Thekkathi Pakkathu Kaathu
From Annai En Deivam · 1986
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Shailaja
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Details
- Annai En Deivam1986
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu | The southern breeze from the south side |
| Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu | Touched it and made the bud bloom |
| Thallaattam podumpothu | When it sways rhythmically |
| Themmaangu paadumpothu | When it sings a folk melody |
| Allattaa killattaa saethth | Gathering lily and parrot together |
| Female | |
| Thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu | The southern breeze from the south side |
| Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu | Touched it and made the bud bloom |
| Thallaattam podumpothu | When it sways rhythmically |
| Themmaangu paadumpothu | When it sings a folk melody |
| Allaiyaa killaiyyaa saeththu | Gathering lily and parrot together |
| Male | |
| Naan pudichcha mayilae | Oh peacock that I caught |
| Female :Aahhah | Female: Aahhah |
| Male :Poo mudicha kuyilae | Male: Oh cuckoo wearing flowers |
| Female :Aahhah | Female: Aahhah |
| Male :Vanthaalenna senthaamara | Male: Why don't you come, red lotus |
| Thanneerilae neeraada | To bathe in the water? |
| Female | |
| Naal muzhukka enakku | Throughout the day, for me |
| Male :Aah | Male: Aah |
| Female :Un nenappu irukku | Female: Thoughts of you remain |
| Male :Aahah | Male: Aahah |
| Female :Unnaalathaan raaththookkamae | Female: Only because of you, without night's sleep |
| Illaamththaan naan vaada | I am wilting away |
| Male | |
| Vannakkodi ennappadi | Oh colorful creeper, as you wished |
| Vanthirukkaen kaiyai pudi | I have come, hold my hand |
| Female :Mella thodu mella thodu | Female: Touch gently, touch gently |
| Aa maththathellaam sollikkodu | Ah, teach me all the rest |
| Male :Naan sengarumbu villeduththu | Male: Taking a bow made of red sugarcane |
| Ambugalai thoduppaen | I shall shoot arrows of love |
| Female | |
| Thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu | The southern breeze from the south side |
| Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu | Touched it and made the bud bloom |
| Male :Thallaattam podumpothu | Male: When it sways rhythmically |
| Themmaangu paadumpothu | When it sings a folk melody |
| Allattaa killattaa saethth | Gathering lily and parrot together |
| Male | |
| Moongililae panithaan | The dew on the bamboo |
| Female :Aahhaa | Female: Aahhaa |
| Male :Thoongum sugam thanithaan | Male: The pleasure of sleeping is unique |
| Female :Aahhaa | Female: Aahhaa |
| Male :Pulveliyil unnodu naan | Male: With you on the grassy lawn |
| Palli kolla koodaatha | Can't I lie down and rest? |
| Female | |
| Paai virukkum pozhuthu | When spreading the mat |
| Male :Aah | Male: Aah |
| Female :Paatteduththu ezhuthu | Female: Write a poem about it |
| Male :Aahah | Male: Aahah |
| Female :Kannaalanthaan kannaalaththaan | Female: Only my lover, through his gaze |
| Chinna ponnu vaadaathaa | Doesn't this young girl wither? |
| Male | |
| Panguniyil chiththiraiyil | In the month of Panguni or Chithirai |
| Panthalukku vanthiduvaen | I will come to the marriage pandal |
| Female :Panthalkku vanthavudal | Female: As soon as I reach the wedding pandal |
| Aa paakkiyellam thanthiduvaen | Ah, I will give you all the rest |
| Male :Un neththiyilae maththiyilae | Male: Right in the middle of your forehead |
| Kungumaththa iduvaen | I will place the red kumkum |
| Male | |
| Thekkaththi aa thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu | The southern breeze from the south side |
| Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu | Touched it and made the bud bloom |
| Female :Thallaattam podumpothu | Female: When it sways rhythmically |
| Male :Aah | Male: Aah |
| Female :Themmaangu paadumpothu | Female: When it sings a folk melody |
| Allaiyaa killaiyyaa saeththu | Gathering lily and parrot together |
| Male :Allattaa killattaa saethth | Male: Gathering lily and parrot together |
தெக்கத்தி பக்கத்து காத்து
தொட்டுத்தான் மொட்டுத்தான் பூத்து
தள்ளாட்டம் போடும்போது
தெம்மாங்கு பாடும்போது
அள்ளட்டா கிள்ளட்டா சேத்து
The southern breeze from the south side
Touched it and made the bud bloom
When it sways rhythmically
When it sings a folk melody
Gathering lily and parrot together
தெக்கத்தி பக்கத்து காத்து
தொட்டுத்தான் மொட்டுத்தான் பூத்து
தள்ளாட்டம் போடும்போது
தெம்மாங்கு பாடும்போது
அள்ளையா கிள்ளைய்யா சேத்து
The southern breeze from the south side
Touched it and made the bud bloom
When it sways rhythmically
When it sings a folk melody
Gathering lily and parrot together
நான் புடிச்ச மயிலே
ஆஹாஹ்
பூ முடிச்ச குயிலே
ஆஹாஹ்
வந்தாலென்ன செந்தாமர
தண்ணீரிலே நீராட
Oh peacock that I caught
Female: Aahhah
Male: Oh cuckoo wearing flowers
Female: Aahhah
Male: Why don't you come, red lotus
To bathe in the water?
