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Lyrics & meaning

Ada Enna Samsaram

From Irattai Roja · 1996

Lyricist
Vaali
Singers
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Geetha
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Irattai Roja
Movie release year
1996
Lyrics added on
22 Mar 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ada maamaa yaenyaa
Samsaaram unakku
Un samsaaram aanenae
Sugam yaedhu enakku
Color TV undaa
Cable connection undaa
Oru mixie undaa
Washing machine thaan undaa
Ungala kattinaa ennaachu em paadu
Ada yaen maa kovam
Em maela unakku
Un aasa pollaadhu
Alavodu nirutthu
Un sangadam perusu
En sambalam sirusu
Idhu purinjirundhaalum
Adam pudikkudhu manasu
Annaadam kathinaa ennaagum em paadu
Ada maamaa yaenyaa
Samsaaram unakku
Ada yaemmaa kovam
Em maela unakku
Nee vaangum sambalam thaanae
Maalini purushan vaanguraan
Saturday park thaan sundaynaa beach thaan
Adi yaendi enna pottu
Dhinam thorum thaakkura
Veliyae thaan paakkura kondaannu kekkura
Puli paal thaannu kettaa kooda
Tharanum avan thaan aambala
Puli adichaalae neeyaa varuvae
Yena yaen maattura vambula
Ada ellaathukkum
Readymade badhil onnu vechirukake
Ada en vaaya thaan
Adha cholli idhacholli thinichirukkae
Ada yaenmaa… en kannu…
Male :Ada yaen maa kovam
Em maela unakku
Un aasa pollaadhu
Alavodu nirutthu
Color TV undaa
Cable connection undaa
Oru mixie undaa
Washing machine thaan undaa
Ungala kattinaa ennaachu em paadu
Ada yaen maa kovam
Em maela unakku
Un samsaaram aanenae
Sugam yaedhu enakku
Oru ooril unna pola
Paalkaara pombala
Paal vitthu pozhachava thaan
Parisodu vaazhndhava thaan
Vaeroruthi kaadhu jimikki
Paarthaalaa roattula
Adha paatha vaela thaan
Jimikki mela aasa thaan
Athana paalum vithadhum kadaiyil
Jimikki vaanga enninaa
Kaadhula pottaa eppadi aadum
Appadi karpana panninaa
Ava verum kaadha thaan
Thalukkunu kilukkunu
Kulukki puttaa
Ada thala maela thaan
Irukkura paanaiya odachu puttaa
Ada yaenmaa… en kannu…
Ippa thaanaa puriyum
Kadhaiyoda karuthu
Un aasa pollaadhu
Alavodu niruthu
Un sangadam perusu
En sambalam sirusu
Idhu purinjirundhaalum
Adam pudikkudhu manasu
Annaadam kathinaa ennaagum em paadu
Ada maamaa yaenyaa
Samsaaram unakku
Ada yaenmaa kovam
Em maela unakku
Adadaa adadada dadadaa
Oh darling, why on earth...
...did you ever need a wife?
I became your wife,
but what comfort do I have?
Do we have a color TV?
Do we have a cable connection?
Do we have a mixer grinder?
Do we even have a washing machine?
What has become of my life after marrying you?
Hey dear, why are you...
...so angry with me?
Your greed is dangerous,
keep it within limits!
Your demands are huge,
but my salary is tiny!
Even though I understand this,
my heart remains stubborn!
If this is my plight every day, what will become of me?
Oh darling, why on earth...
...did you ever need a wife?
Hey dear, why are you...
...so angry with me?
With the very same salary that you earn,
Malini's husband manages so well—
it's the park on Saturday and the beach on Sunday!
Hey woman, why do you...
...keep picking on me every single day?
You just look at outsiders and demand everything from me!
Even if she asks for tigress's milk,
a real man should go bring it!
If a tiger pounces on me, will you come save me?
Why are you dragging me into unnecessary trouble?
Oh, for every single thing,
you have a ready-made excuse!
Oh, you have just shut my mouth...
...by making up this and that!
Ah, why dear... my sweet darling...
Hey dear, why are you...
...so angry with me?
Your greed is dangerous,
keep it within limits!
Do we have a color TV?
Do we have a cable connection?
Do we have a mixer grinder?
Do we even have a washing machine?
What has become of my life after marrying you?
Hey dear, why are you...
...so angry with me?
I became your wife,
but what comfort do I have?
In a certain town, just like you,
there lived a milkmaid.
She made a living selling milk,
content with the little she earned.
A pair of dangling earrings on another woman's ears...
...did she spot on the street!
The very moment she saw them,
she desperately wanted those earrings!
Once all the milk was sold,
she planned to buy the earrings at the shop.
"How beautifully will they sway if I wear them?"
She began to daydream like that!
With her bare ears,
in a playful and stylish swing,
she tossed and shook her head!
And right off the top of her head,
she dropped and broke the pot of milk!
Ah, why dear... my sweet darling...
Now you will naturally understand...
...the moral of this story!
Your greed is dangerous,
keep it within limits!
Your demands are huge,
but my salary is tiny!
Even though I understand this,
my heart remains stubborn!
If this is our daily struggle, what will become of me?
Oh darling, why on earth...
...did you ever need a wife?
Hey dear, why are you...
...so angry with me?
Adada adadada tadada...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This humorous duel song from Irattai Roja depicts a playful squabble between a middle-class husband and wife regarding domestic finances and lifestyle expectations. The wife complains about the lack of modern household electronics like a color television, cable connection, mixie, and washing machine, comparing her husband unfavorably to others. The husband counters by highlighting his modest salary and cautions her against unbridled desires through a moral fable about a milkmaid who broke her milk pot while daydreaming about fancy jhumka earrings. Through witty exchanges and folk storytelling, lyricist Vaali captures the realistic economic tensions and banter inherent in lower-middle-class married life.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Emonai (Alliteration)

Color TV undaa / Cable connection undaa

Repetition of initial consonant sounds across adjacent lines, such as 'Color TV' and 'Cable connection'.

Edhugai (Rhyming Second Letter)

Un sangadam perusu / En sambalam sirusu

Matching second letters in words across paired lines, such as 'sangadam' and 'sambalam'.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Un sangadam perusu / En sambalam sirusu

Rhyming ending words, like 'perusu' and 'sirusu' or 'undaa' across repeated lines.

Parable / Allegory (Moral Fable)

Oru ooril unna pola / Paalkaara pombala...

The husband uses a short fable about a milkmaid daydreaming about earrings to teach a moral lesson on overreaching desires.

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Trivia

The song uses colloquial urban Tamil and middle-class 1990s consumer tropes (Color TV, Cable connection, Washing machine) to evoke a realistic domestic setting. The movie features Ilaiyaraaja's music compositions.

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