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Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan
Ovvoru nadhiyum kaverithaan
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan
Ovvoru nadhiyum kaverithaan
Samuthaayam jaadai seithaal
Kalaimagal kooda verum magalthaan
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan
Ovvoru nadhiyum kaverithaan
Samuthaayam jaadai seithaal
Kalaimagal kooda verum magalthaan
Samuthaayam jaadai seithaal
Kalaimagal kooda verum magalthaan
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan…
Panpaadu paarkkindra tamilnadadi
Pen paaduthaan ingu perumpaadadi
Thanmaanam vayittrodu poraaduthu
Sattangal pennodu vilaiyaaduthu
Idhu oru dharmam idhu oru needhi
Intha idaththil naam oru jaathi
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan
Ovvoru nadhiyum kaverithaan
Samuthaayam jaadai seithaal
Kalaimagal kooda verum magalthaan
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan…
Thaayaagi kuzhanthaikku paal thedinaen
Paal vaanga vazhiyindri panam thaedinaen
Thaayaagi kuzhanthaikku paal thedinaen
Paal vaanga vazhiyindri panam thaedinaen
Panam thaedi adharkaga vilai pesinaen
Panam thaedi adharkaga vilai pesinaen
Bhagavaanum en meethu pazhi pesinaan
Bhagavaanum en meethu pazhi pesinaan
Vasathi irunthaal oruvanin thaaram
Varumaiyil veezhnthaal veliyin oram
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan
Ovvoru nadhiyum kaverithaan
Samuthaayam jaadai seithaal
Kalaimagal kooda verum magalthaan
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan…
Pala saatchi illaamal vazhakkaethadi
Manasaatchi needhikku pothaathadi
Pala saatchi illaamal vazhakkaethadi
Manasaatchi needhikku pothaathadi
Oru saatchi avanindri piragaaradi
Avan saatchi court-kku vaaraathadi
Mandiyittazhuthaal mandalam sirikkum
Seeri ezhunthaal deivam nadungum
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan
Ovvoru nadhiyum kaverithaan
Samuthaayam jaadai seithaal
Kalaimagal kooda verum magalthaan
Samuthaayam jaadai seithaal
Kalaimagal kooda verum magalthaan
Ovvoru pennum kannagithaan…
Every woman is a Kannagi,
Every river is a Kaveri.
Every woman is a Kannagi,
Every river is a Kaveri.
If society makes sly gestures,
Even Kalaimagal (Goddess of learning) is treated as just an ordinary woman.
Every woman is a Kannagi,
Every river is a Kaveri.
If society makes sly gestures,
Even Kalaimagal is treated as just an ordinary woman.
If society makes sly gestures,
Even Kalaimagal is treated as just an ordinary woman.
Every woman is a Kannagi...
This is Tamil Nadu, boasting of its culture, my friend,
Yet a woman's plight here is an endless ordeal!
Self-respect struggles against an empty stomach,
While laws play games with a woman's life.
This is their righteousness, this is their justice!
In a place like this, our suffering makes us one kind.
Every woman is a Kannagi,
Every river is a Kaveri.
If society makes sly gestures,
Even Kalaimagal is treated as just an ordinary woman.
Every woman is a Kannagi...
Becoming a mother, I went looking for milk for my child,
With no way to buy milk, I went in search of money.
Becoming a mother, I went looking for milk for my child,
With no way to buy milk, I went in search of money.
In search of money, I bargained a price on myself,
In search of money, I bargained a price on myself,
And even God blamed and condemned me!
And even God blamed and condemned me!
If she has wealth, she is a man's respectable wife,
If she falls into poverty, she is cast out on the street.
Every woman is a Kannagi,
Every river is a Kaveri.
If society makes sly gestures,
Even Kalaimagal is treated as just an ordinary woman.
Every woman is a Kannagi...
Can there be a court case without multiple witnesses, my friend?
A clean conscience is not enough for their justice!
Can there be a court case without multiple witnesses, my friend?
A clean conscience is not enough for their justice!
Who else is a witness besides him?
Yet his testimony will never stand in court, my friend!
If you kneel and weep, the whole world will laugh,
But if you rise in fury, even God will tremble!
Every woman is a Kannagi,
Every river is a Kaveri.
If society makes sly gestures,
Even Kalaimagal is treated as just an ordinary woman.
If society makes sly gestures,
Even Kalaimagal is treated as just an ordinary woman.
Every woman is a Kannagi...
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