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Comrade Anthem

From Dear Comrade · 2019

Lyricist
Stony Psyko
Singers
Vijay Sethupathi, Stony Psyko, Dope Daddy
Music director
Justin Prabhakaran
Movie name
Dear Comrade
Movie release year
2019
Lyrics added on
26 May 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Hoo ho oo hooo oo hoo oo
Hoo ho oo hooo oo hoo oo
Vaa onna seralaam vaa
En iniya tamil makkalae
Chorus :Mounathai nee udaithu vaa
Male :Ennai vaazha vaikkum deivangalae
Chorus :Jaathi madham marandhu Vaa
Male :En anbu udan pirappukkalae
Chorus :Innum naanga adimaiya
Male :Comrade Vs
Chorus :Enga balam theriyuma
Heyy
Hahahahahaa
Mounathai nee udaithu vaa
Male :Un kuralai yaethu
Come fight like a comrade
Chorus :Jaathi madham marandhu vaa
Male :Nanmaikku thunai kodu
Be like a comrade
Innum naanga adimaiya
Male :Indha ennathai maatha
Varaanda comrade
Chorus :Enga balam theriyuma
Male :Thozh kodukka eppothum
Irupaanda comrade
Makkalae idhu nammaloda neram
Never gonna give up
Nammaloda kaalam sivappu niram
Enga kovathula paaru
Thoothukudi makka nammaloda ooru
Thuppakki thoattaakku padharatha kootam
Sellathu enga kitta unga bommalaattam
Modhaadha enga kitta podatha potti
Students-u serndha thaedu nee safety
Poraattam nikkadhu koottangal kalaiyadhu
Maatranagal kaanamal kovandhan adangadhae
Inqulab
Enga moochilum pechilum
Male :Live like a comrade
Comrade…(2)
Hey hey hey hey
Bayathai kadandhu vandhaal
Namai yaarum ingae thadukka mudiyathae
Siragai virikkaamal andha vaanathilae
Parakka mudiyathae
Hoo ho oo hooo oo hoo oo
Hoo ho oo hooo oo hoo oo
Hoo ho oo hooo oo hoo oo
Hoo ho oo hooo oo hoo oo
Nammai thadukka mudiyathu
Adakka mudiyathu
Amaithiyaai irunthaal
Saadhikka mudiyathu
Ilainjargal naamellam
Ondru serndhaal
Nammai yaaraalaiyum
Kattuppadutha mudiyathu
Kannappothi
Vaayappothi
Kadhappothi
Vaazha mudiyathu
Poli vesham pottu
Enga kaadhula poo
Sutha mudiyathu
Mooda nambikkaiyil moolgi poi
Seri edhu thavar edhu
Nee kulambi nirkiraai
Panam seidha vasiyathaal
Un kadamaiyai nee
Niraivetra marikkiraai
Athigaraathai thavaraaga
Payan paduthi adhil
Palan paarkiraai
Makkal nambikaiyai unavaakki
Un per aasaiyil
Pasiyai theerkiraai…pasiyai theerkiraai
Bayathula vaazhalaamal
Live like a comrade
Indraiya youth naanga
Pannamaatom tolerate
Live like a comrade
Mounathai nee udaithu vaa
Male :Un kuralai yaethu
Come fight like a comrade
Chorus :Jaathi madham marandhu vaa
Male :Nanmaikku thunai kodu
Be like a comrade
Innum naanga adimaiya
Male :Indha ennathai maatha
Varaanda comrade
Chorus :Enga balam theriyuma
Hoo ho oh hoo oh ho oh
Hoo ho oh hoo oh ho oh
Come, let us unite, come!
My sweet Tamil people!
Chorus: Break your silence and come!
Male: The living gods who give me strength!
Chorus: Forget caste and religion, and come!
Male: My beloved brothers and sisters!
Chorus: Are we still slaves?
Male: Comrade VS!
Chorus: Do you know our strength?
Hey!
Hahahaha
Break your silence and come!
Male: Raise your voice!
Come fight like a comrade!
Chorus: Forget caste and religion, and come!
Male: Stand by what is right!
Be like a comrade!
Are we still slaves?
Male: To change this mindset...
...here comes the comrade!
Chorus: Do you know our strength?
Male: To always lend a supporting shoulder...
...the comrade will always be there!
People, this is our time!
Never gonna give up!
Our era is the color red!
Look at the fire in our rage!
The people of Thoothukudi, that is our land!
A crowd that does not tremble before bullets!
Your puppet show won't work with us!
Don't clash with us, don't pick a fight!
When the students unite, you'd better run for safety!
The protest won't stop, the crowd won't disperse!
Without seeing real change, this anger won't die down!
Inquilab (Revolution)!
In our every breath and word!
Male: Live like a comrade!
Comrade...
Hey hey hey hey
If you overcome fear and step forward,
no one here can stop us!
Without spreading your wings in that vast sky,
you can never fly!
Hoo ho oh hoo oh ho oh
Hoo ho oh hoo oh ho oh
Hoo ho oh hoo oh ho oh
Hoo ho oh hoo oh ho oh
We cannot be stopped!
We cannot be suppressed!
If we just stay silent,
we cannot achieve anything!
If all of us youth
come together as one,
by no one
can we ever be controlled!
Covering your eyes,
covering your mouth,
covering your ears,
you cannot truly live!
Wearing a fake disguise,
you can't fool us
with your cheap tricks!
Drowned in blind superstitions,
between what is right and what is wrong,
you stand totally confused!
Under the spell of money,
your own sacred duty,
you refuse to fulfill!
Abusing your authority,
by misusing power,
you chase your selfish gains!
Preying on the people's trust,
with your boundless greed,
you satisfy your hunger... satisfy your hunger!
Without living in fear,
live like a comrade!
We, the youth of today,
will not tolerate this!
Live like a comrade!
Break your silence and come!
Male: Raise your voice!
Come fight like a comrade!
Chorus: Forget caste and religion, and come!
Male: Stand by what is right!
Be like a comrade!
Are we still slaves?
Male: To change this mindset...
...here comes the comrade!
Chorus: Do you know our strength?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The 'Comrade Anthem' (Tamil Version) from Dear Comrade is an energetic call-to-action anthem aimed at empowering youth, students, and citizens to fight against societal injustice, corruption, and systemic oppression. It stresses unity across caste and religious divisions, encouraging people to break their silence, overcome fear, and actively demand accountability from corrupt authorities.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Nammaloda kaalam sivappu niram

'Nammaloda kaalam sivappu niram' (Our era is red in color) uses the color red as a metaphor for revolution, passion, and socialist comradeship.

Idiom / Figure of Speech

Enga kaadhula poo sutha mudiyathu

'Enga kaadhula poo sutha mudiyathu' uses the Tamil idiom of 'fooling someone' (literally placing a flower behind one's ear).

Anaphora / Parallelism

Kannappothi / Vaayappothi / Kadhappothi

Repeated use of triple action words ending in '-pothi' ('Kannappothi', 'Vaayappothi', 'Kadhappothi') to emphasize refusal to stay blind, mute, or deaf to injustice.

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Trivia

The anthem was released in five South Indian languages simultaneously to match the multi-lingual pan-India release of 'Dear Comrade' starring Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna. The Tamil version features energetic rap verses written and performed by Stony Psyko (of the popular hip-hop duo Dopeadelicz).

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