♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Uppukaettaa paruppu thaaraan
Paruppukaetta seruppa thaaraan
Seruppa kaetta seepa thaaraan
Seepa kaetta soapah thaaraan
Ilikiraan mulikiraan
Hindhiyila alakkuraan
Enakkenna puriyudhu
Unakkenna theriyudhu
Sharaabhi gulabi jawani deewani
Meen pudichaa yettula nickum
Naan vilundhen kaal thadukki
Paalu paalu gopalu
Paathuputten daa gopalu
Aalu aalu ammaalu
Yaarumillada nammalu
Achaangiraan bachaangiraan
Aavoongiraan jaavoongiraan
Aadu maadu kozhi kuruvi
Pesadhingae hindhithaan
Naan vaaai thirakkum mundhithaan
En pozhappu sindhithaan
Naan injithinna manghithaan
Paalu paalu gopalu
Paathuputten daa gopalu
Aalu aalu ammaalu
Yaarumillada nammalu
Ennoda pecha kudukka
Engha irukaan tamizh aalu
Illaama nepalathil
Eppadi iruppen thani aalu
Kanna nee kannula kattu
endhamizh pesum oru aalu
Kattayam pazhanikku vandhu
Saathiduvenae vadivelu
Thaengapaalu idiyappam than
Nepalathilae kedaikakdhu
Sukka rotti bhel poorithaan
Thinna enakku saerikkadhu
Sappu kotti naan suttu thingira
Uppukandam tahan ingae yaedhu
Paalu paalu gopalu
Paathuputten daa gopalu
Aalu aalu ammaalu
Yaarumillada nammalu
Nepaalu singangalukku
Peru padaicha koorgathaan
Namoorula kgateukku gate
Nikkarathunu shokka than
Angae naantamizhula sonna
Arinjikkuvaanae naekka than
Ingae naan paecsura pechu
Ennugiraanae weakka thaan
Hindhiyila padicha imayamalai mael
Cheran avndhu kodi nattan
Ingiyirukkum kallai eduthu
Kannagikaakka silai vechaan
Endha naalilum endha naatilum
Vettri kaanuvaan pachai tamizhan
Paalu paalu gopalu
Paathuputten daa gopalu
Aalu aalu ammaalu
Yaarumillada nammalu
Achaangiraan bachaangiraan
Aavoongiraan jaavoongiraan
Aadu maadu kozhi kuruvi
Pesadhingae hindhithaan
Naan vaaai thirakkum mundhithaan
En pozhappu sindhithaan
Naan injithinna manghithaan
Paalu paalu gopalu
Paathuputten daa gopalu
Aalu aalu ammaalu
Yaarumillada nammalu
If I ask for salt, he gives me lentils!
If I ask for lentils, he gives me a slipper!
If I ask for a slipper, he gives me a comb!
If I ask for a comb, he gives me a sofa!
He grins, he blinks in confusion,
And blabbers endlessly in Hindi!
What do I understand?
What do you even know?
Sharabi, Gulabi, Jawaani, Deewani!
Catch a fish and it hangs on the hook,
I tripped on my foot and fell flat down!
Paalu, Paalu, Gopalu!
I have truly seen it all, Gopalu!
People, so many people, Ammalu,
Yet not a single one is our own!
He says "Accha", he says "Baccha",
He says "Aao", he says "Jaao"!
From goats and cows to hens and sparrows,
Isn't Hindi all they speak around here?
Before I even open my mouth,
My whole life gets spilled and ruined!
I have become like a monkey that ate ginger!
Paalu, Paalu, Gopalu!
I have truly seen it all, Gopalu!
People, so many people, Ammalu,
Yet not a single one is our own!
To share a word of conversation,
Where can I find a Tamilian?
Without anyone in Nepal,
How can I survive all alone?
O Lord, show to my eyes,
Just one person who speaks my Tamil!
I will surely come to Palani,
And offer a spear to Lord Murugan!
Coconut milk and string hoppers,
You just cannot find them in Nepal!
Dry rotis and bhel puri alone—
Eating them never agrees with me!
Smacking my lips to eat roasted,
Where can I find dried salted meat here?
Paalu, Paalu, Gopalu!
I have truly seen it all, Gopalu!
People, so many people, Ammalu,
Yet not a single one is our own!
The brave lions of Nepal,
The legendary Gurkhas—
At every gate back in our hometown,
They stand on guard so stylishly!
If I talk to them in Tamil back there,
They understand it so cleverly!
Yet the way I speak right here,
They look down upon as so weak!
Atop the Himalayas famous in Hindi lore,
The Chera king came and planted his flag!
Taking a stone from this very place,
He carved a statue for Kannagi!
On any day, in any country,
A true-born Tamilian will always triumph!
Paalu, Paalu, Gopalu!
I have truly seen it all, Gopalu!
People, so many people, Ammalu,
Yet not a single one is our own!
He says "Accha", he says "Baccha",
He says "Aao", he says "Jaao"!
From goats and cows to hens and sparrows,
Isn't Hindi all they speak around here?
Before I even open my mouth,
My whole life gets spilled and ruined!
I have become like a monkey that ate ginger!
Paalu, Paalu, Gopalu!
I have truly seen it all, Gopalu!
People, so many people, Ammalu,
Yet not a single one is our own!
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