- Lyricist
- Pulamaipithan
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Movie name
- Kadamai Nenjam
- Movie release year
- 1979
- Lyrics added on
- 15 Oct 2023
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Night Queen' from the 1979 film Kadamai Nenjam is a seductive club dance number featuring a charming performer who introduces herself as the intoxicating 'night queen'. She compares her allure to a delicate Kashmiri rose and entices the audience with expressive movements and poetic grace. The song conveys a carpe-diem philosophy, emphasizing that youth and beauty are temporary treasures that ought to be savored in the present moment without moral hesitation.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Oxymoron / Muran
“Inba vedhanai enna enbathai”
'Inba vedhanai' translates to 'sweet agony' or 'pleasurable pain', juxtaposing pleasure (inbam) and agony (vedhanai).
Metaphor
“Kashmirin roja poovari”
The performer metaphorically compares herself to a rare and prized rose from Kashmir.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Abhinayam idaiyinilae / Kavi nayam idhazhgalilae”
Both lines end with matching phonetic suffixes ('idaiyinilae' and 'idhazhgalilae') creating a melodic rhyme.
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Trivia
'Kadamai Nenjam' (1979) features music by the celebrated composer duo Shankar-Ganesh and lyrics by Pulamaipithan. This track demonstrates P. Susheela's incredible vocal versatility in rendering glamorous nightclub numbers alongside her traditional classical repertoire.
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