The song picturization is absolutely ensorcelling. As you can see, the song is based on colour themes with suitable locales in India as background. The tune is soft and is reinforced by the slow paced camera which captures the rapturous actors in love as the motifs translate from one colour to another throughout the sequence. The two long shots of the actress dancing – one in blue and other in green are ravishing. Also, the couple looked good together, something I have never found often in Indian movies even by accident.
When I had Lavanya for a translation of lyrics , she gladly obliged. So here it is
O Companion...O Friend, love, love has colours
And you, you dear, you have colours too
....
Green O Green!
In the stirring of desire
In the smile of the grass
In the joy of your friendship,
the colour of the tender leaf
the colour of your every nerve;
Every green, the colour of your approval.
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In the beak of the beautiful parrot
In the betel tongue of the young chit
In the fresh bloom of the blood rose
In the unshod feet of the newborn
Are the different shades of your anger;
Every red, the colour of your anger.
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O Companion...O Friend, love, love has colours
And you, you dear, you have colours too
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The yellow of the morning sky
The yellow of the tender flame
The yellow of the gold earring
The yellow that blooms in the marigold.
Yellow O Yellow!
The colour of the evening moon;
Every yellow, in the palette of your heart.
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The colour of the waveless sea
The hue of the cloudless sky
The brilliance in the peacock's neck.
The blues painted in the water-lily,
The blues splashed on the violet flower;
Every blue, in the twinkle of your eye.
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In the dark of the night
In the grey of the monsoon
In the wings of the crow
In the Kajal of her eye,
O Fabric of the singing cuckoo!
Every black, the tone of your hair.
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White O White!
The white of the leucas flower
White O White!
The white of the human eye
White is the leucas flower that breaks in the rain
The whitest is the white of your love.
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