♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Male
Ungappan peru ennadaa	What is your father's name, kid?
Adha kannaa neeyum solladaa	Tell me that, my sweet child.
Suththi suthi paaradaa	Look all around you.
Un pinju verala kaattadaa	Point your tiny tender finger.
Panthamunnu sollikittu	Claiming it as a bond of kinship,
Veetukkulla vanthuputtae	You entered inside the house.
Sonthamingu vetkkappattu	Ashamed, the relative here
Kambi enna vachchupputtae	Quietly slipped away.
Male
Thambi ungappan peru ennadaa	Hey brother, what is your father's name?
Adha kannaa neeyum solladaa	Tell me that, my sweet child.
Suththi suthi paaradaa	Look all around you.
Un pinju verala kaattadaa	Point your tiny tender finger.
Panthamunnu sollikittu	Claiming it as a bond of kinship,
Veetukkulla vanthuputtae	You entered inside the house.
Sonthamingu vetkkappattu	Ashamed, the relative here
Kambi enna vachchupputtae	Quietly slipped away.
Male
Ungappan peru ennadaa	What is your father's name, kid?
Adha kannaa neeyum solladaa	Tell me that, my sweet child.
Suththi suthi paaradaa	Look all around you.
Un pinju verala kaattadaa	Point your tiny tender finger.
Male
Pondatti vayasaagi	Just because his wife grew old
Kezhadaagi ponathula	And became an elderly woman,
Vanthaayo chinna veettu aarisaa	Did you arrive as the heir of a mistress?
Nindraayo kambukkoru saatchiyaa	Do you stand here as evidence for the wooden pillar?
Male
Than veettu saappaatta	Having devoured the home-cooked food
rushiyoda muzhungiputtu	With great relish,
Hotel-lukkum ponathingae yaaradaa adaei	Who is the one who went to a hotel here, hey?
Thangamae engitta nee kooradaa	My precious darling, tell me!
Oora naan koottiduvaen	I will gather the whole town together,
Maanaththa vaangiduvaen	I will strip away their dignity!
Sokkaaya kizhichchukkittu	Tearing his shirt apart,
Rodellaam alaiya vappaen	I will make him roam all over the streets!
Male
Ungappan peru ennadaa	What is your father's name, kid?
Adha kannaa neeyum solladaa	Tell me that, my sweet child.
Suththi suthi paaradaa	Look all around you.
Un pinju verala kaattadaa	Point your tiny tender finger.
Panthamunnu sollikittu	Claiming it as a bond of kinship,
Veetukkulla vanthuputtae	You entered inside the house.
Sonthamingu vetkkappattu	Ashamed, the relative here
Kambi enna vachchupputtae	Quietly slipped away.
Male
Ungappan peru ennadaa	What is your father's name, kid?
Adha kannaa neeyum solladaa	Tell me that, my sweet child.
Suththi suthi paaradaa	Look all around you.
Un pinju verala kaattadaa	Point your tiny tender finger.
Male
Kalyaana vaipogam	Before the wedding celebrations
Muraiyaaga nadakkum munnae	Could take place in a proper, traditional way,
Maenchuputtu vanthathu yaar solladaa	Tell me, who was it that grazed outside and came back?
Adha kaadhodu rragasiyamaa kooradaa	Whisper that secret softly into my ear.
Male
Nadamaadum thadimaadu	A walking brute of a man,
Veriyodu kozhupeduththu	Filled with wild lust and arrogance,
Kombaala kizhichcha pasu engadaa	Where is the cow that got torn by his horns?
Intha kannukutti porantha kadhai solladaa	Tell me the story of how this calf was born!
Male
Muchchanthila nikka vachchu	Making him stand at the three-way junction,
Muttiya naan paeththuduvaen	I will dislocate his knees!
Kaiya kaalai katti pottu	Tying his hands and legs together,
Danguvaara kazhattiduvaen	I will strip him of his belt and teach him a lesson!
Male
Ungappan peru ennadaa	What is your father's name, kid?
Adha kannaa neeyum solladaa	Tell me that, my sweet child.
Suththi suthi paaradaa	Look all around you.
Un pinju verala kaattadaa	Point your tiny tender finger.
Panthamunnu sollikittu	Claiming it as a bond of kinship,
Veetukkulla vanthuputtae	You entered inside the house.
Sonthamingu vetkkappattu	Ashamed, the relative here
Kambi enna vachchupputtae	Quietly slipped away.
Male
Aiyya ungappan peru ennadaa	Oh dear, what is your father's name, kid?
Adha kannaa neeyum solladaa	Tell me that, my sweet child.
Suththi suthi paaradaa	Look all around you.
Un pinju verala kaattadaa….	Point your tiny tender finger.

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