♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Aarambamae ippaththaannu nenappom	Let's think life is just beginning right now
Vaazhkka aarambamae ippaththaannu nenappom	Let's think life's beginning is just right now
Idhil arupathenna ezhupathennadaa	What does turning sixty or seventy matter here?
Haei aaru maasa pillaiyai pol sirippom	Hey, let's laugh like a six-month-old baby
Ada sirippatharkku pallu edhukkudaa	Why do you need teeth just to laugh?
Male
Manasu vachchaa naama maarkkandaeyaen	If we set our minds to it, we are immortal Markandeya
Thevappattaa naama beemasanan	If needed, we possess the strength of Bhimasena
Narachchu pona mudiya katti malaiya izhuppom	We will tie our grey hair and pull mountains with it
Intha narachchu pona mudiya katti malaiya izhuppom	We will tie this grey hair and pull mountains with it
Male
Kezhavaa aarambamae ippaththaannu nenappom	Old man, let me think life is starting just now
Idhil arupathenna ezhupathennadaa hei	What does turning sixty or seventy matter here? Hey!
Male
Vaaraai….vaaraai nee vaaraai	Come, come, you come
En soga kadhai pirar kettathillai nee kelaai	Others haven't heard my sad story, you listen
Male :Aahaa ennaidam kooruvathaalae	Male: Ah, by telling it to me...
Baaramum kuraiyutho manathilae…ae…ae..	Does the burden in your heart lighten?
Male
Poruththamaana thunaiyirunthum	Despite having a suitable life partner
Pongi varum azhagirunthum	Despite overflowing beauty
Poruththamaana thunaiyirunthum	Despite having a suitable life partner
Pongi varum azhagirunthum	Despite overflowing beauty
Chinna veedu settap senjaan pillaiyae	My son set up a mistress on the side
Adha thatti kettaen thoraththiputtaan ennaiyae	When I questioned him about it, he threw me out
Male
Thaaraththavittu tharangketta veettukku	Leaving his wife for a disgraceful home
Ponavan porampokkaiyyaa	The guy who left is a good-for-nothing wasteland
Ellum thanneerum thelichchidaiyaa	Pour sesame seeds and water as final rites for him
Thaaraththavittu tharangketta veettukku	Leaving his wife for a disgraceful home
Ponavan porampokkaiyyaa	The guy who left is a good-for-nothing wasteland
Ellum thanneerum thelichchidaiyaa…	Pour sesame seeds and water as final rites for him...
Male
Bhoomiyil maanidar jenmam adainthumor	Despite taking a human birth on this earth
Punniyamindri thanniyadiththaen	Without accumulating virtue, I indulged in alcohol
Thaaramum pillaiyum thollai ozhinthida	To get rid of the nuisance, my wife and son
Veettai vittae ennai virattinarae	Drove me out of the house completely
Male
Wiskey-yaa brandy-yaa pattaiyaa	Is it whiskey, brandy, or cheap local liquor?
Chicken-naa muttanaa muttaiyaa	Is it chicken, mutton, or egg?
Wiskey-yaa brandy-yaa pattaiyaa	Is it whiskey, brandy, or cheap local liquor?
Chicken-naa muttanaa muttaiyaa	Is it chicken, mutton, or egg?
Male
Ondrillaamal mattrondru kushi yaerumaa	Without one, will the other bring any excitement?
Vaai kazhuvaamal irukkiromaa oru maasamaa	Have we avoided washing our mouth for a month?
Kazhuvinaal kickkuthaan poividum	If washed, the high/kick will vanish
Poattum naaththamthaan tholaiyumae	And the foul smell will disappear too
Male
Ponaal pogattum podaa….intha	Let it go if it goes, man... this
Male :Ooooohhh oo oo ooh oo oohh	Male: Ooooohhh oo oo ooh oo oohh
Male
Ponaal pogattum podaa….	Let it go if it goes, man...
Intha bhoomiyil naangal vaazhvathu veenadaa	Living on this earth is useless for us, man
Ponaal pogattum podaa….	Let it go if it goes, man...
Female
Ravikkai saelai ull paavaadai	Blouse, saree, and inner petticoat
Avalukku thovaichhcu pottaanae	He washed them and put them out for her
Male :Manaiviyin sollai ketta en pillai	Male: My son, listening only to his wife
Thaniyaai kudiththanam ponaanae	Moved out to set up his own home
Female
Soththukkum vazhiyum theriyavillai	There is no way even to get daily food
Male :Pitchai edukkavum manasu varalla	Male: Nor do I have the heart to beg
Female :Emanum engalai azhaikkavillai	Female: Even Yama, the god of death, hasn't summoned us
Male
Ennadi muniyammaa un kannula thanni	Hey Muniyamma, why are there tears in your eyes?
Female :Idhu paththu maasa thanni peththa paasam thantha thanni	Female: These are ten-month tears, tears born of parental love
Naan munnaalae poraen neenga pinnaalae vaanga	I will go ahead, you follow behind me
Male
Mandaikku mudi bharamaa	Is hair a burden to the head?
Mattaikku podi bharmaa	Is snuff powder a burden to the dried coconut husk?
Beedikku pugai bharamaa	Is smoke a burden to the beedi?
Puththi ketta pillaikku neenga bharamaaa	Are you a burden to a foolish child?
Female
Naan dosai suttaal idiyaappam suttaal	If I make dosa or make idiyappam
Naan dosai suttaal idiyaappam suttaal	If I make dosa or make idiyappam
En purushanukkeno pudikkavillai	I don't know why my husband didn't like it
En samaiyalilae vantha nadukkaththillae	From the tremor that came in my cooking
Vittu odi ponavar thirumppavillai	The one who ran away leaving me hasn't returned
Engu thedi paarththum avar kidaikkavillai	Wherever I searched, he was nowhere to be found
Female
Naan dosai suttaal idiyaappam suttaal	If I make dosa or make idiyappam
Male
Samainjathathu sarithaana….aiyyayyyo	Is what was cooked properly made... oh dear
Samainjathathu sarithaana….	Is what was cooked properly made...
Sol sol sol sol kizhavi	Tell me, tell me, old woman
Edhai maranthaayo yaen yaen pushikkavillai	What did you forget, why wasn't it eaten?
Sampaar yaen rushikkavillai	Why didn't the sambar taste good?
Female
Kizham neeyappa azhagu kizham neeyappaa	You are an old tuber/root, a beautiful old root
Perazhaku kizham neeyappa…	You are a grandly beautiful old root...
Male : Aiyayayo aala vidu	Male: Oh my goodness, leave me alone!

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