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Lyrics & meaning

Yeanadi Yeanadi

From 100% Kadhal · 2018

Lyricist
Mohan Rajan
Singer
Keshav Vinod
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Details
100% Kadhal2018

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Yenadi yenadiWhy, oh girl, why?
Kaatrilae aadumSwaying in the wind
Kaagitham polaLike a piece of paper
Thooramaai pogavaeTo drift far away
Nernthathu yenadiWhy did it happen, my girl?
Male
Kaanalaai therigiraAppearing like a mirage
Kaadhali naanumEven I, as your lover
Unmaiyae endruBelieving it to be real
Nambiyae arugilaeBelieving and going near
Sendrathu veenadiHas gone to waste, my girl!
Male
Wow ohooo…(4)Wow ohooo…
Male
Yenadi yenadiWhy, oh girl, why?
Kaatrilae aadumSwaying in the wind
Kaagitham polaLike a piece of paper
Thooramaai pogavaeTo drift far away
Nernthathu yenadiWhy did it happen, my girl?
Male
Kaanalaai therigiraAppearing like a mirage
Kaadhali naanumEven I, as your lover
Unmaiyae endruBelieving it to be real
Nambiyae arugilaeBelieving and going near
Sendrathu veenadiHas gone to waste, my girl!
Male
Iru vizhigal pothavillaiTwo eyes are not enough
Azhuthida kangal kodiTen million eyes to cry
EnakkillaiyaeI do not have!
Male
Kannukku imaiTo the eye, the eyelid
Indru thooramIs far away today
Nenjukku ninaivuTo the heart, the memory
Indru thooramIs far away today
Udalukku uyirindruTo the body, the soul today
Thooram aanathaeHas become distant!
Male
Kilai melaeOn top of the branch
Inai serntha pookkalThe flowers paired together
Puyalaalae ondringuDue to a storm here
Manmel vezhnthaalumEven if they fall onto the ground
Athu meendum sera koodumoCan they ever reunite again?
Male
Un tholil naan saaindhaWhere is the love where I leaned on your shoulder?
Kaadhal engaeWhere is that love?
Namm kaigal kai korthaWhen our hands intertwined,
Vervai enageWhere is that warmth?
Male
Namakkaaga naam seithaThe world we built for ourselves
Ulagam enageWhere is that world?
Ellaamae kann munnaeEverything right in front of my eyes
MaraithathengaeWhere did it vanish?
Male
Ethuvaraiyil vaanam undoAs far as the sky exists
Athuvarai megam pogaThat far the cloud cannot go
MudiyathammaOh girl, it is impossible
Adipathuvum anaipathuvumBoth hurting and embracing each other
Kaadhal endru unarumA heart that realizes this is love
Kaadhal udaiyaathammaLove will never shatter, my girl!
Male
Un swaasam kaatroduWith your breath in the wind
Vaazha ninaithenaeI wished to live
Verenna koora ellaamaeWhat else can be said, everything
Yen indru maari ponathooWhy did it change today?
Male
Kaaterndraal kadanthodumSaying that wind will just blow away
EndruThus
Puriyaamal irunthenae andruI lived without understanding back then
En moochum tholaivaaga indruToday my very breath has gone far away
AanathooHas it become so?
Male
Unnodu naan vazhnthaAll the moments I lived with you
NodigallellaamEvery single moment
Kannadi athu polaJust like glass
UdainthathadiIt shattered, my girl!
Ondraga naam serthaAll the memories we gathered together
Ninaivu ellaamAll those memories
Ovvondrai en munnaalOne by one before me
TherinthathadiAppeared, my girl!
Male
NinaithellaamIf everything one thought of
Kidaithu vittaalWas achieved easily
Vazhigalai manam thaanThe pains of life, the heart
UnaraathammaWould never feel, my girl!
Kidaithellaam pidithu vittaalIf one liked everything they got
Vizhigalum azhuthidaEven the eyes to weep
PazhagathammaWould never learn, my girl!
Male
En kaadhalIs my love
En kobam thaanaaJust my anger?
Un kaadhalIs your love
Un mounam thaanaaJust your silence?
Theriyaamal irukkindromRemaining clueless
Yeno paaradiWhy are we like this, look girl!
Male
Oru varthai naanJust one word, if I
Sonnaal pothumSpeak, it is enough
Maru varthai neeAnother word, if you
Sonnaal pothumSpeak, it is enough
Ellaamae thalaikeezhaiEverything turned upside down
Maarum pesadiWill change back, talk to me girl!
Male
Yenadi yenadiWhy, oh girl, why?
Kaatrilae aadumSwaying in the wind
Kaagitham polaLike a piece of paper
Thooramaai pogavaeTo drift far away
Nernthathu yenadiWhy did it happen, my girl?
Male
Kaanalaai therigiraAppearing like a mirage
Kaadhali naanumEven I, as your lover
Unmaiyae endruBelieving it to be real
Nambiyae arugilaeBelieving and going near
Sendrathu veenadiHas gone to waste, my girl!
Male
Iru vizhigal pothavillaiTwo eyes are not enough
Azhuthida kangal kodiTen million eyes to cry
EnakkillaiyaeI do not have!
Male
Kannukku imaiTo the eye, the eyelid
Indru thooramIs far away today
Nenjukku ninaivuTo the heart, the memory
Indru thooramIs far away today
Udalukku uyirindruTo the body, the soul today
Thooram aanathaeHas become distant!
Male
Kilai melaeOn top of the branch
Inai serntha pookkalThe flowers paired together
Puyalaalae ondringuDue to a storm here
Manmel vezhnthaalumEven if they fall onto the ground
Athu meendum sera koodumoCan they ever reunite again?

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This emotional track captures the profound grief and disillusionment of a lover navigating separation and misunderstanding. The protagonist compares his fragile connection to a piece of paper tossed by the wind or a mirage that disappears upon approaching it. He laments how intimate memories—built shoulder to shoulder—have vanished like shattered glass, leaving a deep distance between his body and soul.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

Kaagitham pola

Compares the fragility and helplessness of the lover to a piece of paper drifting helplessly in the wind.

Metaphor (Uruvagamai)

Kaanalaai therigira Kaadhali naanum

Compares the beloved or love itself to a mirage (Kaanal) that appears real from afar but disappears up close.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Kaatrilae aadum / Kaagitham pola

Repetition of the initial consonant sound 'K' (Ka) across adjacent lines.

Simile

Kannadi athu pola udainthathadi

Compares the breaking of shared moments and memories to fragile glass shattering.

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Trivia

'100% Kadhal' (2019) is the official Tamil remake of the hit 2011 Telugu romantic comedy '100% Love'. The lead role was played by G. V. Prakash Kumar, who also served as the film's music composer.

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