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Aasaiya Aasaiya

From Pettikadai · 2024

Lyricist
Snehan
Singers
Shreya Ghoshal, Satyan Mahalingam
Music director
Mariya Manohar
Details
Pettikadai2024

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Aasaiya aasaiyaWith great desire, with deep desire,
Saaya veanum un tholulaI want to lean on your shoulder,
Eppa nee varuviyoWhen will you come,
Kulantha pola madiyilaTo rest on my lap like a child?
Female
Un paarvaiyilIn your gaze,
Verkirenae yenadaI am sweating, oh my dear man.
Un sparisathilIn your touch,
Thorkireane naanadaI am surrendering, my dear man.
Idaiveli ippo kuraiyutheThe distance between us is shrinking now,
Ini imsai thaane.. hum mmm mmmNow comes sweet torment... hum mmm mmm.
Idaiveli ippo kuraiyutheThe distance between us is shrinking now,
Ini imsai thaane.. hum mmm mmmNow comes sweet torment... hum mmm mmm.
Male
Aasaiya aasaiyaWith great desire, with deep desire,
Saaya veanum un tholulaI want to lean on your shoulder,
Eppa nee varuviyoWhen will you come,
Kulantha pola madiyilaTo rest on my lap like a child?
Female
Aasai valarndhuAs desire grows,
Aadai thalarndhuAs clothes loosen,
Dhegam melindhu thavikudhuThe body thins and suffers in longing.
Male :Vaa azhageMale: Come, my beautiful one,
Female :Vettupatta paambu polaFemale: Like a severed snake,
Usurum ulla thudikudhaeUsurum ulla thudikudhae (My inner soul twitches and throbs).
Male :Adhai naan unarndhaen uyireMale: I felt that, my life.
Female :Iravu sooriyane nee thaanadaFemale: You are my night sun, my dear man.
Male :Vaa paniyeMale: Come, my dew drops,
Nee enakkul karainthuviduDissolve yourself inside me.
Female
Aasaiya aasaiyaWith great desire, with deep desire,
Saaya veanum un tholulaI want to lean on your shoulder,
Eppa nee varuviyoWhen will you come,
Kulantha pola madiyilaTo rest on my lap like a child?
Male
Thoratti paarvaiyil ennai izhuthuPulling me with your hook-like gaze,
Mutha mazhaiyil kolladiKill me in a rain of kisses, my girl.
Female :Vaa medhuvaaFemale: Come slowly,
Male :Setha neram undhan maarbilMale: For a little while on your chest,
Saethu vaazhacheiyadiEmbrace me and let me live, my girl.
Female :Uyirum udalum unadhaeFemale: My life and body are yours,
Male :Iravu sooriyane nee thaanadiMale: You are my night sun, my girl.
Female :Vaa arugae hmm mm mmFemale: Come closer, hmm mm mm.
Female
Aasaiya aasaiyaWith great desire, with deep desire,
Saaya veanum un tholulaI want to lean on your shoulder,
Eppa nee varuviyoWhen will you come,
Kulantha pola madiyilaTo rest on my lap like a child?
Male
Un paarvaiyilIn your gaze,
Verkirenae ye pullaI sweat, my girl.
Un sparisathilIn your touch,
Thorkireane yean pullaI surrender, my girl.
Female
Idaiveli ippo kuraiyutheThe distance between us is shrinking now,
Ini imsai thaane.. hum mmm mmmNow comes sweet torment... hum mmm mmm.
Idaiveli ippo kuraiyutheThe distance between us is shrinking now,
Ini imsai thaane.. hum mmm mmmNow comes sweet torment... hum mmm mmm.

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Aasaiya Aasaiya' from the movie Pettikadai is a passionate romantic duet expressing deep yearning, intimacy, and surrender between two lovers. The female lead expresses her maternal yet sensual desire to hold her lover on her lap like a child and lean on his shoulders, while describing the overwhelming sensation of his gaze and physical touch.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai)

Kulantha pola madiyila

Compares resting in a lap to how a child rests lovingly on its mother's lap ('Kulantha pola madiyila').

Simile (Uvamai)

Female :Vettupatta paambu pola

Compares the intense throbbing of soul and passion to the restless twitching of a severed snake ('Vettupatta paambu pola').

Oxymoron / Metaphor

Female :Iravu sooriyane nee thaanada

Describes the lover as the 'night sun' ('Iravu sooriyane'), combining opposing ideas of night and sun to represent enlightening warmth in darkness.

Rhyming / Monorhyme (Edhugai / Monai)

Aasai valarndhu / Aadai thalarndhu / Dhegam melindhu thavikudhu

Internal rhyming structure across consecutive short lines ('valarndhu' / 'thalarndhu' / 'melindhu').

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Trivia

Pettikadai features music composed by Mariya Manohar. Sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Satyan Mahalingam, this sensual melodic song highlights lyricist Snehan's signature folk-romantic lyrical style.

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