- Lyricist
- Jaya Ravi
- Singer
- L. R. Eswari
- Music director
- N. S. Thiyagarajan
- Movie name
- Samarpanam
- Movie release year
- 1974
- Lyrics added on
- 21 Mar 2024
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This sensual club/cabaret track sung by L. R. Eswari portrays a woman enticing her lover to shed his hesitations and embrace intimacy. Using classic Tamil poetic metaphors such as comparing beauty to fruit waiting to be plucked and lips filled with honey like pearls, she invites him to discover the bliss of togetherness.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamaani (Simile)
“Muththu pola idhazhil”
Comparing the lips to precious pearls using the comparison word 'pola'.
Uruvagamy (Metaphor)
“Inba surangaththil pudhaiyalai”
Describing intimate joy as a hidden treasure inside a mine of pleasure.
Mondhana / Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyming)
“Inba surangaththil / Innum namakkul”
Rhyming of second letters in 'Inba' and 'Innum'.
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Trivia
This track from the 1974 film Samarpanam showcases L. R. Eswari's signature seductive vocal delivery, which defined the glamour and club song genre in Tamil cinema throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
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