- Lyricist
- Ahamed Shyam
- Singer
- Sathyaprakash Dharmar
- Music director
- Sathyaprakash Dharmar
- Movie name
- Album Songs 2021
- Movie release year
- 2021
- Lyrics added on
- 3 Apr 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is a romantic, poetic expression of a lover's enchantment with his beloved. He addresses her metaphorically as a living poem composed of rhythm, short and long vowels, and poetic meters. Captivated by her mysterious presence, he compares her to radiant cosmic and natural sights like stars, the moon, lightning, and fireflies.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Hey kavithaiyae kuril nedil kalavayae”
The speaker directly addresses his beloved as a poem ('kavithaiyae') composed of short and long Tamil vowels ('kuril nedil kalavayae').
Rhetorical Questioning & Imagery
“Vinmeengala ..nilavaa / Minminigala minnalgalaa”
A series of poetic queries comparing the woman to celestial and natural illuminations (stars, moon, fireflies, lightning).
Antithesis / Contrast (Ethir-inai)
“Naal nijam edhu… Nizhal edhu kuzhambinen….”
Contrasting 'Nijam' (reality) with 'Nizhal' (shadow/illusion) to highlight his emotional confusion.
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Trivia
Sathyaprakash Dharmar, a renowned Carnatic-trained playback singer known for his work in Tamil cinema, composed and sang this independent single featuring lyricist Ahamed Shyam's deeply poetic classical Tamil references.
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