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Lyrics & meaning

Sollividava

From Sollividava · 2017

Lyricist
Madhan Karky
Singers
Sathya Prakash, Harini
Music director
Jassie Gift
Movie name
Sollividava
Movie release year
2017
Lyrics added on
11 Nov 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Sollividava
Sollividava..aa…
Unmai muzhudhum
Sollividava…
Vizhiyilae thekiya bhashaigalai
Viralilae addakiya aasaigalai
Nenjilae pootiya osaigalai
Sollividava…aa….
Nenjae…
Adhai solla vidu nenjae
Vazhi adaipadhu yen
Mozhi thadupadhu yen
Enai kirukan aakadhae
Adhai maraikka koodadhae
Thozhan yena vedam
Tholil adhu baaram
Ennulae vaanam – ena
Thondridum ondrinai sollidava
Kallai en thotram
Ullae neer ottam
En ullae aazhiyana
Pongidum ondrinai sollidava
Mouna saalai kadandhu
Saththam ittu yaavum sollividava
Nenjae…
Adhai solla vidu nenjae
Vazhi adaipadhu yen
Mozhi thadupadhu yen
Enai kirukan aakadhae
Adhai maraikka koodadhae
Sollividavaa..aa..
Sollividavaa…
Sollividavaa…aa…
Dhaagam avan kannil
Megham naan vinnil
Naan sorkkal pozhigayilae
Aaviyendraigiyae maraivadhu yen
Theeyai aval munnae
Poovo en pinnae
Kai neetti tharugayilae
Kaatrinil poo adhu karaivadhu yen
Indru sollividavaa
Jenmam sila thaandi
Sollividavaa…aa…
Nenjae…
Adhai solla vidu nenjae
Vazhi adaipadhu yen
Mozhi thadupadhu yen
Enai kiruki aakadhae
Adhai maraikka koodadhae
Sollividava…aa…
Sollividava…
Unmai muzhudhum
Sollividava…aa…
Veliyilum porkkala bhoomiyada
Manadhumae porkkalam aanadhada
Varthaigal ennai kolludhuda
Sollividava…aa….
Shall I tell you?
Shall I tell you?
The whole truth,
shall I confess it?
The unspoken words pooled in my eyes,
the desires held back in my fingertips,
the voice locked inside my heart—
shall I let it all out?
Oh heart...
let me speak, oh heart.
Why do you block my path?
Why do you hold back my words?
Don't drive me crazy,
I must not hide it anymore.
This disguise of being just a friend
is a heavy burden on my shoulders.
Like an endless sky inside me,
shall I speak of what stirs within?
I may look like a stone on the outside,
yet a stream flows within.
Like an ocean deep inside,
shall I speak of what surges within?
Crossing this road of silence,
shall I shout out loud and tell you everything?
Oh heart...
let me speak, oh heart.
Why do you block my path?
Why do you hold back my words?
Don't drive me crazy,
I must not hide it anymore.
Shall I tell you?
Shall I tell you?
Shall I tell you?
There is thirst in his eyes,
and I am a cloud in the sky.
Yet when I rain down my words,
why do they vanish away like vapor?
There is fire before her,
and a flower behind my back.
As I reach out my hand to give it,
why does that flower dissolve into the wind?
Shall I tell you today?
Across lifetimes,
shall I tell you?
Oh heart...
let me speak, oh heart.
Why do you block my path?
Why do you hold back my words?
Don't drive me crazy,
I must not hide it anymore.
Shall I tell you?
Shall I tell you?
The whole truth,
shall I confess it?
The world outside is a battlefield,
and my heart too has become a war zone.
These unspoken words are killing me,
shall I just confess it all?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Sollividava' captures the poignant emotional struggle of a person yearning to confess unsaid love and hidden truths. The narrator wrestles with their own heart, which holds back words out of fear or constraint, even while maintaining a facade of mere friendship. Through vivid imagery of clouds, fire, oceans, and battlefields, the lyrics portray the torment of keeping deep feelings suppressed inside. Ultimately, the song expresses a desperate plea to break the silence and reveal the complete truth. The internal battle of unspoken feelings mirror an external battlefield, highlighting how staying silent causes pain that threatens to consume the narrator's entire world.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Vizhiyilae thekiya bhashaigalai / Viralilae addakiya aasaigalai / Nenjilae pootiya osaigalai”

Lines end with the rhyming suffix '-aigalai' (bhashaigalai, aasaigalai, osaigalai), creating a rhythmic musicality.

Ethirai (Second letter rhyming)

“Thozhan yena vedam / Tholil adhu baaram”

The second consonant sound 'zha/la' rhymes between 'Thozhan' and 'Tholil'.

Metaphor & Antithesis (Muran)

“Kallai en thotram / Ullae neer ottam”

Juxtaposes a hard stone-like exterior ('Kallai en thotram') with soft flowing water inside ('Ullae neer ottam') to highlight concealed vulnerability.

Anaphora (Repetition)

“Sollividava”

The rhetorical question 'Sollividava' (Shall I reveal it?) repeats throughout the track as a refrain emphasizing intense hesitation.

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Trivia

The song is featured in the bilingual romantic drama 'Sollividava' (2018), directed by Arjun Sarja and starring Chandan Kumar and Aishwarya Arjun. Composed by Jassie Gift with lyrics by Madhan Karky, the song beautifully encapsulates the central emotional conflict of the film.

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