Yaar Veetu Roja
From Idhaya Kovil · 1985
- Lyricist
- Mu. Metha
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Details
- Idhaya Kovil1985
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Yaar veettil roja | In whose house did the rose |
| Poo pooththadho | Blossom into a flower? |
| Kar kaala kaatril | In the dark monsoon wind, |
| Yen vaadudho | Why is it wilting away? |
| Male | |
| Megam thannai | Cloud colliding with |
| Megam modhi | Cloud itself, |
| Minnal minnudho…ho | Is lightning flashing... ho? |
| Minnal indha neram | Does lightning at this moment |
| Endhan kannil minnudho | Flash within my eyes? |
| Male | |
| Oru raagam pudhu raagam | A melody, a new melody, |
| Adhil sogam thaan yeno | But why is there sadness in it? |
| Yaar veettil roja | In whose house did the rose |
| Poo pooththadho | Blossom into a flower? |
| Male | |
| Raagangal nooru | A hundred ragas, |
| Aval koduththaal | She gave them to me; |
| Geethangal nooru | A hundred songs, |
| Aval thoduththaal | She composed them. |
| Male | |
| Jeevan angae | Life is over there, |
| Ennai thedum | Searching for me, |
| Paadal ingae | While the song over here |
| Kaatril odum | Floats away in the wind. |
| Male | |
| Kaanaamal kangal | Without seeing her, do my eyes |
| Nogindradho | Ache with pain? |
| Kaadhal jodi ondru | A pair of lovers |
| Vaadum neram indru | Is wilting today at this hour. |
| Male | |
| Orr ezhai venpuraa medaiyil | One poor white dove is on stage, |
| En kaadhal pen puraa veedhiyil | My beloved female dove is on the street. |
| Poongaatru poraadavae | As the gentle breeze struggles, |
| Pooththa poovum aatril odavae | Does the blossomed flower float away in the river? |
| Male | |
| Yaar veettil roja | In whose house did the rose |
| Poo pooththadho | Blossom into a flower? |
| Male | |
| Vaan megam modhum | Sky clouds collide |
| Mazhai dhanilae | In that rain, |
| Naan paadum paadal | The song that I sing |
| Nanaigiradhae | Is getting drenched. |
| Male | |
| Paadal ingae | Because the song here |
| Nanaivadhanaalae | Is getting drenched, |
| Nanaiyum vaarthai | The soaked words |
| Karaiyudhu ingae | Are dissolving away here. |
| Male | |
| Jenmangal yaavum | Across all future births, |
| Nee vaazhavae | May you live long! |
| Kaadhal konda ullam | The heart that holds love |
| Kaanum anbin illam | Is the home where love resides. |
| Male | |
| Orr kaatrin kaigalum theendumo | Will even the hands of the wind touch it? |
| En kaaval yellaiyai thaandumo | Will it cross the boundary of my protection? |
| Gnyaayangal vaai moodumo | Will justice remain silent? |
| Deivam illai yendru pogumo | Will it end with saying God does not exist? |
| Male | |
| Yaar veettil roja | In whose house did the rose |
| Poo pooththadho | Blossom into a flower? |
| Male | |
| Megam thannai | Cloud colliding with |
| Megam modhi | Cloud itself, |
| Minnal minnudho…ho | Is lightning flashing... ho? |
| Minnal indha neram | Does lightning at this moment |
| Endhan kannil minnudho | Flash within my eyes? |
| Male | |
| Oru raagam pudhu raagam | A melody, a new melody, |
| Adhil sogam thaan yeno | But why is there sadness in it? |
| Male | |
| Yaar veettil roja | In whose house did the rose |
| Poo pooththadho | Blossom into a flower? |
| Kar kaala kaatril | In the dark monsoon wind, |
| Yen vaadudho | Why is it wilting away? |
யார் வீட்டில்
ரோஜா பூ பூத்ததோ
கார் காலக் காற்றில்
ஏன் வாடுதோ
In whose house did the rose
Blossom into a flower?
