- Lyricist
- A. S. Dawood
- Singer
- Ananthu
- Music director
- Dev Prakash Regan
- Movie name
- Niram Marum Ulagil
- Movie release year
- 2025
- Lyrics added on
- 27 Apr 2026
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Niram Marum Ulagil portrays the deep emotional pain and helplessness of a parent facing severe poverty while trying to care for their child. The speaker refers to the child with tender terms of endearment like butterfly, sweet honey, and golden deer, contrasting this gentle love with harsh reality—bare ground, hunger, and uncertainty about basic survival. The song explores intense maternal or paternal grief, questioning destiny and questioning how to provide even a single meal, while reaffirming an unbreakable bond between parent and child.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamaai)
“Kattantharaiyila en pattam poochiya”
Compares the innocent child to a delicate butterfly ('pattam poochiya'), flower honey ('Poon dhenae'), and a golden deer ('Pon maanae').
Personification
“Ara vayir adhu koovum”
Attributes human actions such as crying ('koovum') and searching ('thedum') to an empty stomach and a mouth.
Alliteration & Monai
“Poon dhenae / Pon maanae”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds 'P' in consecutive lines ('Poon dhenae', 'Pon maanae').
Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Ara vayir adhu koovum / Ooti vida kai thedum”
End-rhyming words used to heighten emotional impact ('koovum' / 'thedum').
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Trivia
The track is composed by Dev Prakash Regan and sung by Ananthu, who is renowned in Tamil cinema for delivering soulful, emotionally intense folk and classical-tinged melodies.
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