Eru Raaja Eru
From Raja Nee Vazhga · 1986
- Lyricist
- Ramanan
- Singers
- Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Shailaja
- Music director
- K. Ravi
- Details
- Raja Nee Vazhga1986
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi | Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted! |
| Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi | Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle! |
| Female | |
| Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi | Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted! |
| Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi | Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle! |
| Female | |
| Munnala paaru rendu kombirukku | Look upfront, there are two horns! |
| Mudiyaatha aambalaikku vambedhukku | Why provoke trouble if you aren't man enough? |
| Munnala paaru rendu kombirukku | Look upfront, there are two horns! |
| Mudiyaatha aambalaikku vambedhukku | Why provoke trouble if you aren't man enough? |
| Male | |
| Mundaasu kaaran ivan maanamadhurai veeran | He wears a turban, he is the hero of Manamadurai! |
| Mundaasu kaaran ivan maanamadhurai veeran | He wears a turban, he is the hero of Manamadurai! |
| Mundaama paathukadi thembirukku | Watch out without bumping, there is true strength here! |
| Summa moraikadhae maamam kitta kambirukku | Don't just glare, uncle has a stick with him! |
| Hoi hoi hoi hoi | Hoi hoi hoi hoi! |
| Male | |
| Jallikattu kaalai kitta kattupattu nillu | Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull! |
| Sandithanam seiyadhae mandiyittu kollu | Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees! |
| Jallikattu kaalai kitta kattupattu nillu | Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull! |
| Sandithanam seiyadhae mandiyittu kollu | Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees! |
| Female | |
| Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi | Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted! |
| Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi | Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle! |
| Female | |
| Melaappa paathukittu mettupakkam oodathae | Don't look at the upper garment and run uphill! |
| Pavada kaathadichaa pallathukku thaavathae | If the skirt blows in the wind, don't leap into the valley! |
| Melaappa paathukittu mettupakkam oodathae | Don't look at the upper garment and run uphill! |
| Pavada kaathadichaa pallathukku thaavathae | If the skirt blows in the wind, don't leap into the valley! |
| Male | |
| Kaattora mayilakaala vaettaikku vandha vaelai | The time when the wild peacock-footed bull came to hunt... |
| Kaattora mayilakaala vaettaikku vandha vaelai | The time when the wild peacock-footed bull came to hunt... |
| Kaalaadi paettaiyilae vaayada thaevaillai | In this neighborhood of Kaladi, there's no need to talk big! |
| Male | |
| Jallikattu kaala kitta selladhu un veeram | Your bravery won't work near the Jallikattu bull! |
| Saanjaalum podhumadi thaangaadhu baaram | Even if I just lean on you, girl, you won't be able to bear the weight! |
| He he he hehe he he he haei | He he he hehe he he he haei! |
| Male | |
| Mookanaang kayiru konjam | Throw down the nose rope a little, |
| Thooki podu raakkammma | Throw it over, Raakkamma! |
| Otta thaan odi vandhen orangatti paaramma | I ran all the way here in one go, move aside and look, lady! |
| Mookanaang kayiru konjam | Throw down the nose rope a little, |
| Thooki podu raakkammma | Throw it over, Raakkamma! |
| Otta thaan odi vandhen orangatti paaramma | I ran all the way here in one go, move aside and look, lady! |
| Female | |
| Naethu thaan parisam potten | Just yesterday I gave the betrothal gift, |
| Ippa manasa maathikitten | Now I have changed my mind! |
| Naethu thaan parisam potten | Just yesterday I gave the betrothal gift, |
| Ippa manasa maathikitten | Now I have changed my mind! |
| Nesamaaana madhurai veeran needhaanu yethukiytten | I have accepted that you are truly the brave hero of Madurai! |
| Male | |
| Jallikattu kaalai kitta kattupattu nillu | Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull! |
| Sandithanam seiyadhae mandiyittu kollu | Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees! |
| Female | |
| Hoi yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi | Hoi, mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted! |
| Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi | Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle! |
| Female | |
| Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi | Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted! |
| Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi | Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle! |
| Female | |
| {Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi | {Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted! |
| Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi} (2) | Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!} (x2) |
Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
Look upfront, there are two horns!
Why provoke trouble if you aren't man enough?
Look upfront, there are two horns!
Why provoke trouble if you aren't man enough?
He wears a turban, he is the hero of Manamadurai!
He wears a turban, he is the hero of Manamadurai!
Watch out without bumping, there is true strength here!
Don't just glare, uncle has a stick with him!
Hoi hoi hoi hoi!
Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull!
Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees!
Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull!
Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees!
Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
Don't look at the upper garment and run uphill!
If the skirt blows in the wind, don't leap into the valley!
Don't look at the upper garment and run uphill!
If the skirt blows in the wind, don't leap into the valley!
The time when the wild peacock-footed bull came to hunt...
The time when the wild peacock-footed bull came to hunt...
In this neighborhood of Kaladi, there's no need to talk big!
Your bravery won't work near the Jallikattu bull!
Even if I just lean on you, girl, you won't be able to bear the weight!
He he he hehe he he he haei!
Throw down the nose rope a little,
Throw it over, Raakkamma!
I ran all the way here in one go, move aside and look, lady!
Throw down the nose rope a little,
Throw it over, Raakkamma!
I ran all the way here in one go, move aside and look, lady!
