Thaalaatu Lyrics Translation: Kuthiraivaal | Lalitha Vijaykumar | Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep Kumar, Lalitha Vijaykumar, and Priyanka Nk deliver a sorrowful vocal performance in ‘Thaalaatu,’ featured on the ‘Kuthiraivaal’ soundtrack. Lyricist Sathish Raja Dharmar and composers Kumar with Maarten Visser create a sparse, pensive arrangement that amplifies the song’s lament. The collaboration produces a lullaby inverted into a meditation on collective grief.

Released: February 14, 2022

Thaalaatu

Lalitha Vijaykumar | Pradeep Kumar • From “Kuthiraivaal”

Lyricist

Sathish Raja Dharmar

Composer

Pradeep Kumar, Maarten Visser

Thaalaatu Lyrics Meaning Lalitha Vijaykumar | Pradeep Kumar | Kuthiraivaal

Dharmar’s lyrics contrast survival with lived experience. ‘Saying we survived, we survived / This generation never truly lived’ questions the cost of endurance. The plea ‘Why measure the empty sky?’ urges release from futile struggle. Both lines frame exhaustion as a shared inheritance.

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Aararo AriraroOh, hush now, oh, hush now,

Aararo AriraroOh, hush now, oh, hush now.

Aararo AriraroOh, hush now, oh, hush now,

Aararo AriraroOh, hush now, oh, hush now.

Aararo AriraroOh, hush now, oh, hush now,

Aararo AriraroOh, hush now, oh, hush now.

Neliyum KanalilaIn the writhing embers,

Mogam Kattum Senkuruthea face appears in crimson blood.

Veliyellam Ettu VaikkaWhen you try to step outside,

Etta Pogum Kanal Allothe fire moves just out of reach, doesn’t it?

Valiya UruveduthuA life that took on a painful form,

Vantha Jeevan Inga Nikkahas come to a stop right here.

Usira Unai PakkaTo see you, my own life-breath,

Uchin Vanam Nokkanumomust I look towards the highest heavens?

Nilatha Kooru VaikkaAs the land is divided into pieces,

Nenjam Kurugi Pogamy heart begins to shrink away.

Pozhachen PozhachenunnuJust sayin’ ‘we survived, we survived’,

Vazhatha Intha Janamethis is a generation that never truly lived.

Vazhatha Intha JanameA people who never truly lived.

Solla Thalaikku VachuWith unspoken words for a pillow,

Soppanam Siraiyilaand dreams locked away in a prison,

Nillama Nee Va Samidon’t just linger, please come, my weary soul.

Vanthu Inga Sainthu UranguCome here, lean on me, and sleep.

Vanthu Inga Sainthu UranguCome, and rest here peacefully.

Nee Vanthu Inga Sainthu UranguJust come and rest yourself in sleep.

Karai Ellam Ettu VachuYou’ve walked along every shore,

Kadu Ellam Neeyodiyou’ve run across every forest.

Siritha Muga MethaiOn a mattress of smiling faces,

Selaiyai Nee Amaintha Thinamwas the day you found your place.

Ettu Vachu ThadamellamEvery place you left a footprint,

Neelamaai Poothu Nikkait now stands blooming in blue.

Ingu Anaiya Vanam InnumHere, the undying sky still,

Megamellam Vanthirangalets all the clouds descend.

Megamellam VanthirangaAll the clouds are coming down.

Rekkaiyai Tholaithu VittuNow that you’ve lost your wings,

Verum Vanam Alakkamawhy are you still measuring the empty sky?

Irangi Ingu VaCome down to this place.

Poo Tharayi Nee UranguSleep here on a bed of flowers.

Neela Poo Tharayi Nee UranguSleep on this earth of blue flowers.

Neela Poo Tharayi Nee UranguJust sleep on this blue, flowering ground.