♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Uzhuthanae uzhuthaanae vivasaayi uzhuthaanae
Yaarukku enna vechchaan
Ada yaarukku enna vechchaan
Manaivikkum maganukkum magan peththa maganukkum
Kadanthaanae michcham vechchaan
Verum kadanthaanae michcham vechchaan
Uzhuthittu yaer vittu vidhaiyittu payirittu
Adipattu kanneer vittaan
Kanneer thudaikka vanthavanga
Adha kaassu panna paththaanga
Thunbaththa ellaarum sonnaanga
Adha thudaikkum vazhiyum ennaanga
Thunbaththa ellaarum sonnaanga
Adha thudaikkum vazhiyum ennaanga
Moolai uzhaippukku udal uzhaippenna kuraivaa
Saeththukulla puzhuvaa sikki kidappathu elithaa
Moolai uzhaippukku udal uzhaippenna kuraivaa
Saeththukulla puzhuvaa sikki kidappathu elithaa
Urpaththi senjavan uppukkum paruppukkum
Oodaga theivathenna
Iadhaththaan ninaikka evarukkum neram illae
Pozhappu nadaththa bhoomikkil eeram illae
Vivasaayi thunbam enna
Antha vivaraththa solla vanthom
Vivasaayi thunbam enna
Antha vivaraththa solla vanthom
Uzhuthanae uzhuthaanae vivasaayi uzhuthaanae
Yaarukku enna vechchaan
Ada yaarukku enna vechchaan
Manaivikkum maganukkum magan peththa maganukkum
Kadanthaanae michcham vechchaan
Verum kadanthaanae michcham vechchaan
Oomai sanam padumpaadu
Mozhi illaiyae
Kalai ilakkaiyam engal thunbam
Sollavillaiyae
Oomai sanam padumpaadu
Mozhi illaiyae
Kalai ilakkaiyam engal thunbam
Sollavillaiyae
Veedhi varai vantha cinimaavum dramavum
Veettukkul vanthathilla
Veedhi varai vantha cinimaavum dramavum
Veettukkul vanthathilla
Sollaththaan nenachchom
Solla therinjukittom
Edhuvum nadakkum enni thuninjuvittom
Uzhugindra vaazhkkai enna
Adhai uzhupavan sonnaalenna
Uzhugindra vaazhkkai enna
Adhai uzhupavan sonnaalenna
Uzhuthanae uzhuthaanae vivasaayi uzhuthaanae
Yaarukku enna vechchaan
Ada yaarukku enna vechchaan
Manaivikkum maganukkum magan peththa maganukkum
Kadanthaanae michcham vechchaan
Verum kadanthaanae michcham vechchaan
Vellai vetti katti allai thinnugira pozhappa
Puzhuthikkula purusana ponjaathi paarththaalum veruppaa
Vellai vetti katti allai thinnugira pozhappa
Puzhuthikkula purusana ponjaathi paarththaalum veruppaa
Veyilukku neer moru koozhukku vengaayam
Veraethum inbam illae
Veyilukku neer moru koozhukku vengaayam
Veraethum inbam illae
Uzhaichchu uzhaichchu ulla uyir illaiyae
Irakkum varakkum nalla kadhi illaiyae
Yaeru pidichcha inam ini kodi pidikattumae
Yaeru pidichcha inam ini kodi pidikattumae
Uzhuthanae uzhuthaanae vivasaayi uzhuthaanae
Yaarukku enna vechchaan
Ada yaarukku enna vechchaan
Manaivikkum maganukkum magan peththa maganukkum
Kadanthaanae michcham vechchaan
Verum kadanthaanae michcham vechchaan
Uzhuthittu yaer vittu vidhaiyittu payirittu
Adipattu kanneer vittaan
Kanneer thudaikka vanthavanga
Adha kaassu panna paththaanga
Thunbaththa ellaarum sonnaanga
Adha thudaikkum vazhiyum ennaanga
Thunbaththa ellaarum sonnaanga
Adha thudaikkum vazhiyum ennaanga
He ploughed and ploughed, the farmer ploughed the land.
What did he leave behind, and for whom?
Ah, what did he leave behind, and for whom?
For his wife, his son, and his son's son,
he left behind only debt!
He left behind nothing but debt!
Ploughing the soil, driving the plough, sowing seeds, and raising crops,
he was beaten down by hardship and shed tears.
Those who came to wipe his tears
only tried to make money from them.
Everyone spoke about the suffering,
but what is the way to wipe it away?
Everyone spoke about the suffering,
but what is the way to wipe it away?
Is physical labor any less worthy than mental work?
Is it easy to stay trapped like a worm struggling in deep mud?
Is physical labor any less worthy than mental work?
Is it easy to stay trapped like a worm struggling in deep mud?
Why should the one who produced all the food
wear himself to the bone just for salt and lentils?
No one has the time to even think about this.
There is no moisture in the earth to sustain a living.
What is the farmer's suffering?
We have come to tell that truth.
What is the farmer's suffering?
We have come to tell that truth.
He ploughed and ploughed, the farmer ploughed the land.
What did he leave behind, and for whom?
Ah, what did he leave behind, and for whom?
For his wife, his son, and his son's son,
he left behind only debt!
He left behind nothing but debt!
To speak of the hardships these voiceless people face,
there are no words.
Art and literature have never
spoken of our suffering.
To speak of the hardships these voiceless people face,
there are no words.
Art and literature have never
spoken of our suffering.
Cinema and plays reached up to the streets,
but never stepped inside our homes.
Cinema and plays reached up to the streets,
but never stepped inside our homes.
We wanted to speak out,
and now we have learned how to speak.
We have become bold, ready for whatever happens.
What is a farmer's life really like?
What if the one who ploughs speaks of it himself?
What is a farmer's life really like?
What if the one who ploughs speaks of it himself?
He ploughed and ploughed, the farmer ploughed the land.
What did he leave behind, and for whom?
Ah, what did he leave behind, and for whom?
For his wife, his son, and his son's son,
he left behind only debt!
He left behind nothing but debt!
Is this a life of wearing clean white dhotis and feasting lavishly?
Even his wife feels heartache seeing her husband covered in dust.
Is this a life of wearing clean white dhotis and feasting lavishly?
Even his wife feels heartache seeing her husband covered in dust.
Watery buttermilk for the heat, an onion with grain porridge—
there is no other joy in his life.
Watery buttermilk for the heat, an onion with grain porridge—
there is no other joy in his life.
After toiling endlessly, there is barely any life left in him.
Until the day he dies, there is no decent future in sight.
Let the people who held the plough now raise a flag!
Let the people who held the plough raise the green flag!
He ploughed and ploughed, the farmer ploughed the land.
What did he leave behind, and for whom?
Ah, what did he leave behind, and for whom?
For his wife, his son, and his son's son,
he left behind only debt!
He left behind nothing but debt!
Ploughing the soil, driving the plough, sowing seeds, and raising crops,
he was beaten down by hardship and shed tears.
Those who came to wipe his tears
only tried to make money from them.
Everyone spoke about the suffering,
but what is the way to wipe it away?
Everyone spoke about the suffering,
but what is the way to wipe it away?
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