All Day Jolly Day
From Manadhai Thirudivittai · 2001
- Lyricist
- Pa. Vijay
- Singers
- Shankar Mahadevan, Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Manadhai Thirudivittai2001
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| All day jolly day | All day jolly day |
| Kavalaikkellaam holiday | Holiday for all worries |
| College vaalkaiyil | In college life |
| Endrum holiday | It is always a holiday |
| Male | |
| Isaiyennum everest-il | On the Everest called music |
| Yerum koottani | A team that ascends |
| Vetrigal padaikkum symphony | A symphony that creates victories |
| Idhu oru azhagiya | This is a beautiful |
| Ilamai colony yeah | Colony of youth, yeah |
| Pudhumai so many…. yeah | Novelties are so many, yeah |
| Male | |
| All day jolly day | All day jolly day |
| Kavalaikkellaam holiday | Holiday for all worries |
| College vaalkaiyil | In college life |
| Endrum holiday | It is always a holiday |
| Yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah |
| Male | |
| Life is a life is a game show | Life is a game show |
| Music enbadhu thrill show | Music is a thrill show |
| Life is a life is a game show | Life is a game show |
| Music enbadhu thrill show | Music is a thrill show |
| Chorus | |
| Mambo mambo mambo mambo | Mambo mambo mambo mambo |
| Mambo mambo mambo | Mambo mambo mambo |
| Mambo mambo mambo mambo | Mambo mambo mambo mambo |
| Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh | Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh |
| Chorus | |
| Yai-yeah yeah | Yai-yeah yeah |
| Yeah yeah yeah…. owowooo… | Yeah yeah yeah…. owowooo… |
| Oh oh oh…. | Oh oh oh…. |
| Male | |
| Chinna heart-il | In a small heart |
| Latcham narumbu | A hundred thousand nerves |
| Athai mella sundi paarkkum | Gently plucking them to test |
| Adhan perenna… isai | What is its name... music |
| Male | |
| Ullankaiyil aayul regai | The lifeline in the palm |
| Adhai innum neelam aakkum | Making it even longer |
| Power yena… adhu isai | What power is that... that is music |
| Male | |
| Oru chemical maattrathai | A chemical change |
| Tharum medicine thaan isai | Music is the medicine that provides it |
| Oru physical yekkathai | A physical longing |
| Tharum isaidhaan mellisai | Melodic music is what gives it |
| Male | |
| Uyirodu vandhu vazhiyidhu isai | Music comes alive and flows |
| Isaithaan intha ulagathin dhisai | Music indeed is the direction of this world |
| Indha music seiyum magic-ai paar | Look at the magic this music performs |
| Yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah |
| Male | |
| All day jolly day | All day jolly day |
| Kavalaikkellaam holiday | Holiday for all worries |
| College vaalkaiyil | In college life |
| Endrum holiday | It is always a holiday |
| Yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah |
| Male | |
| Life is a life is a game show | Life is a game show |
| Music enbadhu thrill show | Music is a thrill show |
| Life is a life is a game show | Life is a game show |
| Music enbadhu thrill show | Music is a thrill show |
| Chorus | |
| Ho ho ho hooo | Ho ho ho hooo |
| Ho ho ho hooo | Ho ho ho hooo |
| Ho ho ho hooo | Ho ho ho hooo |
| Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh | Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh |
| Hei..hei..hei..hei… | Hei..hei..hei..hei… |
| Male | |
| Flower-show-ae | Like a flower show |
| Indha vaazhkai | Is this life |
| Adhil varum narumaname | The fragrance emerging from it |
| Ilamaiyin oru gunam | Is a quality of youth |
| Male | |
| Mottu pottu katti poda | To bind with a bud |
| Idhayathin fracture illai | There is no fracture in the heart |
| Anubhavi dhinam dhinam | Enjoy day by day |
| Male | |
| Andha lovebirds paattukku | To the song of those lovebirds |
| Naam keyboard isaikkalaam | Let us play the keyboard |
| Andha kuyilgal kuralaithan | The voice of those cuckoos |
| Vaa digital-il padhiyallam | Come, let us record in digital |
| Male | |
| Ini yethu inga ilamaikku narai | Hereafter what gray hair is there for youth? |
| Kidaiyaathu oru veedhi varai murai | There are no strict rules or limits |
| Nootraandu ini nam dhisai vasamae | The century ahead is in our favor |
| Yeah yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah |
| Male | |
| {All day jolly day | {All day jolly day |
| Kavalaikkellaam holiday | Holiday for all worries |
| College vaalkaiyil | In college life |
| Endrum holiday} (2) | Always a holiday} (repeat 2) |
| Yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah |
| Male | |
| {Life is a life is a game show | {Life is a game show |
| Music enbadhu thrill show…}(3) | Music is a thrill show…} (repeat 3) |
ஆல் டே ஜாலி டே
கவலைக்கெல்லாம் ஹாலிடே
காலேஜ் வாழ்க்கையில்
என்றும் ஹாலிடே
All day jolly day
Holiday for all worries
In college life
It is always a holiday
இசையென்னும்
எவரெஸ்டில் ஏறும்
கூட்டணி வெற்றிகள்
படைக்கும் சிம்போனி
இது ஒரு அழகிய இளமை
காலனியே புதுமை
சோ மெனி யே
On the Everest called music
A team that ascends
A symphony that creates victories
This is a beautiful
Colony of youth, yeah
Novelties are so many, yeah
ஆல் டே ஜாலி டே
கவலைக்கெல்லாம் ஹாலிடே
காலேஜ் வாழ்க்கையில்
என்றும் ஹாலிடே
யே யே யே
All day jolly day
Holiday for all worries
In college life
It is always a holiday
Yeah yeah yeah
லைப் இஸ் எ லைப்
இஸ் எ கேம் ஷோ மியூசிக்
என்பது த்ரில் ஷோ லைப்
இஸ் எ லைப் இஸ் எ கேம்
ஷோ மியூசிக் என்பது த்ரில்
ஷோ
Life is a game show
Music is a thrill show
Life is a game show
Music is a thrill show
...........................
