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Lyrics & meaning

Verarum Kandhiratha

From Poojai · 2014

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Karthik, Pooja
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Details
Poojai2014

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
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Male
Veraarum kandirathaA love that no one else has ever seen,
Pothi vecha kaadhalA love that was kept safely cherished.
Yaarodum vanthathillaiI have never felt with anyone else,
Ivvalavu kaadhalThis immense amount of love.
Male
Pollatha aasai vanthuAn uncontrollable desire arrives
Etti paarkumAnd peeks out.
Sollatha vaarthai onnuAn unspoken word
Ennai thaakkumStrikes me.
Male
Ennoda nenjam unnaiWhat does my heart
Enna kekkumAsk of you?
Athu unnoda vazhamattumIt desires only to live alongside you,
Asai padum eppothumForever and always.
Male
Veraarum kandirathaA love that no one else has ever seen,
Pothi vecha kaadhalA love that was kept safely cherished.
Yaarodum vanthathillaiI have never felt with anyone else,
Ivvalavu kaadhalThis immense amount of love.
Chorus
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Female
Aaaa…aaa…Aaaa…aaa…
Unnudaiya nyabagathilIn your memories,
ItthuponenaeI have worn away.
Unnai vittal naan inguIf I leave you, here
SethupovenaeI will surely die.
Female
Nee kobamaaga vanthaIf you come in anger,
Naan sogamavenaeI will become sad.
Nee konjum boothu naanumWhen you express affection, I too
Miga vegamavenaeBecome swift with joy.
Female
En kolgai ellam pochaeAll my principles are gone,
Manam kothadimai achaeMy heart has become a bonded slave.
Oru kaithi pola kaiyai kattiWith hands bound like a prisoner,
Unthan pinnae nanum vanthenaeI followed behind you.
Male
Veraarum kandirathaA love that no one else has ever seen,
Pothi vecha kaadhalA love that was kept safely cherished.
Yaarodum vanthathillaiI have never felt with anyone else,
Ivvalavu kaadhalThis immense amount of love.
Chorus
……………………….……………………….
Male
Aaa…aaa….Aaa…aaa….
Ithanai naal yarumAll these days, no one
Ennai thotathillaiyaeHas ever touched me.
Ippadi en nyabagathilLike this in my memory,
PattathillaiyaeIt was never felt before.
Male
Naan pathiyaga nindrenI stood as only a half,
Nee meethi aanaiyaeAnd you became my remaining half.
Naan paaviyaga vazhthenI lived as a sinner,
En aavi aanaiyaeAnd you became my soul.
Male
En veeram ellam pochaeAll my valor is gone,
Oru vetkam uruvachaeA sense of shyness was born.
Un kattalaiku epothumTo your command, always
Kattupattu kaadal seivenaeI will remain obedient and love you.
Male
Veraarum kandirathaA love that no one else has ever seen,
Pothi vecha kaadhalA love that was kept safely cherished.
Female :Yaarodum vanthathillaiFemale: I have never felt with anyone else,
Ivvalavu kaadhalThis immense amount of love.
Male
Pollatha aasai vanthuAn uncontrollable desire arrives
Etti paarkumAnd peeks out.
Female :Ada sollatha vaarthai onnuFemale: Oh, an unspoken word
Ennai thaakkumStrikes me.
Male
Ennoda nenjam onnaWhat does my heart
Enna kekkumAsk of you?
Female :Athu unnoda vazhamattumFemale: It desires only to live alongside you,
Asai padum eppothumForever and always.
Male
{Veraarum{No one else
Chorus :Veraarum veraarumChorus: No one else, no one else
Veraarum veraarum} (2)No one else, no one else} (2)

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Veraarum Kandiratha' (often referred to as 'Veraarum') from the film Poojai portrays deep, boundless love and total surrender. The protagonist expresses how this unique, treasured love has transformed their entire world—melting away their pride, principles, and former toughness into affectionate devotion and vulnerability.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)

Pollatha aasai vanthu / Sollatha vaarthai onnu

Tamil poetic convention where second letters match across lines: 'Pollatha' and 'Sollatha' share 'lla'.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Oru kaithi pola kaiyai katti

Comparing oneself to a bound prisoner surrendered to love ('kaithi pola').

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

En veeram ellam pochae / Oru vetkam uruvachae

Endings match in 'nindren' / 'aanaiyae' / 'vazhthen' / 'aanaiyae' and 'pochae' / 'uruvachae'.

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Trivia

Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the 2014 action drama film 'Poojai' directed by Hari, starring Vishal and Shruti Haasan. The song was written by the renowned late lyricist Na. Muthukumar and sung by Hariharan and Pooja Vaidyanath.

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