Anthaathi
From 96 · 2018
- Lyricist
- Karthik Netha
- Singers
- Chinmayi, Govind Vasantha, Bhadra Rajin, M. Nassar
- Music director
- Govind Vasantha
- Details
- 962018
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Peranbae kaadhal | Great love is love |
| Male :Ulnookki adungindra aadal | Male: A dance that turns inward |
| Saatha… | Quietly... |
| Aaratha aaval | Unquenchable longing |
| Female :Yethetho saayal yetru | Female: Taking on various hues |
| Thiriyum kaadhal | Love that wanders |
| Male | |
| Prathyega thedal | An exclusive quest |
| Female :Theeyil theeratha kaatril | Female: In the unquenchable fire, in the wind |
| Pul poondil puzhuvil ulathil ilathil | In grass, plants, worms, in presence and absence |
| Male :Thaanae ellamum aagi | Male: Becoming everything on its own |
| Naam kaanum aruvamae | The formless entity that we see |
| Chorus | |
| Aaa…aaa…aaa….aaa…aaa.. | Aaa...aaa... |
| Aaa….aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa….aaa…..aa.. | Aaa...aaa... |
| Male | |
| Naam intha theeyil | In this fire, we are |
| Female :Veedu kattum theekuchi | Female: A matchstick building a home |
| Male :Naam intha kaatril | Male: In this wind, we are |
| Oonjal kattum thoosi | A speck of dust making a swing |
| Male | |
| Naam intha neeril | In this water, we are |
| Female :Vazhkai oottum neer poochi | Female: A water beetle driving life |
| Male & Female : | Male & Female: |
| Naam intha kaambil | On this stem, we are |
| Kaamathin rusi | The taste of desire |
| Chorus | |
| Orr… | One... |
| Vidaikullae… | Within the answer... |
| Vinaavellam… | All the questions... |
| Pathunguthae… | Are hiding... |
| Aaa… | Aaa... |
| Naam… | We... |
| Karainthathae… | Dissolved... |
| Marainthathae… | Vanished... |
| Mudinthathae… | Ended... |
| Aaa… | Aaa... |
| Female | |
| Aaa…aaa….aa…. | Aaa...aaa... |
| Konjum pooranamae vaa | Come, gentle perfection |
| Nee…ee….ee… | You... |
| Konjum ezhilisaiyae | Gentle, beautiful melody |
| Panja varna bootham | The five-colored elements |
| Nenjam niraiyuthae | Fill up the heart |
| Kaanbathellaam…aa… kaadhaladi..ee… | Everything seen is love, my dear |
| Chorus | |
| Kaadhalae kaadhalae | O Love, O Love |
| Thani perun thunaiyae | Great solitary companion |
| Kooda vaa kooda vaa | Come along, come along |
| Pothum pothum | Enough, enough |
| Chorus | |
| Kaadhalae kaadhalae | O Love, O Love |
| Vazhvin neelam | The length of life |
| Pogalam poga vaa | Let us go, come let us go |
| Female :Nee…eeee | Female: You... |
| Chorus | |
| Aaa… | Aaa... |
| Thigampari… | Clothed in space (Digambari)... |
| Valampuri… | Sacred right-turned conch... |
| Suyambu nee… | Self-manifested entity, you are... |
| Nee… | You... |
| Chorus | |
| Aaa… | Aaa... |
| Prahaaram nee… | The temple corridor, you are... |
| Prabaavam nee… | The glory, you are... |
| Pravaaham nee… | The sacred flow, you are... |
| Nee… | You... |
| Chorus | |
| Aaa aaa… | Aaa aaa... |
| Srungaaram nee… | Eroticism and beauty, you are... |
| Aangaaram nee… | Fierce passion, you are... |
| Oangaaram nee… | The primordial sound, you are... |
| Nee… | You... |
| Chorus | |
| Nee… | You... |
| Anthaathi nee… | The endless cycle, you are... |
| Anthaathi nee… | The endless cycle, you are... |
| Anthaathi nee… | The endless cycle, you are... |
| Nee… | You... |
| Male | |
| Hmmm… | Hmmm... |
| Theda vendam | Do not search for it |
| Mun arivi pindri varum | It will come without prior notice |
| Athan varugaiyai | Its arrival |
| Idhayam urakka sollum | The heart will announce loudly |
