♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Yammaadi aathaadi onna enaku thariyaadi
Nee paadhi naan paadhi ada serndhu putta sivan jaadhi
Araicha maava araipomaa
Thuvacha thuniya thuvaipomaa
Raman kadhaiya ketpomaa
Villai valaichu paarpomaa
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemmamaa
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemmamaa
Yammaadi aiyo aathaadi onna enaku thariyaadi
Hei naan thaan da mudhalaali
Nee thaan enaku thozhilaali
Matcham minnum natchathiram
Nee enni paarthaa enni paartha vetkam varum
Vetka neram ilaratha
Adichu putta odachi putta sorgam varum
Nethu varai nethu varai
Neeyum thaan naanum thaan ottavilla
Vaazhum varai vaazhum varai
Neeyum thaan naanum thaan retta pulla
Vayasu paiyan moochu di
Ada patta idam poochedi
Unnai polae ennai polae
Kaadhalika yaarum illa
Nallvanae vallavanae
Vaazha vaika vandhavanae
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemmamaa
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemmamaa
Ayyo ayyo
Aadhaaramaa avadhaaramaa
Aayi putta nenjukulla
Mm onnai vita ennai vidum
Uyir thaanammaa ullukulla
Un vaasam thaan en moochil veesum
Uyirukul uyir vaazhudhu
Nam perai thaan oor ellam pesum
Boomikum mozhiyaanadhu
Neethaanda neethaanda jalli kattu
Mudinjakaa ennai muttu
Poovukum verukum mallu kattu
Ennoda betu kattu tu tu tu
Yemmama yemmamma yemmamma yemmamma
Yemmama yemmama yemmamaaa
Yeh yemma yemma yemma
Yeh yemma yemma yemma
Yeh yemma yemma yemma yemmamaa
Yammadi aathaadi onna onna enaku thariyaadi
Nee paadhi naan paadhi
Serndhu putta sivan sivan jaadhi
Araicha maava araipomaa
Thuvacha thuniya thuvaipomaa
Raman kadhaiya ketpomaa
Villai valaichu paarpomaa
Ye yemma ye yamma ye yamma ye yemma
Ye yemma ye yemma yemmamma
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemma yemma yemmamaa
Oh girl, my goodness, won't you give yourself to me?
You are one half and I am the other—together, we are one like Lord Shiva!
Shall we grind the batter that is already ground?
Shall we wash the clothes that are already washed?
Shall we listen to the story of Rama?
Shall we try bending his mighty bow?
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemmama
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemmama
Oh girl, goodness gracious, won't you give yourself to me?
Hey, I am the boss around here!
And you are only my worker!
Your beauty spots sparkle like stars;
if you count them all, you will blush with shyness.
Throw your shyness away;
break right through it, and heaven will follow!
Until yesterday, until yesterday,
you and I never got along.
As long as we live, as long as we live,
you and I are inseparable like twins.
The warm breath of a young lad, girl—
wherever it touches turns into a flowering plant!
Like the two of us,
there is nobody else who can love!
My good man, my capable man,
the one who came to make my life bloom!
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemmama
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemmama
Oh my, oh my!
As my whole foundation, as my divine blessing,
you have made a home inside my heart.
Mmm, if I ever leave you, life will leave me;
you are the very soul inside me, my dear!
Your fragrance drifts through every breath I take;
a new life is thriving within my soul.
The whole town talks of our love;
it has become a language for the world.
You are my wild bull in Jallikattu (traditional bull-taming sport);
lock horns with me if you dare!
It is a wrestling match between the flower and the root;
so place your bet with me, do-do-do!
Yemmama yemmamma yemmamma yemmamma
Yemmama yemmama yemmamaaa
Hey yemma yemma yemma
Hey yemma yemma yemma
Hey yemma yemma yemma yemmama
Oh girl, my goodness, won't you give yourself to me?
You are one half and I am the other,
joined together as one, just like Lord Shiva!
Shall we grind the batter that is already ground?
Shall we wash the clothes that are already washed?
Shall we listen to the story of Rama?
Shall we try bending his mighty bow?
Hey yemma, hey yemma, hey yemma, hey yemma
Hey yemma, hey yemma, yemmamma
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemma yemma
Yemma yemma yemma yemma yemmama
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