Januvariyile Thenmazha Lyrics Translation: Santhosham | K S Harisankar | Nithya Mammen
“Januvariyile Thenmazha” by K S Harisankar and Nithya Mammen is from the album Santhosham. P S Jayhari composed the music with lyrics from Vinayak Sasikumar. The song opens with a series of questions, asking if a new partner is the “flower touched by January’s honeyed rain.”
Januvariyile Thenmazha
K S Harisankar | Nithya Mammen • From “Santhosham”
The person later calls their love “Shwaasame,” or “My Breath,” a term for something essential to life. They also admit that the world’s colors and snow went unnoticed “until you came.” These lines define the partner not just as a companion but as a source of awareness.
Januvariyile Thenmazha Thodum PoovoAre you the flower touched by January’s honeyed rain?
Janalazhikalil Chaamaramidum KaattoAre you the breeze that sweeps through the window bars?
Poonerukayil Raamazha Viral PoleLike a finger of night rain on the parting of your hair
En Varikalil Njan Ezhuthidum PeroAre you the name I will write in my verses?
Nee Thanna LaalanangalThe tenderness you have given me
Njaanente PunyamaakkiI’ve made it my sacred blessing
Nee Yekum Ee DhinangalThese days that you grant me
Maayalleyennu ThonniI’ve wished they would never fade away
Neeyaakumee, ThoovaadiyilIn this misty garden that is you
Mohangal OoyalaadiMy desires have swayed like a cradle
Shwaasame ShwaasameMy breath, oh my breath
Paathayil Paathiyaayi Thedi NjaanI searched for you as the other half of my path
Shwaasame ShwaasameMy breath, oh my breath
Thedalil Kaavalaayi Maari NeeIn my search, you became my guardian
Januvariyile Thenmazha Thodum PoovoAre you the flower touched by January’s honeyed rain?
Janalazhikalil Chaamaramidum KaattoAre you the breeze that sweeps through the window bars?
Poonerukayil Raamazha Viral PoleLike a finger of night rain on the parting of your hair
En Varikalil Njan Ezhuthidum PeroAre you the name I will write in my verses?
Naalithe Vaari, Kaalam ParanjillaaTime never told me of this day’s arrival
Aarumee Vidham, KaaryamozhinjeelaaNo one ever spoke of a thing like this
Ee Nirangalum, Veezhunna ThoomanyumThese colors, and this falling pure snow
Nee Varum Vare, NjaanonnarinjeelaaI never even knew them, until you came
Mookamaamorma Than KaayalorangalilOn the silent shores of memory’s lagoon
Oru Kaalaadippaadineenam Thooki NeeYou left the melody of a single footstep
Naanam Peytha Vaanam Ee Pole KannukalYour eyes, like a sky filled with shy rain
Meghadoothumaayi VannuCame with a message from the clouds
Kaanaanere Vaikiyen ManamMy heart feels it was so late in seeing you
Shwaasame ShwaasameMy breath, oh my breath
Paathayil Paathiyaayi Thedi NjaanI searched for you as the other half of my path
Shwaasame ShwaasameMy breath, oh my breath
Thedalil Kaavalaayi Maari NeeIn my search, you became my guardian
Januvariyile Thenmazha Thodum PoovoAre you the flower touched by January’s honeyed rain?
Janalazhikalil Chaamaramidum KaattoAre you the breeze that sweeps through the window bars?
Poonerukayil Raamazha Viral PoleLike a finger of night rain on the parting of your hair
En Varikalil Njan Ezhuthidum PeroAre you the name I will write in my verses?
Nee Thanna LaalanangalThe tenderness you have given me
Njaanente PunyamaakkiI’ve made it my sacred blessing
Nee Yekum Ee DhinangalThese days that you grant me
Maayalleyennu ThonniI’ve wished they would never fade away
Neeyaakumee, ThoovaadiyilIn this misty garden that is you
Mohangal OoyalaadiMy desires have swayed like a cradle
Shwaasame ShwaasameMy breath, oh my breath
Paathayil Paathiyaayi Thedi NjaanI searched for you as the other half of my path
Shwaasame ShwaasameMy breath, oh my breath
Thedalil Kaavalaayi Maari NeeIn my search, you became my guardian
The song progresses from quiet inquiry to a clear statement of fulfillment. The meaning of the “Januvariyile Thenmazha” lyrics is about love revealing a world that was always present but never seen. The track completes its journey by showing that a soulmate can make life’s simple details feel new.
