalai konjum kazhagamaai
Where gentle breeze comes to tie a cradle
Indha iniya kudumbam vilangum
This home is like a sacred temple
Thendral vanthu thottil kattum
Where the woman prays like a deity
Illam oru kovil
And the king stands as its guardian
Deivam ena mangai thozhum
It was once like a flower garden
Mannan adhan kaaval
Where boundless joy bloomed in full
Malarvanam pol iruntha
This is the house of the family daughter
Magizhchigal pooththiruntha
This is a cozy nest of birds
Kulamagal veedu idhu
Today, that very flower garden
Kuruvigal koodu ithu
Has dried up completely
Innaal andha
As a storm struck this place
Malar vanam kaainthathae
It has collapsed to the ground
Ingae oru puyal vara
A rain of bitter tears
Saainthathae
Streamed down through the eyes
Kanneer mazhai
Oh my beloved... oh oh oh oh oh...
Vizhi vazhi paainthathae
The morning star in the sky
Anbae…. oh oh oh oh oh……
It is the time when it sparkles and shines
Vaanil vidi velli
Minnidum minnidum neram
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Vaanil Vidi Velli is a poignant emotional track from the 1994 Tamil film Honest Raj, composed by Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics written by Vaali. The song contrasts serene morning domestic bliss and family unity with the tragic destruction of a home caused by betrayal. Through rich imagery of rangoli patterns, flower garlands, and cozy nests, the track captures the warmth of familial love before turning mournful as a treacherous friend shatters this harmony.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second-letter rhyming)
“Vaanil vidi velli / Vaasalil maap pulli”
Matching second consonants across consecutive lines, such as Vaanil and Vaasalil.
Anaaphora / Repetition (Adukkuthodar)
“Minnidum minnidum neram / Veithidum veithidum neram”
Repetition of words like 'minnidum minnidum' and 'veithidum veithidum' for rhythmic emphasis.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Pala vitha pookkalaiyum uravenum nool eduththu”
Comparing family relationships to flowers bound together into a garland by God.
Imagery and Personification
“Malarvanam pol iruntha magizhchigal pooththiruntha”
Depicting the home as a temple and garden where joy blooms, before a storm causes it to collapse.
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Trivia
Honest Raj (1994), starring Vijayakanth and Gautami, features music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. The lyrics were penned by Vaali. This track serves as an emotional cornerstone in the film, highlighting the protagonist's personal tragedy and loss of family happiness.
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