Mambo mambo mambo mambo
Mambo mambo mambo
Mambo mambo mambo mambo
Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh
சின்ன ஹார்ட்டில்
லட்சம் நரம்பு அதை மெல்ல
சுண்டி பார்க்கும் அதன்
பேரென்ன இசை
Yai-yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah…. owowooo…
Oh oh oh….
உள்ளங்கையில்
ஆயுள் ரேகை அதை
இன்னும் நீளம் ஆக்கும்
பவர் என்ன அது இசை
In a small heart
A hundred thousand nerves
Gently plucking them to test
What is its name... music
ஒரு கெமிக்கல்
மாற்றத்தை தரும்
மெடிசின் தான் இசை
ஒரு பிசிக்கல் ஏக்கத்தை
தரும் இசை தான்
மெல்லிசை
The lifeline in the palm
Making it even longer
What power is that... that is music
உயிரோடு வந்து
வழியிது இசை இசைதான்
இந்த உலகத்தின் திசை
இந்த மியூசிக் செய்யும்
மேஜிகை பார் யே யே யே
A chemical change
Music is the medicine that provides it
A physical longing
Melodic music is what gives it
ஆல் டே ஜாலி டே
கவலைக்கெல்லாம் ஹாலிடே
காலேஜ் வாழ்க்கையில்
என்றும் ஹாலிடே
யே யே யே
Music comes alive and flows
Music indeed is the direction of this world
Look at the magic this music performs
Yeah yeah yeah
லைப் இஸ் எ லைப்
இஸ் எ கேம் ஷோ மியூசிக்
என்பது த்ரில் ஷோ லைப்
இஸ் எ லைப் இஸ் எ கேம்
ஷோ மியூசிக் என்பது த்ரில்
ஷோ
All day jolly day
Holiday for all worries
In college life
It is always a holiday
Yeah yeah yeah
........................
Life is a game show
Music is a thrill show
Life is a game show
Music is a thrill show
பிளவர் ஷோவே
இந்த வாழ்க்கை அதில்
வரும் நறுமணமே
இளமையின் ஒரு குணம்
Ho ho ho hooo
Ho ho ho hooo
Ho ho ho hooo
Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh
Hei..hei..hei..hei…
மொட்டு போட்டு
கட்டி போட இதயத்தின்
பிராக்சர் இல்லை அனுபவி
தினம் தினம்
Like a flower show
Is this life
The fragrance emerging from it
Is a quality of youth
அந்த லவ் ப்ர்ட்ஸ்
பாட்டுக்கு நாம் கி போர்டு
இசைக்கலாம் அந்த குயில்கள்
குரலைத்தான் வா டிஜிட்டலில்
பதியலாம்
To bind with a bud
There is no fracture in the heart
Enjoy day by day
இனி ஏது இங்க
இளமைக்கு நரை
கிடையாது ஒரு விதி
வரை முறை நூற்றாண்டு
இனி நம் திசை வசமே
யே யே யே யே
To the song of those lovebirds
Let us play the keyboard
The voice of those cuckoos
Come, let us record in digital
{ ஆல் டே ஜாலி டே
கவலைக்கெல்லாம் ஹாலிடே
காலேஜ் வாழ்க்கையில்
என்றும் ஹாலிடே } (2)
யே யே யே
Hereafter what gray hair is there for youth?
