- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Idhaya Kovil
- Movie release year
- 1985
- Lyrics added on
- 25 Mar 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Naan Paadum Mouna Raagam is a deeply tragic song expressing profound heartbreak and grief over the loss of a beloved partner. The protagonist pours his heart out, singing a silent melody in his loneliness while tears flow. He addresses his lost lover as his queen of love and goddess, lamenting that life without her feels like being forced to sleep on a bed of sharp thorns.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Kangal ennum solaiyil”
Compares the eyes to a garden ('Kangal ennum solaiyil') and compares the abandoned lover to a empty nest searching for its cuckoo ('Koodu indru kuyilai thaanae theduthu').
Personification
“Unnai kandu thendralum nindru ponathundu”
Attributes human behaviors to nature and abstract concepts, such as breezes stopping to admire her, the moon visiting to see her, and Time asking mockingly hard questions.
Anaphora / Repetition
“Unnai thedi thediyae”
Repetition of the phrase 'Thedi thediyae' to emphasize the endless and desperate search for the beloved.
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Trivia
Composed by Ilaiyaraaja and sung soulfully by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam for the 1985 romantic drama 'Idhaya Kovil', directed by Mani Ratnam. The song remains one of Tamil cinema's most famous tragic melodies.
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