Kum Yin Dee (คำยินดี): meaning and key lines
KLEARเคลียร์
What the song is about
คำยินดีkam yin-dii, “Kum Yin Dee (Congratulations)”, is a Thai rock song by KLEAR (2012). A breakup ballad with no anger in it: the singer comes to wish the one she loved joy in a bright new love, and hides her tears behind a smile. Its lines teach how Thais wish someone well (glad, may…), too late, not … at all, even though, better than me in every way, and the words for tears and a smile.
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Song facts
- Artist
- KLEAR
- Released
- 2012
- Style
- Thai rock
- Level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Mood
- bittersweet, gracious, heartbroken
- Views
- about 189M (Oct 2026)
- Video
- GMM GRAMMY OFFICIAL (the label's channel)
- Lyrics
- Key lines quoted; the full song is in the video
Key lines, explained
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- ฉัน chǎnมา maaยินดี yin-diiให้ hâiกับ gàpรัก rákที่ tîiสดใส sòt-sǎi
I've come to wish you joy in your bright new love
The song's first words. มาmaa + verb = to come (in order) to…: มายินดีmaa yin-dii = I've come to congratulate you. ยินดีyin-dii = glad, pleased; to be ยินดีให้กับyin-dii hâi gàp someone is to be happy for them, and ยินดีด้วยyin-dii dûay = congratulations!, what you say to a friend's good news. You know the word from ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักyin-dii tîi dâi rúu-jàk, nice to meet you. สดใสsòt-sǎi = bright, cheerful (สดsòt = fresh, ใสsǎi = clear). - แต่ dtàeก็ gâwรู้ rúuมา maaเสียใจ sǐa-jaiเมื่อ mûeaมัน manสาย sǎaiเกิน goen
But I know it now, the regret came when it was too late
แต่ก็รู้dtàe gâw rúu = but I do know (ก็gâw softens it). มาmaa + verb here = to come to, to end up: มาเสียใจmaa sǐa-jai = to come to regret it. เสียใจsǐa-jai = sad, sorry, full of regret. เมื่อmûea = when (written; in speech ตอนdtawn). สายsǎai = late, and สายเกินไปsǎai goen bpai = too late, the phrase you'll hear; the song drops ไปbpai to fit the tune (เกินgoen = over, beyond). - ไม่ mâiโกรธเคือง gròot-kueangเธอ toeเลย loeiมี miiแค่ kâeคำยินดี kam yin-dii
I'm not angry with you at all; all I have are congratulations
The title line. ไม่...เลยmâi … loei = not … at all: ไม่เผ็ดเลยmâi pèt loei = not spicy at all. โกรธเคืองgròot-kueang = angry, resentful, a more literary โกรธgròot: ไม่โกรธนะmâi gròot ná = I'm not angry, okay? มีแค่mii kâe = to have only. คำยินดีkam yin-dii = congratulations, kind words for someone's good news (คำkam = word). - ขอให้ kǎw-hâiความรัก kwaam-rákมีแต่ mii dtàeความ kwaamสุขใจ sùk-jai
May your love be nothing but happiness
The chorus is made of blessings. ขอให้kǎw-hâi = may…, the word that starts a wish, as on every Thai birthday card: ขอให้มีความสุขkǎw-hâi mii kwaam-sùk = may you be happy. ความรักkwaam-rák = love (the noun). มีแต่mii dtàe = to have nothing but. สุขใจsùk-jai = happy at heart, and ความkwaam in front makes a noun of it: ความสุขใจkwaam sùk-jai = happiness, peace of mind. - ถึงแม้ tǔeng máeฉัน chǎnยัง yangไม่ mâiเปลี่ยนใจ bplìan-jai
Even though my heart still hasn't changed
ถึงแม้tǔeng máe = even though, although, like แม้máe and ถึงแม้ว่าtǔeng máe wâa: ถึงแม้จะเหนื่อยก็ยังไปtǔeng máe jà nùeay gâw yang bpai = even though I'm tired, I'm still going. ยังไม่yang mâi = still not, not yet. เปลี่ยนใจbplìan-jai = to change your mind, and in love songs to stop loving someone: she hasn't. - ซ่อน sâwnน้ำตา náam-dtaaไว้ wáiใต้ dtâiรอยยิ้ม rawy-yímที่ tîiให้ hâiไป bpai
I hide my tears under the smile I give you
ซ่อนsâwn = to hide, and ไว้wái after it = and keep it there: ซ่อนไว้sâwn wái = to hide away. น้ำตาnáam-dtaa = tears, literally 'eye water'. ใต้dtâi = under. รอยยิ้มrawy-yím = a smile, the noun of ยิ้มyím, to smile. ที่ให้ไปtîi hâi bpai = that (I) gave: ให้hâi = to give, and ไปbpai after it sends the gift away from you. - ขอให้ kǎw-hâiคน konนั้น nánดี diiกว่า gwàaฉัน chǎnทุกอย่าง túk yàang
May that person be better than me in every way
From the second chorus. คนนั้นkon nán = that person (นั้นnán = that, after a noun). Adjective + กว่าgwàa (+ someone) = …-er (than): ดีกว่าฉันdii gwàa chǎn = better than me, สูงกว่าsǔung gwàa = taller. ทุกอย่างtúk yàang = everything, and here 'in every way'.
