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Nyaayamthana

From Sughamaai Subbulakshmi · 2018

Lyricist
Yuwaji
Singers
Samhita Mira, Varmman Elangkovan
Music director
Shameshan Mani Maran
Movie name
Sughamaai Subbulakshmi
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
10 May 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Nyaayamthaana nyaayamthaana
Anbae unnai maranthu vittaal
Nyaayamthaana nyaayamthaana
Naanum naalum marakka vittaal
Yekkam unthan thaakam
Ennai mennu thinnaa
Kenjum manam konjum
Unnai alli kolla
Kaayam patta nenjam
Sila kaalam thaembum
Kaathal kathai koorum
Kannil thondrum eeram
Naan thanimaiyilae
Unnil tholainthidavaa
Nitham munu munuthaenae
Ooo… anbai vazhi maraithanae
Micham vazhi mattum minja
Manam nonthu pathai pathaithaenae
Nyaayamthaana nyaayamthaana
Anbae unnai maranthu vittaal
Nyaayamthaana nyaayamthaana
Naanum naalum marakka vittaal
Aasai kanavellaam
Nijamaagum vazhi thedi
Pogum en padhai thavaraa
Paasam uyir neesam
Irunthalum payan illai
Kaathal thunai vazhvin thadaiya
Saetham ini pothum
Ena ullam sonnalum
Kaathal tharunangal
En kan munnae thondrum
Aasai niraiverum varai
Anbai kolvenoo
Anbin siluvaikkul
En aasai madiyaatho
Nyaayamthaana…
Nyaayamthaana…
Unnil ennai sirai eduththaai
Nyaayamthaana
Nyaayamthaana
Nenjai indru sithara vittaai….
Senja paavam thaan enna
Manam ranamaai maari vathaikka
Thaayai enai naan ninaikka
Oru uyir thuli sernthida marukka
Kaalam varum vazhi therinthae
Kanavum poguthu kadanthae
Karaiyai thediyae alainthae
Kadal alaiyo poguthu pirinthae
Is it fair? Is it fair?
My love, if I forget you?
Is it fair? Is it fair?
If I too let you fade with each passing day?
As longing and the thirst for you
chew me up and devour me,
my pleading heart still yearns
to gather you in its embrace.
A wounded heart
will sob for some time,
telling a story of love
through the tears in my eyes.
In my loneliness,
should I lose myself in you?
I kept whispering to myself every day,
Oh... yet I blocked the path of love.
With only pain left behind,
my aching heart trembled in distress.
Is it fair? Is it fair?
My love, if I forget you?
Is it fair? Is it fair?
If I too let you fade with each passing day?
All my cherished dreams,
searching for a way to come true—
is the path I take wrong?
Even with deep love and affection,
it is of no use;
is a loving partner an obstacle in life?
"Enough of this pain now"—
even if my heart says so,
moments of love
flash before my eyes.
Until my wish is fulfilled,
will I hold on to love?
Upon the cross of love,
won't my desires die?
Is it fair?...
Is it fair?...
You imprisoned me within you,
is it fair?
Is it fair?
Today, you shattered my heart...
What sin did I commit,
for my heart to turn into a wound and torment me?
When I imagine myself as a mother,
and a drop of life refuses to form?
Knowing the way time moves,
dreams too drift past and fade.
Wandering in search of the shore,
the ocean wave drifts away all alone.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Nyaayamthaana' from Sughamaai Subbulakshmi (2018) is a poignant reflection on heartbreak, emotional conflict, and deep-seated pain. The speaker continuously questions the fairness of fate, love, and separation, wrestling with memories of a relationship while dealing with the harsh reality of loneliness. The internal agony is conveyed through vivid metaphors of a wounded heart, carrying a heavy cross, and wandering aimlessly like ocean waves drifting away from the shore.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (உருவகம்)

Anbin siluvaikkul

Compares the suffering in love to bearing a cross ('siluvai').

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

therinthae / kadanthae / alainthae / pirinthae

The lines end with identical rhyming suffixes ('-ae'), creating a melancholic rhythmic cadence.

Personification

Kenjum manam konjum

Attributes human behaviors like begging ('kenjum') and fondling ('konjum') to the abstract heart ('manam').

Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Karaiyai thediyae alainthae / Kadal alaiyo poguthu pirinthae

Repetition of the initial sound 'Ka' ('Karaiyai' and 'Kadal') across consecutive lines.

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Trivia

'Nyaayamthaana' features lyrics penned by Yuwaji for the 2018 emotional drama film *Sughamaai Subbulakshmi*. The song serves as a key emotional moment in the narrative, depicting deep soul-searching and grief.

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