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ගාල්ලේ බීරලු
Galle Beeralu
On a veranda in Galle, Amma clicks the bobbins on the lace pillow while a visitor watches the scarf grow, row by row. A month later a photo arrives from a snowy street: our lace around her neck.
Lyrics
Chorus
අම්මගේ බීරලු රේන්දේ, ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට!Ammage beeralu rende, Gallen lokata!Amma's beeralu lace, from Galle to the world!
කොට්ටේ උඩ හැදුණා, නෝනාගේ කරට ගියාKotte uda haduna, nonage karata giyaIt grew on the pillow, and it went round her neck
අම්මගේ අතින්ම, අපේ ගාල්ලේ ඉඳන්Ammage athinma, ape Galle indanBy Amma's own hand, from our Galle
හිම වැටෙන රටක, අම්මගේ රේන්දේ!Hima watena rataka, ammage rende!In a country where snow falls, Amma's lace!
බීරලු, බීරලු, අම්මගේ බීරලුBeeralu, beeralu, ammage beeraluBeeralu, beeralu, Amma's beeralu
ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට, අම්මගේ බීරලු!Gallen lokata, ammage beeralu!From Galle to the world, Amma's beeralu!
Verse 1
ඉස්තෝප්පුවේ අම්මා, උකුලේ කොට්ටේIsthoppuwe amma, ukule kotteAmma on the veranda, the pillow on her lap
බීරලු ටික ටක් ටක් ටක් කියනවාBeeralu tika tak tak tak kiyanawaThe bobbins go tak tak tak
අමුත්තී පඩියේ ඉඳන් බලන් ඉන්නවාAmuththi padiye indan balan innawaThe visitor sits on the step, watching
අම්මා උඩ බලන්නේ නෑ, ඒත් හිනාවෙලාAmma uda balanne na, eth hinawelaAmma doesn't look up, but she's smiling
Before the chorus
ස්කාෆ් එක දිග වෙනවා, නෝනාගේ ඇස් ලොකු වෙනවාScarf eka diga wenawa, nonage as loku wenawaThe scarf grows longer, her eyes grow wider
"මේක මට!" කියලා, කොට්ටෙන්ම ගත්තා"Meka mata!" kiyala, kottenma gaththa"This one's for me!" she said, and took it straight off the pillow
අම්මා නූල කැපුවා, නෝනාගේ කරේ දැම්මාAmma nula kapuwa, nonage kare dammaAmma cut the thread and put it round her neck
මම කෑ ගැහුවා, "තාත්තේ! බලන්න එන්න!"Mama ka gahuwa, "Thaththe! Balanna enna!"I shouted, "Dad! Come and look!"
Chorus
අම්මගේ බීරලු රේන්දේ, ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට!Ammage beeralu rende, Gallen lokata!Amma's beeralu lace, from Galle to the world!
කොට්ටේ උඩ හැදුණා, නෝනාගේ කරට ගියාKotte uda haduna, nonage karata giyaIt grew on the pillow, and it went round her neck
අම්මගේ අතින්ම, අපේ ගාල්ලේ ඉඳන්Ammage athinma, ape Galle indanBy Amma's own hand, from our Galle
හිම වැටෙන රටක, අම්මගේ රේන්දේ!Hima watena rataka, ammage rende!In a country where snow falls, Amma's lace!
බීරලු, බීරලු, අම්මගේ බීරලුBeeralu, beeralu, ammage beeraluBeeralu, beeralu, Amma's beeralu
ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට, අම්මගේ බීරලු!Gallen lokata, ammage beeralu!From Galle to the world, Amma's beeralu!
Chant
බීරලු!Beeralu!Beeralu!
ගාල්ලෙන්!Gallen!From Galle!
ලෝකෙට!Lokata!To the world!
අම්මගේ!Ammage!Amma's!
