Nizhalinai Nijamum
From Raam · 2005
- Lyricist
- Snehan
- Singers
- Vijay Yesudas, Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Raam2005
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa | Can reality ever separate from its shadow? |
| Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa | Can a soul live without a body? |
| Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa | Is your womb a burden to you, Mother? |
| Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa | Mother, will you carry me once again? |
| Male | |
| ………………………………… | |
| Male | |
| Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa | Can reality ever separate from its shadow? |
| Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa | Can a soul live without a body? |
| Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa | Is your womb a burden to you, Mother? |
| Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa | Mother, will you carry me once again? |
| Male | |
| Nadamaadum saabamaa | Am I a walking curse, |
| Naan ingae irukka | For me to exist here? |
| Vithi seitha sathiya | Is this a conspiracy plotted by fate? |
| Theriyalla ammaa | I do not know, Mother! |
| Male | |
| Kadal thookkum alaiyum | The wave raised by the sea |
| Kadalil thaan serum | Will eventually return to the sea itself, |
| Athu pola ennaiyum | In the same way, |
| Serthukkammaa | Take me back into yourself, Mother! |
| Male | |
| Un pillai endru oor sollum pothu | When the world calls me your child, |
| Enakkae naan yaaro endru aagi ponen | I feel like a complete stranger to myself. |
| Male | |
| Oththa sontham | If you, my sole relative, |
| Neeyirundhal pothum ammaa | Are with me, that is enough, Mother! |
| Moththa boomi | The whole earth |
| Enakkae thaan sontham ammaa | Then belongs to me, Mother! |
| Pathu maasam ullirunthen pakkuvamaa | I stayed inside safely for ten months, |
| Boomikku naan vanthathu | For me coming to this earth, |
| Enna kuththam ammaa | What crime did I commit, Mother? |
| Male | |
| ………………………………….. | |
| Male | |
| Dhisai ellaam enakku | All directions for me |
| Irulaagi kidaikku | Lie submerged in darkness, |
| Engaeyo payanam | A journey to somewhere |
| Thodaruthammaa | Continues on, Mother. |
| Male | |
| Ennoda manasum | My heart as well |
| Pazhuthaagi poochu | Has broken down, |
| Sari seiya vazhiyum | And a way to repair it, |
| Theriyala ammaa | I do not know, Mother. |
| Male | |
| Suriyan odanja pagal illa ammaa | If the sun breaks, there is no day, Mother; |
| Aagayam maranja agilamae summaa | If the sky vanishes, the world is nothing. |
| Male | |
| Enna chuththi ennana mo | All kinds of strange things around me |
| Nadakku thammaa | Keep happening, Mother! |
| Kandatha ellaam | Will everything that I witnessed |
| Kanavaagi poyidumaa | Turn into a mere dream? |
| Thookathilla unnai naanum | Without sleep, I ended up losing you, |
| Tholaichen ammaa | My Mother! |
| Thedi thara theivam vanthu | Will God come to search and return you |
| Uthavidumaa | To help me? |
| Male | |
| Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa | Can reality ever separate from its shadow? |
| Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa | Can a soul live without a body? |
| Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa | Is your womb a burden to you, Mother? |
| Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa | Mother, will you carry me once again? |
நிழலினை நிஜமும் பிரிந்திடுமா
உடலின்றி உயிரும் வாழ்ந்திடுமா
கருவறை உனக்கும் பாரமா அம்மா
மீண்டும் என்னை ஒரு முறை
சுமப்பாய் அம்மா
Can reality ever separate from its shadow?
Can a soul live without a body?
Is your womb a burden to you, Mother?
Mother, will you carry me once again?
.......................................................
நிழலினை நிஜமும் பிரிந்திடுமா
உடலின்றி உயிரும் வாழ்ந்திடுமா
கருவறை உனக்கும் பாரமா அம்மா
மீண்டும் என்னை ஒரு முறை
சுமப்பாய் அம்மா
Can reality ever separate from its shadow?
Can a soul live without a body?
Is your womb a burden to you, Mother?
Mother, will you carry me once again?
நடமாடும் சாபமா
நான் இங்கே இருக்க
விதி செய்த சதியா தெரியலம்மா
கடல் தூக்கும் அலையும்
கடலில் தான் சேரும்
அது போல என்னையும் சேத்துக்கம்மா
Am I a walking curse,
For me to exist here?
Is this a conspiracy plotted by fate?
I do not know, Mother!
உன் பிள்ளை என்று
ஊர் சொல்லும் போது
எனக்கே நான் யாரோ என்றாகி போனேன்
ஒத்த சொந்தம் நீயிருந்தால் போதுமம்மா
மொத்த பூமி எனக்கே தான் சொந்தமம்மா
பத்து மாசம் உள்ளிருந்தேன் பக்குவமா
பூமிக்கு நான் வந்ததென்ன குத்தமம்மா ஆ..
The wave raised by the sea
Will eventually return to the sea itself,
In the same way,
Take me back into yourself, Mother!
.....................................................
When the world calls me your child,
I feel like a complete stranger to myself.
திசை எல்லாம்
எனக்கு இருளாகி கிடக்கு
எங்கேயோ பயணம் தொடருதம்மா
என்னோட மனசும்
பழுதாகி போச்சு
சரி செய்ய வழியும் தெரியலம்மா
If you, my sole relative,
Are with me, that is enough, Mother!
