♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Senneer thaanaa
Senneer thaanaa
Senthaeneeril sempaathi
Kanneer thaanaa
Nyaayam thaanaa
Nyaayam thaanaa
Or ezhaikku kaikooli
Kaayam thaanaa
Aandaikku oru paadi
Aavi pochae
Attaikku saripaadhi
Raththam pochae
Enga melu kaalu
Verum tholaa pochae
Adhu kangaani seruppukku
Thothaa pochae
Senneer thaanaa
Senneer thaanaa
Senthaeneeril sempaathi
Kanneer thaanaa
Nyaayam thaanaa
Nyaayam thaanaa
Or ezhaikku kaikooli
Kaayam thaanaa
Ye…. oosi mazhaiyae
Oosi mazhaiyae
Enga udaloadu uyir soodu
Aththupochae
Ye…… oodhakkaathae
Oodhakkaathae
Enga poorveega porvaiyum
Poththu pochae
Dhegathil ulla elumbukku
Oru veri naaiyum
Thora naaiyum modhudhey
Maanathil vaazhum nenjamo
Than maaraappai
Thaaraamal odudhae
Uyir kaappaatrum dheivangal
Kan moodudhae… ooo oo oo oo
Ooo ooo oo oo oo ooo oo
Oo ooo ooo ooo
Oooo oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Oor ellaam vittu
Nnam ilamai kettu
Naam veliyaanom
Poonaikku vaakkapattu
Oru maanangettu
Siru soaru thinbom
Paei mazhaiyodum
Paniyodum thookkangettu
Paambukku pasi vandhadhae
Oru siru kozhi allaadum koottilae
Yaanaiyin perum kaalilae
Siru kaalaangal ennaagum kaattilae
Ival uyir kaatha
Oru soththum paripogudhae
Ooo ooo oo oo oo ooo oo
Oo ooo ooo ooo
Oooo oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Senneer thaanaa
Senneer thaanaa
Senthaeneeril sempaathi
Kanneer thaanaa
Nyaayam thaanaa
Nyaayam thaanaa
Or ezhaikku kaikooli
Kaayam thaanaa
Aandaikku oru paadi
Aavi pochae
Attaikku saripaadhi
Raththam pochae
Enga melu kaalu
Verum tholaa pochae
Adhu kangaani seruppukku
Thothaa pochae
Ooo ooo oo oo oo ooo oo
Oo ooo ooo ooo
Oooo oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Ooo ooo oo oo oo
Oo ooo ooo ooo
Is it just red blood?
Is it just red blood?
In this red tea, is a full half
made only of tears?
Is this fair?
Is this justice?
For a poor worker, is the wage
only wounds and pain?
Half goes to the master,
and our life's breath is gone.
The exact other half goes to the leeches,
and all our blood is gone.
Our bodies and our limbs
have turned into bare skin.
And even that, for the supervisor's sandals,
has ended up as worn-out leather.
Is it just red blood?
Is it just red blood?
In this red tea, is a full half
made only of tears?
Is this fair?
Is this justice?
For a poor worker, is the wage
only wounds and pain?
Oh, needle-sharp rain,
O needle-sharp rain,
the warmth of life in our bodies
has snapped and died away.
Oh, biting cold wind,
O biting cold wind,
even our ancestral blanket
is torn and full of holes.
For the bare bones in our bodies,
a rabid stray dog
and the master's hound fight each other.
A soul that lives for dignity
refuses to let go of her covering cloth
and runs away in despair.
The gods who should protect our lives
close their eyes... oh...
Oh...
Oh...
Oh...
Leaving our homeland behind,
with our youth ruined,
we became homeless wanderers.
Trapped at the mercy of a cat,
stripped of our self-respect,
we eat meager scraps of rice.
In the raging monstrous rain
and biting cold, losing all sleep,
a serpent has grown hungry,
in the coop where a little hen trembles.
Under the heavy foot of an elephant,
what will become of our fragile lives in this wild forest?
The one treasure that guarded her life
is being snatched away.
Oh...
Oh...
Oh...
Is it just red blood?
Is it just red blood?
In this red tea, is a full half
made only of tears?
Is this fair?
Is this justice?
For a poor worker, is the wage
only wounds and pain?
Half goes to the master,
and our life's breath is gone.
The exact other half goes to the leeches,
and all our blood is gone.
Our bodies and our limbs
have turned into bare skin.
And even that, for the supervisor's sandals,
has ended up as worn-out leather.
Oh...
Oh...
Oh...
Oh...
Oh...
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