Govind Vasantha’s song “Oro Swasavum” is from the album Christy. Anwar Ali wrote the lyrics, and Govind Vasantha composed the music. It opens with the question of whether a loved one is the only thing inside each breath.
Oro Swasavum
Govind Vasantha • From “Christy”
Christy’s Oro Swasavum Lyrics Translation
The lyrics expand this comparison throughout the song. One line identifies the person as the “path of stars” at night and the ocean at dawn. This elevates the beloved from a person to a cosmic force controlling day and night.
Oro ShwaasavumEach breath I take
Neeyoraal MaathramoIs it only you within it?
Athile Ororo MaathrayumEvery single moment inside
Nee Tharum PraananoIs the very life you give?
UyiroralayaazhiyoIs my life a deep ocean?
Neeyathin Meethe SanchaariyoAre you the traveler above it?
EkaanthamennudalMy body is a place of solitude
Thellile VanthiramaalayoAre you the great wave upon its shore?
Ororo VaakkumEvery single word
AardrasangeethamoIs a song full of feeling
Ninnororo SparshavumYour every single touch
NeerumaanandamoIs an ever-flowing bliss
Raathri Nee ThaarapathamAt night, you are the path of stars
Saagaram Neram Pularave NeeAt dawn, you are the ocean
Neeye SarvvathumYou are everything
Kaazhchayil Nee MaathramaayIn my sight, only you remain
Ormmayil Nin RoopamozhikellaamIn my memory, all but your form
Poay Maranje PokayaayHas completely faded away
Uyiralayileri Nee EthiyoDid you arrive, riding the waves of life?
SwapnasanchaarinieeOh, traveler of dreams
Ekaanthamen Kadal ThumbileTo the very edge of my lonely sea
Van ThiramaalayaayYou came as a great wave
Maunamaam MaayaapadamThe illusory veil of silence
Maatti Naam NeettidumudalWe move aside, our bodies reaching
Geetham Kelkkum Ee KadalThis ocean that hears our song
Kettidum DaahaarthamaaWill know the meaning of our thirst
NaadanaukaalolamLike the ripple of a country boat
Thuzhayolam Kotthidunnee Neer NiswanamThe sound of water tapping against the oar’s wake
Paala Kadalu Thaandi Naam EthumoWill we cross the mythical milky ocean?
Kaalamaam ThoniyilIn this small boat of time
Premathinaarumey KandidaaTo where no one in love has ever been
UlkkadalthaarayilUpon a star deep within the sea
Ororo NokkumEvery single glance
TheevrasnehaanthameekaIs the final form of intense love
Mathile Oro MaathrayumAnd every moment within it
Ninte KanninalayaayBecomes a wave from your eyes
Oro Swasavum Music Video
The song moves from a personal feeling to a universal scale. It imagines traveling with a lover to a secret star deep within the ocean, a destination no one else has found. This journey shows a love that creates its own private reality away from the known world.