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Thittam Poda Theriyala Kolamaavu Kokila (CoCo)

From Kolamavu Kokila (CoCo) · 2018

Lyricist
Vignesh Shivan
Singer
Anirudh Ravichander
Music director
Anirudh Ravichander
Movie name
Kolamavu Kokila (CoCo)
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
12 Jun 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Thittam poda theriyala
Bayapada pudikkala
Theeyinu therinjum
Thalli poga mudiyala
Vera vazhi theriyala
Nalla vazhi kidaikala
Avalukku onnu na thaan
Thappum thappilla
Kanavellaam varavilla
En kanna mooda thunivilla
Kadavula tholla panni
Kadhara theriyala
Edhu sari puriyala
Inga thappu edhu theriyala
Valaiyura neliyura aala
Porandhu tholayuren
Vali thaangala adhanaala
Vera vazhiyae illa
Vali thaangala adhanaala
Vera vazhiyae illa
Vali thaangala
Vali thaanga ini thembae illa
Avalukku onnu na thaan
Thappum thappilla
Uyir pogala
Adhu irukkum varaikkum kavala illa
Uyir pogala
Adhu irukkum varaikkum kavala illa
Uyir pogala
Adha thavara vera theva illa
Valaiyura neliyura aala
Porandhu tholayuren
Yaarumae pogatha
Thooramae theriyadha
Otrai adi padhai
Onnu therndheduthenae
Moodavae mudiyatha
Aalamum theriyadha
Kuli onnil ennai naanae
Thalli vittenae
Ellarukkum vaanam
Nallarukkum bothu
Ellarukkum vaanam
Nallarukkum bothu
Naan paakumbothu mattum
Karuthu pogudhae
Mazhai kooda venam
Sinna thooral podhum
Edho oru velicham thedi
Muzhichi irukkenae
Vali thaangala adhanaala
Vera vazhiyae illa
Vali thaangala adhanaala
Vera vazhiyae illa
Vali thaangala
Vali thaanga ini thembae illa
Avalukku onnu na thaan
Thappum thappilla
Uyir pogala
Adhu irukkum varaikkum kavala illa
Uyir pogala
Adhu irukkum varaikkum kavala illa
Uyir pogala
Adha thavara vera theva illa
Valaiyura neliyura aala
Porandhu tholayuren
Thittam poda theriyala
Bayapada pudikkala
Theeyinu therinjum
Thalli poga mudiyala
Vera vazhi theriyala
Nalla vazhi kidaikala
Avalukku onnu na thaan
Thappum thappilla
I don't know how to plan,
I don't like living in fear.
Even knowing it is fire,
I can't walk away.
I don't see any other way,
no good path opened for me.
If something happens to her,
even doing wrong is not wrong.
No dreams come to me,
I don't have the courage to close my eyes.
To bother God and
cry out for help, I don't know how.
I don't understand what is right,
I don't know what is wrong here.
As someone who must bend and squirm,
I curse this life I was born into.
The pain is unbearable, so
there is no other way.
The pain is unbearable, so
there is no other way.
I can't bear the pain,
I have no strength left to endure it.
If something happens to her,
even doing wrong is not wrong.
Life hasn't left me, and as long
as it remains, I have no worries.
Life hasn't left me, and as long
as it remains, I have no worries.
Life hasn't left me,
and other than that, I need nothing.
As someone who must bend and squirm,
I curse this life I was born into.
Where no one has ever walked,
whose end is out of sight,
a narrow single-track path—
that is what I chose.
A pit that can never be closed,
with a depth completely unknown,
into such a pit,
I pushed myself.
When for everyone else
the sky is bright and clear,
when for everyone else
the sky is bright and clear,
only when I look up at it,
does it turn pitch dark.
I don't even need rain,
a tiny drizzle is enough.
Searching for some glimmer of light,
I stay wide awake.
The pain is unbearable, so
there is no other way.
The pain is unbearable, so
there is no other way.
I can't bear the pain,
I have no strength left to endure it.
If something happens to her,
even doing wrong is not wrong.
Life hasn't left me, and as long
as it remains, I have no worries.
Life hasn't left me, and as long
as it remains, I have no worries.
Life hasn't left me,
and other than that, I need nothing.
As someone who must bend and squirm,
I curse this life I was born into.
I don't know how to plan,
I don't like living in fear.
Even knowing it is fire,
I can't walk away.
I don't see any other way,
no good path opened for me.
If something happens to her,
even doing wrong is not wrong.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song expresses the desperation and inner conflict of a protagonist pushed into a corner by circumstance. Facing severe hardships and family crisis, the protagonist feels forced to take a perilous, illegal path despite knowing the grave dangers involved. The lyrics highlight a sense of helplessness where conventional morality fades, asserting that doing wrong becomes permissible if it means protecting a loved one's life.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Theeyinu therinjum

Comparing danger and severe consequences to 'Theeyinu' (fire) and an inescapable predicament to 'Kuli' (pit).

Edhugai (Second-letter rhyme)

Ellarukkum vaanam / Nallarukkum bothu

The second consonant sound 'll' matches across 'Ellarukkum' and 'Nallarukkum'.

Iyaibu (End rhyme)

Thittam poda theriyala / Bayapada pudikkala

Ending lines with similar rhyming sounds like 'theriyala', 'pudikkala', and 'mudiyala'.

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Trivia

This track is part of the soundtrack for the dark comedy film 'Kolamaavu Kokila' (2018), composed by Anirudh Ravichander and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, starring Nayanthara as a young woman forced into drug smuggling to pay for her mother's cancer treatment.

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