- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singer
- K. Jamunarani
- Music director
- S. Dakshinamurthi
- Movie name
- Athisaya Thirudan
- Movie release year
- 1958
- Lyrics added on
- 7 Jun 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song expresses a lover's intense devotion and helplessness in the face of love and destiny. The singer asks their beloved not to question their identity, promising to stay as an inseparable shadow. Lost in dreams and thoughts day and night, the speaker compares their hopeless longing to a parrot waiting in vain for a silk-cotton fruit to yield edible sweetness, and describes their heart as a deer struck by Cupid's arrow.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai Ani)
“Ilavaiyum kaathu nindra killai polae aagumaa”
Compares the yearning lover to a parrot waiting for the silk-cotton fruit ('ilavam panju') to ripen, a classic Tamil poetic idiom representing vain anticipation.
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Endrum undhan ambil patta pulli maan idhu”
Metaphorically describes the lover as a wounded spotted deer struck by the beloved's arrow of affection.
Iyaipu (Rhyming end words)
“Vidhiyai madhiyaal vendridalaam / Vaengai puliyaiyum kondridalaam”
The matching endings 'vendridalaam' and 'kondridalaam' create a rhythmic and musical flow.
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Trivia
'Athisaya Thirudan' (1958) features lyrics by the legendary Tamil poet and screenwriter Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, known for introducing catchy folk idioms and rhythmic structures into classic Tamil cinema music.
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