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ආරුගම්බේ අයියගේ බෝඩ් එක
Ayya's Board at Arugam Bay
Arugambe Ayyage Board Eka
Behind our house at Arugam Bay, Ayya shapes a surfboard all night while Amma complains about the dust. At dawn a visitor stands up on the very first wave, and Amma, who never comes to the beach, is in the water to her knees screaming that it is her son's board.
Lyrics
Chorus
අයියා හදපු බෝඩ් එක, ආරුගම්බේ රැල්ලේ!Ayya hadapu board eka, Arugambe ralle!The board Ayya shaped is on the Arugam Bay wave!
අපේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ හැදුවා, අද මුහුද උඩ යනවාApe shed eke haduwa, ada muhuda uda yanawaMade in our shed, today it's riding on the sea
අමුත්තා නැගිට්ටා, පළවෙනි රැල්ලටමAmuththa nagitta, palaweni rallatamaThe visitor stood up, on the very first wave
අම්මා වතුරේ කෑ ගහනවා, "ඒක මගේ පුතාගේ!"Amma wathure ka gahanawa, "Eka mage puthage!"Amma's in the water shouting, "That's my son's!"
ආරුගම්බේ, ආරුගම්බේ, අයියගේ බෝඩ් එකArugambe, Arugambe, ayyage board ekaArugam Bay, Arugam Bay, Ayya's board
අපේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ ඉඳන් රැල්ල උඩට, අයියගේ බෝඩ් එක!Ape shed eke indan ralla udata, ayyage board eka!From our shed onto the wave, Ayya's board!
Verse 1
ගෙදර පිටිපස්සේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ, අයියා රෑ පුරාමGedara pitipasse shed eke, ayya ra puramaIn the shed behind the house, Ayya all night long
බෝඩ් එක හැඩ කරනවා, කොණ්ඩේ පුරා සුදු දූවිලිBoard eka hada karanawa, konde pura sudu duwiliShaping the board, white dust all through his hair
අම්මා ඉදල අරන් දොරකඩ, "මේ දූවිලි! ගෙදර පුරාම!"Amma idala aran dorakada, "Me duwili! Gedara purama!"Amma at the door with the broom: "This dust! All through the house!"
අයියා හිනාවෙලා, "අම්මේ, මේක මුහුදට යනවා!"Ayya hinawela, "Amme, meka muhudata yanawa!"Ayya laughs: "Amma, this one's going to the sea!"
Before the chorus
පාන්දර බෝඩ් එක කිහිල්ලේ තියාගෙනPandara board eka kihille thiyagenaAt dawn, the board under his arm
වැල්ල දිගේ අයියා, මම පස්සෙන් දුවනවාWalla dige ayya, mama passen duwanawaAyya down the sand, me running behind
අමුත්තා බෝඩ් එක අරන් වතුරට බැස්සාAmuththa board eka aran wathurata bassaThe visitor took the board and went into the water
අයියා වෙරළේ, හුස්ම අල්ලගෙනAyya werale, husma allagenaAyya on the beach, holding his breath
Chorus
අයියා හදපු බෝඩ් එක, ආරුගම්බේ රැල්ලේ!Ayya hadapu board eka, Arugambe ralle!The board Ayya shaped is on the Arugam Bay wave!
අපේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ හැදුවා, අද මුහුද උඩ යනවාApe shed eke haduwa, ada muhuda uda yanawaMade in our shed, today it's riding on the sea
අමුත්තා නැගිට්ටා, පළවෙනි රැල්ලටමAmuththa nagitta, palaweni rallatamaThe visitor stood up, on the very first wave
අම්මා වතුරේ කෑ ගහනවා, "ඒක මගේ පුතාගේ!"Amma wathure ka gahanawa, "Eka mage puthage!"Amma's in the water shouting, "That's my son's!"
ආරුගම්බේ, ආරුගම්බේ, අයියගේ බෝඩ් එකArugambe, Arugambe, ayyage board ekaArugam Bay, Arugam Bay, Ayya's board
අපේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ ඉඳන් රැල්ල උඩට, අයියගේ බෝඩ් එක!Ape shed eke indan ralla udata, ayyage board eka!From our shed onto the wave, Ayya's board!
Chant
අයියා!Ayya!Ayya!
බෝඩ් එක!Board eka!The board!
ආරුගම්බේ!Arugambe!Arugam Bay!
හැදුවා!Haduwa!He made it!
Verse 2
පළවෙනි රැල්ල ආවා, නෝනා නැගිට්ටා, යනවා!Palaweni ralla aawa, nona nagitta, yanawa!The first wave came, she stood up, she's going!
