- Lyricist
- Dravid Selvam
- Singers
- Abishek Ar, Jovita Livingston
- Music director
- Abishek Ar
- Movie name
- Pulse
- Movie release year
- 2025
- Lyrics added on
- 27 Oct 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This poignant track expresses deep grief, nostalgia, and yearning following a separation from a lover. The narrator feels helpless as every direction and sensation reminds them of their lost beloved, describing love as a heavy burden that inflicts emotional wounds daily. Through evocative natural metaphors, they question whether love will ever return to comfort them like rain from dispersing clouds, while pleading with their own heart and eyes not to remain trapped in the prison of haunting memories.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Ninaivin siraiyil”
Compares memories to a prison ('Ninaivin siraiyil'), highlighting the feeling of being trapped by past love.
Imagery & Natural Metaphor
“Kalaiyum megam mazhaiyaai meendum Thoorumaa…..”
Uses the image of clouds dispersing and turning back into rain ('Kalaiyum megam mazhaiyaai meendum') to symbolize hope for the revival of lost love.
Anaphora / Epizeuxis
“Maname maname”
Repetition of words like 'Maname maname' and 'Vizhiye vizhiye' at the start of stanzas to emphasize intense emotional address.
Rhythm and Internal Rhyme (Edhugai / Monai)
“Dhinamum kanamum ennai kolum”
Pairs 'Dhinamum' and 'kanamum' to create a rhythmic, melancholic cadence conveying constant suffering.
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Trivia
Composed and sung by Abishek Ar along with Jovita Livingston, this song features lyrics by Dravid Selvam for the project 'Pulse' (2025). The song relies heavily on poetic personification of the heart (Manam) and eyes (Vizhi) as distinct entities that the narrator cautions against falling into emotional traps.
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