- Lyricist
- Boomi Balakadas
- Singer
- Trichy Loganathan
- Music director
- S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
- Movie name
- Kanniyin Kadhali
- Movie release year
- 1949
- Lyrics added on
- 11 Dec 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This philosophical song offers timeless wisdom on living a peaceful and meaningful life. It counsels the mind to act with foresight rather than obsessing over past mistakes, emphasizing that joy and suffering are inevitable, alternating phases of existence just like night and day. The lyrics remind the listener that fundamental aspects of existence—such as birth, death, and the soul—are governed by the Divine. Therefore, rather than becoming despondent over life's flaws, one should cultivate inner peace through love, acceptance, and selfless service to the less fortunate.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uwamai)
“Iravum pagalum pol suzhandru varumae”
Compares the alternating nature of joy and sorrow to the natural cycle of night and day using the word 'pol'.
Antithesis
“Inbamum thinbamum inaindhadhu vaazhavae”
Pairs opposing concepts ('Inbam' - joy, 'Thinbam' - sorrow; 'Iravu' - night, 'Pagal' - day; 'Pirappadhum' - birth, 'Irappadhum' - death) to emphasize the dualities of life.
Moni / Alliteration
“Inbamum thinbamum inaindhadhu vaazhavae”
Repetition of initial phonetic sounds within the line ('Inbamum', 'inaindhadhu') for rhythmic flow.
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Trivia
'Kanniyin Kadhali' (1949) was produced by Jupiter Pictures and is historically notable as one of the earliest Indian cinematic adaptations of William Shakespeare's play 'Twelfth Night'.
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