ABDI ABDI Lyrics English Translation – A. R. Rahman | Genie

taht alsaytara
[Under Control]
taht alsaytara
[Under Control]
ituma abdi
[You are my slave]
ituma abdi abdi
[You are my slave, my slave]

shubey klibey sah sah
[Your wish is my command]
wafakar taraa sar
[And think, you’ll see it happen]
masiruk benyudik
[Your fate is in my hands]
shubey klibey sah sah
[Your wish is my command]
wafakar taraa sar
[And think, you’ll see it happen]
masiruk benyudik
[Your fate is in my hands]

‘ajdadukum yaelamuu qasasi
[Your ancestors know my stories]
wujudi ‘abadi
[My existence is eternal]
aintum eabdi anteabdi
[You are my slaves, you are my slaves]

abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
en thegam
[My body]
thee thee
[is fire, fire]
wujudi ‘abadi
[My existence is eternal]
abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
en thegam
[My body]
thee thee
[is fire, fire]
wujudi ‘abadi
[My existence is eternal]

yea yea yea
[Yea yea yea]
yea yea yea
[Yea yea yea]
en udal thee
[My body is fire]
en nizhal thee
[My shadow is fire]
adachee indha silmisam
[This mischief is contained]
eanada genie?
[What kind of genie are you?]
aasai mei maayathil
[Desire in the illusion of the body]
indha bhoomi yaayum adimai
[This whole world is a slave]
naan kaanum naanum meiyo?
[Is the “me” I see even real?]
en meiyum poiyo meiyo?
[Is my body real or an illusion?]
thoalpaavai naano?
[Am I a mere puppet?]
nenjil thoongum bhoodham
[The demon that sleeps in the heart]
viduthalai seidhal paavam
[It is a sin to set it free]
unnai vendre aalum
[It will conquer and rule you]
vilakkai theykkadhe
[Don’t rub the lamp]

abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
ival aadum
[This dancing]
pen thee
[woman is fire]
abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
en thegam
[My body]
thee thee
[is fire, fire]

wujudi ‘abadi
[My existence is eternal]
masiruk bayn aydik
[Your fate is in my hands]
masiruk bayn aydik
[Your fate is in my hands]

thee… thee…
[Fire… fire…]
thith thith thee thee
[S..s..s..fire, fire]
thee… thee…
[Fire… fire…]
thith thith thee thee
[S..s..s..fire, fire]

abdi abdi aalum aasaigalai
[My slave, my slave, the desires that rule]
veezhthum nadanamidhu kaanbayo?
[Will you witness this dance that fells them?]
manamirupadho perum sirai sirai
[The mind is a great prison]
maraippadhe menthirai thirai thirai
[The veil of illusion is what conceals]
agam uduthiya mugam enum thirai
[The veil called the face, worn by the self]
unmaigal sollidumo?
[Will it ever tell the truth?]

pigaiyillaa neruppe
[A smokeless fire]
senneelak kangalo?
[Are they reddish-blue eyes?]
en thegam theeyile
[My body in the fire]
ea,, viragam
[Oh, the pain of separation]
unai unai unai erikka
[To burn you, you, you]
naragam
[Hell]
enai enai enai erikka
[To burn me, me, me]

abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
ival aadum
[This dancing]
pen thee
[woman is fire]
abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
en thegam
[My body]
thee thee
[is fire, fire]

yal ya eayn
[Oh night, oh eye]
ya habibi ya layl
[Oh my love, oh night]
layl ya layl
[Night, oh night]
ya habibi ya layl
[Oh my love, oh night]

alruwh ansalabat
[The soul has been enslaved]
alruwh ansalabat
[The soul has been enslaved]
alruwh ansalabat
[The soul has been enslaved]
alruwh ansalabat
[The soul has been enslaved]
alruwh ansalabat
[The soul has been enslaved]
genie genie ivan
[He is a genie, a genie]
alruwh ansalabat
[The soul has been enslaved]
genie genie ivan
[He is a genie, a genie]

maarum megamena
[Like a changing cloud]
maarum boothamivan
[He is a changing demon]
maaya uoodagam idho
[Here is the medium of illusion]
aanai eatpavanin aanai kettu
[Hearing the command of the one who accepts it]
udal aadum naadagam idho
[Here is the drama where the body dances]
naalameri enthan
[My veins]
udhiram oadum vazhi
[The path where my blood flows]
matrum maayamivan
[He is another illusion]
sei sei seiyya
[Do, do, do it]
genie genie ivan
[He is a genie, a genie]
polla, genie genie ivan
[Evil, he is a genie, a genie]

kaayum poinilai
[A burning state of falsehood]
meyyum kangaladhu
[Those eyes are real]
meiyum poipozhudil
[In a moment of truth and lies]
maayum vaazhkaiyidhu
[This life is fleeting]
maayum vaazhkaiyidhu
[This life is fleeting]

abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
en thegam
[My body]
thee thee
[is fire, fire]
abdi abdi
[My slave, my slave]
en thegam
[My body]
thee thee
[is fire, fire]

wujudi ‘abadi shubey klibey
[My existence is eternal, your wish is my command]
alruwh ansalabat to my abdi
[The soul is enslaved to my slave]
wujudi ‘abadi
[My existence is eternal]
wujudi ‘abadi
[My existence is eternal]