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Lyrics & meaning

Thottu Thottu Pesum Sultana

From Ethirum Pudhirum · 1999

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singers
Swarnalatha, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy
Music director
Vidyasagar
Movie name
Ethirum Pudhirum
Movie release year
1999
Lyrics added on
3 Jan 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Aaa….aaa…aaa….aaa….aa..
Aaa….aaa….aaa…aa…aa…pa dha maa
Oooooo………
Thottu thottu pesum sulthaana
Thottavudan nenjil thillaana
Thottu thottu pesum sulthaana
Thottavudan nenjil thillaana
Alli alli koduthaal kuraiyaathu
Palli kolla vaadi hey hey
Jaamathil tharuven vaaya
Sulthaanae sulthaanae sulthaanae…
Sulthaanae ….aaa….aaa…aa…
Thottu thottu pesum sulthaana
Thottavudan nenjil thillaana
Haaa….aaa…aa…haa…aa…haa…
Haa…aa…haa…aa…
Indha ilam kili pol
Sandhayilae enakku
Indruvarai sikkavillaiyae
Haaa….aa….aa…
En azhagai rusikka
En nerupai anaikka
Ilainjanum kittavillaiyae
Delhi ellaam thedi thedi
Unnai kandenae
Female :Paalil vizhum seeni pola
Ennai thandhenae
Aadai moodum jaadhi poovin
Angam paarthenae
Angae sorgam illai illai ingae paarthenae
Sulthaanae sulthaanae sulthaanae
Sulthaanae ….aaa….aaa…aa…
Thottu thottu pesum sulthaana
Thottavudan nenjil thillaana
Konji konji eduthu
Nenjil mella anaithu
Manadhai thirudi kondaai
Haa….aaa….aaa…
Puthagathil irukum yuthigalai paditha
Kaadhalikka pazhagi kondaai
Puthagathil illa inbam
Katru vaipomaa
Mutham thara idangalai kandu
Mutham vaipomaa
Aasai ennum amudha ootrilae
Aadi paarpomaa
Aanil pennai pennil aanai
Thedi thilaipomaa
Sulthaanae sulthaanae sulthaanae
Sulthaanae ….aaa….aaa…aa…
Thottu thottu pesum sulthaana
Thottavudan nenjil thillaana
Alli alli koduthaal kuraiyaathu
Palli kolla vaadi hey hey
Jaamathil tharuven vaaya
Sulthaanae sulthaanae sulthaanae…
Sulthaanae ….
Aa... aa... aa... aa... aa...
Aa... aa... aa... aa... aa... Pa Dha Ma
Oh... oh... oh...
Oh Sultana, who speaks with a tender touch,
My heart breaks into a joyful rhythm the moment you touch me!
Oh Sultana, who speaks with a tender touch,
My heart breaks into a joyful rhythm the moment you touch me!
No matter how much love you give in heaps, it will never run out,
Come share the bed with me, hey hey!
I will give it to you late at night, come to me!
Oh Sultan, Sultan, Sultan...
Oh Sultan... aa... aa... aa...
Oh Sultana, who speaks with a tender touch,
My heart breaks into a joyful rhythm the moment you touch me!
Ha... aa... aa... ha... aa... ha...
Ha... aa... ha... aa...
Like this tender young parrot,
in the whole marketplace,
no one has ever caught my eye until now!
Ha... aa... aa...
To admire my beauty,
to put out the fiery longing within me,
no young man has ever come near me!
Searching all across Delhi,
I finally found you!
Like sugar dissolving into milk,
I gave myself completely to you!
Like a sweet jasmine flower veiled in clothes,
I have seen the beauty of your body!
Heaven is not up in the sky—no, no, I have seen it right here!
Oh Sultan, Sultan, Sultan...
Oh Sultan... aa... aa... aa...
Oh Sultana, who speaks with a tender touch,
My heart breaks into a joyful rhythm the moment you touch me!
Caressing me with sweet whispers,
gently embracing me against your chest,
you stole my heart away!
Ha... aa... aa...
Reading all the clever tricks from books,
you learned how to love!
Pleasures that are not found in any book,
shall we discover and learn them now?
Finding new places to kiss,
shall we plant our kisses there?
In this sweet spring of desire,
shall we bathe and play?
Seeking woman in man and man in woman,
shall we lose ourselves in pure delight?
Oh Sultan, Sultan, Sultan...
Oh Sultan... aa... aa... aa...
Oh Sultana, who speaks with a tender touch,
My heart breaks into a joyful rhythm the moment you touch me!
No matter how much love you give in heaps, it will never run out,
Come share the bed with me, hey hey!
I will give it to you late at night, come to me!
Oh Sultan, Sultan, Sultan...
Oh Sultan...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Thottu Thottu Pesum Sulthaana' is a sensuous and playful dance duet centered around romantic yearning and seductive playfulness. The female protagonist calls out to her beloved 'Sultan', describing how his gentle touch sends thrilling beats through her heart and how her long wait for a worthy lover has finally ended with his arrival.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai (Simile)

Paalil vizhum seeni pola

Compares her complete surrender in love to sugar seamlessly dissolving in warm milk ('Paalil vizhum seeni pola').

Adukkuthodar (Repetition for emphasis)

Thottu thottu pesum sulthaana

Repetition of words like 'Thottu thottu' and 'Alli alli' creates rhythmic cadence and heightens sensuality.

Edhugai (Second letter rhyming)

Alli alli koduthaal kuraiyaathu / Palli kolla vaadi hey hey

Rhyming of second letters in adjacent lines such as 'Thottu' and 'Thottavudan' or 'Alli' and 'Palli'.

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Trivia

This seductive song features music composed by Vidyasagar for the 1999 Tamil drama film 'Ethirum Pudhirum'. The lyrics were written by Vairamuthu, blending Arabic-flavored tropes ('Sultan') with traditional Tamil romantic imagery.

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