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Lyrics & meaning

Yekki Yekki Paakuraan

From Nandhan · 2024

Lyricist
Eravi
Singer
Namitha Babu
Music director
Ghibran Vaibodha
Movie name
Nandhan
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
14 Aug 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yekki yekki paakuran poonai pola
Ukki ukki poduran yaanai pola
Santhadi saakula santhanam thechidu
Suthiduraan en thonaiye
Nochi nochi poovula mothum kaatha
Pichu pichu veesura naanum paatha
Sembada neerena vambula pombala
Sikkiduren inganiye
Naaka mookil theendi paaka
Dhoobam potu vanthane
Thaadi romam koonthal ooram
Peram pesa pasupurene
Yekki yekki paakuran poonai pola
Ukki ukki poduran yaanai pola
Santhadi saakula santhanam thechidu
Suthiduraan en thonaiye
Seela penna urundhaane
Koozhil moraa sernthaane
Pacha kuthu patta potte
Seendhi thaane sendraane
Soothu vaatha paaththaane
Soora thenga aanene
Keezhaanelli pola killi
Paarvaiyaale thinnane
Padigaaram karachane
Naan raani theni aanen
Parikaarama siruchane
Naan naani koni ponen
Velladave menjaane
Sela kaatoram
Aey elandhaari paavi
Enai konnu ponaaye
Yekki yekki paakuran poonai pola
Ukki ukki poduran yaanai pola
Santhadi saakula santhanam thechidu
Suthiduraan en thonaiye
Nochi nochi poovula mothum kaatha
Pichu pichu veesura naanum paatha
Sembada neerena vambula pombala
Sikkiduren inganiye
Naaka mookil theendi paaka
Dhoobam potu vanthane
Thaadi romam koonthal ooram
Peram pesa pasupurene
Yekki yekki paakuran poonai pola
Ukki ukki poduran yaanai pola
Santhadi saakula santhanam thechidu
Suthiduraan en thonaiye
He tiptoes and peeks like a cat,
He bobs up and down like an elephant,
Finding an excuse in the rush to smear sandalwood on me,
My man keeps hovering around me.
Like the wind brushing against the nochi flowers,
When I watch him plucking and tossing petals,
Like water filling a copper pot, this woman
Gets trapped right here in sweet trouble!
Trying to tease and touch my nose with his tongue,
He came closer, stoking the flames of desire.
With his beard brushing against my hair,
He whispers softly, trying to strike a deal.
He tiptoes and peeks like a cat,
He bobs up and down like an elephant,
Finding an excuse in the rush to smear sandalwood on me,
My man keeps hovering around me.
He crept right in like a louse in my saree,
He blended smoothly like buttermilk in porridge.
Sporting a tattoo and a sacred mark,
He stirred up my feelings and walked away.
Did he look at me with sly mischief?
For I shattered like a coconut offered at a shrine.
Pinching me gently like a tender herb,
He devoured me whole with his gaze.
He dissolved me like alum in water,
And I felt royal like a queen bee.
He gave me a smile that healed every wound,
And I shrank away, blushing with modesty.
He grazed like an unruly goat,
All along the edges of my saree.
Oh, you youthful rascal,
You have completely stolen my heart and slain me!
He tiptoes and peeks like a cat,
He bobs up and down like an elephant,
Finding an excuse in the rush to smear sandalwood on me,
My man keeps hovering around me.
Like the wind brushing against the nochi flowers,
When I watch him plucking and tossing petals,
Like water filling a copper pot, this woman
Gets trapped right here in sweet trouble!
Trying to tease and touch my nose with his tongue,
He came closer, stoking the flames of desire.
With his beard brushing against my hair,
He whispers softly, trying to strike a deal.
He tiptoes and peeks like a cat,
He bobs up and down like an elephant,
Finding an excuse in the rush to smear sandalwood on me,
My man keeps hovering around me.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Yekki Yekki from the movie Nandhan (2024) is a playful, romantic rural Tamil folk song where the female protagonist describes her lover's sly and charming attempts to woo her. She details his persistent antics—peeking quietly like a cat, lurking around, and seizing every opportunity in a crowd to touch her or express his affection. Using vivid rural metaphors like buttermilk mixing into porridge or a wind tearing through vitex flowers, she conveys how seamlessly he has entered her life and disrupted her peace. Throughout the track, her emotion shifts between playful annoyance and deep enchantment. Although she teasingly calls him a sinner who slays her heart with his gaze, she is completely captivated, surrendering to the overwhelming feelings of love, shyness, and desire.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Uvamai Ani (Simile)

“Yekki yekki paakuran poonai pola”

Compares the lover stealthily peeking to a cat (poonai pola).

Uvamai Ani (Simile)

“Keezhaanelli pola killi”

Compares the lover's gentle plucking or touching to picking the delicate keezhanelli herb.

Ethugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Yekki yekki paakuran poonai pola / Ukki ukki poduran yaanai pola”

The second consonant 'k' in Yekki and Ukki creates a pleasant rural rhythmic match.

Metaphor

“Koozhil moraa sernthaane”

Metaphorically describes how effortlessly and completely the lover blended into her life, like buttermilk mixing into porridge.

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Trivia

Nandhan (2024) is a social drama film directed by ERA Saravanan, starring M. Sasikumar and Suruthi Periyasamy. The song features rustic lyrics penned by Eravi and vibrant composition by Ghibran Vaibodha, sung soulfully by Namitha Babu.

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