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{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa dhiranaa } (2)
Nadhiyae nadhiyae kaadhal
Nadhiyae neeyum penthaanae
Adi neeyum penthaanae
Ondra irandaa kaaranam
Nooru ketaal solvenae
Nee ketaal solvenae
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa dhiranaa } (2)
Nadanthaal aaru ezhunthaal
Aruvi nindraal kadalallo …
Samainthaal kumari mananthaal
Manaivi petraal thaayallo
{ Siru nadhigalae
Nadhiyidum karaigalae
Karaithodum nuraigalae
Nuraigalil ival mugamae } (2)
Dhinam mothum karai thorum
Ada aarum isai paadum
Jil jil jil endra sruthiyilae
Jal jal jal endra nadaiyilae
Dhinam mothum karai thorum
Ada aarum isai paadum
Jil jil jil endra sruthiyilae
Gangai varum yamunai varum
Vaigai varum porunai varum
Jal jal jal endra nadaiyilae
Kaadhali arumai pirivil
Manaiviyin arumai maraivil
Neerin arumai arivaai kodaiyilae
Vetkam vanthaal uraiyum
Viralgal thotaal urugum
Neerum pennum ondru vaadaiyilae
{ Thanneer kudathil pirakirom oho
Thanneer karaiyil mudikirom oho } (2)
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa dhiranaa } (2)
Vanna vanna pennae
Vatta midum nadhiyae
Valaivugal azhagu
Ungal valaivugal azhagu
Ho mellisaigal padithal
Medu pallam maraithal
Nadhigalin gunamae
Adhu nangaiyin gunamae
{ Siru nadhigalae
Nadhiyidum karaigalae
Karaithodum nuraigalae
Nuraigalil ival mugamae } (2)
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa dhiranaa } (2)
Thaenkaniyil saaraagi
Pookalilae thaenaagi
Pasuvinilae paalaagum neerae
Thaayarugae seyaagi
Thalaivanidam paayaagi
Seyarugae thaayaagum pennae
Poonguyilae poonguyilae pennum
Aarum vadivam maarakoodum
Neer ninaithaal pen ninaithaal karaigal
Yaavum karaindhu poga koodum
Nadhiyae nadhiyae kaadhal
Nadhiyae neeyum penthaanae
Adi neeyum penthaanae
Ondra irandaa kaaranam
Nooru ketaal solvenae
Nee ketaal solvenae
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa dhiranaa } (2)
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa thiranaa } (2)
O river, O river of love,
O river, aren't you a woman too?
Aren't you a woman too?
Is there just one or two reasons?
If you ask for a hundred, I will tell you!
If you ask, I will tell you.
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa thiranaa } (2)
When flowing, it's a river; when leaping up,
a waterfall; when resting still, isn't it the sea?
Growing up, she's a young girl; getting married,
a wife; giving birth, isn't she a mother?
{ O little streams,
O riverbanks,
O foam touching the banks,
in the foam, I see her face! } (2)
Crashing against the shores each day,
ah, the river sings its music,
with a cool, gentle tune,
with a jingling, dancing stride!
Crashing against the shores each day,
ah, the river sings its music,
with a cool, gentle tune!
The Ganga flows, the Yamuna flows,
the Vaigai flows, the Porunai flows,
with a jingling, dancing stride!
You know a lover's worth in separation,
you know a wife's worth in her absence,
and you know the worth of water in summer!
Shy, it freezes still;
touched by fingers, it melts;
both water and woman are one in the chilly breeze!
{ We are born from a pot of water, oh,
and we end our lives on the water's edge, oh! } (2)
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa thiranaa } (2)
O colorful woman,
O swirling river,
curves are so beautiful,
all your curves are beautiful!
Oh, singing soft melodies,
covering the highs and lows,
is the way of rivers,
and that is the way of a woman!
{ O little streams,
O riverbanks,
O foam touching the banks,
in the foam, I see her face! } (2)
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa thiranaa } (2)
Turning into juice within sweet fruit,
turning into nectar within flowers,
turning into milk within the cow—such is water!
Being a child beside her mother,
being a bed of love for her man,
being a mother beside her child—such is woman!
O sweet cuckoo, O sweet cuckoo, both a woman
and a river can change their forms!
If the water wishes, or if a woman wishes,
all the shores and boundaries can dissolve away!
O river, O river of love,
O river, aren't you a woman too?
Aren't you a woman too?
Is there just one or two reasons?
If you ask for a hundred, I will tell you!
If you ask, I will tell you.
{ Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa
Dheemthananaa dheemthananaa thiranaa } (2)
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