Oru Thadavai
From Vaseegara · 2003
- Lyricist
- Pa. Vijay
- Music director
- S. A. Rajkumar
- Details
- Vaseegara2003
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Oru thadavai solvaaya | Will you say it just once? |
| Unnai enaku pidikkum endru | That you like me? |
| Oru paarvai paarpaaya | Will you look at me just once? |
| Unnai enaku pidikkum endru | Conveying that you like me? |
| Male | |
| Nathiyil theriyum nilavin uruvam | The image of the moon reflected in the river |
| Nathikku sontham illai | Does not belong to the river. |
| Ninaipathellam nadakkum vaazhkai | A life where everything happens as envisioned |
| Yarukum amaivathilai | Is never blessed upon anyone. |
| Female | |
| Unakum enakum vizhuntha mudichu | The knot that tied you and me together |
| Thanai vizhunthathilai | Did not just untie or fall on its own. |
| Ulaga urandai udayumpothum | Even if the spherical world shatters apart, |
| Kadhal udaivathilai | Love will never break. |
| Male | |
| Minmini dhesathu sonthakaaran | For a native belonging to the land of fireflies, |
| Vinmein ketpathu thavaragum | Asking for a star in the sky is a mistake. |
| Female | |
| Varalaatril vaazhgindra kadhal ellam | All the love stories that live in history, |
| Valiyodu poradum kadhalthanae | Are loves that fought through deep pain. |
| Female | |
| Oru thadavai solvaaya | Will you say it just once? |
| Unnai enaku pidikkum endru | That you like me? |
| Oru paarvai paarpaaya | Will you look at me just once? |
| Unnai enaku pidikkum endru | Conveying that you like me? |
| Male | |
| Nerunga nenaikum nenaivai maraka | To forget the memory that yearns to get closer, |
| Nenjam nenaikirathu | The heart keeps thinking. |
| Kanavil pookum pookal parika | To pluck the flowers blooming in dreams, |
| Penmai alaikkirathu | Womanhood wanders restlessly. |
| Female | |
| Kilaiyai murithu pottu vidalam | You can break off a branch and toss it aside, |
| Verai enna seivai | But what will you do about the root? |
| Tharaiyai udaithu mulaikkum pothu | When it pierces through the earth and sprouts, |
| Anbae enghu selvai | My love, where will you go? |
| Male | |
| Malligai pookal uthirvathellam | The falling jasmine flowers, |
| Marathadi nizhaluku sonthamillai | Do not belong to the shadow beneath the tree. |
| Female | |
| Unnodu naan vaazha poraaduven | I will fight to live with you, |
| Ne indri ponaalum thalladuven | Even if you are gone, I will falter and stumble. |
| Female | |
| Oru thadavai solvaaya | Will you say it just once? |
| Unnai enaku pidikkum endru | That you like me? |
| Oru paarvai paarpaaya | Will you look at me just once? |
| Unnai enaku pidikkum endru | Conveying that you like me? |
| Kadhal oru pugaiyai pola | Love is like smoke, |
| Maraithu vaithaal therinthu vidum | If you try to conceal it, it will reveal itself. |
| Kadhalilthan pookal mothi | Only in love, when delicate flowers collide, |
| Malaigal kooda udainthu vidum | Even mighty mountains can shatter. |
| Unnai olikaathae ennai vathaikaathae | Do not hide yourself, do not torture me, |
| Endrum idhayathil ilakkanam kidayathae | There are never any strict rules or grammar for the heart. |
ஒரு தடவை
சொல்வாயா உன்னை
எனக்கு பிடிக்கும் என்று
ஒரு பாா்வை பாா்ப்பாயா
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கும் என்று
Will you say it just once?
That you like me?
Will you look at me just once?
Conveying that you like me?
காதல் ஒரு புகையை
போல மறைத்து வைத்தால்
தொிந்து விடும் காதலில் தான்
பூக்கள் மோதி மலைகள் கூட
உடைந்து விடும் உன்னை
ஒளிக்காதே என்னை வதைக்காதே
என்றும் இதயத்தில் இலக்கணம் கிடையாதே
The image of the moon reflected in the river
Does not belong to the river.
