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Lyrics & meaning

Aasai Oviyam

From Manjal Veyil · 2009

Lyricist
Pa. Vijay
Singers
Bharathwaj, Subhiksha
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
Manjal Veyil
Movie release year
2009
Lyrics added on
23 Mar 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aasai oviyam pesum oviyam
Unai varaiyavendumbadi varuvaayaa
Oviyam varaiya unnidam irundhu
Varnangal konjam tharuvaayaa
Kai viral enbadhu thoorigaiyaanaal
Kaagidhamaagavum varuvenae
Varngangal enna nee vandhukkettaal
Uyirai vazhiththu tharuvenae
Adadaa adadaa ulagathil illai
Evanum idhupol varaindhadhumillai
Kaadhaliyae nee nirangalin pillai
Kaadhaliyae nee nirangalin pillai
Aasai oviyam pesum oviyam
Unai varaiyavendumbadi varuvaayaa
Hmm hmm hmmm mmm mmm
Hmm hmm hmmm mmm mmm
Vinnai vizhungiya
Vizhigalil irundhu
Neela varnam tharuvaayaa
Neela varnam
Irundha vizhiyil
Neeyae vizhundhuviduvaayaa
Udhadugal ennum
Sevvandhi nilathil
Sivappu varnam tharuvaayaa
Udhattil varnam
Edukkum neram
Udambae sivakka vaippaayaa
Koondhal nelivil
Koocham marandhu
Karuppu varnam tharuvaayaa
Kondhalin nirathil
Kann theriyaamal
Neeyae tholaindhu poavaayaa
Adadaa adadaa ulagathil illai
Evanum idhupol varaindhadhumillai
Ennavalae nee oviya cholai
Magarandham oorum
Meniyil irundhu
Manjal varnam tharuvaayaa
Manjal varnam
Pongum meniyil
Neeyae karaindhuviduvaayaa
Ichchai nilavae
Pachchai narambil
Pasumai varnam tharuvaayaa
Narambu vazhiyae
Kasiya kasiya
Kaadhal vazhiya cheivaayaa
Valaiyum vayasae
Manasil irundhu
Vvellai varnam tharuvaayaa
Vellai varnam
Irukkum manasai
Kollaiyadiththu chelvaayaa
Adadaa adadaa ulagathil illai
Evanum idhupol varaindhadhumillai
Iniyavalae nee azhagukku ellai
Aasai oviyam pesum oviyam
Unai varaiyavendumbadi varuvaayaa
A portrait of desire, a speaking painting,
will you come so I can paint you?
To paint this picture, from you,
will you give me some colors?
If your finger becomes the brush,
I will gladly become the paper.
What are mere colors? If you come and ask,
I will pour out my very life for you.
Oh my, there is no one in this world like you,
no one has ever painted like this before.
My love, you are a child of colors.
My love, you are a child of colors.
A portrait of desire, a speaking painting,
will you come so I can paint you?
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
From your eyes
that swallowed the sky,
will you give me the color blue?
In those eyes
filled with blue,
will you fall and lose yourself?
From the red chrysanthemum ground
of your lips,
will you give me the color red?
When you take color
from my lips,
will you make my whole body blush red?
In the waves of your hair,
forgetting your shyness,
will you give me the color black?
In the dark shade of my hair,
unable to see a thing,
will you get lost completely?
Oh my, there is no one in this world like you,
no one has ever painted like this before.
My sweetheart, you are a garden of paintings.
From your body
filled with sweet nectar,
will you give me the color yellow?
Into this glowing body
overflowing with yellow,
will you melt and dissolve away?
O moon of desire,
from your green veins,
will you give me the color green?
Through my veins,
seeping deeper and deeper,
will you make love overflow?
O graceful youth,
from your heart,
will you give me the color white?
This heart of mine
that is pure and white—
will you steal it and walk away?
Oh my, there is no one in this world like you,
no one has ever painted like this before.
Sweetheart, you are the very limit of beauty.
A portrait of desire, a speaking painting,
will you come so I can paint you?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Aasai Oviyam is a deeply romantic song centered on the metaphor of creating a masterpiece painting. The lover requests various colors directly from his beloved's body and soul—blue from her expressive sky-like eyes, red from her flower-like lips, black from her cascading hair, yellow from her glowing skin, green from her passionate veins, and white from her pure heart. In response, the beloved surrenders completely, offering her body as the canvas and her very soul as the paint, celebrating an artistic union of unconditional love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Udhadugal ennum Sevvandhi nilathil”

The lover portrays various anatomical features as sources of vivid colors and artistic elements, such as comparing her eyes to the blue sky and lips to a red chrysanthemum field.

Anaphora / Repetition (Ettugai / Esonance)

“Sivappu varnam tharuvaayaa”

Repeated line structures across stanzas asking for specific colors ('varnam tharuvaayaa') creating a rhythmic, hypnotic poetic structure.

Alliteration (Monai)

“Vinnai vizhungiya Vizhigalil irundhu”

Consonant matching at the beginning of words in the same line, such as 'Vinnai' and 'Vizhigalil'.

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Trivia

The song is from the movie 'Manjal Veyil' (2009), featuring music composed by Bharadwaj with poetic lyrics written by Pa. Vijay.

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