♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Meendum pallikku pogalaam
Nammai naam angae thaedalaam
Neeraarum kadaludutha
Nilamanthai kezhilozhugum
Seeraarum vadhanamena
Thigazhbaratha kandamithil
Meendum pallikku pogalaam
Nammai naam angae thaedalaam
Slateu kuchi kadan vaangalam
Slate-il per ezhuthi paarkalam
Kottu vecha vaathiyarai
Thottu vanangalam
Mutti pottu ninna idathai
Mutham kodukalaam
Pallikoodathil sonna paadathil
Indha ulagathai naam arinthom
Annai madi ena nammai thaangiya
Intha palliyai yen maranthom…
Meendum pallikku pogalaam
Nammai naam angae thaedalaam
Uyirum udalum karuvaraikullae
Urpathiyaagirathu
Uravu natpu kaadhalai palli
Solli tharugirathu
Uyirum udalum karuvaraikullae
Urpathiyaagirathu
Uravu natpu kaadhalai palli
Solli tharugirathu
Thalaikku melae valarnthaal kooda
Thaaikku nee pillai thaan
Ethanai periya manithan aanalum
Pallikku nee maanavan thaan
Unnai sumantha pallikkoodam
Ketpaaratru kidakirathae
Unthan varavai edhir paarthu
Oorukkul thaniyaai nirkkirathae
Meendum pallikku pogalaam
Nammai naam angae thaedalaam
Othaamal oru naalum irukka vendam
Chorus :Othaamal oru naalum irukka vendam
Male :Oruvaraiyum pollangu solla vendam
Chorus :Oruvaraiyum pollangu solla vendam
Male :Maadhavai oru naalum marakka vendam
Chorus :Maadhavai oru naalum marakka vendam
Male :Vanjanaigal seivaarodu inanga vendaam
Chorus :Vanjanaigal seivaarodu inanga vendaam
Padithavan ellam palliyai maranthu
Enthira vaazhvil tholainthu vittaan
Padikathavan thaan palliyai paarthu
Yekkathodu thavikindraan
Pathu maatham sumantha thaaikkae
Panividaigal seigindrom
Pathu varudam sumantha pallikku
Enna seiya ninaikindrom
Irukkum kovilgal pothathendru
Pudhithaai kovilgal kattukindrom
Palligal ellam kovilgal enbathai
Yeno naamum marakkindrom
Meendum pallikku pogalaam
Nammai naam angae thaedalaam
Chorus :Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa…
Haa…..aaa…..aaa…..aaa…..
Meendum pallikku pogalaam
Meendum pallikku pogalaam
Meendum pallikku pogalaam
Chorus :Haa…aaa…aaa…aaa…
Haa…..aaa…..aaa…..aaa…..
Let us go back to school.
Let us search for our old selves there.
Draped in the ocean's waters,
radiant with the beauty of Mother Earth,
like a graceful, auspicious face
shining upon this Indian subcontinent...
Let us go back to school.
Let us search for our old selves there.
Let us borrow slate pencils again.
Let us write our names on slates and admire them.
The teacher who rapped our heads,
let us touch his feet with reverence.
The place where we knelt down in punishment,
let us kiss that ground.
Through the lessons taught in school,
we came to understand this world.
Having held us like a mother's lap,
why did we forget this school?
Let us go back to school.
Let us search for our old selves there.
Life and body
are created inside the womb.
Kinship, friendship, and love,
our school teaches us all.
Life and body
are created inside the womb.
Kinship, friendship, and love,
our school teaches us all.
Even if you grow taller than her head,
you are still a child to your mother.
No matter how great a person you become,
you are still just a student to your school.
The school that nurtured you
now lies neglected and uncared for.
Waiting hopefully for your return,
it stands all alone in the village.
Let us go back to school.
Let us search for our old selves there.
Never let a single day pass without learning.
Chorus: Never let a single day pass without learning.
Male: Never speak ill of anyone.
Chorus: Never speak ill of anyone.
Male: Never forget your mother.
Chorus: Never forget your mother.
Male: Never associate with deceitful people.
Chorus: Never associate with deceitful people.
The educated forgot their school
and got lost in a mechanical life.
Only the uneducated looks at the school
and yearns with a heavy heart.
For the mother who carried us for ten months,
we render loving service.
For the school that carried us for ten years,
what do we ever think of doing?
Thinking existing temples are not enough,
we keep building new ones.
That schools themselves are temples,
why do we somehow forget?
Let us go back to school.
Let us search for our old selves there.
Chorus: Haa... aa... aa... aa...
Haa... aa... aa... aa...
Let us go back to school.
Let us go back to school.
Let us go back to school.
Chorus: Haa... aa... aa... aa...
Haa... aa... aa... aa...
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