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ස්කෑන් කළාම අපේ ගම
Scan It and Our Village Comes Up
Scan Kalama Ape Gama
In our cinnamon shed, Thaththa sticks the little square code on the first pack, and when Malli scans it, our garden comes up on the phone, the rows of trees and then Thaththa's own face. A week later a stranger's hand in a kitchen far away scans our pack, and Amma shrieks that's our house.
Lyrics
Chorus
පැකට් එක ස්කෑන් කළා, අපේ තාත්තා ආවා!Packet eka scan kala, ape thaththa aawa!They scanned the pack, and our Dad came up!
අපේ වත්ත ආවා, කුරුඳු ගස් පේළිය ආවාApe waththa aawa, kurundu gas peliya aawaOur garden came up, the row of cinnamon trees came up
දුර රටක කුස්සියක, ස්ක්‍රීන් එක පුරා අපේ ගමDura rataka kussiyaka, screen eka pura ape gamaIn a kitchen in a far country, our village fills the screen
"මේක ඇත්තමයි!" කියලා, ලෝකෙම දන්නවා"Meka aththamai!" kiyala, lokema dannawa"This one's the real thing!" The whole world knows
ස්කෑන් කළාම, ස්කෑන් කළාමScan kalama, scan kalamaScan it, scan it
අපේ ගම ආවා, අපේ තාත්තා ආවා!Ape gama aawa, ape thaththa aawa!Our village came up, our Dad came up!
Verse 1
උදේ කුරුඳු ෂෙඩ් එකේ, පොතු ගාන සුවඳUde kurundu shed eke, pothu gaana suwandaMorning in the cinnamon shed, the smell of peeling
තාත්තා පළවෙනි පැකට් එකට පොඩි කොටු ස්ටිකර් එක ඇලෙව්වාThaththa palaweni packet ekata podi kotu sticker eka alewwaDad stuck the little square sticker on the first pack
මල්ලි ෆෝන් එක අල්ලුවා, ස්ක්‍රීන් එකේ අපේ වත්ත!Malli phone eka alluwa, screen eke ape waththa!Malli held up his phone, and our garden was on the screen!
තාත්තගේ මූණත් ආවා, තාත්තා මූණ වහගත්තා, "ඒ මමද?"Thaththage moonath aawa, thaththa moona wahagaththa, "E mamada?"Dad's face came up too, and Dad covered his face: "Is that me?"
Before the chorus
ස්කෑන් කරලා බලන්න, කුස්සියේ ඉඳන්Scan karala balanna, kussiye indanScan it and see, from your kitchen
අපේ වත්ත, අපේ ගස්, අපේ තාත්තාApe waththa, ape gas, ape thaththaOur garden, our trees, our Dad
පොතු ගාන අත් දෙක, ඒ අපේ තාත්තගේPothu gaana ath deka, e ape thaththageThe two hands peeling the bark, they're our Dad's
ස්කෑන් කරලා බලන්න!Scan karala balanna!Scan it and see!
Chorus
පැකට් එක ස්කෑන් කළා, අපේ තාත්තා ආවා!Packet eka scan kala, ape thaththa aawa!They scanned the pack, and our Dad came up!
අපේ වත්ත ආවා, කුරුඳු ගස් පේළිය ආවාApe waththa aawa, kurundu gas peliya aawaOur garden came up, the row of cinnamon trees came up
දුර රටක කුස්සියක, ස්ක්‍රීන් එක පුරා අපේ ගමDura rataka kussiyaka, screen eka pura ape gamaIn a kitchen in a far country, our village fills the screen
"මේක ඇත්තමයි!" කියලා, ලෝකෙම දන්නවා"Meka aththamai!" kiyala, lokema dannawa"This one's the real thing!" The whole world knows
ස්කෑන් කළාම, ස්කෑන් කළාමScan kalama, scan kalamaScan it, scan it
අපේ ගම ආවා, අපේ තාත්තා ආවා!Ape gama aawa, ape thaththa aawa!Our village came up, our Dad came up!
Chant
ස්කෑන්!Scan!Scan!
අපේ ගම!Ape gama!Our village!
ඇත්තමයි!Aththamai!The real thing!
තාත්තේ!Thaththe!Dad!
