♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Ingae ellaarum nallavangathaan
Naama thoongurappo
Ellaarum kettavangathaan
Thoongi muzhikkirappo
Ellaarum nallavangathaan
Naama thoongurappo
Male :Haan
Chorus :Ellaarum kettavangathaan
Thoongi muzhikkirappo
Ada thoonginaal aasaiyum thoonguthu
Kanna muzhikkaiyil ellaamae muzhikkuthu
Idhil nallavan kettavan yaaravan sollu nee
Ellaarum nallavangathaan
Naama thoongurappo
Ellaarum kettavangathaan
Thoongi muzhikkirappo
Maanida vaazhve arupathuthaan
Maanava paruvam irupathuthaan
Maanida vaazhve
Chorus :Arupathuthaan
Male :Maanava paruvam
Chorus :Irupathuthaan
Kalloori vaazhvil kondaattamthaanae
Kalyaanam aanaa thindaattamae
Kalloori vaazhvil
Chorus :Kondaattamthaanae
Male :Kalyaanam aanaa
Chorus :Thindaattamae
Kindalum keliyum illaamalae
Ennathaan seivathu sollungalae
Kindalum keliyum illaamalae
Ennathaan seivathu sollungalae
Kanniyarai kannaal kandum
Kaalaiyargal summaarunthaa
Kaalai avan kaalai alla
Kozhaiyammaa kozhaiyammaa
Ellaarum nallavangathaan
Naama thoongurappo
Ellaarum kettavangathaan
Thoongi muzhikkirappo
Thevaigal illaama aasai illa
Aasaigal illainnaa olagam illa
Thevaigal illaama
Chorus :Aasai illa
Male :Aasaigal illainnaa
Chorus :Olagam illa
Kaattrulla pothae thoottrungal endru
Sonnathu yaaru theriyaathappaa
Kaattrulla pothae
Chorus :Thoottrungal endru
Male :Sonnathu yaaru
Chorus :Theriyaathappaa
Vayasula aaduvom rajavaipol
Vayasula aaduvom rajavaipol
Oointhathum thoonguvom thaaththaavai pol
Ilamaiyil summaarunthaa vaalipam kekkaathammaa
Vayasuthaan yaerunaa yaar theduvaa yaar theduvaa
Ellaarum nallavangathaan
Chorus :Naama thoongurappo
Male :Ellaarum kettavangathaan
Chorus :Thoongi muzhikkirappo
Ada thoonginaal aasaiyum thoonguthu
Kanna muzhikkaiyil ellaamae muzhikkuthu
Idhil nallavan kettavan yaaravan sollu nee
Ellaarum nallavangathaan
Naama thoongurappo
Male :Hae
Chorus :Ellaarum kettavangathaan
Thoongi muzhikkirappo
Everyone is a good person
as long as we are asleep!
Everyone turns bad
the moment we wake up!
Everyone is a good person
as long as we are asleep!
Male: Haan!
Chorus: Everyone turns bad
the moment we wake up!
When you sleep, your desires sleep too;
my friend, when you wake up, everything wakes up!
So tell me, who is good and who is bad in this?
Everyone is a good person
as long as we are asleep!
Everyone turns bad
the moment we wake up!
Human life lasts only sixty years,
and student life is just twenty!
Human life lasts
Chorus: only sixty years,
Male: and student life is
Chorus: just twenty!
College life is full of fun and celebration,
but once married, it is nothing but struggle!
In college life,
Chorus: it is all celebration,
Male: but once married,
Chorus: it is nothing but struggle!
Without some fun and playful teasing,
tell me, what else are we supposed to do?
Without some fun and playful teasing,
tell me, what else are we supposed to do?
Seeing beautiful girls with his own eyes,
if a young lad just sits quietly,
that young bull is no real man—
he is just a coward, oh a total coward!
Everyone is a good person
as long as we are asleep!
Everyone turns bad
the moment we wake up!
Without needs, there is no desire,
and without desires, the world cannot go on!
Without needs,
Chorus: there is no desire,
Male: and without desires,
Chorus: the world cannot go on!
“Winnow the grain while the wind blows”—
don't you know who said that, my friend?
Winnow the grain
Chorus: while the wind blows—
Male: don't you know
Chorus: who said that, my friend?
In our youth, we will dance like kings,
in our youth, we will dance like kings,
and when tired out, we will sleep like grandpas!
If we stay idle in youth, won't our young blood question us?
Once we grow old, who will come looking for us? Who will care?
Everyone is a good person
Chorus: as long as we are asleep!
Male: Everyone turns bad
Chorus: the moment we wake up!
When you sleep, your desires sleep too;
my friend, when you wake up, everything wakes up!
So tell me, who is good and who is bad in this?
Everyone is a good person
as long as we are asleep!
Male: Hey!
Chorus: Everyone turns bad
the moment we wake up!
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