- Lyricist
- Uma Devi
- Singer
- Chinmayi Sripada
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Garudan
- Movie release year
- 2024
- Lyrics added on
- 30 Jun 2024
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song captures the intense grief, yearning, and existential anguish of a person suffering from tragic separation and loss. The speaker questions time and fate, feeling abandoned like an orphan while searching endlessly for a loved one whose absence has reduced all shared dreams to ashes. The emotional core focuses on the torment of lingering memories; without physical death, the unbearable reality continuously destroys the speaker's spirit from within, leaving them wondering how to continue living with a shattered heart.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhetorical Question
“Kaalame kodum pagaiya / Kaathale verum kathaiya”
The speaker poses dramatic questions about whether Time is a cruel foe and Love just a fiction, emphasizing despair and helplessness.
Metaphor
“Kanavugal saambalai aanathe”
Comparing shattered hopes and ruined dreams directly to ashes (saambal).
Simile
“Dhinam unai thedinen oar anathaiyai”
Comparing the protagonist's desperate, lonely search for her beloved to that of an orphan (anathai).
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Neendhum ninaivu neela”
Repetition of the 'N' sound across 'Neendhum', 'ninaivu', and 'neela' creates a rhythmic, musical flow.
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Trivia
Featured in the 2024 rural drama 'Garudan' directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar, this track features music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with expressive vocals by Chinmayi Sripada and hauntingly poignant lyrics written by Uma Devi.
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