♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kottungadi ketti melam
Naan irukken pakka melam
Kottungadi ketti melam
Naan irukken pakka melam
Ooru mulukka
Satham kaadhu polakka
Adha thattiyavan ketkuradhu
Ettiyavan paakuradhu
Adidaa thammu pididaa
Kuthuuravan paththamadai sellamuthu
Avan kuththurathu eppavumae dappaanguthu
Haan kuthuuravan paththamadai sellamuthu
Avan kuththurathu eppavumae dappaanguthu
Paapaa maamaa
Paapaa maamaa pakkathilae
Andha surangalum
Aaduthu vetkathilae
Needhaan maamaa
Maamaari somaari maamaa
Maaman valartha kili
Manja poosi kulicha kili
Kaaman kanai erinju
Kattazhagan pudicha kili
Aalaiyitta karumbaattam
Angamellaam nogaiyilae
Maalaiyittu kondu poga
Maapillai thaan vandhaaraam
Appan romba killadi
Aaththaa periya vaayadi
Ippa ingae penn edukka
Thappa vandha appaavi
Therinja varuvaana
Purinjaa thoduvaana
Ada maanga madaiyan
Ivan thaana
Thattungadi mathalathai
Kaattungadi kattra vithai
Adidaa thammu pididaa
Kuthuuravan paththamadai sellamuthu
Avan kuththurathu eppavumae dappaanguthu
Haa haa kuthuuravan paththamadai sellamuthu
Avan kuththurathu eppavumae dappaanguthu
Kottungadi ketti melam
Naan irukken pakka melam
Ponnu nalla maina thaan
Polladhavan nainaa thaan
Nikka vechu kuthu vittaa
Sappa mookku chinathaan
Inimae mariyaadhae
Unakku kidaiyaadhae
Ada morachaa verachaa nadakkadhae
Oodhungadi vaathiyatha ootungadi aanavatha
Adidaa thammu pididaa
Kuthuuravan
Ippo kuthuravan paththamadai sellamuthu
Avan kuththurathu eppavumae dappaanguthu
Kottungadi ketti melam
Naan irukken pakka melam
Ooru mulukka
Satham kaadhu polakka
Adha thattiyavan ketkuradhu
Ettiyavan paakuradhu
Adidaa thammu pididaa
Kuthuuravan paththamadai sellamuthu
Avan kuththurathu eppavumae dappaanguthu
Haan haa kuthuuravan paththamadai sellamuthu
Avan kuththurathu eppavumae dappaanguthu
Beat the wedding drum, girls!
I am right here playing the side drums!
Beat the wedding drum, girls!
I am right here playing the side drums!
All across the town,
with the noise splitting everyone's ears,
the one playing it hears it,
and those standing afar watch it!
Hit the beat, hold your breath!
The guy dancing and beating is Pattamadai Chellamuthu!
And what he beats is always a dappankuthu (energetic folk beat)!
Haan, the guy dancing and beating is Pattamadai Chellamuthu!
And what he beats is always a dappankuthu!
Little girl and her uncle!
With the girl and her uncle right side by side,
even the musical notes
dance in sheer shyness!
It is you, uncle,
a useless, lazy uncle!
The pet bird raised by her uncle,
the pretty bird who bathed in turmeric,
struck by Kama's (the god of love's) arrow,
the bird captured by a handsome lad!
Like sugarcane crushed in a mill,
while her whole body is aching,
to garland her and take her away,
the bridegroom has arrived!
Her father is a sly trickster,
her mother is a big loudmouth,
and now, to take a bride from here,
this innocent fool has blundered in!
Would he come if he truly knew?
Would he touch her if he understood?
Ah, what an utter blockhead,
is he the one?
Strike the drums, girls!
Show off the skills you learned!
Hit the beat, hold your breath!
The guy dancing and beating is Pattamadai Chellamuthu!
And what he beats is always a dappankuthu!
Ha ha, the guy dancing and beating is Pattamadai Chellamuthu!
And what he beats is always a dappankuthu!
Beat the wedding drum, girls!
I am right here playing the side drums!
The girl is indeed a lovely bird,
but her father is a nasty fellow!
If you stand him up and land a punch,
his flat nose will get knocked flat!
From now on, respect,
you will not get any!
Hey, glaring angrily and acting tough will not work here!
Blow the pipes, girls, and feed his ego!
Hit the beat, hold your breath!
The guy who beats—
Now the guy dancing and beating is Pattamadai Chellamuthu!
And what he beats is always a dappankuthu!
Beat the wedding drum, girls!
I am right here playing the side drums!
All across the town,
with the noise splitting everyone's ears,
the one playing it hears it,
and those standing afar watch it!
Hit the beat, hold your breath!
The guy dancing and beating is Pattamadai Chellamuthu!
And what he beats is always a dappankuthu!
Haan ha, the guy dancing and beating is Pattamadai Chellamuthu!
And what he beats is always a dappankuthu!
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