Ooroda Vazhonum
From Bhaktha Sabari · 1960
- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- Pendyala Nageswara Rao
- Details
- Bhaktha Sabari1960
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Ooroda vaazhonum namma jaathi | Our kind is one that lives in harmony with the village. |
| Ozhaippaalae pozhaikkonum nalla jaathi | A noble kind is one that earns its living through hard work. |
| Both :Ooroda vaazhonum namma jaathi | Both: Our kind is one that lives in harmony with the village. |
| Ozhaippaalae pozhaikkonum nalla jaathi | A noble kind is one that earns its living through hard work. |
| Female | |
| Kadavul kuduththa kai kaal irukka | When we have the hands and feet blessed by God, |
| Male :Kaadu kazhani kaaththu kedakka | Male: While the fields and farm lands lie waiting for us, |
| Female :Kulla nari koottam pol | Female: Like a pack of sly jackals, |
| Kollaiyadiththae | By robbing and looting, |
| Male :Vaari vaari thinnaalum | Male: Even if you gorge endlessly, |
| Vaayum vayirum kasakkaatho | Won't your mouth and stomach turn bitter? |
| Female | |
| Paathai oraththilae kaattum veeraththilae | Rather than showing bravery on the roadside, |
| Paathai kaattunga yaerottum vegaththilae | Show us the way through the speed of driving the plow! |
| Paathai oraththilae kaattum veeraththilae | Rather than showing bravery on the roadside, |
| Paathi kaattunga yaerottum vegaththilae | Show us the way through the speed of driving the plow! |
| Male | |
| Kuththi vathaichcha veerarellaam | All those brave ones who stabbed and tormented, |
| Muththu vedhaikka vaanga | Come forward to sow pearls of grain! |
| Koththi parichch kaiyaalae | With hands that once plucked and stole, |
| Koduththu anaikka vaanga | Come forward to embrace and give charitably! |
| Female | |
| Nettri vervaiyaal | With the sweat of our brows, |
| Mannil sakthi paaichchuvom | We shall pour life energy into the earth! |
| Nellaa valaththu ponnaa eduththu | Raising it as paddy and harvesting it like gold, |
| Vaari vazhanguvom | We shall distribute it abundantly to all! |
| Male | |
| Maadu kannu makkalodu manasaara uravaadi | Bonding wholeheartedly with cattle, calves, and people, |
| Both :Maadu kannu makkalodu manasaara uravaadi | Both: Bonding wholeheartedly with cattle, calves, and people, |
| Mangalamaai pongalittu | Auspiciously cooking the festive Pongal, |
| Malaiyena valar kulam aavom | We shall become a community that towers like a mountain! |
ஊரோட வாழோணும் நம்ம ஜாதி
ஒழைப்பாலே பொழைக்கோணும் நல்ல ஜாதி
இருவர் :
ஊரோட வாழோணும் நம்ம ஜாதி
ஒழைப்பாலே பொழைக்கோணும் நல்ல ஜாதி
Our kind is one that lives in harmony with the village.
A noble kind is one that earns its living through hard work.
Both: Our kind is one that lives in harmony with the village.
A noble kind is one that earns its living through hard work.
கடவுள் குடுத்த கை கால் இருக்க
காடு கழனி காத்து கெடக்க
குள்ள நரிக் கூட்டம் போல்
கொள்ளையடித்தே
வாரி வாரி தின்னாலும்
வாயும் வயிறும் கசக்காதோ
When we have the hands and feet blessed by God,
Male: While the fields and farm lands lie waiting for us,
Female: Like a pack of sly jackals,
By robbing and looting,
Male: Even if you gorge endlessly,
Won't your mouth and stomach turn bitter?
ஊரோட வாழோணும் நம்ம ஜாதி
ஒழைப்பாலே பொழைக்கோணும் நல்ல ஜாதி
Rather than showing bravery on the roadside,
Show us the way through the speed of driving the plow!
Rather than showing bravery on the roadside,
Show us the way through the speed of driving the plow!
பாதை ஓரத்திலே காட்டும் வீரத்திலே
பாதி காட்டுங்க ஏரோட்டும் வேகத்திலே
பாதை ஓரத்திலே காட்டும் வீரத்திலே
பாதி காட்டுங்க ஏரோட்டும் வேகத்திலே
All those brave ones who stabbed and tormented,
Come forward to sow pearls of grain!
With hands that once plucked and stole,
Come forward to embrace and give charitably!
குத்தி வதைச்ச வீரரெல்லாம்
முத்து வெதைக்க வாங்க
கொத்தி பறிச்ச கையாலே
கொடுத்து அணைக்க வாங்க
With the sweat of our brows,
We shall pour life energy into the earth!
