he vāḻkkaiyai teḍi nāṉum poṟeṉ kāṇḍula pāḍum pāṭṭukkāraṉ
podaiyil pāḍum sogappāṭṭa soḍāva kalandu pāḍappoṟeṉ
māmaṉ oṭṭāṇḍi pĕriya lūsāṇḍi
aḍivāṅgiye nāṉ sṭrāṅ āṉeṉ māyāṇḍi
āṉeṉ nāṉ poṇḍi adaiyum tāṉ tāṇḍi porāḍuveṉ
nāṉ vĕṟiyāṉa virumāṇḍi
aḍa ūduṅgaḍā saṅgu nāṉ taṇḍaccoṟu kiṅgu
tamiḻ is my Mother Tongue, I am single and I’m Young
aḍa ūduṅgaḍā saṅgu nāṉ taṇḍaccoṟu kiṅgu
tamiḻ is my Mother Tongue, I am single and I’m Young
ūdu saṅgu nāṉ tāṉ kiṅgu Mother Tongue, I am single and I’m Young
ūdu saṅgu nāṉ tāṉ kiṅgu Mother Tongue, I am single and I’m Young
ĕrumaikku kūḍa puḽukrās irukku
ĕṉakkāga yosikka uyirā irukku
maratta sutti ṭūyaṭ pāḍi
lav paṇṇa ĕṉakkum tāṉ āsa irukku
māṉam roṣamlām ṭīlla viṭṭāccuḍā
piḽāsṭik pū kūḍa vāḍi poyāccuḍā
vĕḽiya sŏllāma uḽḽa aḻuguṟeṇḍā
vĕḽḽa maṉasĕllām iṅge kaṇakkillaḍā
taṅgu taṅgu takkā..
aḍa ūduṅgaḍā … nāṉ taṇḍaccoṟu …
tamiḻ is my Mother …, I am single and I’m …
aḍa ūduṅgaḍā saṅgu nāṉ taṇḍaccoṟu kiṅgu
tamiḻ is my Mother Tongue, I am single and I’m Young
I am single and I’m Young
ūdu saṅgu nāṉ tāṉ kiṅgu I am single and I’m Young
ūdu saṅgu nāṉ tāṉ kiṅgu Mother Tongue, I am single and I’m Young
