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Lyrics & meaning

Ayya

From Seethakaathi · 2018

Lyricist
Thiagarajan Kumaraja
Singer
Vijay Prakash
Music director
Govind Vasantha
Movie name
Seethakaathi
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
2 Sept 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sutrum puvi mutrum
Pugazh yettum
Ivan mugam kaatta
Pattrum uyir attrum
Thiran thirai mevidum
Munnum ithan pinnum
Inaiyillathoru vinaiyattra
Kottum vizhi kaattum
Kalai arangeridum
Katrai ozhi patri
Thigal viththai athil kalainthutta
Kattum kai thattum
Ozhi kadal meeridum
Kattum karai muttum
Peru vellam ivar purandoda
Muttra ver pattraa varai
Arandrodidum
Theera oottraaga
Maara mattraaga
Seraa aalangal sendru sernthaan
Theera oottraaga
Maara mattraaga
Vazhaamal vazhvanaan…naan naan
{Ayya…
Athavanai kaiyalae maraippan yevan
Ayya…
Athiyin nookkathai arinthaan yevan
Ayya…
Irappai kadanthu irulai kizhithu
Vidiyal thanthu yezhuvan ivan
Ayya…hahahahaha} (2)
Meen konda vaanathil
(Meen konda vaanathil)
Min konda mugilaga
(Min konda mugilaga)
Soozhali ozhiyellaam
(Soozhali ozhiyellaam)
Soozh konda sangaaga
(Soozh konda sangaaga)
Kaan konda maramellaam
(Kaan konda maramellaam)
Than konda vithaiyaaga
(Than konda vithaiyaaga)
Misai veesum kaatrai
(Misai veesum kaatrai)
Thean isaiyaakum kuzhalaaga
Meen konda vaanathil
Min konda mugilaga
Soozhali ozhiyellaam
Soozh konda sangaaga
Kaan konda maramellaam
Than konda vithaiyaaga
Misai veesum kaatrai
Thean isaiyaakum kuzhalaaga
Sillu theernthu silaiyaaga
Sitharaidikkum puyalaaga
Arparikkum alaiyaaga
Meenduyirthu nilaiyaaga
Theendaatha thee kuchi
Kulluraiyum neruppaaga
Uyir varaiyarai
Un siraiyaraiyenum
Palankathai dhoolaga
Athavanai kaiyalae maraippan yevan
Ayya…
Athiyin nookkathai arinthaan yevan
Ayya…
Irappai kadanthu irulai kizhithu
Vidiyal thanthu yezhuvan ivan
Ayya…hahahahaha
Ayya…
Athavanai kaiyalae maraippan yevan
Ayya…
Athiyin nookkathai arinthaan yevan
Ayya…
Irappai kadanthu irulai kizhithu
Vidiyal thanthu yezhuvan ivan
Ayya…hahahahaha
Across the entire spinning earth,
his fame reaches far and wide.
When he shows his face,
it heals the longing soul,
and his mastery graces the screen.
Before this and after this,
completely peerless and untouched,
as his expressive eyes reveal,
true art takes the stage.
Catching light in the air,
blending pure magic into it,
the rising roar of applause
drowns out even the ocean.
Crashing against the banks built to hold it,
as he surges forward like a mighty flood,
all shallow and unrooted boundaries
flee in terror.
Like an endless spring,
like an unchanging alternative,
he reached depths no one had reached before.
Like an endless spring,
like an unchanging alternative,
without living for himself, he became immortal... I am he, I am he...
Ayya...
Who can hide the sun with a mere hand?
Ayya...
Who has known the true purpose of the beginning?
Ayya...
Transcending death and tearing through the dark,
he will rise, bringing a new dawn.
Ayya... Hahaha...
In the star-filled sky,
(In the star-filled sky,)
like a cloud bearing lightning,
(like a cloud bearing lightning,)
like all the surrounding sounds and light,
(like all the surrounding sounds and light,)
held within a sacred conch,
(held within a sacred conch,)
in every tree you see,
(in every tree you see,)
like the seed carrying its very essence,
(like the seed carrying its very essence,)
turning the wildly blowing wind,
(turning the wildly blowing wind,)
into sweet music through a flute,
In the star-filled sky,
like a cloud bearing lightning,
like all the surrounding sounds and light,
held within a sacred conch,
in every tree you see,
like the seed carrying its very essence,
the wildly blowing wind,
turned into sweet music through a flute,
Past broken fragments, standing as a statue,
like a storm that shatters everything,
like a roaring ocean wave,
rising to life again to endure forever,
like an unlit matchstick
with fire dwelling deep inside,
turning the old tale
that claims life's boundary is a prison cell
completely into dust!
Who can hide the sun with a mere hand?
Ayya...
Who has known the true purpose of the beginning?
Ayya...
Transcending death and tearing through the dark,
he will rise, bringing a new dawn.
Ayya... Hahaha...
Ayya...
Who can hide the sun with a mere hand?
Ayya...
Who has known the true purpose of the beginning?
Ayya...
Transcending death and tearing through the dark,
he will rise, bringing a new dawn.
Ayya... Hahaha...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This powerful track from Seethakaathi serves as a grand philosophical anthem celebrating the eternal spirit and immortal artistry of the protagonist, 'Ayya' (an legendary veteran stage actor). The lyrics portray him not merely as a mortal human, but as an undeniable force of nature whose talent and soul transcend physical death. Through rich metaphors of nature—light, ocean floods, lightning clouds, and seeds—the song emphasizes that true art cannot be contained or destroyed.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Emonai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Theera oottraaga / Maara mattraaga

Matching first letters/sounds across consecutive lines, such as 'Sutrum' and 'Pugazh' / 'Theera' and 'Maara'.

Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagamm)

Theendaatha thee kuchi / Kulluraiyum neruppaaga

Comparing the actor's inner soul to hidden fire inside an unlit matchstick ('Theendaatha thee kuchi kulluraiyum neruppaaga').

Rhetorical Question

Athavanai kaiyalae maraippan yevan

Asking who can hide the sun with a hand to symbolize the impossibility of suppressing true genius.

Did you know?

Trivia

Seethakaathi (2018), directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan, was Vijay Sethupathi's milestone 25th film. Although the music composed for the film is by Govind Vasantha, director Thiagarajan Kumaraja penned lyrics for key thematic tracks in the film.

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