Adheeraa
From Cobra · 2022
- Lyricist
- Pa. Vijay
- Singer
- Vagu Mazan
- Music director
- A. R. Rahman
- Details
- Cobra2022
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Dheera dheeraadhi dheera | Bravest of the brave! |
| Thuppaki mandhira | Incantation of the gun! |
| Samar seiyum chandhira | Moon fighting on the battlefield! |
| Yugam vella vandheera | Have you come to conquer an era? |
| Female | |
| Oara oaraaiyram pudhira | A thousand-fold mystery! |
| Anu ulaiyin udhira | Blood-spark of a nuclear reactor! |
| Min gaandha kadhira | Electromagnetic ray! |
| Deeraadhi dheera | Bravest of the brave! |
| Female | |
| Ivan thotttaakkal vilayaatil | In his game of bullets, |
| Jeipadhae vidhiyaagum | Victory is ordained as destiny. |
| Ivan thottathil thuppakki | In his garden, gun-plants |
| Chedigal poovagum | Bloom into flowers. |
| Male | |
| Adheera Adheera | Adheera, Adheera! |
| Un roobham pala nooraa | Are your forms in the hundreds? |
| Oru moochil aalai allum | Sweeping people away in a single breath, |
| Edhaiyum vellum | Conquering everything, |
| Cobra… | Cobra... |
| Male | |
| Hey soora hey soora | Hey hero, hey hero! |
| adangaadha adheegara | Unrestrained authority! |
| Oru moochil aalai allum | Sweeping people away in a single breath, |
| Edhaiyum vellum | Conquering everything, |
| Cobra… | Cobra... |
| Female | |
| Nee oruvan alla iruvan | You are not one, but two. |
| Andha iruvanum ingae oruvan | And both of those two are here as one. |
| Un iruvaril nallavan oruvan | Between the two within you, one is good. |
| Adhai meeriya valavan oruvan | Beyond that, one is powerful. |
| Female | |
| Un ullae irupavan manidhan | The one inside you is a human. |
| Avan ullae innoru kanidhan | Inside him is another calculating mind. |
| Un manidham unnai sollum | Your humanity defines who you are. |
| Un kanidhan ulagai vellum | Your calculating mind conquers the world. |
| Female | |
| Perum vetrigalai petravanin | The heart of one who achieves grand victories |
| Idhayam aadathu | Does not shake or waver. |
| Malai mel ulla sigarangal | The peaks standing high on mountains |
| Magudam soodathu | Do not wear crowns. |
| Male | |
| Adheera Adheera | Adheera, Adheera! |
| Un roobham pala nooraa | Are your forms in the hundreds? |
| Oru moochil aalai allum | Sweeping people away in a single breath, |
| Edhaiyum vellum | Conquering everything, |
| Cobra… | Cobra... |
| Male | |
| Hey soora hey soora | Hey hero, hey hero! |
| Adangaadha adheegara | Unrestrained authority! |
| Oru moochil aalai allum | Sweeping people away in a single breath, |
| Edhaiyum vellum | Conquering everything, |
| Cobra… | Cobra... |
| Female | |
| Oraariyiram yaanaiyin kottam | A herd of thousands of elephants |
| Oru puliyin yukthi thattum | Is struck down by a tiger's clever tactic. |
| Nooraayiram saenai vattam | A circle of a hundred thousand soldiers |
| Oru arivin theepori ettum | Is reached by a single spark of intelligence. |
| Female | |
| Ada nermai endraal mattum | Ah, only if it is honesty, |
| Pala kaigalum ingae thattum | Many hands here will applaud. |
| Ner nirukkum marangalai mattum | Yet only the trees standing tall and straight, |
| Andha kaigaley vandhu vettum | Those very hands will chop down. |
| Female | |
| Ivan kottaikul kidayaadhu | Inside his fortress, there are no |
| Nyaya sattangal | Standard legal laws. |
| Pin vaangaadhu veezhadhu | His plans never retreat, |
| Ivanin thittangal | Nor do they ever fail. |
| Male | |
| Adheera Adheera | Adheera, Adheera! |
| Un roobham pala nooraa | Are your forms in the hundreds? |
| Oru moochil aalai allum | Sweeping people away in a single breath, |
| Edhaiyum vellum | Conquering everything, |
| Cobra… | Cobra... |
| Male | |
| Hey soora hey soora | Hey hero, hey hero! |
| Adangaadha adheegara | Unrestrained authority! |
| Oru moochil aalai allum | Sweeping people away in a single breath, |
| Edhaiyum vellum | Conquering everything, |
| Cobra… | Cobra... |
தீரா தீராதி தீரா
துப்பாக்கி மந்திரா
சமர் செய்யும் சந்திரா
யுகம் வெல்ல வந்தீரா
Bravest of the brave!
