pallavi
en-nEramum un-nAmam-uraippadE
en-nEmam annaiyE
anupallavi
punnagaiyuDan kaN-pArtt(e)nnai eppOdum
mannippadum nIyE en tAyE (ennEramum)
caraNam
caraNam 1
En-ammA tAmadam-En-ammA
ennai rakshikka unakku bhAramA
un-ninaivE en-nEmam-allavO
un(n)uLLam karaiyavum nAn sollavO (ennEramum)
pallavi
en-nEramum un-nAmam-uraippadE
en-nEmam annaiyE
O Mother (annaiyE)! Always (en-nEramum) (ennEramum) chanting (uraippadE) Your (un) names (nAmam) (unnAmamuraippadE) is my (en) only duty (nEmam) (ennEmam).
anupallavi
punnagaiyuDan kaN-pArttu-ennai eppOdum
mannippadum nIyE en tAyE (ennEramum)
O My (en) Mother (tAyE)! It is You alone (nIyE) who should always (eppOdum) look at me (kaN-pArttu) with a smile (punnagaiyuDan) and forgive (mannippadum) me (ennai) (kaN-pArttennai).
O Mother! Always chanting Your names is my only duty.
caraNam
caraNam 1
En-ammA tAmadam-En-ammA
ennai rakshikka unakku bhAramA
un-ninaivE en-nEmam-allavO
un-uLLam karaiyavum nAn sollavO (ennEramum)
O Mother (ammA)! Please tell me (En) (EnammA). Why (En) this delay (tAmadam), O Mother (ammA) (tAmadamEnammA)? Is it burden-some (bhAramA) for You (unakku) to protect (rakshikka) me (ennai)?
Isn’t (allavO) Your (un) thought (ninaivE) (unninaivE) my (en) only task (nEmam) (ennEmamallavO)? Shall I (nAn) necessarily appeal (sollavO) for Your (un) heart (uLLam) to melt (karaiyavum)?
O Mother! Always chanting Your names is my only duty.