අයියා කෑ ගැහුවා, මම පැන්නා, වැල්ල පුරාමAyya ka gahuwa, mama panna, walla puramaAyya shouted, I jumped, all over the sand
මුහුදට කවදාවත් නොඑන අම්මා, දණහිසට වතුරේMuhudata kawadawath noena amma, danahisata wathureAmma, who never comes to the sea, in the water to her knees
"ඒක මගේ පුතාගේ! ඒක මගේ පුතාගේ!" කියලා කෑ ගහනවා"Eka mage puthage! Eka mage puthage!" kiyala ka gahanawaScreaming "That's my son's! That's my son's!"
Before the chorus
පාන්දර බෝඩ් එක කිහිල්ලේ තියාගෙනPandara board eka kihille thiyagenaAt dawn, the board under his arm
වැල්ල දිගේ අයියා, මම පස්සෙන් දුවනවාWalla dige ayya, mama passen duwanawaAyya down the sand, me running behind
අමුත්තා බෝඩ් එක අරන් වතුරට බැස්සාAmuththa board eka aran wathurata bassaThe visitor took the board and went into the water
අයියා වෙරළේ, හුස්ම අල්ලගෙනAyya werale, husma allagenaAyya on the beach, holding his breath
Chorus
අයියා හදපු බෝඩ් එක, ආරුගම්බේ රැල්ලේ!Ayya hadapu board eka, Arugambe ralle!The board Ayya shaped is on the Arugam Bay wave!
අපේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ හැදුවා, අද මුහුද උඩ යනවාApe shed eke haduwa, ada muhuda uda yanawaMade in our shed, today it's riding on the sea
අමුත්තා නැගිට්ටා, පළවෙනි රැල්ලටමAmuththa nagitta, palaweni rallatamaThe visitor stood up, on the very first wave
අම්මා වතුරේ කෑ ගහනවා, "ඒක මගේ පුතාගේ!"Amma wathure ka gahanawa, "Eka mage puthage!"Amma's in the water shouting, "That's my son's!"
ආරුගම්බේ, ආරුගම්බේ, අයියගේ බෝඩ් එකArugambe, Arugambe, ayyage board ekaArugam Bay, Arugam Bay, Ayya's board
අපේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ ඉඳන් රැල්ල උඩට, අයියගේ බෝඩ් එක!Ape shed eke indan ralla udata, ayyage board eka!From our shed onto the wave, Ayya's board!
Bridge
හැම හවසම අම්මා ඒ දූවිලි අතුගෑවා, බැණ බැණHama hawasama amma e duwili athugawa, bana banaEvery evening Amma swept that dust out, grumbling
"මේ ළමයා ගෙදරම ෂෙඩ් එකක් කරගත්තා" කියලා"Me lamaya gedarama shed ekak karagaththa" kiyala"This boy has turned the house into a shed," she'd say
අද අම්මා කියනවා, "ඒ දූවිලි තියන්න, අතුගාන්න එපා"Ada amma kiyanawa, "E duwili thiyanna, athuganna epa"Today Amma says, "Leave that dust, don't sweep it"
"ඒ මගේ පුතාගේ බෝඩ් එකේ දූවිලි" කියලා"E mage puthage board eke duwili" kiyala"That's my son's board dust," she says
Chorus
අයියා හදපු බෝඩ් එක, ආරුගම්බේ රැල්ලේ! (රැල්ලේ!)Ayya hadapu board eka, Arugambe ralle! (ralle!)The board Ayya shaped is on the Arugam Bay wave!
අපේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ හැදුවා, අද මුහුද උඩ යනවාApe shed eke haduwa, ada muhuda uda yanawaMade in our shed, today it's riding on the sea
අමුත්තා නැගිට්ටා, පළවෙනි රැල්ලටමAmuththa nagitta, palaweni rallatamaThe visitor stood up, on the very first wave
අම්මා වතුරේ කෑ ගහනවා, "ඒක මගේ පුතාගේ!"Amma wathure ka gahanawa, "Eka mage puthage!"Amma's in the water shouting, "That's my son's!"
ආරුගම්බේ, ආරුගම්බේ, අයියගේ බෝඩ් එක (අයියගේ!)Arugambe, Arugambe, ayyage board eka (ayyage!)Arugam Bay, Arugam Bay, Ayya's board
අපේ ෂෙඩ් එකේ ඉඳන් රැල්ල උඩට, අයියගේ බෝඩ් එක!Ape shed eke indan ralla udata, ayyage board eka!From our shed onto the wave, Ayya's board!
Outro
අයියගේ බෝඩ් එකAyyage board ekaAyya's board
ආරුගම්බේ රැල්ලේ.Arugambe ralle.on the Arugam Bay wave
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