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Lyrics & meaning

Osara Parandhu Vaa ( The Bleeding Heart)

From Navarasa · 2021

Lyricist
Soundara Rajan
Singer
Vrusha Balu
Music director
Sundaramurthy KS
Details
Navarasa2021

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Osara parandhu vaaCome flying high,
Verasaaga neeyum thaanSwiftly come, you too.
Odanji kidakkurenI am lying here broken,
Puyal kaathil poovum thaanLike a flower caught in a stormy wind.
Kaanaama pochaeIt has gone missing,
Sevatha sirippu thaanThat bright red smile.
Mugam kaatu raasaShow your face, my king,
Erangum baaram thaanSo this heavy burden will lighten.
Female
Usurum usurum yengudhaeMy life and soul are longing,
Unnai thedi paakudhaeSearching everywhere for you.
Dhisaiya dhisaiya thedudhaeSearching in every direction,
Polambi saayudhaeLamenting and collapsing.
Female
Usurum usurum yengudhaeMy life and soul are longing,
Unnai thedi paakudhaeSearching everywhere for you.
Dhisaiya dhisaiya thedudhaeSearching in every direction,
Polambi saayudhaeLamenting and collapsing.
Female
Suzhalum bhoomi naragamaachiThe spinning earth has turned into hell,
Therinja saamy marandhu pochiThe God I knew has forgotten me,
Nerainja kaeni varandu pochiThe full well has completely dried up,
Vaa thavikkuren thaniyaCome, I am suffering alone.
Female
Ethirkka yaarum thuninja podhumEven if anyone dares to oppose,
Adangidaatha karupusaamiOh unyielding deity Karuppasamy,
Kudhirai yeri usura paakaMount your horse to protect this life,
Nee seeri vaaCome charging fiercely!
Female
Usurum usurum yengudhaeMy life and soul are longing,
Unnai thedi paakudhaeSearching everywhere for you.
Dhisaiya dhisaiya thedudhaeSearching in every direction,
Polambi saayudhaeLamenting and collapsing.
Female
Usurum usurum yengudhaeMy life and soul are longing,
Unnai thedi paakudhaeSearching everywhere for you.
Dhisaiya dhisaiya thedudhaeSearching in every direction,
Polambi saayudhaeLamenting and collapsing.
Female
Osara parandhu vaaCome flying high,
Verasaaga neeyum thaanSwiftly come, you too.
Odanji kidakkurenI am lying here broken,
Puyal kaathil poovum thaanLike a flower caught in a stormy wind.

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song is a deeply emotional, folk-infused plea capturing intense grief, helplessness, and an urgent cry for protection. The speaker feels utterly shattered—like a fragile flower trapped in a storm or a well that has completely dried up—as their world turns into a living hell. They search frantically in every direction for their beloved or protector, feeling abandoned even by destiny.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai Ani)

Puyal kaathil poovum thaan

Compares the speaker's fragile, shattered emotional state to a delicate flower caught helpless in a violent storm.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

Suzhalum bhoomi naragamaachi / Therinja saamy marandhu pochi / Nerainja kaeni varandu pochi

The lines end with rhyming sound endings ('aachi', 'pochi', 'pochi'), creating a rhythmic flow emphasizing desperation.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Usurum usurum yengudhae / Unnai thedi paakudhae

Repetition of the initial vowel sound ('U') at the beginning of consecutive lines.

Cultural Allusion & Apostrophe

Adangidaatha karupusaami / Kudhirai yeri usura paaka / Nee seeri vaa

Invokes Karuppasamy, a fierce Tamil village guardian deity who rides a horse, as a metaphorical force of divine swiftness and ultimate salvation.

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Trivia

The song is featured in the 2021 Netflix Tamil anthology web series 'Navarasa', created by Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan to showcase nine distinct human emotions (rasas). Sung powerfully by Vrusha Balu with lyrics by Soundara Rajan and music by Sundaramurthy KS, the track masterfully captures the raw rural aesthetics and emotional intensity associated with sorrow and distress.

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