- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Movie name
- Thamarai Nenjam
- Movie release year
- 1968
- Lyrics added on
- 22 Jun 2022
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song from 'Thamarai Nenjam' captures the tender, unspoken longing of a woman in love, using vivid nature metaphors to illustrate the inevitability of love. Kannadasan compares the heart's natural pull toward desire to the earth needing the sky, crops needing rain, and peacocks needing to dance. The imagery centers on the lotus blooming upon seeing the sun, representing her pure emotion blossoming silently in the presence of her beloved while she struggles with bashfulness and hesitation.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Anaphora & Rhetorical Question
“Vaanai maranthu nindra puvi yedhu”
Repetition of 'maranthu nindra... yedhu' across consecutive lines to emphasize that love is as natural and inescapable as elemental relationships in nature.
Simile (Upamai)
“Malar polae nindraal”
Compares the silent, graceful presence of the woman to a flower blooming in response to the sun.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Thaamarai nenjam ingae oliyaaga”
'Thaamarai nenjam' (Lotus heart) metaphorically equates a pure, delicate heart to a lotus flower that opens to the warmth of love.
Reiteration (Adukkuthodar)
“Sottu sottu…sottu sottu”
Rhythmic repetition of words like 'sottu' (drop) and 'muthu' (pearl) to create auditory harmony matching the flow of emotion.
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Trivia
'Thamarai Nenjam' (1968) was directed by K. Balachander and starred B. Saroja Devi, Gemini Ganesan, and Vanisri. The film's soundtrack, composed by M. S. Vishwanathan with lyrics by Kannadasan, is renowned for its classical poetic imagery, particularly the lotus motif representing purity and love.
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