Thodu Thodu Vaa Mella
From Dharma Devathai · 1986
- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki
- Music director
- Raveendran
- Details
- Dharma Devathai1986
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Aa… aa… | Ah... ah... |
| Male | |
| Aa… aa… aa… aa… | Ah... ah... ah... ah... |
| Female | |
| Ha… aa… aa… aa…aa | Ha... ah... ah... ah... ah |
| Ha… aa… aa… aa… aa.. | Ha... ah... ah... ah... ah.. |
| Male :Aa… aa… aa… aa… … | Male: Ah... ah... ah... ah... |
| Female :Ha… aa… haa… aa… haa.. aa | Female: Ha... ah... ha... ah... ha... ah |
| Thodu thodu vaa mella | Come slowly and touch me |
| Thoda thoda naan thulla | As you touch, I leap with joy |
| Nee theendum podhu | When you touch me |
| Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu | My nerves perform new dances |
| Male | |
| Thodu thodu vaa mella | Come slowly and touch me |
| Thoda thoda naan thulla | As you touch, I leap with joy |
| Nee theendum podhu | When you touch me |
| Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu | My nerves perform new dances |
| Female | |
| Thodu thodu vaa mella | Come slowly and touch me |
| Male :Thoda thoda naan thulla | Male: As you touch, I leap with joy |
| Female | |
| Yaavumae nee solli solli thaa | Teach me everything by speaking it to me |
| Male :Thaevaiyai nee alli alli thaa | Male: Hand over all my needs generously |
| Female | |
| Vaalibam yen kollai ittadho | Why has youth looted us like this? |
| Male :Aasaigal sol yaarai vittadho | Male: Tell me, whom have desires ever spared? |
| Female | |
| Oruvarai oruvar urasum nilai idhu | This is a state where we brush against each other |
| Male :Iruvarum ulagai marakkum nilai idhu | Male: This is a state where both of us forget the world |
| Female | |
| Ammammaa appappaa | Oh my goodness, oh my! |
| Angangae anubhavam pudhidho | Is every experience here so entirely new? |
| Male | |
| Thodu thodu vaa mella | Come slowly and touch me |
| Thoda thoda naan thulla | As you touch, I leap with joy |
| Nee theendum podhu | When you touch me |
| Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu | My nerves perform new dances |
| Female | |
| Thodu thodu vaa mella | Come slowly and touch me |
| Thoda thoda naan thulla | As you touch, I leap with joy |
| Male | |
| Aalilai un angam allavaa | Isn't your body like a tender banyan leaf? |
| Female :Nee adhil or kannan allavaa | Female: Aren't you like Lord Krishna resting on it? |
| Male | |
| Maangani thaen sotta sotta thaan | Like a sweet mango dripping with honey |
| Female :Aan kili nee kotha kotha thaan | Female: As you, the male parrot, peck at it |
| Male | |
| Nerungi vaa vishayam | Come close, there is a lot of matter |
| Niraiya irukkudhu | There are so many things to share |
| Female | |
| Vara vara vivaram | Gradually the reality of it all |
| Enakkum puriyudhu | Is becoming clear to me too |
| Male | |
| Naan aada nee aada | As I dance and as you dance |
| Aanandham abinayam idhuvo | Is this an expressive dance of pure bliss? |
| Female | |
| Haa thodu thodu vaa mella | Ha, come slowly and touch me |
| Thoda thoda naan thulla | As you touch, I leap with joy |
| Nee theendum podhu | When you touch me |
| Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu | My nerves perform new dances |
| Male | |
| Thodu thodu vaa mella | Come slowly and touch me |
| Thoda thoda naan thulla | As you touch, I leap with joy |
| Nee theendum podhu | When you touch me |
| Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu | My nerves perform new dances |
| Female | |
| Thodu thodu vaa mella | Come slowly and touch me |
| Male :Thoda thoda naan thulla | Male: As you touch, I leap with joy |
ஆ....ஆ.....
Ah... ah...
ஆ....ஆ....ஆ.....ஆ.....
Ah... ah... ah... ah...
ஹ....ஆ...ஆ...ஆ...ஆ....