Verse 2
සතියකට පස්සේ, රෑ, මගේ ෆෝන් එකට වීඩියෝ එකක්Sathiyakata passe, ra, mage phone ekata video ekakA week later, at night, a video on my phone
දුර රටක කුස්සියක, නොදන්න අතක් අපේ පැකට් එක අල්ලලාDura rataka kussiyaka, nodanna athak ape packet eka allalaIn a kitchen in a far country, a stranger's hand holding our pack
ස්කෑන් කළා, ස්ක්‍රීන් එක පුරාම අපේ වත්ත, අපේ තාත්තාScan kala, screen eka purama ape waththa, ape thaththaIt scanned, and the whole screen was our garden, our Dad
අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවා, "අනේ! ඒ අපේ ගේ!" ගෙදරම දිව්වාAmma ka gahuwa, "Ane! E ape ge!" gedarama diwwaMum shrieked, "Oh! That's our house!" and ran through the whole house
Before the chorus
ස්කෑන් කරලා බලන්න, කුස්සියේ ඉඳන්Scan karala balanna, kussiye indanScan it and see, from your kitchen
අපේ වත්ත, අපේ ගස්, අපේ තාත්තාApe waththa, ape gas, ape thaththaOur garden, our trees, our Dad
පොතු ගාන අත් දෙක, ඒ අපේ තාත්තගේPothu gaana ath deka, e ape thaththageThe two hands peeling the bark, they're our Dad's
ස්කෑන් කරලා බලන්න!Scan karala balanna!Scan it and see!
Chorus
පැකට් එක ස්කෑන් කළා, අපේ තාත්තා ආවා!Packet eka scan kala, ape thaththa aawa!They scanned the pack, and our Dad came up!
අපේ වත්ත ආවා, කුරුඳු ගස් පේළිය ආවාApe waththa aawa, kurundu gas peliya aawaOur garden came up, the row of cinnamon trees came up
දුර රටක කුස්සියක, ස්ක්‍රීන් එක පුරා අපේ ගමDura rataka kussiyaka, screen eka pura ape gamaIn a kitchen in a far country, our village fills the screen
"මේක ඇත්තමයි!" කියලා, ලෝකෙම දන්නවා"Meka aththamai!" kiyala, lokema dannawa"This one's the real thing!" The whole world knows
ස්කෑන් කළාම, ස්කෑන් කළාමScan kalama, scan kalamaScan it, scan it
අපේ ගම ආවා, අපේ තාත්තා ආවා!Ape gama aawa, ape thaththa aawa!Our village came up, our Dad came up!
Bridge
කලින් තාත්තා කිව්වා, "මේක කවුරු ගැහුවද කාටවත් තේරෙන්නේ නෑ"Kalin thaththa kiwwa, "Meka kawuru gahuwada kaatawath therenne na"Dad used to say, "Nobody will ever know who peeled this"
ගෝනියේ ගියා, නමක් නැතුව, මූණක් නැතුවGoniye giya, namak nathuwa, moonak nathuwaIt left in a sack, no name, no face
අද හැම පැකට් එකක් එක්කම තාත්තගේ මූණ යනවාAda hama packet ekak ekkama thaththage moona yanawaToday Dad's face goes out with every pack
වහගත්ත ඒ මූණ, අද ලෝකෙ හැම කුස්සියකම හිනාවෙලාWahagaththa e moona, ada loke hama kussiyakama hinawelaThe face he hid is smiling today in kitchens all over the world
Chorus
පැකට් එක ස්කෑන් කළා, අපේ තාත්තා ආවා! (තාත්තා ආවා!)Packet eka scan kala, ape thaththa aawa! (thaththa aawa!)They scanned the pack, and our Dad came up!
අපේ වත්ත ආවා, කුරුඳු ගස් පේළිය ආවාApe waththa aawa, kurundu gas peliya aawaOur garden came up, the row of cinnamon trees came up
දුර රටක කුස්සියක, ස්ක්‍රීන් එක පුරා අපේ ගමDura rataka kussiyaka, screen eka pura ape gamaIn a kitchen in a far country, our village fills the screen
"මේක ඇත්තමයි!" කියලා, ලෝකෙම දන්නවා"Meka aththamai!" kiyala, lokema dannawa"This one's the real thing!" The whole world knows
ස්කෑන් කළාම, ස්කෑන් කළාම (අපේ ගම!)Scan kalama, scan kalama (ape gama!)Scan it, scan it
අපේ ගම ආවා, අපේ තාත්තා ආවා!Ape gama aawa, ape thaththa aawa!Our village came up, our Dad came up!
Outro
ස්කෑන් කළාම අපේ ගමScan kalama ape gamaScan it and our village comes up
අපේ තාත්තා ආවා.Ape thaththa aawa.our Dad came up
From the book
- Idea 460A code on every pack of Ceylon tea, cinnamon and spice sold abroad, scanned by the buyer's phone to prove it is genuine, sold to the exporters as a service
- Cluster 24Proof and trust, as a business
The book behind the songs
Every song here is sung from inside one moment: the day someone in Sri Lanka has already done one of the book's 500 ideas, and the family is celebrating.
This song is a story about one idea from the book Why Not Sri Lanka. It promises nothing. No real person or business is shown in it. The book's ideas belong to whoever builds them. Music and vocals created with Suno from original lyrics written for this channel. The pictures in the songs are made with AI too.
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