Song H002 Recorded
කන්දේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ඇරලා
The Hill Station's Open
Kande Station Eka Arala
Evening mist on the hill, and the first guests step onto the platform of the old railway station that went dark years ago. It is the family's lodge now, and Thaththa rings the brass bell so the whole hill knows.
Lyrics
Chorus
අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ආයෙත් ඇරලා!Ape station eka aayeth arala!Our station's open again!
ප්ලැට්ෆෝම් එකේ ලයිට් දාලා, අමුත්තෝ ඇවිත්!Platform eke light dala, amuththo awith!Lights on along the platform, and the guests have come!
තාත්තා සීනුව ගැහුවා, කන්දම ඇහුවාThaththa seenuwa gahuwa, kandama ahuwaDad rang the bell, the whole hill heard it
පරණ වේටින් රූම් එක, අද ගෙදරක් වගේParana waiting room eka, ada gedarak wageThe old waiting room is like a home today
කන්දේ ස්ටේෂන් එක, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එකKande station eka, ape station ekaThe hill station, our station
ඇරලා, ඇරලා, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ඇරලා!Arala, arala, ape station eka arala!Open, open, our station's open!
Verse 1
හවස කන්ද උඩ මීදුම, ප්ලැට්ෆෝම් එකේ අමුත්තෝHawasa kanda uda miduma, platform eke amuththoEvening mist on the hill, guests on the platform
තාත්තා පිත්තල සීනුව ගත්තා, අතට අරන් බැලුවාThaththa piththala seenuwa gaththa, athata aran baluwaDad took down the brass bell, held it in his hand and looked at it
ගැහුවා! ටිං ටිං ටිං, කන්ද පුරාමGahuwa! Ting ting ting, kanda puramaRang it! Ting ting ting, across the whole hill
අම්මා කර්ටන් එල්ලන ගමන්, දුවගෙන ආවා බලන්නAmma curtain ellana gaman, duwagena aawa balannaMum, halfway through hanging the curtains, came running to see
Before the chorus
සීයා ස්ටේෂන් මාස්ටර්, තාත්තා සීයගේ පුතාSeeya station master, thaththa Seeyage puthaSeeya was the station master, Dad is his son
මම තාත්තගේ පුතා, අද අපි ඔක්කොම මෙතනMama thaththage putha, ada api okkoma methanaI'm Dad's son, and today we're all here
ටිකට් කවුන්ටරේ ඉඳන් මම කියනවාTicket counter indan mama kiyanawaFrom the ticket counter I call out
"එන්න, එන්න, ඇතුළට එන්න!""Enna, enna, athulata enna!""Come, come, come on in!"
Chorus
අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ආයෙත් ඇරලා!Ape station eka aayeth arala!Our station's open again!
ප්ලැට්ෆෝම් එකේ ලයිට් දාලා, අමුත්තෝ ඇවිත්!Platform eke light dala, amuththo awith!Lights on along the platform, and the guests have come!
තාත්තා සීනුව ගැහුවා, කන්දම ඇහුවාThaththa seenuwa gahuwa, kandama ahuwaDad rang the bell, the whole hill heard it
පරණ වේටින් රූම් එක, අද ගෙදරක් වගේParana waiting room eka, ada gedarak wageThe old waiting room is like a home today
කන්දේ ස්ටේෂන් එක, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එකKande station eka, ape station ekaThe hill station, our station
ඇරලා, ඇරලා, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ඇරලා!Arala, arala, ape station eka arala!Open, open, our station's open!
Chant
ස්ටේෂන්!Station!Station!
ඇරලා!Arala!Open!
කන්දේ!Kande!On the hill!
අපේ!Ape!Ours!
