- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Unnikrishnan
- Music director
- Deva
- Movie name
- Aasai
- Movie release year
- 1995
- Lyrics added on
- 4 Feb 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Pulveli Pulveli' from the film Aasai (1995) is a joyous celebration of nature, innocence, and childlike wonder. The song captures the protagonist's marvel at the natural world around her—observing dewdrops asleep on grass blades, sunrays gently waking them, squirrels leaping like lightning, rivers flowing with innate musicality, and colorful butterflies fluttering in the breeze. Through these vibrant images, she expresses a feeling of blissful oneness with nature, declaring her heart to be a flower garden and a smile to be her true religion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukkuthodar (Repetition for Rhythm/Emphasis)
“Pulveli pulveli thannil / Panithuli panithuli ondru / Thoongudhu thoongudhu paarammaa”
Tamil poetic tradition uses doubled words (adukkuthodar) to build rhythm and imitate gentle motion or lingering affection.
Personification (Tharkiropam)
“Adhai sooriyan sooriyan vandhu / Chellamaai chellamaai killi / Ezhupudhu ezhupudhu yenammaa..”
The sun is personified as a loving caregiver who gently pinches the sleeping dewdrop to wake it up in the morning.
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Poovanamae endhan manam.. / Punnagaiyae endhan madham”
The singer directly equates her inner emotional state and worldview to nature and pure joy without using comparative words.
Onomatopoeia (Oli-kurippu Sol)
“Chitchitchitchitchitchit / Patpatpatpatpatpatpat / Thulthulthulthulthulthul / Jaljaljaljaljal”
Imitative words capture the specific movements and sounds of sparrows, butterflies, squirrels, and flowing streams.
Simile (Uvamai)
“Malaiyannai tharugindra / Thaaipaal pol / Vazhiyudhu vazhiyudhu vellai aruvi”
The cascading white waterfall is compared to nourishing milk flowing directly from Mother Mountain.
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Trivia
Composed by Deva with lyrics by Vairamuthu for Vasanth's hit romantic thriller 'Aasai' (1995), produced by Mani Ratnam. Sung primarily by K. S. Chithra, the song earned immense popularity for its refreshing use of natural sound imitations and playful rhythmic folk-classical phrasing.
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