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Lyrics & meaning

Mellisaye Nee

From Geethaiyin Raadhai · 2016

Lyricist
Lyricist Not Known
Singer
Samhita
Music director
Ztish
Details
Geethaiyin Raadhai2016

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Mellisaiyai idhayam rasithathillaiMy heart has never enjoyed soft music
Thendralaiyum rasithathillaiNor has it enjoyed the gentle breeze
Kavithai variyai rasithathillaiNor has it enjoyed lines of poetry
Ellamae indru nadakuthae puriyavillai..Everything is happening today, I don't understand..
Female
Kavithai nee kanavum nee..You are poetry, you are the dream..
Mellisai nee thanimaiyilae..You are soft music in solitude..
Uravaai nee nizhalaai neeYou are a relation, you are a shadow
Nijamaai nee varuvaayoWill you come in reality?
Chorus
Kavithai nee kanavum nee..You are poetry, you are the dream..
Mellisai nee thanimaiyilaeYou are soft music in solitude
Uravaai nee nizhalaai neeYou are a relation, you are a shadow
Nijamaai nee varuvaayoWill you come in reality?
Chorus
Udanae udanaeImmediately, immediately
En ethiril varuvaayadaaWill you come right in front of me, my dear?
Anbaalae anbaalaeWith love, with love
Enai neeyum nanaipaayadaaWill you drench me too, my dear?
Anbaalae anbaalaeWith love, with love
Manathoodu kalapaayadaaWill you blend with my heart, my dear?
Chorus
{Kavithai nee kanavum nee..{You are poetry, you are the dream..
Mellisai nee thanimaiyilae..You are soft music in solitude..
Uravaai nee nizhalaai neeYou are a relation, you are a shadow
Nijamaai nee varuvaayo} (2)Will you come in reality?} (2)
Chorus
Udanae udanaeImmediately, immediately
En ethiril varuvaayadaaWill you come right in front of me, my dear?
Anbaalae anbaalaeWith love, with love
Enai neeyum nanaipaayadaaWill you drench me too, my dear?
Anbaalae anbaalaeWith love, with love
Manathoodu kalapaayadaaWill you blend with my heart, my dear?
Female
Mellisaiyai idhayam rasithathillai..oohoo..My heart has never enjoyed soft music..oohoo..
Thendralaiyum rasithathillai …oohoo…Nor has it enjoyed the gentle breeze …oohoo…
Kavithai variyai rasithathillai..Nor has it enjoyed lines of poetry..
Ellamae indru nadakuthae…puriyavillai..Everything is happening today…I don't understand..
Female
{Kavithai nee kanavum nee..{You are poetry, you are the dream..
Mellisai nee thanimaiyilae..You are soft music in solitude..
Uravaai nee nizhalaai neeYou are a relation, you are a shadow
Nijamaai nee varuvaayo} (3)Will you come in reality?} (3)
Female
Mellisaiyai idhayam rasithathillaiMy heart has never enjoyed soft music
Thendralaiyum rasithathillaiNor has it enjoyed the gentle breeze
Kavithai variyai rasithathillaiNor has it enjoyed lines of poetry
Ellamae indru nadakuthae puriyavillai..Everything is happening today, I don't understand..
Ellamae indru nadakuthae puriyavillai..Everything is happening today, I don't understand..
Ellamae indru nadakuthae……. puriyavillai..Everything is happening today……. I don't understand..

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song expresses the overwhelming wonder of falling in love. The protagonist reflects on how they previously never cared for gentle music, cool breezes, or romantic poetry. However, with the arrival of love, everything feels poetic and surreal, leaving them bewildered yet deeply captivated. The speaker addresses their lover as their poetry, dream, and solitude's melody, passionately pleading for them to appear in real life and shower them with affection.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Kavithai nee kanavum nee..

Directly equates the lover to poetry, a dream, soft music, and a shadow.

Anaphora / Repetition (Adukkuthodar)

Udanae udanae

Repeated words ('Udanae udanae', 'Anbaalae anbaalae') used to emphasize urgency and emotional depth.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Mellisaiyai idhayam rasithathillai

Repetition of the line ending 'rasithathillai' across consecutive lines to create a rhythmic refrain.

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Trivia

'Geethaiyin Raadhai' (2016) is a landmark Malaysian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Shalini Balasundaram. The soundtrack, composed by Ztrix, gained viral popularity across the worldwide Tamil diaspora.

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