♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kaiyum odalae kaalum odalae
Kannammaa adi en kannammaa
Kannammaa un aasaiyinaalae
Kaaththu kaaththu kavalaiyaaguthu
Kadhal baanam egiri paayuuthu
Kazhaniyil un roobam kaanuthu
Kannaattiyai naanum kaanaatti ponaa
Kaiyum odalae kaalum odalae
Kannammaa adi en kannammaa
Kannammaa un aasaiyinaalae
Kaiyum odalae kaalum odalae
Kannum urangalae kanjiyum irangalae
Kadhalunaa kadhalunaa
Male :Aiyye
Female :Kadhalunaa enakku puriyalae
Kannum urangalae kanjiyum irangalae
Kadhalunaa enakku puriyalae
Kannum urangalae kanjiyum irangalae
Mannai nambum maraththaiyum polae
Maattai nambum vanidiyai pola
Mannai nambum maraththaiyum polae
Maattai nambum vanidiyai pola
Unnai nambi vanthathinaalae
Ennaasai machchaanae unnaalaethaan
Kannum urangalae kanjiyum irangalae
Kadhalunaa…aaa….aa….
Kadhalunaa enakku puriyalae
Kannum urangalae kanjiyum irangalae
Killaadi mavan killaadi naanae
Un killed velaiyai purinjukittaenae
Kai valaiyal udainjathenna kaaranam sollu
Ellaam therinja machchaan neeyum
Ippadiyellaam pesalaamaa
Neeyum ippadiyellaam pesalaamaa
Pallaavaraththu bussilae yeaerayilae
Naan pallaavaraththu bussilae yeaerayilae
Valaiyal pattunnu udainju pochuthu machchaanae
Ippadiyae santhegapattaa eppadi porathu
Kannukazhagaana saanthu pottu
Kalainjathenna kaaranamo solludi
Female :Kannai moodikitu thoongayilae
Thalaikaaniyaal kalainju pochchuthu
Male :Adangippuraanae
Seevi mudichcha koondhal unakku
Sikkalaa yaendi pochchuthu
Female :Kannang karuththitta karuva maraththil
Maatti ippadi aachchuthu
Male :Aagum
Female :Aiyyo
Male :Aagum
Female :Amma
Pennaaga piranthathum thappu
Unnai purushanaa ninaichchathum thappu
Andru kannaalae paarththathum thappu
Unnai kadhal seithathum thappu
Thappu
Male :Illae
Female :Thappu
Male :Illae karaiyaanin veettukkullae
Karunaagam kudiyirukkum kaalaththai polavae
Nampa kadhalum maarumo endru
Naan santhega pattathum thappu idho thaadaiyilae
Pottukkiraen
Thappu thappu thappu…..
My hands can't work and my legs won't move,
Kannamma, oh my Kannamma!
Kannamma, all because of my longing for you!
Waiting and waiting fills me with worry,
Love's arrow leaps and strikes me!
I see your face in the open fields,
If I don't get to see my darling,
My hands can't work and my legs won't move!
Kannamma, oh my Kannamma!
Kannamma, all because of my longing for you,
My hands can't work and my legs won't move!
My eyes won't sleep, and food won't go down my throat,
If this is love... if this is love...
Male: Oh really!
Female: What love really is, I just don't understand!
My eyes won't sleep, and food won't go down my throat,
What love really is, I just don't understand!
My eyes won't sleep, and food won't go down my throat!
Just like a tree that trusts the soil,
Just like a cart that depends on the bullock,
Just like a tree that trusts the soil,
Just like a cart that depends on the bullock,
Because I put all my trust in you and came,
Oh my beloved, it is all because of you!
My eyes won't sleep, and food won't go down my throat,
If this is love... ah...
What love really is, I just don't understand!
My eyes won't sleep, and food won't go down my throat!
I am a sharp and clever man,
I've caught onto all your clever tricks!
Tell me the reason your bangle broke!
You are so wise, my dear man,
Should you talk like this?
Should you really talk like this?
While getting onto the bus to Pallavaram,
While I was getting onto the bus to Pallavaram,
My bangle snapped and broke, my love!
If you keep suspecting me like this, how can we go on?
The pretty bindi between your eyes,
Tell me why it got smudged, girl!
Female: When I closed my eyes and fell asleep,
It got rubbed off against the pillow!
Male: Oh, look at you making up stories!
Your hair that was combed and tied up neat,
Why is it all tangled up, girl?
Female: In the dark babool tree,
It got snagged and ended up like this!
Male: Oh sure!
Female: Oh dear!
Male: Of course!
Female: Oh my!
Being born a woman was a mistake,
Thinking of you as my husband was a mistake,
Setting eyes on you back then was a mistake,
Falling in love with you was a mistake!
A mistake!
Male: No!
Female: A mistake!
Male: No! Just like inside a termite mound,
Where a black cobra comes to live,
Wondering if our love too might turn bad,
Doubting you was my mistake—look, on my cheeks
I slap myself in apology!
A mistake, a mistake, a mistake...
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