- Lyricist
- Kamal Haasan
- Singers
- Kamal Haasan, Shreya Ghoshal
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Virumaandi
- Movie release year
- 2004
- Lyrics added on
- 12 Mar 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'Unnai Vida' from the movie Virumaandi captures a deeply intimate and soul-bound rustic romance between the lead characters. Expressed through vivid natural imagery, the lovers profess that no relation or pleasure in the world surpasses their bond. Every element of their rural surroundings—from the wind swaying lilies to the night dew on grass—mirrors their passion and elevates their earthly love into a spiritual state of bliss or salvation (motcham).
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Vaakapada kedachaan virumaandi / Saatchi solla sandhiran varuvaandi”
Matching end sounds across consecutive lines ('virumaandi', 'varuvaandi', 'avanthaandi', 'thandhaandi') creating a rhythmic, musical flow.
Personification
“Nilavil kaayum vetti selaiyum nammai paarthu sodi serudhu”
Attributing human actions of pairing up to inanimate objects like drying clothes (veshti and saree).
Metaphor
“Kaatu vazhi kaalainga kazhuthu mani ketkaiyila namakadhu koil mani”
Comparing the rustic sound of cattle neck-bells on a quiet forest path directly to sacred temple bells, representing how their love turns ordinary life into a divine experience.
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