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Paaraai Narasimmaa Nee Paaraai

From Sye Raa · 2019

Lyricist
Madhan Karky
Singers
Shankar Mahadevan, Haricharan, Anurag Kulkarni
Music director
Amit Trivedi
Movie name
Sye Raa
Movie release year
2019
Lyrics added on
7 Aug 2019

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Paaraai narasimmaa nee paaraai
Unakkaai koodum koottam paaraai
Kelaai narasimmaa nee kelaai
Engal nenjil undhan perai kelaai
Unnaal mannil inbam paravida
Vaan engum deebam sudarvida
Ondraaga vanangugiroamae
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O sye raa….
Adithida vaanae nam paraiyoo
Naam aada maedai iththaraiyoo
Nam andam engum punnagaiyoo
Nam nenjam ellaam vaasanaiyoo
Dhisai ellaam thaalam alli veesum dhaesam
Oraayiram inbam naalum mulaithidum dhaesam
Em paanaigalaaga ponguvadhem ullaasam
Avvaan muzhudhum immann muzhudhum ini engal vasam
Dheivam ingae nam thoazhanaai
Vaazha irangi vandhaaraa..
Mannan ingae nam kaavalaai
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Dheivam ingae nam thoazhanaai
Vaazha irangi vandhaaraa..
Mannan ingae nam kaavalaai
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Heyy
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
En yaakkaikkullae neengal ellaam
Endhan uyirdhaanae
Indha mannukkuthaan endhan vaazhkkaiyena
Enai naan koduppenae
Ungal inbathil vaazhvenae
Naan maraindhaalum
Ungal inbathil endrendrum vaazhvenae..ae…
En naetrin saatchi mudhiyavar vizhigal pesum
Muzhu vaazhkkaiyin chaaram aanandha kanneer sindhum
En naalaiyin saatchi siruvar kangal pesum
Avar kangalilae edhirgaalamadhu ae minnidumae…
Dheivam ingae nam thozhanaai
Vaazha irangi vandhaaraa..
Mannan ingae nam kaavalaai
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Dheivam ingae nam thozhanaai
Vaazha irangi vandhaaraa..
Mannan ingae nam kaavalaai
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Heyy
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..aaa…aa…aa…aa…
Dheivam ingae nam thozhanaai
Vaazha irangi vandhaaraa..
Mannan ingae nam kaavalaai
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Dheivam ingae nam thozhanaai
Vaazha irangi vandhaaraa..
Mannan ingae nam kaavalaai
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..
Im manninai kaathida vandhaaraa..aaa…aa…aa…aa…
Look, Narasimha, look!
Look at the crowd gathering for you!
Listen, Narasimha, listen!
Hear your name resounding in our hearts!
As joy spreads across the land because of you,
As lamps shine bright across the sky,
We bow before you together as one.
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Oh Sye Raa...
Is the sky our drum to beat?
Is this earth the stage for us to dance?
Are smiles spreading across our whole world?
Is sweet fragrance filling our hearts?
A land that showers rhythm in every direction,
A land where a thousand joys sprout every day,
Our delight overflows like pots boiling over,
That entire sky and this whole earth are in our hands now!
Has God descended here as our friend,
To live among us?
Has the king arrived as our protector,
To guard this land?
Has God descended here as our friend,
To live among us?
Has the king arrived as our protector,
To guard this land?
Has he come to guard this land?
Hey!
Has he come to guard this land?
Within this body of mine,
All of you are my very life!
Knowing my life belongs to this land,
I will give myself to it.
I will live on in your joy,
Even if I am gone,
I will live forever in your joy...
The eyes of elders speak as witnesses of my yesterday,
The essence of a full life sheds tears of pure joy.
The eyes of children speak as witnesses of my tomorrow,
And in their eyes, the future shines so bright...
Has God descended here as our friend,
To live among us?
Has the king arrived as our protector,
To guard this land?
Has God descended here as our friend,
To live among us?
Has the king arrived as our protector,
To guard this land?
Has he come to guard this land?
Hey!
Has he come to guard this land... ah... ah... ah...
Has God descended here as our friend,
To live among us?
Has the king arrived as our protector,
To guard this land?
Has God descended here as our friend,
To live among us?
Has the king arrived as our protector,
To guard this land?
Has he come to guard this land?
Has he come to guard this land?
Has he come to guard this land... ah... ah... ah...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This grand title/tribute track from 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy' celebrates the legendary freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy as both a divine savior and a loving leader of his people. The lyrics express the immense devotion, reverence, and joy felt by the citizens towards their hero, portraying his arrival as an incarnation of God on Earth to protect them from oppression.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Epanalepsis / Repetition

Paaraai narasimmaa nee paaraai

The word 'Paaraai' (look) and 'Kelaai' (listen) repeated at the start and end of the lines creates emphasis and dramatic call-to-action.

Simile (Upamai)

Em paanaigalaaga ponguvadhem ullaasam

The overflowing joy of the people is compared to pots overflowing during festival harvest (Pongal).

Metaphor (Uruvagandhu)

Dheivam ingae nam thoazhanaai

Comparing the hero directly to a deity who descended to live as a companion/friend among common people.

Rhetorical Question

Adithida vaanae nam paraiyoo

Using poetic questions to express high ecstasy, asking if the sky is a drum and the earth a stage.

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Trivia

'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy' (2019) is a pan-Indian biographical period action film starring Chiranjeevi. The original soundtrack was composed by Amit Trivedi, with the Tamil lyrics penned by prominent scholar and lyricist Madhan Karky, who adapted the Telugu original into high classical Tamil.

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