- Lyricist
- Soundara Rajan
- Singer
- Vrusha Balu
- Music director
- Sundaramurthy KS
- Movie name
- Navarasa
- Movie release year
- 2021
- Lyrics added on
- 11 Jun 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song is a deeply emotional, folk-infused plea capturing intense grief, helplessness, and an urgent cry for protection. The speaker feels utterly shattered—like a fragile flower trapped in a storm or a well that has completely dried up—as their world turns into a living hell. They search frantically in every direction for their beloved or protector, feeling abandoned even by destiny.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai Ani)
“Puyal kaathil poovum thaan”
Compares the speaker's fragile, shattered emotional state to a delicate flower caught helpless in a violent storm.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Suzhalum bhoomi naragamaachi / Therinja saamy marandhu pochi / Nerainja kaeni varandu pochi”
The lines end with rhyming sound endings ('aachi', 'pochi', 'pochi'), creating a rhythmic flow emphasizing desperation.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Usurum usurum yengudhae / Unnai thedi paakudhae”
Repetition of the initial vowel sound ('U') at the beginning of consecutive lines.
Cultural Allusion & Apostrophe
“Adangidaatha karupusaami / Kudhirai yeri usura paaka / Nee seeri vaa”
Invokes Karuppasamy, a fierce Tamil village guardian deity who rides a horse, as a metaphorical force of divine swiftness and ultimate salvation.
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Trivia
The song is featured in the 2021 Netflix Tamil anthology web series 'Navarasa', created by Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan to showcase nine distinct human emotions (rasas). Sung powerfully by Vrusha Balu with lyrics by Soundara Rajan and music by Sundaramurthy KS, the track masterfully captures the raw rural aesthetics and emotional intensity associated with sorrow and distress.
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