♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Bum bum bum bum…..
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Annadang kaachikku
Ponnaada thookkittu
Ambani vandhachu le…
Vambana pottikku unnoda vote-ukku
Demand-u undaachu le…
Cutting-u shaving-u
Kattaandharai ippo sitting-eh style-aachu le
Kappeesu meenukku leg piece-ah kaamichu
Ukkara vechachu le…
Aattatha vaalukku out-aana ball-ukku
Vote ID thandhachu le…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Vaanga Mr Mandela
Motta poda vandhela
Oorukkulla oruthanum agapadala
Vellai mudikkaran
Pullukattu thaadikaaran
Oravunnu sollikida oruthan illai
Ilichavaayana nethu nethu
Kulicha odanae soakku soakku
Pozhappu vanguthu kaathu kaathu
Kedaicha peru ippa mandela mandela
Savaram panna coolie-ah
Oru savaram thangam poduya
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Vivaram konjam kooruya
Ivan power-ah vandhu paaruya
Un card-ah konjam kaamiya
Nee vote-u podura saamy-ah
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Pappa bappa bappa
Quarter-ah thaada
Yokkiyan yaaruda
Koottam thaana serum paaruda
Summa thandha vangi poduda
Nee vaangum panamae
Ungappan kaasu da
Annadang kaachikku
Ponnaada thookkittu
Ambani vandhachu le…
Vambana pottikku unnoda vote-ukku
Demand-u undaachu le…
Cutting-u shaving-u
Kattaandharai ippo
Sitting-eh style-aachu le
Kappeesu meenukku
Leg piece-ah kaamichu
Ukkara vechachu le…
Aattatha vaalukku out-aana ball-ukku
Vote ID thandhachu le…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Bum bum bum bum.....
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
For a poor man struggling day to day,
carrying a ceremonial silk shawl,
a rich man has arrived, man!
In this tough election fight, for your vote,
huge demand has sprung up, man!
Haircut and shave,
sitting on the bare ground has now become stylish, man!
Showing a chicken leg-piece to a tiny fish,
they have seated him with honor, man!
For the restless wagging tail, for the out-of-play ball,
a voter ID has been given, man!
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Welcome, Mr. Mandela!
Did you come to shave heads?
Not a single person in the village can be caught...
The man with white hair,
the man with a wild grassy beard,
there is no one to call his own kin.
A gullible fool until yesterday,
looking stylish right after a bath!
His livelihood takes off after all the waiting,
the name he has gotten now is Mandela, Mandela!
As wages for giving a shave,
give him one sovereign of gold, man!
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Explain the details a bit, man!
Come and witness this man's power!
Show your voter card a bit,
aren't you the god who casts the vote?
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Pappa pappa pappa
Hand over the quarter bottle of liquor!
Who here is truly honest and clean?
Look, the crowd will gather on its own!
If they give it for free, just take it and keep it!
The money you take
is your own father's money, man!
For a poor man struggling day to day,
carrying a ceremonial silk shawl,
a rich man has arrived, man!
In this tough election fight, for your vote,
huge demand has sprung up, man!
Haircut and shave,
the bare hard ground
has now become a stylish seat, man!
To a tiny little fish,
showing off a chicken leg-piece,
they have seated him with honor, man!
For the restless wagging tail, for the out-of-play ball,
a voter ID has been given, man!
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
Ela..
Mandela ela…
Ela…
Mandela ela…
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