நாள் முழுக்க எனக்கு
ஆஹ்
உன் நெனப்பு இருக்கு
ஆஹாஹ்
உன்னாலத்தான் ராத்தூக்கமே
இல்லாமத்தான் நான் வாட
Throughout the day, for me
Male: Aah
Female: Thoughts of you remain
Male: Aahah
Female: Only because of you, without night's sleep
I am wilting away
வண்ணக்கொடி எண்ணப்படி
வந்திருக்கேன் கையைப் புடி
மெல்லத் தொடு மெல்லத் தொடு
ஆ மத்ததெல்லாம் சொல்லிக்கொடு
நான் செங்கரும்பு வில்லெடுத்து
அம்புகளை தொடுப்பேன்....
Oh colorful creeper, as you wished
I have come, hold my hand
Female: Touch gently, touch gently
Ah, teach me all the rest
Male: Taking a bow made of red sugarcane
I shall shoot arrows of love
தெக்கத்தி ஆ தெக்கத்திபக்கத்து காத்து
தொட்டுத்தான் மொட்டுத்தான் பூத்து
தள்ளாட்டம் போடும்போது
தெம்மாங்கு பாடும்போது
அள்ளட்டா கிள்ளட்டா சேத்து
The southern breeze from the south side
Touched it and made the bud bloom
Male: When it sways rhythmically
When it sings a folk melody
Gathering lily and parrot together
மூங்கிலிலே பனிதான்
ஆஹ்ஹா
தூங்கும் சுகம் தனிதான்
ஆஹ்ஹா
புல்வெளியில் உன்னோடு நான்
பள்ளிக் கொள்ள கூடாதா
The dew on the bamboo
Female: Aahhaa
Male: The pleasure of sleeping is unique
Female: Aahhaa
Male: With you on the grassy lawn
Can't I lie down and rest?
பாய் விரிக்கும் பொழுது
ஆஹ்
பாட்டெடுத்து எழுது
ஆஹாஹ்
கண்ணாளந்தான் கண்ணாலத்தான்
சின்னப் பொண்ணு வாடாதா
When spreading the mat
Male: Aah
Female: Write a poem about it
Male: Aahah
Female: Only my lover, through his gaze
Doesn't this young girl wither?
பங்குனியில் சித்திரையில்
பந்தலுக்கு வந்திடுவேன்
பந்தலுக்கு வந்தவுடன்
ஆ பாக்கியெல்லாம் தந்திடுவேன்
உன் நெத்தியிலே மத்தியிலே
குங்குமத்த இடுவேன்.....
In the month of Panguni or Chithirai
I will come to the marriage pandal
Female: As soon as I reach the wedding pandal
Ah, I will give you all the rest
Male: Right in the middle of your forehead
I will place the red kumkum
தெக்கத்தி ஆ தெக்கத்திபக்கத்து காத்து
தொட்டுத்தான் மொட்டுத்தான் பூத்து
தள்ளாட்டம் போடும்போது
ஆஹ்
தெம்மாங்கு பாடும்போது
அள்ளையா கிள்ளைய்யா சேத்து
அள்ளட்டா கிள்ளட்டா சேத்து
The southern breeze from the south side
Touched it and made the bud bloom
Female: When it sways rhythmically
Male: Aah
Female: When it sings a folk melody
Gathering lily and parrot together
Male: Gathering lily and parrot together
..............................
Thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu
The southern breeze from the south side
Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu
Touched it and made the bud bloom
Thallaattam podumpothu
When it sways rhythmically
Themmaangu paadumpothu
When it sings a folk melody
Allattaa killattaa saethth
Gathering lily and parrot together
Thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu
The southern breeze from the south side
Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu
Touched it and made the bud bloom
Thallaattam podumpothu
When it sways rhythmically
Themmaangu paadumpothu
When it sings a folk melody
Allaiyaa killaiyyaa saeththu
Gathering lily and parrot together
Naan pudichcha mayilae
Oh peacock that I caught
Female :Aahhah
Female: Aahhah
Male :Poo mudicha kuyilae
Male: Oh cuckoo wearing flowers
Female :Aahhah
Female: Aahhah
Male :Vanthaalenna senthaamara
Male: Why don't you come, red lotus
Thanneerilae neeraada
To bathe in the water?
