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Lyrics & meaning

Saaral En

From Eeram · 2009

Lyricist
Viveka
Singer
Ranjith
Music director
S. Thaman
Movie name
Eeram
Movie release year
2009
Lyrics added on
7 Jul 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Saaral en adiye
En jannal udaigiradhu
Saaral en adiye
En jannal udaigiradhu
Thooral en adiye
En kanavai kalaikkirathu
Kollaamal kollaamal kondraai
Illaamal illaamal sendraai
Kollaamal kollaamal kondraai
Illaamal illaamal sendraai
Saaralaa thooralaa
En uyirai nanaithavalae
Puyalaai naan maari
Povadhu yenadi
Vizhiyae vizhiyae vizhiyae
Vendam oru kova paarvai
Thaviyaai thaviyaai
Thavithen vizhiyae
Manamae manamae
Theeyai kodhikkum
Oru kaaichal pola
Pirivin valiyoo thoonudhu uyirae
As the rain spray strikes, my girl,
my window shatters.
As the rain spray strikes, my girl,
my window shatters.
As the drizzle strikes, my girl,
it scatters my dreams.
Without taking my life, you killed me,
you vanished as if you were never there.
Without taking my life, you killed me,
you vanished as if you were never there.
Was it a rain spray or a drizzle,
O girl who drenched my soul?
Why am I turning into a storm
and raging away, my girl?
O eyes, O eyes, O eyes,
spare me that angry look.
Restless and aching,
I suffered in pain, O eyes.
My heart, oh my heart,
boiling like fire,
like a burning fever,
is how this pain of separation feels, my love.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song captures the intense grief and inner turmoil of a lover enduring the pain of separation. Rain, traditionally a symbol of love and romance, instead acts as a trigger that shatters his dreams and peace. He feels tormented by the memory of the woman who drenched his soul with love, comparing his emotional angst to a boiling fever and a rising storm.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Adukkuthodar (Repetition for Emphasis)

Kollaamal kollaamal kondraai

The word 'Kollaamal' is repeated consecutively to intensify the feeling of emotional agony and heartbreak.

Metaphor (Rain as Love)

Saaralaa thooralaa En uyirai nanaithavalae

The lyrics metaphorically connect rain and drizzle with the beloved's soul-drenching affection.

Upamai (Simile)

Theeyai kodhikkum Oru kaaichal pola

The explicit comparison word 'pola' (like) is used to equate the burning pain of heart-wrenching separation to a high fever.

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Trivia

Eeram (2009) was a hit supernatural romantic thriller directed by Arivazhagan and produced by Director Shankar. This album marked the debut of S. Thaman as a music composer in Tamil cinema, where water and rain played a central theme visually and musically.

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