Vandi Vandi Railu Vandi
From Jayam · 2003
- Lyricist
- Lyricist Not Known
- Singers
- Tippu, Manikka Vinayagam
- Music director
- R. P. Patnaik
- Details
- Jayam2003
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Chorus | |
| Taraththa rathathatha | Taraththa rathathatha |
| Rathathatha rathathatha | Rathathatha rathathatha |
| Taraththa rathathatha | Taraththa rathathatha |
| Rathathatha rathathatha | Rathathatha rathathatha |
| Chorus | |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| {Onna dhabba | {Box number one |
| Onna dhabba..ho} (2) | Box number one..ho} (2) |
| Male | |
| Vandi vandi rail vandi | Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle |
| Vellakaaran kodutha vandi | The vehicle given by the white man |
| Thandavaalam mela ninnu | Standing on top of the tracks |
| Dhum adikkum dhum adikkum | It blows smoke, it blows smoke |
| Male | |
| Thadak thadak sound-il | With a thadak-thadak sound |
| Idhu vedalai ponnai pola | Like a young teenage girl |
| Iduppa kulukki varumda | It comes swaying its waist, my leader! |
| Thalaivaa…. | O leader!... |
| Male | |
| Hey kalakku kalakku kalakku | Hey rock it, rock it, rock it |
| Nee gaana paadi kalakku | Sing a Gaana song and rock it |
| Kadalai pottu madakku | Flirt with girls and win them over |
| Thalaivaa….. | O leader!... |
| Chorus | |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| Onna dhabba | Box number one |
| Onna dhabba…. | Box number one.... |
| Male | |
| Paattanukku paattam pona | For our grandfathers' grandfathers, it was the bullock cart |
| Maattu vandi da | It was a bullock cart |
| Naama kaathirundhu porandhadhaala | Because we were born after waiting, for us it is |
| Rail vandi da | The train vehicle |
| Male | |
| Hey kurumbu kaara pasangaloda | With naughty young boys |
| Dhosth vandi da | It is a friendly vehicle |
| Idhu kumari ponnai paarkum bodhu | When it sees a young woman |
| Whistle adikkum da | It blows a whistle! |
| Chorus | |
| Kaatha vachu izhuthu pogum da | It pulls forward using the wind |
| Dei machaan nee | Hey buddy, you |
| Kizhakkae pogum | Look at the train heading east |
| Rail-ah paaruda | Look at the train heading East |
| Male | |
| Oonjalaadi payanam pogayil | When traveling on a swinging ride |
| Namma ammavoda | Listen to our mother's |
| Thaalaattu | Lullaby |
| Paattai keluda | Song, my friend! |
| Ada theendaamai paarkaadha | Ah, it does not observe untouchability |
| Aandavanda rail vandi | The train vehicle made by God |
| Chorus | |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| Male | |
| Vandi vandi rail vandi | Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle |
| Vellakaaran kodutha vandi | The vehicle given by the white man |
| Thandavaalam mela ninnu | Standing on top of the tracks |
| Dhum adikkum dhum adikkum | It blows smoke, it blows smoke |
| Chorus | |
| {Onna dhabba | Box number one |
| Onna dhabba..ho} (2) | Box number one..ho} (2) |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| Male | |
| Yeh kammaakarai vellam vandhaal | Hey, even if floods come at the lake embankment |
| Summa nikkaadhu | It will not just stand idle |
| Idhu kanda kanda idathilellaam | This won't get a puncture |
| Puncture aagaadhu | In random places like other vehicles |
| Male | |
| Hey car bus lorry ellaam | Hey, cars, buses, and lorries, all of them |
| Gate-il nirkum da | Will stand at the railway gate |
| Idhu kalakkalaaga thaandi poyi | This train will stylishly cross past them |