Incantation of the gun!
Moon fighting on the battlefield!
Have you come to conquer an era?
ஓரா ஓராயிரம் புதிரா
அணு உலையின் உதிரா
மின் காந்த கதிரா
தீராதி தீரா
A thousand-fold mystery!
Blood-spark of a nuclear reactor!
Electromagnetic ray!
Bravest of the brave!
இவன் தோட்டக்கள் விளையாட்டில்
ஜெயிப்பதே விதியாகும்
இவன் தோட்டத்தில் துப்பாக்கி
செடிகள் பூவாகும்
In his game of bullets,
Victory is ordained as destiny.
In his garden, gun-plants
Bloom into flowers.
அதீரா அதீரா
உன் ரூபம் பல நூறா
ஒரு மூச்சில் ஆளை அள்ளும்
எதையும் வெல்லும் கோப்ரா
Adheera, Adheera!
Are your forms in the hundreds?
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Conquering everything,
Cobra...
ஹே சூரா ஹே சூரா
அடங்காத அதிகாரா
ஒரு மூச்சில் ஆளை அள்ளும்
எதையும் வெல்லும் கோப்ரா
Hey hero, hey hero!
Unrestrained authority!
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Conquering everything,
Cobra...
ராப் :
கி புல் அப் ஆன் த சீன்
கால்குலேட்டிங் திங்ஸ் யு கேட் னெவர் திங்
இவாலுயேட்டிங் கீஸ் டு ஆல் த பீஸ்
பிகாஸ் கி பி வெய்டிங்
இயர்ஸ் ஃபார் ஆல் த ஈஸி
You are not one, but two.
And both of those two are here as one.
Between the two within you, one is good.
Beyond that, one is powerful.
ராப் :
ஸோ லெட் மி டெல் யு
ஒய் தே
ஆல்வேஸ் கால் கிம் கோப்ரா
கில்லர் இன்ஸ்டிக்ட்ஸ்
அன்ட் கி டோன்ட் னீட் னோ லவ்
கி வில் ஆல்வேஸ் ஸ்லைடு இன்
சைலன்ஸ் டில் இட்ஸ் ஓவர்
னாட் ஏ மேன் ஆஃப் வயலன்ஸ்
பட் கி னெவர் னீட் டு
லுக் ஓவர் கிஸ் ஷோல்டர்
கோ கோ கோப்ரா
The one inside you is a human.
Inside him is another calculating mind.
Your humanity defines who you are.
Your calculating mind conquers the world.
நீ ஒருவன் அல்ல இருவன்
அந்த இருவன் இங்கே ஒருவன்
உன் இருவரில் நல்லவன் ஒருவன்
அதை மீறிய வல்லவன் ஒருவன்
The heart of one who achieves grand victories
Does not shake or waver.
The peaks standing high on mountains
Do not wear crowns.
உன் உள்ளே இருப்பவன் மனிதன்
அவன் உள்ளே இன்னொரு கனிதன்
உன் மனிதம் உன்னை சொல்லும்
உன் கனிதம் உலகை வெல்லும்
Adheera, Adheera!
Are your forms in the hundreds?
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Conquering everything,
Cobra...
