oru naNban irundhaal
oru naNban irundhaal
kaiyoadu boomiyai sumandhidalaam
thodu vaanam pakkamae
thoda vaeNdum naNbaney
nam paeril thisaigaLai ezhudhalaam
kadalil nadhigaL peyar kalandhadhu
indha natpil engaL uyir kalandhadhu
natpu enbadhu engaL mugavari
idhu vaazhkai paadathil mudhal vari
indha ulagil miga perum yaeNi
naNban illaadhavan hey



thoazh meedhu kai poattu koNdu
thondriyadhellaam paesi oorai sutri vandhoam vandhoam
oruvar veettilae paduthu thoonginoam natpin poarvaikkuLLae
indha kaadhal kooda vaazhkkaiyil azhagilae thoandrumae
thoazhan endra sondham ondru
thoandrum namadhu uyiroadu


nenjukkuL nenjukkuL uLLa
eNNangaL eNNagaL solla naNban ore sondham
namadhu maejaiyil uNavu koottaNi adhil natpin rusi
ada vaazhkai payaNam maaRalaam natpu dhaan maaRuma?
aayuL kaalam thaerndha naaLil
naNban mugham dhaan maRakkaadhey

She may be the face I can't forget
A trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay
She may be the song the summer sings
May be the chill the autumn brings
May be a hundred different things
Within the measure of the day

She may be the beauty or the beast
May be the famine or the feast
May turn each day into a heaven or a hell
She may be the mirror of my dream
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell

She who always seems so happy in a crowd
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
She may be the love that cannot hope to last
May come to me from shadows of the past
That I remember till the day I die

She may be the reason I survive
The way and wherefore I'm alive
The one I'll care for through the rough and ready years
Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I've got to be

The meaning of my life is
She