♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Uzhaippaali illaadha
Naadu thaan
Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Avan uzhaippaalae pizhaikkaadha
Peru thaan
Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Uzhaippaali illaadha
Naadu thaan
Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Avan uzhaippaalae pizhaikkaadha
Peru thaan
Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Ada saami oh saami
Appadi irundhittaa kaami
Kooli oh kooli
Engala nambithaan bhoomi
Pirar vaazhvadhae
Enga vervaiyil thaan
Uzhaippaali illaadha
Naadu thaan
Chorus :Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Male :Avan uzhaippaalae pizhaikkaadha
Peru thaan
Chorus :Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Thala mela saapaadu
Kondaarum kappakkazhangae
Chorus :Ammammaa ah angammaa ah
Male :Sila pola shokkaaga
Unna thaan peththu pottutaa
Chorus :Ungammaa ah mangammaa ah
Ada pala voottu palagaaram
Onnaana koottaanjoru thaan
Chorus :Chinnaiyaa ah ponnaiya ah
Male :Aahn pala saadhi ithu pola
Onnaanaa sandai varumaa hoi
Chorus :Sellaiyaa ah sollaiyaa ah
Niththamum paadupattu
Uzhaikkum yaavarum or inam thaan
Sathiya vaarthai idha
Namakku solluthu may dhinam thaan
Naamellaam vela nirutham
Senjaa thaangaadhu naadu muzhuthum
Naam indri enna nadakkum
Namma kai dhaandaa ongi irukkum
Ada adichaalum pudichaalum
Annan thambi neeyum naanum daa hoi
Uzhaippaali illaadha
Naadu thaan
Chorus :Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Panakkaaran kudi yera
Paattaali veedu katturaan
Chorus :Kallaalae hey
Mannaalae hey
Aanaalum avanukkor
Veedillae yaaru kekkuraa
Chorus :Dhukkam thaan ah
Sonnaalae ah
Pala peru thaan udutha
Nesavaali noolu neiyuraan
Chorus :Ponnaana ah
Kaiyyaalae ah
Ada aanaalum
Avanudutha vetti illa
Yaaru kekkuraa hoi
Chorus :Dhukkam thaan ah
Sonnaalae ah
Sambalam vaangiyathum
Muzhusaa veettilae sethidunga
Mathiyil yaar parippaa
Parichaa muttiya pethudunga
Anjaama thozhila senjaa
Namma yaaraachum asaippaanaa
Onnaaga irundhaakkaa
Inga vaalaatta nenaippaanaa
Ada adichaalum pudichaalum
Annan thambi neeyum naanum daa
Hoi hoi hoi
Uzhaippaali illaadha
Naadu thaan
Chorus :Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Male :Avan uzhaippaalae pizhaikkaadha
Peru thaan
Chorus :Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Ada saami oh saami
Appadi irundhittaa kaami
Kooli oh kooli
Engala nambithaan bhoomi
Pirar vaazhvadhae
Enga vervaiyil thaan
Uzhaippaali illaadha
Naadu thaan
Chorus :Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
Male :Avan uzhaippaalae pizhaikkaadha
Peru thaan
Chorus :Engum illae yaa ara hooyaa
A country without
a working man
does not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
People who don't survive
on his labor
do not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
A country without
a working man
does not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
People who don't survive
on his labor
do not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
Hey lord, oh lord!
Show me if anyone like that exists!
Laborers, oh wage laborers,
the world depends only on us!
Others only live
through our sweat!
A country without
a working man
Chorus: Does not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
Male: People who don't survive
on his labor
Chorus: Do not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
Carrying lunch upon your head,
bringing it here, you sweet tapioca!
Chorus: Oh Ammamma, hey Angamma!
Male: Stunning as a statue,
did she give birth to you,
Chorus: Your mother, Mangamma?
Hey, food brought from many homes
makes a single pot of shared feast!
Chorus: Chinnaiya, hey Ponnaiya!
Male: Ah, if many castes unite like this
as one, will there ever be a fight? Hoy!
Chorus: Sellaiya, oh tell us!
Everyone who toils and works
hard every day belongs to one race!
This word of truth
is what May Day tells us!
If all of us go on a strike,
the entire country cannot survive!
What can ever move without us?
Our hand will always hold the upper hand!
Hey, whatever fights or disagreements we have,
you and I are brothers, hey!
A country without
a working man
Chorus: Does not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
For the rich man to move in and live,
the laborer builds a house,
Chorus: Out of stones, hey!
Chorus: Out of mud, hey!
Yet, for himself,
he has no house—who asks about it?
Chorus: It brings only sorrow, ah,
Chorus: If you speak of it, ah!
For so many people to wear clothes,
the weaver weaves the yarn,
Chorus: With his golden, ah,
Chorus: Hands, ah!
Hey, even then,
he has no dhoti to wear,
who asks about it? Hoy!
Chorus: It brings only sorrow, ah,
Chorus: If you speak of it, ah!
As soon as you get your pay,
take every bit of it home!
Who dares to snatch it in between?
If anyone grabs it, break their kneecaps!
If we do our work without fear,
can anyone ever shake us?
If we stand united as one,
will anyone dare to mess with us?
Hey, whatever fights or disagreements we have,
you and I are brothers!
Hoy hoy hoy!
A country without
a working man
Chorus: Does not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
Male: People who don't survive
on his labor
Chorus: Do not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
Hey lord, oh lord!
Show me if anyone like that exists!
Laborers, oh wage laborers,
the world depends only on us!
Others only live
through our sweat!
A country without
a working man
Chorus: Does not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
Male: People who don't survive
on his labor
Chorus: Do not exist anywhere, ya ara hooya!
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