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Lyrics & meaning

Un Marbil Vizhi Moodi

From Ninaithen Vandhai · 1998

Lyricist
Pazhani Bharathi
Singer
K. S. Chithra
Music director
Deva
Movie name
Ninaithen Vandhai
Movie release year
1998
Lyrics added on
18 Jan 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aasai naayaganae
Sowkiyama…
Unthan nalam naadum
Priyamaanavalin kaditham
Un marbil vizhi moodi thoongugiren
Dhinamum kanavil
Un aaasai mugam thedi yengugiren
Vidium pozhuthil
Enthan valayal kulungiyathu
Kolusum nazhuviyathu
Vetkathil kannangal koosiyathu
Manam kaaladi oosaiyai
Ethirparthu thudikindrathu
Anbae
Un marbil vizhi moodi thoongugiren
Dhinamum kanavil
Chinna kuyilgal
Unai unai nalam ketkutha
Nenjil paravum
Alai alai unai eeramaakutha
Mella nagarum
Pagal pagal yugam aagutha
Moochivitathaal thalaiyanai
Athu theeyil vegutha
Nenjam ethilum ottamal
Kannil kanavum vatramal
Dhinamum dhinamum urugum manathu
Yen intha nilamai theriyavillai
Intha paravasam unakullum irukirathaa
Anbae…
Un marbil vizhi moodi thoongugiren
Dhinamum kanavil
Un aaasai mugam thedi yengugiren
Vidium pozhuthil
Kaalai veyil nee
Pani thuli ival allava
Ennai kudithu
Ini ini un thaagam theerkava
Thullum nathi neer
Ival athil nurai allava
Iruvarukum idai veli
Ini illai allava
Nilavil vegam unnalae
Varavaai enthan munnalae
Azhagum uyirum unakae sontham
Eraalam aasai nenjil undu
Athai ezhuthida naanangal thadukirathae
Anbae
Un marbil vizhi moodi thoongugiren
Dhinamum kanavil
Un aaasai mugam thedi yengugiren
Vidium pozhuthil
…………………………………….
My dearest love,
are you doing well?
Wishing for your well-being,
this is a letter from your darling.
I close my eyes and sleep on your chest
every day in my dreams.
I long to see your beloved face
at the break of dawn.
My bangles jingled,
my anklet slipped off,
and my cheeks blushed with shyness.
My heart, waiting for the sound of your footsteps,
beats with eager longing.
My love...
I close my eyes and sleep on your chest
every day in my dreams.
Do the little cuckoos
ask how you are doing?
Does the wave spreading in your heart
wash over you and drench you in emotion?
Does each slow-moving
day feel like an eternity?
Does your pillow feel like it is burning
from the heat of your deep sighs?
With my heart unable to focus on anything,
and dreams never fading from my eyes,
my heart melts away day after day.
I don't know why I am in this state.
Do you feel this sweet thrill inside you too?
My love...
I close my eyes and sleep on your chest
every day in my dreams.
I long to see your beloved face
at the break of dawn.
You are the morning sun,
and am I not the dewdrop?
Drinking me in,
will you quench your thirst from now on?
You are the bounding river,
and am I not the foam upon it?
The distance between the two of us,
isn't it gone forever now?
The moon rushes across the night because of you;
please come before me.
My beauty and my very life belong to you.
My heart is filled with countless desires,
yet my shyness stops me from writing them down.
My love...
I close my eyes and sleep on your chest
every day in my dreams.
I long to see your beloved face
at the break of dawn.
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Chorus

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is structured as a tender poetic love letter written by a woman to her distant lover. She expresses how she spends her nights dreaming of resting on his chest, only to wake up missing his presence at dawn. The lyrics vividly capture the physical and emotional sensations of longing, such as the jingle of her bangles, her blushing cheeks, and her heart beating fast at the thought of his footsteps.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamaani / Uvameyam)

“Kaalai veyil nee / Pani thuli ival allava”

Compares the hero to morning sunlight and the heroine to a dewdrop, as well as comparing them to river water and its foam.

Adukkuthodar (Repetition for Emphasis)

“Alai alai unai eeramaakutha”

Repetition of words like 'Alai alai', 'Pagal pagal', and 'Dhinamum dhinamum' to heighten the depth of emotion and the agonizingly slow passage of time.

Personification

“Athai ezhuthida naanangal thadukirathae”

Shyness (Naanam) is personified as an active entity that physically prevents her from writing down her deepest romantic desires.

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Trivia

The track 'Un Marbil Vizhi Moodi' is from the 1998 Tamil romance film 'Ninaithen Vandhai', composed by Deva with lyrics penned by Pazhani Bharathi. Sung by K. S. Chithra, the song functions within the narrative as a love letter sequence.

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