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Lyrics & meaning

Nilave Mugam

From Ejamaan · 1993

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Ejamaan
Movie release year
1993
Lyrics added on
3 Feb 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Nilavae mugam kaatu yennai paarthu oli veesu
Alai pol suthi meetu inidhaana mozhi pesu
Ilam poonkodiyae … ae idhu thaai madiyae
Nilavae mugam kaatu yennai paarthu oli veesu
Alai pol suthi meetu inidhaana mozhi pesu
Anaithen unaiyae … ae idhu thaai madiyae … ae
Nilavae mugam kaatu
Pani polae neerin odaiyae kalangiyathenna mama
Inidhaana thendral unnaiyae
Oorum kurai sollalaama
Kaalam maarum kalakam yenamma
Iravillamal pagalum yethamma
Naan un pillai thaanamma
Naanum kanda kanavu nooraiyaa
Yenathu thaayum neengal thaanaiyaa
Ini un thunai naanaiyaa
Yenai sernthadhu kodi mullaiyae
Idhu polae thunaiyum illaiyae
Ini nee yen tholil pillaiyae
Nilavae mugam kaatu yennai paarthu oli veesu
Anaithen unnaiyae idhu thaai madiyae
Sumai pottu pesum oorendraal
Manam thavithidum maanae
Imai neerum kannin neerendraal
Dhinam kudipavan naanae
Maalaiyodu nadakum theraiyaa
Nadakum podhu vanangum ooraiyaa
Unnai meera yaaraiyaa
Maman tholil saaindha mullaiyae
Mayangi mayangi pesum killaiyae
Nee en vaazhvin ellaiyae
Idhai meeriya thavam illaiyae
Ini yendha kuraiyum illaiyae
Dhinam theerum theerum thollaiyae
Nilavae mugam kaatu yennai paarthu oli veesu
Alai pol suthi meetu inidhaana mozhi pesu
Ilam poonkodiyae idhu thaai madiyae
Nilavae mugam kaatu yennai paarthu oli veesu
Oh moon, show your face, look at me and shine your light.
Strum sweet notes like rolling waves, and speak gentle words.
My tender flowering vine, this is a mother's lap.
Oh moon, show your face, look at me and shine your light.
Strum sweet notes like rolling waves, and speak gentle words.
I hold you close to me, this is a mother's lap.
Oh moon, show your face.
Like a clear dewy stream, why is your heart troubled, my love?
When you are like a sweet, gentle breeze,
should this town speak ill of you?
Times will change, why worry, my dear?
Can there be day without the night, my dear?
I am truly a child to you, my dear.
I too have dreamed a hundred dreams, my lord.
You are like a mother to me as well.
From now on, I will always be your companion.
A tender blooming jasmine has come to join me.
There is no companion quite like this.
From now on, you are a child resting on my shoulder.
Oh moon, show your face, look at me and shine your light.
I hold you close to me, this is a mother's lap.
When the town heaps burdens with their hurtful words,
my heart aches in distress, my dear.
If tears ever well up beneath your eyelids,
I am the one who will drink them away every day.
You are like a grand chariot walking in garlands,
and the whole town bows in respect as you pass.
Who would ever dare go against you, my lord?
Oh jasmine leaning on your beloved's shoulder,
oh sweet parrot speaking in a daze of love,
you are the very horizon and fullness of my life.
There is no greater blessing than having you.
From now on, there will be no sorrow left.
Every trouble will disappear day by day.
Oh moon, show your face, look at me and shine your light.
Strum sweet notes like rolling waves, and speak gentle words.
My tender flowering vine, this is a mother's lap.
Oh moon, show your face, look at me and shine your light.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Nilavae Mugam Kaatu from the 1993 film Ejamaan is a deeply touching duet that conveys emotional solace, affection, and comforting devotion between the lead characters. The song features the male protagonist comforting his distressed bride, assuring her that his shoulder is as safe and comforting as a mother's lap, while reassuring her against village gossip and past griefs.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamai)

“Nilavae mugam kaatu yennai paarthu oli veesu”

Compares the beloved's radiant face directly to the moon ('Nilavu').

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

“Alai pol suthi meetu inidhaana mozhi pesu”

Uses 'pol' (like) to compare the rhythmic flow of sweet conversation to the movement of ocean waves.

Simile (Uvamai Ani)

“Pani polae neerin odaiyae kalangiyathenna mama”

Compares the emotional disturbance of the mind to a dew-laden water stream getting clouded.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

“Naanum kanda kanavu nooraiyaa / Yenathu thaayum neengal thaanaiyaa / Ini un thunai naanaiyaa”

End-rhyming pattern featuring identical line endings ('nooraiyaa', 'thaanaiyaa', 'naanaiyaa').

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

“Yenai sernthadhu kodi mullaiyae / Idhu polae thunaiyum illaiyae / Ini nee yen tholil pillaiyae”

End-rhyming pattern with lines ending in 'mullaiyae', 'illaiyae', and 'pillaiyae'.

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