♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kovakkaara kiliyae
Enai koththi vittu pogaathae
Aruvaa manaiya pola
Nee puruvanthookki kaattaathae..eh
Kovakkaara kiliyae
Enai koththi vittu pogaathae
Aruvaa manaiya pola
Nee puruvanthookki kaattaathae..
Yetho yetho konjam
Vali kooduthae
Ada kaadhal idhudhaanaa
Yetho yetho nenjam
Kodai saiyuthae
Ada kaadhal idhudhaanaa
Kovakkaara kiliyae
Enai koththi vittu pogaathae
Aruvaa manaiya pola
Nee puruvanthookki kaattaathae..
Ye… sooriyagandhi poovapola
Mugaththa thiruppuriyae
Nee sozhatti potta soliyappola
Sethari oduriyae
Ye azhaga neeyum
Idhamaa pesi aala usuppuriyae
Onkiruthaa mela medhuvaa saaya
Enna thorathuriyae
Mayilappooru mayilae
Oru eraguppodammaa
Female :En sontha ooru madurai
Ada thalli nillaiyaa
Urugatha ponnumilla
Udaiyaatha pennumilla
Sarithaan podi pullae
Meyaadha aadum illa
Meyaati pullum illa
Savadaal thevai illa
Yeno yeno konjam
Vali kooduthae
Ada kaadhal idhudhaanaa
Yeno yeno nenjam
Kodai saiyuthae
Ada kaadhal idhudhaanaa
Kovakkaara kiliyae
Enai koththi vittu pogaathae
Aruvaa manaiya pola
Nee puruvanthookki kaattaathae..
Aaahaa….
Sithiramaasa veyilappola
Sootta kelappuriyae
Nee pottakkaattu puzhuthi kaathaa
Enna suththuriyae
Yei patharamaathu
Thangam pola mavusa kaatturiyae
Nee pakkathu veettu murukkaippola
Murukkaa irukkiriyae
Yei pathiram pottakaiyaal
Oru pathiyam podaiyaa
Pattaa neeyum thantha
Naan payirae veppenae
Pasithaagam thonavillai
Paduthaalum thookkamillae
Kaadhal idhuthaanaa
Kannaadi paakkavilla
Munnaadi neeyumilla
Kaadhal idhuthaanaa
Oh yetho yetho konjam
Vali kooduthae
Ada kaadhal idhudhaanaa
Yetho yetho nenjam
Kodai saiyuthae
Ada kaadhal idhudhaanaa
Kovakkaara kiliyae
Enai koththi vittu pogaathae
Aruvaa manaiya pola
Nee puruvanthookki kaattaathae..
Oh angry parrot,
don't peck at me and fly away.
Like a curved kitchen blade,
don't raise your eyebrows at me!
Oh angry parrot,
don't peck at me and fly away.
Like a curved kitchen blade,
don't raise your eyebrows at me!
Somehow, little by little,
the sweet ache grows.
Ah, is this what love is?
Somehow my heart
leans like an evening in summer.
Ah, is this what love is?
Oh angry parrot,
don't peck at me and fly away.
Like a curved kitchen blade,
don't raise your eyebrows at me!
Hey, like a sunflower,
you keep turning your face away.
Like cowrie shells tossed in a game,
you scatter and run away.
Hey handsome man,
you talk so gently and stir me up.
Wanting me to rest gently on your sideburns,
you keep chasing after me.
Oh peacock of Mylapore,
drop a feather for me!
Female: My hometown is Madurai,
so keep your distance, mister!
There is no gold that won't melt,
and no woman who won't give in.
Oh sure, go on, girl!
There is no goat that doesn't graze,
and no grass left uneaten.
No need for your big talk!
For some reason, little by little,
the sweet ache grows.
Ah, is this what love is?
For some reason, my heart
leans like an evening in summer.
Ah, is this what love is?
Oh angry parrot,
don't peck at me and fly away.
Like a curved kitchen blade,
don't raise your eyebrows at me!
Aahaa...
Like the summer sun of Chithirai (first Tamil month),
you stir up such heat in me.
Like a dusty whirlwind in the open fields,
you spin all around me.
Hey, like pure, refined
gold, you show off your worth.
Like crispy murukku (fried crunchy snack) from next door,
you act so stiff and proud.
With the hand that holds the deed,
plant a sapling, my man!
If you hand over the land deed,
I will surely raise the crops.
I feel neither hunger nor thirst,
and sleep doesn't come even in bed.
Is this what love is?
I haven't looked into the mirror,
and you aren't standing before me.
Is this what love is?
Oh, somehow, little by little,
the sweet ache grows.
Ah, is this what love is?
Somehow my heart
leans like an evening in summer.
Ah, is this what love is?
Oh angry parrot,
don't peck at me and fly away.
Like a curved kitchen blade,
don't raise your eyebrows at me!
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