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Theekari

From Dasara · 2022

Lyricist
Vivek
Singer
Santhosh Narayanan
Music director
Santhosh Narayanan
Movie name
Dasara
Movie release year
2022
Lyrics added on
21 Jan 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Theekaari dhooram aakuriyaadi
Thadumaara vittu paakuriyaadi
Unakkaaga kannu verkuranedi
Oruvaatti yennu kekkuriyaadi
Nethu naan paathanae
Indha kaayamillaye
Nenja thottu paathanae
Sevappu saayamillayae
Ulla ninnu pochudi
Pechu moochu illaye
Satham kekkudhaannu
Thottu paaka neeyum illayae
Theekaari dhooram aakuriyaadi
Thadumaara vittu paakuriyaadi
En kili nee illayae
Unma suttaalum
Unna nenju thedum
Buthiyae illaamalae
Uravaada vandha
En nenappu varum
Paasamaa vandhava
Paadhiyil parakkuraa
Kaathula uyir aadudhae
Kannerula kaalam pogudhae
Manam saaya edam thedudhae
Vettu patta rekka pola
Sirippo thara kotta kotta
Katti vacha nyabagathil
Onnu rendu ratham sotta
Un muttu katta thedi
Naan enna kolli vaikka
Un manasu mattum vaazhattum
Manasum illa madiyum illa
Idhukku mela valiyum illa
Puzhudhiyaaga porandha jeevan naanae
Fiery girl, are you pushing me away?
Are you leaving me to stumble and watching?
My eyes sweat with tears for you,
won't you ask me why, even once?
Just yesterday I checked,
this wound was not there.
I touched my chest and felt,
there was no stain of red.
Inside, everything has stopped,
there is no breath, no word.
To check if any heartbeat is heard,
you are not here to touch and feel.
Fiery girl, are you pushing me away?
Are you leaving me to stumble and watching?
You are not my little bird anymore,
and even though the truth burns,
my heart keeps searching for you,
without any sense at all.
When love comes close to connect,
thoughts of you come rushing in.
The one who came with so much love
flies away halfway through.
My life wavers in the wind,
and time slips away in tears.
My heart searches for a place to rest,
like a severed wing.
While laughter spills across the ground,
from the bundled-up memories,
a drop or two still bleeds.
Searching for the barriers you set,
why should I set myself on fire?
May your heart alone live happily,
I have no heart left, nor a lap to rest on,
there is no pain beyond this.
I am just a soul born as dust.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song captures the profound anguish of heartbreaking separation and grief. The protagonist feels completely shattered as the woman he loved drifts away, leaving him to crumble in pain. He describes his inner state as being lifeless, where his heart feels wounded without physical marks and his life quivers fragilely like a flame or leaf in the wind. Despite the agonizing reality, his heart still longs for her, even while resigning himself to a fate of utter insignificance and despair.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Unakkaaga kannu verkuranedi

'Kannu verkuranedi' metaphors tears as the eyes sweating due to intense emotional stress.

Simile

Vettu patta rekka pola

'Vettu patta rekka pola' compares the protagonist's helpless state to a bird's severed wing.

Metaphor

Puzhudhiyaaga porandha jeevan naanae

'Puzhudhiyaaga porandha jeevan naanae' metaphors the protagonist's fragile existence as mere dust.

Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Thadumaara vittu paakuriyaadi

The second consonant sound 'dhu' (thadumaara / dhooram) forms rhythmic harmony.

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Trivia

This track is featured in the Tamil dub of the 2023 period action-drama film 'Dasara', starring Nani and Keerthy Suresh. Composed by Santhosh Narayanan with lyrics penned by Vivek, the song reflects the raw emotional turning point of the protagonist's character arc.

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