- Lyricist
- Priyan
- Music director
- Vijay Antony
- Movie name
- Yuvan Yuvathi
- Movie release year
- 2011
- Lyrics added on
- 7 Feb 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Un Kannai Partha Piragu from the film Yuvan Yuvathi conveys the sweet exhilaration and emotional vulnerability experienced when falling deeply in love. The protagonist reflects on how a simple look from his beloved completely alters his world, filling him with an airy sense of joy while making his heart stubbornly wander towards her. The lyrics highlight the duality of love as both a pleasant sensation and a sweet burden that disrupts one's usual composure.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Hyperbole
“En ullae latcham siragu”
Exaggerates the sense of joy and weightlessness by describing it as having a hundred thousand wings growing inside.
Simile (Upamai)
“Kaattrodu midhakkum illayaai”
Compares the mind's instability and floating feeling to a leaf drifting in the wind and a tree swaying in water.
Analogy
“Mazhai nindra podhum kilaigal siru thooral poduvadhu pol”
Compares how a person's presence lingers in memory to tree branches continuing to drop water long after the rain stops.
Emoni (Rhyme / Anthesis)
“Sila neram migavum sugamaai / Sila neram migavum summaiyaai”
Uses contrasting yet rhyming terms 'sugamaai' (pleasant) and 'summaiyaai' (burdensome) to show love's contradictory nature.
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Trivia
The music for 'Yuvan Yuvathi' (2011) was composed by Vijay Antony. The song 'Un Kannai Partha Piragu' was sung by Naresh Iyer and Ramya NSK, featuring lyrics written by Priyan.
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