Raising it as paddy and harvesting it like gold,
We shall distribute it abundantly to all!
ஊரோட வாழோணும் நம்ம ஜாதி
ஒழைப்பாலே பொழைக்கோணும் நல்ல ஜாதி
Bonding wholeheartedly with cattle, calves, and people,
Both: Bonding wholeheartedly with cattle, calves, and people,
Auspiciously cooking the festive Pongal,
We shall become a community that towers like a mountain!
நெற்றி வேர்வையால்
மண்ணில் சக்தி பாய்ச்சுவோம்
நெல்லா வளத்து பொன்னா எடுத்து
வாரி வழங்குவோம்
மாடு கன்னு மக்களோடு மனசார உறவாடி
இருவர் :
மாடு கன்னு மக்களோடு
மனசார உறவாடி
மங்கலமாய் பொங்கலிட்டு
மலையென வளர் குலம் ஆவோம்....
ஊரோட வாழோணும் நம்ம ஜாதி
ஒழைப்பாலே பொழைக்கோணும் நல்ல ஜாதி
ஊரோட வாழோணும் நம்ம ஜாதி
ஒழைப்பாலே பொழைக்கோணும் நல்ல ஜாதி
Ooroda vaazhonum namma jaathi
Our kind is one that lives in harmony with the village.
Ozhaippaalae pozhaikkonum nalla jaathi
A noble kind is one that earns its living through hard work.
Both :Ooroda vaazhonum namma jaathi
Both: Our kind is one that lives in harmony with the village.
Ozhaippaalae pozhaikkonum nalla jaathi
A noble kind is one that earns its living through hard work.
Kadavul kuduththa kai kaal irukka
When we have the hands and feet blessed by God,
Male :Kaadu kazhani kaaththu kedakka
Male: While the fields and farm lands lie waiting for us,
Female :Kulla nari koottam pol
Female: Like a pack of sly jackals,
Kollaiyadiththae
By robbing and looting,
Male :Vaari vaari thinnaalum
Male: Even if you gorge endlessly,
Vaayum vayirum kasakkaatho
Won't your mouth and stomach turn bitter?
Paathai oraththilae kaattum veeraththilae
Rather than showing bravery on the roadside,
Paathai kaattunga yaerottum vegaththilae
Show us the way through the speed of driving the plow!
Paathai oraththilae kaattum veeraththilae
Rather than showing bravery on the roadside,
Paathi kaattunga yaerottum vegaththilae
Show us the way through the speed of driving the plow!
Kuththi vathaichcha veerarellaam
All those brave ones who stabbed and tormented,
Muththu vedhaikka vaanga
Come forward to sow pearls of grain!
Koththi parichch kaiyaalae
With hands that once plucked and stole,
Koduththu anaikka vaanga
Come forward to embrace and give charitably!
Nettri vervaiyaal
With the sweat of our brows,
Mannil sakthi paaichchuvom
We shall pour life energy into the earth!
Nellaa valaththu ponnaa eduththu
Raising it as paddy and harvesting it like gold,
Vaari vazhanguvom
We shall distribute it abundantly to all!
Maadu kannu makkalodu manasaara uravaadi
Bonding wholeheartedly with cattle, calves, and people,
Both :Maadu kannu makkalodu manasaara uravaadi
Both: Bonding wholeheartedly with cattle, calves, and people,
Mangalamaai pongalittu
Auspiciously cooking the festive Pongal,
Malaiyena valar kulam aavom
We shall become a community that towers like a mountain!
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This uplifting agrarian song highlights the dignity of labor, moral living, and community solidarity. It urges former wrongdoers and idle bandits to abandon violence and theft, likening dishonest gains to bitterness, and invites them to channel their strength into farming. By transforming their hands from tools of harm to instruments of cultivation, they can help nurture the earth, harvest golden grain, and share prosperity with everyone.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Ethukai (Second-letter rhyme)
“Kuththi vathaichcha veerarellaam / Koththi parichch kaiyaalae”
Rhyming of the second consonant in consecutive lines or words, such as 'Kuththi' and 'Koththi' or 'Muththu' and 'Nettri'.
Uvamai (Simile)
“Kulla nari koottam pol”
Comparing plunderers to a pack of jackals ('Kulla nari koottam pol') and crop growth to the height of a mountain ('Malaiyena valar kulam').
Metaphor
“Muththu vedhaikka vaanga”
Comparing seeds to pearls ('Muththu vedhaikka') and harvested paddy to gold ('ponnaa eduththu').
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Trivia
Written by the famed lyricist Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass for the film Bhaktha Sabari (1960), this track reflects mid-20th-century Tamil cinema's common reformative theme of encouraging social reform, agriculture, and hard work over lawlessness.
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