♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Pothi vacha aasai thaan
Othukichu pesathaan
Sillu vandu paathu thaan
Sirikirathae
Patti vutta aaduthaan
Patti vanthu senthuthaan
Patta vali yaavume
Inikirathae
Anju kuyil koovatho
Nenju kuli aaratho
Nathai nandu polae
Naan nasungi porenae
Paththu kili pesatho
Ungkurala maaratho
Vathathanni neenaana
Naan vathangi porenae
Uzhuthu potta puzhuthi pola
Vaanam paathu vaaduren
Eechan kaatu ooththa pola
Nanaikka poguren
Oh…oh…hoo hoo hoo hooo
Kokkukae meenaanen
Orukathaiyil naanum thaan
Oppukae thaayanenen
Orukadhavusurae
Sikkukae seepaanen
Thenarunenae naanumthaan
Vakkathu ponenae
Athanguthu manasae
Ninnuthaan paakuren
Mazha vara kaanamae
Kannukulla kaadaiya
Thudikirenae
Aanja kaai polavae
Saanja tholu kaayuthae
Kuyilu odanju kumari azhuga
Aaru aanathae…ae…..ae…..ae….
Thandatti kaathaaga
Valandhruchu sogam thaan
Manchatti oodaaga
Odanchathu usurae
Panna poo polathaan
Paranthuruche kaalam thaan
Senthatti kaayaaga
Aruvuthu manasae
Minnathaan poochithaan
Manasula meyuthae
Sokkathaan choliya
Sirikirathae
Ooda meenum paanjathae
Naanal poovum saanjathae
Koluthum veyilae nadikum azhagil
Saaral aanathae….ae….a.e…..ae…
Pothi vacha aasai thaan
Othukichu pesathaan
Sillu vandu paathu thaan
Rasikirathae
Patti vutta aaduthaan
Patti vanthu senthuthaan
Patta vali yaavumae
Inikirathae
Anju kuyil koovatho
Nenju kuli aaratho
Nathai nandu polae
Naan nasungi porenae
Paththu kili pesatho
Ungkurala maaratho
Vathathanni neenaana
Naan vathangi porenae
Uzhuthu potta puzhuthi pola
Vaanam paathu vaaduren
Eechan kaatu uththa pola
Nanaikka poguren
Oh…oh…hoo hoo ooo hoo ooo
The desire I kept hidden inside
has agreed to speak out.
Looking at this, the cricket
is laughing with joy!
The goat that went out to graze
has returned to the fold,
and all the hardship endured
feels sweet now!
Won't five cuckoos sing together?
Won't my aching heart find peace?
Like a snail and a crab,
I am getting crushed!
Are ten parrots chattering?
Won't your sweet voice change?
Like a fish in drying water,
I am withering away!
Like ploughed dry soil,
I look at the sky and pine.
Like a fresh spring in the wild date palm grove,
I am going to drench you.
Oh... oh... ho... ho... ho... ho...
I became the fish caught by a crane,
in a tragic story of my own.
I became a mother only in name,
and my life melts away in sorrow.
I became a comb caught in tangles,
struggling to break free.
Left helpless with nowhere to turn,
my heart withers in pain.
I stand here waiting and watching,
yet there is no sign of rain.
Like a quail trapped inside an eye,
I flutter in agony!
Like dried pods falling,
my weary body is parched.
As this young girl weeps with a broken heart like a wounded cuckoo,
her tears have turned into a river...
Like an earlobe stretched by heavy thandatti (traditional ear ornament),
my sorrow has only grown larger.
Like the broken shard of a clay pot,
my life has shattered.
Like a light flower drifting in the wind,
time has simply flown away.
Like a stinging senthatti (wild itchy plant) berry,
my heart is burning and sore.
A glowing firefly
drifts across my mind.
Like cowrie shells in a game of chokkattan (traditional dice game),
it rattles with laughter!
The stream fish leaped,
and the river reed swayed low.
In the beauty that puts on a fierce summer glare,
a cool, gentle drizzle falls...
The desire I kept hidden inside
has agreed to speak out.
Looking at this, the cricket
is enjoying the sight!
The goat that went out to graze
has returned to the fold,
and all the hardship endured
feels sweet now!
Won't five cuckoos sing together?
Won't my aching heart find peace?
Like a snail and a crab,
I am getting crushed!
Are ten parrots chattering?
Won't your sweet voice change?
Like a fish in drying water,
I am withering away!
Like ploughed dry soil,
I look at the sky and pine.
Like a fresh spring in the wild date palm grove,
I am going to drench you.
Oh... oh... ho... ho... ho... ho...
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