Enga Kaiyila
From Adutha Saattai · 2019
- Lyricist
- Yugabharathi
- Music director
- Justin Prabhakaran
- Details
- Adutha Saattai2019
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Tamilnaattu valarchiyil | In the growth of Tamil Nadu, |
| Indhiyavin pangu mukkiyam | India's role is important. |
| Chorus | |
| ……………………….. | |
| Chorus | |
| Mafia mafia mafia mafia | Mafia mafia mafia mafia |
| Mafia mafia mafia mafia | Mafia mafia mafia mafia |
| Mafia mafia mafia mafia | Mafia mafia mafia mafia |
| Mafia mafia mafia mafia | Mafia mafia mafia mafia |
| Chorus | |
| ……………………….. | The mafia zone belongs to us |
| Mafia zone namakku thaan | |
| Male | |
| {Enga kaiyila naatta kodunga | { Hand over the country into our hands, |
| Ellathaiyum mathurom | We will change everything. |
| Vote-ah vaangi yemathaama | Without cheating after getting your votes, |
| Ungala mela yethurom } (2) | We will uplift you. } (2) |
| Chorus | |
| …………………………… | |
| Male | |
| Over nightula karuppu panam | We did not proclaim that black money |
| Ozhiyumunnu mulangala | Would disappear overnight; |
| Neenga vaarikodutha variyila | With the taxes you generously paid, |
| Velinaatta suththa kelambala | We did not set off to tour foreign nations; |
| Male | |
| Tasmac-ah thoranthu vechu e | We did not open liquor stores (TASMAC) |
| Ezhainga thaaliya arukkala | And destroy the lives of poor families; |
| Unga ponnum paiyanum doctor-aava | For your daughter and son to become doctors, |
| Neettu therva nadathala | We did not force NEET exams upon them; |
| Male | |
| Ariya periya thittam pottu | We did not announce grand, rare schemes |
| Adikkal naatti niruthala | And stop after just laying foundation stones; |
| Ketta sadhi madhatha thoondi | We did not provoke evil caste and religious conflicts |
| Namma sananga usura edukkala | To take away the lives of our own people; |
| Male | |
| Vevasaaya nilatha pudingi | We did not snatch away agricultural land |
| Vesatha naanga kalakkala | And put on deceitful disguises; |
| Andha vada naattu company-kaaga | For the sake of corporate companies from the North, |
| Makkala suttu posukkala | We did not shoot down and burn our people; |
| Male | |
| Enga kaiyila… | In our hands... |
| Neenga enga kaiyila | You, into our hands, |
| Neenga enga kaiyila naatta kodunga | Hand over the country into our hands, |
| Ellathaiyum mathurom | We will change everything. |
| Vote-ah vaangi yemathaama | Without cheating after getting your votes, |
| Ungala mela yethurom | We will uplift you. |
| Chorus | |
| Welcome to the no mafia zone | Welcome to the no mafia zone |
| Chorus | |
| Podhuma intha koduma | Is this cruelty not enough? |
| Indha naattuku vantha nilama | Look at the state this nation has fallen into; |
| Maaruma inga varuma | Will poverty ever change here? |
| Vali theeruma.. | Will the pain come to an end? |
| Puratichi pirakkumaa… | Will a revolution be born? |
| Ulagam muzhukka paravi kidakkum | Look at the plight of Tamils |
| Tamizhan nilama paaru.. | Spread all across the world; |
| Enga iyarkkai valatha surandi kozhutha | Who are those cunning thief-foxes who grew fat |
| Thiruttu narigal yaaru.. | By plundering our natural resources? |
| Chorus | |
| Ini vottukku panamum vendaam | We don't want money for votes anymore, |
| Neenga osiyila kodukka vendam | You don't need to give us freebies either; |
| Indha ilaiya thalaimuraikku | For this younger generation, |
| Unga pazhaiya kadhaiyum vendaam… | Your old deceitful stories are no longer needed... |
| Chorus | |
| Ennanamoo solli namba sonna | You told us all kinds of lies and asked us to believe, |
| Sellaatha kaasukku enna konna | And ruined us for worthless promises; |
| Adichi therinjiduchi… purinjiduchu | Now we have learned the hard way... we have understood, |
| Reelu andhuduchi…. | The fake movie reel has finally snapped... |
| Male | |
| Sunga saavadi pera solli | In the name of toll gates, |
| Vazhipariyum nadathala | We did not commit highway robbery; |
| Naanga yeri kulaththa akiramichchu | We did not encroach on lakes and ponds |
| Neendhi mandram thorakkala | To open private swimming pools; |
| Male | |
| Vangi panatha abase panni | We did not siphon off bank money |
| Muthalaalikku kodukkala | And hand it over to rich capitalists; |
| Naanga kalvikkadana adaikkala solli | demanding education loans be repaid, |
| Pasanga kazhuthta nerikkala | We did not choke the throats of students; |
| Male | |
| Aalai kazhiva thoranthu vittu | By releasing industrial waste, |
| Nilathai paazhu paduthala | We did not ruin the soil; |
| Naanga alavilaama vilaiyai yethi u | By raising prices exorbitantly, |
| Underwear-ah avukkala | We did not strip people of their basic dignity; |
| Male | |
| Kandavankitta kaasu vaangi | Taking money from corrupt sources, |
| Katchiya naanga valakkala | We did not grow our political party; |
| Verum pathavikkaaga katchiya nadathi | Running a party solely for power, |
| Vaarisa thookki pudikkala | We did not promote dynastic successors; |
| Male | |
| Enga kaiyila… | In our hands... |
| Neenga enga kaiyila | You, into our hands, |
| Neenga enga kaiyila naatta kodunga | Hand over the country into our hands, |
| Ellathaiyum mathurom | We will change everything. |
| Vote-ah vaangi yemathaama | Without cheating after getting your votes, |
| Ungala mela yethurom | We will uplift you. |
தமிழ்நாட்டு வளர்ச்சியில்
இந்தியாவின் பங்கு முக்கியம்
In the growth of Tamil Nadu,
India's role is important.
