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Lyrics & meaning

Mama Mama

From Mannar Vagaiyara · 2018

Lyricist
Mani Amuthavan
Singer
Mukesh
Music director
Jakes Bejoy
Movie name
Mannar Vagaiyara
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
8 Jan 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Dakkan dakkan koduva
Dain dakkan thariya
Dakkunu dakkan variya
Hey dain dakkan…
Mama mama mudiyala mama
Mama mama thangala mama
Ava veedu enga thedu
Start achi love moodu
Oru vaati thala neeti
Ennai partha antha beauty
Kaatha aanen kaana ponen
Antha ponna
Kandu pudikanum mama
Kaiya pudikanum mama
Katti pidikanum mama
Muththam kudukanum mama
Kandu pudikanum mama
Kaiya pudikanum mama
Katti pidikanum mama
Muththam kudukanum mama
Adiyae natchathiram
Onnonna eduthu
Neethan thinnuriyaaa
Nelava soap-ah than
Nee pottu kulichi
Ippadi minnuriya…aa..
Adi enna aanalum
Ini naanthan unakku
Ennai thiruppi thanthalum
Naan venam enakku
Ennai kuda serthikka
Nee pora pokkula
Ithu onnu podhum di
Ver ethum kekalaa….
Antha ponna
Kandu pudikanum mama
Kaiya pudikanum mama
Katti pidikanum mama
Muththam kudukanum mama
Valathu kaala vechi
Eppo nee varaa
Namma veetukulla
Ippo vittu putta
Naalu anji masam
Nalla thethi illaa….
Ingayae ippothae
Vaa kattikellam
Ellarikkum pinnalae
Vaa sollikelaam
Un odambu thanguma
En anbu thollaiya
Vaa pethu vaazhalaam
Ezhu ettu pullaiya…
Mama mama mudiyala mama
Mama mama thangala mama
Ava veedu enga thedu
Start achi love moodu
Oru vaati thala neeti
Ennai partha antha beauty
Kaatha aanen kaana ponen
Mapillai parichai pinni irukinghlaa
Male : Pedal eduthirikken
Ippo sollu
Poduren da map-u
Thukkuren da maapu
Maaman athula sharpu
Unakku than da paapu
Mama mama
Happy happy mama
Mama mama
Very happy mama
Dakkan dakkan, give it to me
Dain dakkan, will you give it?
Will you come quickly in a flash?
Hey dain dakkan...
Uncle, uncle, I can't take it, uncle!
Uncle, uncle, I can't bear it, uncle!
Search where her house is
The love mood has started!
Poking her head out just once,
that beauty who looked at me,
I turned into the wind and vanished!
That girl...
I must find her, uncle!
I must hold her hand, uncle!
I must hug her tight, uncle!
I must kiss her, uncle!
I must find her, uncle!
I must hold her hand, uncle!
I must hug her tight, uncle!
I must kiss her, uncle!
Hey girl, did you take the stars
one by one,
and eat them up?
Did you use the moon like soap,
take a bath in it,
and shine like this?
Hey girl, whatever happens,
from now on, I am only yours!
Even if you return me to myself,
I don't want myself anymore!
Just take me along with you,
wherever you go!
Just this one thing is enough, girl,
I won't ask for anything else...
That girl...
I must find her, uncle!
I must hold her hand, uncle!
I must hug her tight, uncle!
I must kiss her, uncle!
Stepping with your right foot,
when are you coming
into our home?
If we let this pass now,
for the next four or five months
there's no good wedding date...
Right here, right now,
come, let's tie the knot!
To everyone later on,
come, we can break the news!
Can your body bear
the sweet trouble of my love?
Come, let's live and raise
seven or eight children...
Uncle, uncle, I can't take it, uncle!
Uncle, uncle, I can't bear it, uncle!
Search where her house is
The love mood has started!
Poking her head out just once,
that beauty who looked at me,
I turned into the wind and vanished!
Groom, did you ace the exam?
Male: I completely nailed it!
Now tell me!
I'm drawing the route map, man!
I'll sweep her off her feet, buddy!
Your uncle is an expert at that!
That girl is all yours, buddy!
Uncle, oh uncle!
I'm happy, happy, uncle!
Uncle, oh uncle!
I'm very happy, uncle!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Mama Mama' from the movie 'Mannar Vagaiyara' is an upbeat, energetic Tamil folk-pop song where the protagonist excitedly confides in his uncle ('Mama') about falling head-over-heels in love with a girl he just glimpsed. He enthusiastically begs his uncle to help him locate her, marry her, and start a family immediately, employing humorous and hyper-romantic exaggerations to describe her glowing beauty.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Monostich/Second Letter Rhyme)

Kandu pudikanum mama / Katti pidikanum mama

Repetition of the second letter 'du' across consecutive lines ('Kandu pudikanum', 'Katti pidikanum').

Hyperbole (Atisayokthi)

Nelava soap-ah than nee pottu kulichi ippadi minnuriya

Exaggerating the heroine's beauty by asking if she eats stars and bathes with the moon as soap.

Anaphora

Mama mama mudiyala mama / Mama mama thangala mama

Repetition of 'Mama mama' and 'Kandu pudikanum mama' at the beginning of phrases to express urgency and excitement.

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Trivia

The song is composed by Jakes Bejoy for the rural comedy entertainer 'Mannar Vagaiyara' (2018), starring Vimal. The energetic lyrics written by Mani Amuthavan incorporate traditional folk rhythmic vocables ('Dakkan dakkan') along with fast-paced local slang.

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