♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Chinna chinna kannamma
Enni rendu varushamaa
Chinna chinna kannamma
Enni rendu varushamaa
Unna enni pooththirukkaa
Puththam pudhu poovaala niththam oru poomaalai
Katti vechchu kaaththirukka
Thonda kuzhikkul nooru nenaippu
Naan solla thavippu
En ullasa kuyilae neeyaachchum vaai pesu
Un ovvoru vaarthathikkum thaaraen thanga kaasu
Chinna chinna kannamma
Aaa…..aa….aa…..aah….aa…
Pallu theikka theriyaathu theichchu vittathum neethaan
Paavadaikku naadaava katti vittathum neethaan
Angangae maruthaani appi vittathum neethaan
Naan aalaana annaeram pakkam ninnathum neethaan
Manja thanni edhukku neethan neethaan neeyaethaan
Maamankaaran edhukku neethaan neethaan neeyaethaan
Maarappu seri senja magarasan neeyaethaan
En neththila pottu vechcha oththa veral neethaan
Chinna chinna kannamma
Ennaippola unmela aasai vechchava illa
Unnaippola ullooril meesai vechchavan illa
Aththanae unakkumthaan thaali kattaporaen
Ayyaezhu naalodu muzhugaama poraen
Inbam tharavaa nee iravum pagalum niraivaaga
Maadham yaezhu poga valavi poda varuvaaga
Kannaala nam meedhu kan vaikka poraaga
Unna naanum poththi vaippen mannukkulla vaeraaga
Chinna chinna kannamma
Enni rendu varushamaa
Chinna chinna kannamma
Enni rendu varushamaa
Unna enni pooththirukkaa
Puththam pudhu poovaala niththam oru poomaalai
Katti vechchu kaaththirukka
Thonda kuzhikkul nooru nenaippu
Naan solla thavippu
En ullasa kuyilae neeyaachchum vaai pesu
Un ovvoru vaarthathikkum thaaraen thanga kaasu…..
Little Kannamma,
for two whole years,
Little Kannamma,
for two whole years,
has blossomed, thinking of you.
With brand-new flowers every single day, a fresh garland
she has strung and waited for you.
A hundred thoughts are caught in my throat,
and I struggle to put them into words.
My cheerful cuckoo, at least you speak up!
I will give you a gold coin for every word you speak.
Little Kannamma...
Ah... aa... aa... aah... aa...
I didn't know how to brush my teeth, and you brushed them for me.
You were the one who tied the drawstring of my skirt.
You were the one who dabbed henna on me here and there.
When I came of age, you were the one who stood beside me.
Why do I need ceremonial turmeric water? You are the one, only you!
Why do I need a maternal uncle? You are the one, only you!
You are the prince who straightened the drape of my sari.
You are the single finger that placed a bindi on my forehead.
Little Kannamma...
No one has loved you as deeply as I do.
No one in this town wears a mustache like yours.
My dear cousin (aththan), I am going to marry you,
and in thirty-five days, I will be pregnant.
Come and give me joy, fully, through night and day.
When seven months pass, they will come to put bangles on me.
People will look at us and cast an evil eye.
But I will shelter you, like a root hidden inside the earth.
Little Kannamma,
for two whole years,
Little Kannamma,
for two whole years,
has blossomed, thinking of you.
With brand-new flowers every single day, a fresh garland
she has strung and waited for you.
A hundred thoughts are caught in my throat,
and I struggle to put them into words.
My cheerful cuckoo, at least you speak up!
I will give you a gold coin for every word you speak...
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