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Lyrics & meaning

Thanimayile

From Ivan Veramathiri · 2013

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

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Thanimayilae
En idthayam thudikuthae
Tholaivinilae
En nizhalum nadakuthae
En arugae nee irunthaal
Iravu pagal thevai illai
Thanimayilae
En idthayam thudikuthae
Tholaivinilae
En nizhalum nadakuthae
Oh vaan nilavu elanamaai
Enai paarthu sirikirathae
Oothubathi pol enathu
Uyaram ingae kuraigirathae
Aarugalaai vizhi kalangum
Aaruthalaai nee illaiyae
Verethuvum puriyamal
Ver varaiyil un kanavae
Ennavalae
En ulagam uraiyuthae
Kangalilae
Un kanavaai niraiyuthae
Pechirunthum moochirunthum
Uyirai mattum kaanavillai
Nee nadantha saalaigalil
Nadanthidavae mudiyavillai
Ezhu kadal ezhu malai
Thaandi unai thediduven
Kaatril ellam un peyarai
Ezhuthi vaithae kaathirupen
En uyirae
En idhayam thudikuthae
Uyir viduven
Nee piranthaal nodiyilae..
In this loneliness,
my heart keeps beating.
Far away in the distance,
even my shadow is walking away.
If you were by my side,
there would be no need for day or night.
In this loneliness,
my heart keeps beating.
Far away in the distance,
even my shadow is walking away.
Oh, the moon in the sky mockingly
looks at me and laughs.
Like an incense stick,
my life is slowly burning away here.
My eyes well up like rivers,
yet you are not here to comfort me.
Without understanding anything else,
dreams of you reach right down to my roots.
Oh my love,
my world freezes over.
In my eyes,
dreams of you overflow.
Though I have my voice and breath,
my life itself is nowhere to be found.
On the roads where you once walked,
I cannot even bring myself to walk anymore.
Across seven seas and seven mountains,
I will cross them to search for you.
Writing your name all across the breeze,
I will keep waiting for you.
Oh my life,
my heart keeps beating.
I would give up my life,
in an instant, if you were reborn...
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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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