Yeno Yeno Panithuli
From Aadhavan · 2009
- Lyricist
- Thamarai
- Singers
- Andrea Jeremiah, Sudha Raghunathan, Shail Hada
- Music director
- Harris Jayaraj
- Details
- Aadhavan2009
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| {Yeno yeno panithuli panithuli pen melae | Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl? |
| Thaeno paalo eriyuthu eriyuthu thee polae | Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire! |
| Melum ullum uruguthu uruguthu thannaalae | Outside and inside, I melt all on my own. |
| Kangal paarkkum podhae nenjukkullae | Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet, |
| Ponaai nee ponaai | You entered and went deep within! |
| En nenjam enna methai thaana | Is my heart a soft mattress for you? |
| Kooraai nee kooraai | Speak up, oh speak up! |
| Unnai poottik kondaayae | You have locked yourself inside! |
| Vaaraai veli vaaraai | Come out, oh come outside! |
| Ini ennai vittu engum sella maattaai | From now on, you won't leave me and go anywhere. |
| Maattaai maattayae} (2) | You won't, you definitely won't! |
| Male | |
| Mounam ennum saattai veesi ennai keerathae | Do not slash me by whipping the whip called silence. |
| Malai thendral pattaal kooda kaayam aarathae | Even if the mountain breeze touches it, this wound doesn't heal. |
| Akkam pakkam yaarum illai vaa vaa en pakkam | There is no one nearby, come, come to my side. |
| Thedal konjam oodal konjam nee yaar pakkam | A bit of searching, a bit of sulking, whose side are you on? |
| Female | |
| Yedho ondru ennai thalla | Something pushes me, |
| Nadhigalin oram naanal polae saainthen | I bent like a reed on the bank of a river. |
| Unnai mattum enni enni | Thinking and thinking of you alone, |
| Nilavai polae nee illaamal theinthen | Like the moon without you, I waned away. |
| Male | |
| Yeno yeno panithuli panithuli pen melae | Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl? |
| Thaeno paalo eriyuthu eriyuthu thee polae | Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire! |
| Melum ullum uruguthu uruguthu thannaalae | Outside and inside, I melt all on my own. |
| Kangal paarkkum podhae nenjukkullae | Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet, |
| Female | |
| Naanum neeyum pesum podhu thendral vanthathae | When you and I were talking, a soft breeze came by. |
| Pesi potta vaarthai ellaam alli sendrathae | It swept away all the words we spoke! |
| Selai ondrum maalai ondrum vangi vanthaya | Did you bring a saree and a garland for me? |
| Sethi nalla sethi sonnaal vendam enbaya | If I share good news, will you say no? |
| Male | |
| Oho.. thirumbiya pakkam ellaam nee thaan nindraai | Oh, whichever way I turned, you were standing there. |
| Kaatrai polae thottu thottu | Touching me repeatedly like the wind, |
| Dhinasari vaazhvil maatram seithae sendraai | You brought changes to my daily life and moved on. |
| Female | |
| Yeno yeno panithuli panithuli pen melae | Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl? |
| Thaeno paalo eriyuthu eriyuthu thee polae | Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire! |
| Melum ullum uruguthu uruguthu thannaalae | Outside and inside, I melt all on my own. |
| Male | |
| Kangal paarkkum podhae nenjukkullae | Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet, |
| PonaaiFemale :Nee ponaai | You went, oh you went! |
| En nenjam enna methai thaana | Is my heart a soft mattress for you? |
| KooraaiMale :Nee kooraai | Speak up, oh speak up! |
| Unnai poottik kondaayae | You have locked yourself inside! |
| Female :Vaaraai veli vaaraai | Come out, oh come outside! |
| Female and Male :Ini ennai vittu engum sella maattaai | From now on, you won't leave me and go anywhere. |
| Maattaai maattayae | You won't, you definitely won't! |
{ ஏனோ ஏனோ
பனித்துளி பனித்துளிப்
பெண்மேலே தேனோ
பாலோ எரியுது எரியுது
தீப்போலே மேலும் உள்ளம்
உருகுது உருகுது தன்னாலே
கண்கள் பார்க்கும் போதே
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ளே போனாய்
நீ போனாய் என் நெஞ்சம்
என்ன மெத்தைதானா
கூறாய் நீ கூறாய் உன்னை
பூட்டிக் கொண்டாயே
வாராய் வெளி வாராய் இனி
என்னைவிட்டு எங்கும் செல்ல
மாட்டாய் மாட்டாய் மாட்டாயே } (2)
Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl?
Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire!
Outside and inside, I melt all on my own.
Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet,
You entered and went deep within!
Is my heart a soft mattress for you?
Speak up, oh speak up!
You have locked yourself inside!
Come out, oh come outside!
From now on, you won't leave me and go anywhere.
You won't, you definitely won't!
மௌனம் என்னும்
சாட்டை வீசி என்னைக்
கீறாதே மாலைத்தென்றல்
பட்டால் கூட காயம் ஆறாதே
அக்கம் பக்கம் யாரும் இல்லை
வா வா என் பக்கம் தேடல்
கொஞ்சம் ஊடல் கொஞ்சம்
நீ யார் பக்கம்
Do not slash me by whipping the whip called silence.
Even if the mountain breeze touches it, this wound doesn't heal.
There is no one nearby, come, come to my side.
A bit of searching, a bit of sulking, whose side are you on?
ஏதோ ஒன்று
என்னைத் தள்ள நதிகளின்
ஓரம் நாணல் போலே சாய்ந்தேன்
உன்னை மட்டும் எண்ணி எண்ணி
நிலவைப்போலே நீ இல்லாமல்
தேய்ந்தேன்
Something pushes me,
I bent like a reed on the bank of a river.
Thinking and thinking of you alone,
Like the moon without you, I waned away.
ஏனோ ஏனோ
பனித்துளி பனித்துளிப்
பெண்மேலே தேனோ
பாலோ எரியுது எரியுது
தீப்போலே மேலும் உள்ளம்
உருகுது உருகுது தன்னாலே
கண்கள் பார்க்கும் போதே
நெஞ்சுக்குள்ளே
Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl?
Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire!
Outside and inside, I melt all on my own.
Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet,
நானும் நீயும்
பேசும்போது தென்றல்
வந்ததே பேசிப்போட்ட
வார்த்தை எல்லாம்
அள்ளிச்சென்றதே
சேலை ஒன்றும் மாலை
ஒன்றும் வாங்கி வந்தாயா
சேதி நல்ல சேதி சொன்னால்
வேண்டாம் என்பாயா
When you and I were talking, a soft breeze came by.
It swept away all the words we spoke!
Did you bring a saree and a garland for me?
If I share good news, will you say no?
ஓஹோ திரும்பிய
பக்கம் எல்லாம் நீதான் நின்றாய்
காற்றைப்போலே தொட்டு தொட்டு
தினசரி வாழ்வில் மாற்றம் செய்தே
சென்றாய்
Oh, whichever way I turned, you were standing there.
Touching me repeatedly like the wind,
You brought changes to my daily life and moved on.
ஏனோ ஏனோ
பனித்துளி பனித்துளிப்
பெண்மேலே தேனோ
பாலோ எரியுது எரியுது
தீப்போலே மேலும் உள்ளம்
உருகுது உருகுது தன்னாலே
Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl?
Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire!
Outside and inside, I melt all on my own.
கண்கள் பார்க்கும்
போதே நெஞ்சுக்குள்ளே
போனாய்
நீ போனாய்
என் நெஞ்சம் என்ன
மெத்தைதானா கூறாய்
நீ கூறாய் உன்னை
பூட்டிக் கொண்டாயே
வாராய் வெளி
வாராய்
பெண் & ஆண் :
இனி
என்னைவிட்டு எங்கும்
செல்ல மாட்டாய் மாட்டாய்
மாட்டாயே
Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet,
You went, oh you went!
Is my heart a soft mattress for you?
Speak up, oh speak up!
You have locked yourself inside!
Come out, oh come outside!
From now on, you won't leave me and go anywhere.
You won't, you definitely won't!
{Yeno yeno panithuli panithuli pen melae
Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl?
Thaeno paalo eriyuthu eriyuthu thee polae
Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire!
Melum ullum uruguthu uruguthu thannaalae
Outside and inside, I melt all on my own.
Kangal paarkkum podhae nenjukkullae
Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet,
Ponaai nee ponaai
You entered and went deep within!
