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Lyrics & meaning

Thanimai Sirayiley

From Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham · 2022

Lyricist
Abi
Singer
Chinmayi Sripada
Music director
Hari SR
Details
Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham2022

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Female
Thanimai sirayilaeIn the prison of solitude
Vaazhum andril paravayaaiLike an Andril bird living alone
Orae mezhugaai ilagi uruginenI melted completely like a single candle
Un kaadhal dhesathinIn your kingdom of love
Mazhayil nanaindha paravayaaiLike a bird drenched in the rain
Un kudai thedi nanum alaigirenI wander searching for your shelter
Female
Yaavum neeyaga aanaayadaYou became my everything, my love
Un vaasam en swasamaeYour fragrance is my very breath
Indru yen ennai nee neenginaaiWhy did you leave me today?
Kaattrodu sarugaagirenI turn into a dry leaf drifting in the wind
Female
Mudhalmurai oru pirivinFor the first time, from a separation
Vali thaanga nenjamTo bear the excruciating pain, my heart...
Uraindhidum dhinam iravugal kanavaFreezes every day, are the nights just a dream?
Nijam nijam ena therindhadhumThe moment it realized this is truth, absolute truth
Manam thazhmai thaavaMy heart plunges into the depths
Nadandhadhu enna nadapadhu ennavoWhat has happened, and what is yet to happen?
UyiraeOh my soul
Female
Hoo oo oo oo hoo oo oo ooHoo oo oo oo hoo oo oo oo
Female
Maraiyum pirayumaaiLike a fading crescent moon
En nilaiIs my condition
Irulum vaanilaiThe sky turns completely dark
Varnam nee varaindhidaFor you to paint colors upon it
Vizhigalil valiyum kanavugalumAs the dreams flowing from my eyes
Kalangida nee yenai varaindhidadaaGet blurred, won't you paint me, my love?
Female
Vaarthai illayae uyiril osai illaiyaeThere are no words left, no sound in my soul
Indru naanaaga naanum illaiyaeToday, I am not myself anymore
Pullin nuniyilae vaazhum ottrai panithuliLike a single dewdrop living on the tip of a blade of grass
Nee varum paadhai paarthu nirkkirenI stand watching the path you will return on
Female
Yavum neeyaga aanaayadaYou became my everything, my love
Un vaasam en swasamaeYour fragrance is my very breath
Indru yen ennai nee neenginaaiWhy did you leave me today?
Kattrodu sarugagirenI turn into a dry leaf drifting in the wind
Female
Mudhalmurai oru pirivinFor the first time, from a separation
Vali thaanga nenjamTo bear the excruciating pain, my heart...
Uraindhidum dhinam iravugal kanavaFreezes every day, are the nights just a dream?
Nijam nijam ena therindhadhumThe moment it realized this is truth, absolute truth
Manam thazhmai thaavaMy heart plunges into the depths
Nadandhadhu enna nadapadhu ennavoWhat has happened, and what is yet to happen?
UyiraeOh my soul

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This poignant song conveys the deep sorrow, vulnerability, and sense of loss experienced by a woman facing separation from her beloved for the very first time. She compares her lonely existence to a solitary Andril bird (a classical motif of inseparable devotion) and a fragile dewdrop perched on a blade of grass. Describing her lover's presence as her life force and fragrance as her breath, his absence leaves her feeling hollow, drifting aimlessly like a dry leaf in the wind.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Upamai (Simile)

Vaazhum andril paravayaai

Compares her solitary state to an Andril bird, a mythological bird in classical Tamil literature known for never surviving separation from its mate.

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

Thanimai sirayilae

Metaphorically describes loneliness as a prison cell holding her captive.

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

Un vaasam en swasamae

Equates the lover's fragrance directly to her own breath, expressing total emotional dependence.

Upamai (Simile)

Pullin nuniyilae vaazhum ottrai panithuli

Compares her fragile, expectant existence to a single, vulnerable dewdrop on the tip of a blade of grass waiting for her lover's arrival.

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Trivia

The film's title 'Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham' borrows its phrase from the legendary 1961 Tamil song sung by P. B. Sreenivas in 'Pava Mannippu'. In this 2022 movie, singer Chinmayi Sripada delivers an emotionally charged rendition of heart-wrenching loss composed by Hari S R.

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