M Lalitha Sudha’s haunting vocals in ‘Thaaye’ from the album Salliyargal frame a sorrow-drenched atmosphere. Lyricist Vairamuthu and composers Ken & Eshwar craft a lament where familial bonds dissolve into emptiness.
Released: December 26, 2022
Thaaye
Ken | M Lalitha Sudha • From “Salliyargal”
Salliyargal’s Thaaye Tamil Lyrics English Translation
Vairamuthu contrasts spilling milk with bloodstained earth, questioning survival after lineage extinction. His wounded lamb metaphor underscores isolation: ‘What flock would ever take me in now?’
Thaye Kanneer MuttuthadiMother, I’m choking on my tears.
Thaipal Mannil KottuthadiYour milk is spilling onto the earth.
Ratha Bantham Poona PinneAfter our blood ties are gone,
Ratham Mattum TharaiyilaThere’s only blood left on the ground.
Motha Bantham Poona PinneAfter all my bonds have disappeared,
Pora Vazhi TheriyalaI can’t see the path ahead.
Vamsam Aththu Poona PiraguNow that my lineage is gone,
Vazvadha VeellvadhaShould I live on, or should I fall?
Thaye Kanneer MuttuthadiMother, I’m choking on my tears.
Thaipal Mannil KottuthadiYour milk is spilling onto the earth.
Theepidcha KatukullaIn a forest that’s been burned to the ground,
Chinananchiru KootukullaInside a tiny little nest,
Michappatta Kuruviyanai MagaleI’m the last sparrow left behind, my dear.
Pachapulla KulanthapullaYou were an innocent child, a pure soul,
Pavam Pazhi YedhummillaWith no sin or blame to your name.
Vidhikoru Vidhiyumilla MalareEven fate has no answer for this, my flower.
Anbala AdharichaThe one who held me up with love,
Appanume PoonaneEven my father, is gone.
Kannale Kaval SeidhaThe one who watched over me with his own eyes,
Annanum PoonaneEven my brother, is gone.
Kuthupatta Kutti AduI’m a wounded little lamb,
Kathum OtthaiyilaCrying all on my own.
Idha Endha Mandha SethukollumWhat flock would ever take me in now?
Iyo NadhiyillaAlas, there is no one.
Thaye Kanneer MuttuthadiMother, I’m choking on my tears.
Thaipal Mannil KottuthadiYour milk is spilling onto the earth.
Ratha Bantham Poona PinneAfter our blood ties are gone,
Ratham Mattum TharaiyilaThere’s only blood left on the ground.
Motha Bantham Poona PinneAfter all my bonds have disappeared,
Pora Vazhi TheriyalaI can’t see the path ahead.
Vamsam Aththu Poona PiraguNow that my lineage is gone,
Vazvadha VeellvadhaShould I live on, or should I fall?
Thaye Kanneer MuttuthadiMother, I’m choking on my tears.
Thaipal Mannil KottuthadiYour milk is spilling onto the earth.
Thaaye Music Video
The Salliyargal album’s ‘Thaaye’ lyrics translation examines despair through visceral imagery of erased kinship and unanswered pleas to fate.