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Nilavai Konduva

From Vaali · 1999

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
Music director
Deva
Movie name
Vaali
Movie release year
1999
Lyrics added on
20 Jul 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Nilavai konduvaa
Kattilil kattivai
Megam konduvaa
Meththai pottuvai
Nilavai pidithen
Kattilil kattinen
Megam pidthen
Meththai virithen
Kaayum suriyanai
Kadalukul pootivai
Iravu thodarnthida
Inthiranai kaaval vai
Kaayum suriyanai
Kadalukul pootinen
Iravu thodarthidum
Inthiranai nambinen
Indru muthal iravu
Indru muthal iravu..
Nee en ilamaikku unavu
Indru muthal iravu..
Nee en ilamaiku unava
Killavaa
Unnai killavaa
Illai allavaa nee vaa
………….
Varavaa vanthu
Thodavaa
Un aadaiku viduthalai
Tharavaa
Avasaram koodaathu
Anumathi tharumvaraiyil
Pothuvaa naa sonna
Nee sonnapadi ketkum saathu
Ithu pondra vishayathil
Un pechu uthavaathu
Mella idaiyinai
Thoduvaayaa
Mella udaiyinai kalaivaayaa
Naan thudikayail vedikayil
Muthangal tharuvaayaa
Pothumaa athu pothumaa
Aasai theerumaa vaama
Female :Mamaa…..
…………..
Vaama en maama
Intha nilavai oothi anaipomaa
Kaanaatha un kolam
Kankondu kaankindrathaae
Ithalaal un ithalaal
En vetkam thidaithuviduvaaya
Angathil vetkangal
Engengu solvaayaa
Thaen engangae
Undu endru
Poo vanduku sollaathuthaan
Athu thaan thedi unnaamal
Perinbam vaaraathuthaan
Inbamaa perinbamaa
Athu vendumaa vaamaa
Female :Maamaa
Nilavai konduvaa
Kattilil kattivai
Megam konduvaa
Meththai pottuvai
Nilavai pidithen
Kattilil kattinen
Megam pidthen
Meththai virithen
Kaayum suriyanai
Kadalukul pootivai
Iravu thodarnthida
Inthiranai kaaval vai
Kaayum suriyanai
Kadalukul pootinen
Iravu thodarthidum
Inthiranai nambinen
Indru muthal iravu
Indru muthal iravu..
Nee en ilamaikku unavu
Indru muthal iravu..
Nee en ilamaiku unava
Killavaa
Unnai killavaa
Illai allavaa nee vaa…..
Killavaa
Female :Killavaa
Male :Unnai killavaa
Female :Killavaa
Male :Illai allavaa nee vaa…..
Female :Nee vaa
...
Bring the moon,
Tie it to the bed.
Bring the clouds,
Spread them as a mattress.
I caught the moon,
And tied it to the bed.
I caught the clouds,
And spread them as a mattress.
The scorching sun,
Lock it inside the sea.
So that the night continues,
Place Lord Indra on guard.
The scorching sun,
I locked it inside the sea.
The night will continue,
I placed my trust in Indra.
Today is our nuptial night,
Today is our nuptial night...
You are the feast for my youth.
Today is our nuptial night...
Are you the feast for my youth?
Shall I pinch you playfully?
Shall I pinch you?
Or shall I scoop you into my arms? Come...
...
Shall I come closer...
And touch you?
Freedom for your dress,
Shall I grant it?
There is no need to rush,
Until I give you permission.
Generally speaking,
I am a gentle soul who obeys your every word.
In matters like this,
Your talk won't help.
Gently, my waist,
Will you touch?
Will you gently remove my clothes?
When I tremble and burst with excitement,
Will you shower me with kisses?
Is that enough? Is that enough?
Will desire be satisfied? Come, my love.
Female: My beloved...
...
Come, my beloved,
Shall we blow out this moon like a candle?
Your unseen form,
My eyes are beholding it at last!
With your lips, with your lips,
Will you wipe away my shyness?
The shyness across your body,
Will you tell me where all it lies?
Where the honey...
...is found,
A flower never tells the bee.
Without searching and tasting it on its own,
Supreme bliss will never arrive.
Is it pleasure, or supreme bliss?
Do you want that? Come, my love.
Female: My beloved,
Bring the moon,
Tie it to the bed.
Bring the clouds,
Spread them as a mattress.
I caught the moon,
And tied it to the bed.
I caught the clouds,
And spread them as a mattress.
The scorching sun,
Lock it inside the sea.
So that the night continues,
Place Lord Indra on guard.
The scorching sun,
I locked it inside the sea.
The night will continue,
I placed my trust in Indra.
Today is our nuptial night,
Today is our nuptial night...
You are the feast for my youth.
Today is our nuptial night...
Are you the feast for my youth?
Shall I pinch you playfully?
Shall I pinch you?
Or shall I scoop you into my arms? Come...
Shall I pinch you?
Female: Shall I pinch you?
Male: Shall I pinch you?
Female: Shall I pinch you?
Male: Or shall I scoop you into my arms? Come...
Female: You come...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This sensuous song 'Nilavai Kondu Vaa' from the film Vaali (1999) portrays a couple sharing romantic intimacy on their wedding night (Muthal Iravu). Rich in romantic metaphor and hyperbole, the lovers express their passionate desires through imaginative requests: capturing the moon, spreading clouds as a mattress, and stopping time by locking the sun beneath the sea so their night of love never ends.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Hyperbole (Athi-sayokthi)

Nilavai konduvaa kattilil kattivai

Extravagant exaggeration where the speaker asks to capture the moon and tie it to the bed to intensify the romantic setting.

Metaphor (Uruvagatai)

Megam konduvaa meththai pottuvai

Comparing soft clouds directly to a soft mattress on the bed.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

Mella idaiyinai thoduvaayaa / Mella udaiyinai kalaivaayaa

Rhyming line endings ('thoduvaayaa' and 'kalaivaayaa') create a rhythmic, melodic flow.

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

Kaayum suriyanai / Kadalukul pootivai

Repetition of the 'Ka' sound at the beginning of adjacent lines.

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Trivia

'Nilavai Kondu Vaa' was composed by Deva with lyrics by Vairamuthu, and sung by Unni Menon and Anuradha Sriram. The film Vaali (1999), directed by S. J. Suryah, starred Ajith Kumar in a dual role alongside Simran, and became a major blockbuster.

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