K S Harisankar’s “Aakasha Maunam Nirayumaazhame” appears on the album Mahal. Rafeeq Ahmed wrote the lyrics and Mustafa Ambadi composed the song. It begins by addressing the “vastness filled with the sky’s silence” and fallen trees.
Aakasha Maunam Nirayumaazhame
K S Harisankar • From “Mahal”
Mahal’s Aakasha Maunam Nirayumaazhame Lyrics Translation
The lyrics introduce a traveler stumbling from unseen burdens on a sun-scorched road. This person asks the sky to pour a handful of water into their inner empty vessel. The journey feels endless and directionless.
Aakashamaunam Nirayumaazhame NeelumozhividangaleOh, vastness filled with the sky’s silence, oh, long, empty spaces
Athiraake Maayum Vijanatheerame Veena Thanal MarangaleOh, lonely shore where borders fade, oh, fallen, shaded trees
Udayumullile PaazhkumbililInto this empty cup within me
Oru Kudanna Neer Thookeedumo VaanameWill you pour a handful of water, oh sky?
Aakashamaunam Nirayumaazhame NeelumozhividangaleOh, vastness filled with the sky’s silence, oh, long, empty spaces
Kaanaachumadukalaal Adi Pathari ChaayukayaayWith unseen burdens, my footing falters and I start to fall
Venalin Veyileriyum VeedhiyilOn this path scorched by the summer sun
Theeraathe Veendume YaanamThe journey continues, again, without end
Etho Maravikali Pathariduma KaaladikalThese footsteps falter in some forgotten memory
Veenidaathidaan Maathramaay Neelunnu Veendume KaikalMy hands reach out again, just to keep from falling
O OOh, oh
Chaare Adarukayo Viralmunayaal MalarithaleDo the flower petals fall apart at a fingertip’s touch?
Aarude Priyamezhum OrmmapolLike someone’s dearest memory
Moodunnu Veendume MaunamSilence descends once again
Thallil Kumiyukayaay Mizhiyil Peda ChumadukalaayA sorrow swells and becomes a burden in my eyes
Paathayil Gathiyariyaa YaathrayilOn this path, in this aimless journey
Engaano KaavalmaadamSomewhere, is there a watchtower for shelter?
O OOh, oh
Aakasha Maunam Nirayumaazhame Music Video
The song details a search for shelter on a path without a clear destination. It shows a quiet struggle for survival against an overwhelming sense of exhaustion. The piece ends as a document of endurance through deep desolation.