♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Megamae o megamae
Un mazhaiya konjam thoovaathae
Maalaiyil anthi maalaiyil
Unna marupadi azhaippom pogaathae
Buckingham kaalvaaiyil
Thaneerthaan nam koyil
Annaadam veluthu katti vaazhvom
Ada hoiyaa
Thalli poiyaa
Veiyil pogum munnae
Velaiya seivvom vaayaa
Megamae o megamae
Un mazhaiya konjam thoovaathae
Hey hey hey hey
Maalaiyil anthi maalaiyil
Unna marupadi azhaippom pogaathae
Hey hey hey
Sooriyan uthikkum pothu
Saayam poda povom
Sattunu mazhathuli vantha
Naanga thaayam aadaththaan povom
Vaada vaada vaada vaada
Oru thaayam
Male :Aaru
Male :Vaada vaada vaada
Orae oru thaayam
Male :Eeraaru
Male :Vaada vaada vaada
Orae oru pulli
Cha
Aaah nondi kazhutha mela
Nooru mootta pola
Vaazhkkai varuthum bothu
Naanga vaanam thedithaan povom
Salavakkaaran vaazhkka kooda
Saamiya polaththaan
Ungaloda paava mootta sumappom
Azhukkoda vaazhnthaalum
Nenjilthaan azhukkilla
Aagaayam pola manasum vella
Ada hoiyaa
Thalli poiyaa
Veiyil pogum munnae
Velaiya seivvom vaayaa
Aaa vaayaaa
Kaiyila kaasu illa
Manasula vesham illa
Poiyila vaazhkka illa
Athanaal kashtam nasthamthaan illa
Hello sir dora
Un satta kara
En kitta vara
Uttaen paar ara
Pallikkoodam pakkam
Mazhikkum othungunathilla
Anubhava paadam padichchom
Athanaal vaazhvil tholvi illai
Oru maa kaani maa kaani
Chorus :Oru maa kaani maa kaani
Male :Iru maa kaani araikkaa
Chorus :Iru maa kaani araikkaa
Male :Mum maa kaani mundaani
Chorus :mum maa kaani mundaani
Male :Naa maa kaani kaa
Chorus :Naa maa kaani kaa
Emtan potta gunda pola
Varuma sila neram
Pathungi paanju
Adikkum pothum bayam illa
Thala saanju ponaalum
Thanmaanam saayaathu
Mannoda eeram polae vaazhvom
Ada pooyaa
Thalli poiyaa
Veiyil pogum munnae
Velaiya seivvom vaayaa
Vaa vaayaa.. aaaaah…
Aahh ahhh ho ho ho….
Aaahaaa..aahaaa…aaa…aaa…hoo hoo
………………………………………………..
Megamae o megamae
Un mazhaiyil konjam nanaivomae
Maalaiyil anthi maalaiyil
Enga manasa unakku thanthomae
O cloud, oh cloud,
don't shower your rain just yet!
In the evening, at dusk,
we will call you again, so don't go away!
In the Buckingham Canal,
the water is our temple!
Every day, we wash clothes clean and earn our living!
Ada hoyya!
Step aside, friend!
Before the sunshine fades,
come on, let's finish our work!
O cloud, oh cloud,
don't shower your rain just yet!
Hey hey hey hey!
In the evening, at dusk,
we will call you again, so don't go away!
Hey hey hey!
When the sun rises,
we go to dye the clothes.
If sudden raindrops fall,
we will just go and play Dhayam (traditional dice game)!
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
A roll of one!
Male: Six!
Male: Come on, come on, come on!
Just one roll of one!
Male: Twelve!
Male: Come on, come on, come on!
Just one more point!
Ssaa!
Ah, like a limping donkey
burdened with a hundred sacks,
when life weighs us down,
we look up searching for the open sky!
Even a washerman's life
is just like God's:
we carry the burden of all your dirt and sins!
Even if we live among dirt,
there is no filth in our hearts.
Like the open sky, our hearts are pure and white!
Ada hoyya!
Step aside, friend!
Before the sunshine fades,
come on, let's finish our work!
Ah, come on!
We have no money in our hands,
and no deceit in our hearts.
Our life is not built on lies,
so we have no grief or sense of loss!
Hello, sir, white master!
The stain on your shirt—
once it comes to me,
watch how I slap it clean!
Near a schoolhouse,
we never even sheltered from the rain!
Yet we learned life's real lessons,
so there is no defeat in our lives!
Oru maa, kaani, maa kaani (traditional fraction-counting chant)
Chorus: Oru maa, kaani, maa kaani
Male: Iru maa, kaani, araikkaa
Chorus: Iru maa, kaani, araikkaa
Male: Mum maa, kaani, mundaani
Chorus: Mum maa, kaani, mundaani
Male: Naa maa, kaani, kaa
Chorus: Naa maa, kaani, kaa
Like the shells fired by the warship Emden,
troubles may strike at times;
yet even when they ambush us
and hit us hard, we have no fear!
Even if our heads should fall,
our self-respect will never bow!
We will live on, fresh like the moisture in the soil!
Come on, go on!
Step aside, friend!
Before the sunshine fades,
come on, let's finish our work!
Come, come on... aaah!
Aah aah ho ho ho...
Aahaa... aahaa... aa... aa... ho ho
...
O cloud, oh cloud,
now let us get drenched a little in your rain!
In the evening, at dusk,
we have given our hearts to you!
Male
Male
Male
Male
Chorus
Male
Chorus
Male
Chorus
Male
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
