[Hook: Asha M]
இந்த மண் எங்களின் சொந்த மண்
இதன் எல்லைகள் மீறியார் வந்தவன்?
நீர் வழம் உண்டு, நிழ வழம் உண்டு
நிம்மதி ஒன்றுதான் இல்லை
This land is our ancestral land
Crossing our borders, Who came at us?
Water, we have in abundance
Fertile land, we have in abundance
Only peace is in absence
[Verse 1: Ellaalan]
She was born in the idyllic village of Thiriyai
In the year it was burned down in 1985
Yo her ammaa and appaa were cruelly burned alive
Her sister was raped right in front of her eyes
She was raised in the Vanni where she finally learnt to fight
To liberate our land, and to liberate our rights
Never thinking twice, living life of sacrifice
When the strife was rife, she cut like knife in paradise
With a hand on the gun, making army man run
Stunned, and left numb, with every battle that they won
In the ceasefire, she fell in love with a guy
A former cadre who lost his eyes in a fight
His name was Seelan, barely breathing. nursed him back & gave him meaning
He joined the movement as a student and was always prudent
Lost his vision, giving mission without inhibition, position
Fighting division, so listen, he gave tuition
To children that couldn't afford tuition or a pot to piss in
He kept on giving, gave a gift, made his life worth living
She gave birth to baby girl that's pretty
In the city of Kili, he named the child Kayalvizhi
[Hook: Asha M]
இந்த மண் எங்களின் சொந்த மண்
இதன் எல்லைகள் மீறியார் வந்தவன்?
நீர் வழம் உண்டு, நிழ வழம் உண்டு
நிம்மதி ஒன்றுதான் இல்லை
This land is our ancestral land
Crossing our borders, Who came at us?
Water, we have in abundance
Fertile land, we have in abundance
Only peace is in absence
[Verse 2: Ellaalan]
They never had much, but in love they had enough
Living in a mud hut, in a state that's not corrupt
Plus, they lived in freedom in Eelam from army demons
Ceasefire had them dreaming that peace would finally see them
Walking hand in hand, over free soil and sand
Liberated land, land liberated by their hand
And, they built a bank, police force and courts of law
Independent state, what they're dying fighting for
Time flowing like a river, watch her daughter growing bigger
With vigour, normal life is all they ever want to give her
Playful child, always happy, playing in the wild
While her appaa made her smile, he was never in denial
Life wasn't to be, though blind Seelan could see
That his wife would one day have to pick the gun and just leave
Out of the blue, the Tigers then split in two
And the Karuna group, caused the war to break through
2009, called back to the frontline
The black clouds had come, there's was no more sunshine
Giving her kin one last kiss goodbye
Not knowing, whether she would ever, live or die
[Hook: Asha M]
இந்த மண் எங்களின் சொந்த மண்
இதன் எல்லைகள் மீறியார் வந்தவன்?
நீர் வழம் உண்டு, நிழ வழம் உண்டு
நிம்மதி ஒன்றுதான் இல்லை
This land is our ancestral land
Crossing our borders, Who came at us?
Water, we have in abundance
Fertile land, we have in abundance
Only peace is in absence
[Verse 3: Ellaalan]
Her body froze, laying on the floor, with no clothes
All she see is hundred toes, surrounded by ten foes
As they yelled 'you Thamil ho', raining blow after blow
Paraded like a show, female soldiers took photos
One after another, penetrated and they smothered
And others, also suffered, as they screamed for their mothers
You or the UN, couldn't hear when she cried
With her hands tied, wishing that she took the cyanide
After months inside, uncle finally paid a bribe
Got her outside the camp, and she survived
Seelan and her daughter disappeared without a trace
This is how the Sinhala people are wiping out our race
In an occupied state, where the army rule the space
And liberation fighters no longer have a place
The villagers noticed the change in her figure
And stigmatized her cause her belly's getting bigger
Abuse they still give her, as the army men snigger
Couldn't take no more, put the finger on the trigger
A gun to the head, though her mind's already dead
Is this how the story of our freedom fighter ends?
[Gunshot noise]
[Baby cries]
