- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singers
- T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Movie name
- Engal Thanga Raja
- Movie release year
- 1973
- Lyrics added on
- 7 Sept 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This romantic duet celebrates the union of newlyweds as they transition into married life. The lyrics express the profound emotional and physical closeness that comes with marriage, declaring that two separate individuals have now become one unified soul. Time loses its conventional meaning as day and night blur together in their romantic world. The song delicately describes the playful intimacy, shared tenderness, and subtle passion of the marital bed chamber. Kannadasan poetically frames intimacy as art and poetry, concluding that verbal descriptions by poets are merely a fraction of the actual joy experienced in true romantic union.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Emona / Etukai (Assonance / Second-letter Rhyming)
“Iravukkum / Uravukkum”
Matching second consonant 'ra' in consecutive lines creates Tamil poetic harmony.
Antithesis (Oxymoron / Contrast)
“Kaalai enbadhae thunbam ini mel / Maalai ondru thaan inbam”
Contrasting morning (sorrow) with evening (joy) to emphasize nighttime intimacy.
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Aadai idhuvena nilavinai eduthu”
Comparing moonlight to clothing draped over the lovers in the night.
Anaphora (Repetition)
“Paadhi kangalai moodi thirandhu... Paadhi thookkathil koondhalai thadavi”
Repeating 'Paadhi' across lines to build rhythm and structure around half-awake states.
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Trivia
'Engal Thanga Raja' (1973), starring Sivaji Ganesan and Manjula, features music composed by the legendary playback singer T. M. Soundararajan himself, who served as the film's music director.
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