In the dark monsoon wind,
Why is it wilting away?
மேகம் தன்னை
மேகம் மோதி மின்னல்
மின்னுதோ ஹோ
மின்னல் இந்த நேரம்
எந்தன் கண்ணில்
மின்னுதோ
Cloud colliding with
Cloud itself,
Is lightning flashing... ho?
Does lightning at this moment
Flash within my eyes?
ஒரு ராகம்
புது ராகம் அதில்
சோகம் தான் ஏனோ
யார் வீட்டில் ரோஜா
பூ பூத்ததோ
A melody, a new melody,
But why is there sadness in it?
In whose house did the rose
Blossom into a flower?
ராகங்கள் நூறு
அவள் கொடுத்தாள்
கீதங்கள் நூறு அவள்
தொடுத்தாள்
A hundred ragas,
She gave them to me;
A hundred songs,
She composed them.
ஜீவன் அங்கே
என்னைத் தேடும்
பாடல் இங்கே
காற்றில் ஓடும்
Life is over there,
Searching for me,
While the song over here
Floats away in the wind.
காணாமல்
கண்கள் நோகின்றதோ
காதல் ஜோடி ஒன்று
வாடும் நேரம் இன்று
Without seeing her, do my eyes
Ache with pain?
A pair of lovers
Is wilting today at this hour.
ஓர் ஏழை
வெண்புறா மேடையில்
என் காதல் பெண்புறா
வீதியில் பூங்காற்று
போராடவே பூத்த பூவும்
ஆற்றில் ஓடவே
One poor white dove is on stage,
My beloved female dove is on the street.
As the gentle breeze struggles,
Does the blossomed flower float away in the river?
யார் வீட்டில்
ரோஜா பூ பூத்ததோ
In whose house did the rose
Blossom into a flower?
வான் மேகம்
மோதும் மழைதனிலே
நான் பாடும் பாடல்
நனைகிறதே
Sky clouds collide
In that rain,
The song that I sing
Is getting drenched.
பாடல் இங்கே
நனைவதனாலே
நனையும் வார்த்தை
கரையுது இங்கே
Because the song here
Is getting drenched,
The soaked words
Are dissolving away here.
ஜென்மங்கள்
யாவும் நீ வாழவே
காதல் கொண்ட
உள்ளம் காணும்
அன்பின் இல்லம்
Across all future births,
May you live long!
The heart that holds love
Is the home where love resides.
ஓர் காற்றின்
கைகளும் தீண்டுமோ
என் காவல் எல்லையைத்
தாண்டுமோ நியாயங்கள்
வாய் மூடுமோ தெய்வமில்லை
என்று போகுமோ
Will even the hands of the wind touch it?
Will it cross the boundary of my protection?
Will justice remain silent?
Will it end with saying God does not exist?
யார் வீட்டில்
ரோஜா பூ பூத்ததோ
In whose house did the rose
Blossom into a flower?
மேகம் தன்னை
மேகம் மோதி மின்னல்
மின்னுதோ ஹோ
மின்னல் இந்த நேரம்
எந்தன் கண்ணில்
மின்னுதோ
Cloud colliding with
Cloud itself,
Is lightning flashing... ho?
Does lightning at this moment
Flash within my eyes?
ஒரு ராகம்
புது ராகம் அதில்
சோகம் தான் ஏனோ
யார் வீட்டில் ரோஜா
பூ பூத்ததோ கார் காலக்
காற்றில் ஏன் வாடுதோ
A melody, a new melody,
But why is there sadness in it?
In whose house did the rose
Blossom into a flower?
In the dark monsoon wind,
Why is it wilting away?
Yaar veettil roja
In whose house did the rose
Poo pooththadho
Blossom into a flower?
Kar kaala kaatril
In the dark monsoon wind,
Yen vaadudho
Why is it wilting away?
Megam thannai
Cloud colliding with
Megam modhi
Cloud itself,
Minnal minnudho…ho
Is lightning flashing... ho?
Minnal indha neram
Does lightning at this moment
Endhan kannil minnudho
Flash within my eyes?