A life where everything happens as envisioned
Is never blessed upon anyone.
நதியில் தொியும்
நிலவின் உருவம்
நதிக்கு சொந்தமில்லை
நினைப்பதெல்லாம் நடக்கும்
வாழ்க்கை யாருக்கும் அமைவதில்லை
The knot that tied you and me together
Did not just untie or fall on its own.
Even if the spherical world shatters apart,
Love will never break.
உனக்கும் எனக்கும்
விழுந்த முடிச்சு தானாய்
விழுந்ததில்லை உலக
உருண்டை உடையும் போதும்
காதல் உடைவதில்லை
For a native belonging to the land of fireflies,
Asking for a star in the sky is a mistake.
மின்மினி தேசத்து
சொந்தக்காரன் விண்மீன்
கேட்பது தவறாகும்
All the love stories that live in history,
Are loves that fought through deep pain.
வரலாற்றில் வாழ்கின்ற
காதல் எல்லாம் வலியோடு
போராடும் காதல் தானே
Will you say it just once?
That you like me?
Will you look at me just once?
Conveying that you like me?
ஒரு தடவை
சொல்வாயா உன்னை
எனக்கு பிடிக்கும் என்று
ஒரு பாா்வை பாா்ப்பாயா
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கும் என்று
To forget the memory that yearns to get closer,
The heart keeps thinking.
To pluck the flowers blooming in dreams,
Womanhood wanders restlessly.
நெருங்க நினைக்கும்
நினைவை மறக்க நெஞ்சம்
நினைக்கிறது கனவில் பூக்கும்
பூக்கள் பறிக்க பெண்மை அழைக்கிறது
You can break off a branch and toss it aside,
But what will you do about the root?
When it pierces through the earth and sprouts,
My love, where will you go?
கிளையை முறித்து
போட்டு விடலாம் வேரை
என்ன செய்வாய் தரையை
உடைத்து முளைக்கும் போது
அன்பே எங்கு செல்வாய்
The falling jasmine flowers,
Do not belong to the shadow beneath the tree.
மல்லிகை பூக்கள்
உதிா்வதெல்லாம் மரத்தடி
நிழலுக்கு சொந்தமில்லை
I will fight to live with you,
Even if you are gone, I will falter and stumble.
உன்னோடு நான்
வாழ போராடுவேன் நீ இன்றி
போனாலும் தள்ளாடுவேன்
Will you say it just once?
That you like me?
Will you look at me just once?
Conveying that you like me?
Love is like smoke,
If you try to conceal it, it will reveal itself.
Only in love, when delicate flowers collide,
Even mighty mountains can shatter.
Do not hide yourself, do not torture me,
There are never any strict rules or grammar for the heart.
ஒரு தடவை
சொல்வாயா உன்னை
எனக்கு பிடிக்கும் என்று
ஒரு பாா்வை பாா்ப்பாயா
உன்னை எனக்கு பிடிக்கும் என்று
காதல் ஒரு புகையை
போல மறைத்து வைத்தால்
தொிந்து விடும் காதலில் தான்
பூக்கள் மோதி மலைகள் கூட
உடைந்து விடும் உன்னை
ஒளிக்காதே என்னை வதைக்காதே
என்றும் இதயத்தில் இலக்கணம் கிடையாதே
Oru thadavai solvaaya
Will you say it just once?
Unnai enaku pidikkum endru
That you like me?
Oru paarvai paarpaaya
Will you look at me just once?
Unnai enaku pidikkum endru
Conveying that you like me?
Nathiyil theriyum nilavin uruvam
The image of the moon reflected in the river
Nathikku sontham illai
Does not belong to the river.
Ninaipathellam nadakkum vaazhkai
A life where everything happens as envisioned
Yarukum amaivathilai
Is never blessed upon anyone.
