- Lyricist
- Pazhani Bharathi
- Singer
- Ilayaraja
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Un Samayal Arayil
- Movie release year
- 2014
- Lyrics added on
- 10 Feb 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song conveys a profound sense of romantic yearning and emotional limbo. The speaker calls out to an elusive beloved across nature's vastness—in the wind, waves, and night sky. Trapped in a state of silent enchantment where they have neither officially met nor truly separated, the speaker hungers for even a single word of connection while enduring a sleepless, dreamlike night.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai)
“Oru kadal pol indha iravu thoongavillai manadhu”
Compares the restless, vast night to an ocean ('Oru kadal pol indha iravu').
Paradox / Anti-thesis
“Sandhikkavum illai pirindhidavum illai”
Expresses emotional limbo through contradictory states of neither meeting nor parting.
Metaphor (Uruvagaim)
“Pookkal alla en kangal ... Meengal alla en nenjam”
Compares fallen eyes on the grass to dropped flowers, and the longing heart to stars in the sky.
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Trivia
The film 'Un Samayal Arayil' (2014) was directed by Prakash Raj, who also starred alongside Sneha. The soundtrack was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. The song's opening imagery pays homage to Mahakavi Subramania Bharati's iconic poem 'Kaatru Veliyidai Kannamma'.
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