Kapil Kapilan and Aparna Rajeev’s ‘Thoongum Podhu’ from the album Cicada blends longing and devotion. Lyricist Navin Kannan and composer Sreejith Edavana create a dreamlike soundscape where sleep merges with waking reality. Gentle vocals and soft instrumentation mirror the song’s central tension between dreaming and presence.
Navin Kannan compares breath to the beloved’s essence in ‘En Swasam Nee Un Thedal Naan’. The lyricist transforms walked paths into flower fields through hyperbole. Kapil Kapilan and Aparna Rajeev deliver these lines with restrained intensity, emphasizing love’s physical and metaphysical dimensions.
Thoongum Podhu NyabagamMemories come when I’m sleeping.
Thedi Parthen Un MugamI’ve searched for your face.
Neril Unnai ParthathumOnce I saw you in person,
Kangal Mooda MarakkirenI forget to even close my eyes.
Unnale EndhanBecause of you,
Kaalangal Ellam AaruthaeAll my moments are healing.
IndroduStarting today,
Ennoda VaanilIn my sky,
Vannangal Ellam KooduthaeAll the colors are multiplying.
En Swasam NeeYou’re my breath.
Un Thedal NaanI’m the one searching for you.
En Aazhi NeeYou’re my ocean.
Neendhum Meenaai NaanI’m the fish swimming within.
Thoongum Podhu NyabagamMemories come when I’m sleeping.
Thedi Parthen Un MugamI’ve searched for your face.
Neril Unnai ParthathumOnce I saw you in person,
Kangal Mooda MarakkirenI forget to even close my eyes.
Maalai SaarthinaalShe adorned the garland.
Kodhai Maalai MaatrinaalKodhai ‘Goddess Andal’ exchanged the garland.
Maiyalai ThaiyalaalWith a woman’s deep infatuation,
Maamalar KarathinaalAnd with hands as soft as great flowers.
Ilaiyai Theendum Paniyai PolLike the dew that touches the leaf,
Viralgal Unnai Theendum TheendumMy fingers’ll keep touching you over and over.
Maalai Nera Thaeneer PolLike a cup of evening tea,
Anbe Anbe Nee VendumMy love, my love, I need you.
Idhazhe Nee NerungaWhen your lips get closer,
Boomi Vegam KoodutheyThe earth’s rotation seems to speed up.
Adhil Undhan Veppam SeraAs your warmth joins in with that,
Ellam SorgamaaguthaeEverything becomes a paradise.
Unnale EndhanBecause of you,
Kaalangal Ellam MaaruthaeAll my times are changing.
IndroduStarting today,
Ennoda VaanilIn my sky,
Vannangal Ellam KooduthaeAll the colors are multiplying.
Iraiyai Thedum Paravai PolLike a bird searching for its food,
Idhayam Unnai Thedum ThedumMy heart’ll keep searching for you.
Karaiyai Thedum Padagai PolLike a boat searching for the shore,
Anbe Unnai Vizhigal ThedumMy love, my eyes’ll search for you.
Azhage Nee Nadantha PaathaiMy beauty, the path you walked
Pookkal Aaguthaeis turning into flowers.
Adhil Undhan Paadham TheendaWhen your feet touch them,
Poovin Vaasam KooduthaeThe flowers’ fragrance grows even stronger.
Unnale EndhanBecause of you,
Kaalangal Ellam MaaruthaeAll my times are changing.
IndroduStarting today,
Ennoda VaanilIn my sky,
Vannangal Ellam KooduthaeAll the colors are multiplying.
En Swasam NeeYou’re my breath.
Un Thedal NaanI’m the one searching for you.
En Aazhi NeeYou’re my ocean.
Neendhum Meenaai NaanI’m the fish swimming within.
Thoongum Podhu NyabagamMemories come when I’m sleeping.
Thedi Parthen Un MugamI’ve searched for your face.
Neril Unnai ParthathumOnce I saw you in person,
Kangal Mooda MarakkirenI forget to even close my eyes.
Cicada’s central theme of permeable realities anchors the Thoongum Podhu lyrics translation. Love alters perception so completely that moments become healing and skies gain color. The lyrics meaning equates romantic presence with life-sustaining forces like breath and ocean currents.
