Skip to content
Isaimozhi
Santosh Subramaniam album cover
Lyrics & meaning

America Endralum

From Santosh Subramaniam · 2008

Lyricist
Viveka
Singers
Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Manikka Vinayagam
Music director
Devi Sri Prasad
Movie name
Santosh Subramaniam
Movie release year
2008
Lyrics added on
24 Apr 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ye america endraalum
Aandipatti endraalum
Kaadhal senja kutham solla
Oorae varuthuda hei
America endraalum
Aandipatti endraalum
Kaadhal senja kutham solla
Oorae varuthuda
One day cricket poyachu
Twenty twenty vanthaachu
Aana kooda appa kootam
Maaravillada
Muruga muruga
Oh my muruga
Unnai pola rendu ponna
Naanga ketkkurom
Muruga muruga
Oh my muruga
Single ponna okay panna
Sethu pozhaikkirom….
Love makes life beautiful
Hei love makes life beautiful
Hoi america endraalum
Aandipatti endraalum
Kaadhal senja kutham solla
Oorae varuthuda doi
………………………………….
Love has no caste or religion
Two hearts share a lot of passion
Parents will never ever let than happen
But hei love makes life beautiful
Hei meesai aarambikkum pothu
Paasam yaavum puriyaathu
Kaadhal enbadhu onnum illada
Vayasu seiyum mosam
Ada vedanthaangalukku poyum
Kaagam paarthu enna laabam
Kaadhal ondru thaan
Ilamaikaalathil engaloda swasam
Naanga vacha paasatha
Kochai seivathu
Pacha throgam thaanae
Unga uchi thottu
Ada paadham varaiyil
Enga thiyagam thaanae
Thandhai pillaiyin uravu etho
Santhai tharagu illai
Unga paasatha endrum engal
Nenjam maranthathilla
Love makes life beautiful
Hei love makes life beautiful
Hei america endraalum
Aandipatti endraalum
Kaadhal senja kutham solla
Oorae varuthuda da da da da da
Hei stop the music
One two three four
Hmmm.. aaaa
Ezhil muga raadha
Imaigalin oram
Kuzhal oodhum kannanai
Varaverkiraal
Karamalar yendha
Kaarmega vannan
Karaiyilaa kadal pola
Alai paaigiraan
Raadhaiyin thedal enna
Kannan maranthathillai
Devaki baalanindri
Raadhai kannil thookamillai
Raadhai kannil thookamillai
……………………………………
Hei kaasu thevapadum podhu
Kaala chuthi varuveenga
Male :Kaadhal vanthathum pecha meeriyae
Kaala varuveenga
Adadada pallikaalamadhu veru
Paruvakaalamithu veru
Enga pechaiyae manasu kekkala
Enna seivom ponga
Kattupaadu thaan illaapadagu
Karaiyai sernthidaathu
Male :Katti pottu thaan
Vechaa padagu
Kadala paarthidathu
Kaadhal seigira pillai
Kannukku appa theriyathu
Male :Maganai nesikkum appavukkithu
Thappa theriyathu
Love makes life beautiful
Hei love makes life beautiful
Pa paa paa pa pa paa
Paba pap paa paa paa paa pa paa
Pa paa paa pa pa paa
Paba pap paa paa paa paa pa paa
Hey, whether it's America
or Andipatti,
to find fault with falling in love,
the whole town turns up, hey!
Whether it's America
or Andipatti,
to find fault with falling in love,
the whole town turns up, man!
One-day cricket is gone,
Twenty20 has arrived,
but still, this crowd of fathers
hasn't changed at all, man!
Muruga, Muruga,
oh my Muruga!
Like you had, are we asking for
two women?
Muruga, Muruga,
oh my Muruga!
Just to win over one single girl,
we struggle between life and death...
Love makes life beautiful!
Hey, love makes life beautiful!
Hoy, whether it's America
or Andipatti,
to find fault with falling in love,
the whole town turns up, man!
...
Love has no caste or religion,
two hearts share a lot of passion,
parents will never ever let that happen,
but hey, love makes life beautiful!
Hey, when your moustache begins to sprout,
you don't understand true affection!
Love is nothing, boy,
it's just your age playing tricks!
Even after going to Vedanthangal (bird sanctuary),
what's the point of just watching crows?
Love is the only thing
that is our very breath in our youth!
The affection we showered on you,
to belittle and mock it,
isn't that outright betrayal?
From the crown of your head
all the way to your feet,
it's all our sacrifice, isn't it?
The bond between father and son
is not some marketplace brokerage!
Your love is something our hearts
have never forgotten!
Love makes life beautiful!
Hey, love makes life beautiful!
Hey, whether it's America
or Andipatti,
to find fault with falling in love,
the whole town turns up, da-da-da-da-da!
Hey, stop the music!
One, two, three, four!
Mmm... Aaa...
Lovely-faced Radha,
from the corners of her eyes,
welcomes Krishna playing his flute
into her sight.
To take her flower-like hands,
the dark cloud-hued Krishna,
like a shoreless ocean,
surges with restless longing!
What Radha is searching for,
Krishna has never forgotten.
Without Devaki's son,
there is no sleep in Radha's eyes!
There is no sleep in Radha's eyes!
...
Hey, whenever you need money,
you come circling around our feet!
But once love arrives, defying our words,
you trip us up by the feet!
Oh, school days were a different time,
but youth is a whole different season!
Our own heart refuses to listen to us,
so what can we do, tell us!
A boat without any control
will never reach the shore!
If you keep the boat
tied up to the dock,
it will never see the sea!
In the eyes of a child in love,
their father is nowhere to be seen!
To a father who truly loves his son,
this won't seem wrong at all!
Love makes life beautiful!
Hey, love makes life beautiful!
Pa paa paa pa paa
Papa pap paa paa paa paa pa paa
Pa paa paa pa paa
Papa pap paa paa paa paa pa paa
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Chorus
Male
Chorus
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Chorus
Male
Female
Female
Female
Chorus
Male
Male
Male
Male
Chorus

