- Lyricist
- Muthu Vijayan
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Thennavan
- Movie release year
- 2003
- Lyrics added on
- 4 Nov 2018
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Vatta vatta nilavukku
Rekkai mulaikka
Vinnai vittu vittu parandhadhu
Mannil vasikka
Kitta vandhu kitta vandhu
Ennai pidikka
Vetta veli megamena
Nenjam midhakka
Vasamaaga maatti kondaai
Unnil vasikkaamal naanum povenoo
Male :Pasai pottu otti kondaai
Eppodhu naanum meelvenoo
Vatta vatta nilavukku
Rekkai mulaikka
Vinnai vittu vittu parandhadhu
Mannil vasikka
Kitta vandhu kitta vandhu
Ennai pidikka
Vetta veli megamena
Nenjam midhakka
Thamizh pola pennae unnai
Thavarindri vaasithen
Female :Thavam pola anbae unnai
Thavaraamal yaasithen
Urangaamal nenjae unnai
Uyiraaga swaasiththen
Female :Dheivaththai vanangum podhum
Unai thaanae yosiththen
Vatta vatta nilavukku
Rekkai mulaikka
Vinnai vittu vittu parandhadhu
Mannil vasikka
Kitta vandhu kitta vandhu
Unnai pidikka
Vetta veli megamena
Nenjam midhakka
Niraivaaga veettukkullae
Kudiyeri vaazhalaam
Male :Pathinaaru pillai petru
Veliyera paarkalaam
Pasi yedhum vandhaal mutham
Unavaagaa unbomaa
Male :Irandaaga irukkum uyirai
Ondraaga serkkalaam
Vatta vatta nilavukku
Rekkai mulaikka
Vinnai vittu vittu parandhadhu
Mannil vasikka
Kitta vandhu kitta vandhu
Ennai pidikka
Vetta veli megamena
Nenjam midhakka
Vasamaaga maatti kondaai
Unnil vasikkaamal naanum povenoo
Male :Pasai pottu otti kondaai
Eppodhu naanum meelvenoo
Vatta vatta nilavukku
Rekkai mulaikka
Vinnai vittu vittu parandhadhu
Mannil vasikka
Kitta vandhu kitta vandhu
Ennai pidikka
Vetta veli megamena
Nenjam midhakka
On the round, round moon,
As wings sprouted,
It left the sky and flew down,
To live on the earth.
Coming closer and closer,
To hold me close,
Like a cloud in the open sky,
My heart floats.
You are completely caught in my hold,
Would I ever go away without living in you?
You stuck to me like glue,
When will I ever break free?
On the round, round moon,
As wings sprouted,
It left the sky and flew down,
To live on the earth.
Coming closer and closer,
To hold me close,
Like a cloud in the open sky,
My heart floats.
Like the pure Tamil language, my girl,
I read you without a single mistake.
Like a sacred prayer, my love,
I asked for you without fail.
Without sleeping, my sweetheart,
I breathed you in as my very life.
Even when praying to God,
I thought only of you.
On the round, round moon,
As wings sprouted,
It left the sky and flew down,
To live on the earth.
Coming closer and closer,
To hold you close,
Like a cloud in the open sky,
My heart floats.
Content and peaceful inside our home,
Let us settle down and live together.
After having sixteen children,
Let us think of stepping out.
If hunger strikes us,
Shall we feast on kisses instead?
These two separate lives of ours,
Let us unite into one.
On the round, round moon,
As wings sprouted,
It left the sky and flew down,
To live on the earth.
Coming closer and closer,
To hold me close,
Like a cloud in the open sky,
My heart floats.
You are completely caught in my hold,
Would I ever go away without living in you?
You stuck to me like glue,
When will I ever break free?
On the round, round moon,
As wings sprouted,
It left the sky and flew down,
To live on the earth.
Coming closer and closer,
To hold me close,
Like a cloud in the open sky,
My heart floats.
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'Vatta Vatta Nilavukku' expresses playful and deeply romantic feelings between two lovers. The moon taking flight to earth serves as a metaphor for the lover coming down to touch the speaker's life. The lyrics describe an overwhelming attachment where both partners feel inextricably bound together.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai)
“Thamizh pola pennae unnai”
Compares reading and understanding the beloved without flaw to reciting Tamil flawlessly.
Repetition / Reduplication (Adukkuthodar)
“Vatta vatta nilavukku”
Use of repeated words like 'Vatta vatta' and 'Kitta vandhu kitta vandhu' creates a rhythmic cadence.
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)
“Uyiraaga swaasiththen”
Compares breathing the loved one to breathing life itself, highlighting devotion.
Did you know?
Trivia
The music for 'Thennavan' (2003), starring Vijayakanth and Kiran Rathod, was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with this track sung by Srinivas and Mahalakshmi Iyer.
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