vairamuthu

the man has written some splendid songs.. but the song which takes the prize is this one. I was going to bold the most pretty lines... but i realized that I was bolding out the whole thing.. so left it as it is.. incidentally if you want to know the effect of the lyrics you should watch the hindi version.. it is insipid and vapid... vazhga tamil!

To elaborate a little on what makes this song beautiful.. it is a song that comes just after the hero acknowledges to the heroine that in his opinion, love is just a precursor to sex (check my previous post..).. given the indian context where all talk of reality is taboo, writing about lust and hormones is not easy.. but vairamuthu has done such a phenomenol job of it.. and it is so poetic and so matter of factly at the same time.. about lust! it's very novel and kudos to him..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb61eXFN2Us

Starting: 
oar uNmai sonnaal
naesippaaya
nenjamellaam kaadhal
dhaegam ellam kaamam
uNmai sonnaal ennai
naesippaya
haaan
kaadhal konjam kammi
kaamam konjam thookkal
manjathin mael ennai mannippaaya

uNmai sonnaal naesippaaya
manjathin mael mannippaaya


Para 1: peNgal maelae maiyal uNdu
naan piththam koNdadhu unnil mattum
nee muththa paarvai paarkum boadhu
en mudhugu thandil minnal vettum
nee dhaane mazhai maegham enakku
en hormone nadhiyil veLLa perukku
paasangu ini namakkedhukku
yaar kaetka namakku naame vaazhvadharkku


Para 2: kaadhal ennai varudum poadhum
un kaamam ennai thirudum poadhum
en manasellam maargazhi dhaan
en kanavellam kaarthigai dhaan
en vaanam en vasathil uNdu
en bhoomi en vasathil illai
un kuRaigal naan aRiyavillai
naan aRindhaal sooriyanil suththam illai