- Lyricist
- Keerthi
- Singers
- Bombay Jayashree, Dima El Sayed
- Music director
- Darbuka Siva
- Movie name
- Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee
- Movie release year
- 2020
- Lyrics added on
- 29 Jan 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This soulful track reflects on existential searching, emotional fluidity, and drifting through life without boundaries or clear destinations. The narrator feels faceless and endless, wandering like branching streams of water while contemplating why the heat of experiences gradually wears them down.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Alaigindren tholaigindren / Izhugindren vazhigindren”
The lines end with identical suffix patterns 'gindren' to create a rhythmic, melodic flow that reflects continuous motion.
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Neel kodugaal / Neel paigiren”
Repetition of the initial sound 'Neel' highlights the sense of length and distance.
Metaphor
“Kodugaal kodugaal kodi neero / Kizhaiyaagiyae neengiyae”
The human soul's path is metaphorically compared to branching water streams ('kodi neero', 'kizhaiyaagiyae').
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Trivia
This ambient ambient-fusion track from 'Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee' brings together veteran Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri and international artist Dima El Sayed, under Darbuka Siva's composition.
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