- Lyricist
- Kaniyan Poongunranar
- Singers
- Guna, Rohan Prakash, Kamala Rajagopal
- Music director
- Achu Rajamani
- Movie name
- Urumeen
- Movie release year
- 2015
- Lyrics added on
- 15 Mar 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This track adapts the timeless classical Tamil Sangam poem 'Yaathum Oorae Yaavarum Kaeleer' written by Kaniyan Poongunranar from the ancient anthology Purananuru (Poem 192). The song conveys a universal philosophy of human equality, cosmic order, and detachment. It proclaims that all places on Earth belong to everyone and all human beings are family. Furthermore, it emphasizes that joy and sorrow, good and evil, life and death are natural, self-induced experiences rather than inflicted by external sources.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uwamai Ani)
“Neervazhi paduvoom Punaipol aaruyir”
Compares human life ('aaruyir') to a raft ('punai') drifting along the natural course of a fast-flowing river.
Muran (Antithesis)
“Theethum nandrum”
Uses contrasting opposites ('Theethum' meaning evil and 'Nandrum' meaning good) side by side to emphasize self-responsibility.
Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Theethum / Nothalum”
Consonance in the second letter of consecutive or structural lines in classical Tamil verse.
Monai (First-letter Alliteration)
“Yaathum oorae / Yaavarum kaeleer”
Alliteration on the initial letter ('Yaa') establishing rhythm.
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Trivia
The lyrics are directly taken from Purananuru 192, one of the most famous poems in Sangam literature composed by Kaniyan Poongunranar around 2000 years ago. The opening phrase 'Yaathum Oorae Yaavarum Kaeleer' serves as the motto of the World Tamil Confederation and was also quoted at the United Nations General Assembly.
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