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Evano Oruvan

From Alaipayuthey · 2000

Lyricist: Vairamuthu
Singer: Swarnalatha
Music director: A. R. Rahman
Movie name: Alaipayuthey
Movie release year: 2000
Lyrics added on: 11 Jan 2017

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation

Evano oruvan vaasikkiraan

Iruttil irundhu naan

Yaasikkiren

Thavam pol irundhu

Yosikkiren

Adhai thavanai

Muraiyil nesikkiren

Evano oruvan vaasikkiraan

Iruttil irundhu naan

Yaasikkiren

Evano oruvan vaasikkiraan

Iruttil irundhu naan

Yaasikkiren

Thavam pol irundhu

Yosikkiren

Adhai thavanai

Muraiyil nesikkiren

Kettu kettu naan

Kirangukiren

Ketpadhu evano

Ariyavillai

Evano oruvan vaasikkiraan

Iruttil irundhu naan

Yaasikkiren

Pullanguzhalae poonguzhalae

Neeyum naanum oru jaadhi

Ullae urangum yekkathilae

Unakkum enakkum

Sari paadhi

Kangalai varudum

Thaenisaiyil en

Kaalam kavalai

Marandhiruppen

Innisai mattum

Illai endraal naan

Endro endro

Irandhiruppen

Evano oruvan vaasikkiraan

Iruttil irundhu naan

Yaasikkiren

Urakkam illa munniravil

En ulmanadhil

Oru maarudhalaa

Endhan sogam theervadharku

Idhu pol marundhu

Piridhillaiyae

Andha kuzhalai pol

Azhuvadharku athanai

Kangal enakkillayae

Evano oruvan vaasikkiraan

Iruttil irundhu naan Yaasikkiren

Evano oruvan vaasikkiraan

Iruttil irundhu naan

Yaasikkiren

Someone out there is playing music,

and sitting in the dark, I

beg for it.

Sitting as if in quiet meditation,

I ponder;

and bit by bit,

I fall in love with it.

Someone out there is playing music,

and sitting in the dark, I

beg for it.

Someone out there is playing music,

and sitting in the dark, I

beg for it.

Sitting as if in quiet meditation,

I ponder;

and bit by bit,

I fall in love with it.

Listening on and on,

I lose myself;

who it is playing,

I do not know.

Someone out there is playing music,

and sitting in the dark, I

beg for it.

O bamboo flute, O gentle flute,

you and I are of the same kind.

In the longing sleeping deep inside,

between you and me,

it is shared equally in half.

Caressing my eyes,

in this sweet music,

all my time and worries

I would forget.

If not for this sweet music,

if it wasn't there, I

long, long ago

would have died.

Someone out there is playing music,

and sitting in the dark, I

beg for it.

In this sleepless early night,

inside my heart,

is a change taking place?

To heal my sorrow,

there is no other medicine

quite like this.

To weep like that flute,

so many eyes

I do not have.

Someone out there is playing music,

and sitting in the dark, I beg for it.

Someone out there is playing music,

and sitting in the dark, I

beg for it.

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Evano Oruvan' is a soul-stirring, melancholic composition from the film Alaipayuthey (2000). The song portrays a protagonist enduring intense emotional anguish and separation. Sitting alone in the darkness of night, she hears a distant flute melody played by an unknown musician. This music serves as her solitary solace, offering comfort and healing to her troubled heart.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

“Vaasikkiraan / Yaasikkiren / Yosikkiren / Nesikkiren”

The deliberate end-rhyming of verbs ending in 'kiren' creates a hypnotic, rhythmic flow reflecting the repetitive comfort found in music.

Metaphor / Personification

“Pullanguzhalae poonguzhalae / Neeyum naanum oru jaadhi”

The singer addresses the flute as a living entity of her 'same kind', equating the flute's hollow, sorrowful tunes with her own hollowed-out heart grieving internally.

Hyperbole & Visual Metaphor

“Andha kuzhalai pol / Azhuvadharku athanai / Kangal enakkillayae”

A poignant comparison comparing the flute's open holes (metaphorically 'eyes') that pour out sorrow to her inability to cry enough tears for her own grief.

Did you know?

Trivia

Composed by A. R. Rahman and sung with deep emotional weight by Swarnalatha, this track features memorable flute renditions by flautist Naveen Kumar. Lyricist Vairamuthu won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist for his evocative work on Alaipayuthey.

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