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Yaar Intha Penthan

From Boss Engira Bhaskaran · 2010

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singer
Haricharan
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Boss Engira Bhaskaran
Movie release year
2010
Lyrics added on
10 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yaar intha penthaan endru keten munnalae
Ival endhan paadhi endru kanden thannalae
Ennai paarkiraal yedho ketkiraal engum irukiraal oh oh
Kannaal sirikiraal munnaal nadakiraal
Nenjai kizhikiraal oh oh
Kootathil irundhum thaniyaaga therindhaal
Thottathil malarndha poovaga thirindhaal
Ennai yedho seidhaal
Yaar intha penthaan endru keten munnalae
Ival endhan paadhi endru kanden thannalae
En veetu mutrathil ival podum kolangal
Eppodhum vendum endru ketpen
Anil aadum koodathil ival paadum raagathil
Adhikaalai sooriyanai paarpen
Kannaadi valayalai polae
Kaiyodu naanum pirakavae thudipen
Kaal kattum kozhusil ennoda manasai
Serthu korkavae thavipen
Kaadhodu thavalum kammal pol kidapen
Kannathai urasi en jenmam mudipen
Ennai yedho seidhaal
Yaar intha penthaan endru keten munnalae
Ival endhan paadhi endru kanden thannalae
Naan konjam paarthaal engeyo paarpaal
Paarkadha neram ennai paarpaal
Ennai paarthu siripaal naan paarthaal maraipaal
Meiyaaga poiyaagathaan nadipaal
Pen nenjam pudhiyadhai polae
Eppodhum yaarum arindhadhae illai
Aan nenjin thudipum andraada thavipum
Pengal madhipadhae illai
Manam nondha piragae mudhal vaarthai solvaal
Mazhai nindra piragae kudai thandhu selvaal
Ennai yedho seidhaal
Yaar intha penthaan endru keten munnalae
Ival endhan paadhi endru kanden thannalae
…………………………………………………….
Earlier, I wondered who this girl was
On my own, I realized she is my other half
She looks at me, she asks for something, she is everywhere, oh oh
She smiles with her eyes, she walks ahead of me
She tears my heart apart, oh oh
Even in a crowd, she stood out
She wandered around like a flower in full bloom
She has done something to me
Earlier, I wondered who this girl was
On my own, I realized she is my other half
The kolam (rice-flour designs) she draws in my courtyard,
I will ask to have them forever
In the courtyard where squirrels play, to the tune she sings,
I will watch the morning sun
Like a glass bangle,
I long to be born around her wrist
In the anklet tied around her foot,
I yearn to string my heart alongside
I want to rest like an earring against her ear,
And finish this lifetime brushing against her cheek
She has done something to me
Earlier, I wondered who this girl was
On my own, I realized she is my other half
If I look at her, she looks away somewhere
When I am not looking, she looks at me
She smiles looking at me, but hides it when I look back
She puts on an act between truth and lies
A woman's heart is like something brand new,
No one has ever truly understood it
The beating of a man's heart and his daily longing,
Women never value at all
Only after my heart aches does she speak her first word
Only after the rain stops does she give an umbrella and leave
She has done something to me
Earlier, I wondered who this girl was
On my own, I realized she is my other half
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Yaar Intha Penthaan' expresses the protagonist's profound infatuation and romantic epiphany upon realizing that a woman he barely knew is his destined soulmate ('endhan paadhi'). He poeticizes his desire to share his entire daily life with her, longing to be as close to her as her bangles, anklets, or dangling earrings.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai Ani)

“Kannaadi valayalai polae”

The speaker compares his longing to be tied to her hand with the way glass bangles fit around a wrist ('polae' = 'like').

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

“Yaar intha penthaan endru keten munnalae / Ival endhan paadhi endru kanden thannalae”

The ending sounds of the consecutive lines ('munnalae' and 'thannalae') rhyme, creating a harmonious musical cadence.

Metaphor / Idiom

“Mazhai nindra piragae kudai thandhu selvaal”

A metaphorical idiom describing how women offer comfort or attention only after the trouble has passed ('giving an umbrella after the rain stops').

Ethugai (Second Letter Assonance)

“Kootathil irundhum thaniyaaga therindhaal / Thottathil malarndha poovaga thirindhaal”

The second consonant sound 'tt' (oot/ott) matches across both lines.

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