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Yerpaayaa

From Album Songs 2023 · 2023

Lyricist
Poovarasu Thangaraj
Singers
Abubakkar M, Visali Rajaram
Music director
Abubakkar M
Details
Album Songs 20232023

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
En anbae kaadhalaeMy beloved love,
Ennalum maaradhaeIt will never change.
Kayam thandha kaadhalaeThe love that inflicted wounds,
Kayamadhu maaradhaeThose wounds will never change.
Male
Mudindha kadhaigal ketta pinnumEven after hearing stories that have ended,
Unnai ullam vendudhaeMy heart still desires you.
Un kaigal thandha veppamThe warmth given by your hands,
Kaaichalaaga maaruthaeIs turning into a fever.
Male
Kaadhal oru kannadiyaaiLove, like a glass mirror,
Irudhiyil udainthu pogudhaeShatters in the end.
Kadhal oru kaathadiyaaiLove, like a kite,
Dhoora vilagiyae poguthaeDrifts far away.
Male
Kaadhal oru nilavoliyaaiLove, like moonlight,
Siru poluthil poguthaeFades in a short moment.
Kaadhal oru neer veezhchiyaaiLove, like a waterfall,
Kaneerum aruviyaai aagudhaeTurns tears into a flowing stream.
Male
Vali koodudhae uyir pogudhaePain increases, life slips away,
Vali koodudhae uyir pogudhaePain increases, life slips away.
Pogudhae pogudhae pogudhaeIt fades, it fades, it fades,
Pogudhae pogudhae pogudhaeIt fades, it fades, it fades,
Pogudhae pogudhaeIt fades, it fades.
Male
Kangalaal kaanal neraiSeeing a mirage with the eyes,
Parpadhum paarvaiyaalaeJust by looking at it,
Kannathil vilum neeraiThe tears falling on the cheek,
Erpadhum kaadhalaalaeAre endured only because of love.
Female
Kangal kaadhal niraindhuEyes filled with love,
Uruguthae pirivalaeMelt due to separation.
Kannathil ooindha muthamThe kiss resting on the cheek,
Kaaindhadhae ninaivaaleHas dried up into mere memories.
Male
Nee dhooram pogaiyilWhen you go far away,
En uyirum vilagudhadiMy life slips away too, my dear.
En uyirai thedaiyilWhen searching for my life,
Nee ingu illaiyadiYou are not here, my dear.
Male
Kaadhal oru nilavoliyaaiLove, like moonlight,
Siru poluthil poguthaeFades in a short moment.
Kaadhal oru neer veezhchiyaaiLove, like a waterfall,
Kaneerum aruviyaai aagudhaeTurns tears into a flowing stream.
Male
Un viral idaiyaeBetween your fingers,
Oru viral varudumA finger caresses.
Un idhazh idaiyaeBetween your lips,
Oru meesai varudumA mustache caresses.
Male
Un kaigal ullaeInside your hands,
Oru udal thazhuvumA body embraces.
Avai yaavum enadhillai endraalIf all of that isn't mine,
Un manam yerkkumaWill your heart accept it?
Anbae anbae anbae anbae…(2)My love, my love, my love, my love...
Female
Nee irukkum indha idathilIn this place where you reside,
Ver oruvan irundhaalIf another man stands,
En manam thangadhadaMy heart cannot bear it,
Udal yerkkadhadaMy body will not accept it,
En uyir irukadhadaMy life will cease to exist,
En uyir irukadhadaMy life will cease to exist.
Kaadhala kaadhalaOh lover, oh lover,
Female
Kaadhal oru kannadiyaaiLove, like a glass mirror,
Irudhiyil udainthu pogudhaeShatters in the end.
Kadhal oru kaathadiyaaiLove, like a kite,
Dhoora vilagi poguthaeDrifts far away.
Female
Kaadhal oru nilavoliyaaiLove, like moonlight,
Siru poluthil poguthaeFades in a short moment.
Kaadhal oru neer veezhchiyaaiLove, like a waterfall,
Kaneerum aruviyaai aagudhaeTurns tears into a flowing stream.
Female
Vali koodudhae uyir pogudhaePain increases, life slips away,
Vali koodudhae uyir pogudhaePain increases, life slips away.
Male :Pogudhae pogudhae pogudhaeMale: It fades, it fades, it fades,
Pogudhae pogudhae pogudhaeIt fades, it fades, it fades,
pogudhae pogudhaeIt fades, it fades.

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song portrays the excruciating heartbreak and lingering grief that follows a painful breakup. The lyrics vividly describe how romantic memories, once warm and comforting, distort into a emotional fever. Love is depicted as fragile and transient—like a mirror that shatters, a kite drifting out of reach, short-lived moonlight, and a waterfall that transforms into endless tears.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

Kaadhal oru kannadiyaai

Love is directly compared to a mirror ('kannadiyaai') that inevitably shatters at the end.

Metaphor (Uruvagak Ani)

Kaneerum aruviyaai aagudhae

The speaker's tears are poetically metaphorized as a cascading waterfall ('aruviyaai').

Anaphora / Repetition (Adukku Thodar)

Pogudhae pogudhae pogudhae

The word 'Pogudhae' (it goes/slips away) is repeated consecutively to emphasize the slipping away of life and love.

Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Kangalaal kaanal nerai / Kannathil vilum neerai

The second consonant sound 'n/ng' aligns across these lines, creating a rhythmic Tamil poetic structure.

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Trivia

This emotional independent track is part of the 'Album Songs 2023' project, features vocals by Abubakkar M alongside Visali Rajaram, with composition by Abubakkar M and lyrics penned by Poovarasu Thangaraj.

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