♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Sirippa konjam kadan kodudaa sinegithaa	Lend me your smile for a little while, my friend.
Naan sirichchuputtu thiruppi tharaen sinegithaa	I will smile and then return it to you, my friend.
Sirippa konjam kadan kodudaa sinegithaa	Lend me your smile for a little while, my friend.
Naan sirichchuputtu thiruppi tharaen sinegithaa	I will smile and then return it to you, my friend.
Male
Manasa ninaikkaama udhadu mattum sirikkaathu	Without feeling it in the heart, the lips alone cannot smile.
Velaikku kidakkaathu velinaattulaiyum kidaikaathu	You cannot buy it for a price, nor can you find it abroad.
Annan tharamaattaan peththa appan tharamaattaan	An elder brother won't give it, nor will the biological father give it.
Un thambi thangai machchaan maman aththai maami	Your younger brother, sister, brother-in-law, uncle, aunt, or mother-in-law,
Sontha pantham evanum tharamaattaan	None of your relatives will give it to you.
Male
Poranththu sirikkaththaanae sinegithaa	Aren't we born just to smile, my friend?
Antha sirippillaatha vaazhkkai waste-tu sinegithaa	Life without that smile is a waste, my friend.
Male
Sirippa konjam kadan kodudaa sinegithaa	Lend me your smile for a little while, my friend.
Naan sirichchuputtu thiruppi tharaen sinegithaa	I will smile and then return it to you, my friend.
Chorus
Ada onnaanth thedhi aanaa namma maniparasukku	...
Irupaththi onnaam thedhi vanthaa nagai koduppavanukku sirippu	Oh, on the first day of the month, the smile belongs to our wallet;
intha pollaa pona manitha sirippu kuzhanthai sirippu sirippu	By the twenty-first day, the smile belongs to the moneylender who took our jewels.
Male
Thavazhum vayasila naan thaayin madiyil melirunthu	Ah, this corrupted human smile compared to a child's innocent smile!
Muththu muththaa sirichchaen paaru sinegithaa	When I was crawling, sitting on my mother's lap,
Nadakkum vayasila en paattiyammaa mudhugu mela	Look, I smiled like sparkling pearls, my friend.
Anbu udhira yaeri sirichchaen sinegithaa	When I was learning to walk, riding on my grandmother's back,
Male
Annaiyidam thanathaiyidam anbu sintha sirichchendaa	I climbed up and smiled with blossoming love, my friend.
Nanbargalin koottaththilae nallaave naan sirichchaendaa	I smiled showering love upon my mother and father,
Moththamaa podavaikitta sirippa adagu vachchendaa	In the company of my friends, I laughed heartily.
Male
Sirippa konjam kadan kodudaa sinegithaa	But now, I have pawned my smile away to a saree.
Naan sirichchuputtu thiruppi tharaen sinegithaa	Lend me your smile for a little while, my friend.
Chorus
…………………	I will smile and then return it to you, my friend.
Male
Gandhi sirippathu roopaai nottu melathaan irukku	...
Namakku adhu illa paaru sinegithaa	Gandhi smiles only on the rupee notes,
Yaezhai sirippula namma iraivan iruppathu unmaithaan	Look, we do not even have that, my friend.
Yaezhai naama sirippathu pol sinegithaa	It is true that God resides in the smile of the poor,
Male
Sevai seiyum uzhaippu	Look at how we poor people actually smile, my friend.
Adhu dhesa thaayin sirippudaa	The hard work of selfless service,
Jagaththukkul irukku antha	That is the smile of Mother India!
Dheivaththoda sirippudaa	Inside this wide world exists
Nallavanga siripatharkkum	That divine smile of God.
Kaalam onnum porakkumdaa	A good time will surely dawn
Male
Sirippa konjam kadan kodudaa sinegithaa	For good people to smile happily!
Naan sirichchuputtu thiruppi tharaen sinegithaa	Lend me your smile for a little while, my friend.
Sirippa konjam kadan kodudaa sinegithaa	I will smile and then return it to you, my friend.
Naan sirichchuputtu thiruppi tharaen sinegithaa	Lend me your smile for a little while, my friend.
Male
Manasa ninaikkaama udhadu mattum sirikkaathu	I will smile and then return it to you, my friend.
Velaikku kidakkaathu velinaattulaiyum kidaikaathu	Without feeling it in the heart, the lips alone cannot smile.
Annan tharamaattaan peththa appan tharamaattaan	You cannot buy it for a price, nor can you find it abroad.
Un thambi thangai machchaan maman aththai maami	An elder brother won't give it, nor will the biological father give it.
Sontha pantham evanum tharamaattaan	Your younger brother, sister, brother-in-law, uncle, aunt, or mother-in-law,
Male
Poranththu sirikkaththaanae sinegithaa	None of your relatives will give it to you.
Antha sirippillaatha vaazhkkai waste-tu sinegithaa	Aren't we born just to smile, my friend?
Male
Sirippa konjam kadan kodudaa sinegithaa	Life without that smile is a waste, my friend.
Naan sirichchuputtu thiruppi tharaen sinegithaa	Lend me your smile for a little while, my friend.
Chorus
…………………	I will smile and then return it to you, my friend.

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