Thaaye... Uyire...

Thaaye... Uyire...

Mother... My life...

Vidiyal un peyaradi

Dawn itself is your name

Vizhiyil velicham niraiththaay

You filled my eyes with light

Irulai nee vizhungiye

Swallowing all the darkness yourself

Idhayam vilakkaai thandhaay

You gave me a heart bright as a lamp

Vidiyal un peyaradi

Dawn itself is your name

Vizhiyil velicham niraiththaay

You filled my eyes with light

Idi unnai thaakkiyum

Even as the thunder came and struck you

Inimai aai valarththaay

You raised me only in sweetness

Mazhaiyil naan nanaiyaamal

So that I would not get drenched in the rain

Malaiyaai mele kavizhndhaay

You arched over me like a mountain

Paniyil naan nadungida

When I shivered in the frost

Parivaai ennai anaiththaay

You held me close with tenderness

Vaanam thodum uyaram tara

To give me the height to touch the sky

Vithaiththu ennai valarththavale

You sowed me and raised me, O mother

Neeyo tharaiyil nindruthaan

Yet you kept standing on the ground

Nizhalaai ennai anaiththavale

And embraced me as my shade, O mother

Nathiyai pol nee vatriye

Like a river you ran yourself dry

Nanaiththaay en vaazhvinai

And you watered my whole life

Verin kadan ariyaamale

Never knowing the debt I owe the root

Veezhaamal naan nadandhene

I walked on, and never once fell

Vidiyal un peyaradi

Dawn itself is your name

Vizhiyil velicham niraiththaay

You filled my eyes with light

Irulai nee vizhungiye

Swallowing all the darkness yourself

Idhayam vilakkaai thandhaay

You gave me a heart bright as a lamp

Nizhalaai nee kaaththaaye

As shade you once sheltered me

Nizhalaai naan maaruvene

Now into shade I'll turn for you

Ariyaamal valarnthene

I grew up without ever knowing

Anaiththaiyum unarnthene

I have come to realise it all

Veyilil nee vendhaaye

In the scorching sun you burned

Maramaai naan nirpene

Now like a tree I'll stand for you

Kadanaai adhu maaraamal

So this love won't harden into a debt

Kanivaai naan tharuvene

I'll give it back to you as tenderness

Thaaye... Uyire...

Mother... My life...

Nee than en ulagamadi

You alone are my world

Nee than en velichamadi

You alone are my light

Thaaye... Uyire... Aaa... Aararo... Aararo...

Mother... my life... Aaa... Aararo... Aararo...