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Neel Koadugaal

From Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee · 2020

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

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Neel kodugaal
Neel paigiren
Naan kaangaiyil
Yen theigiren
Mugam illaamal mudhal illaamal
Muran illaamal mudivu illaamal
Alaigindren tholaigindren
Izhugindren vazhigindren
Kodugaal kodugaal kodi neero
Kizhaiyaagiyae neengiyae
Selveno vizhagi…
Neel kodugaal
Neel paigiren
Naan kaangaiyil
Yen theigiren
………………………….
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Like long flowing streams,
I rush on and on,
As I look,
Why do I fade away?
Without a face, without a beginning,
Without conflict, without an end,
I wander, I lose myself,
I am pulled along, I slip away,
O endless streams, are you millions of waters?
Branching out and parting ways,
Will I drift away.....
Like long flowing streams,
I rush on and on,
As I look,
Why do I fade away?
...............................
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Female
Female
Female
Female

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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