♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
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Hmmm hmm hmm hmm	Hmmm hmm hmm hmm
Male
Thulasi chediya aralippoovu	Like an oleander flower amidst a holy basil plant,
Thoorama thaan pakkanum	One should only admire you from a distance.
Enna neeyum yethukitta	If you accept me into your life,
Enennavo kekkanum	I have so many desires to ask of you.
Male
Thulasi chediya aralippoovu	Like an oleander flower amidst a holy basil plant,
Thoorama thaan pakkanum	One should only admire you from a distance.
Enna neeyum yethukitta	If you accept me into your life,
Enennavo kekkanum	I have so many desires to ask of you.
Female
O pattapagal vetta veyil	Oh, in this broad daylight and intense heat,
Nammai ippa serkkanum	We should be united right now.
Naalu naala on nenappil	Thinking about you for four days straight,
Naanum romba verkkanum	I am sweating profusely in longing.
Male
En usirae nee uthirama	My life, like blood coursing through me,
Naan pudippen	I will hold onto you closely.
Nellukathirae nee karugama	Like a stalk of paddy, without letting you wither,
Naan vazhavaippen	I will nurture and make you live.
Female
Emmanasae umpinnaala	My heart keeps spinning around you,
Suthuthadaa	It keeps revolving after you!
On nenappae en kannala kuthuthada	The thought of you pierces through my eyes,
Kuthuthada kuthuthada	It pierces, it pierces!
Male
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Hmmm hmm hmm hmm	Hmmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm	Hmm hmm hmm
Hmmm hmm hmm hmm	Hmmm hmm hmm hmm
Male
Thulasi chediya aralippoovu	Like an oleander flower amidst a holy basil plant,
Thoorama thaan pakkanum	One should only admire you from a distance.
Enna neeyum yethukitta	If you accept me into your life,
Enennavo kekkanum	I have so many desires to ask of you.
Male
Ohoo hooo	Ohoo hooo
Veppangkucha irundha enna	Me, who was like a plain neem twig,
Vettivera mathuna	You transformed into fragrant vetiver roots.
Sevalapola thirincha enna	Me, who roamed wild like a game rooster,
Oorkozhiya aakuna	You turned into a domesticated home bird.
Male
Kattuthari kalaipola	Like a wild bull untamed in a stall,
Kalam poora suthunen	I wandered around my whole life.
Veetuthari pola unthan	Like a gentle home bull,
Kaaladiyil sikkunen	I ended up bound at your feet.
Female
Othavartha sonnavudan	As soon as a single word was uttered,
Orangatti poniyae	You pushed yourself aside and left.
Mothamathaan ennenappa	Completely hiding all thoughts of me,
Moodivachu nineeyae	You locked them deep within yourself.
Male
Sodalaimada saamimela	Swearing upon the deity Sudalai Madan,
Sathiyamaa solluren	I tell you the absolute truth,
Ommanasu kayappada	So that your heart wouldn't be wounded,
Koodathunu thallunen	I intentionally kept my distance from you.
Female
En vayasu onnapaakkama	Without seeing you, my lifespan
Koranjudumae	Will keep decreasing.
En usiru nee ellannaa marainjirumae	If you are not with me, my life will fade away.
Marainjirumae marainjirumae	It will fade away, it will fade away!
Male
Thulasi chediya aralippoovu	Like an oleander flower amidst a holy basil plant,
Thoorama thaan pakkanum	One should only admire you from a distance.
Enna neeyum yethukitta	If you accept me into your life,
Enennavo kekkanum	I have so many desires to ask of you.
Female
Paarijadha poova neeyum	Like a sacred Parijata flower,
Paarvaiyaala thakkuna	You attacked me with your gaze.
Pambarama suthi enna	Spinning me around like a top,
Thanthirama mathuna	You cleverly transformed my entire nature.
Female
Kathikambu aruva ellam	Sticks, knives, and sickles—
Neeyum thookki veesuna	You threw them all away.
Un kallathanam athanaiyum	All your mischievous, rough ways,
Kaadhalaathaan mathuna	You transformed entirely into love.
Male
Mukkulathu thottathula	In the garden at Mukkulam,
Naan parichen mullaithan	I plucked wild jasmine flowers.
Nee moonu mayil thaandi putta	Since you went three miles away from me,
En manasu thollai thaan	My heart is filled with sorrow.
Female
Saayarpuram santhaiyila	In the local market of Sayarpuram,
Vangivanthen mothiram	I bought a ring for you.
Saiyangaala neram vantha	Whenever the evening time arrives,
Onnodaiya gyabagam	Memories of you flood my mind.
Male
En uyirae unna	Oh my life, you—
Oru naalum marakkalaiyae	I have never forgotten you for even a single day.
Illampayirae unna	Oh tender young crop, you—
Oru nallum verukkalaiyae	I have never resented you for even a single day.
Verukkalaiyae verukkalaiyae	Never hated, never hated!
Male
Thulasi chediya aralippoovu	Like an oleander flower amidst a holy basil plant,
Thoorama thaan pakkanum	One should only admire you from a distance.
Enna neeyum yethukitta	If you accept me into your life,
Enennavo kekkanum	I have so many desires to ask of you.
Male
Hmm hmm hmm	Hmm hmm hmm
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