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Nizhalinai Nijamum

From Raam · 2005

Lyricist
Snehan
Singers
Vijay Yesudas, Yuvan Shankar Raja
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Raam
Movie release year
2005
Lyrics added on
11 Mar 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa
Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa
Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa
Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa
…………………………………
Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa
Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa
Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa
Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa
Nadamaadum saabamaa
Naan ingae irukka
Vithi seitha sathiya
Theriyalla ammaa
Kadal thookkum alaiyum
Kadalil thaan serum
Athu pola ennaiyum
Serthukkammaa
Un pillai endru oor sollum pothu
Enakkae naan yaaro endru aagi ponen
Oththa sontham
Neeyirundhal pothum ammaa
Moththa boomi
Enakkae thaan sontham ammaa
Pathu maasam ullirunthen pakkuvamaa
Boomikku naan vanthathu
Enna kuththam ammaa
…………………………………..
Dhisai ellaam enakku
Irulaagi kidaikku
Engaeyo payanam
Thodaruthammaa
Ennoda manasum
Pazhuthaagi poochu
Sari seiya vazhiyum
Theriyala ammaa
Suriyan odanja pagal illa ammaa
Aagayam maranja agilamae summaa
Enna chuththi ennana mo
Nadakku thammaa
Kandatha ellaam
Kanavaagi poyidumaa
Thookathilla unnai naanum
Tholaichen ammaa
Thedi thara theivam vanthu
Uthavidumaa
Nizhalinai nijamum pirinthidumaa
Udalindri uyirum vaazhnthidumaa
Karuvarai unakkum baarama ammaa
Meendum ennai oru murai sumappaai ammaa
Can reality ever part from its shadow?
Can a soul live on without a body?
Has your womb become a burden for you too, Mother?
Carry me once again in your womb, Mother.
...
Can reality ever part from its shadow?
Can a soul live on without a body?
Has your womb become a burden for you too, Mother?
Carry me once again in your womb, Mother.
Am I a walking curse,
Just for existing here?
Is this a plot woven by fate?
I do not know, Mother.
Even the wave raised by the sea
Eventually reunites with the sea.
Just like that, take me back,
Gather me unto yourself, Mother.
When the town speaks of me as your child,
I become a stranger to my own self.
My only true bond...
If you are with me, that is enough, Mother.
The entire world
Would belong to me, Mother.
I stayed safely inside your womb for ten months;
Is my coming into this world
Such a crime, Mother?
...
In every direction I look,
Darkness stretches out before me.
A journey to somewhere unknown
Keeps continuing, Mother.
Even my mind
Has broken down completely.
And a way to fix it,
I do not know, Mother.
If the sun breaks apart, there is no day, Mother.
If the sky vanishes, the whole world becomes meaningless.
All around me, who knows what
Is happening, Mother.
Will everything I witnessed
Turn out to be just a bad dream?
In my sleep, I lost you,
I lost you, Mother.
Will God come to search for you
And help me find you?
Can reality ever part from its shadow?
Can a soul live on without a body?
Has your womb become a burden for you too, Mother?
Carry me once again in your womb, Mother.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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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