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Lyrics & meaning

Kai Thatti Thatti

From Jodi · 1999

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Srinivas, Timmy
Music director
A. R. Rahman
Movie name
Jodi
Movie release year
1999
Lyrics added on
22 Aug 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kai thatti thatti azhaithaalae
En manathai thottu thottu thiranthaalae
En uyirai mella thulaithu nuzhainthaalae
Jeevan kalanthaalae
Antha thaen kuyilae
Tararumpum tararumpum
Tararumpum
Un aarambam inbam inbam
Penn epothum sugamana thunbam
Un vaan engum avalin binbam
Ainthu nimidangal
Avalodu vaazhnthaal
Vazhvu maranathai vellum
Tararumpum tararumpum
Tararumpum
Un aarambam inbam inbam
Rathinathu thaer aanall
En manasukul satham idum poovaanal
En paruvathai payir seiyum neer aanaall
En nenja kulathil
Pon kallai erinthaall
Alai adangum mun
Nenjathil kuthithaal
Vizhiyaal nenjudaithu vittaall
Sparisangalal pin inainthu vitaall
Tararumpum tararumpum
Tararumpum
Un aarambam inbam inbam
Penn epothum sugamana thunbam
Un vaan engum avalin binbam
Ainthu nimidangal
Avalodu vaazhnthaal
Vazhvu maranathai vellum
Tararumpum tararumpum
Tararumpum
Un aarambam inbam inbam
Tararumpum tararumpum
Tararumpum
Tara rumpumpumpumpumpumpum
Tararumpum tararumpum
Tararumpum
Tara rumpumpumpumpumpumpum
Paal vanna nilaveduthu
Paarkadalil palamurai salavai seithu
Pen uruvaai piranthaval aval thaano
En kavithaigalil kanmalarnthavaloo
En Mounangalai mozhipeyarthavalo
Azhagai thatheduthavalo
En uyir malarai thatharithavalo…oooo…
Tararumpum tararumpum
Tararumpum
Un aarambam inbam inbam
Penn epothum sugamana thunbam
Un vaan engum avalin binbam
Ainthu nimidangal
Avalodu vaazhnthaal
Vazhvu maranathai vellum
Tararumpum tararumpum
Tararumpum
Un aarambam inbam inbam
She clapped her hands and called me,
She touched my heart again and again and opened it.
She gently pierced through and entered my soul,
She merged right into my life,
That sweet singing bird.
Thararumbum thararumbum,
Thararumbum.
Your beginning is pure joy,
A woman is always a sweet pain.
Her image fills all of your sky.
Just five minutes,
If you live with her,
Life will conquer death.
Thararumbum thararumbum,
Thararumbum.
Your beginning is pure joy.
She became a chariot of gems,
She became a flower whispering inside my heart.
She became the water nourishing my youth.
Into the pond of my heart,
She threw a golden pebble.
Before the ripples could even fade,
She jumped right into my heart.
With her eyes, she broke my heart to pieces,
And with her touch, she mended it whole again.
Thararumbum thararumbum,
Thararumbum.
Your beginning is pure joy,
A woman is always a sweet pain.
Her image fills all of your sky.
Just five minutes,
If you live with her,
Life will conquer death.
Thararumbum thararumbum,
Thararumbum.
Your beginning is pure joy.
Thararumbum thararumbum,
Thararumbum.
Thara rumbumbumbumbumbum.
Thararumbum thararumbum,
Thararumbum.
Thara rumbumbumbumbumbum.
Taking the milky-white moon,
And washing it again and again in the ocean of milk,
Was she born from that in the shape of a woman?
Is she the one who opened her eyes in my poems?
Is she the one who translated my silences?
Is she the one who adopted beauty itself?
Is she the one who cradled the flower of my soul... oh...
Thararumbum thararumbum,
Thararumbum.
Your beginning is pure joy,
A woman is always a sweet pain.
Her image fills all of your sky.
Just five minutes,
If you live with her,
Life will conquer death.
Thararumbum thararumbum,
Thararumbum.
Your beginning is pure joy.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This energetic romantic song depicts the ecstasy and sweet torment of falling deeply in love with an ethereal woman. The lyrics celebrate how her presence revitalizes the protagonist's soul, comparing her impact to a golden stone thrown into a quiet pond and her beauty to the pure moonlight washed in the celestial ocean of milk. Vairamuthu highlights the transformative power of love, suggesting that even a brief five-minute encounter with one's beloved grants a feeling of immortality and ultimate joy.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Oxymoron

“Penn epothum sugamana thunbam”

Combines contradictory ideas of 'sugamana' (pleasurable) and 'thunbam' (pain/distress) to depict the sweet anguish of love.

Metaphor

“En nenja kulathil Pon kallai erinthaall”

Compares the protagonist's heart to a pond and the heroine's arrival to throwing a golden stone into it.

Hyperbole

“Ainthu nimidangal Avalodu vaazhnthaal Vazhvu maranathai vellum”

Exaggerates that living just five minutes with the beloved empowers life to overcome death itself.

Cosmic Imagery / Metaphor

“Paal vanna nilaveduthu Paarkadalil palamurai salavai seithu”

Envisions the creation of the heroine as taking the milky moon and laundering it in the cosmic ocean of milk.

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Trivia

The song is from the 1999 Tamil movie Jodi directed by Praveen Gandhi. The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman, adapted from his original Hindi tunes in the movie Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, featuring lyrics by Vairamuthu.

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