Unnai Kandene - Parijatham (2006)

This is one from my personal favourites. Also, one non-thamizh guy I know asked for a translation of this song. Would seriously suck, I know, but this is just so good in Thamizh.

Song: Unnai Kandene
Film: Parijatham
Music: Dharan
Lyrics: Na Muthukumar (?)

Unnai kandene mudhal murai naan
Ennai tholaithaene mutrilumaai thaan.
Unnai kandene muthal murai naan
Ennai tholaithaene mutrilumai thaan.

Very simple opening lines you'd think, but no, it fits the tune to perfection. Difficult for me, at least.

Kaathal boodhame, ennai neeyum thottaai
Haiyo haiyaiyo acham varuthe!
Thappi chellave vazhigal illai inge
Haiyo haiyaiyo chi ennavo panninaai neeye

Unnai kandaene mudhal murai naan
ennai tholaithaene mutrilumaai thaaaaan.

Erikkira mazhai idhu
Kulirgira veyyil idhu
Kodhikkira neer idhu
Anaikkira thee idhu
Inikkira vali idhu
Irumbulla poo idhu
Idhayathil malarvathu oh penne!

Nijamulla poi idhu
Niramulla iruttidhu
Mounathin mozhi idhu
Maranathin vaazhvidhu
Antharathin kadalidhu
Katti vantha kanavidhu
Ahimsaiyal kolvathu kel penne

Defining love is difficult but full credit to the lyricist for trying so hard... and for fitting it in this sequence. This is my favourite part of the song, probably for the lyrics.

Yenginaen, naan thenginaen
Yenadaa?
Podhum imsaigal
Vaanamum, indha boomiyum
Unthan thotrame...
Un per sonnaale ulle thithikkume!

Kaadhal kaditham athu konjam pesum
Kannodu irukkum pala kaditham
Penne naanum un kannai paditthaen
Puriyaamal thavithen...poi solludho mei solludho?
Oh kaadhal enai thaakidudhe
Sarithaan, enaiyum athu saaithidudhe
Iravil kanavum enai saapidudhe
Podhuvaai vayadhil idhil thappikka yaarum illaiye

Unnai kandaene mudhal murai naan
ennai tholaithaene mutrilumaai thaan.

Yeno iravil oru paadal kettaal
Udane en ulle nee varuvaai.
Koyil ulle kan moodi nindraal
Un uruvam thaane ennaalume nenjil thondrume
Naan unnaal thaan swaasikkiren
Naan un per dhinam vaasikkiren
Uyirai vidavum unai nesikkiren
Kadavul nilaiyai nam kannile kaattidum kaathal...

The above part tries to make the listeners relate this story to theirs...with some success, no?

Kaathal boodhame, ennai neeyum thottaai
...
Haiyo haiyaiyo chi ennavo panninaai neeye...

Erikkira mazhai ithu
...
Un paer sonnaale ulle thithikkume


Manasukkul edho sol sol.
Ethirinil vandhu nil nil.
Uyirukkul etho jal jal.
Idhu sari thaana sol sol.


Manasukkul edho sol sol.
Ethirinil vandhu nil nil.
Uyirukkul etho jal jal.
Idhu sari thaana nee sol sol.


Rating: Worssstu * Worth eh ila * One time kekalaam * Edho nallaa keedhu * Super appu * Slow applause * Apatucker Song

The video is quite novel and I'd say it does justice to the song.

Orayiram Parvayile - Vallavanukku vallavan (1960)

One of my all time favorite songs in Thamizh, sung by TMS in Thamizh and Mohammed Rafi in Hindi.


Brilliant composition, brilliantly sung and even more brilliantly written by Kannadasan. The beauty of the lyrics lie (for the lack of a better way to put it) in the way words work with each other.

I can identify you from you eyes, and I can understand your love from the sound of your footsteps... A death changes the love of mere mortals, and the smell of all those flowers will fade with the sun... but the light from our love will lead us forever... It's like words dripping from his mouth, the words being honey, of course. It's not even the words, but the choice of words for each meaning and it's like, they play with each other.

