- Lyricist
- Gangai Amaran
- Singer
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Goa
- Movie release year
- 2010
- Lyrics added on
- 1 Aug 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This melancholy verse expresses deep anguish caused by heartbreaks and warns men against falling into the trap of love. The speaker describes an unbearable pain—a feeling never experienced before—that tears the heart apart and buries the mind in sorrow. Love is depicted as an illusion lived blindly, and women are metaphorically termed a fatal disease that destroys men.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Pengal endraal Aanai kollum noiyaanathae”
Describing women or love as a 'disease that kills men' (Aanai kollum noiyaanathae).
Hyperbole / Vivid Imagery
“Idhayathai thundaakkum ninaividhu Manadhinai mannodu Pudhaithidum”
Describing pain so intense that memories shatter the heart into pieces and bury the mind in soil.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Illaatha unarvidhu / Idhayathai thundaakkum ninaividhu”
Repetition of initial vowel sounds in consecutive lines ('Illaatha' / 'Idhayathai').
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Trivia
While the movie 'Goa' (2010) features the widely popular romantic duet 'Idhu Varai' composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and written by Gangai Amaran, this specific stanza serves as a tragic male variation/refrain expressing heartbreak and betrayal.
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