Evano oruvan vaasikkiraan...iruttilirundhu naan yaasikkiraen
Someone is playing (the flute), in the dark I am loving
Thavam poal irundhu yoasikkiraen adhaith thavanai muraiyil naesikkiraen
Like a meditation I am thinking, and I am loving those thoughts in the sequence
Kaettu kaettu naan kirangugiraen kaetpadhai avanoa ariyavillai
I am continuously listening and falling for thee and he does not know I am listening
Kaattu moongilin kaadhukkullae avan oodhum ragasiyam puriyavillai
Not understanding the secrets which he blew into the ear of the bamboo from the woods
Pullaanguzhalae poonguzhalae neeyum naanum oru jaadhi
My bamboo flute, my flowery flute you and I are the same race
Ullae urangum aekkaththilae unakkum enakkum sari paadhi
The eagerness that sleeps inside is equally divided for you and me
Kangalai varudum thaenisaiyil en kaalam kavalai marandhiruppaen
In the soft music that touches my eyes I forget my lifetime of pain
Innisai mattum illaiyendraal naan endroa endroa irandhiruppaen
If there wasn't soft music I would have died long ago
Urakkam illaa munniravil en ul manadhil oru maarudhalaa
In these sleepless nights is there a change in my mind?
Irakkam illaa iravugalil idhu evanoa anuppum maarudhalaa
In these loveless nights is this a change sent by him?
Endhan sogam theervadharku idhu poal marundhu piridhillaiyae
To cure my sadness there isn't a medicine like that
Andhak kuzhalaippol azhuvadharku aththanai kangal enakkillaiyae
To cry like the flute I don't have that many eyes! ( the holes in the flute)
(Movie: Alaipayuthey)
