♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Hmm mmm	Hummm...
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male :Hmm mmm	Hummm...
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male
Hmm hmm hmmm mmm	Hmm hmm hmmm mmm
Andharangam yaavumae	All intimacy...
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male :Solvathendraal paavamae	Is a sin to speak of...
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male
Andharangam yaavumae	All intimacy...
Solvathendraal paavamae	Is a sin to speak of...
Ezhaiyin kaadhalai	Does a mansion know
Maaligai ariyumaa	A poor man's love?
Kaadhalin vaasanai	Does it know
Mm mm hmm ariyumaa	The fragrance of love?
Male
Andharangam yaavumae	All intimacy...
Solvathendraal paavamae	Is a sin to speak of...
Ezhaiyin kaadhalai	Does a mansion know
Maaligai ariyumaa	A poor man's love?
Kaadhalin vaasanai	Does it know
Mm mm hmm ariyumaa	The fragrance of love?
Andharangam yaavumae eh..eh	All intimacy... oh... oh
Male
Kaamanae naanam kondaal	If the god of love himself feels shy,
Solliyathu theeraathu	Words would never end.
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male :Kambane vandhaal kooda	Even if the great poet Kamban came,
Kattupadi aagaathu	It cannot be contained.
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male
Kandathil indru naan	Of all that I experienced today,
Solvathu paathiyae	What I reveal is only half.
Kaaviya naayagi	She is the heroine of an epic,
Kannagi jaathiyae	Belonging to the virtuous lineage of Kannagi.
Andru oru naal	On a day back then,
Andha mayilaal	That peacock-like maiden
Aadai nanainthaal	Got her clothes drenched.
Male :Haahaan	Haha!
Male
Kaayum varaiyil	Until they dried,
Thogai udalil enna aninthaal	What did she wear on her delicate body?
Naanamae selaiyaanathum	How shy modesty became her dress
Bodhaiyaanathum ennendru solla	And turned into ecstasy, how can I describe?
Male
Andharangam yaavumae	All intimacy...
Solvathendraal paavamae	Is a sin to speak of...
Ezhaiyin kaadhalai	Does a mansion know
Maaligai ariyumaa	A poor man's love?
Kaadhalin vaasanai	Does it know
Mm mm hmm ariyumaa	The fragrance of love?
Andharangam yaavumae	All intimacy...
Male :Eppadi …	How...?
Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male
Kaadhalai dhanam ketten	I asked for love as alms,
Enna oru thaaraalam	What boundless generosity she showed!
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male :Naanaval tholil saainthu	Leaning on her shoulders,
Alliyathu yeraalam	What immense bliss I gathered!
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male
Dhaavani poovinai	I examine
Sothanai seigiren	The flower on her garment.
Eththanai machangal	How many moles she has,
Kel adhai solgiren	Listen, I shall tell you.
Paavaadai udalil kodi malaril	On her flower-like body adorned in skirts,
Aadai aniven	I become her dress.
Aadai ariyum sethi muzhuthum	All the secrets known to her dress,
Naanum ariven	I know them as well.
Meethiyai naan uraippathum	For me to reveal the rest,
Nee rasippathum panpaadu illai	And for you to relish it, is not civilized.
Male
Andharangam yaavumae	All intimacy...
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male :Solvathendraal paavamae	Is a sin to speak of...
Male :Eppadi eppadi	How? How?
Male
Andharangam yaavumae	All intimacy...
Solvathendraal paavamae	Is a sin to speak of...
Ezhaiyin kaadhalai	Does a mansion know
Maaligai ariyumaa	A poor man's love?
Kaadhalin vaasanai	Does it know
Mm mm hmm ariyumaa	The fragrance of love?
Male
Ezhaiyin kaadhalai	Does a mansion know
Maaligai ariyumaa	A poor man's love?
Kaadhalin vaasanai	Does it know
Mm mm hmm ariyumaa	The fragrance of love?
Male :Hmm ariyum idhula enna irukku	Hmm, it knows... what is there to doubt?

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Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

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