Verse 2
සතියකට පස්සේ, අමුත්තෝ යැව්වා ෆොටෝ එකක්Sathiyakata passe, amuththo yawwa photo ekakA week later, the guests sent a photo
කෝච්චියේ ඉඳන් ගත්ත, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ලයිට් දාලාKochchiye indan gaththa, ape station eka light dalaTaken from the train: our station, lit up
අම්මා ඒක කඩේ බිත්තියේ ඇලෙව්වාAmma eka kade biththiye alewwaMum stuck it on the kade wall
ගමම නැවතිලා බලනවා, "අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක!"Gamama nawathila balanawa, "Ape station eka!"The whole village stops to look: "our station!"
Before the chorus
සීයා ස්ටේෂන් මාස්ටර්, තාත්තා සීයගේ පුතාSeeya station master, thaththa Seeyage puthaSeeya was the station master, Dad is his son
මම තාත්තගේ පුතා, අද අපි ඔක්කොම මෙතනMama thaththage putha, ada api okkoma methanaI'm Dad's son, and today we're all here
ටිකට් කවුන්ටරේ ඉඳන් මම කියනවාTicket counter indan mama kiyanawaFrom the ticket counter I call out
"එන්න, එන්න, ඇතුළට එන්න!""Enna, enna, athulata enna!""Come, come, come on in!"
Chorus
අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ආයෙත් ඇරලා!Ape station eka aayeth arala!Our station's open again!
ප්ලැට්ෆෝම් එකේ ලයිට් දාලා, අමුත්තෝ ඇවිත්!Platform eke light dala, amuththo awith!Lights on along the platform, and the guests have come!
තාත්තා සීනුව ගැහුවා, කන්දම ඇහුවාThaththa seenuwa gahuwa, kandama ahuwaDad rang the bell, the whole hill heard it
පරණ වේටින් රූම් එක, අද ගෙදරක් වගේParana waiting room eka, ada gedarak wageThe old waiting room is like a home today
කන්දේ ස්ටේෂන් එක, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එකKande station eka, ape station ekaThe hill station, our station
ඇරලා, ඇරලා, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ඇරලා!Arala, arala, ape station eka arala!Open, open, our station's open!
Bridge
ඒ සීනුව අවුරුදු ගාණක් ඇණයක එල්ලිලා, සද්දයක් නෑE seenuwa awurudu ganak anayaka ellila, saddayak naThat bell hung on a nail for years, not a sound
අන්තිම පාර ගැහුවේ සීයා, ඊට පස්සේ කවුරුත් නෑAnthima para gahuwe seeya, eeta passe kawuruth naThe last time it rang was Seeya, and nobody after him
අද හැම හවසම තාත්තා ඒක ගහනවාAda hama hawasama thaththa eka gahanawaToday Dad rings it every evening
අමුත්තෝ එනකොට, කන්දම දන්නවාAmuththo enakota, kandama dannawaWhen guests arrive, the whole hill knows
Chorus
අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ආයෙත් ඇරලා! (ඇරලා!)Ape station eka aayeth arala! (arala!)Our station's open again!
ප්ලැට්ෆෝම් එකේ ලයිට් දාලා, අමුත්තෝ ඇවිත්!Platform eke light dala, amuththo awith!Lights on along the platform, and the guests have come!
තාත්තා සීනුව ගැහුවා, කන්දම ඇහුවාThaththa seenuwa gahuwa, kandama ahuwaDad rang the bell, the whole hill heard it
පරණ වේටින් රූම් එක, අද ගෙදරක් වගේParana waiting room eka, ada gedarak wageThe old waiting room is like a home today
කන්දේ ස්ටේෂන් එක, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක (අපේ!)Kande station eka, ape station eka (ape!)The hill station, our station
ඇරලා, ඇරලා, අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එක ඇරලා!Arala, arala, ape station eka arala!Open, open, our station's open!
Outro
අපේ ස්ටේෂන් එකApe station ekaOur station
ආයෙත් ඇරලා.Aayeth arala.open again
From the book
- Idea 12Railway-station conversions in the hills and on the coast
- 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.
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