♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Adi sarasu ilasu vaangadi	Hey Sarasu, come buy fresh vegetables!
Male
Sokka thangam yaaru	Who is pure gold?
Sollum intha ooru	This entire village will tell.
Sirikkum perazhagaa	A great beauty who smiles,
Irukkum oor azhagaa	The beauty of this village.
Nenjil ulla paasam	The affection in the heart,
Katti anaichu pesum	Will speak while embracing tightly.
Suthu pattu oorum	The surrounding village too,
Kattupadum paaru	Look, it gets disciplined.
Male
Adiye puttaa vacha ravukkai kaari	Hey girl wearing a dotted blouse,
Adi ettu molam pudavai kaari	Hey girl wearing an eight-cubit saree,
Kattum rippan kadanukuthaan vaanga vaa	Should I buy ribbon on credit for you,
Illa kanna moodi othaiyila thoongava	Or close my eyes and sleep alone?
Female
Ettu mulam vaetti katti	Wearing an eight-cubit veshti,
Elanthanara satai potu	Wearing a jujube-red shirt,
En kita vambu panna mapila	O bridegroom who troubles me,
Nan mayanga maten	I will not swoon,
Unnuduya pechula	At your sweet words.
Male
Aanda kollaiyila	In the backyard field,
Female :Aah	Female: Aah
Male :Aaradi pump set	Male: Near the six-foot pump set,
Female :Aah	Female: Aah
Male :Aalum yaarum illa	Male: Nobody is around,
Vaadi en chellakkutti	Come here my sweet darling.
Female
Aanda yaarumilla	Nobody is there behind,
Neeyum vaaya pothu	You too shut your mouth.
Manusan ellarukkum	For all human beings,
Boomi pothu soththu	The earth is common property.
Male
Pattanamthaan poyi	I went to the city,
Naanum padikala	Yet I did not study.
Namma panjayathu	Our village panchayat,
Pallikoodam thorakala	Did not open the school.
Female :Aama	Female: Yes!
Male
Saami kutham vanthuduchaam	Is it a sin against God, they ask,
Saami aadi solluraru	God enters a trance and speaks:
Saathi sanam paduchu puta	If lower caste folks get educated,
Adimaiku than adimai yaaru	Who will be the slave to a slave?
Male
Itha sonna saami kuthama	Is it a divine sin to question this?
Female :ooi	Female: Ooi!
Male :Antha saami vanthu	Male: Will that deity come,
Kanna kuthuma	And poke out your eyes?
Female :Appadi podu	Female: Hit it like that!
Male
Itha sonna saami kuthama	Is it a divine sin to question this?
Antha saami vanthu	Will that deity come,
Kanna kuthuma	And poke out your eyes?
Male
Adiye puttaa vacha ravukkai kaari	Hey girl wearing a dotted blouse,
Adi ettu mula pudavai kaari	Hey girl wearing an eight-cubit saree,
Male
Tentu kotta iruku pulla	There is a touring talkies tent, dear girl,
Rendu kettaan kaatchi pulla	A twilight movie show, dear girl,
Udane unna thedi odi vanthen	I ran seeking you immediately,
Vaanguthedi moochu pulla	I am panting for breath, dear girl!
Female
Pacha mulagaai palapalakum	It shines like a green chili,
Paakum pothe minu minukum	It sparkles just by looking at it,
Odacha kannula thanni varum	Tears fall when you crush it,
Kaducha pinne thenaa varum	It turns sweet like honey once bitten!
Male
Adi alagaana sunthariye	O beautiful lady,
Nan varungaala manthiriye	O my future minister lady!
Female :Naan udaikaatha munthiriye	Female: O unshelled cashew nut,
Enna mulusaa nee thingiriye	You are eating me up entirely!
Male
Adiye puttaa vacha ravukkai kaari	Hey girl wearing a dotted blouse,
Adi ettu mozham pudavai kaari	Hey girl wearing an eight-cubit saree,
Kattum rippan kadanuku thaan vaanga vaa	Should I buy ribbon on credit for you,
Illa kanna moodi othaiyila thoongava	Or close my eyes and sleep alone?
Female
Thoongu	Go sleep!
Male :Thaniyaa vaa	Male: Come alone!
Male
Pallu pattaa paalkudam	If teeth touch it, will the milk pot,
Kettu pogumaa	Get spoiled?
Ada kaambu pona vethalaiku	For a betel leaf without a stem,
Kaaram ethumaa	Will spice kick in?
Female
Oothu thanni vathithithada	Spring water has dried up,
Kallu kenidaa	In the stone well!
Ada paathu neyum vaaya kodu	Hey, carefully offer your mouth,
Vambu kaari daa	You mischievous woman!
Male
Adi paavi sakkaalathi	O wicked co-wife!
Female :Yaei	Female: Yaei!
Male :Nan thiurpachi pattaa kaththi	Male: I am a sharp blade from Thirupachi!
Female :Adeyappaa	Female: Oh my goodness!
Female
Monaiyaenda mangi pochu	Why has your tip gone blunt?
Ada motha muraiyaa	Ah, for the very first time,
Moonchi thongi pochu	Your face has fallen flat!
Male
Kadanja mor kudikatuma	Shall I drink churned buttermilk,
Kambu killi madikatuma	Shall I pluck pearl millet and fold it?
Enakum unakum mudunchu pochu potti	The competition between you and me is over,
Athai ninaikum pothu nenanju pochu vetti	Thinking of that, my veshti got drenched!
Female
Valukku marathai anaichu pudi	Hold onto the slippery tree tightly,
Valayapati thavila adi	Beat the Valayapatti thavil drum!
Ettu oorum namma paata ketkum	Eight villages will listen to our song,
En ravikaiyilae kuthuthaiya ookum	A safety pin pricks inside my blouse, sir!
Male
Kaichirukku kaayirendu	Two unripe fruits are ripe on the tree,
Paaychalluku maadu undu	There is a bull ready to charge,
Mutti Mothi paakatuma mela	Shall I try bumping into you up above,
Nan aatikitu nikatuma	Shall I stand shaking my tail?
Female :Edhai	Female: Shaking what?
Male :Nan aatikitu nikatuma	Male: Shall I stand shaking it?
Female :Sariyaa sollunga	Female: Tell me properly!
Male :Nan aatikitu aatikitu	Male: Shall I stand shaking and shaking,
Aatikitu aatikitu	Shaking and shaking,
Aatikitu aatikitu	Shaking and shaking,
Aatikitu nikatumaa vaale	Shall I stand shaking my tail, dear?
Female
Raagama irukkappaa..	Ah, it sounds so rhythmic, man!

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