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Meghame

From Album Songs 2023 · 2023

Lyricist
Surya Zatrix
Singer
Surya Zatrix
Music director
Zatrix
Movie name
Album Songs 2023
Movie release year
2023
Lyrics added on
11 Jun 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Megamae
Thooral podum vaanamae
Neerellaam
Kadal kadanthu poguthae
Kaadhalae
Nenjai udaithu pogumae
Kalamaai
Veenaai pogum neramae
Kaalamae
Kaalam podum kolamae
Vaan ellaam
Manam parandhu pogalaam
Swaasamae
Thikki thinari pogudhae
Poovellaam
Kaatril asaindhu pogudhae
Megamae
Thooral podum vaanamae
Neerellaam
Kadal kadanthu poguthae
Kaadhale
Nenjai udaithu pogumae
Kalamaai
Veenaai pogum neramae
Hmm mm mm mm hmm…
O cloud,
O sky shedding a drizzle,
All the water
Flows out across the ocean.
Love
Breaks the heart and leaves.
Endlessly,
Time is being wasted away.
O time,
The patterns drawn by time,
Across the entire sky,
The mind can soar and fly.
My breath
Struggles and gasps for air.
All the flowers
Sway gently in the breeze.
O cloud,
O sky shedding a drizzle,
All the water
Flows out across the ocean.
Love
Breaks the heart and leaves.
Endlessly,
Time is being wasted away.
Hmm mm hmm mm hmm mm...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Megamae is a reflective indie Tamil track exploring themes of heartbreak, impermanence, and emotional turmoil. The speaker addresses nature—clouds, drizzling skies, wind, and flowers—drawing parallels between the natural movement of rain and the overwhelming pain of love breaking the heart. As time passes, the speaker feels moments are wasted, struggling for breath while desiring to let their mind fly freely across the vast sky.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Apostrophe / Personification

Megamae / Thooral podum vaanamae / Kaalamae

Addressing inanimate nature and abstract concepts directly as 'Oh Cloud', 'Oh Sky', and 'Oh Time'.

Eybhai / End Rhyme

Megamae / Vaanamae / Kaadhalae / Neramae

Ending consecutive lines with the evocative '-mae' suffix to create a melancholic, rhythmic echo.

Metaphor

Kaalam podum kolamae

Comparing the unpredictable fate or flow of life to a pattern or Rangoli (Kolam) drawn by time.

Alliteration (Monaai)

Kaalamae / Kaalam podum kolamae

Repetition of initial consonants or words like 'Kaalam' creating musical resonance.

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Trivia

Megamae is an independent Tamil track created, composed, and sung by Surya Zatrix in 2023, reflecting the modern wave of soulful Tamil indie music.

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