| Male | |
| Kaadhal… | Love... |
| Kaadhal oru naal ungalaiyum | Love will one day reach you as well |
| Vanthu adaiyum | It will come to you |
| Athai alli anaithu kollungal | Embrace it tightly |
| Anbaaga paarthu kollungal | Take care of it with love |
| Kaadhal thangum | Love will stay |
| Kaadhal thayangum | Love will hesitate |
| Kaadhal sirikkum | Love will smile |
| Kaadhal inikkum | Love will be sweet |
| Male | |
| Kaadhal kavithaigal varaiyum | Love will compose poems |
| Kaadhal kalangum | Love will get distressed |
| Kaadhal kuzhambum | Love will be confused |
| Kaadhal oralavukku puriyum | Love will be understood to an extent |
| Kaadhal vilagum | Love will move away |
| Kaadhal piriyum | Love will separate |
| Male | |
| Kadhavugalai moodaamal | Without closing the doors |
| Vazhi anupungal | See it off |
| Kaathirungal | Wait |
| Oru velai kaadhal thirumbinaal | If perchance love returns |
| Thoorathil thayangi nindraal | And stands hesitating at a distance |
| Arugil selungal | Go near it |
| Anbudan pesungal | Speak with love |
| Male | |
| Pothum… | That is enough... |
| Kaadhaal ungal vasam | Love will be yours |
| Ullam kaadhal vasam | The heart will be in love's embrace |
| Matrangal vinaa | Changes are the question |
| Matrangalae vidai | Changes themselves are the answer |
| Kaadhal… | Love... |
பேரன்பே காதல்
உள்நோக்கி ஆடுகின்ற ஆடல்
சதா…
ஆறாத ஆவல்
ஏதேதோ சாயல் ஏற்று
திரியும் காதல்
Great love is love
Male: A dance that turns inward
Quietly...
Unquenchable longing
Female: Taking on various hues
Love that wanders
பிரத்யேக தேடல்
தீயில் தீராத காற்றில்
புல் பூண்டில் புழுவில்
உளதில் இளதில்
தானே எல்லாமும் ஆகி
நாம் காணும் அருவமே
An exclusive quest
Female: In the unquenchable fire, in the wind
In grass, plants, worms, in presence and absence
Male: Becoming everything on its own
The formless entity that we see
ஆண் மற்றும் பெண் :
இத்யாதி காதல் இல்லாத போதும்
தேடும் தேடல்
சதா…
மாறாது காதல்
மன்றாடும் போதும்
மாற்று கருத்தில் மோதும்
மாளாது ஊடல்
Aaa...aaa...
Aaa...aaa...
ஆ...ஆ.....ஆ....ஆ...ஆ...
ஆ....ஆ.....ஆ....ஆ...ஆ...ஆ....
In this fire, we are
Female: A matchstick building a home
Male: In this wind, we are
A speck of dust making a swing
நாம் இந்த தீயில்
வீடு கட்டும் தீக்குச்சி
நாம் இந்த காற்றில்
ஊஞ்சல் கட்டும் தூசி
In this water, we are
Female: A water beetle driving life
Male & Female:
On this stem, we are
The taste of desire
நாம் இந்த நீரில்
வாழ்க்கை ஊட்டும் நீர் பூச்சி
ஆண் மற்றும் பெண் :
நாம் இந்த காம்பில்
காமத்தின் ருசி
One...
Within the answer...
All the questions...
Are hiding...
Aaa...
We...
Dissolved...
Vanished...
Ended...
Aaa...
ஆண் மற்றும் பெண் :
காதல் கண்ணீரில் சிலந்தி
காதல் விண்மீனின் மெகந்தி
காதல் மெய்யான வதந்தி
காலம் தோறும் தொடரும் டைரி
Aaa...aaa...
Come, gentle perfection
You...
Gentle, beautiful melody
The five-colored elements
Fill up the heart
Everything seen is love, my dear
ஆண் மற்றும் பெண் :
காதல் தெய்வீக எதிரி
காதல் சாத்தானின் விசிறி
காதல் ஆன்மாவின் புலரி
வாழ்ந்து பெற்ற டிகிரி
O Love, O Love
Great solitary companion
Come along, come along
Enough, enough
ஓர்...
விடைக்குள்யே...
வினாவெல்லாம்...
பதுங்குதே...
ஆ...
நாம்...
கரைந்ததே...
மறைந்ததே...
முடிந்ததே...
ஆ...
O Love, O Love
The length of life
Let us go, come let us go
Female: You...
ஆ......ஆ.....ஆ...
கொஞ்சும் பூரணமே வா
நீ…
கொஞ்சும் எழிலிசையே
பஞ்ச வர்ண பூதம்
நெஞ்சம் நிறையுதே
காண்பதெல்லாம்…ஆ…காதலடி....
Aaa...
Clothed in space (Digambari)...
Sacred right-turned conch...
Self-manifested entity, you are...
You...
காதலே காதலே
தனி பெருந் துணையே
கூட வா கூட வா
போதும் போதும்
Aaa...
