Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: pop-film
Song Meaning of “Naanyaaro” by Haricharan
Naanyaaro is a hauntingly beautiful yet bittersweet song by Haricharan of Tamil-language film, Kaatru Veliyidai. The song explores deep emotions such as pain, guilt, and regret, and the heart-wrenching consequences of unfulfilled desires. The singer is asking his lover why they are lost in the maze of love, even though he knows it’s too late to do anything, and expresses a helplessness that he can’t undo what has been done.
The lyrics describe a painful relationship not meant to be, yet longing for a resolution that will never come. There is an emotional desperation in the words, as the singer begs his beloved to understand him, “Naanyaaro.. Naan yaaro, un kaacha paesinen? Kann aaduraen, kann pathaiyile maayam thaanae..” The metaphor of a maze serves to portray the confusion and frustration, the feeling of constantly being blocked from moving forward, while knowing the song’s ultimate outcome: that their love will never be.
The lyrics of the song intricately blend sadness and regret, but also carry an unavoidable tone of hope and perseverance, urging each of them to take solace in memories of a lost, but beautiful love that will forever be remembered.