♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Mm… mm… mm… mm…	Mm… mm… mm… mm…
Mm… mm… mm…	Mm… mm… mm…
Chinna kannaa punnagai manaa	Little Krishna, dear smiling one!
Appan pattai keladaa	Listen to your father's song, my child.
Unnai polae kallam illaadha	Without any deceit like you,
Ullam konden naanadaa	I too possess an innocent heart, my dear.
Chithira pasum ponnae	Oh beautiful, pure golden child!
Pudhu shenbaga poo charamae	Oh garland of fresh champak flowers!
Naalai siru thooli aadida vaa…	Come tomorrow to swing in the little cradle...
Male
Chinna kannaa punnagai manaa	Little Krishna, dear smiling one!
Appan pattai keladaa	Listen to your father's song, my child.
Unnai polae kallam illaadha	Without any deceit like you,
Ullam konden naanadaa	I too possess an innocent heart, my dear.
Male
Ammaa paerai sonnal podhum	Just mentioning your mother's name was once enough,
Oorae anjum appodhu	The entire town would tremble back then!
Oorai pola naanum kooda	Just like the rest of the town, I too
Oomai saami ippodhu	Have become a mute deity now.
Maarbil oorum paalil veeram	In the breast milk she fed you, bravery
Saerppaal undhan thaai thaanae	Was infused by your mother herself.
Paalai undu veeram kondu	Drinking that milk and acquiring valour,
Paayum singam nee thaanae	You yourself are a pouncing lion!
Male
Appan veeram engae pochu	Where did your father's courage go?
Kaalam sollum unnodu	Time will eventually tell you.
Aatril or kaal saetril or kaal	With one foot in the river and one foot in the mud,
Endrae aachu en paadu	Such has become my precarious plight!
Vaa raajaa vaa vaa vaadaadha poovaa	Come my prince, come, oh unfading flower!
Male
Chinna kannaa punnagai manaa	Little Krishna, dear smiling one!
Appan pattai keladaa	Listen to your father's song, my child.
Unnai polae kallam illaadha	Without any deceit like you,
Ullam konden naanadaa	I too possess an innocent heart, my dear.
Chithira pasum ponnae	Oh beautiful, pure golden child!
Pudhu shenbaga poo charamae	Oh garland of fresh champak flowers!
Naalai siru thooli aadida vaa…	Come tomorrow to swing in the little cradle...
Female
Appaa paattai kekkum kannae	Oh darling child who listens to father's song,
Ammaa paattai kelaayo	Won't you listen to mother's song as well?
Appaa meedha ammaa meedha	Is the fault with your father or your mother?
Thappu yaar mel kooraayo	Upon whom will you place the blame?
Vaengai meedhu vaedan potta	Like the arrows shot by a hunter aiming for a tiger,
Ambai ellaam naan thaanae	I am the target that received all those arrows.
Vaangi kondu thaangi kondu	Receiving them and enduring them all,
Kaayam konda maan thaanae	I am a deeply wounded deer!
Female
Kaayam konda nandrikkkaaga	In return for the suffering and wounds endured,
Thaali pichai kettenae	I begged for the alms of my sacred thread (marital status).
Kaalam seidha kolam endru	Calling it a cruel game played by destiny,
Thandhai alli pottaanae	Your grandfather cast me aside!
Thaayaagi naanae naalaachu kannae	It has been days since I became a mother, my child.
Female
Chinna kannaa punnagai manaa	Little Krishna, dear smiling one!
Thaaiyin pattai keladaa	Listen to your mother's song, my child.
Unnai polae kallam illaadha	Without any deceit like you,
Ullam konden naanadaa	I too possess an innocent heart, my dear.
Chithira pasum ponnae	Oh beautiful, pure golden child!
Pudhu shenbaga poo charamae	Oh garland of fresh champak flowers!
Naalai siru thooli aadida vaa…	Come tomorrow to swing in the little cradle...
Female
Chinna kannaa punnagai manaa	Little Krishna, dear smiling one!
Thaaiyin pattai keladaa	Listen to your mother's song, my child.
Unnai polae kallam illaadha	Without any deceit like you,
Ullam konden naanadaa	I too possess an innocent heart, my dear.

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