- Lyricist
- Isaignani Ilayaraja
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Ninaivellam Neeyada
- Movie release year
- 2023
- Lyrics added on
- 10 Oct 2023
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'Idhayame' from 'Ninaivellam Neeyada' expresses deep nostalgia, enduring love, and emotional reunion. It reflects on childhood/school days, lost youth, and how time and space could never sever the bond between two souls. The narrator reminisces about how love was sculpted in the heart like a masterpiece through sweet music, celebrating the springtime of life returning when lovers reunite.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukkut Thodar (Repetition for Emphasis)
“Unnai thedi thedi”
The words 'thedi thedi', 'idhayame idhayame', and 'paruvame paruvame' are repeated back-to-back to heighten emotional longing and rhythmic flow.
Metaphor (Uruvagham)
“Pallikoodam yavum Anbukkoodame”
'Pallikoodam yavum anbukkoodame' compares school to a nest/home of love, framing early education as an experience grounded in affection.
Metaphor & Imagery
“Unadhu azhagai iniya isaiyin Uliyil sedhukkinen”
Sculpting beauty using the chisel of sweet music ('Isaiyin uliyil sedhukkinen') creates vivid artistic imagery of immortalizing love.
Personification
“Indru nammai vaazhtha Vanthathingu vasanthame…”
Springtime ('Vasanthame') is personified as a benevolent visitor coming to bless the reunited lovers.
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Trivia
'Ninaivellam Neeyada' (2023) features music composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, who also penned the lyrics for this song. In a special musical collaboration, the song is sung by his son, veteran composer/singer Yuvan Shankar Raja, alongside Srisha Bagavathulla.
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