- Lyricist
- Snehan
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Paramporul
- Movie release year
- 2022
- Lyrics added on
- 22 Aug 2024
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Adiyaathi from the movie Paramporul is an upbeat philosophical song composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and penned by Snehan. The track offers a gritty, pragmatic reflection on modern life, greed, and societal pretense. It warns against placing traps for others, piling up endless toxic desires, and judging people superficially. The song asserts that true wealth consists simply of good health, appetite, and peaceful sleep without unnecessary mental anxiety. The lyrics further critique humanity's obsessive chase after money, metaphorically framing money as a hunter that laughs while making fools out of people. Reminding the listener that life is a temporary stage and an open book, the song encourages living authentically without putting on righteous acts or overthinking life's complexities.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monaai (Initial Alliteration)
“Aagatha aasaigala / Adukki vaikkatha”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds across adjacent phrases creating rhythmic symmetry.
Personification
“Panam tha manusangala / Vettaiyadi sirikkuthu da pangazhi”
Money is personified as a ruthless hunter that hunts down human beings and laughs at their foolishness.
Metaphor
“Paduthathu orakkam vantha / Vaazhai unakku yaagam”
Comparing a simple, healthy life with sleep to a holy ritual (Yaagam), elevating daily physical well-being to spiritual fulfillment.
Antithesis / Contrast
“Dhinam thookkathula vaazhva / Tholaikkuthu pala koottam dhaan / Thoongama vaazhva / Theduthu sila koottam dhaan”
Contrasting two types of people: those who waste their lives away in deep slumber versus those who stay awake searching for meaning.
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Trivia
This track marks a energetic collaboration between top Tamil composers where Anirudh Ravichander provided vocals for a song composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, featuring Lyricist Snehan's signature street-smart philosophy.
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