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Inquilab Zindabad

From Rajapart Rangadurai · 1973

Lyricist
Kannadasan
Singer
T. M. Soundararajan
Music director
M. S. Vishwanathan
Movie name
Rajapart Rangadurai
Movie release year
1973
Lyrics added on
10 Dec 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
Bharadhamae ennarumai bharadhamae
Un adimai
Theerum mattum poriduvom annaiyin aanai
Bharadhamae ennarumai bharadhamae
Un adimai
Theerum mattum poriduvom annaiyin aanai
Thaayagamae en inimai thaayagamae un urimai
Kaappadharkku poriduvom thandhaiyin aanai
Imayathil vada ellai
Kumariyil then ellai
Veettirkku oru pillai
Adimaigal ini illai
Imayathil vada ellai
Kumariyil then ellai
Veettirkku oru pillai
Adimaigal ini illai
Engal ponnaadu
Ennaalum yemmodu
Kollai seivorai pazhi seivom koondodu
Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
…………………………
Nallorgal tham nenjam
Navasakthi pera vendum
Aarpaatta alaiyosai vara vendum
Ellorkkum vaazhvennum
Karma veerar pinnaalae
Innaattin ilainjargal ezha vendum
Pagaivarai vida maattom
Valai thanil vizha maattom
Urimaiyai thara maattom
Vidudhalai vidhai pottom
Pagaivarai vida maattom
Valai thanil vizha maattom
Urimaiyai thara maattom
Vidudhalai vidhai pottom
Thaayin kanneerae
Vazhi kaattum pudhu vellam
Naaigal veliyaera vazhi sollum aval ullam
Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
…………………………
Innaattai aalgindra
Thirudargal ozhiyaamal
Dhesiya nenjangal oyaadhu
Munnooru thuppaakki suttaalum sethaalum
Naan konda ennangal maaraadhu
Thunindhidum manam kondu
Sudhandhira kodi undu
Ilainjargal padai undu
Thalaivanin thunai undu
Thunindhidum manam kondu
Sudhandhira kodi undu
Ilainjargal padai undu
Thalaivanin thunai undu
Ingae oru gandhi irukkindraan
Avan vaazhga
Therkkae oru gandhi varugindraan avan vaazhga
Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
Bharadhamae ennarumai bharadhamae
Un adimai
Theerum mattum poriduvom annaiyin aanai
Thaayagamae en inimai thaayagamae un urimai
Kaappadharkku poriduvom thandhaiyin aanai
Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
Ingulaab zindaabaad
Hindusthaan zindaabaad
...
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
O Bharath, my beloved Bharath!
Until your bondage
Comes to an end, we will fight—it is our mother's command!
O Bharath, my beloved Bharath!
Until your bondage
Comes to an end, we will fight—it is our mother's command!
O Motherland, my sweet Motherland, to protect
Your rights, we will fight—it is our father's command!
The Himalayas on the northern border,
Kanyakumari on the southern border,
With one youth from every home,
There are slaves no more!
The Himalayas on the northern border,
Kanyakumari on the southern border,
With one youth from every home,
There are slaves no more!
Our golden nation
Is ours forever!
We will utterly destroy those who loot us!
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
...
The hearts of good people
Must find fresh power!
A roaring wave of uprising must surge!
Striving for the well-being of all,
Behind our selfless man of action,
The youth of this nation must rise!
We will not spare the enemy,
We will not fall into their trap!
We will not surrender our rights,
We have sown the seeds of freedom!
We will not spare the enemy,
We will not fall into their trap!
We will not surrender our rights,
We have sown the seeds of freedom!
Our Mother's tears
Are a guiding flood leading the way!
Her heart shows the path to drive the dogs away!
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
...
Until the thieves
Who rule this land are wiped out,
Patriotic hearts will never rest!
Even if three hundred guns fire and I die,
The ideals I hold will never change!
Armed with a brave heart,
We hold the flag of freedom!
We have an army of youth,
We have the backing of our leader!
Armed with a brave heart,
We hold the flag of freedom!
We have an army of youth,
We have the backing of our leader!
Here lives a Gandhi,
Long live he!
In the south arrives another Gandhi, long live he!
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
O Bharath, my beloved Bharath!
Until your bondage
Comes to an end, we will fight—it is our mother's command!
O Motherland, my sweet Motherland, to protect
Your rights, we will fight—it is our father's command!
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
Long live the revolution!
Long live Hindustan!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Inquilab Zindabad' is a fiery patriotic song from the 1973 film 'Rajapart Rangadurai', presented as a stage performance within the movie. Lyricist Kannadasan captures the spirit of the Indian independence movement and post-independence civic duty, urging youth across the country—from the Himalayas in the north to Kanyakumari in the south—to unite and resist oppression.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Anaphora / Repetition

Ingulaab zindaabaad / Hindusthaan zindaabaad

The slogan 'Ingulaab zindaabaad / Hindusthaan zindaabaad' is repeated regularly to build rhythmic intensity and heighten patriotic fervor.

Etuakai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Imayathil vada ellai / Kumariyil then ellai

The second consonant sound 'ma' matches across both lines ('Imayathil' and 'Kumariyil').

Iyaiyu (End Rhyme)

Pagaivarai vida maattom / Valai thanil vizha maattom / Urimaiyai thara maattom

The lines end with matching verbal endings '-maattom', creating a powerful rhythmic cadence.

Metaphor

Thaayin kanneerae / Vazhi kaattum pudhu vellam

Comparing the motherland's tears to a guiding flood that drives away oppressors.

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Trivia

The line 'Therkkae oru gandhi varugindraan' ('A Gandhi arrives in the South') and 'Karma veerar' directly refer to veteran Tamil political leader K. Kamaraj, who was widely venerated in Tamil Nadu as 'Karma Veerar' and the 'Gandhi of the South'.

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