Kuppai Vandiyil
From Oru Kuppai Kadhai · 2015
- Lyricist
- Sulaiman Fazil
- Singer
- Saisharan
- Music director
- Deepan Chakravarthy
- Details
- Oru Kuppai Kadhai2015
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Kuppai vandiyil selgirom payanam | We travel in a garbage vehicle |
| Allum kaigalil illaiyae salanam | There is no hesitation in the hands that scoop waste |
| Saalai orangal | Along the roadsides |
| Kuviyum kuppai koolangal | Patterns of accumulating garbage |
| Engalin vaazhkai | Our lives |
| Engal ullangal | Our hearts |
| Suththam oorai athu pola | We will make the town clean |
| Seivom naangal | Just like that, we will do it |
| Male | |
| Ada adada adada | Ah, adada adada |
| Drainage danger paarkkaamal | Without fearing the danger of drainages |
| Saakkadayil sewage alla | To scoop up sewage from the gutters |
| Uyirai tharuvomae | We would even give up our lives |
| Male | |
| Indha boomiyin kuppai manithan | The human trash of this earth |
| Kadavul innum allalaiyae | God has not yet swept away |
| Manithan podum plastic kuppaiyai | The plastic waste dumped by humans |
| Indha boomi thaangalaiyae | This earth cannot bear it |
| Male | |
| Everestil garbage-u | Garbage even on Mount Everest |
| Iyarkai aaguthae damage-u | Nature is getting damaged |
| Anukkazhiva kootturaan | Man increases nuclear waste |
| Adha ketta thitturaan | If questioned about it, he scolds back |
| Nagara nachukkaatrinaal | With toxic urban air |
| Andha ozone thiraiya | That ozone layer |
| Ozhichukatta paarkiraan | He tries to destroy completely |
| Male | |
| Kuppai vandiyil selgirom payanam | We travel in a garbage vehicle |
| Allum kaigalil illaiyae salanam | There is no hesitation in the hands that scoop waste |
| Saalai orangal | Along the roadsides |
| Kuviyum kuppai koolangal | Patterns of accumulating garbage |
| Engalin vaazhkai | Our lives |
| Engalin vaazhkai | Our lives |
| Engal ullangal | Our hearts |
| Suththam oorai athu pola | We will make the town clean |
| Seivom naangal | Just like that, we will do it |
| Seivom naangal | We will do it |
| Male | |
| Ada adada adada | Ah, adada adada |
| Drainage danger paarkkaamal | Without fearing the danger of drainages |
| Saakkadayil sewage alla | To scoop up sewage from the gutters |
| Uyirai tharuvomae | We would even give up our lives |
| Male | |
| Indha boomiyin kuppai manithan | The human trash of this earth |
| Kadavul innum allalaiyae | God has not yet swept away |
| Manithan podum plastic kuppaiyai | The plastic waste dumped by humans |
| Indha boomi thaangalaiyae | This earth cannot bear it |
| Thaangalaiyae thaangalaiyae | Cannot bear it, cannot bear it |
| Male | |
| Nana nanananaaa | Nana nanananaaa |
| Nana naana naa nana naanaa | Nana naana naa nana naanaa |
குப்பை வண்டியில்
செல்கிறோம் பயணம்
அள்ளும் கைகளில்
இல்லையே சலனம் சாலை
ஓரங்கள் குவியும் குப்பை
கோலங்கள் எங்களின்
வாழ்க்கை எங்கள் உள்ளங்கள்
சுத்தம் ஊரை அது போல
செய்வோம் நாங்கள்
We travel in a garbage vehicle
There is no hesitation in the hands that scoop waste
Along the roadsides
Patterns of accumulating garbage
Our lives
Our hearts
We will make the town clean
Just like that, we will do it
அட அடடா அடடா
ட்ரைன்ஏஜ் டேன்ஜர்
பார்க்காமல் சாக்கடையில்
சேவேஜ் அள்ள உயிரை
தருவோமே
Ah, adada adada
Without fearing the danger of drainages
To scoop up sewage from the gutters
We would even give up our lives
இந்த பூமியின் குப்பை
மனிதன் கடவுள் இன்னும்
அள்ளலையே மனிதன்
போதும் பிளாஸ்டிக்
குப்பையை இந்த பூமி
தாங்கலையே
The human trash of this earth
God has not yet swept away
The plastic waste dumped by humans
This earth cannot bear it
எவரெஸ்ட்டில்
கார்பேஜ்ஜூ இயற்கை
ஆகுதே டேமேஜூ
அணுக்கழிவ கொட்டுறான்
அத கேட்டா திட்டுறான் நகர
நற்றுகாற்றினால் அந்த
ஓசோன் திரைய ஒழிச்சு
கட்ட பார்க்கிறான்
Garbage even on Mount Everest
Nature is getting damaged
Man increases nuclear waste
If questioned about it, he scolds back
With toxic urban air
That ozone layer
He tries to destroy completely
குப்பை வண்டியில்
செல்கிறோம் பயணம்
அள்ளும் கைகளில் இல்லையே
சலனம் சாலை ஓரங்கள் குவியும்
குப்பை கோலங்கள் எங்களின்
வாழ்க்கை எங்களின் வாழ்க்கை
எங்கள் உள்ளங்கள் சுத்தம் ஊரை
அது போல செய்வோம் நாங்கள்
செய்வோம் நாங்கள்
We travel in a garbage vehicle
There is no hesitation in the hands that scoop waste
Along the roadsides
Patterns of accumulating garbage
Our lives
Our lives
Our hearts
We will make the town clean
Just like that, we will do it
We will do it
அட அடடா அடடா
ட்ரைன்ஏஜ் டேன்ஜர்
பார்க்காமல் சாக்கடையில்
சேவேஜ் அள்ள உயிரை
தருவோமே
Ah, adada adada
Without fearing the danger of drainages
To scoop up sewage from the gutters
We would even give up our lives
இந்த பூமியின் குப்பை
மனிதன் கடவுள் இன்னும்
அள்ளலையே மனிதன் போதும்
பிளாஸ்டிக் குப்பையை இந்த
பூமி தாங்கலையே
தாங்கலையே தாங்கலையே
The human trash of this earth
God has not yet swept away
The plastic waste dumped by humans
This earth cannot bear it
Cannot bear it, cannot bear it
..................................
