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ආයුබෝවන්! හැමෝම ආවා!
Ayubowan! Everyone's Here!
Ayubowan! Hamoma Aawa!
At five in the morning at the arrivals door, the man with the name board has his daughter beside him with a second board, because one is not enough. By evening every name on both boards is round one table in Negombo, and the grandmother in the middle says this is our airport boy.
Lyrics
Chorus
ආයුබෝවන්! ආයුබෝවන්! මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම ආවා!Ayubowan! Ayubowan! Mage board eke hamoma aawa!Ayubowan! Ayubowan! Everyone on my board is here!
දොර ඇරුණා, නම් ඔක්කොම, එකින් එක එළියටDora aruna, nam okkoma, ekin eka eliyataThe door opened, and every name came out one by one
මල් මාලේ කරේ දාලා, ට්‍රොලි එක මම ගන්නවාMal male kare dala, trolley eka mama gannawaI hang the garland round their neck and take the trolley
"ආයෙත් ආවා!" කියනවා, ඇස් තෙත් කරන් හිනාවෙලා"Aayeth aawa!" kiyanawa, as theth karan hinawela"We're back!" they say, laughing with wet eyes
ආයුබෝවන්, ආයුබෝවන්, හැමෝම ආවාAyubowan, ayubowan, hamoma aawaAyubowan, ayubowan, everyone's here
මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම, ආයුබෝවන්!Mage board eke hamoma, ayubowan!Everyone on my board, ayubowan!
Verse 1
උදේ පහට ප්ලේන් එක බැස්සා, එයාපෝට් දොර ළඟ මමUde pahata plane eka bassa, airport dora langa mamaThe plane landed at five in the morning, and I'm at the airport door
නම් ලියපු බෝඩ් එක අතේ, උඩටම උස්සලාNam liyapu board eka athe, udatama ussalaThe board with the names in my hand, held right up
දුව මගේ ළඟින්, දෙවෙනි බෝඩ් එකත් එක්ක, නම් පිරිලාDuwa mage langin, deweni board ekath ekka, nam pirilaMy daughter beside me with the second board, full of names
දොර ඇරුණා, ට්‍රොලි පේළියක් එළියට ආවාDora aruna, trolley peliyak eliyata aawaThe door opened and a line of trolleys came out
Before the chorus
පළවෙනියා ඒ ආච්චි, හැම අප්‍රේල්ම එනPalaweniya e achchi, hama Aprelma enaThe first one out is that grandmother who comes every April
ට්‍රොලි එක අතෑරලා, මාව බදාගත්තාTrolley eka atharala, mawa badagaththaShe let go of her trolley and hugged me
පස්සෙන් පවුලම, අඬනවා, හිනාවෙනවාPassen pawulama, andanawa, hinawenawaHer whole family behind her, crying, laughing
දුව බෝඩ් එක උස්සලා කෑ ගහනවා, "මෙහෙ! මෙහෙ!"Duwa board eka ussala ka gahanawa, "Mehe! Mehe!"My daughter lifts the board and shouts, "Here! Over here!"
Chorus
ආයුබෝවන්! ආයුබෝවන්! මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම ආවා!Ayubowan! Ayubowan! Mage board eke hamoma aawa!Ayubowan! Ayubowan! Everyone on my board is here!
දොර ඇරුණා, නම් ඔක්කොම, එකින් එක එළියටDora aruna, nam okkoma, ekin eka eliyataThe door opened, and every name came out one by one
මල් මාලේ කරේ දාලා, ට්‍රොලි එක මම ගන්නවාMal male kare dala, trolley eka mama gannawaI hang the garland round their neck and take the trolley
"ආයෙත් ආවා!" කියනවා, ඇස් තෙත් කරන් හිනාවෙලා"Aayeth aawa!" kiyanawa, as theth karan hinawela"We're back!" they say, laughing with wet eyes
ආයුබෝවන්, ආයුබෝවන්, හැමෝම ආවාAyubowan, ayubowan, hamoma aawaAyubowan, ayubowan, everyone's here
මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම, ආයුබෝවන්!Mage board eke hamoma, ayubowan!Everyone on my board, ayubowan!
Chant
ආයුබෝවන්!Ayubowan!Ayubowan!
බෝඩ් එක!Board eka!The board!
මල් මාලේ!Mal male!The garland!
ආවා!Aawa!They're here!
Verse 2
හවස් වෙද්දී මීගමුවේ, වෙරළට බෝට්ටු එනවාHawas weddi Meegamuwe, weralata bottu enawaBy evening in Negombo, the boats coming in to the beach
මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම එක මේසේ, ආච්චි මැද්දේMage board eke hamoma eka mese, achchi maddeEveryone on my board at one table, the grandmother in the middle
"මේ අපේ එයාපෝට් පුතා" කියලා හැමෝටම කියනවා"Me ape airport putha" kiyala hamotama kiyanawa"This is our airport boy," she tells everyone
දුව වීඩියෝ එක ගෙදර යැව්වා, "බෝඩ් එකම කනවා!"Duwa video eka gedara yawwa, "Board ekama kanawa!"My daughter sent the video home: "The whole board's eating!"
