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Aantha Avasthai

From February 14 · 2005

Lyricist
Kabilan
Singer
Shreya Ghoshal
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
February 14
Movie release year
2005
Lyrics added on
23 Mar 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aahaaaaa. aahaaaaa…aaa…aa…..
Aahaaaaa. aahaaaaa…aaa…aa…..
Aaa….aaa….aaa….aa…
Ayyayoo ananda avasthai thanthaanae …
Theeyalae kavithai ezhuthi sendraanae
Enn thotta kuyilae nillaai
Oru kaadhal geetham sollaai
Ada poova ……theeyaa naan
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo …
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo ….
Ayyayoo ananda avasthai thanthaanae …
Theeyalae kavithai ezhuthi sendraanae
Haaa ..haa haaa……
Haaa ..haa haaa……
Haaa ..haa haaa……
Anjal vali kaathal
Avan solli kuduthaan
Dhooram nindra ennai
Avan thottu anaithaan
Kaathal bommai thaedum
Oru kaikulanthai naanthaan
Kalai suriyan thaedum
Oru thamarai poo naanthaan
Irumbu poovai thaedum
Oru gandha manga naanthaan
Meesai nilavai thaedum
Oru vellai neramum naanthaan ……
Ada poova ……theeya naan
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo …
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo ….
Ayyayoo ananda avasthai thanthaanae …
Theeyalae kavithai ezhuthi sendraanae
…………………………
Kannamoochi aadi
En kannai maraithaan
Pattampoochi siragaai
Kai thatti alaithaan
Intha poovin netri melae
Oru pottu vaika sonnan
Enn thayai polae ennai
Avan selai katta sonnan
Kaathal veli pottaan
Nan ennai maranthu nindren
Kangal avanai thodumo
Intha kavalai ennai vidumo …..
Ada poova ……theeyaa naan
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo …
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo ….
Ayyayoo ananda avasthai thanthaanae …
Hoo …theeyalae kavithai ezhuthi sendraanae
Enn thotta kuyilae nillaai
Oru kaadhal geetham sollaai
Ada poova ……theeyaa naan
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo …hoo hoo oo
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo ….hoo hoo oo
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo ….hoo hoo oo
Nee konji konji sollaaiyo …hoo hoo oo
Aaha... Aaha... Aa... Aa...
Aaha... Aaha... Aa... Aa...
Aa... Aa... Aa... Aa...
Oh my, he swept me into sweet ecstasy...
He wrote a poem with fire and walked away.
Stop for a moment, cuckoo of my garden,
And sing me a song of love.
Am I a flower... or am I fire?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Oh my, he swept me into sweet ecstasy...
He wrote a poem with fire and walked away.
Ha... Ha... Ha...
Ha... Ha... Ha...
Ha... Ha... Ha...
Love through letters,
He taught it to me.
When I stood far away,
He reached out and embraced me.
Longing for a doll of love,
I am like a little child.
Longing for the morning sun,
I am a blooming lotus.
Longing for an iron flower,
I am a magnetic girl.
Longing for the moustached moon,
I am the white glow of light.
Am I a flower... or am I fire?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Oh my, he swept me into sweet ecstasy...
He wrote a poem with fire and walked away.
...
Playing hide-and-seek,
He covered my eyes.
Like the flutter of butterfly wings,
He clapped his hands and called me.
On the forehead of this flower,
He asked me to wear a bindi (forehead mark).
Just like my mother does,
He asked me to drape a saree.
He built a fence of love around me,
And I stood there, losing myself.
Will my eyes ever get to see him?
Will this longing ever leave me?
Am I a flower... or am I fire?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Oh my, he swept me into sweet ecstasy...
Oh... he wrote a poem with fire and walked away.
Stop for a moment, cuckoo of my garden,
And sing me a song of love.
Am I a flower... or am I fire?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
Won't you sweetly tell me?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Ayyayoo Ananda Avasthai' from the film February 14 depicts the intoxicating and overwhelming emotions of a young woman falling in love. She describes her state as 'ananda avasthai'—a blissfully agonizing predicament where the passion of love burns warmly like fire yet feels delicate like a flower.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Oxymoron / Paradox

Ayyayoo ananda avasthai thanthaanae …

Juxtaposition of contrasting words 'Ananda' (bliss) and 'Avasthai' (agony/distress) to represent the bitter-sweet intensity of love.

Metaphor

Meesai nilavai thaedum Oru vellai neramum naanthaan ……

Comparing the hero to a 'Meesai nilavu' (moustached moon) and herself to magnetic attraction and lotus flowers seeking sunlight.

Simile

Enn thayai polae ennai Avan selai katta sonnan

Comparing the hero's gentle, nurturing care to that of a mother instructing her to wear a saree.

Did you know?

Trivia

The soundtrack for February 14 (2005), starring Bharath and Renuka Menon, was composed by Bharadwaj, with evocative romance lyrics penned by Kabilan.

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