.................................
மாபியா மாபியா மாபியா மாபியா
மாபியா மாபியா மாபியா மாபியா
மாபியா மாபியா மாபியா மாபியா
மாபியா மாபியா மாபியா மாபியா
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
..............................
மாபியா ஜோன் நமக்குதான்
The mafia zone belongs to us
எங்க கையில நாட்டக் கொடுங்க
எல்லாத்தையும் மாத்துறோம்
ஓட்ட வாங்கி ஏமாத்தாம
உங்கள மேல ஏத்துறோம்
{ Hand over the country into our hands,
We will change everything.
Without cheating after getting your votes,
We will uplift you. } (2)
நீங்க எங்க கையில நாட்டக் கொடுங்க
எல்லாத்தையும் மாத்துறோம்
ஓட்ட வாங்கி ஏமாத்தாம
உங்கள மேல ஏத்துறோம்
...........................
We did not proclaim that black money
Would disappear overnight;
With the taxes you generously paid,
We did not set off to tour foreign nations;
ஓவர் நைட்டுல கருப்பு பணம்
ஒழியுமுன்னு முழங்கல
நீங்க வாரிக் கொடுத்த வரியில
வெளி நாட்ட சுத்தக் கெளம்பல
We did not open liquor stores (TASMAC)
And destroy the lives of poor families;
For your daughter and son to become doctors,
We did not force NEET exams upon them;
டாஸ்மாக்க தொறந்து வச்சு
ஏழைங்க தாலிய அறுக்கல
உங்க பொண்ணும் பையனும்
டாக்டராவ நீட்டு தேர்வ நடத்தல
We did not announce grand, rare schemes
And stop after just laying foundation stones;
We did not provoke evil caste and religious conflicts
To take away the lives of our own people;
அரிய பெரிய திட்டம் போட்டு
அடிக்கல் நாட்டி நிறுத்தல
கெட்ட சாதி மதத்த தூண்டி
நம்ம சனங்க உசுர எடுக்கல
We did not snatch away agricultural land
And put on deceitful disguises;
For the sake of corporate companies from the North,
We did not shoot down and burn our people;
வெவசாய நிலத்த புடுங்கி
வெசத்த நாங்க கலக்கல
அந்த வட நாட்டு கம்பெனிக்காக
மக்களை சுட்டுப் பொசுக்கல
In our hands...
You, into our hands,
Hand over the country into our hands,
We will change everything.
Without cheating after getting your votes,
We will uplift you.
எங்க கையில....
நீங்க எங்க கையில
நீங்க எங்க கையில நாட்ட கொடுங்க
எல்லாத்தையும் மாத்துறோம்
ஓட்ட வாங்கி ஏமாத்தாம
உங்கள மேல ஏத்துறோம்
Welcome to the no mafia zone
வெல்கம் டு தி நோ மாபியா ஜோன்
Is this cruelty not enough?
Look at the state this nation has fallen into;
Will poverty ever change here?
Will the pain come to an end?
Will a revolution be born?
Look at the plight of Tamils
Spread all across the world;
Who are those cunning thief-foxes who grew fat
By plundering our natural resources?
போதுமா இந்த கொடுமை
இந்த நாட்டுக்கு வந்த நிலைமை
மாறுமா இங்க வறுமை
வலி தீருமா....
புரட்சி பிறக்குமா....
உலகம் முழுக்க பரவி கிடக்கும்
தமிழன் நிலைம பாரு...
