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Aththaan

From Album Songs 2020 · 2020

Lyricist
Naaraayini Balasubramaniam
Singers
Sreekanth Hariharan, Rakshita Suresh, Arvind Raj
Music director
Jaya Easwar Ragavan
Movie name
Album Songs 2020
Movie release year
2020
Lyrics added on
14 May 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aththaan unna kaangala
Muththam thaara pothala…aa…
Niththam en kaadhala
Saththam vara pesalaa…aa….
Ven panju kaiyaala enna
Un nenju ul pootti pothacha
Kan konjum maiyaala thaanae
En moththam veroda saacha
Nenjukulla un mogatha
Pacha kuththa solli vachen
Unna katta saamy kitta
Sathiyama vendi kitten
Vetta veli vaanathula
Unnai mattum thedi ninnen
Kannukkuzhi pallathula
Nee sirikka naan vizhunthen
Unakkaga poothiruppen
Un thozhil saanjiruppen
Nee pogum paadhaiyila
Nizhalaaga naan iruppen
En uchchi varaiyila mevura
En moochi kaatha maarura
Azhagae…azhagae en nenjukulla
Un sirippala enai seendura
Poo vaasam pola veesura
Uravae udalae naan enna solla
Unakkaga poothiruppen…
Un thozhil saanjiruppen…
Nenjukulla unna pacha
Kuththi vachen
En kannukulla unnai thechi vachen
Naan unnai thedum neram enni thaan
En pulla unnai nenjil thaekki vachen
Andha vaanam boomi
Ellam kettu vechi
En kannae unnai kannil sikka vachen
Vanthu vanthu pogum
Uppu thanni kaathukitta
En nenappa kudu solli vachen
Aththan (my beloved), I haven't seen you,
a kiss is never enough to give... ah...
Every single day, about my love,
I haven't spoken out loud... ah...
With your hands soft as white cotton,
you locked and buried me inside your heart.
With just the playful kohl in your eyes,
you brought down my whole being from its roots.
Inside my heart, your face—
I asked to get it tattooed.
To marry you, before God,
I made a heartfelt prayer.
Under the wide open sky,
I stood searching only for you.
In the hollow of your dimple,
when you smiled, I fell right in.
I will bloom for you,
I will lean upon your shoulder.
Along the path you walk,
I will be your shadow.
You brush over me all the way to my head,
you become the breath I take in.
My beauty... my beauty inside my heart,
you tease me with your smile.
You drift like the fragrance of flowers,
my dearest, my very life, what more can I say?
I will bloom for you,
I will lean upon your shoulder.
Inside my heart, I have
tattooed you.
Inside my eyes, I have stitched you in.
Counting the moments I search for you,
my darling, I have treasured you in my heart.
Before that sky and earth,
having asked them all for permission,
my precious, I have captured you in my eyes.
To the salty sea breeze
that comes and goes,
I have even shared my thoughts of you.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a passionate expression of deep love, romantic devotion, and longing. The narrator describes how completely their lover occupies their thoughts, heart, and body. The lover's presence is felt everywhere—likened to a permanent tattoo on the heart, the softest cotton, a flower's fragrance, and the very air the narrator breathes.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai (Simile)

“Ven panju kaiyaala enna”

Comparing the lover's soft hands to white cotton ('Ven panju kaiyaala') and their presence to a floating floral fragrance ('Poo vaasam pola veesura').

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

“En moochi kaatha maarura”

Describing the lover as turning into the narrator's breath ('En moochi kaatha maarura') and promising to become a shadow ('Nizhalaaga naan iruppen').

Monaai & Edhugai (Tamil Rhyme and Alliteration)

“Nenjukulla un mogatha”

Rhythmic flow using second-letter rhyming (Edhugai) across consecutive lines such as 'Nenjukulla' / 'Pacha kuththa'.

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Trivia

This track is featured in independent Tamil music releases written by lyricist Naaraayini Balasubramaniam, blending traditional folk-romantic motifs like 'pacha kuthudhal' (tattooing) with contemporary melody structure.

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