| Taataa kaattum da | And wave goodbye! |
| Chorus | |
| Endha court-il divorce vaanguchoo | In which court did they get a divorce? |
| Ada thandavaalam | Ah, the railway tracks |
| Rendum eppavum | Both of them are always |
| Pirinchirukkudhu | Separated from each other! |
| Male | |
| Endha kadaiyil sarakku adichudhoo | In which shop did it drink booze? |
| Ada marangal ellaam | Ah, all the trees |
| Jannal oram | Beside the window |
| Pinnaal nadakkudhu | Are walking backwards! |
| Ada train inna middle class | Ah, understand that a train is |
| Flight-nu purinchikada | The flight for the middle class! |
| Male | |
| Vandi vandi rail vandi | Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle |
| Vellakaaran kodutha vandi | The vehicle given by the white man |
| Thandavaalam mela ninnu | Standing on top of the tracks |
| Dhum adikkum dhum adikkum | It blows smoke, it blows smoke |
| Male | |
| Thadak thadak sound-il | With a thadak-thadak sound |
| Idhu vedalai ponnai pola | Like a young teenage girl |
| Iduppa kulukki varumda | It comes swaying its waist, my leader! |
| Thalaivaa…. | O leader!... |
| Male | |
| Hey kalakku kalakku kalakku | Hey rock it, rock it, rock it |
| Nee gaana paadi kalakku | Sing a Gaana song and rock it |
| Kadalai pottu madakku | Flirt with girls and win them over |
| Thalaivaa….. | O leader!... |
| Chorus | |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
| Sabashi sabashu…. | Bravo, well done.... |
தரத்த ரததத
ரததத ரததத தரத்த
ரததத ரததத ரததத
Taraththa rathathatha
Rathathatha rathathatha
Taraththa rathathatha
Rathathatha rathathatha
சபாஷி சபாஷு
சபாஷி சபாஷு
{ ஒன்னா தப்பா
ஒன்னா தப்பா
ஹோ } (2)
Bravo, well done....
Bravo, well done....
{Box number one
Box number one..ho} (2)
வண்டி வண்டி
ரயில் வண்டி வெள்ளக்காரன்
கொடுத்த வண்டி தண்டவாளம்
மேல நின்னு தம் அடிக்கும் தம்
அடிக்கும்
Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle
The vehicle given by the white man
Standing on top of the tracks
It blows smoke, it blows smoke
ஆண் & பெண் :
வண்டி வண்டி
ரயில் வண்டி வெள்ளக்காரன்
கொடுத்த வண்டி தண்டவாளம்
மேல நின்னு தம் அடிக்கும் தம்
அடிக்கும்
With a thadak-thadak sound
Like a young teenage girl
It comes swaying its waist, my leader!
O leader!...
தடக் தடக்
சவுண்டில் இது விடலை
பொன்னை போல இடுப்ப
குலுக்கி வரும்டா தலைவா
Hey rock it, rock it, rock it
Sing a Gaana song and rock it
Flirt with girls and win them over
O leader!...
ஹே கலக்கு
கலக்கு கலக்கு நீ கானா
பாடி கலக்கு கடலை
போட்டு மடக்கு தலைவா
Bravo, well done....
Bravo, well done....
Box number one
Box number one....
சபாஷி சபாஷு
சபாஷி சபாஷு
ஒன்னா தப்பா
ஒன்னா தப்பா
For our grandfathers' grandfathers, it was the bullock cart
It was a bullock cart
Because we were born after waiting, for us it is
The train vehicle
பாட்டனுக்கு
பாட்டம் போன மாட்டு
வண்டி டா நாம காத்திருந்து
பொறந்ததால ரயில் வண்டி
டா
With naughty young boys
It is a friendly vehicle
When it sees a young woman
It blows a whistle!
ஹே குறும்பு
கார பசங்களோட தோஸ்த்
வண்டி டா இது குமரி பொன்னை
பார்க்கும் போது விசில்
அடிக்கும் டா
It pulls forward using the wind
Hey buddy, you
Look at the train heading east
Look at the train heading East
காத்த வச்சு
இழுத்து போகும் டா
டேய் மச்சான் நீ கிழக்கே
போகும் ரயில பாருடா
When traveling on a swinging ride
Listen to our mother's
Lullaby
Song, my friend!
Ah, it does not observe untouchability
The train vehicle made by God
ஊஞ்சலாடி
பயணம் போகையில்
நம்ம அம்மாவோட
தாலாட்டு பாட்டை
கேளுடா அட தீண்டாமை
பார்க்காத ஆண்டவன்டா
ரயில் வண்டி
Bravo, well done....
Bravo, well done....