எங்க இயற்க்கை வளத்த சுரண்டி கொழுத்த
திருட்டு நரிகள் யாரு....
We don't want money for votes anymore,
You don't need to give us freebies either;
For this younger generation,
Your old deceitful stories are no longer needed...
இனி ஓட்டுக்கு பணமும் வேண்டாம்
நீங்க ஓசியில கொடுக்க வேண்டாம்
இந்த இளைய தலைமுறைக்கு
உங்க பழைய கதையும் வேண்டாம்...
You told us all kinds of lies and asked us to believe,
And ruined us for worthless promises;
Now we have learned the hard way... we have understood,
The fake movie reel has finally snapped...
என்னென்னமோ சொல்லி நம்ப சொன்ன
செல்லாத காசுக்கு என்ன கொன்ன
அடிச்சி தெரிஞ்சிடுச்சு புரிஞ்சிடுச்சு
ரீலு அந்துடுச்சி....
In the name of toll gates,
We did not commit highway robbery;
We did not encroach on lakes and ponds
To open private swimming pools;
சுங்க சாவடி பேர சொல்லி
வழிப்பறியும் நடத்தல
நாங்க ஏரி குளத்த ஆக்கிரமிச்சு
நீதி மன்றம் தொறக்கல
We did not siphon off bank money
And hand it over to rich capitalists;
demanding education loans be repaid,
We did not choke the throats of students;
வங்கி பணத்த அபேஸ் பண்ணி
முதலாளிக்கு கொடுக்கல
நாங்க கல்விக்கடன அடைக்கச் சொல்லி
பசங்க கழுத்த நெரிக்கல
By releasing industrial waste,
We did not ruin the soil;
By raising prices exorbitantly,
We did not strip people of their basic dignity;
ஆலை கழிவ தொறந்துவிட்டு
நிலத்தை பாழு படுத்தல
நாங்க அளவில்லாம விலையை ஏத்தி
அண்டரு வேர்ர அவுக்கள
Taking money from corrupt sources,
We did not grow our political party;
Running a party solely for power,
We did not promote dynastic successors;
கண்டவன்கிட்ட காசு வாங்கி
கட்சிய நாங்க வளக்கல
வெறும் பதவிக்காக கட்சிய நடத்தி
வாரிச தூக்கி புடிக்கல
In our hands...
You, into our hands,
Hand over the country into our hands,
We will change everything.
Without cheating after getting your votes,
We will uplift you.
எங்க கையில....
நீங்க எங்க கையில
நீங்க எங்க கையில நாட்ட கொடுங்க
எல்லாத்தையும் மாத்துறோம்
ஓட்ட வாங்கி ஏமாத்தாம
உங்கள மேல ஏத்துறோம்
Tamilnaattu valarchiyil
In the growth of Tamil Nadu,
Indhiyavin pangu mukkiyam
India's role is important.
………………………..
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
Mafia mafia mafia mafia
………………………..
The mafia zone belongs to us
Mafia zone namakku thaan
{Enga kaiyila naatta kodunga
{ Hand over the country into our hands,
Ellathaiyum mathurom
We will change everything.
Vote-ah vaangi yemathaama
Without cheating after getting your votes,
Ungala mela yethurom } (2)
We will uplift you. } (2)
……………………………
Over nightula karuppu panam
We did not proclaim that black money
Ozhiyumunnu mulangala
Would disappear overnight;
Neenga vaarikodutha variyila
With the taxes you generously paid,
Velinaatta suththa kelambala
We did not set off to tour foreign nations;
Tasmac-ah thoranthu vechu e
We did not open liquor stores (TASMAC)
Ezhainga thaaliya arukkala
And destroy the lives of poor families;
Unga ponnum paiyanum doctor-aava
For your daughter and son to become doctors,
Neettu therva nadathala
We did not force NEET exams upon them;
Ariya periya thittam pottu
We did not announce grand, rare schemes
Adikkal naatti niruthala
And stop after just laying foundation stones;
Ketta sadhi madhatha thoondi
We did not provoke evil caste and religious conflicts
Namma sananga usura edukkala
To take away the lives of our own people;
Vevasaaya nilatha pudingi
We did not snatch away agricultural land
Vesatha naanga kalakkala
And put on deceitful disguises;
Andha vada naattu company-kaaga
For the sake of corporate companies from the North,
Makkala suttu posukkala
We did not shoot down and burn our people;
Enga kaiyila…
In our hands...
Neenga enga kaiyila
You, into our hands,
Neenga enga kaiyila naatta kodunga
Hand over the country into our hands,
Ellathaiyum mathurom
We will change everything.
Vote-ah vaangi yemathaama
Without cheating after getting your votes,
Ungala mela yethurom
We will uplift you.
