Avalo Avalo
From Vasantha Mullai · 2023
- Lyricist
- Vivek
- Singers
- Gowtham Bharadwaj, Rajesh Murugesan
- Music director
- Rajesh Murugesan
- Details
- Vasantha Mullai2023
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Solladha vaarthaigal suvaiyanavai | Unspoken words are the sweetest. |
| Arthathil avai mattum azhaganavai | In their deep meaning, they alone remain beautiful. |
| Sollukkul unnai surukki vida manam illai | My heart lacks the heart to shrink you into mere words. |
| Alavilla unarvugalai arai pakkathil adaithu vaikkum | To lock up boundless emotions within half a page, |
| Aasaiyum irunthathillai | I never even harbored such a desire. |
| Male | |
| Un netri parappil en viral thodum bothum | When my finger touches the expanse of your forehead, |
| Un kazhuthil paravi en moochu sudum bodhum | When my warm breath spreads across your neck, |
| Un uyirai ezhuppa naan mutham idum bothum | When I kiss you to awaken your soul, |
| Purindhu kol en peranbai | Understand the vastness of my love. |
| Male | |
| Solladha varthaigal suvaiyanavai | Unspoken words are the sweetest. |
| Arthathil avai mattum azhaganavai | In their deep meaning, they alone remain beautiful. |
| Male | |
| Avalo avalo nilavin bodhai thugalo | Is she, is she a speck of intoxicating moonlight? |
| Avalo avalo kaar kuzhal viriyum mayilo | Is she, is she a peacock spreading its dark tresses? |
| Dhisai ariyadha megam | Did a cloud that lost its way |
| Thalayinil vizhutho | Fall directly upon her head? |
| Kadavul kai kondu ezhutha mudiyatha | Is she a poet's wild imagination |
| Kavinjanin karpanaiyo | That cannot be written even by God's own hand? |
| Male | |
| Kodhai madiyil thogai kanavu | A peacock's dream resting on the maiden's lap, |
| Kodhum viralaga en vaazhvu | My life becomes the gentle finger caressing her hair. |
| Theanaadum ninaivellam aval thaana | Are all the honeyed memories about her alone? |
| Thevai ellaam aval thendral mugam thaana | Is her breeze-like face my only necessity? |
| Male | |
| Thoorigai kaarigai | Oh maiden with the paintbrush, |
| Nee seidha vannangal naan | I am the colors crafted by you. |
| Unnai polae en bimbam | Just like you, my reflection |
| Ullae vaazhvadhu naanaa… neethaana | Lives inside me—is it me, or is it you? |
| Aaa….aaa….aaa…. | Aaa....aaa....aaa.... |
| Male | |
| ………………………. | ... |
வசனம் :
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Unspoken words are the sweetest.
In their deep meaning, they alone remain beautiful.
My heart lacks the heart to shrink you into mere words.
To lock up boundless emotions within half a page,
I never even harbored such a desire.
சொல்லாத வார்த்தைகள் சுவையானவை
அர்த்தத்தில் அவை மட்டும் அழகானவை
சொல்லுக்குள் உன்னை சுருக்கி விட மனம் இல்லை
அளவில்லா உணர்வுகளை அரை பக்கத்தில் அடைத்து வைக்கும்
ஆசையும் இருந்ததில்லை
When my finger touches the expanse of your forehead,
When my warm breath spreads across your neck,
When I kiss you to awaken your soul,
Understand the vastness of my love.
உன் நெற்றி பரப்பில் என் விரல் தொடும் போதும்
உன் கழுத்தில் பரவி என் மூச்சு சுடும் போதும்
உன் உயிரை எழுப்ப நான் முத்தம் இடும் போதும்
புரிந்துகொள் என் பேரன்பை
Unspoken words are the sweetest.
In their deep meaning, they alone remain beautiful.
சொல்லாத வாரத்தைகள் சுவையானவை
அர்த்தத்தில் அவை மட்டும் அழகானவை
Is she, is she a speck of intoxicating moonlight?
Is she, is she a peacock spreading its dark tresses?
Did a cloud that lost its way
Fall directly upon her head?
Is she a poet's wild imagination
That cannot be written even by God's own hand?
அவளோ அவளோ நிலவின் போதை துகளோ
அவளோ அவளோ கார் குழல் விரியும் மயிலோ
திசை அறியாத மேகம்
தலையினில் விழுதோ
கடவுள் கை கொண்டு எழுத முடியாத
கவிஞனின் கற்பனையோ.....
A peacock's dream resting on the maiden's lap,
My life becomes the gentle finger caressing her hair.
Are all the honeyed memories about her alone?
Is her breeze-like face my only necessity?
கோதை மடியில் தோகை கனவு
கோதும் விரலாக என் வாழ்வே
தேனாடும் நினைவெல்லாம் அவள்தானா
தேவை எல்லாம் அவள் தென்றல் முகம்தானா....ஆ.....
Oh maiden with the paintbrush,
I am the colors crafted by you.
Just like you, my reflection
Lives inside me—is it me, or is it you?
Aaa....aaa....aaa....
தூரிகை காரிகை
நீ செய்த வண்ணங்கள் நான்
உன்னை போலே என் பிம்பம்
உள்ளே வாழ்வது நானா.......நீதானா
ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....ஆஅ.....
...
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Solladha vaarthaigal suvaiyanavai
Unspoken words are the sweetest.
Arthathil avai mattum azhaganavai
In their deep meaning, they alone remain beautiful.
Sollukkul unnai surukki vida manam illai
My heart lacks the heart to shrink you into mere words.
Alavilla unarvugalai arai pakkathil adaithu vaikkum
To lock up boundless emotions within half a page,
Aasaiyum irunthathillai
I never even harbored such a desire.
Un netri parappil en viral thodum bothum
When my finger touches the expanse of your forehead,
Un kazhuthil paravi en moochu sudum bodhum
When my warm breath spreads across your neck,
Un uyirai ezhuppa naan mutham idum bothum
When I kiss you to awaken your soul,
Purindhu kol en peranbai
Understand the vastness of my love.
Solladha varthaigal suvaiyanavai
Unspoken words are the sweetest.
Arthathil avai mattum azhaganavai
In their deep meaning, they alone remain beautiful.
Avalo avalo nilavin bodhai thugalo
Is she, is she a speck of intoxicating moonlight?
Avalo avalo kaar kuzhal viriyum mayilo
Is she, is she a peacock spreading its dark tresses?
Dhisai ariyadha megam
Did a cloud that lost its way
Thalayinil vizhutho
Fall directly upon her head?
Kadavul kai kondu ezhutha mudiyatha
Is she a poet's wild imagination
Kavinjanin karpanaiyo
That cannot be written even by God's own hand?
Kodhai madiyil thogai kanavu
A peacock's dream resting on the maiden's lap,
Kodhum viralaga en vaazhvu
My life becomes the gentle finger caressing her hair.
Theanaadum ninaivellam aval thaana
Are all the honeyed memories about her alone?
Thevai ellaam aval thendral mugam thaana
Is her breeze-like face my only necessity?
Thoorigai kaarigai
Oh maiden with the paintbrush,
Nee seidha vannangal naan
I am the colors crafted by you.
Unnai polae en bimbam
Just like you, my reflection
Ullae vaazhvadhu naanaa… neethaana
Lives inside me—is it me, or is it you?
Aaa….aaa….aaa….
Aaa....aaa....aaa....
……………………….
...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
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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