சபாஷி சபாஷு
சபாஷி சபாஷு
Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle
The vehicle given by the white man
Standing on top of the tracks
It blows smoke, it blows smoke
வண்டி வண்டி
ரயில் வண்டி வெள்ளக்காரன்
கொடுத்த வண்டி தண்டவாளம்
மேல நின்னு தம் அடிக்கும் தம்
அடிக்கும்
Box number one
Box number one..ho} (2)
Bravo, well done....
Bravo, well done....
{ ஒன்னா தப்பா
ஒன்னா தப்பா
ஹோ } (2)
சபாஷி சபாஷு
சபாஷி சபாஷு
Hey, even if floods come at the lake embankment
It will not just stand idle
This won't get a puncture
In random places like other vehicles
யே கம்மாக்கரை
வெள்ளம் வந்தால் சும்மா
நிக்காது இது கண்ட கண்ட
இடத்தில் எல்லாம் பஞ்சர்
ஆகாது
Hey, cars, buses, and lorries, all of them
Will stand at the railway gate
This train will stylishly cross past them
And wave goodbye!
ஹே கார் பஸ்
லாரி எல்லாம் கேட்டில்
நிற்கும் டா இது கலக்கலாக
தாண்டி போயி டாடா
காட்டும் டா
In which court did they get a divorce?
Ah, the railway tracks
Both of them are always
Separated from each other!
எந்த கோர்ட்டில்
டிவோர்ஸ் வாங்குச்சோ
அட தண்டவாளம் ரெண்டும்
எப்பவும் பிரிஞ்சிருக்குது
In which shop did it drink booze?
Ah, all the trees
Beside the window
Are walking backwards!
Ah, understand that a train is
The flight for the middle class!
எந்த கடையில்
சரக்கு அடிச்சுதோ அட
மரங்கள் எல்லாம் ஜன்னல்
ஓரம் பின்னால் நடக்குது
அட ட்ரைன் இன்னா மிடில்
கிளாஸ் பிளைட்னு புரிஞ்சுக்கடா
Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle
The vehicle given by the white man
Standing on top of the tracks
It blows smoke, it blows smoke
வண்டி வண்டி
ரயில் வண்டி வெள்ளக்காரன்
கொடுத்த வண்டி தண்டவாளம்
மேல நின்னு தம் அடிக்கும் தம்
அடிக்கும்
With a thadak-thadak sound
Like a young teenage girl
It comes swaying its waist, my leader!
O leader!...
ஆண் & பெண் :
வண்டி வண்டி
ரயில் வண்டி வெள்ளக்காரன்
கொடுத்த வண்டி தண்டவாளம்
மேல நின்னு தம் அடிக்கும் தம்
அடிக்கும்
Hey rock it, rock it, rock it
Sing a Gaana song and rock it
Flirt with girls and win them over
O leader!...
தடக் தடக்
சவுண்டில் இது விடலை
பொன்னை போல இடுப்ப
குலுக்கி வரும்டா தலைவா
Bravo, well done....
Bravo, well done....
ஹே கலக்கு
கலக்கு கலக்கு நீ கானா
பாடி கலக்கு கடலை
போட்டு மடக்கு தலைவா
சபாஷி சபாஷு
சபாஷி சபாஷு
Taraththa rathathatha
Taraththa rathathatha
Rathathatha rathathatha
Rathathatha rathathatha
Taraththa rathathatha
Taraththa rathathatha
Rathathatha rathathatha
Rathathatha rathathatha
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
{Onna dhabba
{Box number one
Onna dhabba..ho} (2)
Box number one..ho} (2)
Vandi vandi rail vandi
Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle
Vellakaaran kodutha vandi
The vehicle given by the white man
Thandavaalam mela ninnu
Standing on top of the tracks
Dhum adikkum dhum adikkum
It blows smoke, it blows smoke
Thadak thadak sound-il
With a thadak-thadak sound
Idhu vedalai ponnai pola
Like a young teenage girl
Iduppa kulukki varumda
It comes swaying its waist, my leader!
Thalaivaa….
O leader!...
Hey kalakku kalakku kalakku
Hey rock it, rock it, rock it
Nee gaana paadi kalakku
Sing a Gaana song and rock it
Kadalai pottu madakku
Flirt with girls and win them over
Thalaivaa…..
O leader!...
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Onna dhabba
Box number one
Onna dhabba….
Box number one....
