- Lyricist
- Viveka
- Singers
- Anand Aravindakshan, Nivas
- Music director
- C. Sathya
- Movie name
- Ivan Veramathiri
- Movie release year
- 2013
- Lyrics added on
- 1 Aug 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Thanimayilae is a poignant sad song expressing the protagonist's profound sense of grief and isolation after being separated from his beloved. The lyrics convey how time loses all meaning in her absence, as even the moon appears to mock his suffering and his existence slowly burns away like an incense stick. Despite the crushing heartbreak that freezes his world, his deep devotion endures, making him willing to search across oceans and wait endlessly in the hope of reuniting with his soulmate.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uwamai)
“Oothubathi pol enathu / Uyaram ingae kuraigirathae”
Compares the protagonist's fading energy and existence to a burning incense stick diminishing over time.
Personification
“Oh vaan nilavu elanamaai / Enai paarthu sirikirathae”
Attributes human emotion and action (mockingly laughing) to the sky's moon.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitshi)
“Aarugalaai vizhi kalangum”
Exaggerates the volume of tears flowing from the eyes as rivers, as well as searching across seven seas and mountains.
Edhukai (Second Letter Rhyme)
“Thanimayilae / Tholaivinilae”
The second consonant 'ni' rhymes across lines creating a rhythmic poetic structure.
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Trivia
The track Thanimayilae features music composed by C. Sathya for the 2013 Tamil film Ivan Veramathiri, directed by M. Saravanan. The song's expressive lyrics were written by Viveka, capturing emotional vulnerability within an otherwise action-packed thriller.
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