En nenjam enna methai thaana
Is my heart a soft mattress for you?
Kooraai nee kooraai
Speak up, oh speak up!
Unnai poottik kondaayae
You have locked yourself inside!
Vaaraai veli vaaraai
Come out, oh come outside!
Ini ennai vittu engum sella maattaai
From now on, you won't leave me and go anywhere.
Maattaai maattayae} (2)
You won't, you definitely won't!
Mounam ennum saattai veesi ennai keerathae
Do not slash me by whipping the whip called silence.
Malai thendral pattaal kooda kaayam aarathae
Even if the mountain breeze touches it, this wound doesn't heal.
Akkam pakkam yaarum illai vaa vaa en pakkam
There is no one nearby, come, come to my side.
Thedal konjam oodal konjam nee yaar pakkam
A bit of searching, a bit of sulking, whose side are you on?
Yedho ondru ennai thalla
Something pushes me,
Nadhigalin oram naanal polae saainthen
I bent like a reed on the bank of a river.
Unnai mattum enni enni
Thinking and thinking of you alone,
Nilavai polae nee illaamal theinthen
Like the moon without you, I waned away.
Yeno yeno panithuli panithuli pen melae
Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl?
Thaeno paalo eriyuthu eriyuthu thee polae
Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire!
Melum ullum uruguthu uruguthu thannaalae
Outside and inside, I melt all on my own.
Kangal paarkkum podhae nenjukkullae
Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet,
Naanum neeyum pesum podhu thendral vanthathae
When you and I were talking, a soft breeze came by.
Pesi potta vaarthai ellaam alli sendrathae
It swept away all the words we spoke!
Selai ondrum maalai ondrum vangi vanthaya
Did you bring a saree and a garland for me?
Sethi nalla sethi sonnaal vendam enbaya
If I share good news, will you say no?
Oho.. thirumbiya pakkam ellaam nee thaan nindraai
Oh, whichever way I turned, you were standing there.
Kaatrai polae thottu thottu
Touching me repeatedly like the wind,
Dhinasari vaazhvil maatram seithae sendraai
You brought changes to my daily life and moved on.
Yeno yeno panithuli panithuli pen melae
Why oh why does dew drop upon this girl?
Thaeno paalo eriyuthu eriyuthu thee polae
Be it honey or milk, it burns like fire!
Melum ullum uruguthu uruguthu thannaalae
Outside and inside, I melt all on my own.
Kangal paarkkum podhae nenjukkullae
Right into my heart, the moment our eyes meet,
PonaaiFemale :Nee ponaai
You went, oh you went!
En nenjam enna methai thaana
Is my heart a soft mattress for you?
KooraaiMale :Nee kooraai
Speak up, oh speak up!
Unnai poottik kondaayae
You have locked yourself inside!
Female :Vaaraai veli vaaraai
Come out, oh come outside!
Female and Male :Ini ennai vittu engum sella maattaai
From now on, you won't leave me and go anywhere.
Maattaai maattayae
You won't, you definitely won't!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Yeno Yeno Panithuli from the movie Aadhavan (2009), penned by Thamarai, captures the intense romantic restlessness and intoxicating confusion experienced in love. The song uses vivid imagery—comparing cool dew and sweet milk or honey to burning fire—to express how love transforms gentle, pleasant sensations into an overwhelming passion. The protagonist pleads with her beloved, who has entered her heart, to break his silence and step into her life completely.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Thaeno paalo eriyuthu eriyuthu thee polae”
Compares sweet substances like honey and milk burning intensely 'like fire' (thee polae).
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Mounam ennum saattai veesi ennai keerathae”
Metaphorically compares the lover's silence to a whip ('saattai') that slashes and causes pain.
Simile (Upamai)
“Nilavai polae nee illaamal theinthen”
Compares the protagonist's emotional decline without her lover to the waning moon ('nilavai polae').
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Ponaai / Kooraai / Vaaraai”
The lines end with rhythmic, rhyming words using the identical '-aai' suffix.
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Trivia
Composed by Harris Jayaraj for the Suriya-starrer Aadhavan (2009), the song features vocals by Bombay Jayashri, Andrea Jeremiah, and Shail Hada. Lyricist Thamarai is known for writing pure Tamil romantic lyrics without unnecessary foreign word interpolations.
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