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Lyrics & meaning

Neenga Mudiyuma

From Psycho · 2019

Lyricist
Kabilan
Singer
Sid Sriram
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Psycho
Movie release year
2019
Lyrics added on
11 Nov 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Neenga mudiyumaa
Ninaivu thoongumaa
Neenga mudiyumaa
Ninaivu thoongumaa
Kaalam maarumaa
Kaayam maarumaa
Vaanam pirindha megamaa
Vaazhvil unakku sogamaa
Kaadhal poyin kaadhal saagumaa
Kaatraagavae naetraagavae nee ponadhaen
Uyir pogum naal varai
Unnai theduven
Unai meendum paarthappin
Kan mooduven
Neenga mudiyumaa
Ninaivu thoongumaa
Dhevan endra jeevanaga
Unnai paarkkiren
Meendum unnai vendumendru
Dhaanam ketkkiren
Nee kangal thaedum vazhiyo
En karunai konda mazhaiyo
Nee mazhalai pesum mozhiyo
En manadhai neidha izhaiyo
Veesum thendral ennai vittu
Vilagi pogumoo
Pona thendral endru endhan
Swaasam aagumoo
Iru vizhiyilae oru kanavena
Unai thodaruven…
Neenga mudiyumaa
Ninaivu thoongumaa
Kaalam maarumaa
Kaayam maarumaa
Moondru kaalil kaadhal thedi
Nadanthu pogiren
Irandu iravu irundha podhum
Nilavai ketkkiren
Nee kadandhu pona dhisaiyo
Naan ketka marandha isaiyo
Nee deivam thaedum silaiyo
Unai meetka enna vilaiyo
Indru illai nee enakku
Udainthu pogiren
Meendu vaazha naalai undu
Meetka varugiren
Oru thanimaiyum
Oru thanimaiyum
Ini inaiyumae…
Neenga mudiyumaa
Ninaivu thoongumaa
Kaalam maarumaa
Kaayam maarumaa
Vaanam pirindha megamaa
Vaazhvil unakku sogamaa
Kaadhal poyin kaadhal saagumaa
Kaatraagavae naetraagavae nee ponadhaen
Uyir pogum naal varai
Unnai theduven
Unai meendum paarthappin
Kan mooduven
Neenga mudiyumaa
Ninaivu thoongumaa
Can you ever fade away?
Can memories ever sleep?
Can you ever fade away?
Can memories ever sleep?
Will time ever change?
Will these wounds ever heal?
Like a cloud separated from the sky,
is there only sorrow in your life?
If love is gone, does love truly die?
Why did you vanish like the wind, like yesterday?
Until the day my life leaves me,
I will search for you.
Only after seeing you once again,
will I close my eyes forever.
Can you ever fade away?
Can memories ever sleep?
As a living soul created by God,
I look at you.
Pleading to have you once again,
I beg for you like a gift of grace.
Are you the path my eyes seek?
Are you the gentle rain of grace upon me?
Are you the sweet babble of a child?
Are you the thread that wove my heart?
Can the gentle breeze
ever drift away from me?
If the breeze has left, when
will it become my breath again?
Like a dream held in both my eyes,
I will keep following you...
Can you ever fade away?
Can memories ever sleep?
Will time ever change?
Will these wounds ever heal?
Searching for love on three legs,
I keep walking ahead.
Even with darkness doubled around me,
I still ask for the moon.
Are you the direction you walked away to?
Are you the music I forgot to hear?
Are you an idol that even God searches for?
What is the price to bring you back?
You are not with me today,
and I am breaking apart.
There is still a tomorrow to live again,
so I am coming to rescue you.
One loneliness
and another loneliness
will now unite as one.
Can you ever fade away?
Can memories ever sleep?
Will time ever change?
Will these wounds ever heal?
Like a cloud separated from the sky,
is there only sorrow in your life?
If love is gone, does love truly die?
Why did you vanish like the wind, like yesterday?
Until the day my life leaves me,
I will search for you.
Only after seeing you once again,
will I close my eyes forever.
Can you ever fade away?
Can memories ever sleep?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This soulful track expresses the deep anguish, yearning, and unyielding devotion of a lover separated from his beloved. He questions whether true love can ever fade or if painful memories can ever rest. Through evocative imagery of nature and spirituality, he portrays his beloved as a divine entity, an essential breath of life, and the very thread weaving his heart.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Rhetorical Question (Vinath Thalai)

Neenga mudiyumaa / Ninaivu thoongumaa

Repeated questions highlight the protagonist's inner turmoil and disbelief at the separation.

Assonance / Monai

Kaalam maarumaa / Kaayam maarumaa

Matching initial consonants (N/K) create rhythm and melancholic beauty across paired lines.

Metaphor (Uvamai / Uruvagathil)

Nee mazhalai pesum mozhiyo / En manadhai neidha izhaiyo

Comparing the beloved to a cloud split from the sky, child's speech, or woven thread.

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Trivia

Featured in Mysskin's psychological thriller 'Psycho' (2020), this song's music was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, featuring lyrics by Kabilan that deeply echo the protagonist's visual impairment and emotional desperation.

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