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Lyrics & meaning

Yaarumillai Inge

From Panathukkaga · 1974

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
Music director
M. S. Vishwanathan
Details
Panathukkaga1974

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Yaarumilla ingaeThere is nobody here
Female :Idam idam idhuFemale: This is the place, this is the place
Sugam sugam dhinam tharum tharumIt gives joy, joy every single day
Male :Aasai nenjam engaeMale: Where is the longing heart?
Female :Varum varum adhu varumFemale: It will come, it will come
Konjam porum porumWait a little, be patient
Female
Yaarumillai ingae….There is nobody here...
Male :Idam idam idhuMale: This is the place, this is the place
Sugam sugam dhinam tharum tharumIt gives joy, joy every single day
Female :Aasai nenjam engaeFemale: Where is the longing heart?
Male :Varum varum adhu varum varaiMale: Until it comes, it comes
Konjam porum porumWait a little, be patient
Male
Ingu therottamHere is a chariot procession
Killaigakal koottamA gathering of branches and birds
Nenjil thaenoottrumPouring honey into the heart
Thendralin aattamIs the dance of the gentle breeze
Female :Paarkkalaam ketkalaamFemale: We can see, we can listen
Paadalaam aadalaam pallaanduWe can sing and dance for many long years
Male
I love you…….I love you………I love you... I love you...
Female :I love you……… I love you………Female: I love you... I love you...
Male
Paal manam poo manamFragrance of milk, fragrance of flowers
Ooridum thirumanamA wedding that overflows with sweetness
Paarvaiyil mudinthathu ingaeWas settled right here with a single glance
Female :Paliyil nadappathuFemale: What usually happens in school
Chozhaiyil nadakkattumLet it now happen in this garden grove
Paadaththai padiyungal ingaeLearn your lesson right here
Male
Vellamum vellamumWhen a flood and another flood
Saernthuvittaal athuJoin together, then
Paarvaikku irandalla ondruTo the eyes, they are not two, but one
Female :Viththaigal arnthavarFemale: One who has learned all arts and skills
Iththanai therinthavarOne who understands so much
Thaththaikku kidaiththathu nandraeIt is wonderful that this parrot found such a person
Male :Kankalum pesalaamMale: Even eyes can speak
Kaikalum pesalaam inneramEven hands can speak at this hour
Male
I love you…….I love you………I love you... I love you...
Female :I love you……… I love you………Female: I love you... I love you...
Female
Manthira kaatrinilIn the magical breeze
Santhana vaadaiyilIn the fragrance of sandalwood
Mangaiyai paarungal konjamLook at this young woman for a moment
Male :Maadhulam poovinamMale: Like a pomegranate flower
Bodhaiyil vizhunthathuFallen into sweet intoxication
Mannanin vaaliba nejamIs the king's youthful heart
Female
Kadhalil nyaaniyum kadhali meniyumIn love, even a sage and the beloved's form
Kaanattum anantha manjamMay they behold the bed of supreme bliss
Male :Aanathu aagattum ponathu pogattumMale: What happened has happened, let what is gone be gone
Naan ini unnidam thanjamFrom now on, I seek refuge in you
Female
Kondu po kondu vaaTake it away, bring it back
Vandu pol unnavaa idhzh meedhuShall I feast like a honeybee upon your lips?
Male :I love you…….Male: I love you...
Female :I love you……..Female: I love you...
Female
Yaarumilla ingaeThere is nobody here
Male :Idam idam idhuMale: This is the place, this is the place
Sugam sugam dhinam tharum tharumIt gives joy, joy every single day
Female :Aasai nenjam engaeFemale: Where is the longing heart?
Male :Varum varum adhu varum varaiMale: Until it comes, it comes
Konjam porum porumWait a little, be patient
Male
Ingu therottamHere is a chariot procession
Killaigakal koottamA gathering of branches and birds
Nenjil thaenoottrumPouring honey into the heart
Thendralin aattamIs the dance of the gentle breeze
Female :Paarkkalaam ketkalaamFemale: We can see, we can listen
Paadalaam aadalaam pallaanduWe can sing and dance for many long years
Male
I love you…….I love you………I love you... I love you...
Female :I love you……… I love you………Female: I love you... I love you...

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

'Yaarumilla ingae' is a playful and romantic duet from the 1974 Tamil film 'Panathukkaga', featuring vocals by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and P. Susheela. Set in a secluded nature spot, the lovers celebrate their privacy and deep mutual affection. The lyrics playfully weave school room metaphors—learning lessons not from books, but in the garden of romance—and draw imagery from nature, such as merging rivers, gentle breezes, and honeybees.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Adukkuthodar (Repetition for emphasis)

Sugam sugam dhinam tharum tharum

The repetition of words like 'sugam sugam' (joy, joy) and 'tharum tharum' (gives, gives) creates a rhythmic cadence and emphasizes heightened emotion.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

Paarkkalaam ketkalaam / Paadalaam aadalaam pallaandu

The rhyming end sounds '-laam' across verbs create a smooth verbal harmony and musicality.

Uvamai (Metaphor/Simile)

Vellamum vellamum Saernthuvittaal athu Paarvaikku irandalla ondru

Kannadasan compares the merging of two lovers into one soul to two floods joining together to become a single body of water.

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Trivia

Composed by legendary maestro M. S. Viswanathan, this song reflects the 1970s trend of integrating English romantic refrains ('I love you') into traditional Tamil light music compositions to appeal to the youth of that era.

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