♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Nalla kaalam poranthida
Namma kannu thoranthida
Kettu pona dhesam
Nalla sattappadi uruppada
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Aalukkaalu adithadi nadakkuthu Adikkadi
Saathigalin kedupidi yaezhaikalukenna vali
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Nalla kaalam poranthida
Namma kannu thoranthida
Kettu pona dhesam
Nalla sattappadi uruppada
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Veliyai thaandi meya pona aadugal
Pattiyila adaippaanga
Chorus :Kondi thozhuvaththula adaippaanga
Aththu meeri naattaiyum meyum
Eththanaiyo maadirukku
Thinnu thinni kozhuththa maatta
Kandukkaama naadirukku
Aatta maatta adakki vekka
Kiraamatthula aal irukkaan
Naatta meyum maatta adakka
Naattukulla yaar irukkaan
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Eththanaiyo katchi ingirukku ingirukku
Engalukku nambikkai illa
Chorus :Konjam kooda engalukku nambikkai illa
Moththamaa oozhalil pangirukku pangirukku
Suththaminu yaarum illa
Chorus :Suththam panna uththamanum yaarumae illa
Naalum oru pirachchanaiyil
Namma naadum thaththalikkuthae
Yaedhum solla vakkillaama
Yaezhai manam konthalikkuthu
Pallu pola gandhi thaththaa pola
Ingu yaar irukkaan
Sollaaponaa poonai kazhuththil
Mani katta yaar irukkaan
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Nalla kaalam poranthida
Namma kannu thoranthida
Kettu pona dhesam
Nalla sattappadi uruppada
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Aalukkaalu adithadi nadakkuthu Adikkadi
Saathigalin kedupidi yaezhaikalukenna vali
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Nalla kaalam poranthida
Namma kannu thoranthida
Kettu pona dhesam
Nalla sattappadi uruppada
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thalaivan oruththan varanum
Thatti ketkka thalaivan oruththan varanum
For better days to dawn,
For our eyes to open wide,
For this ruined nation
To be set right by fair laws,
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
Violence and clashes break out every other day,
Caste oppression weighs down the poor with so much pain!
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
For better days to dawn,
For our eyes to open wide,
For this ruined nation
To be set right by fair laws,
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
When sheep cross the fence to graze,
They are locked up in a pen,
Chorus: They get locked away in the animal pound!
Yet trespassing and grazing across the entire country,
So many greedy beasts roam free!
Feeding endlessly and growing fat,
The country just ignores these crooked beasts!
To keep sheep and cows in line,
There is always someone in the village.
To tame the beasts devouring the country,
Who is there in this whole land?
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
So many political parties exist here,
Yet we have no faith in them!
Chorus: Not even a little bit of faith do we have!
Every one of them has a share in corruption,
There is no one who is clean!
Chorus: There is no upright soul to clean it all up!
Stuck in a new crisis every single day,
Our nation struggles and falters!
Powerless to even speak up,
The heart of the poor boils in pain!
Like good, simple Grandpa Gandhi,
Who is left here anymore?
Truth be told,
Who is bold enough to bell the cat?
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
For better days to dawn,
For our eyes to open wide,
For this ruined nation
To be set right by fair laws,
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
Violence and clashes break out every other day,
Caste oppression weighs down the poor with so much pain!
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
For better days to dawn,
For our eyes to open wide,
For this ruined nation
To be set right by fair laws,
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
A leader must arise!
A leader must arise to question wrong and demand justice!
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