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Rasave Rasave Kathirunthen

From Namma Ooru Nayagan · 1988

Lyricist
Rajesh Khanna
Singer
Uma Ramanan
Music director
Rajesh Khanna
Movie name
Namma Ooru Nayagan
Movie release year
1988
Lyrics added on
14 Apr 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Raasavae raasavae kaathirunthen raasavae
Unna kaanamae kaanamae paarthiruthen raasavae
Vazhi meedhu kotta kotta vizhiyellam unna sutha
Vazhi meedhu kotta kotta vizhiyellam unna sutha
Thadam paarthu kaathirunthen thanga raasa kaanalaiyae
Un ninaivaa kaathirunthen anbu raasa kaanalaiyae
Raasavae raasavae kaathirunthen raasavae
Unna kaanamae kaanamae paarthiruthen raasavae
Pala naala unna thaedi pasiyaara maranthenaiyaa
Kaduthaasi varumoonnu kannuranga marukkuthaiyaa
Manasukkulla nee irunthu mani kanakka thudikkiriyae
Mathavanga paarvaikku thaan mana kanakka irukkuriyae
Tharaiyilae viricha paaya madichu veikka manasillaiyae
Thalaiyilae vechen malli irunthum athu sugam illaiyae
Raasavae raasavae kaathirunthen raasavae
Unna kaanamae kaanamae paarthiruthen raasavae
Muhurtham vechuthaanae manam mudichom oru naalu
Mudhaliravu mudiyum munnae yen neeru ponneeru
Kadamai azhaikkuthinnu nee paranthu ponaayoo
Un udambhu nikkuthingae adha maranthu ponaayae
Nethiyilae vecha pottu nenjukkulla nikkuthaiyaa
Nee mathiyilae thantha mutham manasukkulla nikkuthaiyaa
Raasavae raasavae kaathirunthen raasavae
Unna kaanamae kaanamae paarthiruthen raasavae
Vazhi meedhu kotta kotta vizhiyellam unna sutha
Vazhi meedhu kotta kotta vizhiyellam unna sutha
Thadam paarthu kaathirunthen thanga raasa kaanalaiyae
Un ninaivaa kaathirunthen anbu raasa kaanalaiyae
Raasavae raasavae kaathirunthen raasavae
Unna kaanamae kaanamae paarthiruthen raasavae
My beloved king, I have been waiting for you, my king.
Longing to see you, I kept watching the road, my king.
Staring wide-eyed down the path, my gaze searches all around for you.
Staring wide-eyed down the path, my gaze searches all around for you.
I waited watching for your footsteps, but my golden king is nowhere to be seen.
I waited lost in your thoughts, but my loving king is nowhere to be seen.
My beloved king, I have been waiting for you, my king.
Longing to see you, I kept watching the road, my king.
Looking for you for days on end, I forgot to even eat, my dear.
Hoping a letter might arrive, my eyes refuse to sleep.
Dwelling inside my heart, you keep throbbing by the hour.
To the eyes of others, you exist only in my mind.
I do not have the heart to fold the mat spread on the floor.
I wore jasmine in my hair, yet it brings me no joy.
My beloved king, I have been waiting for you, my king.
Longing to see you, I kept watching the road, my king.
Fixing an auspicious hour, we were married one day.
Before our wedding night could even end, why did tears flow?
Did you fly away because your duty called you?
Your other half remains right here, yet you forgot and left.
The bindi placed on my forehead stays deeply etched in my heart.
The kiss you gave me lingers sweetly in my soul.
My beloved king, I have been waiting for you, my king.
Longing to see you, I kept watching the road, my king.
Staring wide-eyed down the path, my gaze searches all around for you.
Staring wide-eyed down the path, my gaze searches all around for you.
I waited watching for your footsteps, but my golden king is nowhere to be seen.
I waited lost in your thoughts, but my loving king is nowhere to be seen.
My beloved king, I have been waiting for you, my king.
Longing to see you, I kept watching the road, my king.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant Tamil folk melody expresses the deep grief, longing, and eternal wait of a newly married rural bride for her absent husband. Having parted ways shortly after their wedding due to his call of duty, she spends her days gazing down the road, sleepless and unable to eat, clinging onto the precious memories of their short time together.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Anaphora / Repetition (Eretologia)

“Raasavae raasavae kaathirunthen raasavae”

Repetition of words like 'Raasavae raasavae' and 'kaanamae kaanamae' heightens the emotional intensity of pleading and sorrow.

Visual Imagery

“Vazhi meedhu kotta kotta vizhiyellam unna sutha”

The imagery of staring down a path until the eyes turn around captures the physical strain and devotion of waiting.

Simile / Temporal Metaphor

“Manasukkulla nee irunthu mani kanakka thudikkiriyae”

Comparing the lover's presence in the heart to the steady ticking of hourly clock chimes ('mani kanakka thudikkiriyae').

Second-letter Rhyming (Edukai)

“Nethiyilae vecha pottu nenjukkulla nikkuthaiyaa”

Classical Tamil poetic rhyming where the second letter matches ('Nethiyilae' / 'Nee mathiyilae').

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Trivia

This track is a classic example of late 1980s Tamil rural heartbreak songs rendered by singer Uma Ramanan, whose soft and emotional voice became synonymous with expressive village melodies during that era.

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