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Lyrics & meaning

Aval Parandhu Ponaaley

From Navarasa · 2021

Lyricist
Madhan Karky
Singer
Karthik
Music director
Karthik
Details
Navarasa2021

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Aval parandhu ponalaeShe flew away
Ennai marandhu ponalaeShe forgot me and went away
Naan kaigal neeti theendidum bodhuWhen I stretched my hands to touch her
Maraindhu ponalaeShe vanished
Male
Endhan isaikku kaatranaalShe became the breeze for my music
Endhan mozhikku ootranaalShe became the spring of my language
Ethirkaalam paarthu kidandha ennaiTo me who lay looking at the future
Kadandha naetranaalShe became the past yesterday
Male
Aval parandhu ponalaeShe flew away
Ennai marandhu ponalaeShe forgot me and went away
Naan kaigal neeti theendidum bodhuWhen I stretched my hands to touch her
Maraindhu ponalaeShe vanished
Male
Andru en vaazhvin yedaanaalThat day she became a page in my life
Indru avvaettil kodaanaalToday she became a line in that page
Avval pona pinnum naalum naalumEven after she left, day after day
Naan seiyum paattanaalShe became the song that I create

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This melancholic song captures the deep sense of loss and sweet agony of an artist whose beloved has vanished from his life. She was the wind that breathed life into his music and the source of his poetic expressions. Though she turned from a promising future into a fleeting past, her memory remains intensely active. Even after her physical departure, she continues to inspire his creative essence, transforming from a whole page in his life's story into the very song he composes every single day.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

End Rhyme (Iyaibu)

Aval parandhu ponalae / Ennai marandhu ponalae

Repetition of the suffix '-alae' at the end of consecutive lines creates a mournful rhythm.

Metaphor (Uvamaani)

Endhan isaikku kaatranaal / Endhan mozhikku ootranaal

Comparing the beloved to the breeze that carries his music and the spring that feeds his language.

Temporal Antithesis

Andru en vaazhvin yedaanaal / Indru avvaettil kodaanaal

Contrasting 'andru' (that day) and 'indru' (today), as well as 'yedu' (page) and 'kodu' (line).

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Trivia

Featured in the Gautham Vasudev Menon directorial segment 'Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru' from the Netflix anthology Navarasa (2021). The film stars Suriya as a passionate musician, and the song highlights the central theme of love and inspiration.

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