- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Movie name
- Vizhiyora Kavithai
- Movie release year
- 1989
- Lyrics added on
- 4 May 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song is a energetic musical invitation to a female partner, affectionately addressed as a deer ('maanae') and a flower ('poovae'). The protagonist calls her to join him on stage, celebrating a spirit of freedom and romantic warmth, while rejecting rigid conventional boundaries ('ilakkanam maaraamal iruppavan naanalla'). In typical Vairamuthu fashion, the second stanza shifts to a social and humanistic message. It contrasts material wealth with the rarity of genuine generosity. It asserts that true divinity lies not in physical stone temples, but in compassionate human hands that wipe away the tears and pain of others.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“En paadal inbath thaenae”
Compares the beloved directly to the 'sweet honey' of the singer's melody.
Ethugai (Second Letter Assonance)
“Yaeraala selvangal ingae / Thaaraala ullangal egae”
Matching second letter consonant sound ('ra') in 'Yaeraala' and 'Thaaraala'.
Rhetorical Question
“Thaarodu saeraatha neeraa / Verodu saeraatha poovaa”
Uses dramatic rhetorical questioning comparing a distant person to unmixable water on tar or a flower severed from its root.
Muran (Antithesis)
“Indre medaikku vaa / Illai naalaikku vaa”
Contrasts time concepts 'today' (indre) and 'tomorrow' (naalaikku).
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Trivia
Written by poet Vairamuthu for the 1989 Tamil film 'Vizhiyora Kavithai', this song blends playful stage performance lyrics with humanitarian philosophical lines ('Kanneerai thudaikkaatha kaigal... poigal'), which became a hallmark style of Vairamuthu's lyrics during the late 1980s.
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