Oru raagam pudhu raagam
A melody, a new melody,
Adhil sogam thaan yeno
But why is there sadness in it?
Yaar veettil roja
In whose house did the rose
Poo pooththadho
Blossom into a flower?
Raagangal nooru
A hundred ragas,
Aval koduththaal
She gave them to me;
Geethangal nooru
A hundred songs,
Aval thoduththaal
She composed them.
Jeevan angae
Life is over there,
Ennai thedum
Searching for me,
Paadal ingae
While the song over here
Kaatril odum
Floats away in the wind.
Kaanaamal kangal
Without seeing her, do my eyes
Nogindradho
Ache with pain?
Kaadhal jodi ondru
A pair of lovers
Vaadum neram indru
Is wilting today at this hour.
Orr ezhai venpuraa medaiyil
One poor white dove is on stage,
En kaadhal pen puraa veedhiyil
My beloved female dove is on the street.
Poongaatru poraadavae
As the gentle breeze struggles,
Pooththa poovum aatril odavae
Does the blossomed flower float away in the river?
Yaar veettil roja
In whose house did the rose
Poo pooththadho
Blossom into a flower?
Vaan megam modhum
Sky clouds collide
Mazhai dhanilae
In that rain,
Naan paadum paadal
The song that I sing
Nanaigiradhae
Is getting drenched.
Paadal ingae
Because the song here
Nanaivadhanaalae
Is getting drenched,
Nanaiyum vaarthai
The soaked words
Karaiyudhu ingae
Are dissolving away here.
Jenmangal yaavum
Across all future births,
Nee vaazhavae
May you live long!
Kaadhal konda ullam
The heart that holds love
Kaanum anbin illam
Is the home where love resides.
Orr kaatrin kaigalum theendumo
Will even the hands of the wind touch it?
En kaaval yellaiyai thaandumo
Will it cross the boundary of my protection?
Gnyaayangal vaai moodumo
Will justice remain silent?
Deivam illai yendru pogumo
Will it end with saying God does not exist?
Yaar veettil roja
In whose house did the rose
Poo pooththadho
Blossom into a flower?
Megam thannai
Cloud colliding with
Megam modhi
Cloud itself,
Minnal minnudho…ho
Is lightning flashing... ho?
Minnal indha neram
Does lightning at this moment
Endhan kannil minnudho
Flash within my eyes?
Oru raagam pudhu raagam
A melody, a new melody,
Adhil sogam thaan yeno
But why is there sadness in it?
Yaar veettil roja
In whose house did the rose
Poo pooththadho
Blossom into a flower?
Kar kaala kaatril
In the dark monsoon wind,
Yen vaadudho
Why is it wilting away?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Yaar Veettil Roja from the 1985 Tamil film Idhaya Kovil is a deeply emotional ballad expressing heartbreak, helplessness, and the agony of separation. The speaker uses the central metaphor of a delicate rose blooming in someone else's garden—only to wither away in harsh monsoon winds—to portray his helpless love. Despite composing and singing melodies inspired by his beloved, the singer feels immense grief as circumstances force them apart, leaving him performing on stage while his love suffers on the street.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Yaar veettil roja poo pooththadho”
Compares the speaker's beloved and her fragile situation to a blooming rose in a house.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“pooththadho / vaadudho / minnudho”
Endings of consecutive lines share the same sound pattern ('-o').
Muran (Contrast)
“Orr ezhai venpuraa medaiyil / En kaadhal pen puraa veedhiyil”
Contrasts the male lover being elevated on a stage while the female beloved is left vulnerable on the street.
Personification
“Nanaiyum vaarthai karaiyudhu ingae”
Attributes physical traits of dissolving and getting drenched to spoken/sung words.
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Trivia
Idhaya Kovil (1985) is a romantic drama directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Mohan, Radha, and Ambika. The film's iconic musical score was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, with memorable male vocal renditions by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. J. Yesudas, and lyrics written by the celebrated Tamil poet Mu. Metha.
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