Before the chorus
පළවෙනියා ඒ ආච්චි, හැම අප්‍රේල්ම එනPalaweniya e achchi, hama Aprelma enaThe first one out is that grandmother who comes every April
ට්‍රොලි එක අතෑරලා, මාව බදාගත්තාTrolley eka atharala, mawa badagaththaShe let go of her trolley and hugged me
පස්සෙන් පවුලම, අඬනවා, හිනාවෙනවාPassen pawulama, andanawa, hinawenawaHer whole family behind her, crying, laughing
දුව බෝඩ් එක උස්සලා කෑ ගහනවා, "මෙහෙ! මෙහෙ!"Duwa board eka ussala ka gahanawa, "Mehe! Mehe!"My daughter lifts the board and shouts, "Here! Over here!"
Chorus
ආයුබෝවන්! ආයුබෝවන්! මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම ආවා!Ayubowan! Ayubowan! Mage board eke hamoma aawa!Ayubowan! Ayubowan! Everyone on my board is here!
දොර ඇරුණා, නම් ඔක්කොම, එකින් එක එළියටDora aruna, nam okkoma, ekin eka eliyataThe door opened, and every name came out one by one
මල් මාලේ කරේ දාලා, ට්‍රොලි එක මම ගන්නවාMal male kare dala, trolley eka mama gannawaI hang the garland round their neck and take the trolley
"ආයෙත් ආවා!" කියනවා, ඇස් තෙත් කරන් හිනාවෙලා"Aayeth aawa!" kiyanawa, as theth karan hinawela"We're back!" they say, laughing with wet eyes
ආයුබෝවන්, ආයුබෝවන්, හැමෝම ආවාAyubowan, ayubowan, hamoma aawaAyubowan, ayubowan, everyone's here
මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම, ආයුබෝවන්!Mage board eke hamoma, ayubowan!Everyone on my board, ayubowan!
Bridge
මුල්ම දවසේ බෝඩ් එකේ තිබුණේ එක නමයි, අකුරු ඇදයිMulma dawase board eke thibune eka namai, akuru adaiOn the first day the board had one name, in crooked letters
මම තනියම දොර ළඟ, බෝඩ් එක අතේ වෙව්ලනවාMama thaniyama dora langa, board eka athe wewlanawaMe alone at the door, the board shaking in my hand
අද බෝඩ් දෙකක්, දෙකම පිරිලා, එකක් දුවගේ අතේAda board dekak, dekama pirila, ekak duwage atheToday two boards, both full, one in my daughter's hand
ඒ ඇද අකුරු බෝඩ් එක තාම වෑන් එකේ, ඉස්සරහම!E ada akuru board eka thama van eke, issarahama!That crooked-lettered board is still in the van, right up front!
Chorus
ආයුබෝවන්! ආයුබෝවන්! මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම ආවා! (හැමෝම ආවා!)Ayubowan! Ayubowan! Mage board eke hamoma aawa! (hamoma aawa!)Ayubowan! Ayubowan! Everyone on my board is here!
දොර ඇරුණා, නම් ඔක්කොම, එකින් එක එළියටDora aruna, nam okkoma, ekin eka eliyataThe door opened, and every name came out one by one
මල් මාලේ කරේ දාලා, ට්‍රොලි එක මම ගන්නවාMal male kare dala, trolley eka mama gannawaI hang the garland round their neck and take the trolley
"ආයෙත් ආවා!" කියනවා, ඇස් තෙත් කරන් හිනාවෙලා (ආයෙත් ආවා!)"Aayeth aawa!" kiyanawa, as theth karan hinawela (aayeth aawa!)"We're back!" they say, laughing with wet eyes
ආයුබෝවන්, ආයුබෝවන්, හැමෝම ආවා (ආයුබෝවන්!)Ayubowan, ayubowan, hamoma aawa (ayubowan!)Ayubowan, ayubowan, everyone's here
මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම, ආයුබෝවන්!Mage board eke hamoma, ayubowan!Everyone on my board, ayubowan!
Outro
ආයුබෝවන්, ආයුබෝවන්Ayubowan, ayubowanAyubowan, ayubowan
මගේ බෝඩ් එකේ හැමෝම ආවා.Mage board eke hamoma aawa.everyone on my board is here
From the book
- Idea 482Negombo: the first and last evening of every visit, 15 minutes from the airport, with the fleet coming in to the beach, the churches and the lagoon sold as the island's welcome and its send-off
- Idea 430Airport transfer companies with drivers trained, insured and rated
- 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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