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Manjanathi poove
Ilampinju kuruvigale
Maampazhathu saareduthu
Kottum aruvigale
Manjanathi poove
Ilampinju kuruvigale
Maampazhathu saareduthu
Kottum aruvigale
Thazhang kudaigale
Thathi thavazhum alaigale
Vaazhai madalgale konjum
Valayal kiligale
Intha ooru muzhukka
Paadi parakkum paruva kuyilgale
Manjanathi poove
Ilampinju kuruvigale
Maampazhathu saareduthu
Kottum aruvigale
Pachai malavalli inthe kalli
Manam padahaikiraa
Paaku vacha naala udal noola
Dhinam ilaikira
Pachai malavalli inthe kalli
Manam padahaikiraa
Paaku vacha naala udal noola
Dhinam ilaikira
Dhavani pottale
Chorus :Potta potta
Female :Avasarama mapillaiya ketta
Virappu ellame
Pochu pochu
Female :Dhukkathula kothikuthu iva moochu
Varum panguni chithirai vaikaasi ponathu
Thayil kalyaanam
Manjanathi poove
Ilampinju kuruvigale
Maampazhathu saareduthu
Kottum aruvigale
Chinnapponnu paati thalaiyaati
Innum sinuguthu
Sellakannu thatha avar paartha
Mogam sevakkkuthu
Chinnapponnu paati thalaiyaati
Innum sinuguthu
Sellakannu thatha avar paartha
Mogam sevakkkuthu
Idiyaapam serikkatha
Chorus: aalu aalu
Female :Puliyeppam vittaru paaru
Adukki vecha azhukku pola
Chorus :Pulla pulla
Female :Aasai innum vitta paadu illa
Iva nandukkum sindukkum
Sarkaru kattanum naalanju pallikoodam
Manjanathi poove
Ilampinju kuruvigale
Maampazhathu saareduthu
Kottum aruvigale
Thazhang kudaigale
Thathi thavazhum alaigale
Vaazhai madalgale konjum
Valayal kiligale
Intha ooru muzhukka
Paadi parakkum paruva kuyilgale
Manjanathi poove
Ilampinju kuruvigale
Maampazhathu saareduthu
Kottum aruvigale
O Manjanathi flower,
O tiny little sparrows,
flowing like sweet mango juice,
O cascading waterfalls!
O Manjanathi flower,
O tiny little sparrows,
flowing like sweet mango juice,
O cascading waterfalls!
O screw-pine umbrella blossoms,
O gentle, dancing ripples,
O tender banana leaves, and
sweet girls with jingling bangles!
All across this village,
O youthful cuckoos singing as you fly!
O Manjanathi flower,
O tiny little sparrows,
flowing like sweet mango juice,
O cascading waterfalls!
This playful girl, Valli of the green hills,
her heart flutters with restless excitement!
Ever since the betrothal day, like a thin thread,
she has been slimming down each day!
This playful girl, Valli of the green hills,
her heart flutters with restless excitement!
Ever since the betrothal day, like a thin thread,
she has been slimming down each day!
As soon as she wore a half-sari,
Chorus: She wore it, she did!
Female: she urgently asked for a groom!
All of her pride and attitude
is gone, is gone!
Female: in burning longing, her breath runs hot!
The months of Panguni, Chithirai, and Vaikasi have passed,
the wedding is set for the month of Thai!
O Manjanathi flower,
O tiny little sparrows,
flowing like sweet mango juice,
O cascading waterfalls!
Granny Chinnaponnu shakes her head
and still acts coy and flirty!
When Grandpa Chellakannu looks at her,
her passion blushes bright red!
Granny Chinnaponnu shakes her head
and still acts coy and flirty!
When Grandpa Chellakannu looks at her,
her passion blushes bright red!
He cannot even digest soft string hoppers,
Chorus: What a man, what a man!
Female: just look at him letting out sour burps!
Piled up like heaps of laundry,
Chorus: child after child!
Female: yet his desire has not faded one bit!
For all these little tots of theirs,
the government will have to build four or five schools!
O Manjanathi flower,
O tiny little sparrows,
flowing like sweet mango juice,
O cascading waterfalls!
O screw-pine umbrella blossoms,
O gentle, dancing ripples,
O tender banana leaves, and
sweet girls with jingling bangles!
All across this village,
O youthful cuckoos singing as you fly!
O Manjanathi flower,
O tiny little sparrows,
flowing like sweet mango juice,
O cascading waterfalls!
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