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Lyrics & meaning

Nilathil Nadakkum

From Adangathey · 2018

Lyricist
Parvathi
Singer
Santhosh
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Movie name
Adangathey
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
5 Aug 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Nilathil nadakkum
Nilavai kanden
Siragu irandu
Mulaithu nindren
Etharku piragu
Vedhanai konden
Sirikka marutha
Amutham thindren
Nilavin ozhiyai
Maraippathethu
Manathil iruttai iraikkirathu
En pournami engena thedugiren
En vaanathil thoondilai veesugiren
Piraiyena athu theigiratha
En kanavinai vetti saikiratha
Mulaitha siragum muriyum endraal
Paravaiyin gadhi enna…
Idhayamum indru
Ganakkirathae
Balu ennai sutri izhukkirathae
Marathal iniyum saathiyam thaana
Nadakkum nilaiyum pogavaithena
Uyirai thurantha
Uyir anuvae
Thinamum varum
En pagar kanave
Iniyum etharkkum velai illai
Un panigal enakku thevai illai
Vazhi ondru varum velaiyilae
Ennai kaanavillai endru norunguven
Vazhiyai thirakka mudiyuma…
Uyirae en uyirae
Walking upon the earth,
I saw the moon.
A pair of wings
sprouted as I stood.
Then why after that
did I feel such agony?
Refusing to smile,
I tasted the nectar.
The light of the moon—
what is hiding it?
It pours darkness into my heart.
I search, asking where my full moon has gone.
I cast a fishing line into my sky.
Is it waning away like a crescent?
Is it cutting down all my dreams?
If even the wings that grew must break,
what will become of the bird?
Even my heart today
feels so heavy.
An empty void pulls me in from all around.
Is forgetting even possible anymore?
It took away even the ground beneath my feet.
You who surrendered your life,
the very spark of my life,
visiting me every single day,
oh, my daydream.
There is no purpose for anything anymore.
I have no need for your cares anymore.
Just when a path begins to appear,
I break down, realizing I am lost.
Can you open the way for me...
my life, oh my life?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This melancholic song portrays deep grief, heartbreak, and emotional turmoil. The speaker reminisces about a time when joy felt like walking beside the moon and sprouting wings. However, that joy quickly turned into suffering as darkness eclipsed their mind and their hopeful dreams began to wane like a crescent moon.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

“Nilathil nadakkum Nilavai kanden”

Compares the beloved or beloved presence to the moon walking upon the ground.

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

“Nilathil nadakkum / Nilavai kanden”

Repetition of the 'Ni' sound at the beginning of consecutive lines.

Imagery

“En vaanathil thoondilai veesugiren”

Creates a vivid surreal image of casting a fishing hook into one's own sky to capture lost hope.

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Trivia

Adangathey is an unreleased Tamil action thriller film starring G. V. Prakash Kumar and Surbhi, directed by Shanmugam Muthusamy, with music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar himself.

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