♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Otta chattiya vachikkittu
Uruttu thaalam podaadhae
Paattaan sonnadha kettukkittu
Pazhaya paatta paadaadhae
Neeyum naanum onnaaganum
Sama needhi gnyaayam undaaganum
Sorum neerum ellaarukkum
Vandhu serndhaa bhoomi nallarukkum
Ingae dhaan padichaen vaazhkkai paadam
Otta chattiya vachikkittu
Ada uruttu thaalam podaadhae
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Kattilgal meththaigal
Mel maadi
Ellaam naan paarthendaa munnaadi
Angellaam illaadha sandhosham
Ingae naan kandenae inneram
Malar manjam pottu
Naan paduthaenda naethu
Adhil oru naalum thookkam
Varala hey hey
Tharai melae thaanae
Ingu paduthaendaa naanae
Ada idhu pola inbam illa
Ada veetta vittadhum
Veliya vandhadhum therinjadhu
Ooru ulagam irukkum
Iruppu purinjadhu
Therinjadha purinjadha
Eduthu chonnaa arinji kollanum
Otta chattiya vachikkittu
Ada uruttu thaalam podaadhae
Hoi paattaan sonnadha kettukkittu
Pazhaya paatta paadaadhae
Sorum neerum ellaarukkum
Vandhu serndhaa bhoomi nallarukkum
Ingae dhaan padichaen vaazhkkai paadam
Otta chattiya vachikkittu
Thathikina thakka thinna thinna
Uruttu thaalam podaadhae
Hey hey hey hey hey
Thanthaana thanthaana naa naa
Muppaatha vandhaalae
Thaai aattum
Naam ellaam ava peththa saeiyaattum
Kuppathil ippa thaan kondaattam
Koozh kaachi ootha thaan perungkoottam
Kaappahthum aaththaa
Iru kannaala paarthaa
Ada ennaalum thunbam illa
Keezh vargam enna
Idhil mel vargam enna
Ada ellorum oru thaai pulla
Kuzhandhai kuttigal
Irukka venum alavula
Kudumbha nalathai
Ninaikka venum manasila
Therinjadha purinjadha
Eduthu chonnaa arinji kollanum
Otta chattiya vachikkittu
Uruttu thaalam podaadhae
Paattaan sonnadha kettukkittu
Pazhaya paatta paadaadhae
Neeyum naanum onnaaganum
Sama needhi gnyaayam undaaganum
Sorum neerum ellaarukkum
Vandhu serndhaa bhoomi nallarukkum
Ingae dhaan padichaen vaazhkkai paadam
Otta chattiya vachikkittu
Hoi hoi hoi hoi hoi
Uruttu thaalam podaadhae
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Holding a cracked pot,
don't beat a deceptive rhythm!
Listening to what the ancestors said,
don't keep singing the same old tune!
You and I must become one,
equality and justice must prevail!
If food and water for everyone
reach all, this world will be wonderful!
Right here is where I learned life's lesson!
Holding a cracked pot,
hey, don't beat a deceptive rhythm!
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Cots, soft mattresses,
and upper floors—
I have seen it all before, my friend!
The happiness that was missing everywhere there,
I have found right here, right now!
Spreading a bed of flowers,
I lay down yesterday,
but on that, sleep never
came to me, hey hey!
Right on the bare ground,
I lay down here myself,
and hey, there is no joy like this!
Once I left my home
and came outside, I realised it;
the way this whole world lives
and exists, I finally understood!
Did you realise? Did you understand?
When it is explained, you must understand it!
Holding a cracked pot,
hey, don't beat a deceptive rhythm!
Hoy, listening to what the ancestors said,
don't keep singing the same old tune!
If food and water reach everyone,
this world will be a wonderful place!
Right here is where I learned life's lesson!
Holding a cracked pot,
Thathigina thakka thinna thinna
don't beat a deceptive rhythm!
Hey hey hey hey hey
Thanthana thanthana na na
Muppaatha (village goddess) has arrived
just like a mother,
and we are all like children born to her!
The settlement is celebrating now!
A huge crowd gathers to cook and serve porridge!
If that protecting mother
looks upon us with both eyes,
hey, there will never be any sorrow!
What is lower class,
and what is upper class in this?
Hey, we are all children of the same mother!
The number of children
must be kept within limits,
and the family's welfare
must always be kept in mind!
Did you realise? Did you understand?
When it is explained, you must understand it!
Holding a cracked pot,
don't beat a deceptive rhythm!
Listening to what the ancestors said,
don't keep singing the same old tune!
You and I must become one,
equality and justice must prevail!
If food and water for everyone
reach all, this world will be wonderful!
Right here is where I learned life's lesson!
Holding a cracked pot,
Hoy hoy hoy hoy hoy
don't beat a deceptive rhythm!
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Chorus
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
