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Lyrics & meaning

Un Uyir Adhan Isai

From Pizza · 2012

Lyricist
Kabilan
Singer
Pradeep Vijay
Music director
Santhosh Narayanan
Movie name
Pizza
Movie release year
2012
Lyrics added on
1 Jan 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Un uyir adhan isai
Thaen tharum poovin nizhalo
Mogathirai moondraam pirai
Moongil maram mutham tharum
Mogathirai moondraam pirai
Moongil maram mutham tharum
Imai viralgalil kaatraai kai veesu
Malar padukkaiyil mounam nee pesu kaadhalae
Thanimaiyil oru kaadhal thaazh pottu
Idaiveliyinil ennai nee poottu kaadhalae
Theendum dhinam thendral manam
Koondhal izhai venneer mazhai
Un kaadhalaal ennul nooru kanaa
Un uyir adhan isai
Thaen tharum poovin nizhalo
Mogathirai moondraam pirai
Moongil maram mutham tharum
Mogathirai moondraam pirai
Moongil maram mutham tharum
Megam ivan thooral ival
Naatkal ivan neram ival
Kaatru ivan vaasam ival
Vaarthai ivan artham ival
Is your soul its music,
Or the shade of a honey-filled flower?
A veil of desire, a crescent moon,
The bamboo tree gives a kiss.
A veil of desire, a crescent moon,
The bamboo tree gives a kiss.
Wave like the breeze across the fingers of my eyelashes,
Speak in silence on a bed of flowers, my love.
Fastening the latch of love in solitude,
Lock me inside the space between us, my love.
Every day, a heart like a gentle breeze touches,
Strands of hair, a shower of warm rain,
Because of your love, a hundred dreams awaken within me.
Is your soul its music,
Or the shade of a honey-filled flower?
A veil of desire, a crescent moon,
The bamboo tree gives a kiss.
A veil of desire, a crescent moon,
The bamboo tree gives a kiss.
He is the cloud, she is the drizzle,
He is the days, she is the time,
He is the wind, she is the fragrance,
He is the word, she is the meaning.
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Mogathirai from the 2012 Tamil movie Pizza is a delicate, sensual romantic track that captures the tender intimacy and complete oneness of two lovers. Through lush imagery of nature—such as bamboo trees, crescent moons, breeze, rain, and flowers—lyricist Kabilan paints a vivid picture of unspoken romance and deep affection. The concluding lines emphasize their duality and unity, illustrating how the male and female protagonists complement each other like cloud and shower, wind and fragrance, or word and meaning.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monai (Alliteration)

“Moongil maram mutham tharum”

Repetition of the initial 'M' sound across words creates a rhythmic and melodic flow.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Megam ivan thooral ival / Vaarthai ivan artham ival”

Directly equates the male and female partners to inseparable, complementary natural elements (cloud/drizzle, word/meaning).

Anaphora / Parallelism

“Kaatru ivan vaasam ival”

Repeated structural pattern of 'X ivan Y ival' at the start of consecutive lines to emphasize completeness.

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Trivia

Composed by Santhosh Narayanan and sung by Pradeep Kumar for Kartik Subbaraj's hit directorial debut Pizza (2012), this song stands out for its soft acoustic composition amidst an otherwise eerie thriller soundtrack.

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