Just yesterday I gave the betrothal gift,
Now I have changed my mind!
Just yesterday I gave the betrothal gift,
Now I have changed my mind!
I have accepted that you are truly the brave hero of Madurai!
Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull!
Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees!
Hoi, mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
{Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!} (x2)
Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi
Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi
Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
Munnala paaru rendu kombirukku
Look upfront, there are two horns!
Mudiyaatha aambalaikku vambedhukku
Why provoke trouble if you aren't man enough?
Munnala paaru rendu kombirukku
Look upfront, there are two horns!
Mudiyaatha aambalaikku vambedhukku
Why provoke trouble if you aren't man enough?
Mundaasu kaaran ivan maanamadhurai veeran
He wears a turban, he is the hero of Manamadurai!
Mundaasu kaaran ivan maanamadhurai veeran
He wears a turban, he is the hero of Manamadurai!
Mundaama paathukadi thembirukku
Watch out without bumping, there is true strength here!
Summa moraikadhae maamam kitta kambirukku
Don't just glare, uncle has a stick with him!
Hoi hoi hoi hoi
Hoi hoi hoi hoi!
Jallikattu kaalai kitta kattupattu nillu
Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull!
Sandithanam seiyadhae mandiyittu kollu
Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees!
Jallikattu kaalai kitta kattupattu nillu
Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull!
Sandithanam seiyadhae mandiyittu kollu
Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees!
Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi
Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
Melaappa paathukittu mettupakkam oodathae
Don't look at the upper garment and run uphill!
Pavada kaathadichaa pallathukku thaavathae
If the skirt blows in the wind, don't leap into the valley!
Melaappa paathukittu mettupakkam oodathae
Don't look at the upper garment and run uphill!
Pavada kaathadichaa pallathukku thaavathae
If the skirt blows in the wind, don't leap into the valley!
Kaattora mayilakaala vaettaikku vandha vaelai
The time when the wild peacock-footed bull came to hunt...
Kaattora mayilakaala vaettaikku vandha vaelai
The time when the wild peacock-footed bull came to hunt...
Kaalaadi paettaiyilae vaayada thaevaillai
In this neighborhood of Kaladi, there's no need to talk big!
Jallikattu kaala kitta selladhu un veeram
Your bravery won't work near the Jallikattu bull!
Saanjaalum podhumadi thaangaadhu baaram
Even if I just lean on you, girl, you won't be able to bear the weight!
He he he hehe he he he haei
He he he hehe he he he haei!
Mookanaang kayiru konjam
Throw down the nose rope a little,
Thooki podu raakkammma
Throw it over, Raakkamma!
Otta thaan odi vandhen orangatti paaramma
I ran all the way here in one go, move aside and look, lady!
Mookanaang kayiru konjam
Throw down the nose rope a little,
Thooki podu raakkammma
Throw it over, Raakkamma!
Otta thaan odi vandhen orangatti paaramma
I ran all the way here in one go, move aside and look, lady!
Naethu thaan parisam potten
Just yesterday I gave the betrothal gift,
Ippa manasa maathikitten
Now I have changed my mind!
Naethu thaan parisam potten
Just yesterday I gave the betrothal gift,
Ippa manasa maathikitten
Now I have changed my mind!
Nesamaaana madhurai veeran needhaanu yethukiytten
I have accepted that you are truly the brave hero of Madurai!
Jallikattu kaalai kitta kattupattu nillu
Stay restrained around the Jallikattu bull!
Sandithanam seiyadhae mandiyittu kollu
Don't act stubborn, bow down on your knees!
Hoi yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi
Hoi, mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi
Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!
{Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi
{Mount, king, mount this vehicle that no one else has mounted!
Yereduthu paaru romba joorana vandi} (2)
Look up and see, it is a very stylish vehicle!} (x2)
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
'Yeru Raaja Yeru' is a high-energy rural folk song filled with playful banter, romantic rivalry, and rustic swagger. By metaphorically equating an untamed Jallikattu bull to an unridden 'vandi' (vehicle), the lyrics depict a feisty dialogue between lovers amidst a traditional southern Tamil Nadu village backdrop. The male protagonist boasts of his strength as the turbaned hero of Manamadurai, while the female lead teasingly challenges his claims before playfully submitting to his charm and acknowledging him as her true champion. Filled with vivid rural imagery—referencing Jallikattu bull horns, nose ropes ('mookanaang kayiru'), betrothal gifts ('parisam'), and southern town identities—the song captures the energetic essence of Tamil folk romance, celebrating pride, playfulness, and affection.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Urvagam)
“Yeru raaja yeru yaarum yeradha vandi”
Compares an untamed Jallikattu bull or a headstrong person to a 'vandi' (vehicle) that no one has managed to mount yet.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Mundaasu kaaran ivan maanamadhurai veeran”
Repetition of the initial 'M' sound in 'Mundaasu' and 'Maanamadhurai'.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Jallikattu kaalai kitta kattupattu nillu / Sandithanam seiyadhae mandiyittu kollu”
Rhyming ends of the lines with 'nillu' and 'kollu'.
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Trivia
Written by lyricist Ramanan for the 1986 movie 'Raja Nee Vazhga', this track heavily leverages the authentic southern Tamil Nadu dialect and folk culture surrounding Jallikattu (the traditional bull-embracing sport) and rural betrothal customs like 'parisam'.
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