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ලෝකෙන් බුකින්
A Booking from the World
Loken Booking
Dinner at the table, and Thaththa's phone pings: the guesthouse's first booking from abroad, through the site his son built, in Sinhala. Amma screams, Thaththa dances with the phone in the air.
Lyrics
Chorus
තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට ලෝකෙන් බුකින් ආවා!Thaththage phone ekata loken booking aawa!A booking from the world came to Thaththa's phone!
අපේ ගෙස්ට් හවුස් එකට, අපේ ගෙදරටම!Ape guest house ekata, ape gedaratama!To our guesthouse, to our very own home!
ටිං! ගාලා ෆෝන් එක, අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවාTing! gala phone eka, amma ka gahuwaTing! went the phone, and Amma screamed
තාත්තා නටනවා, ෆෝන් එක උඩට උස්සලාThaththa natanawa, phone eka udata ussalaThaththa's dancing, holding the phone up high
බුකින් ආවා, බුකින් ආවාBooking aawa, booking aawaA booking came, a booking came
ලෝකෙන් තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට, බුකින් ආවා!Loken thaththage phone ekata, booking aawa!From the world to Thaththa's phone, a booking came!
Verse 1
රෑ කෑම වෙලාවේ, මේසේ වටේ හැමෝමRa kaama welawe, mese wate hamomaAt dinner, everyone round the table
තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එක ටිං ගෑවා, බත් පිඟාන ළඟThaththage phone eka ting gawa, bath pigana langaThaththa's phone pinged beside his plate of rice
"පුතේ, මේක කියවන්න" කියලා මට දුන්නා"Puthe, meka kiyawanna" kiyala mata dunna"Son, read this," he said and handed it to me
මම කියෙව්වා, අම්මා ෆෝන් එක බදාගත්තාMama kiyewwa, amma phone eka badagaththaI read it out, and Amma hugged the phone
Before the chorus
මම හදපු සයිට් එක, සිංහලෙන්ම, තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකේMama hadapu site eka, sinhalenma, thaththage phone ekeThe site I built, all in Sinhala, on Thaththa's phone
තාත්තා තනියම බලනවා, කවුද එන්නේ කියලාThaththa thaniyama balanawa, kawuda enne kiyalaThaththa checks for himself who's coming
අම්මා අහනවා, "කවුද? කොහෙන්ද? කවදාද?"Amma ahanawa, "Kawuda? Kohenda? Kawadada?"Amma asks, "Who? From where? When?"
තාත්තා හිනාවෙලා, "ලෝකෙන්, අම්මේ, ලෝකෙන්!"Thaththa hinawela, "Loken, amme, loken!"Thaththa laughs, "From the world, Amma, from the world!"
Chorus
තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට ලෝකෙන් බුකින් ආවා!Thaththage phone ekata loken booking aawa!A booking from the world came to Thaththa's phone!
අපේ ගෙස්ට් හවුස් එකට, අපේ ගෙදරටම!Ape guest house ekata, ape gedaratama!To our guesthouse, to our very own home!
ටිං! ගාලා ෆෝන් එක, අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවාTing! gala phone eka, amma ka gahuwaTing! went the phone, and Amma screamed
තාත්තා නටනවා, ෆෝන් එක උඩට උස්සලාThaththa natanawa, phone eka udata ussalaThaththa's dancing, holding the phone up high
බුකින් ආවා, බුකින් ආවාBooking aawa, booking aawaA booking came, a booking came
ලෝකෙන් තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට, බුකින් ආවා!Loken thaththage phone ekata, booking aawa!From the world to Thaththa's phone, a booking came!
Chant
බුකින්!Booking!Booking!
ආවා!Aawa!It came!
තාත්තගේ!Thaththage!Thaththa's!
ගෙස්ට් හවුස්!Guest house!Guesthouse!
