- Lyricist
- Snehan
- Singer
- Srimathumitha
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Raam
- Movie release year
- 2005
- Lyrics added on
- 3 Apr 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This poignant, melancholy song explores themes of grief, tragic love, despair, and existential questioning. The speaker questions the predictability of life and fate, asking if the dawn reveals itself or if love can ever be understood by an unfeeling world. The speaker laments how an inner world built on love shattered without warning, and how love—once a source of warmth—has now turned into a torturous weapon that slowly destroys them. In the second stanza, the grief intensifies as the protagonist compares their sorrow to an uncontrollable forest fire and suppressed desires crying out in vain. Lush environments turn into battlefields and deserts, symbolizing emotional devastation. Ultimately, the lyrics convey a feeling of complete isolation where even time turns a blind eye, leaving death as the only remaining close companion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uwamai)
“Kaattu thee pola”
Compares the raging, uncontrollable grief to a forest fire using 'pola' (like).
Metaphor (Uruvagham)
“Pachai nilam Paalai vanam aanathada / Poovanamum porkkalamai maaruthada”
Metaphorically compares a flourishing life to a green land that has turned into a desert, and a flower garden that has become a battlefield.
Personification
“Kaalam kooda kangal moodi kondathada”
Attributes human traits (closing eyes) to Time ('Kaalam') to express how destiny seems indifferent to pain.
Personification
“Theeyil ennai sikka vechu Sirikirathae”
Gives abstract love human traits of turning into a weapon, trapping the protagonist in fire, and laughing.
Edhukai (Second letter rhyming)
“Vidigindra pozhuthu / Therinthiduma”
The second consonant 'di' aligns across consecutive lines to create a melodic rhyme structure.
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Trivia
This piece is from the critically acclaimed 2005 Tamil film 'Raam', directed by Ameer. The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with lyrics by Snehan. Yuvan Shankar Raja's evocative score for 'Raam' received high praise and won him the Best Music Score award at the Cyprus International Film Festival in 2006, making him one of the early Tamil composers to win an international film award.
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