♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Vambukkaara paatti paatti
Aadudhu un thangatti
Mokka palla kaatti kaatti
Paaduriyae dhum katti
Andha kaala pechellaam oramaa kootti
Vechu pudu pesaama moolaiyil kootti
Yaechugala vaangaadhae en kitta maatti
Kundhikka nee thinnaiyila kaal kaiya neetti
Vambukkara paethi paethi
Minnudhu un mookkuthi
Pallaviya maathi maathi
Paaduriyae raasaathi
Indha kaala paechellaam morathula thaan yaethi
Paakkattumaa naan konjam kaathula thaan thoothi
Paatti kitta venaandi veembugal aathi
Paaradi naan veppen un moolaiya thaethi
Vambukkaara paatti paatti
Aadudhu un thangatti
Mokka palla kaatti kaatti
Paaduriyae dhum katti
Unnoda kaalathula
Nellu kutha maavaraikka
Annaadam pombalainga
Avadhi pattaanga
Ippa yenga kaalathula
Ellaathukkum machine irukku
Pothaana amuthi vela mudichukkittaanga
Nellu kuthum ponnu
Karum kallaarundhaa appo
Pallu kuthak kooda
Oru thembu illa ippo
Appa koondu kili pola
Ponnu sirai irundhaa paaru
Scooterilae yaeri ippa suthuraalae ooru
Oorum kettadhu perum kettadhu
Vaeru ennaachu..hakkaan
Vambukkaara paatti paatti
Aadudhu un thangatti
Mokka palla kaatti kaatti
Paaduriyae dhum katti
Indha kaala paechellaam
Morathula thaan yaethi
Paakkattumaa naan konjam
Kaathula thaan thoothi
Appodhu purushan kitta
Pathu pulla pethukkittu
Ponjaadhi iduppodinju paduthiruppaalae
Ippodhu pathu pulla pethaalae
Sambalam thaan
Pathalannu purushan kitta sidu siduppaalae
Pathu pulla pethum
Appa panjam illa veettil
Arasu potta thottil
Ippa aadudhammaa naattil
Unga nallathangaal kaalam
Ippa naatta vittu pochu
Naadhiyatra pulla
Ingu arasudamai aachu
Adi yaaru pethadhu
Yaaru kandadhu oorum kettaachu
Hummkumm
Vambukkaara paatti paatti
Aadudhu un thangatti
Mokka palla kaatti kaatti
Paaduriyae dhum katti
Indha kaala paechellaam
Morathula thaan yaethi
Paakkattumaa naan konjam
Kaathula thaan thoothi thootthi
Yaechugala vaangaadhae en kitta maatti
Kundhikka nee thinnaiyila kaal kaiya neetti
Vambukkaara paatti paatti
Aadudhu un thangatti
Female :Vambukkara paethi paethi
Minnudhu un mookkuthi
You troublemaking grandma, grandma,
your dangling earring is swinging!
Showing off your blunt teeth,
you are singing with all your might!
Sweep all that old-fashioned talk aside,
sweep it into a corner and keep quiet!
Don't pick a fight with me and get scolded,
just sit on the porch, stretching out your legs and arms!
You troublemaking granddaughter, granddaughter,
your nose ring is sparkling bright!
Changing the tune over and over,
you keep singing, my little princess!
Shall I put all this modern talk in a winnowing basket,
and winnow it away in the wind to see what's left?
Don't show your stubborn pride to your grandma, girl!
Just watch, I'll sharpen your brain and set it right!
You troublemaking grandma, grandma,
your dangling earring is swinging!
Showing off your blunt teeth,
you are singing with all your might!
Back in your time,
to pound the paddy and grind the flour,
women every single day
suffered and struggled so much!
Now in our time,
there is a machine for everything;
they just press a button and get the work done!
A girl who pounded paddy
was as strong as black granite back then!
Now, even to pick their teeth,
people have no strength left!
Back then, like a caged parrot,
look how a woman lived imprisoned!
Now she rides a scooter and roams around the town!
The town has gone bad and reputations are ruined,
what else has become of this world... aha!
You troublemaking grandma, grandma,
your dangling earring is swinging!
Showing off your blunt teeth,
you are singing with all your might!
All this modern talk,
put into a winnowing basket,
shall I just
winnow it away in the wind?
Back then, for her husband,
giving birth to ten children,
a wife would lie down with a broken back!
Nowadays, if she has children,
she complains that his salary
isn't enough and snaps at her husband!
Even after bearing ten children,
there was no poverty at home back then!
The cradle set up by the government
is rocking in the country today!
Your Nallathangal (folklore of extreme hardship) era
has left the land for good now!
An abandoned child
has now become the state's responsibility!
Hey, who gave birth to them,
and who knows? The whole town has gone bad!
Hmph!
You troublemaking grandma, grandma,
your dangling earring is swinging!
Showing off your blunt teeth,
you are singing with all your might!
All this modern talk,
put into a winnowing basket,
shall I just
winnow and blow it away in the wind?
Don't pick a fight with me and get scolded,
just sit on the porch, stretching out your legs and arms!
You troublemaking grandma, grandma,
your dangling earring is swinging!
You troublemaking granddaughter, granddaughter,
your nose ring is sparkling bright!
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