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නංගිගේ කටින් බණ
The Sermon in Nangi's Words
Nangige Katin Bana
On Poya evening in the bana hall, Nangi repeats the sermon clearly for visitors from abroad, and her sister at the back watches them nod at the very moment Seeya nods. Seeya gets home and tells Achchi before he is through the door that everyone understood.
Lyrics
Chorus
නංගි කිව්වා, බණ ලෝකෙට තේරුණා!Nangi kiwwa, bana lokata theruna!Nangi said it, and the world understood the sermon!
හාමුදුරුවෝ වදාළා, ඊළඟට නංගි කිව්වාHamuduruwo wadala, eelangata nangi kiwwaThe monk gave the sermon, and Nangi said it next
අපේ බණ මඩුවේ, පිටරට අයත් ඔළුව වැනුවාApe bana maduwe, pitarata ayath oluwa wanuwaIn our bana hall, even the visitors from abroad nodded
සීයා වනන වෙලාවෙම, හැමෝම එකටSeeya wanana welawema, hamoma ekataAt the very moment Seeya nods, everyone together
නංගිගේ කටින් බණ, නංගිගේ කටින් බණNangige katin bana, nangige katin banaThe sermon in Nangi's words, the sermon in Nangi's words
අපේ නංගි කිව්වා, හැමෝටම තේරුණා!Ape nangi kiwwa, hamotama theruna!Our Nangi said it, and everyone understood!
Verse 1
පෝය දා හවස බණ මඩුවේ, සීයා ඉස්සරහම පැදුරේPoya da hawasa bana maduwe, seeya issarahama padurePoya evening in the bana hall, Seeya on the front mat
හැමදාම වගේ, අත් දෙක එකතු කරන්, ඇස් වහගෙනHamadama wage, ath deka ekathu karan, as wahagenaAs always, palms together, eyes shut
හාමුදුරුවෝ වදාළා, නංගි ඊළඟට කිව්වා, පැහැදිලිවHamuduruwo wadala, nangi eelangata kiwwa, pahadiliwaThe monk gave the sermon, Nangi said it next, clearly
මම පිටිපස්සේ ඉඳන් බැලුවා, සීයා වනද්දී ඔක්කොම වැනුවාMama pitipasse indan baluwa, seeya wanaddi okkoma wanuwaI watched from the back: when Seeya nodded, they all nodded
Before the chorus
එක වචනයක්වත් අතෑරියේ නෑEka wachanayakwath atheriye naNot one word was dropped
හැම තේරුමක්ම, ඒ වෙලාවෙම, හැමෝටමHama therumakma, e welawema, hamotamaEvery meaning, in that same moment, for everyone
සීයා ඔළුව වැනුවා, මඩුවම වැනුවාSeeya oluwa wanuwa, maduwama wanuwaSeeya nodded, and the whole hall nodded
එක බණක්, එක මඩුවක්, එකම හුස්මක්Eka banak, eka maduwak, ekama husmakOne sermon, one hall, one breath
Chorus
නංගි කිව්වා, බණ ලෝකෙට තේරුණා!Nangi kiwwa, bana lokata theruna!Nangi said it, and the world understood the sermon!
හාමුදුරුවෝ වදාළා, ඊළඟට නංගි කිව්වාHamuduruwo wadala, eelangata nangi kiwwaThe monk gave the sermon, and Nangi said it next
අපේ බණ මඩුවේ, පිටරට අයත් ඔළුව වැනුවාApe bana maduwe, pitarata ayath oluwa wanuwaIn our bana hall, even the visitors from abroad nodded
සීයා වනන වෙලාවෙම, හැමෝම එකටSeeya wanana welawema, hamoma ekataAt the very moment Seeya nods, everyone together
නංගිගේ කටින් බණ, නංගිගේ කටින් බණNangige katin bana, nangige katin banaThe sermon in Nangi's words, the sermon in Nangi's words
අපේ නංගි කිව්වා, හැමෝටම තේරුණා!Ape nangi kiwwa, hamotama theruna!Our Nangi said it, and everyone understood!
Chant
නංගී!Nangee!Nangi!
කිව්වා!Kiwwa!She said it!
තේරුණා!Theruna!Understood!
හැමෝටම!Hamotama!Everyone!