The whole earth
Then belongs to me, Mother!
I stayed inside safely for ten months,
For me coming to this earth,
What crime did I commit, Mother?
சூரியன் உடஞ்சா பகலில்ல அம்மா
ஆகாயம் மறஞ்சா அகிலமே சும்மா
என்ன சுத்தி என்னன்னமோ நடக்குதம்மா
கண்டதெல்லாம் கனவாகி போயிடுமா
தூக்கத்துல உன்னை
நானும் தொலைச்சேனம்மா
தேடி தர தெய்வம் வந்து உதவிடுமா
...................................................
All directions for me
Lie submerged in darkness,
A journey to somewhere
Continues on, Mother.
நிழலினை நிஜமும் பிரிந்திடுமா
உடலின்றி உயிரும் வாழ்ந்திடுமா
கருவறை உனக்கும் பாரமா அம்மா
மீண்டும் என்னை ஒரு முறை
சுமப்பாய் அம்மா
My heart as well
Has broken down,
And a way to repair it,
I do not know, Mother.
If the sun breaks, there is no day, Mother;
If the sky vanishes, the world is nothing.
All kinds of strange things around me
Keep happening, Mother!
Will everything that I witnessed
Turn into a mere dream?
Without sleep, I ended up losing you,
My Mother!
Will God come to search and return you
To help me?
Can reality ever separate from its shadow?
Can a soul live without a body?
Is your womb a burden to you, Mother?
Mother, will you carry me once again?
Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa
Can reality ever separate from its shadow?
Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa
Can a soul live without a body?
Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa
Is your womb a burden to you, Mother?
Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa
Mother, will you carry me once again?
…………………………………
Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa
Can reality ever separate from its shadow?
Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa
Can a soul live without a body?
Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa
Is your womb a burden to you, Mother?
Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa
Mother, will you carry me once again?
Nadamaadum saabamaa
Am I a walking curse,
Naan ingae irukka
For me to exist here?
Vithi seitha sathiya
Is this a conspiracy plotted by fate?
Theriyalla ammaa
I do not know, Mother!
Kadal thookkum alaiyum
The wave raised by the sea
Kadalil thaan serum
Will eventually return to the sea itself,
Athu pola ennaiyum
In the same way,
Serthukkammaa
Take me back into yourself, Mother!
Un pillai endru oor sollum pothu
When the world calls me your child,
Enakkae naan yaaro endru aagi ponen
I feel like a complete stranger to myself.
Oththa sontham
If you, my sole relative,
Neeyirundhal pothum ammaa
Are with me, that is enough, Mother!
Moththa boomi
The whole earth
Enakkae thaan sontham ammaa
Then belongs to me, Mother!
Pathu maasam ullirunthen pakkuvamaa
I stayed inside safely for ten months,
Boomikku naan vanthathu
For me coming to this earth,
Enna kuththam ammaa
What crime did I commit, Mother?
…………………………………..
Dhisai ellaam enakku
All directions for me
Irulaagi kidaikku
Lie submerged in darkness,
Engaeyo payanam
A journey to somewhere
Thodaruthammaa
Continues on, Mother.
Ennoda manasum
My heart as well
Pazhuthaagi poochu
Has broken down,
Sari seiya vazhiyum
And a way to repair it,
Theriyala ammaa
I do not know, Mother.
Suriyan odanja pagal illa ammaa
If the sun breaks, there is no day, Mother;
Aagayam maranja agilamae summaa
If the sky vanishes, the world is nothing.
Enna chuththi ennana mo
All kinds of strange things around me
Nadakku thammaa
Keep happening, Mother!
Kandatha ellaam
Will everything that I witnessed
Kanavaagi poyidumaa
Turn into a mere dream?
Thookathilla unnai naanum
Without sleep, I ended up losing you,
Tholaichen ammaa
My Mother!
Thedi thara theivam vanthu
Will God come to search and return you
Uthavidumaa
To help me?
Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa
Can reality ever separate from its shadow?
Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa
Can a soul live without a body?
Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa
Is your womb a burden to you, Mother?
Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa
Mother, will you carry me once again?
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poignant song from Raam captures the sheer anguish, disorientation, and existential grief of a son separated from his mother. The protagonist feels completely lost in the world without his mother's presence, questioning why fate has dealt such a cruel hand. He compares his existence without her to a body without a soul or a day without the sun, pleading to be embraced and protected by her once more like a wave returning to the ocean.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhetorical Question
“Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa”
Uses a rhetorical question comparing the mother-son bond to shadow and reality to express the absurdity of their separation.
Simile (Uvamai Ani)
“Kadal thookkum alaiyum Kadalil thaan serum Athu pola ennaiyum Serthukkammaa”
Compares the son's wish to return to his mother to ocean waves returning back to the sea.
Monai (Initial Rhyme/Alliteration)
“Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa”
The repetition of the initial consonant sound 'Ni' in 'Nizhalinai' and 'nijamum'.
Ethugai (Second Letter Rhyme)
“Oththa sontham / Moththa boomi”
The second letter 'th' matches between 'Oththa' and 'Moththa', creating poetic rhythm.
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Trivia
Raam (2005), directed by Ameer, featured a critically acclaimed score and soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja with lyrics by Snehan. The film's narrative centers around an intense mother-son bond played by Jiiva and Saranya Ponvannan, earning high praise for its emotional musical sequences.
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