Arikilonnu Vannaal Lyrics Meaning — Pulimada | Pradeep Kumar
“Arikilonnu Vannaal” by Pradeep Kumar is from the album “Pulimada.” The song features lyrics by Rafeeq Ahmed and composition by Ishaan Dev. It opens with the idea that a person’s mere presence could fill the “drinking cup of my heart.”
Arikilonnu Vannaal
Pradeep Kumar • From “Pulimada”
Lyricist
Rafeeq Ahmed
Composer
Ishaan Dev
Pulimada’s Arikilonnu Vannaal Lyrics Translation
The lyrics later identify sorrow as a companion walking with him in the evenings. He asks if the person he longs for will arrive like lightning on an overcast night. This shows a deep need for a comforting and illuminating presence.
Um Um UmUm Um Um
Arikilonnu Vannaal VannuIf you would just come near me
Verutheyonnu NinnaalAnd stand there for a moment
Nirayumaayirunnu EnteIt would have been enough to fill
HridayapaanapaathramThe drinking cup of my heart
Enthinenno Ethinenno AriyukillayeeI don’t know the reason or the cause
Nombarangal Vembalukal PidayumormmakalFor these sorrows, these yearnings, these tormented memories
Onnu Nulli Nokki Njan KinaaviloI pinched myself to see if I’m in a dream
Kariraavilalla Njan NilaaviloAm I not in the dark of night, but in the moonlight?
Valarumee Kaaraninja RaavathilIn this growing, overcast night
Minnalaayi PorumoWill you appear like a flash of lightning?
Ennuyiril ManjuneeraayUpon my very soul, like cool dew
Kuliru PeyyumoWill you rain down and bring me comfort?
Inivaroo Mankudilin VaathilellaamCome now, for all the doors to my humble, earthen hut
Njan ThurannidaamI will throw them open for you
Veyililum Mazhayilum Pozhiyumeeyen NaalvazhiThrough sun and rain, the days shed from my path
Vazhikalum Mozhikalum OzhiyumedukalThe roads are empty, the words have faded
Anthikalil Koodeporumen NombarameOh, my sorrow, you who walk with me in the evenings
Ullinullil Aarum KaanaappidappukaleOh, the unseen flutters deep within my heart
Viralaale Thazhukkaanay PanineermaniyundoIs there even a single drop of rosewater to soothe me with a touch?
Inivaroo Manchiraathil MookamaayCome now, and in my earthen lamp, silently become
En Nenchile PonnaalamaayThe golden flame within my heart
Kanmaniye Ennuyire Karalu PankidaamMy darling, my life, I will share my very soul with you
Inivaroo Mankudilin VaathilellaamCome now, for all the doors to my humble, earthen hut
The song progresses from a quiet plea to a direct invitation. He asks the person to become a silent, golden flame inside his heart’s earthen lamp. The meaning of the “Arikilonnu Vannaal” lyrics is about how another’s nearness is viewed as a life-sustaining force.
