- Lyricist
- Pulamaipithan
- Singer
- Vani Jairam
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Movie name
- Alai Payum Nenjangal
- Movie release year
- 1983
- Lyrics added on
- 1 Nov 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This romantic song captures the ecstatic feeling of young love and emotional harmony between two partners. The narrator compares their loving relationship to youth itself, where every desire seems achievable and life is full of sweet possibilities. The lovers share a deep mind-to-mind connection where one partner expresses what the other is thinking, creating a blissful melody like the classical Mohanam ragam. Ultimately, the song celebrates intimacy, mutual passion, and togetherness as the highest joy in human existence, asking for nothing more from life than to sing new songs of love together like refreshing monsoon rains.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamai (Simile)
“Ninaippathu nadakkum ilamai pola”
Compares the effortless fulfillment of desires in love to youth ('ilamai pola'), using 'pola' as the explicit comparison marker.
Uvamai (Simile)
“Paruva mazhaiyai odi vaa….”
Compares the beloved's arrival to the refreshing seasonal monsoon rain ('paruva mazhaiyai').
Uruvagam (Metaphor)
“Aanantha raagamae needhaanae”
Metaphorically equates the beloved directly to a 'melody of joy' (Aanantha raagam).
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Nee kaana vantha sugapogam idhuvae / Naan kaana vantha pudhu mogam adhuvae”
Rhyming of line endings with 'idhuvae' and 'adhuvae', creating a melodious rhythm.
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Trivia
The lyrics for this song from 'Alai Payum Nenjangal' (1983) were penned by veteran lyricist Pulamaipithan, known for his rich Tamil vocabulary, classical poetic roots, and long association with Tamil cinema.
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