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Oru Velai Sotrukkaga

From Pichaikkaran · 2016

Lyricist
Annamalai
Singer
Yazin Nizar
Music director
Vijay Antony
Movie name
Pichaikkaran
Movie release year
2016
Lyrics added on
9 Mar 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Oru velai sotrukkaga udal vaadida
Kai yendhi odugindrom uyir vaazhndhida
Pasi endra theeyil iraippai saambal aaguthae
Manithaneyam engae.. ingae sethuponathae
Irupavan konjam thanthaal ilaatha yezhai illaiyae
Kan thiranthu iraivaa paaru ellorum un pillaiyae
Oru velai sotrukkaga udal vaadida
Kai yendhi odugindrom uyir vaazhndhida
Illaatha yedho ondrai
Thedum vaazhvillae
Pirantha manithan ellorumae
Ulagil pichaikaaranae
Pirakaatha peranuku
Soththu serkkum vaazhvillae
Pasikindra ezhaikellam
Kadavul mattum thaan kaavalae
Kidaithaalum nee thedum edhuvum
Kidaikaamal ponaalum
Avamanam yematram unnai
Thinandhorum thodarnthaalum
Thiruvodum illamal nee oor
Theruvoram kidanthaalum
Anjaathae ulagathin mudivil
Avanunduu ennalum
Haaa…aaa….aaa….aaa….
Oru velai sotrukkaga udal vaadida
Kai yendhi odugindrom uyir vaazhndhida
Pasi endra theeyil iraippai saambal aaguthae
Manithaneyam engae.. ingae sethuponathae
Irupavan konjam thanthaal ilaatha yezhai illayae
Kan thiranthu iraivaa paaru ellorum un pillaiyae
Ae….ae…..ae…..
As our bodies wither for just a single meal,
We run with outstretched hands, just to stay alive.
In the fire of hunger, the stomach turns to ash.
Where is humanity? It has died right here.
If those who have give a little, no one would be left poor.
Open your eyes and look, O God, everyone is your child.
As our bodies wither for just a single meal,
We run with outstretched hands, just to stay alive.
For something they do not have,
in this life of endless searching,
every human being who is born
is just a beggar in this world.
For a grandson who is not yet born,
in this life spent hoarding wealth,
for every poor soul starving with hunger,
God alone is the only protector.
Whether you get what you seek,
or end up with nothing at all,
even if disgrace and disappointment
chase you day after day,
even without a begging bowl,
if you lie on the town's roadside,
do not fear, at the end of the world,
He will always be there for you.
Haa... aa... aa... aa...
As our bodies wither for just a single meal,
We run with outstretched hands, just to stay alive.
In the fire of hunger, the stomach turns to ash.
Where is humanity? It has died right here.
If those who have give a little, no one would be left poor.
Open your eyes and look, O God, everyone is your child.
Ae... ae... ae...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This poignant track highlights the harsh reality of poverty, hunger, and the erosion of human empathy in society. It questions a world where affluent individuals endlessly hoard wealth for unborn future generations while ignoring the immediate life-threatening hunger of the poor right beside them.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uruvagam)

“Pasi endra theeyil iraippai saambal aaguthae”

Hunger is explicitly metaphorized as a consuming fire ('Pasi endra theeyil') that burns the stomach into ashes.

Philosophical Metaphor

“Pirantha manithan ellorumae Ulagil pichaikaaranae”

The lyricist equates every human being to a beggar ('pichaikaaran'), suggesting that everyone in life is constantly begging or yearning for something they lack.

Ethugai (Second Letter Rhyming)

“Thiruvodum illamal nee oor / Theruvoram kidanthaalum”

The second letters of 'Thiruvodum' (ri) and 'Theruvoram' (ru) share a soft rhyming resonance, adding poetic rhythm.

Personification

“Manithaneyam engae.. ingae sethuponathae”

Humanity ('Manithaneyam') is personified as a living entity that has died ('sethuponathae').

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