Except for "Un kaaladi osayile, un kaadhalai naan ariven.", which I think rings a wrong bell somewhere (God knows what), I've been in love with the song ever since I was little.

TMS and Rafi sing this brilliantly (yeah they live through their songs, don't they?), no doubt about that...but I just love the way it was written way back then. The 'sau baar janam lenge' part in the Hindi version looks like a direct translation of the prelude, but the later stanzas don't seem to match at all (could someone who knows both languages check that and let me know?)

Music Director: Veda (traditionally, he is someone who picks Hindi songs and turns them into Thamizh songs, or so I have been told, but surprisingly, this song seems to have come out in Thamizh first and Hindi a few years later)

Lyrics:


Nooru murai pirandhaalum, nooru murai irandhaalum,
Unai pirindhu veguthooram naan oru naalum povadillai...
Ulagathin kangalile uruvangal maraindhalum
Ondraana ullangal orunaalum maraivadillai...

Oraayiram parvayile, un paaravayai naan ariven;
Un kaaladi osayile, un kaadhalai naan ariven.
Oraayiram parvayile, un paaravayai naan ariven...

Indha maanidar kaadhal elaam,
Oru maranathil maarividum;
Andha malargalin vaasamellam,
oru maalaikul vaadividum.

Nam kaadhalin deepam matum, endha naalilum kooda varum...

Oraayiram parvayile, un paaravayai naan ariven;

Un kaaladi osayile, un kaadhalai naan ariven.

Indha kaatrinil naan kalanden, 

Un kangalai thazhuvugindren;

Indha aatrinil oduginren, 

Un aadayil aaduginren.

Naan pogindra paadhai elaam un poomugam kaanugindren...

Oraayiram parvayile un paaravayai naan ariven;

Un kaaladi osayile, un kadhalai naan ariven.

Orayiram parvayile un paaravayai naan ariven...

Thamizh:

Hindi:

Yedho Seigirai - Vamanan (2009)

I checked my regular blog and found that this was the only song whose complete lyrics I've posted on the internet so far. So yea, why not dissect it?

I might be, in no way, eligible to criticize the Music director or the lyricist - they are experts in their own field...but what the hell, this is my blog and I have my opinions.

To begin with, this song is one of the better writing attempts of 2009, complementing the music around it and being a major major reason for its success. Yuvan's done a brilliant job, like he does most of the time - but he could have just made Javed Ali (the singer) pronounce the words a little more correctly - he doesn't even try to say the right words at places. Hurts the writer to hear the words twisted like anything.

'Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigirai' (Literal: You are introducing me to my self - General: You are showing me a new me (or) I am discovering a whole new me, thanks to you)

Though almost cliched these days, it is still a wonderful way to put that feeling out, when being in a relationship brings out a whole new side of yours. You feel on top of the world, you are much more confident and the new found confidence takes you to new heights every day. That feeling is very easy to pick on but quite difficult to describe in a song - though it makes a wonderful and oft-attempted subject for newbies like me.

Unnodu pesinaal ul-nenjil minnal thondrude…
(There is a bolt of lightning in my mind whenever I speak to you)
Kanaadi paarkayil en kangal unnai kaatudhe..
(When I look at the mirror. my eyes show you (I see you, badly put))

You know that feeling... after you start talking to that special someone, when you realize that even talking to her takes your happiness to another level altogether? Using a lightning is probably an aggressive way to put it... I'd go for something a lot more gentle and not so directional, something that spreads through you. By the way, many people actually start judging others at this stage coz' to them, the conversation would lack that feel... that is, if you don't do that already.

Anbe… indha nimidam nenjukul inikiradhe..
Adadaa… indha nerukkam mayakamai irukiradhe..
Unnaal, indha ulagam yaavume pudhidaai therigiradhe..
(Dear, this minute is so sweetly etched in my mind
This closeness, this makes me feel high...
I am seeing a new world, because of you...)

