♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Female
Pengalukkendru oru perumai undu	Women have a distinct pride of their own
Theriyaadhoo kanna	Don't you know that, Kanna?
Iru kangalil ondru pen kulam endru	That womanhood is like one of the two eyes
Puriyaadhoo kanna	Don't you understand, Kanna?
Kangalil ondru penn kulam endru	That womanhood is like one of the two eyes
Puriyaadhoo kanna…puriyaadhoo kanna	Don't you understand, Kanna... don't you understand, Kanna?
Male
Engalukkendru oru kaaviyam undu	We have epic histories written for us
Theriyaadhoo kannae	Don't you know that, my dear?
Naangal maalaiyittaal thaan madhippu undu	Only if we place the garland on you do you gain value
Puriyaadhoo kannae	Don't you understand, my dear?
Female
Engal menagai pinnaal	Behind our Menaka
Vishwamithrar ponadhu	Vishwamitra followed
Ethanai kevalamoo	How disgraceful was that?
Male
Ungal samyukthai mattum	Just because your Samyukthai
Kudhirai yeri parandhu	Flew away riding a horse
Ponadhu naanayamoo	Was that honorable?
Female
Unga kovalan engal maadhavi	Your Kovalan falling at the feet of our Madhavi
Kaalil vizhundhadhu enna nadagamoo	What kind of drama was that?
Male
Oru pavalan pinnae amaravathi	Amaravathi wandering and singing behind a poet
Paadi thirinthathu kaaviyamoo..hoi	Is that considered an epic? Hoi!
Paadi thirinthathu kaaviyamoo…ahei	Is wandering and singing considered an epic? Ahei!
Female
Enga mangamma	Our Queen Mangamma
Annaalil madhurai nagaril	In Madurai city back in those days
Singam pol aandathai ketkalaiyoo	Haven't you heard how she ruled like a lion?
Male
Andha madhuraiyai aanda alliyai	Queen Alli who ruled that same Madurai
Adakka arjunan vandhadhai paarkalaiyoo	Haven't you seen Arjuna coming to subdue her?
Aaa…aa	Aaa...aa
Female
Harichandran enbavan sondha manaiviyai	Didn't Harichandra put his own wife
Sandhaiyil vilai pesalaiyoo	Up for auction in the market?
Male
Unga nallathangaalum	And your Nallathangal
Pettra kuzhandhaiyai	Her own born children
Kinattril thooki veesalaiyoo	Didn't she throw them down a well?
Kinattril thooki veesalaiyoo	Didn't she throw them down a well?
Male
Haei haei	Haei haei
Engalukkendru oru kaaviyam undu	We have epic histories written for us
Theriyaadhoo kannae	Don't you know that, my dear?
Female
Aan kuzhandhai endru	Even if a baby is born
Pirandha podhum	As a male child
Amma enbadhu engalai thaan	It calls only us 'Mother'
Male
Andha kuzhandhai kooda	Even for that child
Initial poda	To put an initial of the father's name
Nambhi iruppadhu engalai thaan	It relies entirely on us!
Female
Indru indhiya naattai	Today, born to rule the nation of India
Aala piranthathu	Are the hands wearing bangles, sir!
Valaiyal potta kaigal aiyaa	Are hands wearing bangles, sir!
Male
Andha mangaiyin kaigalil valaiyal	But on the hands of that woman, the bangles
Maatti vittadhum aadavan kaigal amma	Were placed by the hands of a man, madam!
Haan aadavan kaigal amma	Yes, placed by the hands of a man, madam!
Male
Bruhh bruhh	Bruhh bruhh
Female
Pengalukkendru oru perumai undu	Women have a distinct pride of their own
Theriyaadhoo kanna	Don't you know that, Kanna?
Male
Naangal maalaiyittaal thaan madhippu undu	Only if we place the garland on you do you gain value
Puriyaadhoo kannae…puriyaadhoo kannae…	Don't you understand, my dear... don't you understand, my dear...

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Puraana Kurippugal (Mythological and Historical Allusions)

Ethukai (Second Letter Rhyme)

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