Iruthiyai Nee
From Garudan · 2024
- Lyricist
- Uma Devi
- Singer
- Chinmayi Sripada
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Garudan2024
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Iruthiyai nee pona pathai enge | Where is the path you took in the end? |
| Varugaiyai naan thedi alivathu enge | Where am I wandering and perishing, searching for your arrival? |
| Female | |
| Kaalame kodum pagaiya | Is Time itself a cruel enemy? |
| Kanavugal saambalai aanathe | All my dreams have turned to ashes. |
| Kaathale verum kathaiya | Is love nothing more than a mere story? |
| Dhinam unai thedinen oar anathaiyai | Every day I searched for you like an orphan. |
| Female | |
| Nenjodu than nee | You reside deep within my heart, |
| Neendhum ninaivu neela | As swimming memories stretch out endlessly. |
| Kollamale nan | Without killing me directly, |
| Ennai kondru poda | I am being destroyed from within. |
| Ullukulle or | Deep inside me, |
| Unmai thottru poga | A painful truth accepts defeat. |
| Nenjamathail naan | Within this heart of mine, |
| Enna vaazhvu vaazha | What kind of life am I left to live? |
இறுதியாய் நீ....
போன பாதை இங்கே
வருகையை நான்
தேடி அலைவது எங்கே
Where is the path you took in the end?
Where am I wandering and perishing, searching for your arrival?
காலமே கொடும் பகையா
கனவுகள் சாம்பலாய் ஆனதே
காதலே வெறுங்கதையா
தினம் உனை தேடினேன் ஓஒ அதை
Is Time itself a cruel enemy?
All my dreams have turned to ashes.
Is love nothing more than a mere story?
Every day I searched for you like an orphan.
நெஞ்சோடுதான் நீ
நீந்தும் நினைவு நீள
கொல்லாமலே நான்
என்னைக் கொன்று போட
You reside deep within my heart,
As swimming memories stretch out endlessly.
Without killing me directly,
I am being destroyed from within.
Deep inside me,
A painful truth accepts defeat.
Within this heart of mine,
What kind of life am I left to live?
உள்ளுக்குள்ளே ஓர்
உண்மை தோற்று போக
வஞ்சகனே நான்
என்ன வாழ்வு வாழ.....
Iruthiyai nee pona pathai enge
Where is the path you took in the end?
Varugaiyai naan thedi alivathu enge
Where am I wandering and perishing, searching for your arrival?
Kaalame kodum pagaiya
Is Time itself a cruel enemy?
Kanavugal saambalai aanathe
All my dreams have turned to ashes.
Kaathale verum kathaiya
Is love nothing more than a mere story?
Dhinam unai thedinen oar anathaiyai
Every day I searched for you like an orphan.
Nenjodu than nee
You reside deep within my heart,
Neendhum ninaivu neela
As swimming memories stretch out endlessly.
Kollamale nan
Without killing me directly,
Ennai kondru poda
I am being destroyed from within.
Ullukulle or
Deep inside me,
Unmai thottru poga
A painful truth accepts defeat.
Nenjamathail naan
Within this heart of mine,
Enna vaazhvu vaazha
What kind of life am I left to live?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
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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