Chinna Chinna Aasai : Clarification
Arun Surendran
Some time back, the lyrics for the song "Chinna Chinna Aasai"
from Roja was posted on the net ..... There was a line
which went like
"Chittiraikku mele selai katta aasai"....
(I hope I read it right)
CAn someone please explain its meaning?
Tnanks,
Surendran
Meenakshi Srikanth
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> Some time back, the lyrics for the song "Chinna Chinna Aasai"
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It was a mistake and I think someone corrected in a later
posting. It should have been,
"Chittirathu mele selai katta aasai.."
which, I think, has a quite straight forward meaning.
Srikanth.
> Tnanks,
> Surendran
Kathiravan Krishnamurthi
>Srikanth.
>> Tnanks,
>> Surendran
siRRidaikku mElE sElai katta aasai!
aasai-desire
siRRidai=slender waist
I desire to wrap a saree around my slender waist.
Kathiravan
Meenakshi Srikanth
>> It was a mistake and I think someone corrected in a later
>> posting. It should have been,
>> "Chittirathu mele selai katta aasai.."
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>> which, I think, has a quite straight forward meaning.
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>>Srikanth.
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I went and heard the song over and over again and I am positive
that the song is indeed,
"chittirathu mele selai katta aasai"
Dr.Kathiravan's words might be more appropriate but they not
there in the song.
Srikanth.
Ramesh Vaidhyanathan
I heard the song, and
"chiththiraikku mElE sElai katta aasai"
is correct.
Meaning:
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chiththirai = the tamil month 'chiththirai'
mElE = piRaku (after).
[example: "mElE enna nadanthathu?" = "piRaku enna nadanthathu?"]
So, the line means "chiththiraikkup piRaku sElai katta aasai".
The song is about the wishes of Roja, a young woman still in
her 'thavaNi' and she wish to wear 'sElai' after the tamil month
'chiththirai' (which is the first month of Tamil year). It is
like saying, "aduththa varudam piranthathum sElai katta aasai".
Anbudan,
Ramesh Vaidhyanathan.
soumyara...@gmail.com
thanks