ஹ....ஆ...ஆ...ஆ...ஆ....
ஆ....ஆ...ஆ....ஆ....
ஹ....ஆ.....ஹா....ஆ....ஹா....ஆ....
தொடுத் தொடு வா மெல்ல
தொடத் தொட நான் துள்ள
நீ தீண்டும் போது
நரம்புகள் புது நடனங்கள் புரியுது
Ha... ah... ah... ah... ah
Ha... ah... ah... ah... ah..
Male: Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Female: Ha... ah... ha... ah... ha... ah
Come slowly and touch me
As you touch, I leap with joy
When you touch me
My nerves perform new dances
தொடுத் தொடு வா மெல்ல
தொடத் தொட நான் துள்ள
நீ தீண்டும் போது
நரம்புகள் புது நடனங்கள் புரியுது
Come slowly and touch me
As you touch, I leap with joy
When you touch me
My nerves perform new dances
தொடுத் தொடு வா மெல்ல
தொடத் தொட நான் துள்ள
Come slowly and touch me
Male: As you touch, I leap with joy
யாவுமே நீ சொல்லிச் சொல்லித் தா
தேவையை நீ அள்ளி அள்ளித் தா
Teach me everything by speaking it to me
Male: Hand over all my needs generously
வாலிபம் ஏன் கொள்ளை இட்டதோ
ஆசைகள் சொல் யாரை விட்டதோ
Why has youth looted us like this?
Male: Tell me, whom have desires ever spared?
ஒருவரை ஒருவர் உரசும் நிலை இது
இருவரும் உலகை மறக்கும் நிலை இது
This is a state where we brush against each other
Male: This is a state where both of us forget the world
அம்மம்மா அப்பப்பா
அங்கங்கே அனுபவம் புதிதோ
Oh my goodness, oh my!
Is every experience here so entirely new?
தொடுத் தொடு வா மெல்ல
தொடத் தொட நான் துள்ள
நீ தீண்டும் போது
நரம்புகள் புது நடனங்கள் புரியுது
Come slowly and touch me
As you touch, I leap with joy
When you touch me
My nerves perform new dances
தொடுத் தொடு வா மெல்ல
தொடத் தொட நான் துள்ள
Come slowly and touch me
As you touch, I leap with joy
ஆலிலை உன் அங்கம் அல்லவா
நீ அதில் ஓர் கண்ணன் அல்லவா
Isn't your body like a tender banyan leaf?
Female: Aren't you like Lord Krishna resting on it?
மாங்கனி தேன் சொட்டச் சொட்டத்தான்
ஆண் கிளி நீ கொத்தக் கொத்தத்தான்
Like a sweet mango dripping with honey
Female: As you, the male parrot, peck at it
நெருங்கி வா விஷயம்
நிறைய இருக்குது
Come close, there is a lot of matter
There are so many things to share
வர வர விவரம்
எனக்கும் புரியுது
Gradually the reality of it all
Is becoming clear to me too
நான் ஆட நீ ஆட
ஆனந்தம் அபினயம் இதுவோ
As I dance and as you dance
Is this an expressive dance of pure bliss?
ஹா தொடுத் தொடு வா மெல்ல....
தொடத் தொட நான் துள்ள
நீ தீண்டும் போது
நரம்புகள் புது நடனங்கள் புரியுது
Ha, come slowly and touch me
As you touch, I leap with joy
When you touch me
My nerves perform new dances
தொடுத் தொடு வா மெல்ல
தொடத் தொட நான் துள்ள
Come slowly and touch me
As you touch, I leap with joy
When you touch me
My nerves perform new dances
Come slowly and touch me
Male: As you touch, I leap with joy
Aa… aa…
Ah... ah...
Aa… aa… aa… aa…
Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Ha… aa… aa… aa…aa
Ha... ah... ah... ah... ah
Ha… aa… aa… aa… aa..
Ha... ah... ah... ah... ah..
Male :Aa… aa… aa… aa… …
Male: Ah... ah... ah... ah...
