- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singers
- Udit Narayan, Cochin Haneefa
- Music director
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Movie name
- Madrasapattinam
- Movie release year
- 2010
- Lyrics added on
- 17 Oct 2018
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Hmm hmm mmmm
Vaammaa dhuraiyammaa
Female :Hmm
Male :Come on white lady
Male :Idhu vangakkaraiyammaa
Female :What
Male :Paadraaraam singing
Vaammaa dhuraiyammaa
Idhu vangakkaraiyammaa
Vanakkam solliththaan
Varaverkum oorammaa
Male :We Welcome with vanakkam
Female :Oh vanakkam
Male :Ha ha ha adhae thaan
Kattavandiyil pavom
Traamil yeriyum povom
Koovam padagilum povom
Polaamaa
Magudi oodhida
Paambu aadudhae yemmaa
Periya yaanai thumbikkai
Aasirvaadhangal yemmaa
Kodi adhisayam ingae yemmammaa…
Vaammaa dhuraiyammaa
Idhu vangakkaraiyammaa
Vanakkam solliththaan
Varaverkum oorammaa
Paavaikkoothugal
Bommalaattangal
Kovil sirpathil kalai valarppom
Innum vaasal kolathin
Arisi maavilae
Paravaikkum erumbukkum
Virundhu vaippom
What’s this
Male :Food for kuruvi’s
Female :Oh really
Male :Yes
Kodi jaadhigal
Ingae ulla podhilum
Annan thambiyaai
Naangal vaazhuvom
All brothers and sisters
But parents different
Female :That’s great
Male :Hey thankyou thank you
Veettil thinnaigal
Vaiththu kattuvom yemmaa
Vazhippokkan vandhu thaan
Thangichelluvaan summaa
Male :Sweet outdoors
Male :Thaayum dheivamthaan ingae
Yemmammaa…
Vaammaa dhuraiyammaa
Idhu vangakkaraiyammaa
Vanakkam solliththaan
Varaverkum oorammaa
Or kodi aandugal thaandi
Vaazhndhidum
Sendhamizh engal mozhiyaagum
Ada kamban valluvan kavidhaiyil sonna
Vaazhkkaiyae engal neriyaagum
Whats that
Male :Theriyathu sonna puriyuma
Old poet written gold lines
Indha boomiyil neengal
Engum pogalaam
Ingu mattumae
Anbai kaanalaam
Haan love you
Female :I beg u pardon
Male :No no land of love
Thappicha da saami
Veera mannargal vaazhndha
Naadidhu yemmaa
Idhai adimaiyaakkithaan
Kodumai seivadhu gnaayamaa
What is that mean
Male :Water water clean water
Hey summa iruppa
En polappa keduthuraatha
Valaiyil malaiyum thaan
Vizhundhadhu yemmammaa
Male :Aama aamaa
Vaammaa dhuraiyammaa
Idhu vangakkaraiyammaa
Vanakkam solliththaan
Varaverkum oorammaa
Kattavandiyil pavom
Traamil yeriyum povom
Koovam padagilum povom
Polaamaa
Magudi oodhida
Paambu aadudhae yemmaa
Periya yaanai thumbikkai
Aasirvaadhangal yemmaa
Kodi adhisayam ingae yemmammaa…
Mmm mmm mmmm
Welcome, English lady!
Female: Hmm?
Male: Come on, white lady!
Male: This is the shore of the Bay of Bengal!
Female: What?
Male: He is singing! Singing!
Welcome, English lady!
This is the shore of the Bay of Bengal!
Greeting you with "Vanakkam",
this town welcomes you warmly!
Male: We welcome with "Vanakkam"!
Female: Oh, "Vanakkam"!
Male: Ha ha ha, that is it!
We will ride in a bullock cart,
we will also travel by tram,
and we will take a boat along the Cooum river!
Shall we go?
As the pungi flute plays,
look, the snake dances, madam!
The big elephant's trunk
showers blessings, madam!
There are millions of wonders right here, madam!
Welcome, English lady!
This is the shore of the Bay of Bengal!
Greeting you with "Vanakkam",
this town welcomes you warmly!
Through shadow puppetry
and string puppet shows,
and in temple sculptures, we nurture our arts!
And through the doorstep kolam patterns
drawn with rice flour,
for the birds and the ants,
we offer a feast!
What is this?
Male: Food for sparrows!
Female: Oh, really?
Male: Yes!
Though countless communities
live here side by side,
like brothers,
we all live as one!
All brothers and sisters,
but parents different!
Female: That is great!
Male: Hey, thank you, thank you!
We build raised porches (thinnai)
in the front of our homes, madam,
so that any passing traveller
can rest freely before moving on!
Male: Sweet outdoors!
Male: The mother is revered as God here,
oh madam!
Welcome, English lady!
This is the shore of the Bay of Bengal!
Greeting you with "Vanakkam",
this town welcomes you warmly!
Enduring through millions of years,
living on forever,
classical Tamil is our mother tongue!
The way of life taught in the poetry of Kamban and Valluvar
is the righteous path we follow!
What is that?
Male: You would not know even if I told you, would you understand?
Old poets wrote golden lines!
Anywhere across this wide world
you may travel,
but only right here
can you find such love!
Huh, love you!
Female: I beg your pardon?
Male: No, no! Land of love!
Phew, that was a close escape, thank goodness!
This is a land where brave kings
once lived, madam!
Is it right to enslave it
and subject it to cruelty?
What does that mean?
Male: Water, water, clean water!
Hey, keep quiet!
Do not ruin my livelihood!
Even a mighty mountain
has now fallen into the net, madam!
Male: Yes, yes!
Welcome, English lady!
This is the shore of the Bay of Bengal!
Greeting you with "Vanakkam",
this town welcomes you warmly!
We will ride in a bullock cart,
we will also travel by tram,
and we will take a boat along the Cooum river!
Shall we go?
As the pungi flute plays,
look, the snake dances, madam!
The big elephant's trunk
showers blessings, madam!
There are millions of wonders right here, madam!
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
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Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Valaiyil malaiyum thaan vizhundhadhu yemmammaa (Lines 82-83 Pressing the plight of the land being enslaved, comparing a grand mountain falling into a net to a mighty kingdom being captured).”
Rhyme / Refrain
“Kattavandiyil pavom / Traamil yeriyum povom / Koovam padagilum povom (Lines 15-17 Rhythmic parallelism and end-rhyme highlighting various modes of 1940s Madras transport).”
Did you know?
Trivia
Set in pre-independence Madras (1940s), 'Vaammaa Dhuraiyammaa' playfully highlights local landmarks and lifestyle features of the era—such as trams and boat rides along the Cooum river—as the native guides introduce the British protagonist to Tamil culture.
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