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Lyrics & meaning

Yamma Yamma

From 7aum Arivu · 2011

Lyricist
Kabilan
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Shweta Mohan
Music director
Harris Jayaraj
Movie name
7aum Arivu
Movie release year
2011
Lyrics added on
27 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yamma yamma kaadhal ponnama
Nee ena vittu ponathennamma
Nenjukulla kaayam aachamma
En pattam poochi saayam pochamma
Adi aanoda kaadhal kai rega polae
Pennoda kaadhal kai kutta polae
Kanavukulla avala vechenae
En kanna renda thirudi ponaalae
Pullaankulala kaiyil thanthaalae
En moochu kaatha vaangi ponaalae
Pombalaiya nambi kettuponavanga romba
Andha varisaiyil naanum ippa kadaisiyil ninnen
Mutheduka ponaal un moochadangum thannaal
Kaadhal muthedutha pinnaal
Manam pithamaagum pennaal
Ava kaiyavituthaan poyaachu
Kannu rendumae poiyaachu
Kaadhal enbathu veen pechu
Manam unnalae punnaai pochu
Kaadhal paathai kallu mulluda
Adhai kadanthupona aalae illadaa
Kaadhal oru bothai maathira
Adhai pottukitta moongil yaathirai
Yamma yamma kaadhal ponnama
Nee ena vittu ponathennamma
Nenjukulla kaayam aachamma
En pattam poochi saayam pochamma
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Ota potta moongil athu paatu paada koodum
Nenjil ota potta pinnum manam unna pathi paadum
Vanthu ponathaaru oru nanthavana theru
Nambi nonthu ponen paaru ava poo illa naaru
Enna thittam potu nee thirudaadhae
Etta ninnu nee varudaadhae
Katterumbu pol nerudaadhae
Manam thaangadhae thaangadhae
Vaanavillin kolam neeyamma
En vaanam thaandi ponathengamma
Kaadhal illaa ooru engadaa
Enna kanna katti kooti pongadaa
Yamma yamma kaadhal ponnamaFemale :………………..
Nee ena vittu ponathennammaFemale :……………………
Nenjukulla kaayam aachammaFemale :……………………
En pattam poochi saayam pochammaFemale :…………………
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Oh my, oh my, golden girl of my love,
Why did you leave me and go away, my girl?
My heart has been wounded, my girl,
My butterfly has lost its colors, my girl.
Hey, a man's love is like the lines on his palm,
A woman's love is like a handkerchief,
I kept her inside my dreams,
She stole both my eyes and went away.
She placed a flute in my hands,
And took away my breath.
So many have been ruined by trusting a woman,
And now I stand at the very end of that queue.
If you dive for pearls, your breath stops on its own,
Once the pearl of love is retrieved,
The mind goes mad because of a woman.
She dropped my hand and walked away,
Both my eyes turned out to be deceptive,
Love is nothing but useless talk,
My heart became a wound because of you.
The path of love is full of stones and thorns, friend,
There is no one who has ever crossed it, friend.
Love is an intoxicating pill,
If you swallow it, it is a final bamboo journey.
Oh my, oh my, golden girl of my love,
Why did you leave me and go away, my girl?
My heart has been wounded, my girl,
My butterfly has lost its colors, my girl.
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A bamboo pierced with holes can sing a song,
Even after piercing a hole in my heart, my mind still sings of you.
Who came and went like a street of flower gardens?
Look how I trusted and suffered; she was no flower, but coarse fiber.
Do not plot and rob me,
Do not stroke me while standing far away,
Do not sting me like black ants,
My heart cannot bear it, cannot bear it.
You are a rainbow pattern, my girl,
Where did you go beyond my sky?
Where is a town without love, my friends?
Blindfold me and take me there, my friends.
Oh my, oh my, golden girl of my love Female: ...
Why did you leave me and go away, my girl? Female: ...
My heart has been wounded, my girl Female: ...
My butterfly has lost its colors, my girl Female: ...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Yamma Yamma' from 7aum Arivu expresses the deep pain, grief, and despair of a heartbroken lover abandoned by his beloved. The protagonist laments how deeply he loved and trusted her, only to be left with emotional scars and shattered dreams. He reflects cynically on the nature of love, describing it as an intoxicating drug that leads to destruction and comparing a woman's love to fleeting objects. Through poetic imagery of a flute created through pain or a colorful butterfly losing its hues, the lyrics convey an overwhelming sense of betrayal. The protagonist feels so tormented by the memories of his lost love that he desperately pleads to be taken to a place where love does not exist at all, highlighting the tragic weight of unrequited affection.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“En pattam poochi saayam pochamma”

Compares his vibrant life and happiness to a colorful butterfly that has lost its colors due to heartbreak.

Simile

“Pennoda kaadhal kai kutta polae”

Uses explicit comparison ('polae' - like) to compare a woman's love to a handkerchief that is easily discarded or temporarily used.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

“Enna thittam potu nee thirudaadhae / Etta ninnu nee varudaadhae / Katterumbu pol nerudaadhae”

Consonant end rhyming with the suffix '-adhae' across consecutive lines creates a rhythmic, lamenting cadence.

Metaphor

“Kaadhal oru bothai maathira”

Directly equates love to an intoxicating pill ('bothai maathira') that clouds judgment.

Imagery & Irony

“Ota potta moongil athu paatu paada koodum / Nenjil ota potta pinnum manam unna pathi paadum”

Draws poetic imagery of a bamboo flute created by making holes in it, using it as an analogy for a heart pierced with pain that still sings songs of love.

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