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

America Endraalum (Love Makes Life Beautiful) from the 2008 film Santosh Subramaniam is a lively musical debate between the younger generation and their fathers regarding love, freedom, and parental control. The youth argue that love transcends geography, social standing, and time, emphasizing that while the world has progressed, parental mindsets remain overly rigid. The elders counter by asserting that youthful love is impulsive and that parents dedicate their lives and sacrifices to guide their children safely. Intertwined with classical literary imagery comparing deep emotional devotion to Radha and Krishna, the song captures both sides of the generational divide with lightheartedness and emotional depth. Ultimately, the song highlights mutual respect—acknowledging the indispensable affection of parents while celebrating love as an essential force that enriches human life.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Kattupaadu thaan illaapadagu / Karaiyai sernthidaathu

The song uses nautical metaphors to represent human life and discipline: the father compares an unguided youth to an unsteered boat that cannot reach the shore, while the youth counters that a tightly anchored boat will never experience the vast ocean.

Simile (Upamai)

Karaiyilaa kadal pola alai paaigiraan

Lord Krishna (Kaarmega vannan) and his restless emotions are compared to a boundless, wave-surging ocean without shores.

Ethukai (Second Letter Assonance)

America endraalum / Aandipatti endraalum

A traditional Tamil poetic device where the second letter of consecutive lines rhymes, seen in 'America' and 'Aandipatti' (the second letter 'ri' and 'ndi' matching soft consonant sound structures across couplets).

Did you know?

Trivia

Composed by Devi Sri Prasad for Santosh Subramaniam (a remake of the Telugu hit Bommarillu starring Jayam Ravi and Prakash Raj), this track serves as a thematic cornerstone for the film's core central conflict—a son striving for independence under an overprotective, well-meaning father.

Keep listening

Songs with a similar feeling

From the same album

More songs from Santosh Subramaniam

View album

Spot an issue?

Help us improve the lyrics or English translation.