D. Imman and Madhan Karky’s Bhoomi soundtrack collaboration positions farming as revolutionary action. Sid Sriram’s vocal intensity and Yogi B’s Tamil rap demand youth prioritize agriculture over digital distractions. The track confronts corporate appropriation of natural resources directly.
Released: December 14, 2020
Uzhavaa
D. Imman | Sid Sriram • From “Bhoomi”
Uzhavaa Lyrics Translation – Bhoomi Soundtrack
Sid Sriram’s call to ‘destroy disease-like development with knowledge’ targets unsustainable practices. Yogi B challenges resource exploitation: ‘Who sold our water for body-destroying drinks?’ Both sections urge reclaiming ancestral farming methods through contemporary education.
Uzhava UzhavaOh plowman, oh plowman,
Ulagai Uzha VaCome, cultivate the world.
Pudhithai Ulagai PadaikkaTo create a world anew,
Ezhunthidu ThalaivaRise up, my leader.
Uzhava Uzhava UzhavaOh plowman, oh plowman, oh plowman,
Ulagai Uzha VaCome, cultivate the world.
Pudhithai Ulagai PadaikkaTo create a world anew,
Ezhunthidu Thalaiva Ezhu ThalaivaRise up, my leader, rise up, leader.
Pattanai Poottanai Unakkulle PoottiduLock your ancestors deep within you,
Mannenum Thai Ival Uyirinai EettiduAnd earn the life-force of this Mother Earth.
Marabanu Yavizhum Uzhavena TheettiduSharpen every gene in your body into a plow,
Nam Ini Yar Ena Ethirikku KattiduAnd show our enemies who we’ve become.
Vithai Nellai Nee UrumaraAs you transform into a seed for the fields,
Anjathe Va VaDon’t you be afraid, just come on,
Va VaCome on.
Uram Inge Nenjuram ThaneOur courage is the only fertilizer we need,
Kai Korthu Va VaSo join our hands and come on,
Va VaCome on.
Uthiraththai Neerena PaichaTo water the soil with your own blood,
Ennodu Va VaCome with me, come on,
Come With MeCome with me.
Viral Ellam Yerena MaraUntil your fingers become the plow itself,
Mann Matra Va VaCome on and change this land.
Piniyena Paravidum ValarchiyaiThis ‘progress’ that spreads just like a disease,
Un Arivinil Azhikka VaCome and destroy it with your knowledge,
Va VaCome on.
Pudhithoru Vayalveli PuratchiyaiA new revolution in the open fields,
Intha Nodiyinil Thodanga VaCome, let’s begin it in this very moment.
Uzhava Uzhava UzhavaOh plowman, oh plowman, oh plowman,
Ulagai Uzha VaCome, cultivate the world.
Pudhithai Ulagai PadaikkaTo create a world anew,
Ezhunthidu Thalaiva Ezhu ThalaivaRise up, my leader, rise up, leader.
Uzhava Uzhava UzhavaOh plowman, oh plowman, oh plowman,
Ulagai Uzha VaCome, cultivate the world.
Ilaingan Ninaiththal MudiyumIf the youth wills it, anything’s possible,
Mudivedu Thalaiva Edu ThalaivaMake your decision, leader, make it, leader.
Aadiyum Padiyum Uzhaithitta Nam InamOur people, who once toiled with song and dance,
Kaniniyil Thiraiyinil Sirai Pattu KidappathaAre they now trapped inside a computer screen?
Uzhavanin Kattudal Uzhaithida KidakkayilWhile the farmer’s strong body is ready to work,
Visai Pori Tharaiyinil Manithargal NadappathaShould humanity walk on assembly lines instead?
Oh Ulagin Mudhal PerarivazhanOh, you’re the world’s very first genius,
Neethane Va VaThat’s you, so come on,
Come OnCome on.
Tharaiyil Kal Vaithidum DevathaiYou are the angel who walks upon this earth,
Neethane Va VaThat’s you, so come on,
Let’s GoLet’s go.
Aimboodham Udan Varum ThozhanThe friend who arrives with the five great elements,
Neethane Va VaThat is you, so come on,
NeethanIt’s you.
Pasi Atri Magizhgira ThaiyumAnd you are the mother who finds joy in ending hunger,
Neethane Va VaThat’s you, so come on.
