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සීයගේ පොල් ගහ
Seeya's Coconut Palm
Seeyage Pol Gaha
In the carpentry shed, the old palm Seeya planted becomes a desk for Nangi, and she crawls under it to write her name in pencil. On the first school morning Seeya stands at the classroom window holding her books and will not go home.
Lyrics
Chorus
සීයගේ පොල් ගහ, අද නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක!Seeyage pol gaha, ada nangige desk eka!Seeya's coconut palm is Nangi's desk today!
සීයා හිටෙව්වා, තාත්තා කැපුවා, නංගී ලියනවාSeeya hitewwa, thaththa kapuwa, nangi liyanawaSeeya planted it, Thaththa cut it, Nangi writes on it
අපේ වත්තේ ගහ, අද ඉස්කෝලේ පන්තියේApe waththe gaha, ada iskole panthiyeThe tree from our garden is in the school classroom today
පොත් උඩ, අත් උඩ, නංගිගේ හිනාව උඩPoth uda, ath uda, nangige hinawa udaBooks on it, arms on it, Nangi's smile on it
සීයගේ පොල් ගහ, සීයගේ පොල් ගහSeeyage pol gaha, seeyage pol gahaSeeya's coconut palm, Seeya's coconut palm
පන්තියේ ඉස්සරහම, නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක!Panthiye issarahama, nangige desk eka!Right at the front of the class, Nangi's desk!
Verse 1
වඩු මඩුවේ තාත්තා ලෑල්ල මදිනවා, ලී කුඩු පිටින්Wadu maduwe thaththa lalla madinawa, lee kudu pitinIn the carpentry shed Thaththa planes the plank, sawdust everywhere
සීයා ලෑල්ලේ ඉරි දිගේ අත ගානවා, හෙමින්Seeya lalle iri dige atha ganawa, heminSeeya runs his hand slowly along the grain of the plank
"මේක මම හිටෙව්වේ ඔයාගේ අම්මා ඉපදුණු අවුරුද්දේ""Meka mama hitewwe oyage amma ipadunu awurudde""I planted this the year your mother was born"
නංගී දුවගෙන ඇවිත්, "සීයේ, මේක මගේද?"Nangi duwagena awith, "Seeye, meka mageda?"Nangi came running: "Seeya, is this mine?"
Before the chorus
ඩෙස්ක් එක හැදුණා, හෙලවෙන්නේ නෑDesk eka haduna, helawenne naThe desk is done, and it doesn't wobble
නංගී යටින් රිංගලා පැන්සලෙන් නම ලිව්වාNangi yatin ringala pansalen nama liwwaNangi crawled underneath and wrote her name in pencil
අම්මා තේ අරන් ආවා, පුටුව ළඟ නැවතුණාAmma the aran aawa, putuwa langa nawathunaAmma came with the tea and stopped by the chair
සීයා ඩෙස්ක් එක උඩ අත තියාගෙන, කතා නෑSeeya desk eka uda atha thiyagena, katha naSeeya with his hand on the desk, not a word
Chorus
සීයගේ පොල් ගහ, අද නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක!Seeyage pol gaha, ada nangige desk eka!Seeya's coconut palm is Nangi's desk today!
සීයා හිටෙව්වා, තාත්තා කැපුවා, නංගී ලියනවාSeeya hitewwa, thaththa kapuwa, nangi liyanawaSeeya planted it, Thaththa cut it, Nangi writes on it
අපේ වත්තේ ගහ, අද ඉස්කෝලේ පන්තියේApe waththe gaha, ada iskole panthiyeThe tree from our garden is in the school classroom today
පොත් උඩ, අත් උඩ, නංගිගේ හිනාව උඩPoth uda, ath uda, nangige hinawa udaBooks on it, arms on it, Nangi's smile on it
සීයගේ පොල් ගහ, සීයගේ පොල් ගහSeeyage pol gaha, seeyage pol gahaSeeya's coconut palm, Seeya's coconut palm
පන්තියේ ඉස්සරහම, නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක!Panthiye issarahama, nangige desk eka!Right at the front of the class, Nangi's desk!
Chant
සීයා!Seeya!Seeya!
පොල් ගහ!Pol gaha!The coconut palm!
ඩෙස්ක් එක!Desk eka!The desk!
නංගී!Nangi!Nangi!
