♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Saalaiyilae rendu maadu	Two cattle on the road,
Oththa maadu sandi maadu	One is solitary, one is stubborn,
Adi aathaa	Oh my lady,
Female :Hmm mmm	Female: Hmm mmm
Male :Adha paatha	Male: Looking at that,
Oru mookanangkayiru maattidanum	I must put a nose-rope on it,
Naan aambala singamunnu kaatidanum	And prove that I am a male lion,
Oru mookanangkayiru maattidanum	I must put a nose-rope on it,
Naan aambala singamunnu kaatidanum	And prove that I am a male lion,
Female
Saalaiyilae rendu maadu	Two cattle on the road,
Oththa maadu sandi maadu	One is solitary, one is stubborn,
Adhu naekkaa	It cleverly,
Male :Haa haang	Male: Haa haang
Female :Tharum taekka	Female: Gives a dodge,
Romba muttaama modhaama paarthidanum	We must make sure it doesn't butt or collide,
Namba pattyil kondu poi serthidanum	And bring it to safety in our pen,
Romba muttaama modhaama paarthidanum	We must make sure it doesn't butt or collide,
Namba pattyil kondu poi serthidanum	And bring it to safety in our pen,
Male
Soodum vara moodum vara	Until heat and mood build up,
Uchiyil kikkum thaan yerudhadi	A kick rises right to the top,
Female :Ahaan	Female: Ahaan
Male :Mel azhagum keezhazhagum	Male: Top beauty and bottom beauty,
Mamudhan sindhu thaan koorudhadi	Nectar pours out and speaks,
Female :Kaanja maadu kambula thaan	Female: Like a hungry bull in a crop field,
Male :Ahaan	Male: Ahaan
Female :Paanjathoru thembula thaan	Female: With the strength of a charge,
Male :Hahahah	Male: Hahahah
Female :Aaga motham anbula thaan	Female: Overall, only out of love,
Maatikitta vambula thaan	In the trouble I got caught in,
Male :Haei mookkula naakula muthu pallakkula	Male: Hey, in the nose, tongue, and pearl palanquin,
Urangaama mayanguren	Swooning without sleep,
Female
Haan saalaiyilae rendu maadu	Haan, two cattle on the road,
Oththa maadu sandi maadu	One is solitary, one is stubborn,
Adhu naekkaa	It cleverly,
Male :Haang	Male: Haang
Female :Tharum taekka	Female: Gives a dodge,
Male :Oru mookanangkayiru maattidanum	Male: I must put a nose-rope on it,
Naan aambala singamunnu kaatidanum	I must prove that I am a male lion,
Female
Orangatta sarangatta	Organized and fine-tuned,
Rombavum takkara paaduriyae	You sing so grandly!
Male :Adadaa	Male: Oh dear!
Female :Poovum vachu pottum vachu	Female: Wearing flowers and a bindi,
Ponnukku soappu thaan poduriyae	You flatter the girl endlessly,
Male
Haei aavaniyilae thaedhi vechu	Hey, fixing a date in the month of Aavani,
Thaavaniya naan pudippen	I will hold onto the half-saree,
Thaavaniya naan pudichu	Holding onto that half-saree,
Laavanaiya naan padippen	I will sing a graceful song,
Female :Vaaduren thaeduren unnathaan paduren	Female: I wither, I search, I sing for you,
Mavarasan nenapula	In the thoughts of my great king,
Male
Hae saalaiyilae rendu maadu	Hey, two cattle on the road,
Oththa maadu sandi maadu	One is solitary, one is stubborn,
Adi aathaa	Oh my lady,
Female :Haahaan	Female: Haahaan
Male :Adha paatha	Male: Looking at that,
Oru mookanangkayiru maattidanum	I must put a nose-rope on it,
Naan aambala singamunnu kaatidanum	And prove that I am a male lion,
Female
Saalaiyilae rendu maadu	Two cattle on the road,
Oththa maadu sandi maadu	One is solitary, one is stubborn,
Adhu naekkaa	It cleverly,
Male :Haa haang	Male: Haa haang
Female :Tharum taekka	Female: Gives a dodge,
Romba muttaama modhaama paarthidanum	We must make sure it doesn't butt or collide,
Namba pattyil kondu poi serthidanum	And bring it to safety in our pen.

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