Words you'll learn
- ยินดี yin-dii
pleased, glad, happy (to); with pleasure
- สดใส sòt-sǎi
bright, cheerful
- เสียใจ sǐa-jai
sad; sorry (to hear that)
Sad, or sorry about someone's bad news: เสียใจด้วยนะsǐa-jai dûay ná I'm sorry to hear that. To apologise, say ขอโทษkǎw-tôot.
- โกรธเคือง gròot-kueang
angry, resentful
A more literary โกรธgròot, angry.
- คำยินดี kam yin-dii
congratulations; kind words for good news
What you say: ยินดีด้วยyin-dii dûay, congratulations!
- ขอให้ kǎw-hâi
may … (starts a wish or blessing)
Literally 'I ask that…'. Put the wish straight after it: ขอให้โชคดีkǎw-hâi chôok-dii Good luck!
- ถึงแม้ tǔeng máe
even though, although
- เปลี่ยนใจ bplìan-jai
to change one's mind
- รอยยิ้ม rawy-yím
a smile
- น้ำตา náam-dtaa
tears
- ทุกอย่าง túk yàang
everything
Grammar in this song
ขอให้kǎw-hâi + wish = may…: the way Thais bless someone, on birthday cards, at weddings and at New Year: ขอให้มีความสุขkǎw-hâi mii kwaam-sùk (may you be happy), ขอให้โชคดีkǎw-hâi chôok-dii (good luck). The chorus is a list of blessings like ขอให้ความรักมีแต่ความสุขใจkǎw-hâi kwaam-rák mii dtàe kwaam sùk-jai.
ถึงแม้tǔeng máe …, (…) = even though: ถึงแม้ฉันยังไม่เปลี่ยนใจtǔeng máe chǎn yang mâi bplìan-jai; แม้máe, แม้ว่าmáe-wâa and ถึงแม้ว่าtǔeng máe wâa mean the same. Adjective + กว่าgwàa = …-er: ดีกว่าdii gwàa (better), ดีกว่าฉันทุกอย่างdii gwàa chǎn túk yàang (better than me in every way).
The culture behind it
Two members of KLEAR (เคลียร์klia) wrote the words of "คำยินดีkam yin-dii", the singer, Pat (Rannaphan Yangyuenphunchai), and the bassist, Kee (Kiyaphat Phowongprailoet); Danai Thongsinthusak wrote the music (the video's credits). It is on The Storyteller, the band's third album, released by Genie Records on 17 May 2012 (Thai Wikipedia). The video starts with a girl's voice-over: she never told a friend how she felt, and now it is too late; the song starts at 0:43. The band's Sing Kong is here too, and in 2009 KLEAR covered Big Ass's Len Khong Sung for a TV drama.
The song's grace is very Thai: no scene, no blame, only good wishes, the way a guest at a wedding says ยินดีด้วยyin-dii dûay (congratulations) and ขอให้มีความสุขมากๆkǎw-hâi mii kwaam-sùk mâak-mâak (may you be very happy). Keeping your hurt to yourself so that nobody loses face, and smiling anyway, is a familiar Thai ideal; here the smile hides tears.
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