♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Pattinam kettakaettukku
Pattikaadu mattaminnu
Paraparappa kaiyai thatti pazhikkudhu
Pattinam kettakaettukku
Pattikaadu mattaminnu
Paraparappa kaiyai thatti pazhikkudhu
Pagal veshakkararai pol
Mogaraigalai maathikkida
Podariyilae purandu ezhundhu varuvangha
Pagal veshakkararai pol
Mogaraigalai maathikkida
Podariyilae purandu ezhundhu varuvangha
Sagalamaana valigalum
Saanthi thaedum marunthirukkum
Sappi potta maangottaipol
Melivaangha
Sagalamaana valigalum
Saanthi thaedum marunthirukkum
Sappi potta maangottaipol
Melivaangha
Silar sadhaiyai thookka sathillaama vizhuvangha
Silar sadhaiyai thookka sathillaama vizhuvangha
Angae thanakku porandha kuzhandhaiyai thaan
Thaalatta mudiyaamae sambalam koduthu
Aal pidippaa pombala
Angae thanakku porandha kuzhandhaiyai thaan
Thaalatta mudiyaamae sambalam koduthu
Aal pidippaa pombala
Adiyae pendugala
Oru peru rakkaayi oru peru mookaaiyii
Innum yeva perai kettaalum
Kaathaayii karupaayii
Indha oorukkum perukkum
Onga oldu muraigalum
Paar pugalum chennai nagar
Endha pakkam koranjirukku..haei
Unga kuttugalai sollanuma
Koodaiyil allanuma
Pattanathai pazhichu kattum pappamma
Unga bavusai konjam
Padam pudicha pappamma
Unga kuttugalai sollanuma
Koodaiyil allanuma
Pattanathai pazhichu kattum pappamma
Unga bavusai konjam
Padam pudicha pappamma
Ingae thalai valiyum noiyum vandha
Saamigalai kumbiduvingha
Innum jaathagathai paathuputtu
Aadu kozhi vettuvingha
Palavidha vaithiyamum padichirukkum doctoridam
Udal nilaiyai solla maattingha
Moochu ninnu ponaa kathuvingha
Unga kuttugalai sollanuma
Koodaiyil allanuma
Pattanathai pazhichu kattum pappamma
Unga bavusai konjam
Padam pudicha pappamma
Unga kuttugalai sollanuma
Koodaiyil allanuma
Pattanathai pazhichu kattum pappamma
Unga bavusai konjam
Padam pudicha pappamma
Kai ezhuthu poda kooda kalvi arivu illaamae
Kattai virl muthiraiyil oongh
Ungha kadhaigal ellaam nadakkudhadi
Kaalam pora veghthilae vaanil
Kappal pora veghthilae ingae
Kanmoodi velaigalil kanakku perugudhadi
Unga kuttugalai sollanuma
Koodaiyil allanuma
Pattanathai pazhichu kattum pappamma
Unga bavusai konjam
Padam pudicha pappamma
Unga kuttugalai sollanuma
Koodaiyil allanuma
Pattanathai pazhichu kattum pappamma
Unga bavusai konjam
Padam pudicha pappamma
Despite its own ruined state,
the city calls the village inferior,
and excitedly claps its hands to mock us!
Despite its own ruined state,
the city calls the village inferior,
and excitedly claps its hands to mock us!
Like daylight street actors in disguise,
painting and altering their faces,
they come tumbling in head over heels!
Like daylight street actors in disguise,
painting and altering their faces,
they come tumbling in head over heels!
Though all kinds of medicines exist
to bring comfort and relief to pain,
they waste away and grow thin
like sucked-out mango seeds!
Though all kinds of medicines exist
to bring comfort and relief to pain,
they waste away and grow thin
like sucked-out mango seeds!
Some collapse, lacking the strength to carry their own flesh!
Some collapse, lacking the strength to carry their own flesh!
Over there, unable to soothe to sleep
the very child born to her,
a woman hires a maid for wages!
Over there, unable to soothe to sleep
the very child born to her,
a woman hires a maid for wages!
Hey you village women!
One is named Rakkayi, another is Mookkayi,
and whichever other woman's name you ask,
it is only Kaathayi or Karuppayi!
With these towns, these names,
and your old-fashioned ways,
in what way is world-renowned Chennai city
any lesser than you? Hey!
Shall I expose all your secrets?
Shall I shovel them out by the basketful?
Oh Pappamma, who mocks the city,
shall I capture a true picture
of your so-called grandeur, Pappamma?
Shall I expose all your secrets?
Shall I shovel them out by the basketful?
Oh Pappamma, who mocks the city,
shall I capture a true picture
of your so-called grandeur, Pappamma?
If a headache or illness strikes here,
you just bow down to the deities!
And after consulting your horoscopes,
you sacrifice goats and chickens!
To a doctor educated in all medical treatments,
you will not even explain your condition!
Only when the breath stops do you scream and wail!
Shall I expose all your secrets?
Shall I shovel them out by the basketful?
Oh Pappamma, who mocks the city,
shall I capture a true picture
of your so-called grandeur, Pappamma?
Shall I expose all your secrets?
Shall I shovel them out by the basketful?
Oh Pappamma, who mocks the city,
shall I capture a true picture
of your so-called grandeur, Pappamma?
Without even the literacy to sign your name,
with just a thumbprint stamp—humph!
All your daily affairs are run!
At the speed time is moving forward,
at the speed aeroplanes fly across the sky,
your blind, ignorant deeds only keep piling up!
Shall I expose all your secrets?
Shall I shovel them out by the basketful?
Oh Pappamma, who mocks the city,
shall I capture a true picture
of your so-called grandeur, Pappamma?
Shall I expose all your secrets?
Shall I shovel them out by the basketful?
Oh Pappamma, who mocks the city,
shall I capture a true picture
of your so-called grandeur, Pappamma?
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