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Maadilutha vandi ellaam
Naan iluthu paarthen
Naan manushanaa mirugamaa
Ozhachi paarthen
Kastapatta podhilum
Kaasu vanthu serala
Kaasa vandha podhilum
Meedham ethum aagala
Maadilutha vandi ellaam
Naan iluthu paarthen
Naan manushanaa mirugamaa
Ozhachi paarthen
Kastapatta podhilum
Kaasu vanthu serala
Kaasa vandha podhilum
Meedham ethum aagala
{Adi maariamma
Enna ithu kaaliyamma
Enga vaazhkkaiyellaam
Konaloo konalammaa} (2)
Maadilutha vandi ellaam
Naan iluthu paarthen
Naan manushanaa mirugamaa
Ozhachi paarthen
{Malligaiyum alli katti
Meenatchi kumkumamum
Mangalamaa solli vikka
Pogaadha veedhi illa} (2)
Kaasu vantha kanakka paartha
Sarakku vanga pothaathu
Kai sarakku meedham vandhaa
Maththa naalu vikkathu
Ezhaingha polappu
Kasthathula thaan
Neeyum naanum ingu enna seiya
Iraivan ezhuthu ippadi thaanunnaa
Indhiya arasum enna seiyum
Ethana kaasu kedachaalum
Paththalapaa
En nenjamum kaikalum
Eppothum suththamappa..hoi
Maadilutha vandi ellaam
Naan iluthu paarthen
Naan manushanaa mirugamaa
Ozhachi paarthen
Kastapatta podhilum
Kaasu vanthu serala
Kaasa vandha podhilum
Meedham ethum aagala
Adi maariamma
Enna ithu kaaliyamma
Enga vaazhkkaiyellaam
Konaloo konalammaa
Suvaril oru posterathaan
Suthamaaga otti paathen
Boring pottu kai kadukka
Pumpu settum pottu paathen
Kavaring nagai senju paathen
Thavari kuda vikka villa
Kadala viththum kaasum valla
Odala vikka vazhiyum illa
{Pattiyila thottiyila
Yereduthu naan uzhuthen
Vatti katti maalavilla
Neera vittu naan azhudhen} (2)
Palliyila enga padichen
Naadagathil naan nadichen
Veedhiyila thoongi mulichen
Vaazhvatharkku naan thudichen
Beechula sundala
Vithu vithu paathu
Valanthu ponadhu en odambu
Roatula kaatula
Vaazhva thedi thedi
Koodi ponathaiyaa en vayasu
Ethana kaasu kedachaalum
Paththalapaa
En nenjamum kaikalum
Eppothum suththamappa..hoi
Maadilutha vandi ellaam
Naan iluthu paarthen
Naan manushanaa mirugamaa
Ozhachi paarthen
Kastapatta podhilum
Kaasu vanthu serala
Kaasa vandha podhilum
Meedham ethum aagala
{Adi maariamma
Enna ithu kaaliyamma
Enga vaazhkkaiyellaam
Konaloo konalammaa} (2)
All the carts that bulls used to pull,
I tried pulling them myself.
Wondering if I am a human or a beast,
I toiled and worked hard.
Even though I suffered and slaved,
money never reached my hands.
Even when some money came in,
nothing was left over as savings.
All the carts that bulls used to pull,
I tried pulling them myself.
Wondering if I am a human or a beast,
I toiled and worked hard.
Even though I suffered and slaved,
money never reached my hands.
Even when some money came in,
nothing was left over as savings.
Oh Mother Mariyamma,
what is this, Mother Kaliyamma?
Our entire life
is completely crooked and unfair!
All the carts that bulls used to pull,
I tried pulling them myself.
Wondering if I am a human or a beast,
I toiled and worked hard.
Stringing together jasmine and lilies,
and Goddess Meenakshi's sacred kumkum powder,
calling out auspicious words to sell them,
there is no street I haven't walked.
When I look at the money earned,
it is not enough to buy fresh stock.
If leftover stock remains in my hands,
it won't sell the next day.
The livelihood of the poor
is always steeped in hardship.
What can you or I do about it here?
If God has written our fate this way,
what can the Indian government do?
No matter how much money comes in,
it is never enough, brother!
Yet my heart and my hands
have always stayed clean and honest, hey!
All the carts that bulls used to pull,
I tried pulling them myself.
Wondering if I am a human or a beast,
I toiled and worked hard.
Even though I suffered and slaved,
money never reached my hands.
Even when some money came in,
nothing was left over as savings.
Oh Mother Mariyamma,
what is this, Mother Kaliyamma?
Our entire life
is completely crooked and unfair!
Posters on the walls,
I tried pasting them up neatly.
Drilling borewells until my arms ached,
I tried working the pump sets too.
I tried making imitation jewelry,
but not a single piece would sell.
Selling peanuts brought no money either,
and selling my body is no way out.
In the cattle pens and farmyards,
I took up the plow and tilled the land.
Paying off interest never ended,
and I broke down in tears and wept.
Where did I ever get to study in school?
I acted on the theater stage.
I slept and woke up on the streets,
struggling desperately just to survive.
Selling spiced chickpeas on the beach,
selling them day after day,
my body grew up through the years.
On the roads and in the wild,
searching endlessly for a living,
my age and youth have passed away.
No matter how much money comes in,
it is never enough, brother!
Yet my heart and my hands
have always stayed clean and honest, hey!
All the carts that bulls used to pull,
I tried pulling them myself.
Wondering if I am a human or a beast,
I toiled and worked hard.
Even though I suffered and slaved,
money never reached my hands.
Even when some money came in,
nothing was left over as savings.
Oh Mother Mariyamma,
what is this, Mother Kaliyamma?
Our entire life
is completely crooked and unfair!
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