- Lyricist
- Mohan Rajan
- Singers
- Syan, Anjana Rajagopalan, Shilpa Natarajan
- Music director
- Girishh
- Movie name
- Iruttu
- Movie release year
- 2019
- Lyrics added on
- 3 Oct 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'O Variyaa' from the film 'Iruttu' (2019) is a deeply romantic and sensual duet capturing intense passion, desire, and physical intimacy between two lovers. Through rich metaphors of fire, melting wax, and ocean waves crashing on the shore, the lyrics illustrate the seamless blending of two souls and bodies in a moment of unrestrained bliss.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor / Simile (Uvamai Ani)
“Mezhugena vaa urugida vendum”
Compares the lovers' surrender to physical intimacy with wax melting under heat.
Metaphor (Uvamai Ani)
“Nam udaladhu karayena alayaena modhum”
Compares the union of their bodies to the continuous rhythm of ocean waves crashing against the shore.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Konjaadha… kenjaadhaa… / Anjaadha… minjaadha…”
Matching rhyming suffixes at the end of consecutive rhythmic phrases.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Vaayodu vaai vaithu / Vaai moodu nee saithu”
Repetition of the initial sound 'Va' across lines.
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Trivia
The song 'O Variyaa' features lyrics by Mohan Rajan and music composed by Girishh G. for the 2019 Tamil horror-thriller film 'Iruttu', directed by V. Z. Durai and starring Sundar C.
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