- Lyricist
- Gangai Amaran
- Singer
- Asha Bhosle
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Sakkarai Panthal
- Movie release year
- 1988
- Lyrics added on
- 11 May 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'Mazhai Megam Moodum Neram' expresses a woman's profound grief, loneliness, and emotional yearning. Overcast rain clouds serve as a metaphor for the heavy sorrow clouding her heart. The lyricist Gangai Amaran paints her emotional distress using vivid imagery of nature—a bird searching for a home, a veena longing for music, and a restless peacock yearning for comfort.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Alai pola varum pogum”
Compares the rising and falling of emotional distress to ocean waves.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Swaram thedum oru veenai / Sugam thedum oru paavai”
Compares the maiden searching for joy to an unstrung/unplayed Veena looking for its melodic note.
Alliteration (Monai)
“Mazhai megam moodum neram”
Repetition of the initial 'm' sound in 'Mazhai', 'megam', and 'moodum'.
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Trivia
Written by Gangai Amaran for the 1988 film 'Sakkarai Panthal', this song uses traditional Tamil poetic tropes connecting nature's cloudy skies to a heroine's inner sorrow and emotional turmoil.
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