Verse 2
බණ ඉවර වෙලා, පිටරට නෝනා කෙනෙක් නංගි ළඟට ආවාBana iwara wela, pitarata nona kenek nangi langata aawaWhen the sermon ended, a lady from abroad came up to Nangi
අත් දෙක එකතු කරලා, හිනාවෙලා, කියන්න වචන නෑAth deka ekathu karala, hinawela, kiyanna wachana naPalms together, smiling, no words to say
සීයා ඇස් දෙක පිහදාගත්තා, කාටවත් නොපෙනෙන්නSeeya as deka pihadagaththa, katawath nopenennaSeeya wiped his eyes, so nobody would see
ගෙදර ඇවිත් ආච්චිට කිව්වා, "අපේ නංගි! හැමෝටම තේරුණා!"Gedara awith achchita kiwwa, "Ape nangi! Hamotama theruna!"Home, he told Achchi, "Our Nangi! Everyone understood!"
Before the chorus
එක වචනයක්වත් අතෑරියේ නෑEka wachanayakwath atheriye naNot one word was dropped
හැම තේරුමක්ම, ඒ වෙලාවෙම, හැමෝටමHama therumakma, e welawema, hamotamaEvery meaning, in that same moment, for everyone
සීයා ඔළුව වැනුවා, මඩුවම වැනුවාSeeya oluwa wanuwa, maduwama wanuwaSeeya nodded, and the whole hall nodded
එක බණක්, එක මඩුවක්, එකම හුස්මක්Eka banak, eka maduwak, ekama husmakOne sermon, one hall, one breath
Chorus
නංගි කිව්වා, බණ ලෝකෙට තේරුණා!Nangi kiwwa, bana lokata theruna!Nangi said it, and the world understood the sermon!
හාමුදුරුවෝ වදාළා, ඊළඟට නංගි කිව්වාHamuduruwo wadala, eelangata nangi kiwwaThe monk gave the sermon, and Nangi said it next
අපේ බණ මඩුවේ, පිටරට අයත් ඔළුව වැනුවාApe bana maduwe, pitarata ayath oluwa wanuwaIn our bana hall, even the visitors from abroad nodded
සීයා වනන වෙලාවෙම, හැමෝම එකටSeeya wanana welawema, hamoma ekataAt the very moment Seeya nods, everyone together
නංගිගේ කටින් බණ, නංගිගේ කටින් බණNangige katin bana, nangige katin banaThe sermon in Nangi's words, the sermon in Nangi's words
අපේ නංගි කිව්වා, හැමෝටම තේරුණා!Ape nangi kiwwa, hamotama theruna!Our Nangi said it, and everyone understood!
Bridge
කලින් ඉස්සරහ පැදුරේ සීයා විතරයි, පිටරට අය පිටිපස්සේ, බලන් විතරයිKalin issaraha padure seeya witharai, pitarata aya pitipasse, balan witharaiBefore, only Seeya on the front mat, the visitors at the back, only watching
බණ ඇහුණා, තේරුණේ නෑ, ඔළුව වැනුණේ නෑBana ahuna, therune na, oluwa wanune naThey heard the sermon, understood nothing, and nobody nodded
අද පැදුරු දොරකඩ වෙනකම්, හැමෝම සීයා එක්කAda paduru dorakada wenakam, hamoma seeya ekkaToday the mats run to the door, everyone with Seeya
එක බණක්, එක වෙලාවට, ඔක්කොම ඔළුව වැනුවාEka banak, eka welawata, okkoma oluwa wanuwaOne sermon, at one moment, they all nodded
Chorus
නංගි කිව්වා, බණ ලෝකෙට තේරුණා! (තේරුණා!)Nangi kiwwa, bana lokata theruna! (theruna!)Nangi said it, and the world understood the sermon!
හාමුදුරුවෝ වදාළා, ඊළඟට නංගි කිව්වාHamuduruwo wadala, eelangata nangi kiwwaThe monk gave the sermon, and Nangi said it next
අපේ බණ මඩුවේ, පිටරට අයත් ඔළුව වැනුවාApe bana maduwe, pitarata ayath oluwa wanuwaIn our bana hall, even the visitors from abroad nodded
සීයා වනන වෙලාවෙම, හැමෝම එකටSeeya wanana welawema, hamoma ekataAt the very moment Seeya nods, everyone together
නංගිගේ කටින් බණ, නංගිගේ කටින් බණ (නංගී!)Nangige katin bana, nangige katin bana (nangee!)The sermon in Nangi's words, the sermon in Nangi's words
අපේ නංගි කිව්වා, හැමෝටම තේරුණා!Ape nangi kiwwa, hamotama theruna!Our Nangi said it, and everyone understood!
Outro
නංගිගේ කටින් බණNangige katin banaThe sermon in Nangi's words
හැමෝටම තේරුණා.Hamotama theruna.everyone understood
From the book
- Idea 198Translation and booking services offered to temples, so that a monk never has to handle the arrangements
- Cluster 9The offering nobody else can make
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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