Vijay Yesudas sings Nenchoram from the album Police Day. Lyricist Jose Motha writes about a heart searching as dusk falls. Composer Ronnie Raphael creates a gentle melody that amplifies the feeling of a fading sunset.
Released: April 25, 2025
Nenchoram
Vijay Yesudas • From “Police Day”
Police Day’s Nenchoram Malayalam Lyrics English Meaning
Jose Motha asks ‘Swaying close to my heart, Little lamb, did your beautiful plumes wither away?’ The singer describes a lover who disappeared ‘Without anyone seeing you, Didn’t you weep all alone?’
Nenchoram ChaanchaadumSwaying close to my heart,
Kunjaatte Ninte Peeli ChelachonnennoLittle lamb, did your beautiful plumes wither away?
Enthoram NonthennoHow much did it really hurt?
Sindooram Vaarnnu VaarnneeAs the ‘sindoor’ ‘sacred vermillion’ bled and bled,
Sandhya MaanjennoDid the sunset finally fade away?
Kunjole Ekayaay NeeyumOh little one, you’re all alone now.
Innolam Thedi AaraareWho’ve you been searching for all this time?
Pakal Maayave IrulumeeAs the daylight vanishes, this darkness settles,
Vijana VeethikalilIn these lonely, deserted paths.
Nenchoram ChaanchaadumSwaying close to my heart,
Kunjaatte Ninte Peeli ChelachonnennoLittle lamb, did your beautiful plumes wither away?
Dooreaatho DveepilanayaaOn some distant, far-off island,
DeepamariyunnuThe lamp is slowly dying out.
Thaazhu Veena Thadankalil ThanuIn the prisons where the locks have fallen,
Paathi ThalarunnuMy body feels half-broken and weak.
Aaraare ThedumeemanalWho’s this sand searching for,
Ventha MaruvazhiyilOn this scorched desert path?
Thoraathe Peyyumee MazhaIn these nights created by the rain,
Theertha RaathrikalilThat pours down without stopping.
Aaraarum KaanatheWithout anyone seeing you,
NeekaranjilleDidn’t you weep all alone?
Nenchoram ChaanchaadumSwaying close to my heart,
Kunjaatte Ninte Peeli ChelachonnennoLittle lamb, did your beautiful plumes wither away?
Chaareaatho ChaanjanizhalilIn the shadows leaning nearby,
Maari MarayunnuThings keep shifting and vanishing.
Choravaarmmudi Choodiya Mara-maadi UlayunnuThe ‘mara-maadi’ ‘forest phantom’ with blood-stained hair sways.
Poraathe AalumeechithaAs if the burning funeral pyre isn’t enough,
ChinthumeriveyililIn this blazing, scorching heat.
Veezhaathe Veenu NeeriyaOh little bird, who fell and smoldered,
Kunju KilimakaleWithout even realizing you’d fallen.
Aaraarum KaanatheWithout anyone ever noticing,
Nee MaranjilleDidn’t you just vanish away?
Nenchoram ChaanchaadumSwaying close to my heart,
Kunjaatte Ninte Peeli ChelachonnennoLittle lamb, did your beautiful plumes wither away?
Enthoram NonthennoHow much did it really hurt?
Sindooram Vaarnnu VaarnneeAs the ‘sindoor’ ‘sacred vermillion’ bled and bled,
Sandhya MaanjennoDid the sunset finally fade away?
Kunjole Ekayaay NeeyumOh little one, you’re all alone now.
Innolam Thedi AaraareWho’ve you been searching for all this time?
Pakal Maayave IrulumeeAs the daylight vanishes, this darkness settles,
Vijana VeethikalilIn these lonely, deserted paths.
Nenchoram Music Video
The Nenchoram lyrics meaning shows a profound pain of separation through metaphors of a lone lamb and fading sunset. The song captures the essence of a love that has vanished.