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Lyrics & meaning

Yea Dushyantha

From Aasal · 2010

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Kumaran, Surmukhi
Music director
Bharathwaj
Movie name
Aasal
Movie release year
2010
Lyrics added on
3 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
{ Ha haaa … ha ha haaaa } (3)
Yea dushyantha yea dushyantha
Un sagunthalaa thedi vanthaa
Yea dushyantha nee maranthadhai
Un sagunthalaa meendum thantha
Kalla pennae en kannai ketkum kannae
En karpai thirudum munnae
Naan thapai vittu thapi vanthen
Meendum nee neril vanthu nindraai
En nenjai kothi thindraai
Enaku unnai ninaivillaiyae
Poongaavil mazhai vathadhum
Puthar ondru kudaiyanadhum
Mazhai vanthu nanaikaamalae
Madi matum nanainthadhai
Maranthadhu yenna kadhai
Yea dushyantha yea dushyantha
Un sagunthalaa thedi vanthaa
Azhagaana pookal pookum thenaatra karaiyil
Adaiyaalam theriyaatha aazha mara irutil
Irul kooda ariyaatha inbangalin mugatil
Iru perum kaithaanom muthangalin thirutil
Varudithanthaai manathai thirudi kondaai vayathai
Athu kilaiyodu vergalum pootha kadhai
Aazhalankaatukul oru ootu veetukulle
Unnai porthu kondu paduthen
Paalaatril neeraadum pothu
Thuvata thundu illai
Koondhal kondu unnai thudaithen
Antha neela nadhi karai oram
Nee nindrirunthai nodi neram
Naan paadi vanthen oru raagam
Naam pazhagi vanthom sila kaalam
Yea dushyantha yea dushyantha
Un sagunthalaa thedi vantha
Paartha niyabagam illaiyo
Paruva naadagam thollaiyo
Vaazhntha kaalangal konjamo
Maranthadhae intha nenjamo
Yea dushyantha yea dushyantha
Yea dushyantha yea dushyantha
{ Ha ha … ha ha ha } (3)
O Dushyanta, O Dushyanta!
Your Shakuntala has come searching for you.
O Dushyanta, what you forgot,
your Shakuntala has brought back to you.
You sly girl, darling who asks for my very eyes,
before you could steal my virtue,
I slipped away and escaped.
Yet you have come and stood before me again,
pecking away at my heart.
Still, I have no memory of you!
When the rain fell in the garden,
and a bush became our umbrella,
without the rain drenching us,
how only my lap got wet—
how could you forget that story?
O Dushyanta, O Dushyanta!
Your Shakuntala has come searching for you.
On the banks of the sweet river where lovely flowers bloom,
in the mysterious shadows beneath the banyan tree,
at the peak of pleasures unknown even to the dark,
we were both caught stealing kisses.
You caressed my heart and stole my youth away,
it was a tale where even the roots bloomed along with the branches.
Inside a tiled-roof house deep in the forest,
I lay down, wrapping myself in your embrace.
When we bathed in the Palar river,
there was no towel to dry you off,
so I wiped you dry with my hair.
By the bank of that blue river,
you stood for just a moment.
I came singing a melody,
and we were close for a while.
O Dushyanta, O Dushyanta!
Your Shakuntala has come searching for you.
Don't you remember seeing me?
Has our youthful romance become a burden?
Was the time we lived together so brief?
Could this heart of yours truly have forgotten?
O Dushyanta, O Dushyanta!
O Dushyanta, O Dushyanta!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful romantic duet draws upon the legendary tale of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala from Indian mythology. The heroine addresses her lover as Dushyantha, teasingly reminding him of their intimate past and shared memories, while he humorously pretends not to recognize her or remember their romantic bond. She vividly recalls sweet instances of their courtship—seeking shelter together during rain, sharing secret kisses beneath a banyan tree, and caring for each other in the forest—pleading with him to acknowledge their enduring love.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Allusion

“Yea dushyantha yea dushyantha / Un sagunthalaa thedi vanthaa”

The song repeatedly invokes the classical mythological story of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala as a literary framework for forgotten love and reunion.

Metaphor

“Athu kilaiyodu vergalum pootha kadhai”

The blooming of flowers on both roots and branches metaphorically describes a love so deep and complete that it blossoms from top to bottom.

Imagery

“Koondhal kondu unnai thudaithen”

Provides a vivid sensory picture of drying her lover with her long hair after bathing in the river.

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Trivia

Composed by Bharathwaj for the Ajith Kumar starrer 'Aasal' (2010), the song features lyrics by Vairamuthu that creatively adapt the classic Shakuntala-Dushyanta amnesia trope into a stylish modern track.

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