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Kondattam

From Kurangu Pedal · 2024

Lyricist
Bramma
Singers
Ahana Balaji, K. Vidhyarupini, V. Shivathmika (Kiddo
Music director
Ghibran
Movie name
Kurangu Pedal
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
27 Sept 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kondaattam
Vitta leave-u vachu vachu thinga porom
Kondaattam
Vitta leave-u vachu vachu thinga porom
Kummaalam katti kanavu kuthirai
Yaeri poga porom
Oiyyaara kazhutha metta pazhaiya paakki koottam
Ooyaatha bhoomi moththam namma pallikkoodam
Oiyyaara kazhutha metta pazhaiya paakki koottam
Ooyaatha bhoomi moththam namma pallikkoodam
Kondaattam
Vitta leave-u vachu vachu thinga porom
Megaththa kuchi vachchu meipomaa
Aagaasa neelam allai thaeippomaa
Puliya maraththa mutti pottuththaan
Puratti pookka solli ketpomaa
Kuttikkaranam podum vaan pattam
Kokki thirivomae konja vara pogum
Neer koththi thavalainga sappaaththi mullakkaa
Meen koththi kunjakkaa maanaa mayilakkaa
Vayalil kaththum paravaigal ellaam vaazhakkai koottam
Mudiyaatha vetta veli vaanam pallikkoodam
Vayalil kaththum paravaigal ellaam vaazhakkai koottam
Mudiyaatha vetta veli vaanam pallikkoodam
Kondaattam
Vitta leave-u vachu vachu thinga porom
Kummaalam katti kanavu kuthirai
Yaeri poga porom
Naanal velakka thookko raavellaam
Aavikkum perikkum mark poduvom
Oorae velicham thennang keeththukku
Paen paaththu alli katti seevuvom
Nochchu thinpom nungu kadai vaippom
Yaeri karaiyoram ulavam panju eduppom
Theeppetti pon senju oor niyaayam pesikkuvom
Vengaayam thol urichchu karaikaal vaasippom
Ellaam irukku thaniyaa edhukku vaaththi koottam
Inimae vittu thallu vendaam pallikoodam
Ellaam irukku thaniyaa edhukku vaaththi koottam
Inimae vittu thallu vendaam pallikoodam
Kondaattam
Vitta leave-u vachu vachu thinga porom
Kummaalam katti kanavu kuthirai
Yaeri poga porom
Oiyyaara kazhutha metta pazhaiya paakki koottam
Ooyaatha bhoomi moththam namma pallikkoodam
Oiyyaara kazhutha metta pazhaiya paakki koottam
Ooyaatha bhoomi moththam namma pallikkoodam
Kondaattam
Vitta leave-u vachu vachu thinga porom
Celebration!
We're going to feast on all our vacation days!
Celebration!
We're going to feast on all our vacation days!
Full of excitement, on a dream horse,
we are going to ride away!
Settling our old playtime scores at the donkey mound,
this whole restless earth is our school!
Settling our old playtime scores at the donkey mound,
this whole restless earth is our school!
Celebration!
We're going to feast on all our vacation days!
Shall we herd the clouds with a little stick?
Shall we scoop up the sky's blue and smear it on?
Shall we kneel before the tamarind tree,
and ask it to tumble its flowers down?
A kite somersaults high in the sky,
we'll roam with hooked sticks to catch it as it drifts down!
Water birds, jumping frogs, prickly pear cactus fruits,
kingfisher chicks, is that a deer or a peacock?
All the birds calling in the fields are our life's crowd,
the endless open sky is our school!
All the birds calling in the fields are our life's crowd,
the endless open sky is our school!
Celebration!
We're going to feast on all our vacation days!
Full of excitement, on a dream horse,
we are going to ride away!
Holding up reed torches through the night,
we'll give grades to the ghosts and spirits!
The whole town is bright; for the coconut fronds,
we'll check for lice and comb them neat and tidy!
We'll eat wild berries and set up an ice-apple shop,
and collect silk-cotton fluff along the lakeside!
Making matchbox phones, we'll talk village matters,
peeling onion skins, we'll pretend to read the news!
With all of this around, why do we even need teachers?
Forget about it all from now on, we don't need school!
With all of this around, why do we even need teachers?
Forget about it all from now on, we don't need school!
Celebration!
We're going to feast on all our vacation days!
Full of excitement, on a dream horse,
we are going to ride away!
Settling our old playtime scores at the donkey mound,
this whole restless earth is our school!
Settling our old playtime scores at the donkey mound,
this whole restless earth is our school!
Celebration!
We're going to feast on all our vacation days!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Kondaattam' from 'Kurangu Pedal' (2024) is a joyful, nostalgic celebration of summer vacation and childhood innocence set in a rural Tamil Nadu backdrop. Sung by young voices (Ahana Balaji, K. Vidhyarupini, V. Shivathmika) and set to lively tunes by Ghibran, the song captures the boundless excitement children feel when school breaks for the holidays. The lyrics by Bramma emphasize learning through nature rather than traditional classroom settings. From herding clouds and flying kites to making toys from matchboxes and playing near lake banks, the song asserts that nature and open fields serve as the ultimate, endless schoolroom for young minds, rendering formal schooling temporarily irrelevant in their world of fantasy and fun.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Kummaalam katti kanavu kuthirai

Comparing dreams to a rideable horse ('Kanavu kuthirai') and comparing the open earth/sky to a school ('Mudiyaatha vetta veli vaanam pallikkoodam').

Monaivazhi (Initial Alliteration)

Megaththa kuchi vachchu meipomaa

Repetition of initial consonant/vowel sounds across lines (e.g., 'Megaththa' and 'Aagaasa').

Imagery

Neer koththi thavalainga sappaaththi mullakkaa

Rich visual imagery depicting rural childhood fun—frogs, prickly pears, ice-apples, matchbox toys, and coconut fronds.

Personification

Puliya maraththa mutti pottuththaan

Attributing human actions to nature, such as asking a tamarind tree to kneel down and blossom on command.

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Trivia

'Kurangu Pedal' is a Tamil film produced by actor Sivakarthikeyan under his banner Sivakarthikeyan Productions, celebrating rural childhood experiences centered around learning how to ride a bicycle.

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