Vennilave Vennilave 2
From Ladies & Gentlemen · 2013
- Lyricist
- Pa. Vijay
- Singer
- Unni Menon
- Music director
- Bharani
- Details
- Ladies & Gentlemen2013
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Vennilavae vennilavae | Oh silver moon, oh silver moon |
| Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa | Leave the sky and come down |
| Nenjukkulla ullathellaam | All that is hidden inside my heart |
| Kaathula sollidavaa…. | Shall I whisper into your ears? |
| Male | |
| Vennilavae vennilavae | Oh silver moon, oh silver moon |
| Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa | Leave the sky and come down |
| Nenjukkulla ullathellaam | All that is hidden inside my heart |
| Kaathula sollidavaa…. | Shall I whisper into your ears? |
| Male | |
| Idhayam enna puththagamaa | Is a heart merely a book |
| Padiththu vittu thanthuvida | To read and return? |
| Kadhal enna kattidamaa | Is love merely a building |
| Idiththu athai kattivida | To demolish and rebuild? |
| Male | |
| Vennilavae vennilavae | Oh silver moon, oh silver moon |
| Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa | Leave the sky and come down |
| Nenjukkulla ullathellaam | All that is hidden inside my heart |
| Kaathula sollidavaa… | Shall I whisper into your ears? |
| Male | |
| Pennae adi pennae | Oh girl, hey girl |
| Un ullam sugamaa | Is your heart fine? |
| Pesu oru vaarththai | Speak a word |
| Nee kallaa maramaa… | Are you a stone or a tree? |
| Male | |
| Anbe un kaiyil | My love, in your hand |
| Naan viralaa nagamaa | Am I a finger or a fingernail? |
| Nagamaai kalainthaayae | Like a fingernail, you clipped me away |
| Idhu unakkae thagumaa…. | Is this fair of you? |
| Male | |
| Innoru jenmaththil | In another birth |
| Pennae nee ennaippol | Oh girl, like me |
| Aanaaga piranthu varuvaai | You will be born as a man |
| Un pola pennai nee appothu nesiththaal | If you love a woman like yourself then |
| Un nenjin vaethanai arivaai | You will know the agony of your heart |
| Male | |
| Ulagaththin mudivai | He who wrote the end of the world |
| Ezhuthiya avanae enakkoru mudivai | Why hasn't he told a conclusion for me? |
| Yaen innum sollavillai | Why hasn't he told it yet? |
| Yaen innum sollavillai | Why hasn't he told it yet? |
| Avan oomai illai illai…. | He is not mute, no no... |
| Male | |
| Vennilavae vennilavae | Oh silver moon, oh silver moon |
| Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa | Leave the sky and come down |
| Nenjukkulla ullathellaam | All that is hidden inside my heart |
| Kaathula sollidavaa…. | Shall I whisper into your ears? |
| Male | |
| Anbe en kannil | My love, in my eyes |
| Dhinam kanneer payanam | Every day is a journey of tears |
| Innum ithu neendaal | If this continues further |
| Koncha thooram maranam | Death is just a short distance away |
| Male | |
| Unnaal adi unnaal | Because of you, oh girl, because of you |
| En aanma urugum | My soul melts |
| Unnai dhinam thedi | Searching for you daily |
| Nuraiyeeral karugum | My lungs burn to ash |
| Male | |
| Eththanai kadhalin tholvigal ullathu | How many failures of love exist |
| Boomiyil aazhaththil puthainthu | Buried deep within the earth? |
| Aththanai sogamum veliyil vanthathu | All that sorrow came out |
| En iru kangalil vazhinthu | Flowing through both my eyes |
| Male | |
| Urakkaththin naduvil | In the middle of sleep |
| Thalaiyanaikkadiyil kolusoli varuthae | The sound of anklets comes from under the pillow |