Verse 2
ඉස්කෝලේ පළවෙනි උදේ, නංගී ඩෙස්ක් එකේ වාඩිවෙලාIskole palaweni ude, nangi desk eke wadiwelaFirst school morning, Nangi sitting at the desk
සීයා පන්තියේ ජනේලෙන් බලන් ඉන්නවා, යන්නේ නෑSeeya panthiye janelen balan innawa, yanne naSeeya watching through the classroom window, won't leave
ටීචර් හිනාවෙලා කිව්වා, "සීයේ, ඇතුළට එන්න"Teacher hinawela kiwwa, "Seeye, athulata enna"The teacher laughed and said, "Seeya, come inside"
නංගී අත වැනුවා, සීයා ඇස් පිහදාගත්තාNangi atha wanuwa, seeya as pihadagaththaNangi waved, and Seeya wiped his eyes
Before the chorus
ඩෙස්ක් එක හැදුණා, හෙලවෙන්නේ නෑDesk eka haduna, helawenne naThe desk is done, and it doesn't wobble
නංගී යටින් රිංගලා පැන්සලෙන් නම ලිව්වාNangi yatin ringala pansalen nama liwwaNangi crawled underneath and wrote her name in pencil
අම්මා තේ අරන් ආවා, පුටුව ළඟ නැවතුණාAmma the aran aawa, putuwa langa nawathunaAmma came with the tea and stopped by the chair
සීයා ඩෙස්ක් එක උඩ අත තියාගෙන, කතා නෑSeeya desk eka uda atha thiyagena, katha naSeeya with his hand on the desk, not a word
Chorus
සීයගේ පොල් ගහ, අද නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක!Seeyage pol gaha, ada nangige desk eka!Seeya's coconut palm is Nangi's desk today!
සීයා හිටෙව්වා, තාත්තා කැපුවා, නංගී ලියනවාSeeya hitewwa, thaththa kapuwa, nangi liyanawaSeeya planted it, Thaththa cut it, Nangi writes on it
අපේ වත්තේ ගහ, අද ඉස්කෝලේ පන්තියේApe waththe gaha, ada iskole panthiyeThe tree from our garden is in the school classroom today
පොත් උඩ, අත් උඩ, නංගිගේ හිනාව උඩPoth uda, ath uda, nangige hinawa udaBooks on it, arms on it, Nangi's smile on it
සීයගේ පොල් ගහ, සීයගේ පොල් ගහSeeyage pol gaha, seeyage pol gahaSeeya's coconut palm, Seeya's coconut palm
පන්තියේ ඉස්සරහම, නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක!Panthiye issarahama, nangige desk eka!Right at the front of the class, Nangi's desk!
Bridge
කලින් සීයා හැම උදේම ඒ ගහ යට, උඩ බලාගෙනKalin seeya hama udema e gaha yata, uda balagenaSeeya used to stand under that tree every morning, looking up
ගෙඩියක් නෑ, "ගහ ඉවරයි පුතේ" කියලා හිටියාGediyak na, "Gaha iwarai puthe" kiyala hitiyaNot a nut; "the tree's done, son," he'd say
අද සීයා ජනේලෙන් බලන්නේ ඒ ගහ දිහාමයිAda seeya janelen balanne e gaha dihamaiToday Seeya looks through the window at that very tree
නංගිගේ පොත් උස්සගෙන, පන්තියේ ඉස්සරහමNangige poth ussagena, panthiye issarahamaHolding Nangi's books, right at the front of the class
Chorus
සීයගේ පොල් ගහ, අද නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක! (නංගිගේ!)Seeyage pol gaha, ada nangige desk eka! (nangige!)Seeya's coconut palm is Nangi's desk today!
සීයා හිටෙව්වා, තාත්තා කැපුවා, නංගී ලියනවාSeeya hitewwa, thaththa kapuwa, nangi liyanawaSeeya planted it, Thaththa cut it, Nangi writes on it
අපේ වත්තේ ගහ, අද ඉස්කෝලේ පන්තියේApe waththe gaha, ada iskole panthiyeThe tree from our garden is in the school classroom today
පොත් උඩ, අත් උඩ, නංගිගේ හිනාව උඩPoth uda, ath uda, nangige hinawa udaBooks on it, arms on it, Nangi's smile on it
සීයගේ පොල් ගහ, සීයගේ පොල් ගහ (සීයගේ!)Seeyage pol gaha, seeyage pol gaha (seeyage!)Seeya's coconut palm, Seeya's coconut palm
පන්තියේ ඉස්සරහම, නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක!Panthiye issarahama, nangige desk eka!Right at the front of the class, Nangi's desk!
Outro
සීයගේ පොල් ගහSeeyage pol gahaSeeya's coconut palm
අද නංගිගේ ඩෙස්ක් එක.Ada nangige desk eka.Nangi's desk today
From the book
- Idea 190Coconut-timber furniture and flooring from the palms that have stopped bearing
- Cluster 8The coconut, which deserves its own list
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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