The temple corridor, you are...
The glory, you are...
The sacred flow, you are...
You...
காதலே காதலே
வாழ்வின் நீளம்
போகலாம் போக வா
நீ......
Aaa aaa...
Eroticism and beauty, you are...
Fierce passion, you are...
The primordial sound, you are...
You...
ஆ...
திகம்பரி…
வலம்புரி…
சுயம்பு நீ
நீ…
You...
The endless cycle, you are...
The endless cycle, you are...
The endless cycle, you are...
You...
ஆ...
பிரகாரம் நீ
பிரபாபம் நீ
பிரவாகம் நீ
நீ...
Hmmm...
Do not search for it
It will come without prior notice
Its arrival
The heart will announce loudly
ஆ ஆ......
சிருங்காரம் நீ…
ஆங்காரம் நீ…
ஓங்காரம் நீ
நீ…
Love...
Love will one day reach you as well
It will come to you
Embrace it tightly
Take care of it with love
Love will stay
Love will hesitate
Love will smile
Love will be sweet
நீ…
அந்தாதி நீ…
அந்தாதி நீ…
அந்தாதி நீ…
நீ…
Love will compose poems
Love will get distressed
Love will be confused
Love will be understood to an extent
Love will move away
Love will separate
ம்ம்…
தேட வேண்டாம்
முன் அறிவிப் பின்றி வரும்
அதன் வருகையை
இதயம் உரக்க சொல்லும்
Without closing the doors
See it off
Wait
If perchance love returns
And stands hesitating at a distance
Go near it
Speak with love
காதல்…
காதல் ஒரு நாள் உங்களையும்
வந்து அடையும்
அதை அள்ளி அணைத்து கொள்ளுங்கள்
அன்பாக பார்த்து கொள்ளுங்கள்
காதல் தங்கும்
காதல் தயங்கும்
காதல் சிரிக்கும்
காதல் இனிக்கும்
That is enough...
Love will be yours
The heart will be in love's embrace
Changes are the question
Changes themselves are the answer
Love...
காதல் கவிதைகள் வரையும்
காதல் கலங்கும்
காதல் குழம்பும்
காதல் ஓரளவுக்கு புரியும்
காதல் விலகும்
காதல் பிரியும்
கதவுகளை மூடாமல்
வழி அனுப்புங்கள்
காத்திருங்கள்
ஒரு வேலை காதல் திரும்பினாள்
தூரத்தில் தயங்கி நின்றால்
அருகில் செல்லுங்கள்
அன்புடன் பேசுங்கள்
போதும்…
காதல் உங்கள் வசம்
உள்ளம் காதல் வசம்
மாற்றங்கள் வினா
மாற்றங்களே விடை
காதல்…
Peranbae kaadhal
Great love is love
Male :Ulnookki adungindra aadal
Male: A dance that turns inward
Saatha…
Quietly...
Aaratha aaval
Unquenchable longing
Female :Yethetho saayal yetru
Female: Taking on various hues
Thiriyum kaadhal
Love that wanders
Prathyega thedal
An exclusive quest
Female :Theeyil theeratha kaatril
Female: In the unquenchable fire, in the wind
Pul poondil puzhuvil ulathil ilathil
In grass, plants, worms, in presence and absence
Male :Thaanae ellamum aagi
Male: Becoming everything on its own
Naam kaanum aruvamae
The formless entity that we see
Aaa…aaa…aaa….aaa…aaa..
Aaa...aaa...
Aaa….aaa….aaa…aaa…aaa….aaa…..aa..
Aaa...aaa...
Naam intha theeyil
In this fire, we are
Female :Veedu kattum theekuchi
Female: A matchstick building a home
Male :Naam intha kaatril
Male: In this wind, we are
Oonjal kattum thoosi
A speck of dust making a swing
Naam intha neeril
In this water, we are
Female :Vazhkai oottum neer poochi
Female: A water beetle driving life
Male & Female :
Male & Female:
Naam intha kaambil
On this stem, we are
Kaamathin rusi
The taste of desire
Orr…
One...
Vidaikullae…
Within the answer...
Vinaavellam…
All the questions...
Pathunguthae…
Are hiding...
Aaa…
Aaa...
Naam…
We...
Karainthathae…
Dissolved...
Marainthathae…
Vanished...
Mudinthathae…
Ended...
Aaa…
Aaa...
Aaa…aaa….aa….
Aaa...aaa...
Konjum pooranamae vaa
Come, gentle perfection
Nee…ee….ee…
You...
