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Lyrics & meaning

Yedho Aagippochu

From Nedunalvaadai · 2017

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Shweta Mohan, Yasin Nizar
Music director
Jose Franklin
Details
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Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Chorus
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Female
Yedho aagi pochuSomething has happened to me
Idhayam iththu pochuMy heart has worn out
Yeno indha koothuWhy is this drama happening?
Nee sollaiyaaWon't you tell me?
Female
Rosa mottukkullaInside a rosebud
Lesa mettu kattiSoftly humming a tune
Kuthi kodaiyum vanduThe bee that pierces and drills
NeethaanaiyaaIs none other than you, my dear
Female
PaithiyamaaAm I crazy?
En paruvatha suthavittaYou made my youth spin around
BombaramaaaLike a top!
Penn thaangaathaiyaaA woman cannot bear this, my dear
Female
SathiyamaI swear
Naan saadham sooru unnalaiyaeMy daily food because of you
PathiyamaHas become a strict bland diet!
Kann thoongaathaiyaaMy eyes cannot sleep, my dear
Female
Kanjikul potta uppuThe salt added into porridge
Kanji ellaam koodi pogumSpreads throughout all the porridge
Adhu pola nenjil serndhiyaeJust like that, you merged into my heart
Female
Kann moodi thoonga ponaWhen I close my eyes to sleep
Kannodu kazhagam senjaYou stirred up a riot within my eyes
Kanavodu siragaai neenthiyaeYou swam with wings across my dreams
Female
Yedho aagi pochuSomething has happened to me
Idhayam iththu pochuMy heart has worn out
Yeno indha koothuWhy is this drama happening?
Nee sollaiyaaWon't you tell me?
Female
Kaadhal vandha ponnumA girl who has fallen in love
Kannadicha kannumAnd an eye that has winked
Uriyavan sollaama urangidumaaWill they sleep without telling the rightful owner?
Female
Oththa mazha thooralEven when a single drizzle of rain
Mutham tharum bodhumBestows a kiss
Kodigalin gummaalam koranjidumaaWill the joy of the vines ever diminish?
Female
Uravellam veruthaalumEven if all relatives hate me
Oorellaam pagaichaalumEven if the whole town turns hostile
Unkooda vaazhven superaaI will live with you fantastically
Female
Inbathil porandaalumWhether rolling in happiness
Thunbathil merandaalumOr terrified in sorrow
Seripaathi nee thaan sankaraYou are my exact half, my dear
Female
Kanjikul potta uppuThe salt added into porridge
Kanji ellaam koodi pogumSpreads throughout all the porridge
Adhu pola nenjil serndhiyaeJust like that, you merged into my heart
Female
Kann moodi thoonga ponaWhen I close my eyes to sleep
Kannodu kazhagam senjaYou stirred up a riot within my eyes
Kanavodu siragaai neenthiyaeYou swam with wings across my dreams
Female
Yedho aagi pochuSomething has happened to me
Idhayam iththu pochuMy heart has worn out
Yeno indha koothuWhy is this drama happening?
Nee sollaiyaaWon't you tell me?
Female
Rosa mottukkullaInside a rosebud
Lesa mettu kattiSoftly humming a tune
Kuthi kodaiyum vanduThe bee that pierces and drills
NeethaanaiyaaIs none other than you, my dear

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song expresses the overwhelming and intoxicating feelings of a young woman who has fallen deeply in love. She describes the emotional chaos created by her lover, comparing her heart to a spinning top and her lover to a bee buzzing inside a rosebud. The loss of sleep, loss of appetite, and constant presence of her lover in her dreams reflect the classic symptoms of romantic obsession.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Kanjikul potta uppu kanji ellaam koodi pogum adhu pola nenjil serndhiyae

Compares how the lover seamlessly dissolves and integrates into her heart to salt dissolving and spreading throughout porridge.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

En paruvatha suthavitta bombaramaaa

Directly metaphors her youth/youthful state being spun like a top by her beloved.

Monai (First-letter Alliteration)

Inbathil porandaalum / Thunbathil merandaalum

Rhyming structure and cadence matching across dual emotional states (Inbam/Thunbam).

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Trivia

'Nedunalvaadai' is a critically acclaimed 2017 Tamil drama film directed by Selvakannan, featuring music composed by Jose Franklin, with lyrics written by the legendary lyricist Vairamuthu.

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