Verse 2
මාසෙකට පස්සේ, ෆෝන් එකට ෆොටෝ එකක්Masekata passe, phone ekata photo ekakA month later, a photo on my phone
හිම වැටෙන පාරක, නෝනාගේ කරේ අපේ රේන්දේHima watena paraka, nonage kare ape rendeOn a snowy street, our lace round her neck
අම්මට පෙන්නුවා, අම්මා අත් දෙකෙන් කට වහගත්තාAmmata pennuwa, amma ath deken kata wahagaththaI showed Amma, and Amma covered her mouth with both hands
"මගේ රේන්දේ හිමේ!" කියලා අම්මා හිනා වුණා"Mage rende hime!" kiyala amma hina wuna"My lace is in the snow!" Amma laughed
Before the chorus
ස්කාෆ් එක දිග වෙනවා, නෝනාගේ ඇස් ලොකු වෙනවාScarf eka diga wenawa, nonage as loku wenawaThe scarf grows longer, her eyes grow wider
"මේක මට!" කියලා, කොට්ටෙන්ම ගත්තා"Meka mata!" kiyala, kottenma gaththa"This one's for me!" she said, and took it straight off the pillow
අම්මා නූල කැපුවා, නෝනාගේ කරේ දැම්මාAmma nula kapuwa, nonage kare dammaAmma cut the thread and put it round her neck
මම කෑ ගැහුවා, "තාත්තේ! බලන්න එන්න!"Mama ka gahuwa, "Thaththe! Balanna enna!"I shouted, "Dad! Come and look!"
Chorus
අම්මගේ බීරලු රේන්දේ, ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට!Ammage beeralu rende, Gallen lokata!Amma's beeralu lace, from Galle to the world!
කොට්ටේ උඩ හැදුණා, නෝනාගේ කරට ගියාKotte uda haduna, nonage karata giyaIt grew on the pillow, and it went round her neck
අම්මගේ අතින්ම, අපේ ගාල්ලේ ඉඳන්Ammage athinma, ape Galle indanBy Amma's own hand, from our Galle
හිම වැටෙන රටක, අම්මගේ රේන්දේ!Hima watena rataka, ammage rende!In a country where snow falls, Amma's lace!
බීරලු, බීරලු, අම්මගේ බීරලුBeeralu, beeralu, ammage beeraluBeeralu, beeralu, Amma's beeralu
ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට, අම්මගේ බීරලු!Gallen lokata, ammage beeralu!From Galle to the world, Amma's beeralu!
Bridge
කලින් කොට්ටෙන් බැස්ස රේන්ද, ටවුමේ කඩේට මිටියක්Kalin kotten bassa renda, town eke kadeta mitiyakThe lace that came off the pillow used to go to the town shop in a bundle
නමක් නෑ, ෆොටෝ එකක් නෑ, කාගේද කියලා නෑNamak na, photo ekak na, kageda kiyala naNo name, no photo, nothing to say whose it was
අද ඒ කොට්ටේ උඩින් හිමේ ෆොටෝ එක ඇලෙව්වාAda e kotte udin hime photo eka alewwaToday the photo from the snow is pinned above that pillow
අම්මගේ රේන්දේ, අම්මගේ නමින්, ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙටAmmage rende, ammage namin, Gallen lokataAmma's lace, under Amma's name, from Galle to the world
Chorus
අම්මගේ බීරලු රේන්දේ, ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට! (ලෝකෙට!)Ammage beeralu rende, Gallen lokata! (lokata!)Amma's beeralu lace, from Galle to the world!
කොට්ටේ උඩ හැදුණා, නෝනාගේ කරට ගියාKotte uda haduna, nonage karata giyaIt grew on the pillow, and it went round her neck
අම්මගේ අතින්ම, අපේ ගාල්ලේ ඉඳන්Ammage athinma, ape Galle indanBy Amma's own hand, from our Galle
හිම වැටෙන රටක, අම්මගේ රේන්දේ!Hima watena rataka, ammage rende!In a country where snow falls, Amma's lace!
බීරලු, බීරලු, අම්මගේ බීරලු (අම්මගේ!)Beeralu, beeralu, ammage beeralu (ammage!)Beeralu, beeralu, Amma's beeralu
ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට, අම්මගේ බීරලු!Gallen lokata, ammage beeralu!From Galle to the world, Amma's beeralu!
Outro
අම්මගේ බීරලුAmmage beeraluAmma's beeralu
ගාල්ලෙන් ලෝකෙට.Gallen lokata.from Galle to the world
From the book
- Idea 65Beeralu lace from the south coast, on scarves, skirts, tops and table linen, made and sold in Galle to its visitors, as the island of Burano near Venice does with its own lace
- Cluster 3Souvenirs that are actually from here
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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