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Theekkoluthi

From Bison : Kaalamaadan · 2025

Lyricist
Mari Selvaraj
Singer
Nivas K. Prasanna
Music director
Nivas K. Prasanna
Movie name
Bison : Kaalamaadan
Movie release year
2025
Lyrics added on
12 Jul 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Thee mootti thee mootti
Nenjaankootta paththa vechcha
Kaattuppaechi nee kaattuppaechi nee
Thaalaatti thaalaatti
Pachchapulla yenga vechcha
Paattuppaechchi nee paattuppaechchi nee
Rasaththi un nenappu
Karuvakkaattu mullaachudi
Adi aaththi un siripu
Puliyaankaattu poovaachudi
Pora nee vaakkapaattu
Udanjen naan yekkaapattu
Marudhaani needhaandi
Manaselaam un niramdhaandi
Adiye podi…
Nee podi
Unna thedi enna thedi
En usurum odudhu
Udambo veguthu
Manjanathi adiye manjanathi
Nee theekkoluthi theekkoluthi
Theekkoluthi theekkoluthi
Adiye machi veettu mayile
En manasu podum maaraappu melae
Un paasam yeriyuthadi
Adhula en aasa thudikkuthadi
Adiye machi veettu mayile
Un thavippu podum thandaara osa
En kootta udaikkuthadi
Adhula un vaasam nuzhaikkuthadi
Un vaasam nuzhaikkuthadi
En kootta udaikkuthadi
En aasa vedikkuthadi
Un paasam yeriyuthadi
Un vaasam nuzhaikkuthadi
En kootta udaikkuthadi
En aasa vedikkuthadi
Un paasam yeriyuthadi
Pottuvacha en rathiname
Varanju vacha en sithirame
Poo mudichu nee pogaiyila
Thee pidichu naan saavurene
Thee pidichu naan saavurene
Thee pidichu naan saavurene
Nee malayeri pora
Naan mannodu poren
Nee karaiyeri pora
Naan kadalodu poren
Nee kaathoodu kaathaga
Kanavodu kanavaaga
Odiyodu oliyaaga
Valiyodu valiyaaga
Engeyoo pora
Engeyoo pora
Engeyoo pora
Raasathi un nenappu
Karuvakkaattu mullaachchudi
Adi aathithi un siripu
Puliyankaattu poovaachudi
Pora nee vaakkapaattu
Udanjen naan yekkaapattu
Marudhaani needhaandi
Manaselaam un niramdaandi
Adiye podi…
Nee podi
Unna thedi enna thedi
En usurum odudhu
Udambo veguthu
Manjanathi adiye manjanathi
Nee theekkoluthi theekkoluthi
Theekkoluthi thee thee theekkoluthi
Thee thee theekkoluthi
Adiye oththa sollu oyile
En manasu podum maaraappu melae
Un paasam yeriyuthadi
Adhula en aasa thudikkuthadi
Adiye oththa sollu oyile
Un thavippu podum thandaara osa
En kootta udaikkuthadi
Adhula un vaasam nuzhaikkuthadi
Un vaasam nuzhaikkuthadi
En kootta udaikkuthadi
En aasa thudikkuthadi
Un paasam yeriyuthadi
Un vaasam nuzhaikkuthadi
En kootta udaikkuthadi
Un paasam yeriyuthadi
En aasa thudikkuthadi…ye ye ye….
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Lighting a fire, lighting a fire,
You set my chest ablaze.
You wild spirit, oh wild spirit,
Singing lullabies, singing lullabies,
You left this innocent heart aching.
You song enchantress, oh song enchantress.
My princess, the thought of you
Wears wild jasmine from the thorny woods.
Oh goodness, your smile
Wears blooms from the tamarind grove.
You are leaving, married away to another,
And I broke apart in yearning.
You are like henna, girl,
My whole heart is stained in your color.
Oh girl, go on...
Just go.
Searching for you, searching for myself,
My soul is running away,
And my body is burning up.
Manjanathi (folk tree), oh Manjanathi,
You are a flame, setting fires,
Setting fires, setting fires.
Oh peacock of the upstairs home,
Over the veil cast across my heart,
Your love burns fiercely,
And inside it, my longing throbs.
Oh peacock of the upstairs home,
The ringing chime of your restless ache
Shatters the cage of my chest,
And your scent slips inside.
Your scent slips inside,
Shattering the cage of my chest.
My desire bursts open,
While your love burns on.
Your scent slips inside,
Shattering the cage of my chest.
My desire bursts open,
While your love burns on.
My adorned gem with a forehead mark,
My living portrait painted so fine,
As you walk away with flowers in your hair,
I catch fire and die inside.
I catch fire and die inside.
I catch fire and die inside.
You climb up the mountain and leave,
While I sink into the soil.
You reach the shore and walk away,
While I drift into the ocean.
Blending like wind into the wind,
Like a dream into a dream,
Like light blending into light,
Like pain joining with pain,
You are going somewhere far away,
Going somewhere far away,
Going somewhere far away.
My princess, the thought of you
Wears wild jasmine from the thorny woods.
Oh goodness, your smile
Wears blooms from the tamarind grove.
You are leaving, married away to another,
And I broke apart in yearning.
You are like henna, girl,
My whole heart is stained in your color.
Oh girl, go on...
Just go.
Searching for you, searching for myself,
My soul is running away,
And my body is burning up.
Manjanathi (folk tree), oh Manjanathi,
You are a flame, setting fires,
Setting fires, fire, fire, setting fires,
Fire, fire, setting fires.
Oh graceful girl of a single word,
Over the veil cast across my heart,
Your love burns fiercely,
And inside it, my longing throbs.
Oh graceful girl of a single word,
The ringing chime of your restless ache
Shatters the cage of my chest,
And your scent slips inside.
Your scent slips inside,
Shattering the cage of my chest.
My longing throbs inside,
While your love burns on.
Your scent slips inside,
Shattering the cage of my chest.
Your love burns on,
And my longing throbs inside... yeah yeah yeah...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Kaalamaadan from Mari Selvaraj's film Bison (composed and sung by Nivas K. Prasanna) is a deeply emotional, raw lamentation of heart-wrenching separation and agonizing love. The song portrays a lover grieving over his beloved being wedded away to another. Rich with vivid rustic imagery—such as the thorn of the babool grove, tamarind blossoms, henna, and the sacred Manjanathi tree—the lyrics articulate how memories of her affection and laughter burn through his soul like an uncontrollable flame. As she moves forward in life—symbolized by ascending mountains or stepping onto new shores—he feels himself sinking into the earth and dissolving into the ocean. The lover feels his very identity shattering, caught between painful longing, burning desire, and the inescapable grief of permanent loss.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Marudhaani needhaandi

The speaker compares the beloved to henna (marudhaani), which permanently stains skin red, symbolizing how her presence has permanently colored his entire heart and mind.

Contrast

Nee malayeri pora

Contrasts the beloved ascending a mountain (moving forward in life) with the speaker sinking into the earth (death/despair), visually illustrating their diverging fates.

Metaphor

Kaattuppaechi nee kaattuppaechi nee

Compares the beloved to a wild spirit of the forest (Kaattuppaechi), evoking a force of nature that has possessed and ignited passion within his soul.

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Trivia

Kaalamaadan features lyrics penned by director Mari Selvaraj himself, composed and performed by Nivas K. Prasanna for the film Bison (2025).

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