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Lyrics & meaning

Neerkumizho

From Kolai · 2022

Lyricist: Karthik Netha
Singer: Sid Sriram
Music director: Girishh Gopalakrishnan
Movie name: Kolai
Movie release year: 2022
Lyrics added on: 11 Jul 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics

↻ English translation

Neerkumizho nedungkanavo

Theeyinil veezhum ponthooral ivvaazhvo

Yen pirivo edhu mudivo

Neerinil moozhgum man bommaigal naamo

Osai illaamal uravum illaamal

Oomai en nenjin thaalattum neeyo

Thoodhum illaamal thanimai thaangamal

Koondukkul moochuvidum thendral neeyo

Theeraadha kaatril

Unai maaraadha netril

Adaithenae thudithenae

Azhagae oh.. oh..

Maayaadha nokkil

Puyal oyaadha pokkil

Alainthenae kumainthenae

Uyirae oh.. oh..

Haa…aaa…hoo oooo

Yaar valaiyo evar iraiyo

Iraichalin ullaadum paadalgal naamo

Yaar pizhaiyo edhu sariyo

Kaanalin neerukkul vinmeengal naamo

Vaanam sella

Neeyum kettaayae

Anbenum thoondil thanil

Naan unnai maatti vaithen

Viduthalai ketkiraai

Valiyudan paarkkiraai

Edhai edhai naan naan seiyya

Theeraadha kaatril

Unai maaraadha netril

Adaithenae thudithenae

Azhagae oh.. oh..

Maayaadha nokkil

Puyal oyaadha pokkil

Alainthenae kumainthenae

Uyirae oh.. oh..

{Per isaiyae peru nilayae

Eerangal kaayaatha yegaantham neeyae

Mee mesaiyae migumathiyae

Maarbinil maataadha vaasangal neeyae} (2)

Kaar irul melae

Vizhum seeroli neeyae

Unarndhenae unarndhenae

Uyirae oh..

Is it a water bubble, or a long dream?

Is this life a golden drizzle falling into fire?

Why this parting? What is the end?

Are we clay dolls sinking into the water?

Without a sound, without any ties,

are you the lullaby to my silent heart?

With no message sent, unable to bear the loneliness,

are you the gentle breeze breathing inside a cage?

In the unending wind,

within an unyielding trap,

I locked you in and suffered in anguish,

my beautiful one, oh oh...

In an unfading gaze,

along the path of a relentless storm,

I wandered and burned with grief,

my soul, oh oh...

Haa... aah... hoo oh oh oh

Whose net is this? Whose prey are we?

Are we songs swaying amidst the noise?

Whose mistake is it? What is right?

Are we stars caught inside a mirage?

To fly into the sky,

you asked me,

yet on the fishing hook called love,

I caught and trapped you.

You plead for freedom,

you look at me with pain.

What, oh what am I to do?

In the unending wind,

within an unyielding trap,

I locked you in and suffered in anguish,

my beautiful one, oh oh...

In an unfading gaze,

along the path of a relentless storm,

I wandered and burned with grief,

my soul, oh oh...

Grand music, timeless state,

you are the solitude that never dries,

Supreme height, boundless wisdom,

you are a fragrance that cannot be held close to the chest,

Upon the pitch darkness,

you are the ray of light that shines,

I felt it, I realized it,

my soul, oh...

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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Neerkumizho from the film Kolai (2022) is a deeply melancholic, existential song exploring the fragility of human existence, destiny, and love. Lyricist Karthik Netha uses vivid natural imagery—water bubbles, clay dolls drowning in water, and stars trapped in a mirage—to question the illusion of control humans hold over their lives and relationships.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)

“Neerinil moozhgum man bommaigal naamo”

Compares human beings to fragile clay dolls that melt and sink when immersed in water.

Rhetoric / Metaphor

“Neerkumizho nedungkanavo”

Contemplates whether human life is merely an ephemeral water bubble or a long dream.

Emonai / Rhyme

“Theeraadha kaatril / Unai maaraadha netril”

Uses matching rhythmic patterns and end-rhymes (Kaatril / Netril) to accentuate the poetic cadence.

Oxymoron / Surreal Metaphor

“Kaanalin neerukkul vinmeengal naamo”

Pairs 'vinmeengal' (stars) inside 'kaanalin neer' (mirage water), evoking a feeling of poetic impossibility and illusion.

Metaphor

“Anbenum thoondil thanil”

Frames love as a fishing hook ('Anbenum thoondil') that unintentionally traps and hurts the loved one.

Did you know?

Trivia

Kolai (2022) is a neo-noir murder mystery inspired by a real-life unsolved 1923 murder case in New York. Composer Girishh Gopalakrishnan infused 1940s jazz and classical elements into this song, perfectly matching Sid Sriram's expressive vocal delivery and Karthik Netha's meditative lyrics.

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