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Lyrics & meaning

Un Per Solla Aasaithan

From Minsara Kanna · 1999

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Hariharan
Music director
Deva
Movie name
Minsara Kanna
Movie release year
1999
Lyrics added on
27 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Un per solla aasaithaan
Ullam uruga aasaithaan
Un per solla aasaithaan
Ullam uruga aasaithaan
Uyiril karaiya aasaithaan
Aasaithaan unmel aasaithaan
Un per solla aasaithaan
Ullam uruga aasaithaan
Uyiril karaiya aasaithaan
Aasaithaan unmel aasaithaan
Unthozh sera aasaithaan
Unnil vaazha aasaithaan
Unakul uraya aasaithaan
Uzhagam maraka aasaithaan
Ondrum ondrum ondraai
Aaga aasaithaan
Un per solla aasaithaan
Ullam uruga aasaithaan
Uyiril karaiya aasaithaan
Aasaithaan unmel aasaithaan
Kannil kadai kannil
Neeum paarthaal podhumae
Kaalgal endhan kaalgal
Kaadhal kolam podumae
Nanam kondu megam
Ondril maraiyum nilavena
Koondhal kondu mugathai
Neeum moodum azhagena
Thookathil un perai naan solla
Kaaranam kaadhalthaanae
Brahmman kooda oru
Kannadasan thaan
Unnai padaithathaalae
Un per solla aasaithaan
Ullam uruga aasaithaan
Uyiril karaiya aasaithaan
Aasaithaan unmel aasaithaan
…………………………..
Neeum ennai pirindhaal
Endhan piravi mudiyumae
Meendum vandhu serndhaal
Maru piravi thodarumae
Neeum kovil aanaal
Silaiyin vadivil varugiren
Neeum deepam aanaal
Oliyum naanae aagiren
Vaanindri vennila ingillai
Naamindri kaadhal illaiyae
Kaalam karaindha pinnum
Koondhal naraitha pinnum
Anbil maatram illaiyae
Un per solla aasaithaan
Ullam uruga aasaithaan
Uyiril karaiya aasaithaan
Aasaithaan unmel aasaithaan
Unthozh sera aasaithaan
Unnil vaazha aasaithaan
Unakul uraiya aasaithaan
Uzhagam maraka aasaithaan
Ondrum ondrum ondraai
Aaga aasaithaan
Aasaithaan unmel aasaithaan
Aasaithaan unmel aasaithaan
It is my desire to call out your name
It is my desire for my heart to melt
It is my desire to call out your name
It is my desire for my heart to melt
It is my desire to dissolve into your soul
It is desire, my desire for you
It is my desire to call out your name
It is my desire for my heart to melt
It is my desire to dissolve into your soul
It is desire, my desire for you
It is my desire to lean upon your shoulders
It is my desire to live within you
It is my desire to dwell inside you
It is my desire to forget the world
For one and one together
To become one, it is my desire
It is my desire to call out your name
It is my desire for my heart to melt
It is my desire to dissolve into your soul
It is desire, my desire for you
If you look at me
From the corner of your eye, it is enough
My feet, my very feet
Will draw a pattern of love
Like the moon shyly hiding
Behind a cloud
Like the beauty of your tresses
Veiling your face
For me to say your name in my sleep
The reason is surely love
Even Lord Brahma became
A poet Kannadasan indeed
Because he created you
It is my desire to call out your name
It is my desire for my heart to melt
It is my desire to dissolve into your soul
It is desire, my desire for you
........................
If you part from me
My lifetime will come to an end
If you return and join me
A next lifetime will continue
If you become a temple
I will come in the form of the idol
If you become a lamp
I myself will become the light
There is no bright moon here without the sky
There is no love without the two of us
Even after time fades away
Even after our hair turns grey
There will be no change in our love
It is my desire to call out your name
It is my desire for my heart to melt
It is my desire to dissolve into your soul
It is desire, my desire for you
It is my desire to lean upon your shoulders
It is my desire to live within you
It is my desire to dwell inside you
It is my desire to forget the world
For one and one together
To become one, it is my desire
It is desire, my desire for you
It is desire, my desire for you
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Un Per Solla Aasaithaan is a deeply romantic song from the 1999 Tamil film Minsara Kanna, composed by Deva with lyrics written by legendary lyricist Vaali. Sung soulfully by Hariharan and Sujatha Mohan, the track expresses the overwhelming passion and deep spiritual connection between two lovers. They describe how their individual existences merge seamlessly into one, desiring nothing more than each other's presence. The lyrics use rich metaphors to portray eternal love, stating that even as time passes and hair turns grey, their love will remain unchanged. Vaali beautifully captures the essence of devotion by comparing the couple to inseparable entities like a temple and its idol, or a lamp and its light.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

“Un per solla aasaithaan / Ullam uruga aasaithaan / Uyiril karaiya aasaithaan”

Repetition of the initial vowel sound 'U' across consecutive lines (Un, Ullam, Uyiril) creates an agreeable melodic cadence.

Epiphora (Ending Repetition)

“Un per solla aasaithaan / Ullam uruga aasaithaan”

The word 'aasaithaan' (desire) repeats at the end of multiple lines to emphasize intense yearning and emotional focus.

Metaphor

“Neeum kovil aanaal / Silaiyin vadivil varugiren / Neeum deepam aanaal / Oliyum naanae aagiren”

Comparing the couple's relationship to complementary pairs like temple and idol, or lamp and light, symbolizing deep interdependence.

Hyperbole

“Brahmman kooda oru / Kannadasan thaan / Unnai padaithathaalae”

Exaggeration where the lyricist suggests that Lord Brahma turned into the legendary lyricist Kannadasan due to the poetic beauty involved in creating the beloved.

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Trivia

In this song from Minsara Kanna (1999), lyricist Vaali cleverly pays homage to his contemporary and legendary predecessor Kannadasan with the line 'Brahmman kooda oru Kannadasan thaan', complimenting the heroine's beauty by implying even the Creator needed Kannadasan's poetic genius to craft her.

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