- Lyricist
- Pulamaipithan
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- Manimekalai
- Movie name
- Naalaiya Theerpu
- Movie release year
- 1992
- Lyrics added on
- 9 May 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This emotional tragic track expresses a lover's ultimate devotion and overwhelming grief over the loss of his beloved. He declares that his body and life are entirely dedicated to her, reminiscing about how she sang of love just yesterday before tragically closing her eyes forever. In his despair, he feels as though the divine flowers are burning, the sun has faded, and nature itself has shattered. Unable to bear the pain, he calls upon the sky to collapse, the breeze to stop, and fire to consume him so he can join her.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Deva malligai vaadi ponathae”
Comparing the beloved to a divine jasmine flower ('Deva malligai') that has prematurely withered.
End Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Deva malligai vaadi ponathae”
Repetition of the ending sound '-ponathae' across consecutive lines (lines 11-15) to emphasize the sense of total loss.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navirchi)
“Enthan kannilae raththam paayuthae”
Exaggerating grief by describing blood flowing from the eyes instead of tears.
Apostrophe / Personification
“Veesum thendralae nindru poevidu”
Directly addressing non-living elements of nature (sky, breeze, fire) as conscious entities to command them to cease or destroy.
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Trivia
Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) marked the silver screen debut of Tamil cinema superstar Vijay in a lead role, directed by his father S. A. Chandrasekhar. The music for this film was composed by M. M. Srilekha under the screen name Manimekalai, making her one of the youngest female music composers in South Indian cinema at the age of 12.
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