- Lyricist
- Karunakaran
- Singer
- Vijay Yesudas
- Music director
- Gopi Sundar
- Movie name
- Silence
- Movie release year
- 2020
- Lyrics added on
- 7 Sept 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This track conveys deep anguish, disillusionment, and bitterness stemming from betrayal in love. The protagonist laments how trust, which ought to be the highest virtue of human emotion, has been crushed by deceit. He criticizes a partner who reduced sacred love to a mere transaction and masked lust under the illusion of true affection, turning once-pure feelings into pain and resentment.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Nanjaana nenjae”
Refers to a heart that has been corrupted and embittered by deceit as a 'poisoned heart'.
Metaphor
“Kaadhal udai ena maattrum thittam”
Compares love to a cloak or disguise worn strategically to hide selfish lustful intent.
Parallelism
“Kaadhalai vyaabaaram endraai”
Repeats structural phrasing to highlight the partner's cynical commercialization of love and disrespect toward her lover.
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Trivia
Featured in the 2020 crossover thriller 'Silence' (released in Telugu as 'Nishabdham'), this song was composed by Gopi Sundar with lyrics penned by Karunakaran and rendered by Vijay Yesudas.
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