The first one is one of the most repeated lines in thamizh song history with variants, while 'nerukkam mayakamai' not only rhymes at the third syllable (don't know if there's a Thamizh word for it... ethugai monai and directly goes to iyabu, no? but yea, this qualifies as the last syllable.) - difficult to pull off in successive words - but also creates this atmosphere around the three lines in a way. It is because of this second line that the other two lines make a lot of sense. The third line is again, like the first... common, cliche, oft-used, often misused and kinda veers into the boring territory. Even so, as a whole, along with Yuvan's brilliant composition, this makes for an interesting set of lines.

Penne endhan gadigaaram endhan pechai ketkavillai,
Unnai kanda nodiyodu nindradhadi, odavillai !
(Girl, my clock doesn't listen to me...
The moment I saw you, it stopped and refuses to run!)

Interesting choice of an object - the clock - to mean (I hope) that time stops for the girl. It doesn't matter what you are doing at the moment you see her... it is not important anymore. You will be ready to wait for her smile forever and forget every worldly responsibility. Sigh.

Enna idhu, Enna idhu, en nizhalai kaanavillai…
Undhan pinbu vandhadadi , innum adhu thirumbavillai.
Enge endru keten, un kaaladi kaatudhadi!

Totally common lines, could be seen on most thamizh poetry-beginners' blogs. Was actually disappointed there...

Kadhal nenjam pesikolla vaarthai edum thevayillai
Manadhil ulla aasai solla mounam pola mozhi illai…
(No words are necessary for two hearts in love to communicate with each other,
There is no language like silence to express all the desires in your heart)

Add two to the list of good lines in the song. Again, this would fall under the often explored territory, but these two lines are beautifully written - with a near perfect rhyme and urm, how do I put it? an 'enjoyable' choice of words.

Overall, yea, it is a song with many good lines here and there, at times unrelated and sudden, but good ones nevertheless.

Album/Movie: Vaamanan (2009)
Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Lyricist: Na. Muthukumar
Lyrics:
Yedho Seigirai, ennai yedho seigiraai…
Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigiraai…
Yedho Seigirai, ennai yedho seigiraai…
Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigiraai…

Unnodu pesinaal ul-nenjil minnal thondrude…
Kanaadi paarkayil en kangal unnai kaatudhe..
Penne idhu kanava nejama unnai ketkindren!

Anbe… indha nimidam nenjukul inikiradhe..
Adadaa… indha nerukkam mayakamai irukiradhe..
Unnaal, indha ulagam yaavume pudhidaai therigiradhe..
--

Penne endhan gadigaaram endhan pechai ketkavillai,
Unnai kanda nodiyodu nindradhadi, odavillai !
Idhuvarai yaaridamum en manadhu sayavillai,
Enna oru mayam seidhaai, ennidathil naanumillai !

Enna idhu, Enna idhu, en nizhalai kaanavillai…
Undhan pinbu vandhadadi , innum adhu thirumbavillai.
Enge endru keten, un kaaladi kaatudhadi!

Anbe… indha nimidam nenjukul inikiradhe..
Adadaa… indha nerukkam mayakamai irukiradhe..
Unnaal, indha ulagam yaavume pudhidaai therigiradhe..
--

Kadhal nenjam pesikolla vaarthai edum thevayillai
Manadhil ulla aasai solla mounam pola mozhi illai…
Idhuvarai en uyirai ipadi naan vaazhndadillai,
Putham pudhu thotramidhu, vereduvum thondravillai.

Netru varai vaanilayil endha oru matramillai,
Indru endhan vaasalodu kandukonden vaanavillai.
Orey oru naalil muzhu vaazhkai vaazhndene!

Anbe… indha nimidam nenjukul inikiradhe..
Adadaa… indha nerukkam mayakamai irukiradhe..
Unnaal, indha ulagam yaavume pudhidaai therigiradhe…
--
Yedho Seigirai, ennai yedho seigiraai…
Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigiraai…
Yedho Seigirai, ennai yedho seigiraai…
Ennai ennidam nee arimugam seigiraai…


Video:
Super locations, not a bad looking heroine, not the worst hero in the region, good tech back up - but the team manage to wreck the video like anything! Badly shot, badly edited, no lip sync or voice match, too many shots of the same darn poses - the list goes on.