Paattanukku paattam pona
For our grandfathers' grandfathers, it was the bullock cart
Maattu vandi da
It was a bullock cart
Naama kaathirundhu porandhadhaala
Because we were born after waiting, for us it is
Rail vandi da
The train vehicle
Hey kurumbu kaara pasangaloda
With naughty young boys
Dhosth vandi da
It is a friendly vehicle
Idhu kumari ponnai paarkum bodhu
When it sees a young woman
Whistle adikkum da
It blows a whistle!
Kaatha vachu izhuthu pogum da
It pulls forward using the wind
Dei machaan nee
Hey buddy, you
Kizhakkae pogum
Look at the train heading east
Rail-ah paaruda
Look at the train heading East
Oonjalaadi payanam pogayil
When traveling on a swinging ride
Namma ammavoda
Listen to our mother's
Thaalaattu
Lullaby
Paattai keluda
Song, my friend!
Ada theendaamai paarkaadha
Ah, it does not observe untouchability
Aandavanda rail vandi
The train vehicle made by God
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Vandi vandi rail vandi
Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle
Vellakaaran kodutha vandi
The vehicle given by the white man
Thandavaalam mela ninnu
Standing on top of the tracks
Dhum adikkum dhum adikkum
It blows smoke, it blows smoke
{Onna dhabba
Box number one
Onna dhabba..ho} (2)
Box number one..ho} (2)
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Yeh kammaakarai vellam vandhaal
Hey, even if floods come at the lake embankment
Summa nikkaadhu
It will not just stand idle
Idhu kanda kanda idathilellaam
This won't get a puncture
Puncture aagaadhu
In random places like other vehicles
Hey car bus lorry ellaam
Hey, cars, buses, and lorries, all of them
Gate-il nirkum da
Will stand at the railway gate
Idhu kalakkalaaga thaandi poyi
This train will stylishly cross past them
Taataa kaattum da
And wave goodbye!
Endha court-il divorce vaanguchoo
In which court did they get a divorce?
Ada thandavaalam
Ah, the railway tracks
Rendum eppavum
Both of them are always
Pirinchirukkudhu
Separated from each other!
Endha kadaiyil sarakku adichudhoo
In which shop did it drink booze?
Ada marangal ellaam
Ah, all the trees
Jannal oram
Beside the window
Pinnaal nadakkudhu
Are walking backwards!
Ada train inna middle class
Ah, understand that a train is
Flight-nu purinchikada
The flight for the middle class!
Vandi vandi rail vandi
Vehicle, vehicle, the train vehicle
Vellakaaran kodutha vandi
The vehicle given by the white man
Thandavaalam mela ninnu
Standing on top of the tracks
Dhum adikkum dhum adikkum
It blows smoke, it blows smoke
Thadak thadak sound-il
With a thadak-thadak sound
Idhu vedalai ponnai pola
Like a young teenage girl
Iduppa kulukki varumda
It comes swaying its waist, my leader!
Thalaivaa….
O leader!...
Hey kalakku kalakku kalakku
Hey rock it, rock it, rock it
Nee gaana paadi kalakku
Sing a Gaana song and rock it
Kadalai pottu madakku
Flirt with girls and win them over
Thalaivaa…..
O leader!...
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Sabashi sabashu….
Bravo, well done....
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This celebratory and energetic song is an ode to the train ('Rail Vandi'), comparing its rhythm, movement, and social role to everyday life. The lyrics playfully personify the train as a stylish entity that whistles at girls, moves like a dancing young woman, and ignores social barriers like untouchability, treating all passengers equally regardless of status.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Ada train inna middle class Flight-nu purinchikada”
Compares the train to a middle-class airplane ('train inna middle class flight-nu purinchikada').
Personification
“Idhu kumari ponnai paarkum bodhu Whistle adikkum da”
Attributes human qualities like whistling at young women and swaying waist to the train.
Onomatopoeia
“Thadak thadak sound-il”
Uses rhythmic sounds mimicking the train running on tracks ('Thadak thadak sound-il').
Simile
“Idhu vedalai ponnai pola Iduppa kulukki varumda”
Compares the movement of the train on tracks to the swaying hips of a young girl.
Did you know?
Trivia
This energetic folk-style track features music composed by R. P. Patnaik for the hit movie Jayam (2003), starring Jayam Ravi and Sadha. The song captures a fun, celebratory spirit during a train journey.
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