Welcome to the no mafia zone
Welcome to the no mafia zone
Podhuma intha koduma
Is this cruelty not enough?
Indha naattuku vantha nilama
Look at the state this nation has fallen into;
Maaruma inga varuma
Will poverty ever change here?
Vali theeruma..
Will the pain come to an end?
Puratichi pirakkumaa…
Will a revolution be born?
Ulagam muzhukka paravi kidakkum
Look at the plight of Tamils
Tamizhan nilama paaru..
Spread all across the world;
Enga iyarkkai valatha surandi kozhutha
Who are those cunning thief-foxes who grew fat
Thiruttu narigal yaaru..
By plundering our natural resources?
Ini vottukku panamum vendaam
We don't want money for votes anymore,
Neenga osiyila kodukka vendam
You don't need to give us freebies either;
Indha ilaiya thalaimuraikku
For this younger generation,
Unga pazhaiya kadhaiyum vendaam…
Your old deceitful stories are no longer needed...
Ennanamoo solli namba sonna
You told us all kinds of lies and asked us to believe,
Sellaatha kaasukku enna konna
And ruined us for worthless promises;
Adichi therinjiduchi… purinjiduchu
Now we have learned the hard way... we have understood,
Reelu andhuduchi….
The fake movie reel has finally snapped...
Sunga saavadi pera solli
In the name of toll gates,
Vazhipariyum nadathala
We did not commit highway robbery;
Naanga yeri kulaththa akiramichchu
We did not encroach on lakes and ponds
Neendhi mandram thorakkala
To open private swimming pools;
Vangi panatha abase panni
We did not siphon off bank money
Muthalaalikku kodukkala
And hand it over to rich capitalists;
Naanga kalvikkadana adaikkala solli
demanding education loans be repaid,
Pasanga kazhuthta nerikkala
We did not choke the throats of students;
Aalai kazhiva thoranthu vittu
By releasing industrial waste,
Nilathai paazhu paduthala
We did not ruin the soil;
Naanga alavilaama vilaiyai yethi u
By raising prices exorbitantly,
Underwear-ah avukkala
We did not strip people of their basic dignity;
Kandavankitta kaasu vaangi
Taking money from corrupt sources,
Katchiya naanga valakkala
We did not grow our political party;
Verum pathavikkaaga katchiya nadathi
Running a party solely for power,
Vaarisa thookki pudikkala
We did not promote dynastic successors;
Enga kaiyila…
In our hands...
Neenga enga kaiyila
You, into our hands,
Neenga enga kaiyila naatta kodunga
Hand over the country into our hands,
Ellathaiyum mathurom
We will change everything.
Vote-ah vaangi yemathaama
Without cheating after getting your votes,
Ungala mela yethurom
We will uplift you.
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song from 'Adutha Saattai' serves as a sharp political satire and a powerful socio-political manifesto. Written from the perspective of an honest, revolutionary youth leadership, it directly critiques systemic political corruption, false electoral promises, corporate greed, police brutality, toll booth extortion, environmental degradation, and dynastic politics. The lyrics list various real-world grievances—such as demonetization claims, controversial medical entrance exams (NEET), TASMAC liquor addiction, and police violence against protesting farmers—contrasting political corruption with a promise of transparent governance. The emotional core of the track transitions from anger and frustration at the current plight of citizens to an empowering call for revolution. It declares that the younger generation can no longer be bought with freebies or cash-for-votes, signaling a awakening among the public where deceptive political narratives no longer hold power.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Muran (Antithesis)
“Vote-ah vaangi yemathaama / Ungala mela yethurom”
Contrasts the common practice of politicians cheating after getting votes with the promise of uplifting the citizens.
Metaphor
“Thiruttu narigal yaaru..”
Compares corrupt politicians who exploit natural resources to 'thieving foxes' (thiruttu narigal).
Idiom / Metaphor
“Reelu andhuduchi….”
Uses the colloquial film expression 'reel andhuduchi' (the film reel has snapped) as a metaphor for exposed lies and broken deceptions.
Iyaipu (Rhyme)
“Maaruma inga varuma / Vali theeruma.. / Puratichi pirakkumaa…”
Lines end with rhyming questioning suffixes ('varuma', 'theeruma', 'pirakkuma'), heightening the rhetorical emphasis.
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Trivia
'Adutha Saattai' (2019), directed by M. Anbazhagan and starring Samuthirakani, is a spiritual sequel to the 2012 hit film 'Saattai'. The film focuses heavily on contemporary social and educational reform issues in Tamil Nadu. The lyrics written by Yuga Bharathi incorporate real-life political issues and public grievances, making direct references to demonetization, NEET exams, TASMAC, and corporate land acquisition.
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