- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- K. J. Yesudas
- Music director
- Salil Chowdry
- Movie name
- Paruva Mazhai
- Movie release year
- 1978
- Lyrics added on
- 10 Feb 2024
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is a deeply emotional and sorrowful lament of a lover facing the tragedy of losing his beloved. He compares her to a waning moon and the painful tears of his soul. Pondering over the fragile nature of their romance, he laments how a love born from pure affection has now turned into a vast pool of sorrow and weeping. He raises profound philosophical questions about destiny, noting that while people say marriages are made in heaven, no one knows where heartbreak and separation are written. He desperately pleads with her motionless, quiet form not to leave him, mourning the sudden loss of happiness and auspiciousness from his life.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Nee thaeyum nilaavo”
Compares the beloved's eyes to flowers ('vizhi pookkal') and her physical form to a waning moon ('thaeyum nilaavo').
Rhetorical Question
“Pirivu engae nichayikkapadugindrathu”
The singer questions destiny about where separations are decided, expressing despair rather than seeking a literal answer.
Refrain / Repetition
“Maraigindratho en mana mangalam”
The phrase expressing the fading of heart's happiness is repeated across stanzas to emphasize grief.
Contrast / Antithesis
“Thirumanangal sorkaththil... Pirivu engae nichayikkapadugindrathu”
Contrasts the heavenly decision of marriages with the mysterious, painful origin of tragic separations.
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Trivia
'Paruva Mazhai' (1978) is the Tamil dubbed/adapted version of the 1977 Malayalam movie 'Aparadhi'. Maestro Salil Chowdhury brought his signature haunting melody style to this track, which was penned by Kannadasan and rendered with immense pathos by K. J. Yesudas.
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