- Lyricist
- Vijay Tesingu
- Singers
- Jithin Raj, Vandana Srinivasan
- Music director
- Anthony Daasan
- Movie name
- Vairii
- Movie release year
- 2018
- Lyrics added on
- 1 Jun 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This passionate Tamil romantic song conveys the intense, turbulent emotions of love through nature-inspired imagery. The speaker describes how their heart screams like a wild wind and suffers excruciating pain from romantic yearning, comparing their emotional state to scorching rocks, gentle breezes, rain showers, and drying clothes. The pain of separation is matched only by the overwhelming sensation of joy when near the beloved. The song further captures the subtle physical and emotional responses triggered by the lover's gaze, dimples, and lip gestures. Expressing a deep desire to be united with the beloved across multiple births, the lyrics celebrate love as a cosmic bliss that transforms ordinary thoughts into music and brings rain from distant clouds.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Paarai veyilena naan kothikkiren / Saara kaathena naan veesuren”
Compares emotional states to elements of nature using 'ena' ('like') across consecutive lines (rock in sun, breeze, drizzle, wet cloth).
Alliteration (Monai)
“Ezhezhu jenmangal unnodu vaazha / Eerezhu inbangal nenjodu sera”
Use of starting vowel 'E' sound in consecutive lines creates melodic harmony ('Ezhezhu' and 'Eerezhu').
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)
“Unnai paarthu yengum bothu / Uyiril vairam paayuthae”
Exaggerates emotional feelings by stating that a diamond flows through the soul when looking at the beloved.
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Peraasaigal oonjal katti / Ennai yendhi aadhuthae”
Metaphorically compares desires to a swinging motion lifting the soul.
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Trivia
The song features evocative Tamil lyrics by Vijay Tesingu for the film 'Vairii' (2018), utilizing classical poetic counting devices ('Ezhezhu' for 49/seven-times-seven births and 'Eerezhu' for 14 worlds/pleasures) rooted in traditional Tamil literature.
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