Unakum enakum vizhuntha mudichu
The knot that tied you and me together
Thanai vizhunthathilai
Did not just untie or fall on its own.
Ulaga urandai udayumpothum
Even if the spherical world shatters apart,
Kadhal udaivathilai
Love will never break.
Minmini dhesathu sonthakaaran
For a native belonging to the land of fireflies,
Vinmein ketpathu thavaragum
Asking for a star in the sky is a mistake.
Varalaatril vaazhgindra kadhal ellam
All the love stories that live in history,
Valiyodu poradum kadhalthanae
Are loves that fought through deep pain.
Oru thadavai solvaaya
Will you say it just once?
Unnai enaku pidikkum endru
That you like me?
Oru paarvai paarpaaya
Will you look at me just once?
Unnai enaku pidikkum endru
Conveying that you like me?
Nerunga nenaikum nenaivai maraka
To forget the memory that yearns to get closer,
Nenjam nenaikirathu
The heart keeps thinking.
Kanavil pookum pookal parika
To pluck the flowers blooming in dreams,
Penmai alaikkirathu
Womanhood wanders restlessly.
Kilaiyai murithu pottu vidalam
You can break off a branch and toss it aside,
Verai enna seivai
But what will you do about the root?
Tharaiyai udaithu mulaikkum pothu
When it pierces through the earth and sprouts,
Anbae enghu selvai
My love, where will you go?
Malligai pookal uthirvathellam
The falling jasmine flowers,
Marathadi nizhaluku sonthamillai
Do not belong to the shadow beneath the tree.
Unnodu naan vaazha poraaduven
I will fight to live with you,
Ne indri ponaalum thalladuven
Even if you are gone, I will falter and stumble.
Oru thadavai solvaaya
Will you say it just once?
Unnai enaku pidikkum endru
That you like me?
Oru paarvai paarpaaya
Will you look at me just once?
Unnai enaku pidikkum endru
Conveying that you like me?
Kadhal oru pugaiyai pola
Love is like smoke,
Maraithu vaithaal therinthu vidum
If you try to conceal it, it will reveal itself.
Kadhalilthan pookal mothi
Only in love, when delicate flowers collide,
Malaigal kooda udainthu vidum
Even mighty mountains can shatter.
Unnai olikaathae ennai vathaikaathae
Do not hide yourself, do not torture me,
Endrum idhayathil ilakkanam kidayathae
There are never any strict rules or grammar for the heart.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from 'Vaseegara' is a poignant, romantic dialogue capturing the deep emotional conflict, longing, and eternal power of love. The protagonist pleads for a simple verbal or visual sign of affection ('say once that you like me'), acknowledging the pain and restraint involved in unexpressed feelings. Through beautiful philosophical imagery—such as the moon's reflection in water or fireflies longing for stars—the song reflects on life's unpredictability and the inevitable hardships faced by lovers.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Kadhal oru pugaiyai pola”
Compares love to smoke, explaining that just as smoke cannot be contained or hidden in secret, true love will inevitably reveal itself.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Nathiyil theriyum nilavin uruvam / Nathikku sontham illai”
Uses the image of the moon's reflection in a river to metaphorically represent an intangible, unpossessable longing.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Unnai olikaathae ennai vathaikaathae”
Repetition of similar rhythmic vowel sounds at key positions within the line ('olikaathae' / 'vathaikaathae').
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)
“Kadhalilthan pookal mothi / Malaigal kooda udainthu vidum”
Poetic exaggeration where soft flowers colliding in love can break even mighty mountains.
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Trivia
Composed by S. A. Rajkumar with lyrics by Pa. Vijay, 'Oru Thadavai Solvaaya' is one of the standout romantic duets from Vijay's 2003 romantic comedy 'Vaseegara' (a remake of the Telugu hit 'Nuvvu Naaku Nachav'). The song is sung by Hariharan and Chinmayi, renowned for its soft melodic arrangement and expressive vocal delivery.
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