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Lyrics & meaning

Yedhedho Penne

From Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai · 2016

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Ajeesh, Ranina Reddy
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Details
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Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Yedhedho pennaeOh girl of endless mystery
Nee vandhadhalaeJust because you arrived
Thanneeril ilai polLike a leaf in water
MidhakirenI float weightlessly
Female
En kaatril indruIn my breeze today
Un swasam thediSearching for your breath
Indreno vinnodu parakirenWhy today am I flying with the sky?
Male
En aasai ninaipadhu yeralamThe desires I think of are countless
Endralum ennidam mozhi illaiYet I have no words to express them
Female :Pen aasai maraipadhu yeralamFemale: What a woman's heart hides is countless
Adhai ellam sollida vazhi illaiThere is no way to say it all out loud
Male
Oh anbae en anbaeOh beloved, my beloved
En idhayathaiMy heart
Un kaiyil naan thandhenI have placed into your hands
Oor kadidhathaiLike a love letter
Female
Un idhayam en vasathilYour heart is in my possession
En idhayam un thadathilMy heart is on your path
Male :Iruvarumae oor idathilMale: Both of us in one place
Kaadhalenum kalavarathil…hoo…In the emotional turmoil called love...
Male
Anbae en nyabagam theendiMy love, did my memory brush past you
Un thookkam tholaindhadhaAnd make you lose your sleep?
Female :Angae en yosanai vandhaeFemale: Did thoughts of me arrive there
Un yekam alaindhadhaAnd make your yearning wander restlessly?
Male
Kaadhalin kaigalilIn the hands of love
Bommaiyaai udaigirenI break like a fragile toy
Female :Kaayangal unmaiyilFemale: In truth, these emotional wounds
Inbam thaan arigirenI realize are pure sweet bliss
Male
Un idhayam en vasathilYour heart is in my possession
Female
Veveru vergalil pirandhomWe were born from different roots
Nam kaadhal inaiyumaWill our love ever unite?
Male :Manamondri serndhidum bodhuMale: When two hearts unite as one
Mei kaadhal irakkumaCan true love ever die?
Female
Kaalathai kaadhalalTime itself with our love
Vendru naam vaazhuvomWe shall conquer and live
Male : Kaadhalae unmaiyilMale: Love itself is truly
Anbena paaduvomPure affection, let us sing
Female
Un idhayam en vasathilYour heart is in my possession
En idhayam un thadathilMy heart is on your path
Male
Yedhedho pennaeOh girl of endless mystery
Nee vandhadhalaeJust because you arrived
Thanneeril ilai polLike a leaf in water
MidhakirenI float weightlessly
Female
En kaatril indruIn my breeze today
Un swasam thediSearching for your breath
Indreno vinnodu parakirenWhy today am I flying with the sky?
Male
En aasai ninaipadhu yeralamThe desires I think of are countless
Endralum ennidam mozhi illaiYet I have no words to express them
Female : Pen aasai maraipadhu yeralamFemale: What a woman's heart hides is countless
Adhai ellam sollida vazhi illaiThere is no way to say it all out loud

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This romantic duet captures the delicate, overwhelming, and transcendent experience of falling in love. The male protagonist describes feeling weightless like a leaf floating on water and flying through the sky ever since the heroine entered his life. Both lovers exchange thoughts about how intense love makes it difficult to articulate feelings, where speech fails to capture the depth of their inner desires and longings.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

Thanneeril ilai pol

Compares the protagonist's feeling of weightlessness in love to a leaf floating effortlessly on water using the explicit comparison word 'pol'.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

En aasai ninaipadhu yeralam / Endralum ennidam mozhi illai

The recurrence of the initial vowel sound 'E' (En / Endralum) across consecutive lines creates rhythmic harmony.

Metaphor

Kaadhalin kaigalil bommaiyaai udaigiren

Metaphorically portrays the vulnerability of being in love as a toy breaking easily in the hands of love.

Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Kaadhalae unmaiyil / Anbena paaduvom

The second consonant sound 'dha'/'ba' complements the rhythm and flow of the verse.

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Trivia

Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai (2016) is the official Tamil remake of the 2012 blockbuster Malayalam film 'Thattathin Marayathu'. Although the prompt mentions the music director as unknown, the soundtrack for this movie was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, with deeply evocative lyrics penned by the acclaimed late lyricist Na. Muthukumar.

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