♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Velaiyai thedi alaindhalaindhu
Naalellaam kalaithu aluthu
Vaetti vilagiyadhu kooda theriyaamal
Thoongum vaaliba ilainjargalae
Ithanai naatkal pularndhadhu polae
Indraiya pozhudhum vidindhadhu
Seekkiram yezhuveer ellorum serndhae
Velichathil velaiyai theduvom
Velai velai ellorkkum undu
Velai indri yaarum illae
Kaalai maalai vandhu pogum
Aanaalum velai
Vandhu vandhu povadhillai
Kaala kaalamaaga ingu
Ella uyirkkum
Velai undu velai undu
Nyaalam ennum solai thannil
Vandhu paaru
Hae velai velai
Ellorkkum undu
Velai indri yaarum illae
{Padikkum podhu
paadam kooda
Adhuvum velai thaan
Veliyil vandhu alaindhu thedum
Adhuvum velai thaan} (2)
{Pennai thedum
Chorus :Adhuvum velai
Male :Kaadhalitthaal
Chorus :Adhuvum velai
Male :Thaali kattu
Chorus :Adhuvum velai
Male :Kuzhandhai petraal
Chorus :Adhuvum velai} (2)
Summaa ukkaarndhu
Somberiyaai irundha podhum
Munnaalum pinnaalum
Mookkaalae moochizhukka venum
Adhuvum velai idhuvum velai
Edhuvum velai
Velai velai ellorkkum undu
Velai indri yaarum illae
Kaalai maalai vandhu pogum
Aanaalum velai
Vandhu vandhu povadhillai
Kaala kaalamaaga ingu
Ella uyirkkum
Velai undu velai undu
Nyaalam ennum solai thannil
Vandhu paaru
Hae velai velai
Ellorkkum undu
Velai indri yaarum illae
{Carai thudaikkum cleaner
Andha melai naattilae
Yevvalavo dollor ulla
Multi millonaire} (2)
{Panam irukkum
Chorus :Oruvan ingu
Male :Aadum aattam
Chorus :Ennavendru
Male :Anaivarukkum
Chorus :Theriyum theriyum
Male :Adhuvum enna
Chorus :Velai velai} (2)
Uyarvum thaazhvenna
Yedukkindra kolgai thannil podaa
Melum keezhenna
Seigindra velai thannil podaa
Adhuvum velai idhuvum velai
Edhuvum velai
Velai velai ellorkkum undu
Velai indri yaarum illae
Kaalai maalai vandhu pogum
Aanaalum velai
Vandhu vandhu povadhillai
Kaala kaalamaaga ingu
Ella uyirkkum
Velai undu velai undu
Nyaalam ennum solai thannil
Vandhu paaru
{Velai velai
Ellorkkum undu
Velai indri yaarum illae} (2)
Wandering and searching endlessly for work,
Exhausted and weeping through the days,
Unaware even when your dhoti slips off,
Oh young men sleeping so deep!
Just like all the days that dawned before,
Today too the morning has broken.
Wake up quickly, all together,
Let us search for work in the light of day!
Work, work, there is work for everyone,
There is no one without work.
Morning and evening come and go,
But work itself
Does not simply come and go.
Across the ages, in this place,
For every living being,
There is work, there is work!
In this garden called the world,
Come and see!
Hey, work, work,
There is work for everyone,
There is no one without work.
While studying,
Even your lessons
Are a kind of work!
Stepping outside and roaming in search,
That too is work!
Searching for a bride,
Chorus: That is work!
Male: If you fall in love,
Chorus: That is work!
Male: Tying the sacred wedding knot,
Chorus: That is work!
Male: Having a child,
Chorus: That is work!
Even if you sit around doing nothing
And stay completely lazy,
In and out,
You still have to breathe through your nose!
That is work, this is work,
Everything is work!
Work, work, there is work for everyone,
There is no one without work.
Morning and evening come and go,
But work itself
Does not simply come and go.
Across the ages, in this place,
For every living being,
There is work, there is work!
In this garden called the world,
Come and see!
Hey, work, work,
There is work for everyone,
There is no one without work.
The cleaner who wipes cars
In that Western land,
With so many dollars,
Is a multi-millionaire!
When a man has money,
Chorus: The games he plays here,
Male: The antics he pulls—
Chorus: What they really are,
Male: To everyone,
Chorus: Is known, well known!
Male: And what is that?
Chorus: Work, work!
What is high or low status?
It lies only in the principles you hold, man!
What is superior or inferior
In the work that you do, man?
That is work, this is work,
Everything is work!
Work, work, there is work for everyone,
There is no one without work.
Morning and evening come and go,
But work itself
Does not simply come and go.
Across the ages, in this place,
For every living being,
There is work, there is work!
In this garden called the world,
Come and see!
Work, work,
There is work for everyone,
There is no one without work.
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