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Lyrics & meaning

Thikki Thikki

From Album Songs 2023 · 2023

Lyricist
Chellapandi
Singers
Naga Arjun, Sweetha Kannan
Music director
Jejendra Kumar
Details
Album Songs 20232023

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Laylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay layLaylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay lay
Laylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay layLaylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay lay
Male
Thikki thikkiStuttering and stammering
En kadhaala solvenI will express my love
Vikki vikkiHiccuping and sobbing
Adha ninappayaaWill you think of that?
Male
Sikki sikkiTrapped and entangled
Naan thavikiren meenaI writhe like a fish
Thoondil pottuCasting a hook
Enna pudichalaeShe caught me
Male
Thikki thikkiStuttering and stammering
En kadhaala solvenI will express my love
Vikki vikkiHiccuping and sobbing
Adha ninappayaaWill you think of that?
Male
Sikki sikkiTrapped and entangled
Naan thavikiren meenaI writhe like a fish
Thoondil pottuCasting a hook
Enna pudichalaeShe caught me
Male
Vaayasukoo varambu ulladhuAge has its limit
Adhu theduthu kaadhalaeIt searches for love
Valiengum unarvu ulladhuThere is feeling all over the pain
Adhu kooruthu kaadhalaeIt speaks of love
Male
Laylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay layLaylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay lay
Laylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay layLaylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay lay
Male
Avakuda pesi palaganumI want to talk to her and get acquainted
Ava tholil thalaya saikkanumI want to lean my head on her shoulder
Anbalae kovil kattuven nanae vaaI myself will build a temple out of love, come
Adhil nee enakku sammiyaeIn that, you are my deity
Neethanae vaaYou are the one, come
Male
Kanvula kaalam kadathurenI am passing time in dreams
Kanava kalachi meetukadiShatter the dream and rescue me
Vali irunthum veliya maraikkirenThough there is pain, I hide it outside
Enna purinchikadiPlease understand me
Male
Unnodu araigal vaazhanumI want to live in rooms with you
Kalyana kanavu adhuThat is a dream of marriage
Solladha aasa adakka munnaBefore suppressing unsaid desires
Enna allikadiEmbrace me tightly
Female
Laylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay layLaylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay lay
Laylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay layLaylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay lay
Female
Azhagae unna paarthida vaarenMy beauty, I am coming to see you
Parva kodudaGive me a look
Uyirae unna thalli thalli ponaMy life, if you push me away and go
Nenjam adhu enaa sudundaWhy does my heart burn so much?
Female
Kanava enna kalachittu ponaIf you shatter my dreams and leave
Ninaivil varuvenI will come in your memories
Ninaivil enna maranthuttu ponaIf you forget me in your memories
Usura muduchiEnding my life
Mannil marainthuduven naanI will disappear into the earth
Male
Laylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay layLaylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay lay
Laylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay layLaylay lay lay lay lay lay laylay lay
Male
Thikki thikkiStuttering and stammering
En kadhaala solvenI will express my love
Vikki vikkiHiccuping and sobbing
Adha ninappayaaWill you think of that?
Male
Sikki sikkiTrapped and entangled
Naan thavikiren meenaI writhe like a fish
Thoondil pottuCasting a hook
Enna pudichalaeShe caught me
Male
Thikki thikkiStuttering and stammering
En kadhaala solvenI will express my love
Vikki vikkiHiccuping and sobbing
Adha ninappayaaWill you think of that?
Male
Sikki sikkiTrapped and entangled
Naan thavikiren meenaI writhe like a fish
Thoondil pottuCasting a hook
Enna pudichalaeShe caught me
Male
Vaayasukoo varambu ulladhuAge has its limit
Adhu theduthu kaadhalaeIt searches for love
Valiengum unarvu ulladhuThere is feeling all over the pain
Adhu kooruthu kaadhalaeIt speaks of love

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

Thikki Thikki is an emotionally charged Tamil independent song that captures the vulnerability and intensity of young love. The protagonist describes how love renders him helpless, causing him to stutter and feel caught like a fish on a hook. He longs to build a life with his beloved, treating her like a goddess in a temple of love, and begs her to understand his silent pain and affection.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edukai and Monai (Alliteration and Internal Rhyme)

Thikki thikki... Vikki vikki... Sikki sikki

Repetitive rhythmic words like 'Thikki thikki', 'Vikki vikki', and 'Sikki sikki' create a melodic and rhyming cadence that mirrors the protagonist's stuttering excitement.

Simile (Uvamaani)

Naan thavikiren meena Thoondil pottu Enna pudichalae

The speaker compares his helpless state in love to a fish caught on a hook.

Metaphor (Uruvagandhu)

Anbalae kovil kattuven nanae vaa Adhil nee enakku sammiyae

Love is equated to a temple where the beloved is worshipped as a deity.

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Trivia

Released in 2023, 'Thikki Thikki' is a contemporary Tamil album track composed by Jejendra Kumar with lyrics by Chellapandi. It gained popularity on social media platforms for its catchy rhythmic refrain 'Thikki thikki' and relatable themes of romantic longing.

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