Parai Lyrics Translation — Sean Roldan

Pappara Para Para Pappara Para Para
Pappara Para Para Thaththara Tha
Adhikkum Irukkudha Nadakkudha
Is subjugation, come what may, still the order of the day?
Boomiye Padura Padula Than
In every song Mother Earth hums daily anew.
En Parai Saththamum Ketkudha
Can you hear my drum’s heartbeat too?

Vekkuthe Ennai Thalli Than, Poi Kadhai Onnu Solli Than
You alienate me without a doubt. With fabricated tales, day in and day out.
Kannula Eeramum Kayala Kayala,
Our eyes are not dry as yet. Lashes still woeful and wet.
Mannula Manishanum Marala
Even mankind sticks to the same mindset.

Kannula Eeramum Kayala Kayala
We are teary-eyed; grief-stricken still with drops of pain waiting to spill.
Mannula Manishanum Marala
Even mankind sticks to bias and bad will.
Pappara Para Para, Pappara Para Para,

Theemaiyum Onguthu Needhiyum Thoonguthu
Sinfulness runs deep. Justice too is asleep.
Sadhiyum Onnu Than Vazhuthu
Only casteism thrives entrenched all over.
Samiyum Mounam Than Kakuthu Sagura
God as our protector remains a silent spectator.
Koottam Than Kelvigal Ketkudhu
Only a clan that dies asks questions otherwise.

Ethanai Kalam Odiyum, En Kadhai Soga Kaviyam,
Through decades of exile and exclusion my story is an epic inked with dejection.
Ini Pogura Padhai Porkalam, En Kookural Ketkum Nal Varum
The path now in sight to wage a war for our right. Soon a silver lining for the oppressed when my lament will be addressed.

Kannula Eeramum Kayala Kayala
Our eyes are not dry as yet. Lashes still woeful and wet.
Mannula Manishanum Marala
Even mankind sticks to his vile mindset.
Kannula Eeramum Kayala Kayala
We are teary-eyed; grief-stricken still with drops of pain trying to spill.
Mannula Manishanum Marala
Even mankind sticks to injustice & ill will too.

Kannula Eeramum Kayala Kayala
Our eyes are not dry as yet. Lashes still woeful and wet.
Mannula Manishanum Marala
Even mankind sticks to his evil mindset.
Kannula Eeramum Kayala Kayala
We are teary-eyed; grief-stricken still with drops of pain dying to spill.
Mannula Manishanum Marala
Mankind sticks to injustice and ill will.

Pappara Para Para Pappara Para Para
Pappara Para Para Thaththara Tha

Adhikkum Irukkudha Nadakkudha
Is might & main, come what may, still the order of the day?
Boomiye Padura Padula Than
In every song Mother Earth hums daily true.

En Parai Saththamum Ketkudha
Can you hear my drum’s heartbeat too?
Vekkura Ennai Thalli Than, Poi Kadhai Onnu Solli Than
You alienate me heartlessly with fabricated tales tirelessly.

Kannula Eeramum Kayala Kayala
We are teary-eyed; grief-stricken still with drops of pain dying to spill.
Mannula Manishanum Marala
Even mankind sticks to bigotry & bad will.