Election
From Election · 2024
- Lyricist
- S. Gnanakaravel
- Singer
- Kapil Kapilan
- Music director
- Govind Vasantha
- Details
- Election2024
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Nettraai naalai | Can tomorrow dawn like yesterday? |
| Vidinthida koodaathaa | Can it not dawn peacefully? |
| Nerntha kaayam neengaathaa | Will the wound that occurred not heal? |
| Male | |
| Oru naal kooththaai | What was just a day's drama, |
| Indru vaazhvaanathae | Has become life itself today. |
| Maru naal vaazhkkai | The life of the very next day, |
| Mann meethu meenaanathae | Has become like a fish stranded on dry land. |
| Male | |
| Paarai thookki sellum | Carrying a heavy boulder, |
| Paravai pola nenjam | My heart is like a bird carrying a rock, |
| Paaram thaangaamal thadumaari saayum | Unable to bear the burden, it stumbles and falls. |
| Male | |
| Thookkam illai kannil | There is no sleep in my eyes, |
| Thulai podum thunbam nenjil | Sorrow pierces holes in my heart. |
| Boomi thaangum boogambam | An earthquake that the Earth itself struggles to bear, |
| Poo thaangumaa | Can a delicate flower withstand it? |
| Male | |
| Mmm nathiyin suzhiyil | Mmm, in the whirlpool of a river, |
| Padakenda nilai kulainthaen | Like a boat, I lost my balance. |
| Vithiyin pidiyil | In the tight grip of fate, |
| Vizhi pithungi alaigiraen | I wander in distress with wide, popping eyes. |
| Male | |
| Maru ganamae marakkum | Forgetting everything in the very next moment, |
| Mazhalaiyin manam varavae | Oh, to possess the innocent mind of a child! |
| Athu pol valigal | Just like that, all these pains, |
| Nodu pozhuthil marakkanumae | Should be forgotten in the blink of an eye. |
| Male | |
| Nooraandu vaazhnthaal | If the hardships accumulated over a century of life, |
| Namai serum kastam | All happen within a single year, |
| Orr aandil nigazhnthaal | What will become of me? |
| Ennaavaen oh naanum | My desires are shattered, |
| Male | |
| Ennaasaigal sitharuthu | Like splinters of broken glass. |
| Kannaadi sillaai | Is this entire life, |
| Intha vaazhvae | Merely a grand festival of suffering? |
| Thunbaththin vizhaakolomaa | Will tomorrow not change? |
| Naalai maaraatho | Will tomorrow not bring a difference? |
நேற்றாய் நாளை
விடிந்திட கூடாதா
நேர்ந்த காயம் நீங்காதா
Can tomorrow dawn like yesterday?
Can it not dawn peacefully?
Will the wound that occurred not heal?
ஒரு நாள் கூத்தாய்
இன்று வாழ்வானதே
மறு நாள் வாழ்க்கை
மண் மீது மீனானதே
What was just a day's drama,
Has become life itself today.
The life of the very next day,
Has become like a fish stranded on dry land.
பாறை தூக்கி செல்லும்
பறவை போல நெஞ்சம்
பாரம் தாங்காமல் தடுமாறி சாயும்
Carrying a heavy boulder,
My heart is like a bird carrying a rock,
Unable to bear the burden, it stumbles and falls.
தூக்கம் இல்லை கண்ணில்
துளை போடும் துன்பம் நெஞ்சில்
பூமி தாங்கும் பூகம்பம்
பூ தாங்குமா
There is no sleep in my eyes,
Sorrow pierces holes in my heart.
An earthquake that the Earth itself struggles to bear,
Can a delicate flower withstand it?
ம்ம்ம் நதியின் சுழியில்
படகென நிலைகுலைந்தேன்
விதியின் பிடியில்
விழி பிதுங்கி அலைகிறேன்
Mmm, in the whirlpool of a river,
Like a boat, I lost my balance.
In the tight grip of fate,
I wander in distress with wide, popping eyes.
மறு கணமே மறக்கும்
மழலையின் மனம் வரவே
அதுபோல் வலிகள்
நொடி பொழுதில் மறக்கனுமே
Forgetting everything in the very next moment,
Oh, to possess the innocent mind of a child!
