Luk Om (ลูกอม): meaning and key lines
Whatcharawaleeวัชราวลี
What the song is about
ลูกอมlûuk-om, “Luk Om (Candy)”, is a T-pop song by Whatcharawalee (2009). A soft, sweet love song that began as a surprise for a friend's bride on her wedding day. Its simple, warm lines teach thank you for…, I don't know where…, only you, I promise to…, to forgive, even if, tomorrow and forever.
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Song facts
- Artist
- Whatcharawalee
- Released
- 2009
- Style
- T-pop
- Level
- A2 (elementary)
- Mood
- tender, grateful, devoted
- Views
- about 223M (Oct 2026)
- Video
- WHATCHARAWALEE - วัชราวลี (official artist channel)
- Lyrics
- Key lines quoted; the full song is in the video
Key lines, explained
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- ขอบคุณ kàwp-kunวันนี้ wan-níiที่ tîiคอย kawyดูแล duu-laeรัก rákฉัน chǎn
Thank you, today, for always caring for me and loving me
ขอบคุณที่kàwp-kun tîi + what someone did = thank you for…: ขอบคุณที่มาkàwp-kun tîi maa = thanks for coming. วันนี้wan-níi = today. คอยkawy + verb = to always be there to…: คอยดูแลkawy duu-lae = to look after someone all the time. ดูแลduu-lae = to take care of. Thai can line verbs up without 'and': ดูแลรักฉันduu-lae rák chǎn = take care of me and love me. - ฉัน chǎnไม่ mâiรู้ rúuว่า wâaวัน wanพรุ่งนี้ prûng-níiดวงดาว duang-daaoจะ jàหาย hǎaiไป bpaiไหน nǎi
I don't know where the stars will go tomorrow
ไม่รู้ว่าmâi rúu wâa + a question = I don't know where, what, how…: ไม่รู้ว่า...ไปไหนmâi rúu wâa … bpai nǎi = I don't know where … goes. วันพรุ่งนี้wan prûng-níi = tomorrow, 'the day of tomorrow'; in speech just พรุ่งนี้prûng-níi. ดวงดาวduang-daao = the stars (poetic; ดาวdaao in speech). หายไปhǎai bpai = to disappear, to go missing: หายไปไหนมาhǎai bpai nǎi maa = where have you been?, what a friend texts when you've gone quiet. - จะ jàมี miiเพียง piangเธอ toeรัก rákเพียงแต่ piang-dtàeเธอ toe
There'll be only you, I'll love only you
The chorus, a wedding vow. เพียงpiang = only, just, the written, song word for แค่kâe: มีเพียงเธอmii piang toe = to have only you. เพียงแต่piang-dtàe = only, nothing but (on its own แต่dtàe means but). จะjà at the start makes it a promise about the future. - สัญญา sǎn-yaaจะ jàดูแล duu-laeเธอ toeจาก jàakนี้ níiตลอดไป dtà-làwt bpai
I promise to take care of you from now on, forever
สัญญาsǎn-yaa = to promise, a promise: สัญญาจะsǎn-yaa jà + verb = to promise to…, and สัญญานะsǎn-yaa ná = promise? จากนี้jàak níi = from now (on), literally 'from this'; KLEAR's ต่อจากนี้dtàw jàak níi says the same. ตลอดไปdtà-làwt bpai = forever. Before it, he says this song is for her: it's hers. - เธอ toeเข้าใจ kâo-jaiให้อภัย hâi à-paiคน konอย่าง yàangฉัน chǎn
You understand, and you forgive someone like me
Before it, he admits he sometimes makes her sad, and every time she is ready to look past it. เข้าใจkâo-jai = to understand. ให้อภัยhâi à-pai = to forgive: อภัยà-pai = pardon, as in ขออภัยkǎw à-pai, the formal 'I beg your pardon' of announcements. คนอย่างฉันkon yàang chǎn = someone like me (อย่างyàang = like). - ต่อให้ dtàw-hâiโลก lôokสลาย sà-lǎaiหาย hǎaiไป bpaiกับ gàpตา dtaa
Even if the world fell apart and vanished before my eyes
ต่อให้dtàw-hâi = even if, no matter: ต่อให้ฝนตกก็จะไปdtàw-hâi fǒn dtòk gâw jà bpai = I'll go even if it rains. โลกlôok = the world. สลายsà-lǎai = to crumble, to fall apart, to dissolve. หายไปกับตาhǎai bpai gàp dtaa = to vanish right in front of your eyes (ตาdtaa = eye). The bridge ends with his heart still hers.
Words you'll learn
- ดูแล duu-lae
to take care of, look after
- ขอบคุณ kàwp-kun
thank you
For 'thank you very much', add มากmâak: ขอบคุณมากkàwp-kun mâak.
- พรุ่งนี้ prûng-níi
tomorrow
- ดวงดาว duang-daao
the stars (poetic)
Everyday word: ดาวdaao, a star.
- เพียง piang
only, just (written)
- 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.
- ตลอดไป dtà-làwt bpai
forever
- ให้อภัย hâi à-pai
to forgive
- เข้าใจ kâo-jai
to understand
- โลก lôok
world; the earth
- สลาย sà-lǎai
to crumble, to disintegrate; to dissolve
- ต่อให้ dtàw-hâi
even if, no matter (how)
ต่อให้ฝนตกก็จะไปdtàw-hâi fǒn dtòk gâw jà bpai = even if it rains, I'll go.
- ลูกอม lûuk-om
candy, sweets
Grammar in this song
ขอบคุณที่kàwp-kun tîi + what someone did = thank you for…: ขอบคุณที่คอยดูแลkàwp-kun tîi kawy duu-lae, ขอบคุณที่รอkàwp-kun tîi raw (thanks for waiting). ไม่รู้ว่าmâi rúu wâa + question = I don't know (where, what, if…): ไม่รู้ว่าจะไปไหนmâi rúu wâa jà bpai nǎi = I don't know where to go.
สัญญาsǎn-yaa + จะjà + verb = to promise to…: สัญญาจะดูแลเธอsǎn-yaa jà duu-lae toe. ต่อให้dtàw-hâi … (ก็gâw …) = even if…: ต่อให้โลกสลายdtàw-hâi lôok sà-lǎai, a bigger, more dramatic 'even if' than ถึงแม้ว่าtǔeng máe wâa.
The culture behind it
Whatcharawalee (วัชราวลีwát-chá-raa-wá-lii) is a three-piece band led by singer and songwriter Pam (Monchai Sattayathep), with guitarist Milk and drummer Joob, all graduates of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University in Bangkok. "ลูกอมlûuk-om" began as a gift: in 2009 the band wrote and recorded it as a surprise for the bride at the wedding of a friend who had played keyboards in the band, and put it on YouTube after the wedding; this upload is dated 31 October 2009. The bride's nickname was ลูกอมlûuk-om, 'candy', and her real name, วัชราวลีwát-chá-raa-wá-lii, became the band's name once people started asking who had made the song (Kapook, 2011). Many singers have covered it since, and in October 2026 it had spent 232 weeks on Spotify's weekly chart for Thailand (kworb).
Nearly every Thai has a nickname, ชื่อเล่นchûue-lên, used far more than their long official name: fruit, sweets and English words are all common nicknames, like ลูกอมlûuk-om (candy), ส้มsôm (orange) or บีมbiim (Beam). Friends often don't know each other's full names.
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