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Avalo Avalo

From Vasantha Mullai · 2023

Lyricist
Vivek
Singers
Gowtham Bharadwaj, Rajesh Murugesan
Music director
Rajesh Murugesan
Movie name
Vasantha Mullai
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
12 Jan 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Solladha vaarthaigal suvaiyanavai
Arthathil avai mattum azhaganavai
Sollukkul unnai surukki vida manam illai
Alavilla unarvugalai arai pakkathil adaithu vaikkum
Aasaiyum irunthathillai
Un netri parappil en viral thodum bothum
Un kazhuthil paravi en moochu sudum bodhum
Un uyirai ezhuppa naan mutham idum bothum
Purindhu kol en peranbai
Solladha varthaigal suvaiyanavai
Arthathil avai mattum azhaganavai
Avalo avalo nilavin bodhai thugalo
Avalo avalo kaar kuzhal viriyum mayilo
Dhisai ariyadha megam
Thalayinil vizhutho
Kadavul kai kondu ezhutha mudiyatha
Kavinjanin karpanaiyo
Kodhai madiyil thogai kanavu
Kodhum viralaga en vaazhvu
Theanaadum ninaivellam aval thaana
Thevai ellaam aval thendral mugam thaana
Thoorigai kaarigai
Nee seidha vannangal naan
Unnai polae en bimbam
Ullae vaazhvadhu naanaa… neethaana
Aaa….aaa….aaa….
……………………….
Unspoken words are the sweetest,
and in their meaning, they are the most beautiful.
I do not have the heart to reduce you into mere words.
To trap boundless feelings in half a page,
I have never had such a desire.
When my fingers brush across your forehead,
when my warm breath spreads across your neck,
and when I kiss you to awaken your soul,
understand my immense love.
Unspoken words are the sweetest,
and in their meaning, they are the most beautiful.
Is she an intoxicating speck of moonlight?
Is she a peacock with spreading dark hair?
Has a wandering cloud that lost its way
fallen gently upon her head?
That which even God's hand cannot write,
is she a poet's imagination?
A graceful dream rests upon her lap,
and my life is like fingers gently stroking her hair.
Is she the sweet thought in all my memories?
Is her breeze-like face all that I ever need?
You are the artist's brush,
and I am the colors you have painted.
My reflection looks just like you;
is it me living inside... or is it you?
Aa....aa....aa....
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poetic track expresses a profound devotion where spoken words fall short of capturing true love. The protagonist feels that language is too limiting to encapsulate his partner's essence and the boundless feelings between them. Instead, love is communicated through tender physical touches, shared warmth, and unspoken understanding. He admires her ethereal beauty, comparing her to moonlight, wandering clouds, and art beyond divine creation, ultimately realizing that she has merged entirely with his identity.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

Solladha vaarthaigal suvaiyanavai

Repetition of initial consonant sound 'S' in 'Solladha' and 'Suvaiyanavai'.

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)

Kadavul kai kondu ezhutha mudiyatha Kavinjanin karpanaiyo

Describing her as a poet's imagination so divine that even God's hands cannot write it.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Nee seidha vannangal naan

Comparing the lover to a painter ('Thoorigai kaarigai') and the speaker to the colors created by her ('Nee seidha vannangal naan').

Rhetorical Question (Vinaa)

Ullae vaazhvadhu naanaa… neethaana

Questioning whether the persona living within his heart is himself or his beloved.

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Trivia

The film title 'Vasantha Mullai' (2023), starring Bobby Simha, pays homage to the evergreen classic Tamil song 'Vasantha Mullai Pole' sung by T. M. Soundararajan for the 1958 film Sarangadhara.

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