Nana nanananaaa
Nana naana naa nana naanaa
Kuppai vandiyil selgirom payanam
We travel in a garbage vehicle
Allum kaigalil illaiyae salanam
There is no hesitation in the hands that scoop waste
Saalai orangal
Along the roadsides
Kuviyum kuppai koolangal
Patterns of accumulating garbage
Engalin vaazhkai
Our lives
Engal ullangal
Our hearts
Suththam oorai athu pola
We will make the town clean
Seivom naangal
Just like that, we will do it
Ada adada adada
Ah, adada adada
Drainage danger paarkkaamal
Without fearing the danger of drainages
Saakkadayil sewage alla
To scoop up sewage from the gutters
Uyirai tharuvomae
We would even give up our lives
Indha boomiyin kuppai manithan
The human trash of this earth
Kadavul innum allalaiyae
God has not yet swept away
Manithan podum plastic kuppaiyai
The plastic waste dumped by humans
Indha boomi thaangalaiyae
This earth cannot bear it
Everestil garbage-u
Garbage even on Mount Everest
Iyarkai aaguthae damage-u
Nature is getting damaged
Anukkazhiva kootturaan
Man increases nuclear waste
Adha ketta thitturaan
If questioned about it, he scolds back
Nagara nachukkaatrinaal
With toxic urban air
Andha ozone thiraiya
That ozone layer
Ozhichukatta paarkiraan
He tries to destroy completely
Kuppai vandiyil selgirom payanam
We travel in a garbage vehicle
Allum kaigalil illaiyae salanam
There is no hesitation in the hands that scoop waste
Saalai orangal
Along the roadsides
Kuviyum kuppai koolangal
Patterns of accumulating garbage
Engalin vaazhkai
Our lives
Engalin vaazhkai
Our lives
Engal ullangal
Our hearts
Suththam oorai athu pola
We will make the town clean
Seivom naangal
Just like that, we will do it
Seivom naangal
We will do it
Ada adada adada
Ah, adada adada
Drainage danger paarkkaamal
Without fearing the danger of drainages
Saakkadayil sewage alla
To scoop up sewage from the gutters
Uyirai tharuvomae
We would even give up our lives
Indha boomiyin kuppai manithan
The human trash of this earth
Kadavul innum allalaiyae
God has not yet swept away
Manithan podum plastic kuppaiyai
The plastic waste dumped by humans
Indha boomi thaangalaiyae
This earth cannot bear it
Thaangalaiyae thaangalaiyae
Cannot bear it, cannot bear it
Nana nanananaaa
Nana nanananaaa
Nana naana naa nana naanaa
Nana naana naa nana naanaa
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
This song highlights the selfless labor and hardship of sanitation workers who clean streets and sewer drains without hesitation, risking their health and lives daily. It uses the concept of garbage as a metaphor to criticize human greed, environmental degradation, plastic pollution, and nuclear waste that threaten the entire planet.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Indha boomiyin kuppai manithan / Kadavul innum allalaiyae”
Compares corrupt or destructive human beings to garbage on Earth that God has not yet cleaned away.
Rhyme / Tanglish Coupling
“Everestil garbage-u / Iyarkai aaguthae damage-u”
Uses end-rhyme blending English loan words into Tamil poetic meters (Garbage-u / Damage-u).
Alliteration (Monai)
“Saakkadayil sewage alla / Suththam oorai athu pola”
Repetition of the initial 'S' sound across consecutive lines.
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Trivia
The film 'Oru Kuppai Kadhai' (2018) tells the story of a Chennai-based municipal sanitation worker. Although credited to composer Joshua Sridhar for the overall soundtrack, the song focuses heavily on environmental awareness and social realism regarding waste management.
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