Naal muzhukka enakku
Throughout the day, for me
Male :Aah
Male: Aah
Female :Un nenappu irukku
Female: Thoughts of you remain
Male :Aahah
Male: Aahah
Female :Unnaalathaan raaththookkamae
Female: Only because of you, without night's sleep
Illaamththaan naan vaada
I am wilting away
Vannakkodi ennappadi
Oh colorful creeper, as you wished
Vanthirukkaen kaiyai pudi
I have come, hold my hand
Female :Mella thodu mella thodu
Female: Touch gently, touch gently
Aa maththathellaam sollikkodu
Ah, teach me all the rest
Male :Naan sengarumbu villeduththu
Male: Taking a bow made of red sugarcane
Ambugalai thoduppaen
I shall shoot arrows of love
Thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu
The southern breeze from the south side
Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu
Touched it and made the bud bloom
Male :Thallaattam podumpothu
Male: When it sways rhythmically
Themmaangu paadumpothu
When it sings a folk melody
Allattaa killattaa saethth
Gathering lily and parrot together
Moongililae panithaan
The dew on the bamboo
Female :Aahhaa
Female: Aahhaa
Male :Thoongum sugam thanithaan
Male: The pleasure of sleeping is unique
Female :Aahhaa
Female: Aahhaa
Male :Pulveliyil unnodu naan
Male: With you on the grassy lawn
Palli kolla koodaatha
Can't I lie down and rest?
Paai virukkum pozhuthu
When spreading the mat
Male :Aah
Male: Aah
Female :Paatteduththu ezhuthu
Female: Write a poem about it
Male :Aahah
Male: Aahah
Female :Kannaalanthaan kannaalaththaan
Female: Only my lover, through his gaze
Chinna ponnu vaadaathaa
Doesn't this young girl wither?
Panguniyil chiththiraiyil
In the month of Panguni or Chithirai
Panthalukku vanthiduvaen
I will come to the marriage pandal
Female :Panthalkku vanthavudal
Female: As soon as I reach the wedding pandal
Aa paakkiyellam thanthiduvaen
Ah, I will give you all the rest
Male :Un neththiyilae maththiyilae
Male: Right in the middle of your forehead
Kungumaththa iduvaen
I will place the red kumkum
Thekkaththi aa thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu
The southern breeze from the south side
Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu
Touched it and made the bud bloom
Female :Thallaattam podumpothu
Female: When it sways rhythmically
Male :Aah
Male: Aah
Female :Themmaangu paadumpothu
Female: When it sings a folk melody
Allaiyaa killaiyyaa saeththu
Gathering lily and parrot together
Male :Allattaa killattaa saethth
Male: Gathering lily and parrot together
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
'Thekkaththi Pakkaththu Kaaththu' is a romantic Tamil folk song from the 1986 film 'Annai En Deivam', penned by Vaali. The lyrics make extensive use of pastoral imagery—cool southern wind, blooming flower buds, dew drops on bamboo leaves, and singing cuckoos—to capture the playful romance and deep affection shared between two lovers. The couple playfully exchanges flirtatious lines, expressing restless sleepless nights, yearning for each other's touch, and dreaming of their upcoming wedding in the Tamil months of Panguni or Chithirai, culminating in the sacred ritual of placing kumkum on the bride's forehead.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monnai (Initial Alliteration)
“Thekkaththi pakkaththu kaaththu / Thottuththaan mottuththaan pooththu”
Repetition of initial consonant sound 'Th' in consecutive lines: 'Thekkaththi', 'Thottuththaan', 'Thallaattam', 'Themmaangu'.
Uruvagam (Metaphor)
“Naan sengarumbu villeduththu / Ambugalai thoduppaen”
The hero metaphorically compares himself to Kamadeva (the god of love) wielding a bow made of red sugarcane ('sengarumbu villu') to shoot love arrows.
Nature Imagery
“Moongililae panithaan / Thoongum sugam thanithaan”
Use of rural Tamil landscape imagery such as 'Moongililae panithaan' (dew on bamboo) and 'senthaamara Thanneerilae' (red lotus water) to evoke sensory romantic feelings.
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Trivia
Annai En Deivam (1986) features actor Vijayakanth in the lead role, and the song incorporates traditional southern Tamil Nadu 'Themmaangu' folk rhythms, famously stylized by lyricist Vaali using native rural idioms.
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