- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- Kamal Haasan, Chandran
- Music director
- Vidyasagar
- Movie name
- Anbe Sivam
- Movie release year
- 2003
- Lyrics added on
- 27 May 2017
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Naattukkoru sedhi solla
Naagareega komaali vandhenungo
Aattam aadi paattu paadi
Azhagaaga kadhai solla vandhenungo
Patta paatta paada
Naanum vandhenungo
Padara paatta paada
naanum vandhaenungo
910 roobha kadhaiya kelungo
Thozhilaalargal sollappadum
Kadhaiyaa kelungo
Ayya kelungo amma kelungo
Annan kelungo akka kelungo
Kelunga kelunga
Kelunga kelunga
Kelunga kelunga
Kelunga kelunga
Kelunga kelunga kelu
Thaththom thagathom sariyae
Enpaadu unpaadu kizhinjudhupo
Seththom polaichom dhinasari
Enthalai unthalai uruludhupo…
Ohhoo…. periyorgalae…
Adhaagappattadhu
Kadhaiyin aarambaththilae
Namadhu kadhaiyin naayagan
Adhaavandhu
910 roobha sambalakkaaran
Saga thozhilaalargal
Ellaam factory gate-ilae
Nindru sambalaththai usaththik kettu
Aarppaattam seidhu kondu irukkaiyilae
Avargalukku ellaam kadukkai koduththu
Midukkaai pogiraan….(Dialogue)
Enga poraan…(Dialogue)
Pogumbodhae enga poraannu
Ketta uruppadumaa.
Avaennnn…(Dialogue)
Daavadikka odi poguraan
Thanadhu kaadhaliyai
Thedi pogiraan
Male :Ohoooo….
Female :Ohoooo….
Maanga moonjikku
Manja poosi mayakkura ponnae
Un muzhi irandum mirattudhadi
En ponnaana kannae…
Female :Haan haa
Ahh… maanga moonjikku
Manja poosi mayakkura ponnae
Un muzhi irandum mirattudhadi
En ponnaana kannae…
Town bus-u
Pogudhadi gaaliyaa
Naamaa cinema kottai
Poi varalaam jolly-a
Female :Hoi…
Town bus-u
Pogudhadi gaaliyaa
Naamaa cinema kottai
Poi varalaam jolly-a
Vaanguradho sambalam 910
Kudumba bhaaram sumakka unakku
Yedhaiyya saththu
Kaadhaliyidam gynaanaa
Ubadhesam petra
Namma kadhaiyin naayagan
Thaanum porata kalathil eranghugirar
Kuraindha patcha
Kooli kendra sattam irrukudhu
Adhil paisa kuraikkalagaadhu
Endru thittam irrukkudhu
Sattam thittam nooru nooru
Irundha bodhilum
Silar istham pola oodhiyatha
Kurachi vazhanghuvaar
Ezhaiya kadichi muzhunghuvaar
Ivao kammiya
Sambalam thanthu
Thozhillaalar galukku
Nombalam thantha
Periya manushan yaarappa
Adho angae paarappa…
………………………….
