♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Chorus
Dakkan dakkan koduva	Dakkan dakkan koduva (Folk rhythm beats)
Dain dakkan thariya	Dain dakkan thariya (Folk rhythm beats)
Dakkunu dakkan variya	Dakkunu dakkan variya (Folk rhythm beats)
Hey dain dakkan…	Hey dain dakkan... (Folk rhythm beats)
Male
Mama mama mudiyala mama	Uncle uncle, I cannot take it uncle!
Mama mama thangala mama	Uncle uncle, I cannot endure it uncle!
Ava veedu enga thedu	Find out where her house is!
Start achi love moodu	The love mood has started!
Male
Oru vaati thala neeti	Peeking her head out once,
Ennai partha antha beauty	That beauty looked at me!
Kaatha aanen kaana ponen	I became wind and vanished into thin air!
Male
Antha ponna	That girl...
Kandu pudikanum mama	We must find her, uncle!
Kaiya pudikanum mama	We must hold her hand, uncle!
Katti pidikanum mama	We must hug her, uncle!
Muththam kudukanum mama	We must give her a kiss, uncle!
Male
Kandu pudikanum mama	We must find her, uncle!
Kaiya pudikanum mama	We must hold her hand, uncle!
Katti pidikanum mama	We must hug her, uncle!
Muththam kudukanum mama	We must give her a kiss, uncle!
Male
Adiyae natchathiram	Hey girl, are you picking stars one by one
Onnonna eduthu	And eating them up?
Neethan thinnuriyaaa	Are you bathing using the moon
Nelava soap-ah than	As your soap
Nee pottu kulichi	To shine so brightly like this?
Ippadi minnuriya…aa..	Hey, whatever happens,
Male
Adi enna aanalum	From now on, I am yours!
Ini naanthan unakku	Even if you return me to myself,
Ennai thiruppi thanthalum	I do not want myself back!
Naan venam enakku	Take me along with you
Ennai kuda serthikka	As you go on your path!
Nee pora pokkula	Just this one thing is enough, girl,
Ithu onnu podhum di	I won't ask for anything else!
Ver ethum kekalaa….	That girl...
Male
Antha ponna	We must find her, uncle!
Kandu pudikanum mama	We must hold her hand, uncle!
Kaiya pudikanum mama	We must hug her, uncle!
Katti pidikanum mama	We must give her a kiss, uncle!
Muththam kudukanum mama	Stepping in with your right foot first,
Male
Valathu kaala vechi	When will you enter
Eppo nee varaa	Inside our house?
Namma veetukulla	If we miss this moment now,
Ippo vittu putta	For four or five months,
Naalu anji masam	There are no auspicious dates!
Nalla thethi illaa….	Right here, right now,
Male
Ingayae ippothae	Come, let us tie the knot!
Vaa kattikellam	Behind everyone's back,
Ellarikkum pinnalae	Come, let us inform them later!
Vaa sollikelaam	Will your body withstand
Male
Un odambu thanguma	The playful trouble of my affection?
En anbu thollaiya	Come, let us live and give birth
Vaa pethu vaazhalaam	To seven or eight kids!
Ezhu ettu pullaiya…	Uncle uncle, I cannot take it uncle!
Male
Mama mama mudiyala mama	Uncle uncle, I cannot endure it uncle!
Mama mama thangala mama	Find out where her house is!
Ava veedu enga thedu	The love mood has started!
Start achi love moodu	Peeking her head out once,
Male
Oru vaati thala neeti	That beauty looked at me!
Ennai partha antha beauty	I became wind and vanished into thin air!
Kaatha aanen kaana ponen	Groom, did you ace the exam?
Male
Mapillai parichai pinni irukinghlaa	I have stepped on the accelerator pedal!
Male : Pedal eduthirikken	Now tell me!
Male
Ippo sollu	I am laying it down, my boy!
Poduren da map-u	I am lifting it high, my boy!
Thukkuren da maapu	Uncle is very sharp at this!
Maaman athula sharpu	It is only for you, my child!
Unakku than da paapu	Uncle uncle,
Male
Mama mama	Happy happy uncle!
Happy happy mama	Uncle uncle,
Mama mama	Very happy uncle!
Very happy mama

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Edhugai (Monostich/Second Letter Rhyme)

Hyperbole (Atisayokthi)

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