Thi Laeo Ko Laeo Pai (ที่แล้วก็แล้วไป): meaning and key lines
Ter Rewatเต๋อ เรวัต
What the song is about
ที่แล้วก็แล้วไปtîi láew gâw láew bpai, “Thi Laeo Ko Laeo Pai (Let Bygones Be Bygones)”, is a classic Thai song by Ter Rewat (1983). Ter Rewat, who co-founded GMM Grammy, tells the woman he loves that her past doesn't matter: drop it, start again, what's done is done. The title is an everyday Thai saying, and the lines teach to try, better, to throw away, to start again, possible and how to tell someone to relax. HBO's The White Lotus played it in episode 6 of its Thailand season.
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Song facts
- Artist
- Ter Rewat
- Released
- 1983
- Style
- Classic
- Level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Mood
- warm, reassuring, easygoing
- Views
- about 672K (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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- ลอง lawngฟัง fangฉัน chǎnดีกว่า dii gwàa
Try listening to me instead
He starts by saying he doesn't care what she's afraid of. ลองlawng + verb = to try (doing): ลองฟังlawng fang = try listening. ดีกว่าdii gwàa, 'better', at the end makes it a suggestion, '… instead': กลับบ้านดีกว่าglàp bâan dii gwàa = let's go home instead. ฟังfang = to listen; ฟังฉันfang chǎn = listen to me, with no word for 'to'. - ทิ้ง tíngเรื่อง rûeangเดิม doemมา maaเริ่ม rôemกัน ganใหม่ mài
Leave the old story behind, let's start again
ทิ้งtíng = to throw away, to leave behind: ทิ้งขยะtíng kà-yà = to throw away the rubbish. เรื่องเดิมrûeang doem = the old story, the same old thing; เดิมdoem = former, as before. มาmaa + verb + กันgan = let's …: มากินกันmaa gin gan = let's eat. Verb + ใหม่mài = (do) again, anew: เริ่มใหม่rôem mài = to start over, พูดใหม่pûut mài = say it again. - เป็นไปได้ bpen bpai dâiแน่นอน nâe-nawn
It can be done, for sure
เป็นไปได้bpen bpai dâi = possible: เป็นไปได้ไหมbpen bpai dâi mǎi = is it possible?; เป็นไปไม่ได้bpen bpai mâi dâi = impossible. แน่นอนnâe-nawn = definitely, for sure, and on its own a confident 'of course!'. - ทำ tamใจ jaiให้ hâiสบาย sà-baai
Put your mind at ease
ทำtam + something + ให้hâi + adjective = to make it …: ทำห้องให้สะอาดtam hâwng hâi sà-àat = to clean the room, make it clean. ทำใจให้สบายtam jai hâi sà-baai, make your heart comfortable, is what you say to someone who's worried: relax, don't let it get to you. สบายsà-baai = comfortable, at ease, as in สบายดีsà-baai dii, I'm fine. - ที่แล้วก็แล้วไป tîi láew gâw láew bpai
What's done is done
The title, a saying Thais use to put a quarrel or a mistake behind them: ที่แล้วtîi láew = what's over, what happened, ก็gâw = then, แล้วไปláew bpai = is gone, let it go. ไม่ต้องคิดมากmâi dtâwng kít mâak, ที่แล้วก็แล้วไปtîi láew gâw láew bpai = don't dwell on it, it's over and done with. Close in spirit: ช่างมันchâang man, forget it.
Words you'll learn
- ฟัง fang
to listen
Mid tone. With พูดpûut, อ่านàan and เขียนkǐan it covers all four skills.
- ดีกว่า dii gwàa
better; let's … instead (in suggestions)
Put it after a suggestion: กินที่นี่ดีกว่าgin tîi-nîi dii gwàa let's eat here instead.
- ทิ้ง tíng
to throw away; to leave behind
- เริ่ม rôem
to start, to begin
Falling tone, with the vowel oe of เจอjoe.
- เป็นไปได้ bpen bpai dâi
possible
- แน่นอน nâe-nawn
definitely, of course
A strong, happy yes. You know its แน่nâe (sure) from ไม่แน่ใจmâi nâe-jai (not sure).
- สบาย sà-baai
comfortable; well, at ease
สบายดีไหมsà-baai dii mǎi = how are you?
- ที่แล้วก็แล้วไป tîi láew gâw láew bpai
what's done is done; let bygones be bygones
Grammar in this song
Suggestions. ลองlawng + verb + ดีกว่าdii gwàa = why not try … instead: ลองฟังฉันดีกว่าlawng fang chǎn dii gwàa (listen to me instead). มาmaa + verb + กันgan = let's …: มาเริ่มกันใหม่maa rôem gan mài (let's start again). Verb + ใหม่mài = again, anew: ทำใหม่tam mài (do it again).
ทำtam X ให้hâi + adjective = to make X …: ทำใจให้สบายtam jai hâi sà-baai (relax), ทำห้องให้สะอาดtam hâwng hâi sà-àat (clean the room). เป็นไปได้bpen bpai dâi = possible, เป็นไปไม่ได้bpen bpai mâi dâi = impossible.
The culture behind it
Rewat Buddhinan (เรวัตพุทธินันทน์ree-wát pút-tí-nan, 1948–1996), known as Ter, sang with The Impossibles in the 1970s and in 1983 founded Grammy Entertainment, today's GMM Grammy, with Paiboon Damrongchaitham, running its music side (Thai Wikipedia). "ที่แล้วก็แล้วไปtîi láew gâw láew bpai" is on his first solo album, Ter 1 (1983); he wrote the words, and Ukrit Phlangkun the music (the video's credits). The video shows him on stage, with the moustache that was his trademark (Thai Wikipedia).
The title is an everyday saying, and the song gives it a kind twist: whatever mistakes she made in love before, he doesn't care, and nobody should rub them in. In March 2025 HBO's The White Lotus played it in episode 6, 'Denials', as Fabian, the resort's manager, drives a buggy around the grounds in the morning (Tunefind; Lifestyle Asia). Episode 4 had another of his songs, มันแปลกดีนะman bplàek dii ná ('it's strange, isn't it').
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