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Lyrics & meaning

Inimel Naalum Ilam

From Iravu Pookkal · 1985

Lyricist
Gangai Amaran
Singer
S. Janaki
Music director
Ilayaraja
Details
Iravu Pookkal1985

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Chorus
Aa…..aaahhh…..aahh…..aaa…[Vocalizing]
Aa…..aaah…..aaah…….aaa……[Vocalizing]
Aaa…..aa……aaa……aa…..[Vocalizing]
Female
Inimel naalum ilam kaalaithaanFrom now on, every day is a fresh, youthful morning.
Enaiyum koodum manamaalaithaanThe wedding garland will join with me as well.
Endrum vasantham en kadhal sonthamSpringtime will last forever, my love relationship...
Kai koodum mmmm…....will come together, mmmm...
Female
Inimel naalum ilam kaalaithaanFrom now on, every day is a fresh, youthful morning.
Enaiyum koodum manamaalaithaanThe wedding garland will join with me as well.
Female
Penn endru vaazhaamal pizhaiyaai vaazhnthaenRather than living as a woman, I lived as a mistake.
Kann kaana mudiyaatha piraiyaai thaeinthaenI faded away like an invisible waning crescent moon.
Nee vantha neram neengaatha paaramWhen you arrived, the unrelenting burden...
Nee vantha neram neengaatha paaramWhen you arrived, the unrelenting burden...
Sarugaai kaainthu mezhukaai theinthuDrying up like a leaf, melting away like wax...
Sarugaai kaainthu mezhukaai theinthuDrying up like a leaf, melting away like wax...
Pogum en paavam inneram mmmm…My sins and sorrows disappear at this moment, mmmm...
Female
Inimel naalum ilam kaalaithaanFrom now on, every day is a fresh, youthful morning.
Enaiyum koodum manamaalaithaanThe wedding garland will join with me as well.
Endrum vasantham en kadhal sonthamSpringtime will last forever, my love relationship...
Kai koodum mmmm…....will come together, mmmm...
Female
Aa…..aaahhh…..aahh…..aaa…[Vocalizing]
Aa…..aaah…..aaah…….aaa……[Vocalizing]
Aaa…..aa……aaa……aa…..[Vocalizing]
Female
Inimel naalum ilam kaalaithaanFrom now on, every day is a fresh, youthful morning.
Enaiyum koodum manamaalaithaanThe wedding garland will join with me as well.
Female
En paattin aadhaaram unthan raagamThe foundation of my song is your melody.
En raaga alangaram unthan thaalamThe embellishment of my melody is your rhythm.
Isaiyaaga naalum inaigindra kolamEvery day, a beautiful pattern uniting like music.
Isaiyaaga naalum inaigindra kolamEvery day, a beautiful pattern uniting like music.
Valar piraiyaaga valarum kaalamA period that flourishes like a waxing crescent moon.
Valar piraiyaaga valarum kaalamA period that flourishes like a waxing crescent moon.
Geedham sangeetham santhosh mmm…Melody, music, and joy, mmmm...
Female
Inimel naalum ilam kaalaithaanFrom now on, every day is a fresh, youthful morning.
Enaiyum koodum manamaalaithaanThe wedding garland will join with me as well.
Endrum vasantham en kadhal sonthamSpringtime will last forever, my love relationship...
Kai koodum mmmm…....will come together, mmmm...
Female
Inimel naalum ilam kaalaithaanFrom now on, every day is a fresh, youthful morning.
Enaiyum koodum manamaalaithaanThe wedding garland will join with me as well.

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

Inimel Naalum Ilam Kaalaithaan from the 1985 film Iravu Pookkal depicts a woman's emotional revival through love. Reflecting on a past filled with burden, grief, and feeling as diminished as a hidden waning moon, she describes how the entry of her beloved melts away her sorrow like wax and brings redemption. Her life transforms into a promise of eternal spring and marital bliss. The song metaphorically compares love to musical harmony, where her song rests on his melody (raagam) and rhythm (thaalam). As their shared life grows like a waxing moon, the lyrics celebrate renewal, joy, and emotional fulfillment.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvam)

Kann kaana mudiyaatha piraiyaai thaeinthaen

Compares her former state of suffering and invisibility to a waning crescent moon and a dry leaf melting like wax.

Contrast (Maranpattu Porul)

Valar piraiyaaga valarum kaalam

Contrasts her past as a waning crescent (piraiyaai thaeinthaen) with her present growth as a waxing crescent (valar piraiyaaga valarum kaalam).

Musical Metaphor / Parallelism

En paattin aadhaaram unthan raagam / En raaga alangaram unthan thaalam

Parallel lines equating love to the essential elements of Indian classical music (raagam and thaalam).

Rhyme (Ethirai / Iyaypu)

Sarugaai kaainthu mezhukaai theinthu

Use of end rhymes like raagam/thaalam and dried leaf/melting wax imagery to enhance musicality.

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Trivia

The song 'Inimel Naalum Ilam Kaalaithaan' features lyrics written by Gangai Amaran for the 1985 Tamil movie 'Iravu Pookkal', directed by S. Devarajan. The lyrics prominently employ musical motifs (raagam, thaalam, geedham, sangeetham) to represent marital harmony and emotional rebirth.

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