Konjum ezhilisaiyae
Gentle, beautiful melody
Panja varna bootham
The five-colored elements
Nenjam niraiyuthae
Fill up the heart
Kaanbathellaam…aa… kaadhaladi..ee…
Everything seen is love, my dear
Kaadhalae kaadhalae
O Love, O Love
Thani perun thunaiyae
Great solitary companion
Kooda vaa kooda vaa
Come along, come along
Pothum pothum
Enough, enough
Kaadhalae kaadhalae
O Love, O Love
Vazhvin neelam
The length of life
Pogalam poga vaa
Let us go, come let us go
Female :Nee…eeee
Female: You...
Aaa…
Aaa...
Thigampari…
Clothed in space (Digambari)...
Valampuri…
Sacred right-turned conch...
Suyambu nee…
Self-manifested entity, you are...
Nee…
You...
Aaa…
Aaa...
Prahaaram nee…
The temple corridor, you are...
Prabaavam nee…
The glory, you are...
Pravaaham nee…
The sacred flow, you are...
Nee…
You...
Aaa aaa…
Aaa aaa...
Srungaaram nee…
Eroticism and beauty, you are...
Aangaaram nee…
Fierce passion, you are...
Oangaaram nee…
The primordial sound, you are...
Nee…
You...
Nee…
You...
Anthaathi nee…
The endless cycle, you are...
Anthaathi nee…
The endless cycle, you are...
Anthaathi nee…
The endless cycle, you are...
Nee…
You...
Hmmm…
Hmmm...
Theda vendam
Do not search for it
Mun arivi pindri varum
It will come without prior notice
Athan varugaiyai
Its arrival
Idhayam urakka sollum
The heart will announce loudly
Kaadhal…
Love...
Kaadhal oru naal ungalaiyum
Love will one day reach you as well
Vanthu adaiyum
It will come to you
Athai alli anaithu kollungal
Embrace it tightly
Anbaaga paarthu kollungal
Take care of it with love
Kaadhal thangum
Love will stay
Kaadhal thayangum
Love will hesitate
Kaadhal sirikkum
Love will smile
Kaadhal inikkum
Love will be sweet
Kaadhal kavithaigal varaiyum
Love will compose poems
Kaadhal kalangum
Love will get distressed
Kaadhal kuzhambum
Love will be confused
Kaadhal oralavukku puriyum
Love will be understood to an extent
Kaadhal vilagum
Love will move away
Kaadhal piriyum
Love will separate
Kadhavugalai moodaamal
Without closing the doors
Vazhi anupungal
See it off
Kaathirungal
Wait
Oru velai kaadhal thirumbinaal
If perchance love returns
Thoorathil thayangi nindraal
And stands hesitating at a distance
Arugil selungal
Go near it
Anbudan pesungal
Speak with love
Pothum…
That is enough...
Kaadhaal ungal vasam
Love will be yours
Ullam kaadhal vasam
The heart will be in love's embrace
Matrangal vinaa
Changes are the question
Matrangalae vidai
Changes themselves are the answer
Kaadhal…
Love...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This poetic sequence from the 2018 film 96 meditates on the cosmic, divine, and omnipresent nature of love. Love is presented not merely as a human emotion, but as an elemental force existing in fire, wind, water, living creatures, and formless space. The lyrics use sacred Tamil imagery—comparing love to self-manifested divinity, eternal sound (Oangaram), and continuous poetry (Anthaathi)—to illustrate how love transforms and transcends individual existence. The final spoken passage provides profound practical philosophy on navigating love's unpredictable life cycle. It urges the listener not to hunt frantically for love, but to welcome it warmly when it arrives, nurture it through its moments of clarity and confusion, and bid it a peaceful farewell if it leaves—always keeping the heart open for its potential return.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Veedu kattum theekuchi”
Compares human presence in nature to fragile, poetic images like a matchstick in fire or dust on a wind swing.
Ethukai (Second Letter Rhyme)
“Thigampari / Valampuri”
The second consonant sound ' ' matches across successive lines (Thi-ga-m-pari / Va-la-m-puri).
Anaphora (Repetitive Beginning)
“Kaadhal thangum / Kaadhal thayangum / Kaadhal sirikkum”
Repeated use of 'Kaadhal' at the start of consecutive lines to create a rhythmic, chant-like effect.
Anthaathi (End-to-Beginning Structure Concept)
“Anthaathi nee…”
Explicit reference to 'Anthaathi', a traditional Tamil poetic device where the end of one stanza forms the beginning of the next, symbolizing infinite continuity.
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Trivia
This track features lines written by lyricist Karthik Netha and composed by Govind Vasantha for the blockbuster Tamil film '96'. The poetic recitation towards the end serves as an emotional monologue reflecting the protagonist Ram's philosophical outlook on love, solitude, and acceptance.
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