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Lyrics & meaning

Parakiren Mithakiren Song

From Album Songs 2020 · 2020

Lyricist
Mohan Rajan
Singer
Amina Rafiq
Music director
A. H. Kaashif
Details
Album Songs 20202020

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Parakkiren midhakkirenI fly, I float
Ennai naan marakkirenI forget myself
Irukkiren tholaigirenI am here, I am lost
Paarthu viyakkiren…aenI look and wonder... why?
Female
Enna enna senjaWhat did you do?
Enna enna senjaWhat did you do?
Unnai naanumWhen I
Paarkum pozhuthuLook at you
Kanna mulikaiyilIn your eyes when looking
Unnai paarkaiyilWhen looking at you
Ennai maatrina..aaiYou transformed me
Female
Enna enna senjaWhat did you do?
Enna enna senjaWhat did you do?
Unnai naanumWhen I
Paarkum pozhuthuLook at you
Kanna mulikaiyilIn your eyes when looking
Unnai paarkaiyilWhen looking at you
Ennai maatrina..aaiYou transformed me
Female
Oru paarvaiyil eerkiraaiYou attract me in one glance
Maru paarvaiyil saaikkiraaiYou sweep me off my feet with another
Mazhai chaaralai thelikkiraaiYou sprinkle a drizzle of rain
Uyirai ilukkiraaiYou pull my soul
Female
Oru megamaai pogiraaiYou go like a cloud
Vegu thooramai therigiraaiYou appear far away
Enai eeramaai thodugiraaiYou touch me wetly
Manadhai nanaikkiraaiYou drench my heart
Female
Parakkiren midhakkirenI fly, I float
Ennai naan marakkirenI forget myself
Irukkiren tholaigirenI am here, I am lost
Paarthu viyakkiren…I look and wonder...
Female
Parakkiren midhakkirenI fly, I float
Ennai naan marakkirenI forget myself
Irukkiren tholaigirenI am here, I am lost
Paarthu viyakkiren…aenI look and wonder... why?
Male
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Female
Enadhu naetrinaiMy yesterday
Nee maatrinaaiYou changed it
Idhu pola naan irunthathillaiI have never been like this before
Siragu tharugiraaiYou give me wings
Female
Enadhu ulaginaiMy world
Nee kaatinaaiYou showed me
Ilai neengiya kilai naanadaI am a leafless branch
Thaliru tharugiraaiYou give me fresh sprouts
Female
Oru kannadi munnadiLike standing in front of a mirror
Nindrathu pol en nenjuMy heart stood before you
Ul vaangi konda daaIt absorbed everything
Oru minsaara kambikulInside an electric wire
Minsaram pogathendruThat electricity flows through
Paarthaalum theriyathadaEven if you look, you cannot see it
Female
Parakkiren midhakkirenI fly, I float
Ennai naan marakkirenI forget myself
Irukkiren tholaigirenI am here, I am lost
Paarthu viyakkiren…I look and wonder...
Female
Parakkiren midhakkirenI fly, I float
Ennai naan marakkirenI forget myself
Irukkiren tholaigirenI am here, I am lost
Paarthu viyakkiren…aenI look and wonder... why?

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This song captures the blissful disorientation and weightlessness of falling deeply in love. The protagonist feels as though they are floating and flying, losing track of their own self while marveling at the profound changes brought upon by their beloved. The lover's gaze acts as a gentle yet irresistible force that alters reality, turning a dull past into a world filled with wings and new life. Through poetically evocative imagery—comparing love to rain drizzles, sprout-bearing branches, and unseen current within electric wires—the lyrics express how love works invisibly yet powerfully to drench the human spirit and reshape one's entire existence.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Iyaibu (Rhyme / End Rhyme)

Oru paarvaiyil eerkiraai / Maru paarvaiyil saaikkiraai

The ends of consecutive lines rhyme using similar verbal terminations (eerkiraai, saaikkiraai, thelikkiraai, ilukkiraai), creating a lyrical flow.

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

Ilai neengiya kilai naanada / Thaliru tharugiraai

The protagonist compares themselves to a leafless, barren branch ('Ilai neengiya kilai') that receives fresh green sprouts ('Thaliru') through love's presence.

Uvamai (Simile / Analogy)

Oru minsaara kambikul / Minsaram pogathendru / Paarthaalum theriyathada

Love is compared to electric current flowing inside an insulated wire—invisible to the naked eye, yet immensely powerful.

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Trivia

Penned by lyricist Mohan Rajan, this song uses classical imagery of nature (sprouting branches, rain) alongside modern industrial analogies like electric wire current to convey the hidden, intangible force of love.

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