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Lyrics & meaning

Idiye Aanalum

From Ejamaan · 1993

Lyricist
Vaali
Singer
Malaysia Vasudevan
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Ejamaan
Movie release year
1993
Lyrics added on
15 Jul 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Idiyae aanalum
Thaangi kollum idhayam
Idiyae aanalum
Thaangi kollum idhayam
:Siru pazhi thaanga
Koodaliyae
Siru pazhi thaanga
Koodaliyae
Oorukku munnae
Kurai sonna pinnae
Thadumarum vinnae
Thaangathu mannae
Oru paavam seralayae
Pazhithorkku vazhvilayae
Idiyae aanalum
Thaangi kollum idhayam
Idiyae aanalum
Thaangi kollum idhayam
{Siru pazhi thaanga
Koodaliyae
Siru pazhi thaanga
Koodaliyae} (2)
Even if struck by a thunderbolt,
this heart can endure it.
Even if struck by a thunderbolt,
this heart can endure it.
Yet to bear even a small disgrace,
it simply cannot.
Yet to bear even a small disgrace,
it simply cannot.
In front of the entire village,
once a fault is spoken against someone,
even the heavens would falter,
and the earth could not bear it.
No sin has ever touched me,
and those who cast false blame will have no peace in life.
Even if struck by a thunderbolt,
this heart can endure it.
Even if struck by a thunderbolt,
this heart can endure it.
Yet to bear even a small disgrace,
it simply cannot.
Yet to bear even a small disgrace,
it simply cannot.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song fragment highlights the profound vulnerability of an honorable heart to public slander. While a resilient spirit can withstand massive hardships symbolized by thunderbolts, it remains completely incapable of enduring even a minor false accusation or loss of self-respect. Vaali captures how public shame shatters a righteous person's will to live, asserting that slander shakes even the heavens and the earth.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Antithesis

“Idiyae aanalum / Siru pazhi thaanga”

Contrasts the strength to endure immense tragedy (thunderbolt) with the utter inability to bear a tiny accusation (siru pazhi).

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Oorukku munnae / Kurai sonna pinnae / Thadumarum vinnae / Thaangathu mannae”

Uses matching rhyming endings across consecutive lines (munnae, pinnae, vinnae, mannae) to create rhythmic resonance.

Hyperbole

“Thadumarum vinnae / Thaangathu mannae”

Dramatizes the effect of public humiliation by claiming that the sky stumbles and the earth collapses under its weight.

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