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Lyrics & meaning

Ennachu Namma Desam

From Thaali Kattiya Raasa · 1992

Lyricist
S. A. Rajkumar
Singer
Mano
Music director
S. A. Rajkumar
Movie name
Thaali Kattiya Raasa
Movie release year
1992
Lyrics added on
6 Mar 2021

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Thaiyaa thaiyaa thaiyara thaiyaa
Thaiyaa thaiyaa thaiyara thaiyaa
{Ennaachchu namma dhesam
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Male :Engaedaa socialism
Chorus :Thaththinaththin} (2)
Neththodu pochchu nehru sonnathu
Kaaththodu pochchu gandhi sonnathu
Ada ullatha naan eduththu sonnaa
Aaththaadi romba mosam….
{Ennaachchu namma Dhesam
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Male :Engaedaa socialism
Chorus :Thaththinaththin} (2)
Male :Haan….
Eduththu euththu kozhuththavanthaan kodukkanum
Uzhaichchu uzhaichchu kalachchavanthaan edukkanum
Eduththu euththu kozhuththavanthaan kodukkanum
Uzhaichchu uzhaichchu kalachchavanthaan edukkanum
Aahaa ooho yaehae hae…..
Aahaa ooho yaehae hae…..
Paththu peru uzhaipulathaan
Moththa perum vaazhugiraan
Katti kaakkum velingathaan
Meyuthadaa thottaththa thaan
Keezhendrum maelendrum ullathu varkkam
Katchi katti oorukkul eththanai tharkkam
Poonaikkuththaan maniya katta
Purappattaen paarungadaa
Haei roshamulla aambalainga
Thunaikkuththaan vaarungadaa
Thuninjaa edhuvum nadakkum
Imaiya malaiya nagarththalaam
Ennaachchu namma dhesam
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Male :Engaedaa socialism
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Neththodu pochchu
Chorus :Nehru sonnathu
Male :Haan kaaththodu pochchu
Chorus :Gandhi sonnathu
Male :Ada ullatha naan eduththu sonnaa
Aaththaadi
Chorus :Romba mosam
Ennaachchu namma dhesam
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Male :Engaedaa socialism ha haan
…………….
Velai seiyum kooligalin vayiththula adi vizhuthu
Kooli konjam adhigam thara kettuputtaa pagai varuthu
Eppothum paattaali yaeniya pola
Yaeththi vittu ninniruppaan bhoomiyin maelae
Pattaala veeranaipol
Paanjaaththaan payappuduvaan
Haan Muttaalaa naam irunthaa
Kuttaama enna seivaan
Thovachchaa thunigal velukkum
Pazhaiya azhukku vilakalaam
Ennaachchu namma dhesam
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Male :Ada engaedaa socialism
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Ada ennaachchu namma dhesam
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Male :Engaedaa socialism
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Neththodu pochchu
Chorus :Nehru sonnathu
Male :Haan kaaththodu pochchu
Chorus :Gandhi sonnathu
Male :Ada ullatha naan eduththu sonnaa
Aaththaadi
Chorus :Romba mosam
Ennaachchu namma dhesam
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Male :Ada engaedaa socialism
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Ada ennaachchu namma dhesam
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Male :Engaedaa socialism
Chorus :Thaththinaththin
Thaiya thaiya thaiyara thaiya
Thaiya thaiya thaiyara thaiya
What has happened to our country?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Where on earth is socialism?
Chorus: Thathinathin
What Nehru said ended with yesterday,
What Gandhi said blew away in the wind!
If I speak out the plain truth,
Oh mother, it is terribly bad!
What has happened to our country?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Where on earth is socialism?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Haan...
The one who grew fat by grabbing must give back,
The one who grew weary by toiling must receive!
The one who grew fat by grabbing must give back,
The one who grew weary by toiling must receive!
Aaha oho ehe hey...
Aaha oho ehe hey...
On the hard labor of just ten people,
The entire world lives!
The very fence meant to protect the garden
Is grazing on the crops!
Society is divided into the lower and upper classes,
With rival factions forming and endless disputes in town!
To bell the cat,
Look, I have stepped forward!
Hey, men with self-respect,
Come along to stand by me!
If we dare, anything can happen,
We can even move the Himalayas!
What has happened to our country?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Where on earth is socialism?
Chorus: Thathinathin
It ended with yesterday—
Chorus: What Nehru said!
Male: Haan, it blew away in the wind—
Chorus: What Gandhi said!
Male: If I speak out the plain truth,
Oh mother!
Chorus: It is terribly bad!
What has happened to our country?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Where on earth is socialism? Ha haan!
...
A blow strikes the bellies of daily-wage workers,
If they ask for a little more pay, hatred flares up!
A laborer is always like a ladder,
Helping others climb up while remaining rooted on the ground!
Like soldiers in an army,
Only if we charge will they feel fear!
Haan, if we remain foolish,
Won't they keep knocking us down?
If washed, clothes will turn clean,
We can scrub away the old dirt!
What has happened to our country?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Hey, where on earth is socialism?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Hey, what has happened to our country?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Where on earth is socialism?
Chorus: Thathinathin
It ended with yesterday—
Chorus: What Nehru said!
Male: Haan, it blew away in the wind—
Chorus: What Gandhi said!
Male: If I speak out the plain truth,
Oh mother!
Chorus: It is terribly bad!
What has happened to our country?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Hey, where on earth is socialism?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Hey, what has happened to our country?
Chorus: Thathinathin
Male: Where on earth is socialism?
Chorus: Thathinathin
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a socio-political rally cry calling out the decay of egalitarian values in modern India. The protagonist questions the state of the nation and laments that the noble visions of iconic founding leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru have been forgotten or blown away like dust. He highlights the stark economic disparity where the wealthy exploit the labor of the working class, comparing the laborer to a ladder that elevates others while remaining grounded itself.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile

Eppothum paattaali yaeniya pola

Compares the working class to a ladder (yaeni) that helps others rise up to prosperity while itself remaining in the same place.

Proverbial Metaphor

Katti kaakkum velingathaan meyuthadaa thottaththa thaan

Uses the Tamil proverb 'Veliye payirai meyvadhu' (the protective fence grazing the field) to metaphorically describe authority figures who exploit the very people they are meant to protect.

Rhetorical Question

Engaedaa socialism

Repeatedly asks 'Where is socialism?' to critique political inaction and highlight class inequality.

Iyaipu (Rhyme)

Neththodu pochchu nehru sonnathu / Kaaththodu pochchu gandhi sonnathu

The matching end rhymes ('sonnathu' / 'sonnathu' and 'pochchu' / 'pochchu') create a rhythmic flow conveying loss.

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Trivia

Written by popular lyricist and music composer S. A. Rajkumar for the 1992 Tamil village drama 'Thaali Kattiya Raasa'. The lyrics draw heavily upon socialist rhetoric and revolutionary Tamil pop-culture motifs, addressing wage inequality and worker rights.

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