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Lyrics & meaning

Yaarumillai Inge

From Panathukkaga · 1974

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
Music director
M. S. Vishwanathan
Movie name
Panathukkaga
Movie release year
1974
Lyrics added on
6 Feb 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yaarumilla ingae
Female :Idam idam idhu
Sugam sugam dhinam tharum tharum
Male :Aasai nenjam engae
Female :Varum varum adhu varum
Konjam porum porum
Yaarumillai ingae….
Male :Idam idam idhu
Sugam sugam dhinam tharum tharum
Female :Aasai nenjam engae
Male :Varum varum adhu varum varai
Konjam porum porum
Ingu therottam
Killaigakal koottam
Nenjil thaenoottrum
Thendralin aattam
Female :Paarkkalaam ketkalaam
Paadalaam aadalaam pallaandu
I love you…….I love you………
Female :I love you……… I love you………
Paal manam poo manam
Ooridum thirumanam
Paarvaiyil mudinthathu ingae
Female :Paliyil nadappathu
Chozhaiyil nadakkattum
Paadaththai padiyungal ingae
Vellamum vellamum
Saernthuvittaal athu
Paarvaikku irandalla ondru
Female :Viththaigal arnthavar
Iththanai therinthavar
Thaththaikku kidaiththathu nandrae
Male :Kankalum pesalaam
Kaikalum pesalaam inneram
I love you…….I love you………
Female :I love you……… I love you………
Manthira kaatrinil
Santhana vaadaiyil
Mangaiyai paarungal konjam
Male :Maadhulam poovinam
Bodhaiyil vizhunthathu
Mannanin vaaliba nejam
Kadhalil nyaaniyum kadhali meniyum
Kaanattum anantha manjam
Male :Aanathu aagattum ponathu pogattum
Naan ini unnidam thanjam
Kondu po kondu vaa
Vandu pol unnavaa idhzh meedhu
Male :I love you…….
Female :I love you……..
Yaarumilla ingae
Male :Idam idam idhu
Sugam sugam dhinam tharum tharum
Female :Aasai nenjam engae
Male :Varum varum adhu varum varai
Konjam porum porum
Ingu therottam
Killaigakal koottam
Nenjil thaenoottrum
Thendralin aattam
Female :Paarkkalaam ketkalaam
Paadalaam aadalaam pallaandu
I love you…….I love you………
Female :I love you……… I love you………
With no one around here...
Female: This is the place, this is the place,
that will give, will give pleasure every day!
Male: Where is your longing heart?
Female: It will come, it will come,
just wait, wait a little!
With no one here...
Male: This is the place, this is the place,
that will give, will give pleasure every day!
Female: Where is your longing heart?
Male: It will come, it will come; until it does,
just wait, wait a little!
Here is a grand chariot procession,
a gathering of sweet parrots,
pouring honey into the heart,
is the dance of the gentle breeze.
Female: We can watch, we can listen,
we can sing and dance for years and years!
I love you... I love you...
Female: I love you... I love you...
Pure as milk and fragrant as flowers,
the wedding that a town arranges
has happened right here in a single glance!
Female: What usually happens in school,
let it happen here in this garden grove,
learn your lesson right here!
When two flowing streams
meet and merge together,
to the eyes they are no longer two, but one!
Female: To have someone who knows all the arts,
someone who knows so very much,
is such a blessing for this parrot girl!
Male: Our eyes can speak,
and our hands can speak at this hour!
I love you... I love you...
Female: I love you... I love you...
In this magical breeze,
in the cool sandalwood fragrance,
look at this young woman for a moment!
Male: Seeing a beauty like a pomegranate flower,
it has fallen into sweet intoxication—
this king's youthful heart!
May the master of love and his beloved's beauty
experience a bed of pure bliss!
Male: Come what may, let what is gone be gone,
from now on, I surrender completely to you!
Take me away, bring me close,
shall I feast like a bee upon your lips?
Male: I love you...
Female: I love you...
With no one around here...
Male: This is the place, this is the place,
that will give, will give pleasure every day!
Female: Where is your longing heart?
Male: It will come, it will come; until it does,
just wait, wait a little!
Here is a grand chariot procession,
a gathering of sweet parrots,
pouring honey into the heart,
is the dance of the gentle breeze.
Female: We can watch, we can listen,
we can sing and dance for years and years!
I love you... I love you...
Female: I love you... I love you...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'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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