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Lyrics & meaning

Thaayai Thedi

From Richie · 2017

Lyricist
Vel Murugan
Singers
Vijay Yesudas, Shankar Mahadevan, CR Robby, Vani Harikrishna
Music director
Ajaneesh Loknath
Details
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Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Thaayai thedi.. vaasal paaththu..Searching for mother.. looking towards the entrance..
Naanum varum indha neram..At this time when I am coming..
Ennai neeyum.. yaaro endrae..Do not look at me.. as if I am a stranger..
Paarthidaadhae.. adhu saabam..Do not look at me that way.. that is a curse..
Male
Urakkamae illa kannilae..In these eyes that have no sleep..
Naan kedakkanum un anbilae..I wish to lie down bathed in your love..
En jeevan vaazhum..My life will endure..
Male
Uyira unavaakki..Turning your soul into food..
Enakku nee oottaFor you to feed me
Vaasal thaandi theruvilum..Beyond the doorstep and in the streets..
Engum thedi dhan naanum illaama..Searching everywhere, and with me gone..
Ponenae nenachu azhudiyaa..Did you weep thinking that I was gone?
Male
Nenjodudhan neraya..Deep inside your heart..
Naan thandhenae valiya..I gave you so much pain..
Innor vaaippu dhaan..If just one more chance..
Thandhaal naanum dhan..Is given to me..
Vaazhven naalumI will live forever
Nalla maganaai unakkae..As a good son to you..
Male
Udharudhae endhan kaalgalum..My legs are trembling..
Adha unarudha undhan kangalum..Do your eyes sense that?..
En sondha thaayae..ae….Oh my own mother..
Chorus
Naanum pona paadha..The path that I walked upon..
Kallum mullummaa..Was full of stones and thorns..
Ada iruttum thiruttummaa..Ah, filled with darkness and crime..
Oru vetta veliyil patta maramaLike a withered tree in an open wasteland
Makki ponenmaa..I rotted away, mother..
Chorus
Nanjaagi nindrenmaa..I stood tainted like poison, mother..
Naariya poovammaa..Like a flower that turned foul, mother..
Alaikadalil tholanja udalapolaLike a corpse lost in the tempestuous sea
Odhungi ponenmaa..I washed ashore, mother..
Female
Baaramae athu kuranjathae..That heavy burden has lightened now..
Male :Thaai paarkkavaeMale: Just to see my mother
Varam kedaichadhae..A boon has been granted..
Male & Female :En jeevan vaazhum..Male & Female: My life will endure..
Female
Aaaa….aaaa….aaa…..Aaaa….aaaa….aaa…..
Male :………………………………….(Vocalizing)
Female :………………………………….(Vocalizing)
Female
Kanaaa….aaa….Dream….aaa….
Male :Amaaaa…..aaaa….Male: Mother….aaaa….

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This emotional song from the film 'Richie' captures the deep remorse and longing of a son returning to his mother after wandering down a dark, crime-ridden path. Ashamed of his past actions, the protagonist pleads with his mother not to look at him as a stranger or a villain. He describes how his life crumbled like a withered tree in a barren land and a body lost at sea, acknowledging the immense pain he inflicted upon her heart. Despite his broken state, being in his mother's presence brings relief to his heavy heart. He desperately seeks a second chance to redeem himself and live as a good son, viewing the opportunity to see his mother once again as a divine blessing.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Uvamai)

Oru vetta veliyil patta marama

Compares the protagonist's ruined life to a withered tree in an open, barren field.

Simile (Uvamai)

Alaikadalil tholanja udalapola

Compares his feeling of helplessness and isolation to a lost body drifting ashore from a turbulent ocean.

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

Uyira unavaakki..

Metaphorically describes the mother turning her own life and soul into nourishment to feed her child.

Imagery (Kaatchi Uruvagamb)

Kallum mullummaa.. / Ada iruttum thiruttummaa..

Paints a vivid picture of a hard, treacherous life filled with pain and deceit through sensory words like stones, thorns, darkness, and theft.

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Trivia

Richie (2017) is an action crime drama film directed by Gautham Ramachandran, starring Nivin Pauly in his Tamil debut alongside Natarajan Subramaniam. The soundtrack was composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, marking his entry into Tamil cinema.

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