Verse 2
මාසෙකට පස්සේ, ගේට්ටුව ළඟ ත්‍රීවීල් එකක්Masekata passe, gettuwa langa three-wheel ekakA month later, a three-wheeler at the gate
අමුත්තෝ බැහැලා, තාත්තා දිව්වා ෆෝන් එකත් අරන්Amuththo bahela, thaththa diwwa phone ekath aranThe guests get out, and Thaththa ran out with the phone
"මේ බලන්න, ඔයාලගේ මැසේජ් එක!" හිනාවෙලා පෙන්නුවා"Me balanna, oyalage message eka!" hinawela pennuwa"Look, your message!" he showed them, laughing
අම්මා ඉස්තෝප්පුවේ ඉඳන් අත වනනවා, තේ හදලාAmma isthoppuwe indan atha wananawa, the hadalaAmma waves from the veranda, the tea already made
Before the chorus
මම හදපු සයිට් එක, සිංහලෙන්ම, තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකේMama hadapu site eka, sinhalenma, thaththage phone ekeThe site I built, all in Sinhala, on Thaththa's phone
තාත්තා තනියම බලනවා, කවුද එන්නේ කියලාThaththa thaniyama balanawa, kawuda enne kiyalaThaththa checks for himself who's coming
අම්මා අහනවා, "කවුද? කොහෙන්ද? කවදාද?"Amma ahanawa, "Kawuda? Kohenda? Kawadada?"Amma asks, "Who? From where? When?"
තාත්තා හිනාවෙලා, "ලෝකෙන්, අම්මේ, ලෝකෙන්!"Thaththa hinawela, "Loken, amme, loken!"Thaththa laughs, "From the world, Amma, from the world!"
Chorus
තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට ලෝකෙන් බුකින් ආවා!Thaththage phone ekata loken booking aawa!A booking from the world came to Thaththa's phone!
අපේ ගෙස්ට් හවුස් එකට, අපේ ගෙදරටම!Ape guest house ekata, ape gedaratama!To our guesthouse, to our very own home!
ටිං! ගාලා ෆෝන් එක, අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවාTing! gala phone eka, amma ka gahuwaTing! went the phone, and Amma screamed
තාත්තා නටනවා, ෆෝන් එක උඩට උස්සලාThaththa natanawa, phone eka udata ussalaThaththa's dancing, holding the phone up high
බුකින් ආවා, බුකින් ආවාBooking aawa, booking aawaA booking came, a booking came
ලෝකෙන් තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට, බුකින් ආවා!Loken thaththage phone ekata, booking aawa!From the world to Thaththa's phone, a booking came!
Bridge
ඒ දවසේ "පුතේ, මේක කියවන්න" කියපු ෆෝන් එකE dawase "puthe, meka kiyawanna" kiyapu phone ekaThe phone he handed me that day with "Son, read this"
අද තාත්තා තනියම අරන් බලනවාAda thaththa thaniyama aran balanawaToday Thaththa picks it up and reads it himself
ටිං ගෑවාම, අපිට කලින් තාත්තා කෑ ගහනවාTing gawama, apita kalin thaththa ka gahanawaWhen it pings, Thaththa shouts before any of us
"ලෝකෙන් තව බුකින් එකක්! අපේ ගෙදරට!""Loken thawa booking ekak! Ape gedarata!""Another booking from the world! To our house!"
Chorus
තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට ලෝකෙන් බුකින් ආවා! (ආවා!)Thaththage phone ekata loken booking aawa! (aawa!)A booking from the world came to Thaththa's phone!
අපේ ගෙස්ට් හවුස් එකට, අපේ ගෙදරටම!Ape guest house ekata, ape gedaratama!To our guesthouse, to our very own home!
ටිං! ගාලා ෆෝන් එක, අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවාTing! gala phone eka, amma ka gahuwaTing! went the phone, and Amma screamed
තාත්තා නටනවා, ෆෝන් එක උඩට උස්සලාThaththa natanawa, phone eka udata ussalaThaththa's dancing, holding the phone up high
බුකින් ආවා, බුකින් ආවා (තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට!)Booking aawa, booking aawa (thaththage phone ekata!)A booking came, a booking came
ලෝකෙන් තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට, බුකින් ආවා!Loken thaththage phone ekata, booking aawa!From the world to Thaththa's phone, a booking came!
Outro
ලෝකෙන් බුකින් ආවාLoken booking aawaA booking from the world came
තාත්තගේ ෆෝන් එකට.Thaththage phone ekata.to Thaththa's phone
From the book
- Idea 175Website and booking-engine templates for guesthouses, in Sinhala, Tamil and English
- Cluster 7The infrastructure that makes the rest possible
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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