Velludai vendhae vazhga
Valamudai arasae vazhga
Than thozhil munnaiva vazhga
Vyaabaara gaantham vazhga
Adhu ennada adhu
Vyaabaara gaantham
Buisness magunetu
Podra onnu thalailaaa
Chorus :Thalaivaaa…va..vaazhga
{Vaazhga vaazhga
Vendru vaaikizhiya
Koovi koovi vaazhthuppaadi
Aanju onjittom
Vaazhvu naanga
Eppo vaazhvadhu
Vaazhvadharkku
Engae povadhu} (2)
Dei ennanu poi keludaa
Avangalukku naama kooti kudukanumaa
Adi seruppala
Aieee yaiya yaiya..adhilla aiyaaa
Avangalukku..sambalam kooti kudukanumma
Oh…kodukka mudinthathu
910 thaan
Kodukka mudiyaathu ini
Oru paisa serththu thaan
Ivangala eppadi samalikka
Poringha mudhalali
……………………………………
Multinational company oda
Avanga raw materials
Nammaku anupuvaangha
Irakku madhi pandrom..yes
Refine pandrom..yes
Pack pandrom..yes
Plan pandrom…yes
Market pandrom..yes (Dialogue)
Markettukku scope illana
Vanghuvom udhai
Errakku madhi panna povadhu edha
Tea………..tea
Male :Ennadhu
Male :Theiyilai
Male :Adhu seri…adhu seri
Profit margin evalavuu
Male :Andha multinational company kaaran
Kaaka kadi kaduchi tharuvaan
40% nammakku 20% avanukku (Dialogue)
Appo ullur vivasaiyingaloda gedhi
Avanga ekkedu ketta nammaku enna
Nammakku namma velinaatu mudhalali
Thaan mukkiyam
Avangalala kedaikkum laabam mukkiyam
(Dialogue)
Sadhurangha aatathilae
Mudhalaligal kai parikka
Thozhilaligal kaigal
Enna pooparikkuma
Illai kai porukkuma (Dialogue)
Karaigal poga virumbinaalum
Avaigal viduvaadhillai
Chorus :Viduvaadhillai
Male :Marangal ooivai virumbinaalum
Kaatru viduvaadhillai
Chorus :Viduvaadhillai
Male :Oodi oodi olintha podhum
Porkai viduvadhillai
Chorus :Viduvaadhillai….viduvaadhillai
Viduvaadhillai (Dialogue)
Sodukkivittan engiruntho sataiya
Suththi vittan engirunthoo nattaiyae
Suitchama kairru engirundhu neeludhu (Dialogue)
Americavilae..englandilae..
Franceilae germanyilae
Nammmaku oththasikku aal irukkirar
Namma thani maram ila thoppu
Male :Veikka porom paaru aappu… (Dialogue)
Nammakku thevai
Naaladhoru mudivu
Nadagathula mattum ila
Ellarkum thaan
Nalla mudivu veenum naa
Nadagakarar mattum
Manasu vecha podhathu
Naan ..nee..avaru ivaru
Avanga ..ivanga..itho nadagaththaa
Keduthitu horn adichitu
Car la kurukka porangalae ivanga
Namma ellarum manasu veikkanum
Mudivu edukkanum (Dialogue)
Pudhu paattu paadiduvom
Pudhu paattu
Tholaidhooru payanaththin
Vazhi paarththu} (2)
……………………………………………….
Un paadu en paadu oorulagam
Padum paadu
Vazhinaadu thunivodu
Thelivodu thunivodu
Nalamkaana sellum oru purappaadu
Ini kanneeru kidamillai ena paadu
Nalamkaana sellum oru purappaadu
Ini kanneeru kidamillai ena paadu……
To bring a message to the nation,
I have come as a modern clown!
Dancing my steps and singing my song,
I have come to tell a tale beautifully!
To sing of the hardships endured,
I too have come!
To sing of the suffering we face,
I too have come!
Listen to the story of nine hundred and ten rupees!
Spoken by the working class,
listen to their story!
Listen, sir! Listen, madam!
Listen, brother! Listen, sister!
Listen, listen!
Listen, listen!
Listen, listen!
Listen, listen!
Listen, listen, listen!
Thatthom thakathom, that's right!
My plight and your plight are completely torn to shreds!
Dying and surviving day by day,
my head and your head are rolling on the ground...
Oho... respected elders...
Namely, as it happens...
At the beginning of our story,
the hero of our tale,
that is to say,
the man with a 910-rupee wage,
while his fellow workers
were all at the factory gate,
standing and demanding a wage hike,
staging a massive protest,
gave them all the slip
and walked away with swagger...
Where is he going?...
If you ask "Where are you going?" just as someone leaves,
will anything good come of it?
He isssss...
running off to chase after romance,
looking for his sweetheart,
he goes in search of her!
Male: Oho...
Female: Oho...
With turmeric smeared
on your mango-like face, you captivate me, girl!
Both your wide eyes tease and threaten me,
my precious sweetheart...
Female: Haan ha!
Ah... With turmeric smeared
on your mango-like face, you captivate me, girl!
Both your wide eyes tease and threaten me,
my precious sweetheart...
The town bus
is running empty,
we can go to the cinema hall
and have a jolly good time!
Female: Hoy...
The town bus
is running empty,
we can go to the cinema hall
and have a jolly good time!
The salary you earn is just 910 rupees,
to bear the burden of a family,
where do you have the strength, my man?
Having received words of wisdom
and advice from his sweetheart,
the hero of our story
steps into the battlefield of protest himself!
For minimum
wages, there is a law in place,
and there is a rule that not a single paise
should ever be cut from it!
