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Lyrics & meaning

Alai Alai Alaiyai

From Dreams · 2004

Lyricist
Kasthuri Raja
Singers
Tippu, Malathi
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
Dreams
Movie release year
2004
Lyrics added on
23 Mar 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Alai alai alaiyaai
Female :Aasaigal varudhae
Male :Athiradi adiyaai
Female :Idhayathil vizhudhae
Narambugal therithu
Vali vali peruthae
Female :Ilamai vizhikkum
Oli ingu eluthae
Alai alai alaiyaai
Female :Aasaigal varudhae
Male :Athiradi adiyaai
Female :Idhayathil vizhudhae
Kangal
Female :Kaamam kaamam
Ketkkum paarvai
Male :Melum melum thaakkum
Penmaiyaana poo ondru
Mella mella modhi
Paadhiyil thee udakiradhae
Female : Penmai ennum noi paravi
Konjam konjamaai ezhumbhi
Thadai suvarai kadakiradhae
Kathiyindri rathamindri
Ingu oru porkalam dhaan
Ninuvugal ranakkalam dhaan
Alai alai alaiyaai
Alai alai alaiyaai
Female :Aasaigal varudhae
Aasaigal varudhae
Male :Athiradi adiyaai
Athiradi adiyaai
Female :Idhayaththil vizhudhae
Idhayaththil vizhudhae
………………………….
Kaigal
Female :Oorndhae oorndhae poghum
Female :Nagangal
Male :Keeri kaayam aagum
Konjam konjam thaen oottri
Nanju nenjil dhaan yettri
Kothikalan poll kothikkiradhae
Female :Suttri suttri paei kaatru
Seeri paayum neer ootru
Adhan naduvae malar padukkai
Vakkiramai kokkarikkum
Vaalibhathin vegam paarthu
Iru kaiyum adangiyadhae
Alai alai alaiyaai
Female :Aasaigal varudhae
Male :Athiradi adiyaai
Female :Idhayathil vizhudhae
Like wave upon wave,
Female: Desires come rushing in,
Male: Like a sudden powerful blow,
Female: Striking right at the heart.
As the nerves strain and snap,
Waves of pain are felt.
Female: As youth awakens,
A sound rises right here.
Like wave upon wave,
Female: Desires come rushing in,
Male: Like a sudden powerful blow,
Female: Striking right at the heart.
Eyes...
Female: Passion, sheer passion...
A gaze that asks for it,
Male: Striking again and again.
A gentle flower of a woman,
Brushing softly against me,
Sparks a fire halfway through.
Female: As the fever of womanhood spreads,
Rising little by little,
It crosses over every barrier.
Without swords, without blood,
A battlefield is fought right here;
Memories turn into a war zone.
Like wave upon wave,
Like wave upon wave,
Female: Desires come rushing in,
Desires come rushing in,
Male: Like a sudden powerful blow,
Like a sudden powerful blow,
Female: Striking right at the heart,
Striking right at the heart.
...
Hands...
Female: Slowly crawling along,
Female: Nails...
Male: Scratching and leaving marks.
Pouring honey little by little,
Loading the heart with sweet poison,
It boils like a cauldron.
Female: Wild winds swirling all around,
A spring gushing fiercely,
And in the middle, a bed of flowers.
Facing the wild, roaring
Fury of youthful passion,
Both hands yield and surrender.
Like wave upon wave,
Female: Desires come rushing in,
Male: Like a sudden powerful blow,
Female: Striking right at the heart.
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Chorus
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Alai Alai Alaiyaai' vividly captures the overwhelming surge of youthful passion, sensual awakening, and psychological frenzy between lovers. Through intense and turbulent imagery—such as rising waves, thunderous impacts, bursting nerves, and battlefields—the lyrics depict passion not merely as gentle affection, but as an uncontrollable force that disrupts restraint and breaks down physical and mental barriers.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Adukkuthodar (Repetition)

“Alai alai alaiyaai”

Words repeated consecutively to intensify emotion, such as 'Alai alai', 'Mella mella', and 'Konjam konjamaai'.

Metaphor (Uruvagama)

“Ninuvugal ranakkalam dhaan”

Describing memories as a war zone/battleground ('Ninuvugal ranakkalam dhaan') and womanhood as an infectious affliction ('Penmai ennum noi').

Juxtaposition / Paradox

“Konjam konjam thaen oottri / Nanju nenjil dhaan yettri”

Contrasting sweetness ('thaen' / honey) directly with harm ('nanju' / poison) to depict the dual nature of intense romantic passion.

Simile (Uvamai)

“Kothikalan poll kothikkiradhae”

Comparing the internal emotional boiling to a heated cauldron ('Kothikalan poll kothikkiradhae').

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Trivia

The song features in the 2004 Tamil romantic drama film 'Dreams', directed by Kasthuri Raja, who also penned the lyrics for the movie. The film stars his son Dhanush alongside Diya, with music composed by Bharadwaj.

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