- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- T. M. Soundararajan
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Movie name
- Nyayam Ketkirom
- Movie release year
- 1973
- Lyrics added on
- 9 Jan 2024
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This powerful song serves as an anthem for the working class, celebrating the dignity of manual labor and advocating for social equality. The lyricist addresses sweat drops directly, urging them to narrate the stories of the working people whose labor sustains society and builds the nation. It highlights how agricultural harvest and industrial progress are the fruits of physical labor rather than idle wealth. Emphasizing solidarity, the song calls upon workers across the world to unite, abolish wealth hoarding, fight poverty, and claim their rights to equal ownership of resources under socialist ideals.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Personification
“Vervai thuligalae pesungal”
Sweat drops are addressed as sentient entities capable of speaking and telling stories.
Metaphor
“Engal viyarvai thantha kanigal”
The grains produced in the field are directly metaphorized as fruits yielded by human sweat.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Uzhaiththa kaigakala paadungal / Ulagam muzhuthum thozhilil ulla”
Repetition of the initial vowel sound 'U' across words in the line for rhythmic structure.
Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Arivaal ulagai thiruththu / Illai aruvai sigichchaii nadaththu”
Matching of the second consonant sound 'ri' and 'ru' in adjacent lines.
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Trivia
This song powerfully reflects the strong socialist and labor union themes that were prominent in Tamil cinema during the 1970s. Kannadasan's verse 'Udamai yaavum pothuvudamai' directly encapsulates communist and socialist philosophy regarding common ownership of wealth, passionately brought to life by T. M. Soundararajan's commanding vocals.
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