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Lyrics & meaning

Yeno Penne

From Dilip Varman Album Song · 2020

Lyricist
Manigandavel
Singer
Haricharan
Music director
Dhilip Varman
Details
Dilip Varman Album Song2020

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Yeno pennaeWhy, oh girl,
Ennai neengi ponaaidid you leave me and go away?
Vaazhvae nee engaeWhere are you, my life?
Anbae enna seivenMy love, what shall I do?
Male
Idhayam thudikkum neramThe time when my heart beats,
Ini maatrangal kondu vaazhumwill live with changes from now on.
Ini idhayam thudikkum neramFrom now on, the time my heart beats,
Adhu varaimuraiyindri odumit will run endlessly without limits.
Ullam thedum unnai thedumMy heart searches, searches for you,
Nee meendum kidaippayaa…Will I get you back again...?
Male
Yeno pennaeWhy, oh girl,
Ennai neengi ponaaidid you leave me and go away?
Vaazhvae nee engaeWhere are you, my life?
Anbae enna seivenMy love, what shall I do?
Chorus
……………….……………….
Male
Idhayam muzhuthum needhaanMy entire heart was filled with you,
Anbai vithaiththae vaazhnthaaiyou lived by sowing seeds of love.
Indru yeno pennaeToday, why oh girl,
Verai pidungi ponaaidid you uproot the plant by its roots and go?
Male
Kanavin meedhu yenoWhy upon my dreams
Thiravagam nee veesinaaidid you throw acid?
Kanavai tholaithaen naanoI lost my dreams,
Thookkam marandhae nindrenand stood here forgetting my sleep.
Male
Penn illaa dhesamidhuA land where women do not exist—
Uyir vaazha yogam adhuthat is a blessed fortune to stay alive!
Pen ulla dhesam adhuA land where women do exist—
Uyir vaangum saabamadhuthat is a life-devouring curse!
Engae sendraai uyirae…Where did you go, my life...?
Male
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Male
Kaanal neerai koodaEven with mirage water,
Thaagam theerththae ponaaiyou quenched my thirst and left.
Indru yeno pennaeToday, why oh girl,
Gangai irundhum dhaagamam I thirsty even when the Ganges is beside me?
Uravu illai endrenI said I had no relations,
Ulagam koduthaai nee dhaanand you gave me a whole world.
Indru yenoo pennae…Today, why oh girl...
Paalai vanathil serthaaidid you abandon me in a desert?
Male
Neeyilaa vaazhkkai yedhuWhat kind of life is it without you?
Nee illaa dhesam adhuThat land without you,
Nee illaa dhesam adhuthat land without you,
Kaatrillaa vaazhkkai adhuis a life without air!
Anbae engae sendraaiMy love, where did you go?
Male
Yeno pennaeWhy, oh girl,
Ennai neengi ponaaidid you leave me and go away?
Vaazhvae nee engaeWhere are you, my life?
Anbae enna seivenMy love, what shall I do?
Male
Idhayam thudikkum neramThe time when my heart beats,
Ini maatrangal kondu vaazhumwill live with changes from now on.
Ini idhayam thudikkum neramFrom now on, the time my heart beats,
Adhu varaimuraiyindri odumit will run endlessly without limits.
Ullam thedum unnai thedumMy heart searches, searches for you,
Nee meendum kidaippayaa…Will I get you back again...?
Male
Yeno pennaeWhy, oh girl,
Ennai neengi ponaaidid you leave me and go away?
Vaazhvae nee engaeWhere are you, my life?
Anbae enna seivenMy love, what shall I do?

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song expresses the deep pain, confusion, and grief of a man whose lover has abruptly abandoned him. He questions why she sowed seeds of love in his heart only to uproot his life completely. He feels that his dreams have been destroyed as if acid were poured on them, leaving him sleepless and heartbroken.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Kanavin meedhu yeno / Thiravagam nee veesinaai

The lover's betrayal is metaphorically described as throwing acid onto his dreams.

Muran (Antithesis)

Penn illaa dhesamidhu / Uyir vaazha yogam adhu / Pen ulla dhesam adhu / Uyir vaangum saabamadhu

Contrasting a world without women as a blessing with a world with women as a deadly curse.

Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Ullam thedum unnai thedum / Nee meendum kidaippayaa…

Repetition of second-letter sounds and internal rhythmic pattern creates musical harmony.

Metaphor

Paalai vanathil serthaai

Compares his current state of emotional isolation and loneliness to being stranded in a desert.

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Trivia

This track features lyrics by Manigandavel and is associated with independent Tamil music releases and album projects popular among Malaysian and South Asian Tamil music audiences, frequently associated with Dilip Varman's style of melancholic romantic melodies.

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