VAIRAMUTHU

[Padayappa] vetri kodi kattu ….

Movie : Padayappa
Poet: Vairamuthu
Music: A.R Rahman
Song Sequence : (1)-(2)-(1)-(2)-(3)-(4)-(4)-(5)-(1)-(6)-(1)-(2)
Singer: Mano 

(1) ohohoho kicku yerudhe,
ohohoho vetkam ponadhe

ullukkuley nyaanam urudhe,
unmai ellaam solla thonudhe

The euphoric (intoxicated)  feeling is increasing,
I am loosing all my shame ( Due to the intoxication).

Inside me knowledge is seeping,
I feel like telling all the truth.

(2)verum kampangali thinnavanum mannukkulla,ada thangapaspam thinnavanum mannukkulla

indha vaalkai vaala thaan,
naam pirakkayil kaiyil enna kondu vandhom kondu sella?

The guy who eats cakes made of  pearl millet ( Bajra) ( characterised by poor people)  finally ends up inside the soil ( Dies eventually),
The guy who eats gold dust ( characterised by rich people)  finally ends up inside the soil ( Dies eventually).

This life is just to live,
what did we bring in when we were born to take back when we leave?

(3)thangaththai pooti vaithaivairathai pooti vaithaiuyirai poota edhu pootu?

kulandhai nyaani, indha iruvarai thavira
inge sugamaai iruppavar yaar kaatu

you locked all your gold
you locked all your diamonds ( kept on amassing wealth)
which is the lock to lock your soul?

excluding sages and children ,
who else lives in harmony and bliss?

(4)jeevan irukkummattum
vaalkai namakkumattum
idhudhaan nyaanasithar paatu

Till you are alive,
this life is all yours,
this is what big sages told in their songs.

(5)indha bhoomi samam namakku
nam theruvukkul
madasandai jaadhisandai vambedharkku?

This earth is equal to all of us,
why then in our streets
do we fights based on religion, caste?

(6)thaayai therndhedukkum,
thandhayai therndhedukkum,
urimai unnidathil illai,
mugathai therndhedukkum
niraththai therndhedukkum
urimai unnidathil illai
pirappai therndhedukkum
irappai therndhedukkum,
urimai unnidathil illai

enni paarkkum velaiyile,
un vaalkai mattum,
undhan kaiyil undu
adhai neeyum vendru edu

to choose your mother,
to choose your father,
you don’t have the right. 
to choose your face,
to choose your color,
you don’t have the right.
to choose where/how/as what you will be born,
to choose where/how you will die,
you don’t have the right.
if you think about it,
only your life ,
is in your hands,
so focus on winning (in) your life.