பெரும் வெற்றிகளை பெற்றவனின்
இதயம் ஆடாது
மலை மேல் உள்ள சிகரங்கள்
மகுடம் சூடாது
Hey hero, hey hero!
Unrestrained authority!
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Conquering everything,
Cobra...
அதீரா அதீரா
உன் ரூபம் பல நூறா
ஒரு மூச்சில் ஆளை அள்ளும்
எதையும் வெல்லும் கோப்ரா
A herd of thousands of elephants
Is struck down by a tiger's clever tactic.
A circle of a hundred thousand soldiers
Is reached by a single spark of intelligence.
ஹே சூரா ஹே சூரா
அடங்காத அதிகாரா
ஒரு மூச்சில் ஆளை அள்ளும்
எதையும் வெல்லும் கோப்ரா
Ah, only if it is honesty,
Many hands here will applaud.
Yet only the trees standing tall and straight,
Those very hands will chop down.
ஓராயிரம் யானையின் கூட்டம்
ஒரு புலியின் யுக்தி தட்டும்
நூறாயிரம் சேனை வட்டம்
ஒரு அறிவின் தீப்பொறி எட்டும்
Inside his fortress, there are no
Standard legal laws.
His plans never retreat,
Nor do they ever fail.
அட நேர்மை என்றால் மட்டும்
பல கைகள் இங்கே தட்டும்
நேர் நிற்கும் மரங்களை மட்டும்
அந்த கைகள் வந்து வெட்டும்
Adheera, Adheera!
Are your forms in the hundreds?
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Conquering everything,
Cobra...
இவன் கோட்டைக்குள் கிடையாது
நியாய சட்டங்கள்
பின் வாங்காது வீழாது
இவனின் திட்டங்கள்
Hey hero, hey hero!
Unrestrained authority!
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Conquering everything,
Cobra...
அதீரா அதீரா
உன் ரூபம் பல நூறா
ஒரு மூச்சில் ஆளை அள்ளும்
எதையும் வெல்லும் கோப்ரா
ஹே சூரா ஹே சூரா
அடங்காத அதிகாரா
ஒரு மூச்சில் ஆளை அள்ளும்
எதையும் வெல்லும் கோப்ரா
ராப் :
கி புல் அப் ஆன் த சீன்
கால்குலேட்டிங் திங்ஸ் யு கேட் னெவர் திங்
இவாலுயேட்டிங் கீஸ் டு ஆல் த பீஸ்
பிகாஸ் கி பி வெய்டிங்
இயர்ஸ் ஃபார் ஆல் த ஈஸி
கோ கோ கோப்ரா
Dheera dheeraadhi dheera
Bravest of the brave!
Thuppaki mandhira
Incantation of the gun!
Samar seiyum chandhira
Moon fighting on the battlefield!
Yugam vella vandheera
Have you come to conquer an era?
Oara oaraaiyram pudhira
A thousand-fold mystery!
Anu ulaiyin udhira
Blood-spark of a nuclear reactor!
Min gaandha kadhira
Electromagnetic ray!
Deeraadhi dheera
Bravest of the brave!
Ivan thotttaakkal vilayaatil
In his game of bullets,
Jeipadhae vidhiyaagum
Victory is ordained as destiny.
Ivan thottathil thuppakki
In his garden, gun-plants
Chedigal poovagum
Bloom into flowers.
Adheera Adheera
Adheera, Adheera!
Un roobham pala nooraa
Are your forms in the hundreds?
Oru moochil aalai allum
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Edhaiyum vellum
Conquering everything,
Cobra…
Cobra...
Hey soora hey soora
Hey hero, hey hero!
adangaadha adheegara
Unrestrained authority!
Oru moochil aalai allum
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Edhaiyum vellum
Conquering everything,
Cobra…
Cobra...
Nee oruvan alla iruvan
You are not one, but two.
Andha iruvanum ingae oruvan
And both of those two are here as one.
Un iruvaril nallavan oruvan
Between the two within you, one is good.
Adhai meeriya valavan oruvan
Beyond that, one is powerful.
