Tharangini
From Cobra · 2022
- Lyricist
- Thamarai
- Singer
- Sarthak Kalyani
- Music director
- A. R. Rahman
- Details
- Cobra2022
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| {Tharangini tharangini | {Tharangini, Tharangini |
| Gini ni gini gini | Gini ni gini gini |
| Tharangini tharana tharangini} (2) | Tharangini tharana tharangini} (Repeated twice) |
| Male | |
| Tharangini tharangini | Tharangini, Tharangini |
| Thanimaiyil vidaadhaval ivaal | She is the one who does not leave me in solitude |
| Kanavilum ninaivilum | In my dreams and in my conscious thoughts |
| Idaiveli tharaadhaval ivalae | She is the one who leaves no distance/space at all |
| Inimaiyin innor thugalae | She is another tiny particle of sweetness |
| Male | |
| Mudhal mudhal unarum anbaal | With the love felt for the very first time |
| Moozhgivida thondrum penpaal | One feels like drowning in her womanhood |
| Azhagi en arugil vandhaal | When the beautiful girl comes near me |
| Aararivum theyum thannaal | All six senses diminish on their own |
| Pudhayalae boomiyai keeri | Like a treasure ripping open the earth |
| Thedi varum munnaal | Before she comes searching for me |
| Male | |
| Analmele paniyaai urugi urugi | Like dew melting over fire, melting and melting |
| Karaiyum enadhu manam urugi urugi | My heart dissolves, melting and melting |
| Irundhaalum idhuvae marugi marugi | Even so, agonizing again and again |
| Thodarum adimanadhil marugi marugi | It continues in the deep mind, agonizing again and again |
| Male | |
| Kalangarai vilakkaai vanthaal | She arrived like a guiding lighthouse |
| Kaarirulil thoonaai nindraal | She stood as a pillar in pitch darkness |
| Mayiliragu paarvai kondaal | She possessed a gaze soft like a peacock feather |
| Maamazhaiyum thaanae thanthaal | She brought down torrential rains on her own |
| Male | |
| Tharangini tharangini | Tharangini, Tharangini |
| Gini ni gini gini | Gini ni gini gini |
| Tharangini tharana tharangini | Tharangini tharana tharangini |
| Female | |
| Haa..aaa..aaa… | Haa..aaa..aaa… |
| Haa…aaa..aaa..haa..aa..aa..haa..aa..haa.aaa.. | Haa…aaa..aaa..haa..aa..aa..haa..aa..haa.aaa.. |
| Male | |
| Dhinam dhinam unnai thirudi chella | To steal you away day after day |
| Vizhithirunthen vidiyal varai | I stayed awake until the dawn |
| Kanavugal ennum valai virithen | I cast a net made of dreams |
| Athuvallavo vimala chirai | Isn't that a pristine, pure prison? |
| Male | |
| Kadikaaram veenaai etharku namakku | Why do we need a clock in vain? |
| Uyiril viralaal nee keera | As you trace/scratch with your finger on my soul |
| Puralum nadhiyaai naan meera | I overflow like a rolling river |
| Po endru naanae sonnalum pogathae nee | Even if I tell you to go away, please do not go |
| Male | |
| Tharangini tharangini | Tharangini, Tharangini |
| Gini ni gini ni | Gini ni gini ni |
| Tharangini tharangini | Tharangini, Tharangini |
| Tharana naa tharangini | Tharana naa tharangini |
| Male | |
| Mudhal mudhal unarum anbaal | With the love felt for the very first time |
| Moozhgivida thondrum penpaal | One feels like drowning in her womanhood |
| Azhagi en arugil vandhaal | When the beautiful girl comes near me |
| Aararivum theyum thannaal | All six senses diminish on their own |
| Pudhayaley boomiyai keeri | Like a treasure ripping open the earth |
| Thedi varum munnaal | Before she comes searching for me |
| Male | |
| Analmele paniyaai urugi urugi | Like dew melting over fire, melting and melting |
| Karaiyum enathu manam urugi urugi | My heart dissolves, melting and melting |
| Irundhaalum idhuvae marugi marugi | Even so, agonizing again and again |
| Thodarum adimanadhil marugi marugi | It continues in the deep mind, agonizing again and again |
| Male | |
| {Tharangini tharangini | {Tharangini, Tharangini |
| Gini ni gini ni | Gini ni gini ni |
| Tharangini tharangini | Tharangini, Tharangini |
| Tharana naa tharangini} (2) | Tharana naa tharangini} (Repeated twice) |
{தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
கிணிணி கினி கினி
தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
தரண ணா தரங்கினி} (2)
{Tharangini, Tharangini
Gini ni gini gini
Tharangini tharana tharangini} (Repeated twice)
தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
தனிமையில் விடாதவள் இவள்
கனவிலும் நினைவிலும்
இடைவெளி தராதவள் இவளே
இனிமையின் இன்னோர் துகளே
Tharangini, Tharangini
She is the one who does not leave me in solitude
In my dreams and in my conscious thoughts
She is the one who leaves no distance/space at all
She is another tiny particle of sweetness
