- Lyricist
- Mashook Rahman
- Singer
- Adithya RK
- Music director
- A. R. Rahman
- Movie name
- Tere Ishk Mein
- Movie release year
- 2025
- Lyrics added on
- 27 Sept 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song expresses the deep agony and paradoxical suffering that comes with intense love. The protagonist laments how love disguises itself, bringing tenderness only to inflict betrayal and pain. Despite searching for genuine affection in eyes that cause hurt, love ultimately turns around to wound the lover. Expressing total surrender, the lover willingly swims through an ocean of fire for love and loses his own self-identity without seeking escape, declaring himself a fearless warrior of love who endures every heartbreak.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Theekkadal endraalume”
'Theekkadal' (ocean of fire) metaphorically describes love as a vast, perilous, and burning body of water that the lover must navigate.
Antithesis / Paradox
“Kaayam seiyum kangalil Kaadhal thedinen”
Searching for tender love within eyes that cause painful wounds presents a paradoxical contrast of hurt and passion.
Personification
“Kaadhal ennai thediye Kaayam seidhadhe..”
Love ('Kaadhal') is personified as an active entity that seeks out the protagonist and inflicts wounds.
Repetition / Anaphora
“O kaadhale maaru seigiraai Yen theendiye Vanjam seigiraai”
The refrain is repeated multiple times to emphasize the lover's torment and feeling of betrayal.
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Trivia
'Tere Ishk Mein' is a Hindi feature film directed by Aanand L. Rai, starring Dhanush. The film features music composed by Academy Award-winner A. R. Rahman, continuing their acclaimed collaboration following films like 'Raanjhanaa' and 'Atrangi Re'.
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