Un ullae irupavan manidhan
The one inside you is a human.
Avan ullae innoru kanidhan
Inside him is another calculating mind.
Un manidham unnai sollum
Your humanity defines who you are.
Un kanidhan ulagai vellum
Your calculating mind conquers the world.
Perum vetrigalai petravanin
The heart of one who achieves grand victories
Idhayam aadathu
Does not shake or waver.
Malai mel ulla sigarangal
The peaks standing high on mountains
Magudam soodathu
Do not wear crowns.
Adheera Adheera
Adheera, Adheera!
Un roobham pala nooraa
Are your forms in the hundreds?
Oru moochil aalai allum
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Edhaiyum vellum
Conquering everything,
Cobra…
Cobra...
Hey soora hey soora
Hey hero, hey hero!
Adangaadha adheegara
Unrestrained authority!
Oru moochil aalai allum
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Edhaiyum vellum
Conquering everything,
Cobra…
Cobra...
Oraariyiram yaanaiyin kottam
A herd of thousands of elephants
Oru puliyin yukthi thattum
Is struck down by a tiger's clever tactic.
Nooraayiram saenai vattam
A circle of a hundred thousand soldiers
Oru arivin theepori ettum
Is reached by a single spark of intelligence.
Ada nermai endraal mattum
Ah, only if it is honesty,
Pala kaigalum ingae thattum
Many hands here will applaud.
Ner nirukkum marangalai mattum
Yet only the trees standing tall and straight,
Andha kaigaley vandhu vettum
Those very hands will chop down.
Ivan kottaikul kidayaadhu
Inside his fortress, there are no
Nyaya sattangal
Standard legal laws.
Pin vaangaadhu veezhadhu
His plans never retreat,
Ivanin thittangal
Nor do they ever fail.
Adheera Adheera
Adheera, Adheera!
Un roobham pala nooraa
Are your forms in the hundreds?
Oru moochil aalai allum
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Edhaiyum vellum
Conquering everything,
Cobra…
Cobra...
Hey soora hey soora
Hey hero, hey hero!
Adangaadha adheegara
Unrestrained authority!
Oru moochil aalai allum
Sweeping people away in a single breath,
Edhaiyum vellum
Conquering everything,
Cobra…
Cobra...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Adheera from the movie Cobra is a powerful, energetic anthem celebrating the sharp intellect, invincibility, and dual identity of the protagonist. The lyrics written by Pa. Vijay describe a mastermind whose mathematical calculations and strategic brilliance can vanquish massive armies single-handedly. He operates outside normal legal frameworks, driven by an inner duality—one side a compassionate human, and the other a ruthless, calculating genius. The song emphasizes how sheer intelligence and unshakeable resolve can triumph over raw force, mirroring Vikram's character who uses multiple disguises and mathematical precision to pull off impossible feats. A. R. Rahman's driving rhythm and Vagu Mazan's fierce vocals amplify this heroic character study.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaippu (End Rhyme)
“Thuppaki mandhira / Samar seiyum chandhira / Yugam vella vandheera”
The song heavily uses end rhyming sounds such as 'mandhira', 'chandhira', and 'vandheera' in the opening stanza to create a rhythmic chant.
Paradox / Duality (Muran)
“Nee oruvan alla iruvan / Andha iruvanum ingae oruvan”
Pa. Vijay uses paradoxical lines like 'Nee oruvan alla iruvan' (You are not one, but two) to highlight the split personality and disguise-heavy nature of the character.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Nooraayiram saenai vattam / Oru arivin theepori ettum”
Comparing intellectual sparks to weapons and army-defeating elements ('Oru arivin theepori ettum'), metaphorically elevating mind power above physical warfare.
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Trivia
Adheera was composed by A. R. Rahman and features dynamic vocals by Vagu Mazan with rap/melodic styling. The song directly reflects the premise of Cobra (2022), where Chiyaan Vikram plays a mathematical genius assassin who adopts over a dozen distinct avatars.
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