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Lyrics & meaning

Oru Vaarthai Ketka

From Ayya · 2005

Lyricist
Pa. Vijay
Singers
Kay Kay, Sadhana Sargam
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
Ayya
Movie release year
2005
Lyrics added on
27 Jan 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Oru vaarthai ketka oru varusam kaathirundhen
Indha paarvai paarka pagal iravaa poothirundhen
Oru vaarthai ketka oru varusam kaathirundhen
Indha paarvai paarka pagal iravaa poothirundhen
Manamaalai onna poo poovaai korthirundhen
Andha sedhikaaga nodi nodiya verthirundhen
Sooriyana sooriyana suruku paiyil
Naan alli vara alli vara aasai patten
Singathaiyum singathaiyum sila naalaa
En chinna chinna kammalukul pootti kitten
Thannikula thaan natta thaamarai kodi
Theppa kulathaiyae kudichiruchaeae ….
Oru vaarthai solla oru varusam thayangi ninnen
Andha paarvai paarka mudiyama naan odhungi ninnen
Oorukulla odum theruvil paadha thadangal aayiram irukum
Nee nadantha suvadugal irundhaal endhan kangal kandu pidikum
Idhayatha thatti thatti paarthu putta
Adhu therakala endradhumae odaichu putta
Nee kedaika vendum endru thundu seetai ezhudhi potten
Pechi amman koil saami paper saami aanadhu enna
Kannukulla odiya unna thoratha manasukul nee vandhu olinja
Manasukul olinjidum unna verata usurukul nee mella nozhainja
Ohh nee kodutha kal kooda sengal saami aanadhaiyaa
Oru vaarthai solla oru varusam thayangi ninnen
Andha paarvai paarka mudiyama naan odhungi ninnen
Aaaaa aaaaa aaaa ….
Adutha veetu kalyanathin pathirikai paarkum bodhu
Namadhu perai manamakalaaga maatri ezhudhi rasithu paarthen
Netru varai enakulla irumbu nenju
Adhu indru mudhal aanadhu ilavam panju
Katta bomman uruvam polae unna varaindhu maraidhae Vaithen
Dhesa patru oviyam endru vettu suvatril appa maata
Anaikattu polaevae irukum manasu nee thottu odainjadhu enna
Puyaluku badhil sollum endhan idhayam poo pattu sarinjadhu enna
Veppa maram suthi vandhen arasa maramum poothadhaiyaa
Oru vaarthai ketka oru varusam kaathirundhen
Oru vaarthai solla oru varusam thayangi ninnen
Indha paarvai paarka pagal iravaa poothirundhen
Andha paarvai paarka mudiyama naan odhungi ninnen
Sooriyana sooriyana suruku paiyil
Naan alli vara alli vara aasai patten
Singathaiyum singathaiyum sila naalaa
En chinna chinna kammalukul pootti kitten
Thannikula thaan natta thaamarai kodi
Theppa kulathaiyae kudichiruchaeae ….
Lala laala laala laalalala laalalala
Lala laala laala laalalala laalalala
I waited a whole year just to hear one word.
Day and night, I stayed in bloom just to catch this look.
I waited a whole year just to hear one word.
Day and night, I stayed in bloom just to catch this look.
Flower by flower, I strung a wedding garland together.
Waiting for that news, I sweated anxiously second by second.
The sun, oh the blazing sun...
I longed to scoop it up into my pouch.
And for the past few days, a lion...
I have locked a lion inside my tiny earring!
The lotus vine planted in the water...
Has drunk up the entire temple pond!
I hesitated for a whole year just to say one word.
Unable to meet that gaze, I kept my distance and looked away.
A thousand footprints may mark the village street,
But if your footsteps are among them, my eyes will find them.
She knocked and knocked upon my heart,
And when it wouldn't open, she broke it right open!
Praying to have you, I wrote my wish on a slip of paper.
How did the goddess at Pechi Amman temple turn into a deity of paper chits?
When I tried to chase you from my eyes, you hid inside my heart.
When I tried to drive you from my heart, you softly slipped into my soul.
Oh, even a stone given by you has turned into a sacred brick deity!
I hesitated for a whole year just to say one word.
Unable to meet that gaze, I kept my distance and looked away.
Aaaa... aaaa... aaaa...
Whenever I looked at wedding invitations from next door,
I lovingly wrote our names as the bride and groom.
Until yesterday, I had a heart of iron inside me.
From today, it has turned into soft silk-cotton!
I drew you looking like Kattabomman (legendary rebel king) and kept it hidden,
Thinking it was a patriotic painting, my father hung it on the wall!
Why did my heart, firm as a massive dam, break at your touch?
Why did my heart, bold enough to face a storm, crumble before a flower?
I walked in prayer around the neem tree, and the sacred fig tree bloomed too!
I waited a whole year just to hear one word.
I hesitated for a whole year just to say one word.
Day and night, I stayed in bloom just to catch this look.
Unable to meet that gaze, I kept my distance and looked away.
The sun, oh the blazing sun...
I longed to scoop it up into my pouch.
And for the past few days, a lion...
I have locked a lion inside my tiny earring!
The lotus vine planted in the water...
Has drunk up the entire temple pond!
Lala laala laala laalalalaa laalalalaa
Lala laala laala laalalalaa laalalalaa
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Oru Vaarthai Ketka' is a romantic duet from the movie Ayya (2005) that captures the sweet anticipation, shyness, and overwhelming emotion of young love. The lovers express how a single word or look from each other has disrupted their entire world. The female protagonist describes her tender wait and how love has transformed her once-firm demeanor into pure vulnerability, while the male protagonist reflects on his shyness and intense devotion.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Atisayokthi Ani (Hyperbole)

Sooriyana sooriyana suruku paiyil / Naan alli vara alli vara aasai patten

Exaggerates the grand feeling of love by speaking of carrying the entire sun inside a tiny drawstring bag.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Netru varai enakulla irumbu nenju / Adhu indru mudhal aanadhu ilavam panju

Compares a rigid, unyielding heart to iron and its sudden emotional softening due to love to delicate silk-cotton.

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

Singathaiyum singathaiyum sila naalaa / En chinna chinna kammalukul pootti kitten

Repetition of the initial 'S' and 'Ch' consonant sounds creates a rhythmic flow in the line.

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Trivia

'Oru Vaarthai Ketka' features music composed by Bharadwaj and lyrics by Pa. Vijay. The song is from the hit 2005 film 'Ayya', which marked the Tamil cinema debut of actress Nayanthara opposite Sarathkumar. Sung by Anuradha Sriram and Tippu, the track became a chartbuster, noted for its expressive rural melody and inventive folk-pop imagery.

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