முதல் முதல் உணரும் அன்பால்
மூழ்கிவிட தோன்றும் பெண்பால்
அழகி என் அருகில் வந்தாள்
ஆறறிவும் தேயும் தன்னால்
புதையலே பூமியை கீறி
தேடி வரும் முன்னால்
With the love felt for the very first time
One feels like drowning in her womanhood
When the beautiful girl comes near me
All six senses diminish on their own
Like a treasure ripping open the earth
Before she comes searching for me
அனல்மேலே பனியாய் உருகி உருகி
கரையும் எனது மனம் உருகி உருகி
இருந்தாலும் இதுவே மருகி மருகி
தொடரும் அடிமனதில் மருகி மருகி
Like dew melting over fire, melting and melting
My heart dissolves, melting and melting
Even so, agonizing again and again
It continues in the deep mind, agonizing again and again
கலங்கரை விளக்காய் வந்தாள்
காரிருளில் தூணாய் நின்றாள்
மயிலிறகு பார்வை கொண்டாள்
மாமழையும் தானே தந்தாள்
She arrived like a guiding lighthouse
She stood as a pillar in pitch darkness
She possessed a gaze soft like a peacock feather
She brought down torrential rains on her own
தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
கிணிணி கினி கினி
தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
தரண ணா தரங்கினி
Tharangini, Tharangini
Gini ni gini gini
Tharangini tharana tharangini
தினம் தினம் உன்னை திருடி செல்ல
விழித்திருந்தேன் விடியல் வரை
கனவுகள் என்னும் வலை விரித்தேன்
அதுவல்லவோ விமல சிறை
Haa..aaa..aaa…
Haa…aaa..aaa..haa..aa..aa..haa..aa..haa.aaa..
கடிகாரம் வீணாய் எதற்கு நமக்கு
உயிரில் விரலால் நீ கீற
புரளும் நதியாய் நான் மீற
போ என்று நானே சொன்னாலும் போகாதே நீ
To steal you away day after day
I stayed awake until the dawn
I cast a net made of dreams
Isn't that a pristine, pure prison?
தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
கிணிணி கினி கினி
தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
தரண ணா தரங்கினி
Why do we need a clock in vain?
As you trace/scratch with your finger on my soul
I overflow like a rolling river
Even if I tell you to go away, please do not go
முதல் முதல் உணரும் அன்பால்
மூழ்கிவிட தோன்றும் பெண்பால்
அழகி என் அருகில் வந்தாள்
ஆறறிவும் தேயும் தன்னால்
புதையலே பூமியை கீறி
தேடி வரும் முன்னால்
Tharangini, Tharangini
Gini ni gini ni
Tharangini, Tharangini
Tharana naa tharangini
அனல்மேலே பனியாய் உருகி உருகி
கரையும் எனது மனம் உருகி உருகி
இருந்தாலும் இதுவே மருகி மருகி
தொடரும் அடிமனதில் மருகி மருகி
With the love felt for the very first time
One feels like drowning in her womanhood
When the beautiful girl comes near me
All six senses diminish on their own
Like a treasure ripping open the earth
Before she comes searching for me
{தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
கிணிணி கினி கினி
தரங்கினி தரங்கினி
தரண ணா தரங்கினி} (2)
Like dew melting over fire, melting and melting
My heart dissolves, melting and melting
Even so, agonizing again and again
It continues in the deep mind, agonizing again and again
{Tharangini, Tharangini
Gini ni gini ni
Tharangini, Tharangini
Tharana naa tharangini} (Repeated twice)
{Tharangini tharangini
{Tharangini, Tharangini
Gini ni gini gini
Gini ni gini gini
Tharangini tharana tharangini} (2)
Tharangini tharana tharangini} (Repeated twice)
Tharangini tharangini
Tharangini, Tharangini
Thanimaiyil vidaadhaval ivaal
She is the one who does not leave me in solitude
Kanavilum ninaivilum
In my dreams and in my conscious thoughts
Idaiveli tharaadhaval ivalae
She is the one who leaves no distance/space at all
Inimaiyin innor thugalae
She is another tiny particle of sweetness
Mudhal mudhal unarum anbaal
With the love felt for the very first time
Moozhgivida thondrum penpaal
One feels like drowning in her womanhood
Azhagi en arugil vandhaal
When the beautiful girl comes near me
Aararivum theyum thannaal
All six senses diminish on their own
Pudhayalae boomiyai keeri
Like a treasure ripping open the earth
Thedi varum munnaal
Before she comes searching for me
Analmele paniyaai urugi urugi
Like dew melting over fire, melting and melting
Karaiyum enadhu manam urugi urugi
My heart dissolves, melting and melting
Irundhaalum idhuvae marugi marugi
Even so, agonizing again and again
Thodarum adimanadhil marugi marugi
It continues in the deep mind, agonizing again and again
Kalangarai vilakkaai vanthaal
She arrived like a guiding lighthouse
Kaarirulil thoonaai nindraal
She stood as a pillar in pitch darkness
Mayiliragu paarvai kondaal
She possessed a gaze soft like a peacock feather
Maamazhaiyum thaanae thanthaal
She brought down torrential rains on her own
Tharangini tharangini
Tharangini, Tharangini
Gini ni gini gini
Gini ni gini gini
Tharangini tharana tharangini
Tharangini tharana tharangini
Haa..aaa..aaa…
Haa..aaa..aaa…
Haa…aaa..aaa..haa..aa..aa..haa..aa..haa.aaa..
