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Lyrics & meaning

Vidhi Nadhiyae

From Thadam · 2018

Lyricist
Madhan Karky
Singer
Revanth
Music director
Arun Raj
Movie name
Thadam
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
22 Dec 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aaraai manam aaraai manam
Mudivili aaraagavae
Paayum undhan alaigalin melae
Orr ethir ozhi polae naan
Aaraai manam aaraai manam
Viraindhidum aaraagavae
Neelum adhan karaigalin melae
Kaal thadangalai polae nee
Idazh melae
Aniyum punnagaiyum
Vizhiyullae pudhaiyum
Kanneerum
Manamellam ganakkum
Ninaivugalodu
Munnae selgindren
Nee oru dhinam
Kaadhal paaigiraai
Yen marudhinam
Kaaindhu pogiraai
Nee ennai engae
Kondu selgiraai
En vidhi nadhiyae
Nee oru kanam
Paadal aagiraai
Yen maru kanam
Theindhu pogiraai
Nee ennai engae
Kondu selgiraai
En vidhi nadhiyae….
En vidhi nadhiyae….
Enakaai sila pookkal
Pirakkaadha….
Thirakkaadha….
Enakaai sila thooral
Malarvaayaa
Vin kilaiyae
Sila aasaigalai niraivetrithaan
Pala aasaigalai nurai pol aakkinaai
Oru naal veezha
Maru naal meela
En nenjukku sollithandhaai
: Nee oru dhinam
Kaadhal paaigiraai
Yen marudhinam
Kaaindhu pogiraai
Nee ennai engae
Kondu selgiraai
En vidhi nadhiyae…ae…
Nee oru kanam
Paadal aagiraai
Yen maru kanam
Theindhu pogiraai
Nee ennai engae
Kondu selgiraai
En vidhi nadhiyae….
En vidhi nadhiyae….
En vidhi nadhiyae….
Search, my heart, search,
Like an endless river,
Upon your rushing waves,
I am like a reflection.
Search, my heart, search,
Like a swift river,
Along its stretching banks,
You are like footprints.
On my lips,
The smile I wear,
Buried within my eyes,
The tears that hide,
With a heart heavy
With memories,
I keep moving forward.
One day,
You flow with love,
Why on the next day
Do you run dry?
Where are you
Taking me,
O river of my destiny?
One moment,
You become a song,
Why in the next moment
Do you fade away?
Where are you
Taking me,
O river of my destiny...
O river of my destiny...
For me, will flowers
Never be born?
Never open up?
For me, with a light drizzle,
Will you bloom,
O branch of the sky?
Fulfilling only a few desires,
You dissolved the rest like foam.
To fall one day,
And rise back the next,
You taught my heart.
One day,
You flow with love,
Why on the next day
Do you run dry?
Where are you
Taking me,
O river of my destiny?
One moment,
You become a song,
Why in the next moment
Do you fade away?
Where are you
Taking me,
O river of my destiny...
O river of my destiny...
O river of my destiny...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song 'Vidhi Nadhiyae' explores the unpredictable and dual nature of destiny by comparing life's journey to a flowing river. The protagonist reflects on emotional highs and lows—moments when fate offers love and harmony like a song, contrasted with times when joy fades away and leaves sorrow behind. Through metaphors of flowing waters, footprints on riverbanks, and foam made from shattered desires, the lyrics express the speaker's surrender to fate while learning to rise again after every fall.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

En vidhi nadhiyae

Destiny is directly conceptualized as an unpredictable river shaping human life.

Simile (Uvamai)

Orr ethir ozhi polae naan

The speaker compares their existence to an echo riding upon the waves of fate.

Contrast / Antithesis (Muran)

Oru naal veezha / Maru naal meela

Juxtaposes falling and rising to depict life's emotional cycle taught by fate.

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Trivia

Composed by Arun Raj with lyrics penned by Madhan Karky, this song serves as a thematic backbone for the thriller 'Thadam'. The constant motif of duality in the lyrics reflects the twin-centric narrative of the film.

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