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Lyrics & meaning

Moodu Panikkul

From Thirudan Police · 2014

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
Naresh Iyer, Roshini
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Thirudan Police
Movie release year
2014
Lyrics added on
8 Jun 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Moodu panikkul
Oodi thiriyum
Megam pola mayakka nilai
Thedi alaindhum
Neril kidaithum
Thenpadatha uravu murai
Inaidhirundhum seradhu
Serndhirundhum inayadhu
Kanavu varum urangadhu
Moodu panikkul
Oodi thiriyum
Megam pola mayakka nilai
Thedi alaindhum
Neril kidaithum
Thenpadatha uravu murai
Maayai Pola
Yaavum thondrum
Maari pogum
Manam muzhudhum
Poga poga
Kai thodaamal
Dhooram pogum
Thodum pozhuthum
Vazhi theriyum puriyadhu
Pagal irundhum vidiyadhu
Intha mayakkam theliyadhu
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa…aaa…
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa…aaa…
Thana nan nan
Thanna nanna naana naa
Thana naa nan
Thanna nanna naana naa
Haa…aaa…aaa..
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa…aaa…
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa aaa
Haa…aaa…aaa…
Poovil vizhuntha
Neerai pola
Poothathenna paravasangal
Naavil ezhundha
Naadha alaigal
Naanam illa arusuvaigal
Vizhunthadhanaal melugaanom
Ezhunthadhanaal ezhuthaanom
Karaigalinaal karuthaanom
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa…aaa…
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa
Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa…aaa…
Inside the misty fog,
wandering and drifting,
a dreamy trance like a cloud.
Even after searching everywhere,
and finding it right before the eyes,
a bond that remains out of reach.
Side by side, yet never joined,
Together, yet never uniting,
Dreams arrive, but sleep never does.
Inside the misty fog,
wandering and drifting,
a dreamy trance like a cloud.
Even after searching everywhere,
and finding it right before the eyes,
a bond that remains out of reach.
Like an illusion,
everything appears,
and keeps changing,
all across the mind.
As time moves along,
without hands touching,
it drifts far away,
even in the moment of touch.
The path is visible, but not understood,
Though daylight is here, it does not dawn,
This dizzy haze never clears.
Ah… aah… aah… aah…
Ah… aah… aah… aah… aah…
Ah… aah… aah… aah…
Ah… aah… aah… aah… aah…
Thana nan nan
Thanna nanna naanaa naa
Thana naa nan
Thanna nanna naanaa naa
Ah… aah… aah…
Ah… aah… aah… aah… aah…
Ah… aah… aah… aah aah…
Ah… aah… aah…
Like drops of water
falling on a flower,
what ecstasy has blossomed!
Rising on the tongue,
waves of musical notes,
an uninhibited feast of all sweet tastes.
Because we fell, we melted like wax,
Because we rose, we became written words,
Bounded by the shores, we found our true meaning.
Ah… aah… aah… aah…
Ah… aah… aah… aah… aah…
Ah… aah… aah… aah…
Ah… aah… aah… aah… aah…
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Moodu Panikkul from Thirudan Police is a melancholic and atmospheric song capturing a state of emotional disorientation and elusive love. The song portrays feelings that are trapped like a cloud lost inside heavy fog—ever-present yet intangible. Despite being close, the lovers experience a paradoxical distance where dreams exist without sleep, and light brings no clarity. Na. Muthu Kumar's poetic verses emphasize the illusionary nature of emotions, comparing them to water on a flower petal and melting wax, capturing the bitter-sweet intoxication of unspoken affection.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai (Simile)

Megam pola mayakka nilai

Compares the state of mental confusion and emotional intoxication to a cloud lost in heavy mist using the word 'pola'.

Muran (Paradox / Antithesis)

Inaidhirundhum seradhu / Serndhirundhum inayadhu

Uses contrasting ideas in succession (united yet unmerged, joined yet unconnected) to highlight emotional dissonance.

Uvamai (Simile)

Poovil vizhuntha / Neerai pola

Compares blissful emotional awakening to water droplets alighting upon delicate petals.

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