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Saambal Nira Kanavugal Mazhai

From Bayamariya Brammai · 2015

Lyricist
Veronica
Singers
Not listed
Music director
JD
Movie name
Bayamariya Brammai
Movie release year
2015
Lyrics added on
13 Jun 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
En saambal nira kanavugalukkul
Nee evaaru ut-pugundhaai?
Ethanai murai kalaippinum
Oyaadhu marana valaigal pinni kondirukum
Silandhiyin kaathirupil
Sikki konda iraiyin parithavippai kandu
Nee nadunga..
Naano adhan melliya valaiyin meedhu
Padarndhodum nerthiyaana
Vadivangalukkul en aanmaavai pinaithu konden
En thadaagathin oram
Thaagam theerka varubavargalai
Mella ul vaangi kolgiren
Enjuvadho endhan nesangalai ninaivu paduthum
Neer kumizhigalae
Udaindhu vidum ena therindhum
Meendum meendum uruvaagum
Meendum meendum uruvaagum
Meendum meendum uruvaagum
Idho en saambal nira kanavugalakkul
Udhirangal uraiya
Sadhaa vaarthaigal padaithu kondirukiren
Pakkangal thorum vazhindhodum ranam
Anaithum aayatham
Mella thirai vilaga
Meendum oru kadhai pirakkum
Into my ash-grey dreams,
how did you enter?
No matter how many times it is destroyed,
it endlessly weaves webs of death;
in the spider's patient wait,
seeing the agony of the trapped prey,
as you tremble...
I, upon its delicate web,
within the intricate patterns spreading across it,
have bound my soul.
By the edge of my lake,
those who come to quench their thirst,
I slowly draw inside.
All that remains, reminding me of my weavings,
are mere water bubbles.
Knowing they will burst,
they form again and again.
They form again and again,
they form again and again.
Here, inside my ash-grey dream,
as blood runs cold,
I keep creating words endlessly.
Wounds bleeding across every page,
everything is ready;
as the curtain slowly parts,
another story will be born.
Male
Male
Male

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a brooding, surrealist meditation on artistic creation, pain, and existential solitude. The speaker reflects on how another person managed to enter their ash-grey, lifeless dreamscape. Through dark imagery—a spider tirelessly weaving a web of death, a still pond absorbing those seeking to quench their thirst, and fragile water bubbles that burst only to reform—the lyrics explore how beauty and expression are carved out of suffering and impermanence.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

En saambal nira kanavugalukkul

Ash-colored dreams ('saambal nira kanavugalukkul') serve as a metaphor for faded, lifeless, or grief-stricken thoughts.

Imagery

Oyaadhu marana valaigal pinni kondirukum

The imagery of a spider spinning a relentless web of death illustrates the painful, entrapment-like nature of deep introspection and creation.

Repetition (Epizeuxis)

Meendum meendum uruvaagum

The phrase 'Meendum meendum' (Again and again) is repeated to underscore the unstoppable, relentless cycle of creation and loss.

Metaphor

Neer kumizhigalae

Water bubbles ('Neer kumizhigalae') represent delicate, ephemeral memories of love that inevitably burst yet continue to form.

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Trivia

Bayamariya Brammai (2015) is an independent Tamil neo-noir drama directed by Rahul Kabali, featuring an unconventional musical score by JD and deeply poetic, surrealist lyrics written by Veronica.

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