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Lyrics & meaning

Oh My Love Duet

From Nee Sirithaal Deepavali · 1990

Lyricist
Lyricist Not Known
Singers
Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Nee Sirithaal Deepavali
Movie release year
1990
Lyrics added on
26 Jun 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sindhu mani punnagaiyil
Sindhi varum mellisaiyil
Sindhu mani punnagaiyil
Sindhi varum mellisaiyil
Thaedaadha raagangal ketkindradhu
Thaenodu paal ondru saergindradhu
Oh my love oh my love
Oh my love oh my love
Oh my love oh my love
Oh my love oh my love
Sindhu mani punnagaiyil
Sindhi varum mellisaiyil
Nattu vaitha kaadhal
Inbam kotti vaitha poo aagum
Thottu vittu ponaal
Kaalgal ettu vaikka naal aagum
Un perai paadaamal
Paattaagumaa
En jeevan nee indri
Vaazhaadhammaa
Poo indri poonthendral
Thaan paadumaa
Thaen indri poo enna
Poo aagumaa
Oh my love oh my love
Female :Oh my love oh my love
Sindhu mani punnagaiyil
Sindhi varum mellisaiyil
Sindhu mani punnagaiyil
Sindhi varum mellisaiyil
Pottu vaitha podhae
Nenjai vittu vittu nindrenae
Etti nindra podhum
Inbam thottanaikka kandenae
Indrodu en thookkamae
Ponadhu
En maeni noolodu
Nool aanadhu
Vin meedhu nam kaadhal
Thaer odudhu
Kan mooda
Koodaamal poraadudhu
Oh my love oh my love
Male :Oh my love oh my love
Sindhu mani punnagaiyil
Sindhi varum mellisaiyil
Sindhu mani punnagaiyil
Sindhi varum mellisaiyil
Thaedaadha raagangal
Ketkindradhu
Thaenodu paal ondru saergindradhu
Oh my love oh my love
Oh my love oh my love
Oh my love oh my love
Oh my love oh my love
In your pearl-like smile,
In the gentle music flowing from it,
In your pearl-like smile,
In the gentle music flowing from it,
Melodies I never searched for are heard,
Milk and honey blend into one.
Oh my love, oh my love,
Oh my love, oh my love,
Oh my love, oh my love,
Oh my love, oh my love.
In your pearl-like smile,
In the gentle music flowing from it.
The love we planted
Has become a flower overflowing with joy.
If you touch me and walk away,
It takes days for my feet to take another step.
Without singing your name,
Can it ever be a song?
Without you, my soul
Cannot live on, my dear.
Without a flower, would the gentle breeze
Ever sing its song?
Without sweet nectar, can a flower
Truly be a flower?
Oh my love, oh my love,
Female: Oh my love, oh my love.
In your pearl-like smile,
In the gentle music flowing from it,
In your pearl-like smile,
In the gentle music flowing from it.
The moment you placed the bindi (forehead mark) on me,
My heart skipped a beat as I stood there.
Even while standing at a distance,
I felt sweet joy embracing me.
From this day, my sleep
Has completely vanished.
My body, longing for you,
Has worn thin like a slender thread.
Across the skies, our love's
Chariot rides high.
Unable to close,
My eyes struggle in sleeplessness.
Oh my love, oh my love,
Male: Oh my love, oh my love.
In your pearl-like smile,
In the gentle music flowing from it,
In your pearl-like smile,
In the gentle music flowing from it,
Melodies I never searched for
Are being heard,
Milk and honey blend into one.
Oh my love, oh my love,
Oh my love, oh my love,
Oh my love, oh my love,
Oh my love, oh my love.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This romantic duet celebrates the deep bond and ecstasy between two lovers. The opening lines compare the beloved's smile to precious pearls and gentle music, creating an intoxicating harmony similar to mixing milk and honey. The lovers reflect on how their love has grown into a flourishing flower of happiness, emphasizing that life without each other lacks purpose, just as a breeze is incomplete without flowers or a flower without nectar. In the latter half, the emotion intensifies as the female character describes the physical and mental effects of love—restlessness, sleeplessness, and feeling light as a thread. Together, they envision their love riding a celestial chariot high across the sky, embodying an eternal, unworldly passion.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Mondhu Ethukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Sindhu mani punnagaiyil / Sindhi varum mellisaiyil

The second letter 'ndhu' matches across adjacent lines, creating a rhythmic cadence.

Uvamai (Metaphor/Simile)

Thaenodu paal ondru saergindradhu

Comparing the union of lovers and harmony of emotions to milk blending with honey.

Rhetorical Question (Vinaa Alangaaram)

Poo indri poonthendral / Thaan paadumaa

Using poetic questions to emphasize mutual dependency between lovers.

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Trivia

The film 'Nee Sirithaal Deepavali' was released in 1990 as a romantic drama featuring soft melodious tracks typical of late 80s and early 90s Tamil cinema soundscapes.

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