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Karpoora kannigaiyae vaaraai
Adi alanthu alanthu nayanthu nayanthu paaraai
Nee vanghala maharaaniyae
Valathu kaal eduthu vaaraai neeyae
Maduraikku pogathadi
Anga malli poo kanna vekkum
Thanjaavur pogaathadi
Thala aataama bomma nikkum
Thoothukudi pona sila kappal kara thattum
Kodaikaanal pona anga megam unna suthum
{Asaruthu asaruthu orr mothamaa
Athu enna athu enna un kuthamaa} (2)
Karpoora kannigaiyae vaaraai
Adi alanthu alanthu nayanthu nayanthu paaraai
Nee vanghala maharaaniyae
Valathu kaal eduthu vaaraai neeyae
Adi othaiyila thaniyaaga
Methaiyila thoongaathae
Akka magan vaaraandi
Alaichu pogha
Maduraikku pogathadi
Anga malli poo kanna vekkum
Sithira naa …veyiladikkum
Kaarthiga naa ….mazhaiyadikkum
Adaar pudaar kadaar thadaar
Maapillai thaan thangam
Aadiyinaa…kaathadikkum
Maargazhi naa.. ha ha ha
Damaal damaal gabaal gabaal
Maapillai thaan singam
Ho…maruthaani thotathukkae
Ada maruthaani yaaru vecha
Ho.. thera thera iva vaara vaara
Woh.. kaatu kuyilum kattika thaan
Thamizh naatu puyalum vanthuruchae
Hoy… jora jora varum veera veera
Naan akaraiyil irunthaalum
Ikkaraiyil irunthaalum
Sakaraiyaa irupalae aasaiyalae
Maduraikku pogathadi
Anga malli poo kanna vekkum
Asaruthu asaruthu orr mothamaa
Athu enna athu enna un kuthamaa
Marumaga marumaga vanthachamma
Eni maamiyaar pathavithaan unakaachamma
Thamizh naatu manmathanae vaaraai
Pen mayanga mayanga nadanthu nadanthu vaaraai
Nee indira maharaajanae
Vetri maalaikena piranthavanae
Nee thotathellaam jeyamaaga
Sonnathellaam nijamaaga
Kanni nila vanthiduchu
Kanavu kaana…
Ho…ketti melam naathaswaram
Atha sernthu ketkum neram sugam
Dum dum dum dum
Du dudududu dum dum dum dum
Ho… manjal kunguma thaaliyin sirappu
Pengalukellaam inoru porappu
Dum dum dum dum
Male :Dum dum dum dudum dudum
Dum dum dum dum…Female :Wohoo…hooohoo
Chandiranil oru paathi
Indiranil oru paathi
Sundaranae en jodi aanathenna
Maduraikku pogathadi
Anga malli poo kanna vekkum
Maduraikku pogamaaten
En malli poo un kaiyilae
Thanjaavur pogathadi
Thala aataama bomma nikkum
Engum poga maaten
Un munnaala thaan nippen
Munnaal vanthu ninnu
En kannaal sokka vaipen
{Asaruthu asaruthu orr mothamaa
Athu enna athu enna un kuthamaa} (4)
Come forward, girl as bright and pure as camphor!
Take slow, graceful steps and look around softly!
You are the Queen of Bengal!
Step in with your right foot first!
Don't go to Madurai, girl!
There, the jasmine flowers will cast an evil eye on you!
Don't go to Thanjavur, girl!
The dancing dolls will stop nodding and just stare!
If you go to Thoothukudi, ships will run aground!
If you go to Kodaikanal, the clouds will wrap around you!
Everyone is completely bowled over and stunned!
Tell me, is that really your fault?
Come forward, girl as bright and pure as camphor!
Take slow, graceful steps and look around softly!
You are the Queen of Bengal!
Step in with your right foot first!
Hey, all by yourself,
don't sleep alone on the mattress!
Your cousin groom is coming, girl,
to take you away with him!
Don't go to Madurai, girl!
There, the jasmine flowers will cast an evil eye on you!
In the month of Chithirai, the sun blazes...
In the month of Karthigai, the rain pours...
Adar pudaar kadar thadaar,
this groom is pure gold!
In the month of Aadi, the wind howls...
In the month of Margazhi... ha ha ha...
Damaal damaal kabaal kabaal,
this groom is a lion!
Oh, for the entire garden of henna,
who could have applied henna?
Oh, draw the curtains open, here she comes!
Just to embrace this wild songbird,
the storm of Tamil Nadu has arrived!
Oh, here comes the dashing, brave hero!
Whether I am on that far shore
or right here on this shore,
she will stay as sweet as sugar out of pure love for me!
Don't go to Madurai, girl!
There, the jasmine flowers will cast an evil eye on you!
Everyone is completely bowled over and stunned!
Tell me, is that really your fault?
The daughter-in-law has arrived, mother!
From now on, the title of mother-in-law is yours!
Come forward, Cupid of Tamil Nadu!
Walk on in, making every girl swoon!
You are like the great king Indra!
You were born to wear the garland of victory!
May everything you touch turn to success!
May everything you say come true!
The young moon has arrived
to dream sweet dreams...
Oh, the wedding drums and the Nadaswaram pipes,
it feels so sweet to hear them play together!
Dum dum dum dum!
Du dudududu dum dum dum dum!
Oh, the sacred gift of turmeric, kumkum, and the wedding thali (sacred thread),
is like a whole new birth for every woman!
Dum dum dum dum!
Male: Dum dum dum dudum dudum!
Dum dum dum dum... Female: Wohoo... hoo-hoo-hoo!
One half like the moon,
one half like King Indra,
how did this handsome man become my match?
Don't go to Madurai, girl!
There, the jasmine flowers will cast an evil eye on you!
I will not go to Madurai!
My jasmine flower is already in your hands!
Don't go to Thanjavur, girl!
The dancing dolls will stop nodding and just stare!
I will not go anywhere else!
I will only stand right in front of you!
Standing right before you,
I will captivate you with my eyes!
Everyone is completely bowled over and stunned!
Tell me, is that really your fault?
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