Even though hundreds and hundreds of
laws and rules exist,
some people still cut the wages
just as they please,
and swallow the poor alive!
Paying such a meager
salary,
and inflicting on the workers
nothing but pain and agony,
who is this big boss, friends?
Look over there and see him!
...
Long live, king in spotless white!
Long live, wealthy ruler!
Long live, pioneer of enterprise!
Long live, magnet of business!
Hey, what is that,
"magnet of business"?
Business magnet!
Whack him one on the head!
Chorus: O leader... long live!
Shouting "Long live! Long live!"
until our mouths are torn,
screaming and singing praises,
we have worn ourselves out!
When are we
ever going to live our lives?
Where can we go
just to survive?
Hey, go and ask what they want!
Do we have to give them extra?
Get hit with a slipper!
Oh no no, not that, sir!
Should we give them a raise in salary, sir?
Oh... all we can give
is 910 rupees!
From now on, we cannot give
even a single paise more!
How are you going to manage them,
boss?
...
From the multinational company,
their raw materials
they will send to us.
We import them... yes!
We refine them... yes!
We pack them... yes!
We plan it... yes!
We market it... yes!
If there is no scope in the market,
we'll get kicked!
What are we going to import?
Tea... tea!
Male: What?
Male: Tea leaves!
Male: Ah right... that's right!
What is the profit margin?
Male: That multinational company guy
will bite off a tiny share to give us:
40% for us, 20% for him!
Then what about the fate of local farmers?
Whatever ruin they meet, why should we care?
To us, our foreign boss
is what matters,
the profit we get from them is what matters!
(Dialogue)
In this game of chess,
when the bosses seize with force,
will the workers' hands
just pluck flowers,
or quietly endure it?
Even if the riverbanks wish to move away,
the waves do not let them go!
Chorus: They don't let them go!
Male: Even if the trees long for rest,
the wind does not let them!
Chorus: It doesn't let them!
Male: Even when we run and hide,
the arm of struggle does not let us go!
Chorus: It doesn't let go... it doesn't let go!
It doesn't let go!
From somewhere far away, he popped his collar,
from somewhere far away, he tightened the bolt,
from where does this puppet string stretch?
In America... in England...
in France, in Germany!
We have people to support us!
We are not a single tree, we are an entire grove!
Male: Just watch how we drive a wedge into them!...
What we need
is a good conclusion,
not just in this play,
but for everyone in real life!
If we want a good outcome,
the street actors alone
putting their hearts into it is not enough.
Me... you... him, this person,
them... these folks... look, the ones disrupting the play,
honking their horn,
and driving their car right through!
All of us must set our minds to it,
and make a firm decision!
Let us sing a new song,
a brand new song,
looking ahead at the path
of our long journey ahead!
...
Your struggle, my struggle, the struggle
the whole wide world endures!
Seek the path with courage,
with clarity and with courage!
A march setting forth to achieve our well-being,
sing out that there is no room left for tears!
A march setting forth to achieve our well-being,
sing out that there is no room left for tears...
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This track represents a dynamic street theatre performance (Therukoothu/drama) enacted by the protagonist (Nallasivam, played by Kamal Haasan) in the movie Anbe Sivam. Through sharp satire, folk rhythms, and interactive dialogue, the play exposes the harsh realities of labor exploitation, low wages (the symbolic 910 rupees salary), corporate greed, and globalization affecting local livelihoods.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Aattam aadi paattu paadi / Azhagaaga kadhai solla vandhenungo”
The second letters of consecutive lines match ('Aattam' / 'Azhagaaga', 'Patta' / 'Padara'), creating rhythmic flow typical of Tamil folk oral traditions.
Metaphor
“Sadhurangha aatathilae / Mudhalaligal kai parikka”
The phrase compares the capitalist manipulation of market forces to a game of chess ('Sadhurangha aatam') and puppetry controlled by invisible strings.
Personification / Nature Imagery
“Marangal ooivai virumbinaalum / Kaatru viduvaadhillai”
Nature elements like trees desiring rest but being agitated by the relentless wind are used as a metaphor for workers seeking peace amidst capitalist oppression.
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Trivia
This track was composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu and sung by Kamal Haasan alongside background performers. The sequence forms a key thematic centerpiece in 'Anbe Sivam' (2003), showcasing street theatre as a tool for political awareness and social movement.
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