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Kudumbathai
Uruvaakka chonnaa
Oru graamathai uruvaakki
Thandhaar engappaa
Ellorum innaattu mannar
Andha vishayathil engappaa
Mannaadhi mannar
Vaakkaalar pattiyal
Pol iruppom
Naanga varushathukkonnaaga
Porandhiruppom
Oyaama kekkudhu
Thottil satham
Naanaga ulladha sonnaakkaa
Enna kutham
Enga ammaannaa ammaa
Summaalla summaa
Eppodhum nippaanga
Thaai veshamaa
Thaalaatta paalootta asarallae
Female Chorus :Aamaamaa
Female :Aaraachu ezhaachu nikkallae
Female Chorus :Aamaamaa
Appaavum sariyaana killaadi
Female Chorus :Aamaamaa
Female :Avar thaanga kusaelar munnaadi
Female Chorus :Aamaamaa
Appaannaa appaa thaan
Avar panna thappaal thaan
Perusaachu indhiyaa thaan
Kudumbathai
Uruvaakka chonnaa
Oru graamathai uruvaakki
Thandhaar engappaa
Ellorum innaattu mannar
Andha vishayathil engappaa
Mannaadhi mannar
Dei pasangalaa enna paathu
Kindalaa panreenga
Naan yen aandippandaaram
Aanen theriyumaa
Naanum oru kaalathula
Yedhaedho senjen
Female Chorus :Haan … apdiyaa…
Male :Sollaama kollaama kaadhalum senjen
Female Chorus :Oho…
Male :Ava mela naanum
Female Chorus :Aii…
Male :En mela avalum
Female Chorus :Ai hai…
Ava mela naanum
En mela avalum
Ishta pattom rombak kashta pattom
Kalyaanam kilyaanam pannikkittom
Onnaa rendaa pethukkittom
Ishtam pol ezhettu pethadhaal naanum
Thindaadi thindaadittheruvil ninnu
Aandippandaaramaaga aagi thaan ponen
Yaarukku yaar thambi
Puriyaadhunga
Enga ennikkai appakkum
Theriyaadhunga
Alavodu pekkaatti
Aandi aavaan
Tata birlaavae aanaalum
Bondi aavaan
Maangaaya summaa
Thimbaanga ammaa
Saambalum thinnaadha
Naal illaiyae
Ulladha ozhungaaga kaakkanum
Female Chorus :Aamaamaa
Male :Kurinji poo pola thaan pookkanum
Female :Aamaamaa
Male :Elidhaana saadhanam vaanganum
Female Chorus :Aamaamaa
Male :Illaatti thaniyaa thaan thoonganum
Female Chorus :Aamaamaa
Nallaa thaan sonnaaru
Pandaara saami
Ellorum kettukkunga
Ada kudumbathai
Uruvaakka chonnaa
Oru graamathai uruvaakki
Thandhaar engappaa
Ellorum innaattu mannar
Andha vishayathil engappaa
Mannaadhi mannar
A family,
when told to create,
building a whole village instead,
our father gave us!
Everyone is a king of this land,
and in that matter, our father
is the king of kings!
Like a voters' list,
there are so many of us,
each of us born
one year after another!
Endlessly you hear
the sound of the cradle rocking.
If I just speak the plain truth,
what wrong is there?
What a mother our mother is,
she is truly one of a kind!
She always stays
in the role of a mother!
She never tires of singing lullabies and nursing babies!
Female Chorus: Yes, indeed!
Female: It reached six, then seven, yet never stopped!
Female Chorus: Yes, indeed!
Father is a real mastermind too!
Female Chorus: Yes, indeed!
Female: He is way ahead of Kuchela (a sage known for having many children)!
Female Chorus: Yes, indeed!
Our father is something else,
and only because of his mistake,
India grew so huge!
A family,
when told to create,
building a whole village instead,
our father gave us!
Everyone is a king of this land,
and in that matter, our father
is the king of kings!
Hey kids, looking at me,
are you teasing me?
Why I became a penniless beggar,
do you know?
Once upon a time,
I too did all kinds of things.
Female Chorus: Ah... is that so?
Male: Without telling anyone, I even fell in love!
Female Chorus: Oho...
Male: I fell for her,
Female Chorus: Aww...
Male: and she fell for me,
Female Chorus: Aha...
I fell for her,
and she fell for me!
We loved each other and suffered so much!
We went ahead and got married,
did we stop at one or two kids?
Having seven or eight as we pleased,
I struggled, suffered, and was thrown onto the street,
turning into a penniless wandering beggar!
Who is younger brother to whom,
no one can figure out!
Even our father
doesn't know our total count!
If you don't limit the children you have,
you will become a beggar.
Even if you are Tata or Birla,
you will end up broke!
Mother keeps eating
raw mangoes all the time,
and there isn't a day
she doesn't crave kitchen ash!
What you have must be managed carefully!
Female Chorus: Yes, indeed!
Male: You should bloom only once in twelve years, like the Kurinji flower!
Female: Yes, indeed!
Male: You should buy simple birth control!
Female Chorus: Yes, indeed!
Male: Otherwise, you must sleep alone!
Female Chorus: Yes, indeed!
He spoke so well,
this wandering mendicant!
Everyone, please take note!
Hey, a family,
when told to create,
building a whole village instead,
our father gave us!
Everyone is a king of this land,
and in that matter, our father
is the king of kings!
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