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Saamikitta Solliputten

From Daas · 2005

Lyricist
Pa. Vijay
Singers
Shreya Ghoshal, Hariharan
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Daas
Movie release year
2005
Lyrics added on
3 Jan 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{Saamikitta solli putten
Unna nenjil vachi kitten
Oru koodi pulli vacha
Naan pootta kaadhal koolam
Oru paathi mudiyum munna
Alichiruchu kaalam kaalam
Innoru jenmam naan marupadi poranthu vanthu
Unakkaga kaathiruppen …
Appavum seramal iruvarum piriyanum..na..
Porakkamal poyiduven……
Saamikitta…..a solli putten….
Saamikitta…..a solli putten…
Theppa kulathil padincha paasi …
Kallerincha kallaiyum… kallaiyum
Nenja kulathil padincha kaadhal
Entha neruppil eriyum… eriyum
Nee pona paatha mela…
Sarukaga kadantha sugama
Unnoda nyaabagam ellaam
Manasukkulla irukkum ranama
Kattu kaaval meeri vara
kaadhal nenju kenchuthae
Manasukulla pooti maracha
Apo yethuku veliyila siricha
Kanavukulla oodi pudicha
Nesathulla than thayanghi nadicha
Adi podi bayanthaankolli
Edhukaagha ummai jaada
Nee iruntha manasa alli
Entha theeyil nanum poda
Unnai enna ketukita kaadhal nenja thatichu
I have told God,
I have kept you in my heart.
Placing ten million dots,
the kolam (decorative floor pattern) of love I started drawing,
even before half of it was finished,
time came and erased it away.
Being born again in another lifetime,
I will wait for you...
If even then we cannot unite and must part,
I would rather never be born at all...
I have told God...
I have told God...
The moss that settles on a temple pond...
will scatter if a stone is thrown...
But the love that settled in the pond of my heart,
in what fire can it ever burn away?
On the path you walked upon...
is it a joy to lie like a dry leaf?
All the memories of you
remain like an aching wound inside my heart.
To break past every barrier,
is this loving heart pleading?
You locked and hid your feelings inside your heart,
then why did you smile on the outside?
In dreams you chased and caught me,
yet in love you hesitated and held back.
Oh go on, you timid girl,
why speak only through silent gestures?
Gathering this heart where you once lived,
into what fire should I throw it?
Did love ask for permission before growing so deep in our hearts?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant song depicts a lover's intense grief, eternal devotion, and feelings of betrayal after a failed relationship. The protagonist compares his love to an elaborate, multi-dotted 'kolam' (rangoli) that time cruelly wiped away before it could be completed. He vows to wait for his beloved even in a future birth, adding that if fate separates them again, he would prefer non-existence over living without her.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Naan pootta kaadhal koolam”

Compares love to a complex 'koolam' (rangoli pattern) and the heart to a temple tank ('nenja kulam').

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)

“Oru koodi pulli vacha”

Exaggerates the grand effort of love by referencing a kolam made with 'a crore of dots' (oru koodi pulli).

Contrast / Imagery

“Theppa kulathil padincha paasi ...”

Juxtaposes physical moss in a pond that can be cleared by throwing a stone against deep love in the heart that no fire can burn away.

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