Thennaadu Lyrics English Translation (Tamil) — Satyan | Bison Kaalamaadan

thennaattu desathula
[In the southern lands]
vaazhum koottam
[A crowd that lives]
vaazhum koottam
[A living crowd]
uzhavaadum koottam
[A crowd that farms]
ohh… nandodum seththukkulla
[Oh… in the mud where crabs run]
paadum koottam
[A crowd that sings]
vida paadum koottam
[A crowd that sings without leaving]
paadum koottam
[A singing crowd]
payiraadum koottam
[A crowd of swaying crops]

parani yaaru?
[Who is the ruler?]
vaayu bhoomi
[Air, earth]
kaalama?
[Or time?]
avandhaan saami
[He is the God]

ohh… yera pooti
[Oh… attaching the plough]
maara thetti
[Clearing the path]
kolava poduvom
[We’ll sing in chorus]
yea… tholai siluppi
[Yeah… shaking our shoulders]
puzhudhi kilappa
[Raising the dust]
aattam aaduvom
[We will dance]
enga pattan poottan
[Our forefathers and ancestors]
patta paattu
[The songs they endured]
kathaiya pesunom
[We speak of them as stories]
enga pizhaiyum valiyum
[Our faults and our pain]
vanjam serkka
[To add to the vengeance]
pagaiya maaranum
[Must turn into enmity]
o pagaiya maarunom
[Oh, we became enemies]

sathiyaalum oorukkulla
[In the village of truth]
mathi thedum kelvikkulla
[Within the question that seeks wisdom]
pathilaaga vantha saami
[The God who came as an answer]
thunaiyaaga ninna saami
[The God who stood as a companion]

kathiraadum cholakkulla
[In the swaying cornfields]
veyilaadum velikkulla
[Within the fences where the sun plays]
nadhiyaaga vantha saami
[The God who came as a river]
pothiyaaga pootha saami
[The God who bloomed as a sapling]
puravani paatha veesam
[The eagle’s path and direction]
unnudaya kaattu vaasam
[The scent of your forest]
kondhu pesum kaattula
[In the forest where it speaks by attacking]
kondu modhum saami
[The God who clashes]
vaadaa, vaadaa
[Come, come]
vaadaa ne thaane
[Come, it’s you]

vinai koothaada
[For fate to dance]
koottuttukkulla
[Within the group]
kaalo emmaaney
[Time, my lord]
kaalo emmaaney
[Time, my lord]
kanavu emmaaney
[Dream, my lord]
kaadhal emmaaney
[Love, my lord]
kaadhal emmaaney
[Love, my lord]
kannneer emmaaney
[Tears, my lord]

yeleyleyleyloo…
[(A folk chant)]
yeleyleyleyloo…
[(A folk chant)]
yeleyleyleyloo…
[(A folk chant)]

thennaattu desathula
[In the southern lands]
vaazhum koottam
[A crowd that lives]
vaazhum koottam
[A living crowd]
uzhavaadum koottam
[A crowd that farms]
ohh… nandodum seththukkulla
[Oh… in the mud where crabs run]
paadum koottam
[A crowd that sings]
paadum koottam
[A singing crowd]
payiraadum koottam
[A crowd of swaying crops]
bharani aaru
[Who is the ruler?]

paayum bhoomi
[The flowing earth]
kaalamaadan
[The God of Time (a folk deity)]
avandhaan saami
[He is the God]

ohh… yera pooti
[Oh… attaching the plough]
maara thatti
[Clearing the path]
kolavaa poduvom
[We’ll sing in chorus]
yea… tholai siluppi
[Yeah… shaking our shoulders]
puzhudhi kilappa aattuvom
[We will dance, raising the dust]
enga paattu, pooti patta paattu
[The songs our ancestors sang]
kathaiya pesuvom
[We will speak of them as stories]
inga pizhaiyum valiyum
[Here, our faults and pain]
vanjam serkka
[add to the vengeance]
pagaiya maarunom
[We became enemies]
o pagaiya maarunom
[Oh, we became enemies]