There are no strict rules or limits
The century ahead is in our favor
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
{ லைப் இஸ் எ லைப்
இஸ் எ கேம் ஷோ மியூசிக்
என்பது த்ரில் ஷோ } (3)
{All day jolly day
Holiday for all worries
In college life
Always a holiday} (repeat 2)
Yeah yeah yeah
{Life is a game show
Music is a thrill show…} (repeat 3)
All day jolly day
All day jolly day
Kavalaikkellaam holiday
Holiday for all worries
College vaalkaiyil
In college life
Endrum holiday
It is always a holiday
Isaiyennum everest-il
On the Everest called music
Yerum koottani
A team that ascends
Vetrigal padaikkum symphony
A symphony that creates victories
Idhu oru azhagiya
This is a beautiful
Ilamai colony yeah
Colony of youth, yeah
Pudhumai so many…. yeah
Novelties are so many, yeah
All day jolly day
All day jolly day
Kavalaikkellaam holiday
Holiday for all worries
College vaalkaiyil
In college life
Endrum holiday
It is always a holiday
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Life is a life is a game show
Life is a game show
Music enbadhu thrill show
Music is a thrill show
Life is a life is a game show
Life is a game show
Music enbadhu thrill show
Music is a thrill show
Mambo mambo mambo mambo
Mambo mambo mambo mambo
Mambo mambo mambo
Mambo mambo mambo
Mambo mambo mambo mambo
Mambo mambo mambo mambo
Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh
Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh
Yai-yeah yeah
Yai-yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah…. owowooo…
Yeah yeah yeah…. owowooo…
Oh oh oh….
Oh oh oh….
Chinna heart-il
In a small heart
Latcham narumbu
A hundred thousand nerves
Athai mella sundi paarkkum
Gently plucking them to test
Adhan perenna… isai
What is its name... music
Ullankaiyil aayul regai
The lifeline in the palm
Adhai innum neelam aakkum
Making it even longer
Power yena… adhu isai
What power is that... that is music
Oru chemical maattrathai
A chemical change
Tharum medicine thaan isai
Music is the medicine that provides it
Oru physical yekkathai
A physical longing
Tharum isaidhaan mellisai
Melodic music is what gives it
Uyirodu vandhu vazhiyidhu isai
Music comes alive and flows
Isaithaan intha ulagathin dhisai
Music indeed is the direction of this world
Indha music seiyum magic-ai paar
Look at the magic this music performs
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
All day jolly day
All day jolly day
Kavalaikkellaam holiday
Holiday for all worries
College vaalkaiyil
In college life
Endrum holiday
It is always a holiday
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Life is a life is a game show
Life is a game show
Music enbadhu thrill show
Music is a thrill show
Life is a life is a game show
Life is a game show
Music enbadhu thrill show
Music is a thrill show
Ho ho ho hooo
Ho ho ho hooo
Ho ho ho hooo
Ho ho ho hooo
Ho ho ho hooo
Ho ho ho hooo
Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh
Doobadoobadoobadooba… yeahh
Hei..hei..hei..hei…
Hei..hei..hei..hei…
Flower-show-ae
Like a flower show
Indha vaazhkai
Is this life
Adhil varum narumaname
The fragrance emerging from it
Ilamaiyin oru gunam
Is a quality of youth
Mottu pottu katti poda
To bind with a bud
Idhayathin fracture illai
There is no fracture in the heart
Anubhavi dhinam dhinam
Enjoy day by day
Andha lovebirds paattukku
To the song of those lovebirds
Naam keyboard isaikkalaam
Let us play the keyboard
Andha kuyilgal kuralaithan
The voice of those cuckoos
Vaa digital-il padhiyallam
Come, let us record in digital
Ini yethu inga ilamaikku narai
Hereafter what gray hair is there for youth?
Kidaiyaathu oru veedhi varai murai
There are no strict rules or limits
Nootraandu ini nam dhisai vasamae
The century ahead is in our favor
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
{All day jolly day
{All day jolly day
Kavalaikkellaam holiday
Holiday for all worries
College vaalkaiyil
In college life
Endrum holiday} (2)
Always a holiday} (repeat 2)
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
{Life is a life is a game show
{Life is a game show
Music enbadhu thrill show…}(3)
Music is a thrill show…} (repeat 3)
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This energetic youth track celebrates the joy, freedom, and carefree nature of college life. It frames youth as a vibrant phase where worries take a backseat, comparing life to an exciting game show and music to an exhilarating thrill show that elevates human emotions.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Isaiyennum everest-il”
Compares music to Mount Everest ('Isaiyennum Everest') to signify the peak of creative and emotional expression.
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Flower-show-ae”
Compares life to a vibrant flower show ('Flower-show-ae Indha Vaazhkai').
End Rhyme
“Life is a life is a game show / Music enbadhu thrill show”
Uses English end-rhymes 'game show' and 'thrill show' for catchy musicality.
Did you know?
Trivia
Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the 2001 film 'Manadhai Thirudivittai', this track became a popular college cultural anthem in Tamil Nadu during the early 2000s.
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