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Aasai Keertanai

From Sughamaai Subbulakshmi · 2018

Lyricist
Yuwaji
Singers
Saresh D7, Chinmayi
Music director
Shameshan Mani Maran
Movie name
Sughamaai Subbulakshmi
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
22 May 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aasai keerthanai
Anbenum yaathirai
Manjathil thaaragai
Muthanggalae thunai
Veesum kaatralai
Vithaigal kaattuthae
Villangga vannamaai
Anbindru maaruthae
Etho yekkam
Ennul thanthaayae
Yeno yeno ennul vanthaayae
Etho yekkam
Ennul thanthaayae
Yeno yeno ennul vanthaayqe
En nenjukkulae
Unnaalae nitham yutham
Kaathukkul poiyana
Muththa satham
Venpanjukkullae unnaalae
Theeyin veppam
Sollukkul thalladum kaadhal artham…mm..
Pookalin vaasangal pesidum
Pudhu baashaigal
Vaanavil tharum saayanggal
Aadaiaagidum maayangal
Ohooo un aasai vizhigal
Chorus :Vizhigalilae
Male :Pesum ponmozhigal
Chorus :Mozhigalilae
Male :Ullartham puriyaamal naan
Thinamum thadumaara
Un anbu thoduthal
Illaatha viralum
Thallaadi thinamum muzhgum
Koonthal kadalodu
Veenaikkul nantham pola
En anbu kaadhal yenga
Nee ennai meetti chella
Vaa anbae….
Megathul minnal pola
En anbu kaadhal yenga
Nee ennai thottu chella
Vaa anbae
Alaimel nuraiyaai
Malarmel paniyaai
Idhayam muzhuthaai
Inithae nuzhainthaai
En ulla chiraiyil
Thallaadum nilaiyil
Kanmunnae neeyum indru
Siragaai vanthaayo
Yethetho manathil
Thondrum innodiyil
Mandraadum kuralai kettu
Varamaai vanthaayo
Sathaa
Male :Sathaa
Female :Un kaana
Male :Kaana
Female :Enul un ulaa
Male :En ulaa
Female :Atho venpuraa
Madal anuppavaa
Aasai keertanai
Anbenum yaathirai
Manjathil thaaragai
Muththanggalae thunai
Veesum kaatralai
Vithaigal kaattuthae
Villangga vannamaai
Anbindru maaruthae
A melody of desire
A journey of love
A star upon the bed
With only kisses as company
The blowing breeze
Shows its magic tricks
In bright, vivid colors
Love transforms today
A strange longing
You have given me
Why, oh why, did you come into my heart?
A strange longing
You have given me
Why, oh why, did you come into my heart?
Inside my heart
There is a constant battle because of you
Whispered in my ears
The false sound of kisses
Inside soft white cotton, because of you
The heat of a fire burns
Love's meaning falters within words... mm...
The fragrance of flowers speaks
In brand-new languages
The colors given by the rainbow
Work magic, turning into garments
Oh, your eyes full of desire
Chorus: In those eyes
Male: The sweet words they speak
Chorus: In those words
Male: Without understanding their deeper meaning, I
Stumble every single day
Missing your loving touch,
Even my lonely fingers
Stumble and drown every day
In the ocean of your hair
Like the music resting in a veena (stringed instrument),
As my love longs for you,
To pluck my strings and play me,
Come, my love...
Like lightning inside a cloud,
As my love longs for you,
To touch me and pass through,
Come, my love
Like foam upon a wave,
Like dew upon a flower,
Into my entire heart,
You entered so sweetly
In the prison of my heart,
When I was faltering,
Right before my eyes today,
Did you arrive like wings?
As so many thoughts
Arise in my mind right now,
Hearing my pleading voice,
Did you come as a blessing?
Forever
Male: Forever
Female: To see you
Male: To see
Female: You stroll inside me
Male: My stroll
Female: Look, a white dove
Shall I send a letter?
A melody of desire
A journey of love
A star upon the bed
With only kisses as company
The blowing breeze
Shows its magic tricks
In bright, vivid colors
Love transforms today
Chorus
Chorus
Male
Female
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Female
Male
Female
Female
Chorus
Chorus

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Aasai Keerthanai from Sughamaai Subbulakshmi is a tender, passionate romantic song capturing the internal emotional whirlwind experienced by lovers. The song portrays love as a spiritual and sensory journey ('Anbenum Yaathirai') where desire, affection, and intimate touches transform reality into poetic magic. The lyrics contrast heat and softness, sound and silence, depicting how love enters a heart as gently as dew on a flower yet as strikingly as lightning in a cloud.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Anbenum yaathirai / Koonthal kadalodu / Venpanjukkullae unnaalae theeyin veppam Kundam ... Thirumagan ... Anbenum yaathirai (Love as a journey, hair as an ocean, heat within soft cotton). Usages emphasize intense affection and imagery.”

Simile (Uvamaai)

“Alaimel nuraiyaai / Malarmel paniyaai / Megathul minnal pola”

Tamil Rhyme (Edhukai / Monai)

“Aasai / Anbenum; Alaimel / Malarmel (First and second letter rhyming patterns characteristic of classic Tamil poetry).”

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Trivia

The track featured in the 2018 Tamil romance drama Sughamaai Subbulakshmi, with lyrics written by Yuwaji, expressing lush classical musical metaphors like 'Keerthanai' (hymn) and playing the stringed instrument 'Veena'.

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