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Vellai Maiyil

From Samar · 2013

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Udit Narayan, Shweta Mohan
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Samar
Movie release year
2013
Lyrics added on
7 Apr 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Vellai mayil vennilaavil koothaada
Oru kanni puyal kangalukul kaathaada
Unnai kaadhal endra vaarthayaalae
Solli solli naan paada
Ezhu vanna pattaampoochi azhagodu
Un sollukkaaga kaathirupen uyirodu
Naan kadhal endra koottukullae
Vazhavendum unnodu ..
Aasai ninaivadi
Idhu aaraam piraiyadi
Unai kanden oru nodi
Adhu kaadhal mudhar padi
Meesai pullin mel
Ival mutham panithuli ..
Male :Hey hey hey….ey ey
Female :Iru idhayam seravae
Male :Ho ho hooo
Female :Ini illai idaiveli..
Vellai mayil vennilaavil koothaada
Oru kanni puyal kangalukul kaathaada
Unnai kaadhal endra vaarthayaalae
Solli solli naan paada
Female :Hai yai yae…
Brindhaavanam.. thoongaadhu vaanam
Ringaaram paadum vandu
Endhan kaiyyodu venum ..
Raakozhiyaai koovuthu moochu
Kairegai noolil neitha
Selai mundhaanai aachu…
Sadhai nila unnai nenjilae
Vidhaiyena moodi vaikavaa
Madham pidithaadum yaanaiyaai
Manakulam venneer aana pinbu kooda
Poopookudhae..
Moondraam pirai munnooru megam
Soozhndhaalum indha thingal
Undhan kannadiyagum….
Aana varai aanandha mogam
Annaandhu paarthaal endhan
Kaadhal aagaayam aagum…
Mazhai thuli vaanil thanginaal
Manalveli eeram aagumaa
Suvai suvai endru koorinen
Mudhal mudhal mutham ennum
Poovai killi muthaaduvaa…
Meesai pullin mel
Ival mutham panithuli ..
Male :Hey hey hey….ey ey
Female :Iru idhayam seravae
Male :Ho ho hooo
Female :Ini illai idaiveli..
As a white peacock dances in the bright moonlight,
as a gentle storm stirs inside the eyes,
using that tender word called love,
I want to sing of you again and again.
With the beauty of a seven-colored butterfly,
I will hold onto life waiting for your word.
Inside this nest called love,
I want to live my life with you...
It is a sweet memory of longing,
like a crescent moon growing brighter.
I caught sight of you for a single moment,
and that became love's very first step.
Upon the grass of your mustache,
her kiss rests like a drop of dew...
Male: Hey hey hey... yeah yeah
Female: As our two hearts come together,
Male: Ho ho ho-oo
Female: there is no distance left between us anymore...
As a white peacock dances in the bright moonlight,
as a gentle storm stirs inside the eyes,
using that tender word called love,
I want to sing of you again and again.
Female: Haai-ye...
In Brindavan, the sky never sleeps;
a humming honeybee
is what I long to hold in my hands...
My breath calls out like a night bird,
and the lines woven on your palm
have become the drape of my sari...
Shall I take you, my moon of flesh and blood,
and keep you safe like a seed in my heart?
Like an elephant running wild with passion,
even after the pond of the mind turns scorching hot,
flowers still blossom...
Even if three hundred clouds surround
this slender crescent moon,
it will still become your mirror...
With endless joy and desire,
if you look up,
my love stretches as vast as the sky...
If raindrops were to stay trapped in the sky,
how would the sandy earth ever get wet?
Whispering how sweet it tastes,
pluck the blossom of our very first kiss
and come shower me with love...
Upon the grass of your mustache,
her kiss rests like a drop of dew...
Male: Hey hey hey... yeah yeah
Female: As our two hearts come together,
Male: Ho ho ho-oo
Female: there is no distance left between us anymore...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a deeply romantic duet from the film 'Samar' that expresses the poetic intensity of blossoming love and intimacy. Rich in sensory imagery, the lyrics compare the lover's presence to nature's beauties like moonlight, dew drops on grass, dancing peacocks, and colorful butterflies, illustrating how love transforms the world around them.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Rupakam)

Meesai pullin mel Ival mutham panithuli ..

Compares a soft kiss directly to a delicate dewdrop resting on a blade of grass.

Personification

Brindhaavanam.. thoongaadhu vaanam

Attributes human action (sleeping) to the sky in Brindavan.

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

Mudhal mudhal mutham ennum

Repetition of the initial 'M' sound across words in the line.

Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)

Vellai mayil vennilaavil koothaada / Oru kanni puyal kangalukul kaathaada

Matching second consonants 'll' in adjacent poetic lines.

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Trivia

This track belongs to the 2013 Tamil film Samar starring Vishal and Trisha Krishnan. The musical score was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, featuring imagery-laden lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar.

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