| Antha inbam thunbamadi | That pleasure is pain, my girl |
| Antha thunbam inbamadi | That pain is pleasure, my girl |
| uyir thedum unthan madi…. | My soul searches for your lap... |
| Male | |
| Vennilavae vennilavae | Oh silver moon, oh silver moon |
| Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa | Leave the sky and come down |
| Nenjukkulla ullathellaam | All that is hidden inside my heart |
| Kaathula sollidavaa…. | Shall I whisper into your ears? |
| Male | |
| Vennilavae vennilavae | Oh silver moon, oh silver moon |
| Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa | Leave the sky and come down |
| Nenjukkulla ullathellaam | All that is hidden inside my heart |
| Kaathula sollidavaa…. | Shall I whisper into your ears? |
| Male | |
| Idhayam enna puththagamaa | Is a heart merely a book |
| Padiththu vittu thanthuvida | To read and return? |
| Kadhal enna kattidamaa | Is love merely a building |
| Idiththu athai kattivida | To demolish and rebuild? |
| Male | |
| Vennilavae vennilavae | Oh silver moon, oh silver moon |
| Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa | Leave the sky and come down |
| Nenjukkulla ullathellaam | All that is hidden inside my heart |
| Kaathula sollidavaa… | Shall I whisper into your ears? |
வெண்ணிலவே வெண்ணிலவே
வானத்த விட்டுட்டு வா
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள உள்ளதெல்லாம்
காதுல சொல்லிடவா....
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Leave the sky and come down
All that is hidden inside my heart
Shall I whisper into your ears?
வெண்ணிலவே வெண்ணிலவே
வானத்த விட்டுட்டு வா
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள உள்ளதெல்லாம்
காதுல சொல்லிடவா...
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Leave the sky and come down
All that is hidden inside my heart
Shall I whisper into your ears?
இதயம் என்ன புத்தகமா
படித்து விட்டு தந்துவிட
காதல் என்ன கட்டிடமா
இடித்து அதை கட்டிவிட
Is a heart merely a book
To read and return?
Is love merely a building
To demolish and rebuild?
வெண்ணிலவே வெண்ணிலவே
வானத்த விட்டுட்டு வா
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள உள்ளதெல்லாம்
காதுல சொல்லிடவா..
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Leave the sky and come down
All that is hidden inside my heart
Shall I whisper into your ears?
பெண்ணே அடி பெண்ணே
உன் உள்ளம் சுகமா
பேசு ஒரு வார்த்தை
நீ கல்லா மரமா.....
Oh girl, hey girl
Is your heart fine?
Speak a word
Are you a stone or a tree?
அன்பே உன் கையில்
நான் விரலா நகமா
நகமாய் கலைந்தாயே
இது உனக்கே தகுமா....
My love, in your hand
Am I a finger or a fingernail?
Like a fingernail, you clipped me away
Is this fair of you?
இன்னொரு ஜென்மத்தில்
பெண்ணே நீ என்னைப்போல்
ஆணாக பிறந்து வருவாய்
உன் போல பெண்ணை நீ அப்போது நேசித்தால்
உன் நெஞ்சில் வேதனை அறிவாய்...
In another birth
Oh girl, like me
You will be born as a man
If you love a woman like yourself then
You will know the agony of your heart
உலகத்தின் முடிவை
எழுதிய அவனே எனக்கொரு முடிவை
ஏன் இன்னும் சொல்லவில்லை
ஏன் இன்னும் சொல்லவில்லை
அவன் ஊமை இல்லை இல்லை...
He who wrote the end of the world
Why hasn't he told a conclusion for me?
Why hasn't he told it yet?
Why hasn't he told it yet?
He is not mute, no no...
வெண்ணிலவே வெண்ணிலவே
வானத்த விட்டுட்டு வா
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள உள்ளதெல்லாம்
காதுல சொல்லிடவா....
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Leave the sky and come down
All that is hidden inside my heart
Shall I whisper into your ears?
