- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singer
- Neha Bhasin
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Satham Podathey
- Movie release year
- 2007
- Lyrics added on
- 10 Jan 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Pesugiren Pesugiren from the movie Satham Podathey is an uplifting, empathetic song where the narrator's inner conscience or heart speaks to her during a period of deep sorrow and turmoil. Written by Na. Muthu Kumar, the song serves as a gentle reminder that pain and difficult phases are an inescapable part of human existence, just as storms, curves on mountains, and dark nights are inherent to nature. Through beautiful natural imagery—such as migratory birds flying across oceans without resting trees and wild plants sustaining themselves—the song encourages resilience. It reassures the listener that an apparent ending is simply an ellipsis leading to a fresh beginning, urging her never to lose heart regardless of life's losses.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Personification
“Pesugiren pesugiren un ithayam pesugiren”
The speaker's heart is personified as an empathetic companion talking directly to her to offer solace.
Metaphor
“Mutrupulli arugil neeyum / Meendum chinna pulligal veithai”
Punctuation marks (a full stop turning into continuation dots) are used metaphorically to explain that endings are just beginnings in disguise.
Parallelism / Analogy
“Valavillamal malai kidayathu / Vali illamal manam kidayathu”
Drawing a direct parallel between natural structures (curved mountains) and human emotion (pained hearts) to explain life's realities.
Rhetorical Question
“Vidiyamal than oru iravethu / Vazhiyamal than vellam kidayathu”
Posing rhetorical questions about night and floods to emphasize the certainty of relief after suffering.
Did you know?
Trivia
The music for Satham Podathey (2007) was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. 'Pesugiren Pesugiren' was sung by Neha Bhasin, making it one of her breakthrough hits in Tamil cinema and earning her the Vijay Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
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