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Yezhezhu Malai

From Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai · 2024

Lyricist
Madhan Karky
Singers
Yuvan Shankar Raja, Santhosh Narayanan
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
11 Jun 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Haaa…aaaaa
Yezhezhu malai yezhu kadal thaandi
Yengengo alaigiren uyir thedi
Kaadodu baalai vayal veli thaandi
Naadodi alaigiren unai thedi…
Engeyum un thadam illai
Nee illa mannedhum en idam illai
Sila aayiram aandaai kaathirundhen
Nooraayiram aasaigal sendhirundhen
Yezhezhu malai yezhu kadal thaandi
Yengengo alaigiren uyir thedi
Kaadodu baalai vayal veli thaandi
Naadodi alaigiren unai thedi…
Haa…aaaaa
Ilaiyodum malaiyodum
Un viral regai
Vizhiyellaam vazhiyellaam
Un kuzhal vaasam
Neerodai muzhudhum
Un vervai kayalgal
Mut pudharin idaiyil
Un paarvai muyalgal…
Iththedal mudindhaal
Nee ange irundhaal
En nenjam udaindhaalum udaium
Kavidhaigal anaithum
Tholaitha oar mozhiyaai
Unai unai izhandhe vaadugiren
Thanai kanda vizhiyai
Tholaitha oar kanavaai
Thisaikkettu tharikettu odugiren
Yezhezhu malai yezhu kadal thaandi
Yengengo alaigiren uyir thedi
Kaadodu baalai vayal veli thaandi
Naadodi alaigiren unai thedi…
Haaa…aaaaa
Ah...
Crossing seven times seven mountains and seven seas,
I wander everywhere, searching for my life.
Crossing forests, deserts, and open fields,
I wander like a nomad, searching for you.
Nowhere can your footprints be found,
No land without you can ever be my home.
I have waited for a few thousand years,
holding a hundred thousand desires in my heart.
Crossing seven times seven mountains and seven seas,
I wander everywhere, searching for my life.
Crossing forests, deserts, and open fields,
I wander like a nomad, searching for you.
Ah...
Flowing through the streams and across the hills,
are the marks of your fingertips.
Everywhere I look, along every path,
is the fragrance of your hair.
Across the entire stream,
are the tiny fish of your sweat drops.
Among the thorny bushes,
are the shy rabbits of your glances.
If this search comes to an end,
and if you are standing there,
even if my heart breaks, it will stay whole.
Like a language that lost
all of its poems,
I wither away, having lost you.
Like a dream that lost
the eyes that once saw it,
I run wildly, having lost my way.
Crossing seven times seven mountains and seven seas,
I wander everywhere, searching for my life.
Crossing forests, deserts, and open fields,
I wander like a nomad, searching for you...
Ah...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song expresses the timeless, eternal journey of a lover searching across endless landscapes—mountains, seas, deserts, and forests—for his beloved soulmate. The search spans across thousands of years, portraying love as an immortal force that transcends standard boundaries of time and space. Without the beloved, the world feels completely void and meaningless. Every element of nature reminds the protagonist of her presence—leaves carry her fingerprints, streams mirror her sweat drops like fish, and timid rabbit glances peer through thorn bushes. He expresses his deep agony of separation using poetic similes, comparing himself to a lost dream that no longer has eyes to see it, running recklessly across directions until he finds her.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi Ani)

“Sila aayiram aandaai kaathirundhen”

Exaggeration of time and distance to convey the extreme depth and timelessness of love.

Metaphor / Visual Imagery (Uruvagam)

“Un vervai kayalgal / Un paarvai muyalgal”

Comparing sweat drops in streams to fish (kayalgal) and timid glances in bushes to rabbits (muyalgal).

Rhyme and Assonance (Ethirai / Monai)

“Vizhiyellaam vazhiyellaam”

Harmonious initial and second-letter sound repetitions ('Vizhi' and 'Vazhi') providing musical flow.

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

“Thanai kanda vizhiyai tholaitha oar kanavaai”

Comparing the pain of losing the beloved to a lost language losing its poetry or a dream losing its eyes.

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Trivia

'Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai' marks another acclaimed musical collaboration between director Ram and composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, following their iconic works in films like 'Kattradhu Thamizh', 'Thanga Meenkal', and 'Peranbu'. The song features vocals by Yuvan Shankar Raja alongside fellow acclaimed composer-singer Santhosh Narayanan.

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