அன்பே என் கண்ணில்
தினம் கண்ணீர் பயணம்
இன்னும் இது நீண்டால்
கொஞ்ச தூரம் மரணம்
My love, in my eyes
Every day is a journey of tears
If this continues further
Death is just a short distance away
உன்னால் அடி உன்னால்
என் ஆன்மா உருகும்
உன்னை தினம் தேடி
நுரையீரல் கருகும்
Because of you, oh girl, because of you
My soul melts
Searching for you daily
My lungs burn to ash
எத்தனை காதலின் தோல்விகள் உள்ளது
பூமியில் ஆழத்தில் புதைந்து
அத்தனை சோகமும் வெளியில் வந்தது
என் இரு கண்களில் வழிந்து
How many failures of love exist
Buried deep within the earth?
All that sorrow came out
Flowing through both my eyes
உறக்கத்தின் நடுவில்
தலையனைக்கடில் கொலுசொலி வருதே
அந்த இன்பம் துன்பமடி
அந்த துன்பம் இன்பமடி
உயிர் தேடும் உந்தன் மடி
In the middle of sleep
The sound of anklets comes from under the pillow
That pleasure is pain, my girl
That pain is pleasure, my girl
My soul searches for your lap...
வெண்ணிலவே வெண்ணிலவே
வானத்த விட்டுட்டு வா
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள உள்ளதெல்லாம்
காதுல சொல்லிடவா.....
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Leave the sky and come down
All that is hidden inside my heart
Shall I whisper into your ears?
வெண்ணிலவே வெண்ணிலவே
வானத்த விட்டுட்டு வா
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள உள்ளதெல்லாம்
காதுல சொல்லிடவா....
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Leave the sky and come down
All that is hidden inside my heart
Shall I whisper into your ears?
இதயம் என்ன புத்தகமா
படித்து விட்டு தந்துவிட
காதல் என்ன கட்டிடமா
இடித்து அதை கட்டிவிட
Is a heart merely a book
To read and return?
Is love merely a building
To demolish and rebuild?
வெண்ணிலவே வெண்ணிலவே
வானத்த விட்டுட்டு வா
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ள உள்ளதெல்லாம்
காதுல சொல்லிடவா.......
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Leave the sky and come down
All that is hidden inside my heart
Shall I whisper into your ears?
Vennilavae vennilavae
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa
Leave the sky and come down
Nenjukkulla ullathellaam
All that is hidden inside my heart
Kaathula sollidavaa….
Shall I whisper into your ears?
Vennilavae vennilavae
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa
Leave the sky and come down
Nenjukkulla ullathellaam
All that is hidden inside my heart
Kaathula sollidavaa….
Shall I whisper into your ears?
Idhayam enna puththagamaa
Is a heart merely a book
Padiththu vittu thanthuvida
To read and return?
Kadhal enna kattidamaa
Is love merely a building
Idiththu athai kattivida
To demolish and rebuild?
Vennilavae vennilavae
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa
Leave the sky and come down
Nenjukkulla ullathellaam
All that is hidden inside my heart
Kaathula sollidavaa…
Shall I whisper into your ears?
Pennae adi pennae
Oh girl, hey girl
Un ullam sugamaa
Is your heart fine?
Pesu oru vaarththai
Speak a word
Nee kallaa maramaa…
Are you a stone or a tree?
Anbe un kaiyil
My love, in your hand
Naan viralaa nagamaa
Am I a finger or a fingernail?
Nagamaai kalainthaayae
Like a fingernail, you clipped me away
Idhu unakkae thagumaa….
Is this fair of you?
Innoru jenmaththil
In another birth
Pennae nee ennaippol
Oh girl, like me
Aanaaga piranthu varuvaai
You will be born as a man
Un pola pennai nee appothu nesiththaal
If you love a woman like yourself then
Un nenjin vaethanai arivaai
You will know the agony of your heart
Ulagaththin mudivai
He who wrote the end of the world
Ezhuthiya avanae enakkoru mudivai
Why hasn't he told a conclusion for me?