Female :Ha… aa… haa… aa… haa.. aa
Female: Ha... ah... ha... ah... ha... ah
Thodu thodu vaa mella
Come slowly and touch me
Thoda thoda naan thulla
As you touch, I leap with joy
Nee theendum podhu
When you touch me
Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu
My nerves perform new dances
Thodu thodu vaa mella
Come slowly and touch me
Thoda thoda naan thulla
As you touch, I leap with joy
Nee theendum podhu
When you touch me
Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu
My nerves perform new dances
Thodu thodu vaa mella
Come slowly and touch me
Male :Thoda thoda naan thulla
Male: As you touch, I leap with joy
Yaavumae nee solli solli thaa
Teach me everything by speaking it to me
Male :Thaevaiyai nee alli alli thaa
Male: Hand over all my needs generously
Vaalibam yen kollai ittadho
Why has youth looted us like this?
Male :Aasaigal sol yaarai vittadho
Male: Tell me, whom have desires ever spared?
Oruvarai oruvar urasum nilai idhu
This is a state where we brush against each other
Male :Iruvarum ulagai marakkum nilai idhu
Male: This is a state where both of us forget the world
Ammammaa appappaa
Oh my goodness, oh my!
Angangae anubhavam pudhidho
Is every experience here so entirely new?
Thodu thodu vaa mella
Come slowly and touch me
Thoda thoda naan thulla
As you touch, I leap with joy
Nee theendum podhu
When you touch me
Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu
My nerves perform new dances
Thodu thodu vaa mella
Come slowly and touch me
Thoda thoda naan thulla
As you touch, I leap with joy
Aalilai un angam allavaa
Isn't your body like a tender banyan leaf?
Female :Nee adhil or kannan allavaa
Female: Aren't you like Lord Krishna resting on it?
Maangani thaen sotta sotta thaan
Like a sweet mango dripping with honey
Female :Aan kili nee kotha kotha thaan
Female: As you, the male parrot, peck at it
Nerungi vaa vishayam
Come close, there is a lot of matter
Niraiya irukkudhu
There are so many things to share
Vara vara vivaram
Gradually the reality of it all
Enakkum puriyudhu
Is becoming clear to me too
Naan aada nee aada
As I dance and as you dance
Aanandham abinayam idhuvo
Is this an expressive dance of pure bliss?
Haa thodu thodu vaa mella
Ha, come slowly and touch me
Thoda thoda naan thulla
As you touch, I leap with joy
Nee theendum podhu
When you touch me
Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu
My nerves perform new dances
Thodu thodu vaa mella
Come slowly and touch me
Thoda thoda naan thulla
As you touch, I leap with joy
Nee theendum podhu
When you touch me
Narambugal pudhu nadanangal puriyudhu
My nerves perform new dances
Thodu thodu vaa mella
Come slowly and touch me
Male :Thoda thoda naan thulla
Male: As you touch, I leap with joy
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This sensual duet from 'Dharma Devathai' (1986) portrays two lovers expressing their deep passion and emotional excitement through physical proximity. The lyrics describe the electric thrill of a beloved's touch, which makes the nerves feel as though they are dancing with delight. The song explores the innocence, intensity, and mutual enchantment of youthful desire. Rich in mythology and nature imagery—such as Krishna resting on a banyan leaf and a parrot pecking at a honeyed mango—Vaali creates an alluring atmospheric piece celebrating love, expression, and absolute bliss.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukkuthodar (Repetition for emphasis)
“Thodu thodu vaa mella”
Words like 'Thodu thodu', 'solli solli', 'alli alli', and 'sotta sotta' are repeated consecutively to evoke rhythm, intensity, and deep sensation.
Mona (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Thodu thodu vaa mella / Thoda thoda naan thulla”
Matching initial consonant sounds ('Th') across paired lines to maintain poetic rhythm.
Uruvagam (Metaphor)
“Aalilai un angam allavaa / Nee adhil or kannan allavaa”
Comparing the female form to a banyan leaf ('Aalilai') and the male lover to Lord Krishna ('Kannan') resting upon it.
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Trivia
Dharma Devathai (1986) stars Vijayakanth and Radhika in the lead roles. The music for the film was composed by Malayalam composer Raveendran, making it one of his notable Tamil film soundtracks.
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