Wind (ลม): meaning and key lines
NUM KALAหนุ่ม กะลา
What the song is about
ลมlom is a T-pop song by NUM KALA (2019). A gentle ballad that talks to the wind: it blew the woman he loves into his life and away again, and he begs it to bring her back. Its soft, old-fashioned Thai (calling out to the wind, an old word for 'you') sits beside everyday patterns: please do this for me, can you?, however long it's been, I still remember every promise.
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Song facts
- Artist
- NUM KALA
- Released
- 2019
- Style
- T-pop
- Level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Mood
- wistful, gentle, longing
- Views
- about 167M (Oct 2026)
- Video
- Genierock (the channel of Genie Records, the GMM Grammy label that released the song; official audio)
- Lyrics
- Key lines quoted; the full song is in the video
Key lines, explained
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- ลม lomเอ๋ย ǒeiลม lomเจ้า jâoผ่าน pàanพัด pátพา paaเธอ toeมา maaให้ hâiเจอ joeฉัน chǎn
O wind, you came blowing by and brought her here to meet me.
The song's first words: it talks to the wind as to a person. เอ๋ยǒei after a name is an old way of calling out, 'O…!', as in the alphabet rhyme กเอ๋ยกไก่gaw ǒei gaw gài. เจ้าjâo = you, an old and tender word. ผ่านpàan = to pass by; พัดpát = to blow, of the wind: ลมพัดlom pát = the wind blows, and a fan is พัดลมpát-lom. พาpaa … มาmaa = to bring (a person) here. ให้hâi = so that: พาเธอมาให้เจอฉันpaa toe maa hâi joe chǎn = brought her so that she'd meet me. The next line says the wind blew her away again. - นาน naanแล้ว láewนาน naanเท่าไหร่ tâo-ràiยัง yangจดจำ jòt-jamทุก túkคำ kamสัญญา sǎn-yaa
It's been so long; however long it's been, I still remember every promise.
นานแล้วnaan láew = it's been a long time. Adjective + เท่าไหร่tâo-rài = however…: นานเท่าไหร่naan tâo-rài = however long, ไกลเท่าไหร่glai tâo-rài = however far. ยังyang = still. จดจำjòt-jam = to keep in mind, a fuller จำjam, to remember (จดjòt = to write down). คำสัญญาkam sǎn-yaa = a promise (คำkam = word; สัญญาsǎn-yaa = to promise): สัญญานะsǎn-yaa ná = promise? - ลม lomเจ้าขา jâo kǎaพัด pátพา paaเธอ toeมา maaได้ dâiไหม mǎi
Wind, my dear, could you blow her back to me?
The chorus, sung slowly, a word or two to each long note. เจ้าขาjâo kǎa is an old, courtly way to call someone dear; its second half is the polite word women still add when they call someone, as in แม่ขาmâe kǎa (Mum?). The singer calls the wind 'my dear'. พัดพาpát paa = to blow along, to carry on the wind. Verb + ได้ไหมdâi mǎi = can you…?, the everyday request: ช่วยหน่อยได้ไหมchûay nàwy dâi mǎi = can you help me? - วอน wawnสายลม sǎai-lomเจ้า jâoนั้น nánช่วย chûayพัด pátไป bpaiบอก bàwkเธอ toe
I beg you, wind, please blow over and tell her
After the chorus: earlier he begged the wind to blow her back; now he sends it with a message. วอนwawn = to beg, to plead, a poetic word (อ้อนวอนâwn wawn = to plead sweetly). สายลมsǎai-lom = the wind, a breeze, the poetic ลมlom. เจ้านั้นjâo nán = you there. ช่วยchûay + verb = please (do this for me): ช่วยปิดไฟหน่อยchûay bpìt fai nàwy = could you turn off the light? Thai strings verbs with no 'and': พัดไปบอกเธอpát bpai bàwk toe = blow over and tell her, ไปบอกbpai bàwk = to go and tell.
Words you'll learn
- พัด pát
to blow (of the wind)
- วอน wawn
to beg, to plead (poetic)
- สายลม sǎai-lom
the wind, a breeze (poetic)
- สัญญา sǎn-yaa
to promise; a promise
สัญญาว่าsǎn-yaa wâa + what you promise. It's also the word for a contract, like a rental contract.
- จดจำ jòt-jam
to remember, keep in mind
- พา paa
to take, to bring (a person or an animal)
- เจ้าขา jâo kǎa
my dear (an old, courtly call)
- เอ๋ย ǒei
oh! (calling out, old-fashioned)
Grammar in this song
Calling out: name + เอ๋ยǒei. Old songs and poems call to people and things this way: ลมเอ๋ยlom ǒei (O wind), กเอ๋ยกไก่gaw ǒei gaw gài (the alphabet rhyme). Today a woman calls แม่ขาmâe kǎa and a man แม่ครับmâe kráp (Mum?).
Please, could you: ช่วยchûay + verb, verb + ได้ไหมdâi mǎi. ช่วยพัดไปบอกเธอchûay pát bpai bàwk toe (please blow over and tell her), พาเธอมาได้ไหมpaa toe maa dâi mǎi (can you bring her?), and both together: ช่วยถ่ายรูปให้หน่อยได้ไหมchûay tàai rûup hâi nàwy dâi mǎi (could you take a photo for me?).
However long: adjective + เท่าไหร่tâo-rài. นานเท่าไหร่naan tâo-rài (however long), แพงเท่าไหร่paeng tâo-rài (however expensive); the second half often starts with ก็gâw or ยังyang: นานเท่าไหร่ก็รอnaan tâo-rài gâw raw (I'll wait however long it takes).
The culture behind it
NUM KALA (หนุ่มกะลาnùm gà-laa) is Napasin Saengsuwan, born in Samut Prakan in 1981, who sang with the Thai rock band Kala (กะลาgà-laa), which Genie Records signed after a band contest in 1998. When the band split in 2014 he went solo on the same label, a part of GMM Grammy, with the band's name in his own stage name. He wrote the words and music of "ลมlom" (Wind) for his first solo album, Time to Smile (October 2019); the remastered version came out as this official audio in April 2020; three days later it drew more than half a million views in a single day (kworb), and it now has about 167 million.
The song talks to the wind, the way Lao Duang Duean sings to the moon: the wind blew her in and blew her away, and he asks it to carry his words to her and bring her back. Its Thai is soft and old-fashioned on purpose: เอ๋ยǒei to call out, เจ้าjâo for 'you', เจ้าขาjâo kǎa, and poetic words like ไฉนchà-nǎi (why) and หวนhǔan (to return) in the chorus.
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