Song EP031 Recorded
තව සතියක්
One More Week
Thawa Sathiyak
It is checkout morning, two bags by the door and the tuk on its way, when the guests say they are staying another week. The bags go back into the room, because the second week is ready for them.
Lyrics
Chorus
"තව සතියක් ඉන්නවා" කිව්වා"Thawa sathiyak innawa" kiwwaThey said, "We're staying another week"
බෑග් ටික ආයෙත් කාමරේටBag tika aayeth kaamaretaThe bags went back into the room
"එක සතියකට මේ රට මදි""Eka sathiyakata me rata madi""One week isn't enough for this country"
හිනාවෙලා ආයෙත් බුක් කළාHinawela aayeth book kalaLaughing, they booked again
තව සතියක්, තව සතියක්Thawa sathiyak, thawa sathiyakOne more week, one more week
අපේ වෙරළේ තව සතියක්Ape werale thawa sathiyakone more week on our coast
Verse 1
ඉරිදා උදේ, චෙක් අවුට් දවසIrida ude, check out dawasaSunday morning, checkout day
බෑග් දෙක දොර ළඟ, ටුක් එක එනවාBag deka dora langa, tuk eka enawaTwo bags by the door, the tuk's on its way
ඊයේ හවස වෙරළේ හදපු සරුංගලේEeye hawasa werale hadapu sarungaleThe kite they made on the beach yesterday evening
තාම බිත්තියේ, එයා ඒ දිහා බලනවාThama biththiye, eya e diha balanawaStill on the wall, and she's looking at it
Before the chorus
"අපි තාම බාගයක්වත් දැක්කේ නෑ""Api thama bagayakwath dakke na""We haven't even seen half of it yet"
මම ලිස්ට් එක දුන්නා, අලුයම ඔරුව, කඳුකරේ කෝච්චියMama list eka dunna, aluyama oruwa, kandukare kochchiyaI handed them the list: the oruwa at dawn, the hill-country train
එයා යාළුවා දිහා බලලා හිනාEya yaluwa diha balala hinaShe looks at her partner and smiles
"අපිට ඉන්න පුළුවන්ද?""Apita inna puluwanda?""Can we stay?"
Chorus
"තව සතියක් ඉන්නවා" කිව්වා"Thawa sathiyak innawa" kiwwaThey said, "We're staying another week"
බෑග් ටික ආයෙත් කාමරේටBag tika aayeth kaamaretaThe bags went back into the room
"එක සතියකට මේ රට මදි""Eka sathiyakata me rata madi""One week isn't enough for this country"
හිනාවෙලා ආයෙත් බුක් කළාHinawela aayeth book kalaLaughing, they booked again
තව සතියක්, තව සතියක්Thawa sathiyak, thawa sathiyakOne more week, one more week
අපේ වෙරළේ තව සතියක්Ape werale thawa sathiyakone more week on our coast
Chant
තව සතියක්!Thawa sathiyak!One more week!
ඉන්නවා!Innawa!Staying!
මුහුද!Muhuda!The sea!
කෝච්චිය!Kochchiya!The train!
Verse 2
දෙවෙනි සතියේ, අලුයම ඔරුවෙන් මුහුදටDeweni sathiye, aluyama oruwen muhudataIn the second week, out to sea in the oruwa at dawn
කඳුකරේ කෝච්චියෙන් තේ වත්තකටKandukare kochchiyen the waththakataThe hill-country train to a tea estate
තමන් නෙළපු දළුවලින් තමන්ගේම තේThaman nelapu daluwalin thamangema theTheir own tea, from the leaf they picked
හවසට ආපහු වෙරළට, කකුල් වැලි වලHawasata aapahu weralata, kakul wali walaBack to the coast by evening, feet in the sand
Before the chorus
"අපි තාම බාගයක්වත් දැක්කේ නෑ""Api thama bagayakwath dakke na""We haven't even seen half of it yet"
මම ලිස්ට් එක දුන්නා, අලුයම ඔරුව, කඳුකරේ කෝච්චියMama list eka dunna, aluyama oruwa, kandukare kochchiyaI handed them the list: the oruwa at dawn, the hill-country train
එයා යාළුවා දිහා බලලා හිනාEya yaluwa diha balala hinaShe looks at her partner and smiles
"අපිට ඉන්න පුළුවන්ද?""Apita inna puluwanda?""Can we stay?"
Chorus
"තව සතියක් ඉන්නවා" කිව්වා"Thawa sathiyak innawa" kiwwaThey said, "We're staying another week"
බෑග් ටික ආයෙත් කාමරේටBag tika aayeth kaamaretaThe bags went back into the room
"එක සතියකට මේ රට මදි""Eka sathiyakata me rata madi""One week isn't enough for this country"
හිනාවෙලා ආයෙත් බුක් කළාHinawela aayeth book kalaLaughing, they booked again
තව සතියක්, තව සතියක්Thawa sathiyak, thawa sathiyakOne more week, one more week
අපේ වෙරළේ තව සතියක්Ape werale thawa sathiyakone more week on our coast
Bridge
සතියකට පස්සේ, ආයෙත් බෑග් දෙක දොර ළඟSathiyakata passe, aayeth bag deka dora langaA week later, the two bags by the door again
දැන් පිරිලා, සරුංගලේ, තේ ටින් එක, කුරුඳුDan pirila, sarungale, the tin eka, kurunduFull now: the kite, the tea tin, cinnamon
හැම එකක්ම මෙහෙ හදපු, මෙහෙ අයගේ අතින්Hama ekakma mehe hadapu, mehe ayage athinEvery one made here, by the hands of people here
"ලබන අවුරුද්දේ, සති දෙකක්" කියලා ගියා"Labana awurudde, sathi dekak" kiyala giyaThey left saying, "Next year, two weeks"
Chorus
"තව සතියක් ඉන්නවා" කිව්වා (ඉන්නවා)"Thawa sathiyak innawa" kiwwa (innawa)They said, "We're staying another week"
බෑග් ටික ආයෙත් කාමරේටBag tika aayeth kaamaretaThe bags went back into the room
"එක සතියකට මේ රට මදි""Eka sathiyakata me rata madi""One week isn't enough for this country"
හිනාවෙලා ආයෙත් බුක් කළාHinawela aayeth book kalaLaughing, they booked again
තව සතියක්, තව සතියක් (තව සතියක්)Thawa sathiyak, thawa sathiyak (thawa sathiyak)One more week, one more week
අපේ වෙරළේ තව සතියක්Ape werale thawa sathiyakone more week on our coast
Outro
තව සතියක්, තව සතියක්Thawa sathiyak, thawa sathiyakOne more week, one more week
අපේ වෙරළේ තව සතියක්.Ape werale thawa sathiyak.one more week on our coast
From the book
- Idea 22Kite-making on the beach: build a Sri Lankan kite in the morning and fly it at sunset
- Idea 39Watch an oruwa, the outrigger fishing canoe, being built by hand, then go out in one at dawn
- Idea 93Train-journey packages on the hill line with a guide, a meal and a stop that is not Ella
- Idea 34Pluck, wither and hand-roll your own tea on an estate, and take home the tea you made
- Idea 67The tea-factory tin: a small quantity from the estate you visited, with the date you were there
- Cluster 1Stay longer, spend more (the $2.4 billion gap)
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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