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Lyrics & meaning

Yedho Yedho

From Manam Virumbuthe Unnai · 1999

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
Hariharan, Sujatha
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Manam Virumbuthe Unnai
Movie release year
1999
Lyrics added on
4 Apr 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
………………….
Oho ooho oo….
Yaedho yaedho nenjil oru minnal
Engo engo thaedi paarkkum kangal
Enna kaaranam oho yaarai kaetpadho oho
Kaadhal seiyum maaya leelai idhu thaano
Yaedho yaedho nenjil oru minnal
Yengo yengo thaedi paarkkum kangal
Maalai pozhudhum veesum vaadai kaatrum
Solvadhennavo kaadhal raagam thaanaa
Swarangalin abinayam adhu oru pudhu sugam
Aatrin alaiyum aadum vaasa poovum
Kaetpadhennavo kaadhal raagam thaanaa
Idhu oru anubavam isai ennum adhisayam
Naanaagavae naan illaiyae
Naanaagavae naan illaiyae
Ennavendru naan solla
Innum enna naan solla vaa vaa anbae vaa
Yaedho yaedho nenjil oru minnal
Engo engo thaedi paarkkum kangal
……………….
Unnai ninaiththae
Meettum veenai yaengum
Veenai madiyil kaadhal raagam thoongum
Uravena nee iru oru kanam viral thodu
Ennat thiraiyil vanna kolam podu
Vanna kanavil vandhu vilaiyaadu
Sugam ennum alai varum
Ilamaiyum valai idum
Paarkkaadhadhu kaetkaadhadhu
Paarkkaadhadhu kaetkaadhadhu
Vaerengilum kaanaadhadhu
Kaadhal maedaiyil
Ingae kaana vaendum
Indrae vaa vaa anbae
Yaedho yaedho nenjil oru minnal
Male :Engo eengo thaedi paarkkum kangal
Female :Enna kaaranam oho yaarai kaetpadho oho
Male :Kaadhal seiyum maaya leelai idhu thaano
Yaedho yaedho nenjil oru minnal
Male :Engo engo thaedi paarkkum kangal
...
Oh, oh, oh, oh...
Something like a flash of lightning strikes in my heart,
and my eyes keep searching everywhere.
What is the reason? Oh, whom should I ask? Oh...
Is this the magical game that love plays?
Something like a flash of lightning strikes in my heart,
and my eyes keep searching everywhere.
The evening time and the cool blowing breeze—
are they whispering a melody of love?
The graceful dance of musical notes brings a brand new joy.
The river's ripples and the swaying fragrant flower—
are they listening to a melody of love?
This is an experience, a miracle called music.
I am no longer myself.
I am truly no longer myself.
How do I explain this?
What more can I say? Come, my love, come.
Something like a flash of lightning strikes in my heart,
and my eyes keep searching everywhere.
...
Thinking only of you,
the veena (Indian stringed instrument) longs as it is plucked.
A melody of love slumbers on the veena's lap.
Be mine, and touch me with your fingertips for a moment.
Draw colorful patterns across the screen of my thoughts.
Come and play within my colorful dreams.
A wave of sweet pleasure will arrive,
and youth will cast its net.
Things never seen, things never heard,
things never seen, things never heard,
things never found anywhere else—
on this stage of love,
I want to experience them right here.
Come today itself, come my love!
Something like a flash of lightning strikes in my heart,
Male: My eyes keep searching everywhere.
Female: What is the reason? Oh, whom should I ask? Oh...
Male: Is this the magical game that love plays?
Something like a flash of lightning strikes in my heart,
Male: My eyes keep searching everywhere.
Chorus
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Yedho Yedho Nenjil Oru Minnal' from the film Manam Virumbuthe Unnai (1999) is a tender romantic duet capturing the sudden, enchanting onset of love. The lovers describe feeling an unexplained spark—likened to a bolt of lightning in the heart—that causes their eyes to search longingly for one another. Nature, music, and emotion intertwine as the evening breeze, river waves, and the notes of a veena echo the melody of love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Yaedho yaedho nenjil oru minnal”

Compares the sudden, intense sensation of falling in love to a unexpected flash of lightning inside the heart.

Personification

“Meettum veenai yaengum / Veenai madiyil kaadhal raagam thoongum”

Gives human feelings and actions to musical instruments and melodies by describing the veena as 'yearning' and love's ragam as 'sleeping' on its lap.

Monai (First-letter Alliteration)

“Vanna kanavil vandhu vilaiyaadu”

Repetition of the initial 'Va' sound across consecutive words ('Vanna', 'vandhu', 'vilaiyaadu') creates a sweet rhythmic cadence.

Adukkuthodar (Repetition for emphasis)

“Yaedho yaedho / Engo engo / Vaa vaa”

Doubling of words to heighten the emotional intensity of longing and calling out to the beloved.

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Trivia

'Yedho Yedho Nenjil Oru Minnal' was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics by the legendary poet Vaali. The film stars Prashanth and Meena in lead roles. The song is well-regarded for its gentle acoustic arrangement blending classical veena instrumentation with soft melodious vocal harmonies.

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