Narambinil Therigira PasummaiyaiRelease the green that runs right through your veins,
Intha Vayalgalil Irakka VaAnd pour it out onto these fields.
Nezhinthidum Puzhukkalin SagathiyilIn the mud teeming with wriggling worms,
Ilam Sarithiram Sethukka VaCome and carve out our new history.
Uzhava Uzhava UzhavaOh plowman, oh plowman, oh plowman,
Ulagai Uzha VaCome, cultivate the world.
Pudhithai Ulagai PadaikkaTo create a world anew,
Ezhunthidu Thalaiva Ezhu ThalaivaRise up, my leader, rise up, leader.
Uzhava Uzhava UzhavaOh plowman, oh plowman, oh plowman,
Ulagai Uzha VaCome, cultivate the world.
Ilaingan Ninaiththal MudiyumIf the youth wills it, anything’s possible,
Mudivedu Thalaiva Edu ThalaivaMake your decision, leader, make it, leader.
Uzhavu EnbathuFarming isn’t,
Oru Pozhuthu Pokku Illaijust a way to pass the time.
Vilayum Payirum Uzhavan UyirumThe growing crops and the farmer’s own life,
Unakku AttameAre just a game to you.
Unathu Arasiyal Emakku Thevai IllaiWe don’t need your kind of politics,
Ilaignar Uzhuthu Inaiyum PozhuthuBecause when the youth unite and start to plow,
Perugum EettameOur yields will truly overflow.
Ini Oru Uyirum VeenaiFrom now on, not a single life,
Azhinthida Vida MattomWill be allowed to perish in vain.
Maruthuvam Sattam Poriyial PorMedicine, law, engineering, and war,
Ulaviyal Thozhil Nutpamum MaarumEven psychology and tech will transform.
Udal Azhikkum Banam VirkaTo sell the drinks that destroy our bodies,
Engal Neerai Vittrathu YaradaWho was it that sold away our water?
Pugai Umilum AlaikkagaFor the sake of all the smoke-belching mills,
Engal Mannai VirpatharadaWho’s selling off our precious soil?
Ilavasam Minsaram VendamWe don’t need your free electricity,
VendamWe don’t need it.
Oliyinil Minsaram KanpomWe’ll find our own power in the sunlight,
KanpomWe’ll find it.
Kadangalai Nee Neekka VendamYou don’t need to cancel all our debts,
VendamWe don’t need it.
Uzhaippinil Ellame TheerppomWe’ll settle everything ourselves through our hard work,
TheerppomWe’ll settle it.
Va Va Mannai Ala UzhavaneCome on, come rule this land, oh plowman,
Va Va UzhavaCome on, oh plowman.
Neethan Unmai Pachai ThamizhaneYou’re the one true ‘Green Tamilian’,
Pachai Thamizha Va Va‘Green Tamilian’, come on.
Nilam KizhithidumJust as you tear open the earth,
Unthan Tholin Yeroodu EthirigalinWith the plow on your shoulder, you can tear into the faces of your enemies,
Mugam Kizhithida Ondrai Koodi PoraduSo gather as one and put up a fight.
Uzhava Uzhava UzhavaOh plowman, oh plowman, oh plowman,
Ulagai Uzha VaCome, cultivate the world.
Pudhithai Ulagai PadaikkaTo create a world anew,
Ezhunthidu Thalaiva Ezhu ThalaivaRise up, my leader, rise up, leader.
Uzhava Uzhava UzhavaOh plowman, oh plowman, oh plowman,
Ulagai Uzha VaCome, cultivate the world.
Ilaingan Ninaiththal MudiyumIf the youth wills it, anything’s possible,
Mudivedu Thalaiva Edu ThalaivaMake your decision, leader, make it, leader.
Uzhava Uzhava Uzha VaOh plowman, oh plowman, come plow,
Ulagai UzhavaCultivate the world.
Pudhithai Ulagai PadaikkaTo create a world anew,
Ezhunthidu Thalaiva Ezhu ThalaivaRise up, my leader, rise up, leader.
Uzhavaa Music Video
Bhoomi’s agricultural revolution message gains clarity through Uzhavaa lyrics in English translation. Collective cultivation emerges as resistance against industrial overreach, framing soil work as societal rebuilding. The song equates plowing fields with rewriting history.