Yaen innum sollavillai
Why hasn't he told it yet?
Yaen innum sollavillai
Why hasn't he told it yet?
Avan oomai illai illai….
He is not mute, no no...
Vennilavae vennilavae
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa
Leave the sky and come down
Nenjukkulla ullathellaam
All that is hidden inside my heart
Kaathula sollidavaa….
Shall I whisper into your ears?
Anbe en kannil
My love, in my eyes
Dhinam kanneer payanam
Every day is a journey of tears
Innum ithu neendaal
If this continues further
Koncha thooram maranam
Death is just a short distance away
Unnaal adi unnaal
Because of you, oh girl, because of you
En aanma urugum
My soul melts
Unnai dhinam thedi
Searching for you daily
Nuraiyeeral karugum
My lungs burn to ash
Eththanai kadhalin tholvigal ullathu
How many failures of love exist
Boomiyil aazhaththil puthainthu
Buried deep within the earth?
Aththanai sogamum veliyil vanthathu
All that sorrow came out
En iru kangalil vazhinthu
Flowing through both my eyes
Urakkaththin naduvil
In the middle of sleep
Thalaiyanaikkadiyil kolusoli varuthae
The sound of anklets comes from under the pillow
Antha inbam thunbamadi
That pleasure is pain, my girl
Antha thunbam inbamadi
That pain is pleasure, my girl
uyir thedum unthan madi….
My soul searches for your lap...
Vennilavae vennilavae
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa
Leave the sky and come down
Nenjukkulla ullathellaam
All that is hidden inside my heart
Kaathula sollidavaa….
Shall I whisper into your ears?
Vennilavae vennilavae
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa
Leave the sky and come down
Nenjukkulla ullathellaam
All that is hidden inside my heart
Kaathula sollidavaa….
Shall I whisper into your ears?
Idhayam enna puththagamaa
Is a heart merely a book
Padiththu vittu thanthuvida
To read and return?
Kadhal enna kattidamaa
Is love merely a building
Idiththu athai kattivida
To demolish and rebuild?
Vennilavae vennilavae
Oh silver moon, oh silver moon
Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa
Leave the sky and come down
Nenjukkulla ullathellaam
All that is hidden inside my heart
Kaathula sollidavaa…
Shall I whisper into your ears?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This soulful song expresses the deep pain, heartache, and longing of a lover who has been discarded in love. The protagonist addresses the moon as a silent confidante, pouring out the anguish held within his heart. He questions his beloved's indifference, asking if a heart is merely a book to read and return, or love a building to demolish at will. He wishes that in another birth, she would be born as a man and experience the exact same heartbreak to truly understand his agony. Expressing how his life has become a journey of tears and how even his sleep is haunted by phantom sounds of her anklets, he laments how the grief of all failed loves seems to be flowing through his eyes.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Apostrophe / Personification
“Vennilavae vennilavae Vaanaththa vittuttu vaa”
Addressing the moon ('Vennilavae') as an intimate companion to confide feelings.
Rhetorical Question & Metaphor
“Idhayam enna puththagamaa Padiththu vittu thanthuvida”
Compares the heart to a book and love to a structure using rhetorical questions to highlight the disregard shown by his beloved.
Metaphor
“Nagamaai kalainthaayae Idhu unakkae thagumaa”
Compares how easily he was cast away to clipping off a fingernail ('Nagamaai kalainthaayae').
Emonai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Antha inbam thunbamadi Antha thunbam inbamadi”
Tamil poetic device where initial letter sounds match in adjacent words or lines ('Innoru' / 'Aanaaga' contextually matching rhythm).
Oxymoron / Paradox
“Antha inbam thunbamadi Antha thunbam inbamadi”
Contrasting pleasure and pain to express complex psychological longing.
Did you know?
Trivia
'Vennilavae' is a classic motif in Tamil romantic lyricism, used extensively by lyricists like Pa. Vijay to symbolize an unattainable, silent listener to romantic heartbreak.
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