Alai Alaiyaaga
From Navarasa · 2021
- Lyricist
- Madhan Karky
- Singer
- Karthik
- Music director
- Karthik
- Details
- Navarasa2021
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Alai alaiyaaga alai alaiyaaga | Wave after wave, wave after wave |
| Enakkullae paaigiraai | You surge inside me |
| Ovvoru modhalum ovvoru kaadhalaai | Every collision turns into love |
| Thuli thuliyaaga thuli thuliyaaga | Drop by drop, drop by drop |
| Idhayathil veezhgiraai | You fall into my heart |
| Ovvuru thooralum ovvuru kaadhalaai | Every drizzle turns into love |
| Male | |
| Paarkadalum panithuliyil | You say that even the ocean of milk |
| Adangidum engiraai | Can be contained within a drop of dew |
| Aruvigalai iru vizhiyil | You tell me to contain |
| Adakkida solgiraai | Waterfalls within my pair of eyes |
| Kangal moodinen kanneer agiraai | I closed my eyes, and you became tears |
| Male | |
| Ovvoru thooralum ovvoru kaadhalaai… | Every drizzle turns into love... |
அலை அலையாக அலை அலையாக
எனக்குள்ளே பாய்கிறாய்
ஒவ்வொரு மோதலும் ஒவ்வொரு காதலாய்
துளி துளியாக துளி துளியாக
இதயத்தில் வீழ்கிறாய்
ஒவ்வொரு தூறலும் ஒவ்வொரு காதலாய்
Wave after wave, wave after wave
You surge inside me
Every collision turns into love
Drop by drop, drop by drop
You fall into my heart
Every drizzle turns into love
பாற்கடலும் பனித்துளியில்
அடங்கிடும் என்கிறாய்
அருவிகளை இரு விழியில்
அடக்கிட சொல்கிறாய்
கண்கள் மூடினேன் கண்ணீர் ஆகிறாய்
You say that even the ocean of milk
Can be contained within a drop of dew
You tell me to contain
Waterfalls within my pair of eyes
I closed my eyes, and you became tears
ஒவ்வொரு தூறலும் ஒவ்வொரு காதலாய்
Every drizzle turns into love...
Alai alaiyaaga alai alaiyaaga
Wave after wave, wave after wave
Enakkullae paaigiraai
You surge inside me
Ovvoru modhalum ovvoru kaadhalaai
Every collision turns into love
Thuli thuliyaaga thuli thuliyaaga
Drop by drop, drop by drop
Idhayathil veezhgiraai
You fall into my heart
Ovvuru thooralum ovvuru kaadhalaai
Every drizzle turns into love
Paarkadalum panithuliyil
You say that even the ocean of milk
Adangidum engiraai
Can be contained within a drop of dew
Aruvigalai iru vizhiyil
You tell me to contain
Adakkida solgiraai
Waterfalls within my pair of eyes
Kangal moodinen kanneer agiraai
I closed my eyes, and you became tears
Ovvoru thooralum ovvoru kaadhalaai…
Every drizzle turns into love...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song captures the overwhelming and immersive sensation of love and emotion, depicting how feelings surge like ocean waves and fall gently like raindrops into the heart. Through vivid poetic imagery, it describes the paradoxes of emotion—how an entire ocean of feelings can fit within a single dewdrop, and how holding back vast emotions is like trying to contain waterfalls within one's eyes.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukku Thodar (Repetition)
“Alai alaiyaaga alai alaiyaaga”
The word 'Alai' is repeated continuously as 'Alai alaiyaaga' to express rhythmic, relentless waves.
Hyperbole (Uvaimai / Exaggeration)
“Paarkadalum panithuliyil Adangidum engiraai”
Poetic exaggeration is used by claiming that the vast ocean of milk (Paarkadal) can fit into a microscopic drop of dew.
Metaphor
“Aruvigalai iru vizhiyil Adakkida solgiraai”
Comparing the tears or overwhelming emotions in one's eyes to cascading waterfalls.
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Trivia
This track was composed and performed by Karthik for the 2021 Netflix Tamil anthology web series 'Navarasa', created by Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan. Lyricist Madhan Karky penned the lyrics, capturing one of the core human emotions (rasas) explored in the series.
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