Just like that, all these pains,
Should be forgotten in the blink of an eye.
நூறாண்டு வாழ்ந்தால்
நமை சேரும் கஷ்டம்
ஓர் ஆண்டில் நிகழ்ந்தால்
என்னாவேன் ஓ நானும்
If the hardships accumulated over a century of life,
All happen within a single year,
What will become of me?
My desires are shattered,
என்னாசைகள் சிதறுது
கண்ணாடி சில்லாய்
இந்த வாழ்வே
துன்பத்தின் விழாகோலோமா
நாளை மாறாதோ....
Like splinters of broken glass.
Is this entire life,
Merely a grand festival of suffering?
Will tomorrow not change?
Will tomorrow not bring a difference?
Nettraai naalai
Can tomorrow dawn like yesterday?
Vidinthida koodaathaa
Can it not dawn peacefully?
Nerntha kaayam neengaathaa
Will the wound that occurred not heal?
Oru naal kooththaai
What was just a day's drama,
Indru vaazhvaanathae
Has become life itself today.
Maru naal vaazhkkai
The life of the very next day,
Mann meethu meenaanathae
Has become like a fish stranded on dry land.
Paarai thookki sellum
Carrying a heavy boulder,
Paravai pola nenjam
My heart is like a bird carrying a rock,
Paaram thaangaamal thadumaari saayum
Unable to bear the burden, it stumbles and falls.
Thookkam illai kannil
There is no sleep in my eyes,
Thulai podum thunbam nenjil
Sorrow pierces holes in my heart.
Boomi thaangum boogambam
An earthquake that the Earth itself struggles to bear,
Poo thaangumaa
Can a delicate flower withstand it?
Mmm nathiyin suzhiyil
Mmm, in the whirlpool of a river,
Padakenda nilai kulainthaen
Like a boat, I lost my balance.
Vithiyin pidiyil
In the tight grip of fate,
Vizhi pithungi alaigiraen
I wander in distress with wide, popping eyes.
Maru ganamae marakkum
Forgetting everything in the very next moment,
Mazhalaiyin manam varavae
Oh, to possess the innocent mind of a child!
Athu pol valigal
Just like that, all these pains,
Nodu pozhuthil marakkanumae
Should be forgotten in the blink of an eye.
Nooraandu vaazhnthaal
If the hardships accumulated over a century of life,
Namai serum kastam
All happen within a single year,
Orr aandil nigazhnthaal
What will become of me?
Ennaavaen oh naanum
My desires are shattered,
Ennaasaigal sitharuthu
Like splinters of broken glass.
Kannaadi sillaai
Is this entire life,
Intha vaazhvae
Merely a grand festival of suffering?
Thunbaththin vizhaakolomaa
Will tomorrow not change?
Naalai maaraatho
Will tomorrow not bring a difference?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from the movie Election (2024), composed by Govind Vasantha and written by S. Gnanakaravel, depicts deep existential grief, emotional overwhelm, and a desperate plea for hope. The protagonist feels crushed by an unexpected wave of tragedy that transformed life overnight into an unbearable ordeal. Using evocative imagery—such as a bird forced to carry a heavy boulder, a flower enduring a massive earthquake, and a fish stranded out of water—the song conveys the fragility of the human spirit in the face of relentless misfortune.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Paarai thookki sellum Paravai pola nenjam”
Compares the fragile human heart burdened by heavy sorrow to a bird carrying a heavy rock ('Paravai pola nenjam').
Rhetorical Question (Vinaa)
“Boomi thaangum boogambam Poo thaangumaa”
Asks whether a delicate flower can survive an earthquake that even the earth struggles to bear, emphasizing vulnerability against immense tragedy.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Intha vaazhvae Thunbaththin vizhaakolomaa”
Metaphorically describes a suffering-filled existence as a 'festival of sorrow'.
Imagery & Simile
“Ennaasaigal sitharuthu Kannaadi sillaai”
Compares shattered dreams and desires to sharp splinters of broken glass.
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Trivia
Composed by Govind Vasantha, famed for his evocative score in '96', the song features soul-stirring vocals by Kapil Kapilan. It forms a key emotional moment in Vijay Kumar's political drama 'Election' (2024), illustrating the personal cost and intense trauma suffered by common people caught in political strife.
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