Vaada Veda Song Download - Jakes Bejoy, Vedan

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PATTARE KOOTTARE MAN KATHTHONE

O priests and elders, my heart cries out

PATTILUM VAKKILUM CHORA VAARTHTHONE

Even in temples and courts, there is the smell of blood

ITU VITHI ENNU KARUTHI

Can we just accept this as fate?

CHATHI KADU PORUKKUMO

Can the forest bear this betrayal?

DINAMDINAM VEDAMAKANOTHODUMO INI

Can we go on chanting scriptures every day like nothing happened?

VAADA VEDA

Rise up, O Vedas! (A cry for justice or revival)

KAATTUMARATHINTEYY MANAM MURINJJEY

The soul of the forest trees is shattered

KAAKKIBHOOTHANGAL VANAM NIRANJJE

The forest is filled with creatures in khaki (a symbol for authority/police)

YANTHRATHTHOKKUKAL MANTHRAMOTHUMPOL

When machines recite mantras (rituals done mechanically or with force)

AMMAKKILI KARANJJEY

The mother parrot (symbolizing nature) weeps

VANAMAKALORUTHEE NINTE MAARU THULANJJALLO

O daughter of the forest, your chest is bleeding

MANAVUM THAKARNTTHU PERUNKAADU KARANJJALLO

The humanity in you is broken and the great forest cries

MALAYIL URUVETUDKKUM ARUVI RANAM NIRANJJU

On the mountain, even waterfalls are stained with wounds

ARUKAPPUL KARINJJALLO

Even the nearby grass has turned black

POONKAAVANATHILO POR ATHOO

Is there a war in this flower-filled grove?

KAANAN KOTHICHCHORELLAAM AAR

Who came wanting this wild forest greedily?

INNU CHATHTHU NEETHIKKOPPAM NER

Today, justice too is dying right in front of us

KURUTHIKK KOOTTUNINNAVAR AAAR

Who are the ones feeding blood to the earth?

VANAKKILIYE MARAKKILAYE

O forest parrot, don’t forget

MANITHAN ARAMARATHTHIN MANAMILLAYE

Man no longer has a heart for righteousness or justice

(Repeated)

KALAHAM KONDU THATTI EDUTHTHAVARUM

Those who waged war and struck with force

VEENDUM MATHILUKETTI KEERIMURICHCHAVARUM

Have again built walls and torn apart songs

CHATHI MARANNOO MARANNOO ENNE MARANNOO

Have they forgotten the betrayal, forgotten me too?

ENTE CHORA CHARITHAMEE MANNILA LINJOO

My blood-soaked history has seeped into this soil

ORO CHETTIKKUM ORO UYIR

Every tree has a life

ATHIL VEERODUM NEERINUMORU UYIR

In every root and drop of water, there is a soul

MANITHANUYIRUM ORUPOLALLE

A human life is no different

NAAM MARANNORU DINAM SVARAM MARANNORU DINAM

We have forgotten one day, forgotten our voice another day

INI UYARNNENEETTU PARAAKE PADARUM

Now the cry will rise and spread like wings

VAADA VEDA

Rise, O Vedas!

ORO CHETTIKKUM ORO UYIIR

Each tree has a soul

ATHIL VEERODUM NEERINUMORU UYIR

Even the roots and water hold life within

MANITHANUYIRUM ORUPOLALLE

A human’s life is not any different

ATH PURIYAAN INIYUM NAAL NEELLALLE

How long will it take for people to realize this?

ORO KATHAYKKUM ORO PORUL

Every story has a meaning

NINTE NEERUM KATHAYKKUMELAE IRUL

But your tears only add more darkness to the tale

IRULU NEENGUMINI PAKALLALLE

This is not the dawn where darkness disappears

ATHIL NEETHI SOORYANO ERIYILLE

In this, there is no sun of justice shining

VANAKKILIYE MARAKKILAYE

O forest parrot, don’t forget

MANITHAN ARAMARATHTHIN MANAMILLAYE

Humans no longer have hearts for righteousness

(Repeated with variation)