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Vennila Veliye

From Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga · 1999

Lyricist
Viveka
Singer
Hariharan
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga
Movie release year
1999
Lyrics added on
6 Nov 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Lala lala lala laa
Lala lala lala laa haa
Lala lala lala laa
Lala lala lala laa haa
Vennilaa veliyae varuvaayaa
Vizhiyilae velicham tharuvaayaa
Iravilae thavikka viduvaayaa….aa…
Arugilae anaikka varuvaayaa
Paaloli kudikka tharuvaayaa
Dhaagathil thavikka viduvaayaa…aa..
Yeh nilavae nee pookkal soodi
En vaasal vanthuvidu
Un kaadhal illai endraal
Nee ennai kondruvidu
Hoo oo oo hooo
Hoo oo oo hooo ohh
Hoo oo oo hooo
Hoo oo oo hooo ohh
Vennilaa veliyae varuvaayaa
Vizhiyilae velicham tharuvaayaa
Iravilae thavikka viduvaayaa….aa…
Hey purandu nee
Padukkum bothu
Uthirnthidum koondhal poovil
En kaadhal vaasam irukkum
Nee paarammaa
Adhai neeyae…ae….
Maranthaayae …ae…
Kodi poovae hey hey…
Hey hey heyyy
Uthirthidum mulaithidum
Oru vidhai kaadhal thaan
Vidhaigalai pudhaikkiraai
Sirikkiren naan thaan
Hoo oo oo hooo
Hoo oo oo hooo ohh
Hoo oo oo hooo
Hoo oo oo hooo ohh
Vennilaa veliyae varuvaayaa
Vizhiyilae velicham tharuvaayaa
Iravilae thavikka viduvaayaa….aa…
Un…kangalai konjam thanthaal
Naan konjam thoongi kolven
Endraalum kaadhal nenjam
Thoongaathamma….
En anbae…ae..
En anbae… ae..
En anbae… hey hey…
Hey hey heyyy
Kaadhali kaadhali
Kanavugal thondraatha
Kanavilae en viral
Unnai ezhupaathaa
Hoo oo oo hooo
Hoo oo oo hooo ohh
Hoo oo oo hooo
Hoo oo oo hooo ohh
Vennilaa veliyae varuvaayaa
Vizhiyilae velicham tharuvaayaa
Iravilae thavikka viduvaayaa….aa…
Arugilae anaikka varuvaayaa
Paaloli kudikka tharuvaayaa
Dhaagathil thavikka viduvaayaa…aa..
Yeh nilavae nee pookkal soodi
En vaasal vanthuvidu
Un kaadhal illai endraal
Nee ennai kondruvidu
Hoo oo oo hooo
Hoo oo oo hooo ohh
Hoo oo oo hooo
Hoo oo oo hooo ohh
Lala lala lala la
Lala lala lala la ha
Lala lala lala la
Lala lala lala la ha
O white moon, will you come outside?
Will you bring light to my eyes?
Or will you leave me yearning in the night?
Will you come close to embrace me?
Will you let me drink in your milky glow?
Or will you leave me longing in thirst?
O moon, wear flowers in your hair
and come to my doorstep.
If I cannot have your love,
then just kill me instead.
Hoo oh oh hoo
Hoo oh oh hoo oh
Hoo oh oh hoo
Hoo oh oh hoo oh
O white moon, will you come outside?
Will you bring light to my eyes?
Or will you leave me yearning in the night?
When you toss and turn
as you lie down,
in the flowers fallen from your hair,
the scent of my love will remain.
Look and see, my love!
Yet you...
you have forgotten it!
O flowering vine...
Hey hey hey
What falls and sprouts again
like a seed is love itself.
You keep burying the seeds,
and I only smile.
Hoo oh oh hoo
Hoo oh oh hoo oh
Hoo oh oh hoo
Hoo oh oh hoo oh
O white moon, will you come outside?
Will you bring light to my eyes?
Or will you leave me yearning in the night?
If you lend me your eyes for a while,
I could get a little sleep.
Even then, a heart in love
will never sleep, my dear.
My love...
My love...
My love... hey hey...
Hey hey hey
My love, my love,
won't dreams come to you?
In those dreams, won't my touch
wake you up?
Hoo oh oh hoo
Hoo oh oh hoo oh
Hoo oh oh hoo
Hoo oh oh hoo oh
O white moon, will you come outside?
Will you bring light to my eyes?
Or will you leave me yearning in the night?
Will you come close to embrace me?
Will you let me drink in your milky glow?
Or will you leave me longing in thirst?
O moon, wear flowers in your hair
and come to my doorstep.
If I cannot have your love,
then just kill me instead.
Hoo oh oh hoo
Hoo oh oh hoo oh
Hoo oh oh hoo
Hoo oh oh hoo oh
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Vennilaa Veliyae Varuvaayaa is a soulful romantic track in which the protagonist poetically addresses his beloved as the bright white moon (Vennilaa), yearning for her affectionate presence to dispel his nocturnal loneliness. He portrays love as an indestructible seed that sprouts back to life even when buried, emphasizing that without her love, his life holds no meaning.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamaani)

Vennilaa veliyae varuvaayaa

Comparing the beloved directly to the moon ('Vennilaa') and her light/affection to nourishing milk ('Paaloli').

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Vennilaa veliyae varuvaayaa / Vizhiyilae velicham tharuvaayaa

Repetition of the initial letter 'Vi' in consecutive lines ('Vennilaa', 'Vizhiyilae').

Personification

Endraalum kaadhal nenjam / Thoongaathamma….

Attributing the human capability of staying awake to an abstract concept like the heart ('kaadhal nenjam thoongaathamma').

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Trivia

This romantic melody is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the 1999 Tamil film 'Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga', directed by Sundar C. and starring Prashanth and Rambha. The song features vocals by Hariharan and Bhavatharini, with lyricist Viveka weaving romantic metaphors around nocturnal moon imagery.

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