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Lyrics & meaning

Vegam

From Ratchan (The Ghost) · 2022

Lyricist
Krishna Madineni
Singers
Kapil Kapilan, Ramya Behara
Music director
Bharatt-Saurabh
Details
Ratchan (The Ghost)2022

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Neela neela vaanamThe deep blue sky
Thoodhu pogum megamThe clouds floating like messengers
Ondru sera naamumFor both of us to come together
Yaeno intha vegamWhy is there this sudden urgency?
Female
Unnai thaandi pogaTo move past you
Kangal rendum nogaBoth my eyes ache
Nee thedum penmai enthan thegam vaadaWhile the womanhood you seek causes my body to languish
Male
Manjam vaanilaaThe couch feels like the moon in the sky
Neeyo thaen palaaAnd you are like sweet honeyed jackfruit
Kadhal kooduthaaIs love deepening?
Kaamam yaeruthaaIs desire rising?
Female
Thanimai thediyaeSearching for solitude
Idhazhai theendumTouching the lips
Nee maaya kannano…oo….Are you the magical lover Lord Krishna?
Male
Kanavena karaiyum kaalamTime melts away like a dream
Theeyaai manamengum poothth aaladiYou bloomed like a fire across my heart, girl
Dhinamum ennai theendadiTouch me every single day, girl
Female
Oo…kanavena theriyum jenmamOh... this life that appears like a dream
Kaaman avan kadhal bhaanam neeyadiYou are the arrow of love from Lord Kamadeva, girl
Adhil saedhamaavathu naanadaaAnd I am the one getting destroyed by it, boy
Female
Anbae enai vilagi ponaalMy love, if you step away from me
Nee sendra nodiye enai vittu pogum jeevanaeThe very moment you leave, my life will depart from me
Neeyae uravaagi ponaalIf you become my entire world and relationship
Nee sellum vazhiyae nizhalaaga varuven pinnaeI will follow behind you as a shadow on the path you walk
Male
Ellaa payanaththil sellaa dhooramaaiAcross an unreachable distance in every journey
Ellaam kaadhalaai nammai maranthenaWith everything turning into love, forgetting ourselves
Iruvar oruvaraai pinni pinainthuThe two of us intertwined as one
Both :Vinmeenai paarpomaeBoth: Shall we look at the stars?
Male
Kanavena karaiyum kaalamTime melts away like a dream
Theeyaai manamengum poothth aaladiYou bloomed like a fire across my heart, girl
Dhinamum ennai theendadiTouch me every single day, girl
Female
Oo…kanavena theriyum jenmamOh... this life that appears like a dream
Kaaman avan kadhal bhaanam neeyadiYou are the arrow of love from Lord Kamadeva, girl
Adhil saedhamaavathu naanadaaAnd I am the one getting destroyed by it, boy
Female
Neeyum paarkkaamal ponaalIf you pass by without even looking at me
En minnal thegam theeyil venthae pogumaeMy lightning-like body will burn away in fire
Neeyae uyiraaga aanaalIf you become my very life
Nee nokkum nodiyae en paruvam unthan madiyilaeThe second you glance at me, my youth rests on your lap
Male
Manathin aasaiyum vayathin vegamumThe heart's desire and the urgency of youth
Endrum theernthidaa kadhal thaagamumAn unquenchable thirst for love
Dhinamum kalanthida namakkul uranthidaTo blend together daily and slumber within each other
Both :Vaazhvomae ondraagaBoth: Let us live together as one
Male
Kanavena karaiyum kaalamTime melts away like a dream
Theeyaai manamengum poothth aaladiYou bloomed like a fire across my heart, girl
Dhinamum ennai theendadiTouch me every single day, girl
Female
Oo…kanavena theriyum jenmamOh... this life that appears like a dream
Kaaman avan kadhal bhaanam neeyadiYou are the arrow of love from Lord Kamadeva, girl
Adhil saedhamaavathu naanadaaAnd I am the one getting destroyed by it, boy
Male
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Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song is a passionate romantic duet that expresses the deep physical and emotional intimacy shared between two lovers. They describe their love as an overwhelming force that makes time melt away like a dream, comparing their affection to Cupid's arrow and fire blooming within the heart. The lovers pledge eternal togetherness, expressing how life feels meaningless without the other's presence.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagom)

Kaaman avan kadhal bhaanam neeyadi

Comparing the partner to sweet honeyed jackfruit ('Neeyo thaen palaa') and Cupid's arrow ('Kaaman avan kadhal bhaanam neeyadi').

Personification

Thoodhu pogum megam

Attributes the cloud with the human role of being a messenger ('Thoodhu pogum megam').

Alliteration (Monaai)

Neela neela vaanam

Repetition of the initial 'Ne' sound in 'Neela neela'.

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Trivia

This romantic track is from the Tamil dubbed version 'Ratchan' of the Telugu action-thriller movie 'The Ghost' (2022), starring Nagarjuna Akkineni and Sonal Chauhan. The music was composed by Krishna Madineni.

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