- Lyricist
- Pulamaipithan
- Singers
- Mano, K. S. Chithra
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Nayagan
- Movie release year
- 1987
- Lyrics added on
- 30 Dec 2016
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Nee Oru Kaadhal Sangeetham is a soulful romantic duet from the iconic 1987 Tamil movie Nayagan. The song portrays two lovers expressing their deep, poetic devotion to each other against nature's backdrop of sea waves, moonlight, and gentle breezes. They describe their love as divine music that drenches their souls, turning every moment and landscape into a poetic symphony.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Nee oru kaadhal sangeetham…”
Comparing the beloved directly to love music ('kaadhal sangeetham') and the ocean waves to notes played on a veena ('isai magal meettum azhagiya veenai surasthaanam').
Imagery (Kaatchi Uruvagangal)
“Isai mazhai engum pozhigiradhu engalin jeevan nanaigiradhu”
Creates vivid visual and sensory imagery of rain made of music ('isai mazhai') soaking the soul ('jeevan nanaigiradhu').
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi)
“Thaenai ootrum nilavinil kooda theeyinai nee enn moottugirai..”
Exaggerating romantic emotion by asking why the lover kindles a fire inside the honey-pouring moon.
Personification (Tharkiipetru Navortchi)
“Kadarkarai kaatrae vazhiyai vidu dhevadhai vandhaal ennodu”
Addressing the seashore breeze directly as a conscious entity and asking it to clear the path for the goddess.
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Trivia
Composed by Ilaiyaraaja with lyrics by Pulamaipithan, this track is sung by Mano and K.S. Chithra. The song is picturized on Kamal Haasan and Saranya Ponvannan in the Mani Ratnam classic Nayagan. It remains one of the finest romantic melodies of 1980s Tamil cinema.
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