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Lyrics & meaning

Azhage Bramhanidam

From Devathayai Kanden · 2004

Lyricist
Lyricist Not Known
Singers
Harish Raghavendra, Ganga
Music director
Deva
Details
Devathayai Kanden2004

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
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Male
Azhagae brahmanidamOh beauty, to Lord Brahma the Creator
Manu koduka poi irunthenI went to submit a formal petition
Nee en manaiviyaaga vendum endruRequesting that you should become my wife
Male
Aandu pala kaathirukaTo wait for many years
Vendum endru avan sonnaanHe said that I must
Aayul varai kaathirupen endruThat I will wait until the very end of my life
Naanum solli vandhenI came back after telling him
Male
En aasai niraiveruma enWill my desire be fulfilled, my
Thozhi neeyum sollamaaFriend, won't you tell me?
Female
Nadakum nadakum naanIt will happen, it will happen, I
Kooda solgirenAlso say it will
Male
Azhagae brahmanidamOh beauty, to Lord Brahma the Creator
Manu koduka poi irunthenI went to submit a formal petition
Nee en manaiviyaaga vendum endruRequesting that you should become my wife
Female
…………………………….
Male
Unnai naan sumapathinaalBecause I carry you inside me
Idhayamum karuvarai thaanMy heart itself is a womb
Manathaal naanum annaiyaeIn my mind, I am like a mother to you
Maraven yendrum unnaiyaeI will never ever forget you
Female
Naan paalaivanathil vidhai polI was like a seed in a barren desert
Nee paruvam thantha malai polYou came like the life-giving seasonal rain
En kaadhal sediyil poovum poothadhae …And a flower bloomed in my plant of love...
Male
Un vizhi thiranthirunthaalIf your eyes remain open
Vidiyalae thevai illaiThere is no need for a dawn at all
Female
Unnai naan thuranthirunthaalIf I had ever abandoned you
Uyir adhu sontham illaiThis life would no longer belong to me
Male
Ithanaiyum ini kidaikumaWill I get all of this happiness now?
Female
Kidaikum kidaikum naan kooda solgirenYou will get it, you will get it, I also say so
Male
Azhagae brahmanidamOh beauty, to Lord Brahma the Creator
Manu koduka poi irunthenI went to submit a formal petition
Nee en manaiviyaaga vendum endruRequesting that you should become my wife
Female
………………………..
Male
Yen indha piravi yendruWhy was I even born in this world
Idhu varai ninaithirunthenI used to wonder until now
Uyire unnai paarthathumMy life, the moment I looked at you
Ulagae puthiya thaanadhaeThe entire world became brand new
Female
Ennai padaitha andha deivamThe God who created me
Ennai sumantha annai deivamThe divine mother who bore me in her womb
Ivai irandum undhan kannil paarkiren..I see both of them in your eyes...
Male
Paruvangal odi pogumSeasons will pass away
Uruvangal maari pogumPhysical forms will change
Female
Un meethu konda kaadhalThe love I have nurtured for you
Uyiraiyum thaandi vaazhumWill live on even beyond life itself
Male
Sonnathellam ini nadakumaaWill everything spoken come true now?
Female
Nadakum nadakum naan kooda solgirenIt will happen, it will happen, I also say so
Male
Azhagae brahmanidamOh beauty, to Lord Brahma the Creator
Manu koduka poi irunthenI went to submit a formal petition
Nee en manaiviyaaga vendum endruRequesting that you should become my wife
Male
Aandu pala kaathirukaTo wait for many years
Vendum endru avan sonnaanHe said that I must
Aayul varai kaathirupen endruThat I will wait until the very end of my life
Naanum solli vandhenI came back after telling him
Male
En aasai niraiveruma enWill my desire be fulfilled, my
Thozhi neeyum sollamaFriend, won't you tell me?
Female
Nadakum nadakum naanIt will happen, it will happen, I
Kooda solgirenAlso say it will

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Azhagae Brahmanidam' from the movie Devathayai Kanden (2004) is a romantic melody expressing deep devotion and eternal love. The male protagonist poetically claims he went to Brahma, the Creator, to petition for his beloved to become his wife, affirming that he is ready to wait a lifetime for her. He describes how his heart feels like a mother's womb carrying her, and how her arrival revived his dry life like seasonal rain nurturing a seed in a desert.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai)

Naan paalaivanathil vidhai pol / Nee paruvam thantha malai pol

Compares the protagonist to a seed in a desert and the beloved to life-giving seasonal rain.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Idhayamum karuvarai thaan

Metaphorically equates the male lover's heart to a womb (karuvarai) carrying the beloved.

Hyperbole (Atisayokthi)

Azhagae brahmanidam / Manu koduka poi irunthen

Exaggerates the romantic devotion by claiming to have submitted a written petition directly to Lord Brahma.

Moonaal / Assonance

Azhagae brahmanidam... / Aandu pala kaathiruka... / Aayul varai kaathirupen

Initial sound matching across consecutive lines (Azhagae / Aandu / Aayul).

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Trivia

This song was composed by Deva for the 2004 Tamil romantic film 'Devathayai Kanden', starring Dhanush and Sridevi Vijaykumar. Sung by Harish Raghavendra and Srilekha Parthasarathy with lyrics by Yugabharathi, the track became a hugely popular romantic hit in the mid-2000s.

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