♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Adi raakumuththu raakku
Pudhu raakkudiyai choottu
Valai kaappu thanga kaappu
Iva kai pidichchu poottu
Ada velaandi paal paandi
Vettiya kattungada
Ada maayaandi muniyaandi
Maththalam kottungada
Kili mooku muthtamma
En vaakku suththamma
Vaanavaraayanukkum raanikkum
Vaarisu vandhaachchu
Adi raakumuththu raakku
Pudhu raakkudiyai choottu
Valai kaappu thanga kaappu
Iva kai pidichchu poottu
Vaan sumandha vaan sumandha
Vennilava vennilava
Thaan sumandha thaan sumandha
Pen nilavae pen nilavae
Moonu maasam aana pinnae
muththu varum muththu varum
Poorva jenmam serththu vecha
Soththu varum soththu varum
Velli mani thottil onnu
Vittaththin melae maatidanum
Thanga mani kannuranga
Thaalaelo paadi aatitadanum
Adi vaadi rangamma
Theru kodi angamma
Vaanavaraayarukkum raanikkum
Vaarisu vandhaachchu
Adi raakumuththu raakku
Pudhu raakkudiyai choottu
Ezhu sani maargazhikkum
Ponga vachchi ponga vachchi
Maa vilakkum poo vilakkum
Yetridanum yetridanum
Vaarisu onnu thandhadhirkku
Nandri solli nandri solli
Ezhaikellaam koozhu kaaichi
Ooththidanum ooththidanum
Amman arul illaiyinaa
Penningu thaaiyaai aavadhengae
Pillai chelvam illai endra
Pechchukkal poiyaayaai ponadhingae
Ooril ellarum
Onnu serum inneram
Vaanavaayarukkum raanikkum
Vaarisu vandhaachchu
Adi raakumuththu raakku
Pudhu raakkudiyai choottu
Ada velaandi paal paandi
Vettiya kattungada
Ada maayaandi muniyaandi
Maththalam kottungada
Kili mooku muthtamma
En vaakku suththamma
Vaanavaraayanukkum raanikkum
Vaarisu vandhaachchu
Adi raakumuththu raakku
Pudhu raakkudiyai choottu
Adi raakumuththu raakku
Pudhu raakkudiyai choottu
Valai kaappu thanga kaappu
Iva kai pidichchu poottu
Hey Raakkumuthu Raakku,
Adorn her hair with a new raakkudi (traditional hair ornament)!
Bangles for her blessing, bangles of gold,
Hold her hands and put them on!
Hey Velandi! Paalpaandi!
Tie your dhotis tight!
Hey Mayandi! Muniyandi!
Beat the drums loud!
My lovely Muthamma with a parrot-like nose,
My word has come true!
To Vanavarayan and his queen,
An heir has arrived!
Hey Raakkumuthu Raakku,
Adorn her hair with a new raakkudi (traditional hair ornament)!
Bangles for her blessing, bangles of gold,
Hold her hands and put them on!
Is she like the bright moon
carried gently by the open sky?
Or is she a moon of a woman
carrying new life within herself?
Once three more months pass,
our precious pearl will arrive!
The treasure saved across past lives
will come to our home!
A silver cradle with little bells,
we must hang from the ceiling beam!
So our golden darling can sleep peacefully,
we must swing it, singing sweet lullabies!
Come on over, Rangamma!
Angamma from the corner of the street!
To Vanavarayar and his queen,
An heir has arrived!
Hey Raakkumuthu Raakku,
Adorn her hair with a new raakkudi (traditional hair ornament)!
For seven Saturdays in the Margazhi month,
cooking pots of sweet pongal,
Lamps of rice flour and lamps of flowers,
we must light before the deity!
For blessing us with an heir,
giving our deepest thanks,
Cooking porridge for all the poor,
we must serve it generously!
Without the Goddess's grace,
how could a woman become a mother?
All the gossip saying we had no child
has been proven false today!
As everyone in the whole village
gathers together at this joyous time,
To Vanavarayar and his queen,
An heir has arrived!
Hey Raakkumuthu Raakku,
Adorn her hair with a new raakkudi (traditional hair ornament)!
Hey Velandi! Paalpaandi!
Tie your dhotis tight!
Hey Mayandi! Muniyandi!
Beat the drums loud!
My lovely Muthamma with a parrot-like nose,
My word has come true!
To Vanavarayan and his queen,
An heir has arrived!
Hey Raakkumuthu Raakku,
Adorn her hair with a new raakkudi (traditional hair ornament)!
Hey Raakkumuthu Raakku,
Adorn her hair with a new raakkudi (traditional hair ornament)!
Bangles for her blessing, bangles of gold,
Hold her hands and put them on!
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