Haa…aaa..aaa..haa..aa..aa..haa..aa..haa.aaa..
Dhinam dhinam unnai thirudi chella
To steal you away day after day
Vizhithirunthen vidiyal varai
I stayed awake until the dawn
Kanavugal ennum valai virithen
I cast a net made of dreams
Athuvallavo vimala chirai
Isn't that a pristine, pure prison?
Kadikaaram veenaai etharku namakku
Why do we need a clock in vain?
Uyiril viralaal nee keera
As you trace/scratch with your finger on my soul
Puralum nadhiyaai naan meera
I overflow like a rolling river
Po endru naanae sonnalum pogathae nee
Even if I tell you to go away, please do not go
Tharangini tharangini
Tharangini, Tharangini
Gini ni gini ni
Gini ni gini ni
Tharangini tharangini
Tharangini, Tharangini
Tharana naa tharangini
Tharana naa tharangini
Mudhal mudhal unarum anbaal
With the love felt for the very first time
Moozhgivida thondrum penpaal
One feels like drowning in her womanhood
Azhagi en arugil vandhaal
When the beautiful girl comes near me
Aararivum theyum thannaal
All six senses diminish on their own
Pudhayaley boomiyai keeri
Like a treasure ripping open the earth
Thedi varum munnaal
Before she comes searching for me
Analmele paniyaai urugi urugi
Like dew melting over fire, melting and melting
Karaiyum enathu manam urugi urugi
My heart dissolves, melting and melting
Irundhaalum idhuvae marugi marugi
Even so, agonizing again and again
Thodarum adimanadhil marugi marugi
It continues in the deep mind, agonizing again and again
{Tharangini tharangini
{Tharangini, Tharangini
Gini ni gini ni
Gini ni gini ni
Tharangini tharangini
Tharangini, Tharangini
Tharana naa tharangini} (2)
Tharana naa tharangini} (Repeated twice)
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Tharangini is a melodious romantic track from the movie Cobra, composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics written by Thamarai. The word 'Tharangini' literally refers to a flowing river or wave, symbolizing the continuous and soothing tide of love that envelopes the protagonist's life. The lyrics describe the immense passion and psychological peace the lover brings into his existence, eliminating his solitude completely.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Kalangarai vilakkaai vanthaal / Kaarirulil thoonaai nindraal”
Comparing the beloved to a guiding lighthouse in the dark ('Kalangarai vilakkaai vanthaal') and a pillar in pitch darkness ('Kaarirulil thoonaai nindraal').
Simile (Upamai)
“Analmele paniyaai urugi urugi”
Comparing the heart melting from love to dew melting over fire ('Analmele paniyaai urugi').
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Mudhal mudhal unarum anbaal / Moozhgivida thondrum penpaal”
Repetition of the starting letter 'M' across line-initial words ('Mudhal', 'Moozhgivida').
Iyaibu (End Rhyme & Anaphora)
“Karaiyum enadhu manam urugi urugi / Irundhaalum idhuvae marugi marugi”
Repetition of rhythmic rhyming words 'urugi urugi' and 'marugi marugi' at line ends.
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Trivia
Tharangini marks the Tamil debut of singer Sarthak Kalyani, who was picked by A. R. Rahman to sing this lead romantic track. Lyricist Thamarai crafts the poetry around fluid water imagery and subtle romantic emotions.
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