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Oye Oye

From Album Songs 2023 · 2023

Lyricist
Tamilmani
Singers
Adithya RK, Pavani Vasa
Music director
Vijai Bulganin
Movie name
Album Songs 2023
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
26 Sept 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Poiyoo meiyo podhum aiyoo
Vizhigal ellam neeyae aiyoo
Raavugal veesum koondhal aiyoo
Reengaaramaai nenjil aiyoo
Mudiyaamal en maarbil oodum
Mudhal paarvaigal andhaadhi aagum
Aagaayam penpaalin vaasam
Adi nooraandu or naalaai maarum
Idhu kaadhal vidhi oru maaya sadhi
Puriyadhae madhi ini neeyae gadhi
Oye oye
Un moochu kaathathu vazhiyae neeyae
Oye oye
Uyirodu serthu kolvaaya
Oye oye
Naan serkkum ottrai bimbam nee
Oye oye
En kaatchi kootil nirpaaya
Oye oye ..oo oo
Oye oye hoo hoo
En kaatchi kootil nirpaaya
Paavam maan naan ennai
Kavingan seidhu ponayoo
Paarvai edhiril pithan pol
Unnai naan unarathaano
Raagam meettum moongil mael
Mutham veithu ponaayoo
Isaiyai marandhu thoongaamal
Un per solli saaindhaeno
Koodaram aagum en nenjamae
Kulirodu nindraai siru megamae
Nedundhooram thaandi enneramae
Kuraiyaadha endre eppodhumae
Azhaipaena anaipaena
Nizhal pola nadappena
Thodarnthu varuvaenae
Oye oye
Un moochu kaathathu vazhiyae neeyae
Oye oye
Uyirodu serthu kolvaaya
Oye oye
Naan serkkum ottrai bimbam nee
Oye oye
En kaatchi kootil nirpaaya
Poiyoo meiyo podhum aiyoo
Vizhigal ellam neeyae aiyoo
Raavugal yaavum kelvii aiyoo
Ver or kaadhal undo aiyoo
Mudiyaamal en maarbil oodum
Mudhal paarvaigal andhaadhi aagum
Aagaayam neeyaaga vendum
Pala nooraandu or naalaai maarum
Idhu kaadal vidhi oru maaya sadhi
Unardheanae madhi ini neeyae gadhi
Oye oye
Un moochu kaathathu vazhiyae neeyae
Oye oye
Uyirodu serthu kolvaaya
Oye oye
Naan serkkum ottrai bimbam nee
Oye oye
En kaatchi kootil nirpaaya
Oye oye ..oo oo
Oye oye hoo hoo
En kaatchi kootil nirpaaya
Is it a lie or truth? Enough, oh dear!
Everywhere my eyes look, it is you, oh dear!
Your hair carries the night breeze, oh dear!
Humming softly in my heart, oh dear!
Flowing endlessly across my chest,
Our first glances become an endless verse.
The sky carries the fragrance of a woman,
A hundred years turn into a single day.
Is this the fate of a mirage, a magical trick?
My mind cannot grasp it; you are my only refuge now.
Oye Oye
You are the one who watched over my path with your breath,
Oye Oye
Will you hold me close to your soul?
Oye Oye
You are the only image I hold close,
Oye Oye
Will you stay within the shelter of my sight?
Oye Oye Oh… Oh…
Oye Oye Hoh… Hoh…
Will you stay within the shelter of my sight?
I was an innocent deer, why
did you turn me into a poet and leave?
Right in front of your eyes, like a madman,
am I just rambling on about you?
On the bamboo flute that plays a melody,
did you leave a kiss before you went?
Forgetting the music, without any sleep,
did I lean back whispering your name?
My heart becomes a shelter,
Little cloud, you stood there in the cold.
Crossing long distances at all times,
this feeling will never lessen, never at all.
Shall I call for you? Shall I embrace you?
Shall I walk beside you like a shadow?
I will keep following you.
Oye Oye
You are the one who watched over my path with your breath,
Oye Oye
Will you hold me close to your soul?
Oye Oye
You are the only image I hold close,
Oye Oye
Will you stay within the shelter of my sight?
Is it a lie or truth? Enough, oh dear!
Everywhere my eyes look, it is you, oh dear!
All the nights turn into questions, oh dear!
Is there any other love like this, oh dear?
Flowing endlessly across my chest,
Our first glances become an endless verse.
I want the sky to become you,
Many centuries will turn into a single day.
This is the rule of love, a magical trick,
My mind has realized it; you are my only refuge now.
Oye Oye
You are the one who watched over my path with your breath,
Oye Oye
Will you hold me close to your soul?
Oye Oye
You are the only image I hold close,
Oye Oye
Will you stay within the shelter of my sight?
Oye Oye Oh oh..
Oye Oye Oh oh..
Will you stay within the shelter of my sight?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a soul-stirring romantic track where the protagonist reflects on the overwhelming feeling of falling deeply in love. Love is depicted as a sweet trick of destiny that blurs the lines between reality and dream. Time loses its usual pace—a century feels like a brief day—and the lover's gaze transforms a once-simple soul into an expressive poet.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Mudhal paarvaigal andhaadhi aagum

Compares first glances to 'Andhaadhi', a classical Tamil poetic format where the ending of one verse forms the start of the next, signifying continuous, unending love.

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Idhu kaadhal vidhi oru maaya sadhi / Puriyadhae madhi ini neeyae gadhi

Rhyming of second letters across line endings (vidhi / sadhi / gadhi).

Simile

Nizhal pola nadappena

Compares walking along with the beloved to a shadow following them everywhere.

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Trivia

The term 'Andhaadhi' referenced in the song is an ancient Tamil literary device used in classical poetry (like Thiruvandhaadhi), where the final word or syllable of a verse becomes the opening word of the next verse.

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