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Lyrics & meaning

Yaar Poe Solluvar

From Laila Majnu · 1950

Lyricist
Kambadasan
Singer
T. R. Mahalingam
Music director
S. V. Venkatraman
Movie name
Laila Majnu
Movie release year
1950
Lyrics added on
25 Dec 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sanjala kadalilae…ae….ae…ae…
Thavikkiraenae…ae…ae….lailaa lailaa…
Endrey
Idhai yaar poe solluvaar
Yaar poe solluvaar
Nilaiyai yaar poe solluvaar
En nilaiyai yaar poe solluvaar
Ennuyirkiniya antha paingili irukkumidam
Yaar poe solluvaar
Ennuyirkiniya antha paingili irukkumidam
Yaar poe solluvaar
Velai pazhikkum
Aval neela karu vizhigal
Velai pazhikkum
Aval neela karu vizhigal
Vel thaikka naan seiyyum
Velai maranthen
Vel thaikka naan seiyyum
Velai maranthen
Sontha velai marainthaen
Kattra noolai maranthaen
Kaalam maranthaen
Silai polae irunthaenendru
Yaar poe solluvaar
Chinnanjiru paruvaththilae
Anbu kondu vilaiyaadi
Chinnanjiru paruvaththilae
Anbu kondu vilaiyaadi
Endrum piriyomenavae
Inba kadhal panpaadi
Endrum piriyomenavae
Inba kadhal panpaadi
Sonnathellaam maranthaalo lailaa
Sonnathellaam maranthaalo lailaa
Sonnathellaam maranthaalo en lailaa
Ennamellaam
Yaekkam kondu vaaduraen
Yaekkam kondu vaaduraen yaanendru
Yaar poe solluvaar
Ennuyirkiniya antha paingili irukkumidam
Yaar poe solluvaar
In an ocean of grief...
I am suffering, crying out, "Laila, Laila!"
Like this,
Who will go and tell her this?
Who will go and tell her?
Who will tell her of my state?
Who will go and tell her my plight?
Where that parrot dear to my life lives,
Who will go and tell her?
Where that parrot dear to my life lives,
Who will go and tell her?
Sharper than a spear,
Are her dark blue eyes.
Sharper than a spear,
Are her dark blue eyes.
As that spear pierced me,
I forgot the work I was doing.
As that spear pierced me,
I forgot the work I was doing.
I forgot my own work,
I forgot the books I studied,
I forgot the passage of time,
That I stood still like a statue—
Who will go and tell her?
In our early childhood days,
We played together with deep love,
In our early childhood days,
We played together with deep love,
Promising we would never part,
Singing joyful songs of love.
Promising we would never part,
Singing joyful songs of love.
Has Laila forgotten all she said?
Has Laila forgotten all she said?
Has my Laila forgotten all she said?
In all my thoughts,
I am fading away with longing,
That I am wasting away with longing—
Who will go and tell her?
Where that parrot dear to my life lives,
Who will go and tell her?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song expresses the deep agony and longing of Majnu (Qays) for his beloved Laila in the classic tragic romance Laila Majnu (1950). Stranded in an ocean of distress, the protagonist desperately asks who will go to the place where his beloved—whom he affectionally calls his sweet parrot—resides and deliver the message of his tragic state. He recalls how captivated he was by her spear-sharp eyes, to the point of forgetting his trade, his learning, and time itself, standing frozen like a statue. He laments how their childhood promises of togetherness and joy seem to have been forgotten by her, while he languishes away in intense longing and sorrow.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Rupaka Alankaram)

“Sanjala kadalilae”

'Sanjala kadal' metaphorically compares grief and distress to a vast ocean in which the lover is drowning.

Metaphor (Uvamai)

“Ennuyirkiniya antha paingili”

'Paingili' (green parrot) is used as a metaphor/term of endearment for his beloved Laila.

Wordplay / Pun (Yamakam / Sledai)

“Velai pazhikkum... Vel thaikka naan seiyyum Velai maranthen”

Plays on the homonyms 'Vel' (spear) and 'Velai' (work/occupation or time). Her eyes surpass the sharp spear ('vel'), causing him to forget his work ('velai') of forging spears.

Simile (Uvamaani)

“Silai polae irunthaenendru”

Compares his frozen, spellbound state of being to an unmoving statue ('silai polae').

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Trivia

'Laila Majnu' (1950) was a musical hit starring T. R. Mahalingam as Majnu and M. V. Rajamma as Laila. T. R. Mahalingam, renowned for his high-pitched classical vocal capability, sang this song composed by S. V. Venkatraman with lyrics by Kambadasan.

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