Ranam Title Track Lyrics (English Translation) - Neha S Nair | Ajaey Shravan

You made me feel unclouded
You brought clarity to my life

Before I hit the road
Before I began my journey

And you deserve all the love
You are worthy of all the love

You’re my shelter, in pain and glow
You are my refuge in both suffering and joy

Yeah, from the day we were born
From our birth

We were sworn to a legacy
We were bound to a legacy

Enemy in front of me
An enemy stands before me

Fighting for supremacy
Struggling for dominance

Pedigree of bloodstains
A lineage marked by blood

Filling up my memory
Crowding my memories

Every single hood-brain
All the street-smart minds

Fading out in jealousy
Fade away in envy

Naan sollum intha kathai
This story I tell

En munnoargal potta paathai
Is the path my ancestors walked

Intha iratham satham, paathai sila
This blood speaks; some paths

Veerargalin geethai
Are the songs of warriors

Sila per oda vazhiyil aanandham
Some ran toward joy

Sila kannkalil kannneeril aanuvam, aa
Some eyes held atoms in their tears

Nee solli kaami, idhu sandiyargal boomiy
You declare it proudly — this is the land of warriors

Oru sandhai endru vandhu vittaal
If you come thinking it’s just a marketplace

Aayudhanga saami
You’ll be met with weapons, I swear

Bliss of the trigger-fingered fizz
Joy for those who live by the gun

Laying bullets in the mist
Firing into the fog

Not a day to be missed
Every day is vital

Ini ennu kaanum njan, ithu neramae
Now I see — this is the moment

Iravangi neelunnu ithaa
Darkness falls deeply here

Nagaranthin vazhi kaattiya
The one who guided the city

Mizhinnaalaayi adayaalam ariyunnithaa
Is now recognized by their eyes

Ore kadal innu ekanayi neenthidunnuvo
Are you swimming alone in this vast sea?

Ore kanal
A single spark

Kadha ezhuthiya chithakalil urukiya nagaramitho
A city melted into paintings that wrote stories

Kunjolangal kai neettunnu
Innocent hands reach out

Pulkeedunnu nee
You rise with pride

Vin thaarangal kanchimmunnu
Stars tremble in the sky

Poyi mayunnu nee
You fade into a legend

Manam athil oru ranam
The soul bears a wound

Ninam athil oru ranam
The blood bears another

Bayam edhuvum illai aana kulirnil nadukkam
No fear remains, but we still shiver in the cold

Dinam oru poor aana idhu engal sorkam
A war every day, yet this is our paradise

Oonjalil kulaindha girls illai uyir mattum thaan
No girls on swings — only lives in balance

Welcome to Detroit,
Welcome to Detroit,

Idhu gundargalin mannu
This is the land of fighters

Dhum-tha-na-na-dhi-ra-na-na-tha-na
[Rhythmic chant — symbolic of battle or cultural drumbeat]

Dhim-dhim-dhim-dhiranana
[Heartbeat of the revolution]

Nadh-ru-thom, nadh-ru-thom, dhi-ra-na-na-na
[Sacred rhythm echoing the warrior’s path]

Theruvukal silathadayavae
Streets, some are blocked

Pala ninavugal athil eriyavae
Many memories burn within them

Chithayathil irunnu
From the funeral pyre

Chirakodu paravakal uyarkuyayi
Birds take flight with wings of fire

Kanavukal chiri vitharave
Dreams spread like smiles

Mizhi inakalil vazhi theliyave
Eyes show the path clearly

Nira nenjil cherkum kanive ee nagaram
This city binds compassion to colored hearts

Manam kunjolangal
The soul is innocence

Athil kai neettunnu
Hands stretch into that

Ore pulkeedunnu, ranam nee
You rise again, oh wound

Ninam vintharangal
Blood becomes stars

Athil kanchimmunnu
And shivers in them

Ore poyi maayunnu ranam nee
You vanish — still, you are the wound

Dinam oru sandai
Every day is a battle

Inge dinam oru poor
Here, each day is a war

Every day is a battle
Every day is a battle

Here walking out the door
Even stepping outside is a risk

Bullets bouncing off the walls
Bullets ricochet off every wall

Kids holding guns instead of dolls
Children hold guns, not toys

Every day blood rains
Blood pours like rain each day

Bodies dropping as it falls
Lives fall with it

Munneri varum naatkal
Days ahead keep coming

Ellaam iraththa karai mattum
All stained in blood

Kangal thirakkum neram
When the eyes open

Emaan un kadhavai
Truth knocks on your door

Thattum, inge nee uyir polaikka
And here, your life is bargained

Un nanban thotta
When your friend is hit

Nenjai thatti solleda
Clutch your heart and speak

Sandiyar koottam naangal dhaan
We are the brotherhood of rebels

Ore nizhal padangalodu chernidumbozhum
When shadows merge with footfalls

Ore thanal
One shade, one shelter

Iniyoru pakaleriveyil ezhuthiya kadha parayum
It tells another sunlit story

You deserve all the love
You deserve all the love

‘Cause you’re my shelter, in pain and glow
Because you’re my refuge in both agony and grace