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Lyrics & meaning

Veyyon Silli

From Soorarai Pottru · 2020

Lyricist: Vivek
Singer: Harish Sivaramakrishnan
Music director: G. V. Prakash Kumar
Movie name: Soorarai Pottru
Movie release year: 2020
Lyrics added on: 18 Dec 2019

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation

Seeyan sirukkikitta

Seevana tholachchiten

Sottu valavikkulla

Maattikka valanchiten

Ulla pattraya pottuttu

Ezharaiya kootittu

Thappichu poraalae angittu

Iva veedhiyil vaaratha

Vedikkai paakathaan

Viluntha meganga embuttu

Idukkiyae.. yae…yae…

Idukkiyae..yae….yae….

Adikkiraa.. adikkiraa..

Adukkiyae..adukkiyae..

Veyyon silli ippo nilathil

Irangi anaththuraa

Landhaa pesi enna

Oranda ezhukkura

Kattaari kannalae uttaalae

Therikkiren

Ottaara sitaala mappaagi

kedakkuren

En usurula sallada salichchi

Yen sirikkira arakkiyae

Un kurukkula ennaiya mudinchu

Nee nadakkura tharukkiyae

Mallatta rendaa

Ennaattam vanthaa

Ooi..

En usurula sallada salichchi

Yen sirikkira arakkiyae

Un kurukkula ennaiya mudinchu

Nee nadakkura tharukkiyae

Heyyyyy…. eyyy…..heyyyyy eyyyy eeyyy

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Enkaathu javvula

Esaaiyum ovvulaa

Nee mattum pesadi

Ezhattum naaluttum

Edhuvum ungala ichonnu veesadi

Kannalu udhadu

Minnalu thagadu

Enakku thaanadi..

Sattaiyil pocketae thachathu

Unnaya padhukkathaanadi

Thinna

Aanam vechchu thinna

Ulla un gokkamakka ninna

Ooi..

En usurula sallada salichchi

Yen sirikkira arakkiyae

Un kurukkula ennaiya mudinchu

Nee nadakkura tharukkiyae

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Thoratti korala peratti eviya

Idhayam parichiyae

Currentu kambiyaa sorandi

Kidantha kathanda yerichiyae

Oh padhanam udhara

Kavanam sethara

Manasa kalachiyae

Karukka poluthil

Sirichu tholachu

Pagala padachiyae

Theeya iva vandhaa

Manda vellam thundaa

Undaa indha jigirthandaa

Ooi..

En usurula sallada salichchi

Yen sirikkira arakkiyae

Un kurukkula ennaiya mudinchu

Nee nadakkura tharukkiyae

Veyyon silli ippo nilathil

Irangi anaththuraa

Landhaa pesi enna

Oranda ezhukkura

Kattaari kannalae uttaalae

Therikkiren

Ottaara sitaala mappaagi

kedakkuren

To this feisty girl,

I lost my very soul.

Inside her pair of bangles,

I bent down and got trapped.

Setting up shop inside me,

and stirring up trouble,

she slips away and runs off!

Just to watch her

walk down the street,

so many clouds have tumbled down!

You pinch me tight...

You pinch me tight...

She strikes, she strikes...

blow after blow!

A shard of the sun has stepped onto earth,

radiating scorching heat.

Talking sass,

she picks a fight with me.

She stabbed me with her dagger-eyes,

and I'm shattered to bits.

Drunk on this stubborn little beauty,

I lie here in a daze.

Sifting through my soul like a sieve,

why do you laugh, you cruel girl?

Tying me into the knot at your waist,

you strut around, you arrogant beauty!

Split in two like a peanut,

she comes swaying this way...

Oh...

Sifting through my soul like a sieve,

why do you laugh, you cruel girl?

Tying me into the knot at your waist,

you strut around, you arrogant beauty!

Hey... hey... hey hey hey!

...

To my eardrums,

even music doesn't sound right.

Only you speak to me, girl;

all through the week,

fling whatever words you fancy at me!

A pout in your eyes,

a flash of lightning—

it's all for me, isn't it, girl?

The pocket stitched on my shirt

was made just to hide you inside!

When she eats,

dipping into spicy gravy as she eats,

such wild mischief takes over inside!

Oh...

Sifting through my soul like a sieve,

why do you laugh, you cruel girl?

Tying me into the knot at your waist,

you strut around, you arrogant beauty!

...

Hooking me with your crooked voice,

you snatched away my heart!

Like a live electric wire scraping,

you sparked fire in a sleeping hornet!

Oh, shaking off all caution,

shattering my concentration,

you stirred up my mind!

In the twilight dusk,

with your sudden sweet smile,

you created broad daylight!

She came blazing like fire,

sweet like lumps of brown sugar—

is there any cool drink like her?

Oh...

Sifting through my soul like a sieve,

why do you laugh, you cruel girl?

Tying me into the knot at your waist,

you strut around, you arrogant beauty!

A shard of the sun has stepped onto earth,

radiating scorching heat.

Talking sass,

she picks a fight with me.

She stabbed me with her dagger-eyes,

and I'm shattered to bits.

Drunk on this stubborn little beauty,

I lie here in a daze.

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Veyyon Silli from the movie Soorarai Pottru is a vibrant romantic track expressing the protagonist's profound fascination and intoxication with his lady love. He describes her as a sunbeam ('Veyyon Silli') that has descended upon the earth, radiating intense heat, charm, and chaos into his life. He playfully calls her an 'arakki' (demoness) and 'tharukki' (arrogant girl) who sifts his soul like a sieve and ties his heart to the fold of her saree. Throughout the song, rustic metaphors from regional Tamil dialect are used to portray how her gaze, voice, and presence disarm him entirely. Despite her cheeky teasing and overwhelming effect on his mind, he adores her completely, claiming that even the pocket on his shirt was stitched specifically to shelter her.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)

“Veyyon silli ippo nilathil”

'Veyyon silli' compares the heroine to a splinter or ray broken off from the sun.

Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)

“Kattaari kannalae uttaalae”

'Kattaari kannalae' compares her sharp gaze to a dagger (Kattaari).

Simile (Upamai)

“En usurula sallada salichchi”

'En usurula sallada salichchi' compares her probing into his soul to passing it through a sieve (sallada).

Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)

“En usurula sallada salichchi / Un kurukkula ennaiya mudinchu”

Rhyming of the second letter 'su' in 'usurula' and 'ru' in 'kurukkula'.

Monaai (Alliteration)

“Karukka poluthil / Sirichu tholachu / Pagala padachiyae”

Repetition of the 'K' sound in 'Karukka', 'Sirichu', 'Pagala'.

Did you know?

Trivia

The term 'Veyyon' is an archaic sangam Tamil word for the Sun, and 'Silli' refers to a tiny slice or chip. Lyricist Vivek combined these rustic terms to create a unique romantic metaphor. Additionally, the song launch was conducted aboard a SpiceJet aircraft, making it one of the first Indian film songs launched mid-air.

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