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Lyrics & meaning

Thikatta Thikatta Kadhalippom

From Aneethi · 2022

Lyricist
Na. Muthu Kumar
Singers
G. V. Prakash Kumar, Yamini Ghantasala
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Movie name
Aneethi
Movie release year
2022
Lyrics added on
11 Sept 2022

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Thigatta thigatta thigatta
Thigatta kaadhalippom
Hey hey hey hehehe hehe hey hey..(2)
Ilaigal thoongum iravil
Vizhigal vinmeenaaga
Anilgal aadum mundril
Viralgal veenai aaga
Hey hey hey hehehe hehe hey hey..
O iragai pole
Un Kural paranthu
Megathai mella urasa
Megam kanindha
Mazhai naal ondril
Kaadhal kavithai kirukka
Mazhai veyil vaasam kalandhu
Maarbinil oorugiraai
Maaya kadhavin pinnirunthu
Kaadhal kanavinai pesugirai
{Thaane thanne thaane thanne
Thaane thanne thaane
Thaane thanne thaane thanne
Thanenane thaane} (2)
Thigatta thigatta thigatta
Thigatta kaadhalippom
Theera pasiyudan
Erumbena thirigiraai
Endhan unarvinilae
Orayiram iravai urangaadhu
Thingiraai kanavilae
Yea yea yea ho
Both :Imaigalai mooduven
Vizhikullum iranguvaai
Karuvizhi theduven
Kanavilum uranguvaai
Thanenane thananane nanane…(4)
Endro partha
Pugaippada nyabagam
Nee en vizhiyinilae
Engo keta pudhu kural paadal
Endhan mozhiyinilae
Kaayangal maraikavum
Pudhu kaayangal pirakkavum
Pen vaasam theriyavum
Nee maayangal seigiraai
{Thigatta thigatta thigatta thigatta
Thigatta thigatta kaadhalippom} (2)
Over and over, until sweetness overflows,
let us love until our hearts are full.
Hey hey hey hehehe hehe hey hey...
On a night when the leaves are sleeping,
with our eyes shining like stars,
in the courtyard where squirrels play,
with our fingers strumming like a veena (lute),
Hey hey hey hehehe hehe hey hey...
Oh, like a feather,
your voice takes flight,
gently brushing against the clouds,
as the clouds grow heavy and soft,
on a rainy day,
to scribble love poems...
Blending the scents of rain and sunlight,
you creep gently into my chest.
Standing behind a magical door,
you talk of dreams of love.
Thaane thanne thaane thanne
Thaane thanne thaane
Thaane thanne thaane thanne
Thaanenane thaane
Over and over, until sweetness overflows,
let us love until our hearts are full.
With an endless hunger,
you wander like an ant
through all my feelings.
Without sleeping for a thousand nights,
you consume them in my dreams.
Ye ye ye ho
Both: If I close my eyelids,
you step right inside my eyes.
If I look into my eyes,
you are sleeping even in my dreams.
Thaanenane thananane nanane...
Like the memory of a photograph
seen long ago,
you stay in my eyes.
Like a new song heard somewhere,
you linger in my words.
To make old wounds heal,
to let new wounds be born,
to let the scent of a woman be felt,
you work your magic.
Over and over, until sweetness overflows,
let us love until our hearts are completely full.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Thigatta Thigatta is a lush, surreal romantic track from the movie Aneethi, composed and sung by G. V. Prakash Kumar alongside Yamini Ghantasala. The song articulates an overwhelming passion—a desire to love so intensely until one reaches saturation ('thigatta'), yet still longing for more. Through rich metaphors of nature, dreamscapes, rain, and tactile senses, the lyrics illustrate how love transforms everyday reality into magic.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai (Simile)

“O iragai pole”

Compares the lightness and floating nature of the lover's voice to a feather ('iragai pole').

Uvamai (Simile)

“Erumbena thirigiraai”

Compares the restless, persistent motion of the lover's presence inside thoughts to an ant ('erumbena').

Uruvagam (Metaphor)

“Vizhigal vinmeenaaga / Viralgal veenai aaga”

Metaphorically transforms eyes into stars and fingers into playing a veena.

Oxymoron / Paradox

“Mazhai veyil vaasam kalandhu”

Combines contrasting elements (rain and sunlight) to describe a complex sensory memory.

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Trivia

The song features lyrics written by the celebrated Tamil poet and lyricist Na. Muthukumar, who passed away in 2016. Director Vasanthabalan and composer G. V. Prakash Kumar used unreleased lyrics from Muthukumar's archive for Aneethi (2023), honoring their long-standing artistic partnership.

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