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Lyrics & meaning

Yelomia

From Valiyavan · 2015

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singer
Sunidhi Chauhan
Music director
D. Imman
Details
Valiyavan2015

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Yelomia yelomiaYelomia, Yelomia
Kannoramaai kaadhal meiyaAs love grazes near the corner of the eyes
Kodi panimalai meedhuUpon a crore snowy mountains
Erimalai kaadhalaIs love a volcano?
Female
Yelomia yelomiaYelomia, Yelomia
Nenjoramaai neeya neeyaNear the corner of my heart, is it you, is it you?
Neeril vandhu indru theeyaiComing into the water today
Thandhadhenna maayamaaWhat magic made it give fire?
Female
Ennalum pen nenjamAlways, a woman's heart
Edhai ketkumWhat does it ask for?
Un tholil than kaavalProtection upon your shoulders
Edhir paarkumIt expects
Veerathil vendraayadaYou won through your bravery
Veezhndhadhae ival manamHer heart has fallen
Idho idhoHere, right here
Female
Yelomia yelomiaYelomia, Yelomia
Kannoramaai kaadhal meiyaAs love grazes near the corner of the eyes
Kodi panimalai meedhuUpon a crore snowy mountains
Erimalai kaadhalaIs love a volcano?
Female
Naan solvadhaiWhat I say
Nee ketkkiraaiYou listen to
Ennaalum idhu podhumaeThis is always enough for me
Un kaadhalaal thalli sendruMoved away because of your love
Thaniyaaga azha thondrumaeI feel like crying alone
Female
Nindraalum nadandhaalumWhether standing or walking
Thookathil kidandhaalumOr lying down in sleep
Un kaadhal pandhadudhaeYour love tosses me around like a ball
Neraanadhu keezhanadhaeWhat was straight went down
Keezhaanadhu neraanadhaeWhat was down became straight
Yelaamae veraanadhaeEverything has changed
Female
Yelomia yelomiaYelomia, Yelomia
Kannoramaai kaadhal meiyaAs love grazes near the corner of the eyes
Kodi panimalai meedhuUpon a crore snowy mountains
Erimalai kaadhala…ahIs love a volcano... ah?
Female
Andradam enEvery single day, my
AdhikalaigalEarly mornings
Un maarbil vidiyatumaeMay they dawn on your chest
Anbe endhan pon maalaigalMy love, my golden evenings
Unnodu mudiyatumaeMay they end with you
Female
Thee pola aan pillaiA boy child like fire
Poo pola pen pillaiA girl child like a flower
Nam kaadhal pera vendumaeOur love should beget
Female
Mazhalai sathamThe sound of a child
TharavendumaeMust be given
Aanalum en mootha pillaiEven so, my eldest child
Nee thaanae ennalumaeIs you forever
Female
Ennalum pen nenjamAlways, a woman's heart
Edhai ketkumWhat does it ask for?
Un tholil than kaavalProtection upon your shoulders
Edhir paarkumIt expects
Veerathil vendraayadaYou won through your bravery
Veezhndhadhae ival manamHer heart has fallen
Idho idhoHere, right here
Female
Yelomia ….Yelomia....

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

Yelomia from the movie Valiyavan (2015) is a passionate romantic track sung from the heroine's perspective, expressing her deep emotional attachment, vulnerability, and devotion to her partner. She describes love as an intense force, comparing it to a volcano atop snowy mountains, capable of igniting fire even within water and completely turning her world upside down.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Oxymoron / Imagery

Kodi panimalai meedhu Erimalai kaadhala

Contrasts cold snow with hot volcanic fire ('panimalai' vs 'erimalai') to emphasize the paradoxical and overwhelming intensity of love.

Metaphor

Neeril vandhu indru theeyai Thandhadhenna maayamaa

Compares love to a fire emerging from water, expressing how love creates unexpected transformation.

Simile

Thee pola aan pillai Poo pola pen pillai

Uses 'pola' (like) to compare a baby boy to fire and a baby girl to a flower.

Chiasmus / Antithesis

Neraanadhu keezhanadhae Keezhaanadhu neraanadhae

Reverses order ('Neraanadhu keezhanadhae / Keezhaanadhu neraanadhae') to convey complete disorientation and emotional upheaval caused by love.

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Trivia

Valiyavan (2015) features music composed by D. Imman. The song 'Yelomia' was rendered by the prominent Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan with lyrics penned by the late two-time National Award-winning lyricist Na. Muthukumar.

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