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අපේ දුවගේ මංගල්‍යය ගමේ
Our Daughter's Wedding, in the Village
Ape Duwage Mangalyaya Game
On the morning of the wedding our daughter has flown home from Toronto to marry in the village, and the poruwa stands in our own yard. Amma runs out with the oil lamp still lit in her hand and shouts that the drummers are here.
Lyrics
Chorus
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා, මංගල්‍ය බෙර ගේට්ටුවේ!Ape duwa game bandinawa, mangalya bera gettuwe!Our daughter's marrying in the village, the wedding drums are at the gate!
ටොරොන්ටෝවෙන් ගෙදර ආවා, පෝරුව අපේ මිදුලේTorontowen gedara aawa, poruwa ape miduleShe came home from Toronto, the poruwa stands in our yard
අම්මා පහන අතේ දුවනවා, පාරම වැටේ ළඟAmma pahana athe duwanawa, parama wate langaAmma's running with the lamp in her hand, the whole lane's at the fences
මගේ හොඳම සරම ඇඳගෙන, ගේට්ටුව ළඟ මමMage hondama sarama andagena, gettuwa langa mamaIn my best sarong, me at the gate
බෙර ගහනවා, බෙර ගහනවා, අපේ ගේට්ටුවේ බෙර ගහනවාBera gahanawa, bera gahanawa, ape gettuwe bera gahanawaThe drums are playing, the drums are playing, the drums are playing at our gate
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා, මංගල්‍ය බෙර ගේට්ටුවේ!Ape duwa game bandinawa, mangalya bera gettuwe!Our daughter's marrying in the village, the wedding drums are at the gate!
Verse 1
උදේම ගේට්ටුව ළඟ මම, හොඳම සරම ඇඳගෙනUdema gettuwa langa mama, hondama sarama andagenaFirst thing in the morning, me at the gate in my best sarong
පාර කෙළවරෙන් බෙර සද්දේ, ළං වෙනවා, ළං වෙනවාPara kelawaren bera sadde, lan wenawa, lan wenawaThe sound of drums from the end of the lane, nearer, nearer
අම්මා ගෙයින් දුවගෙන ආවා, පත්තු කරපු පහනත් අතේAmma geyin duwagena aawa, paththu karapu pahanath atheAmma came running out of the house, the lit lamp still in her hand
"බෙර කාරයෝ ආවා!" කියලා, මගේ අත අල්ලගත්තා"Bera karayo aawa!" kiyala, mage atha allagaththa"The drummers are here!" she said, and grabbed my arm
Before the chorus
දුව ජනේලෙන් බලනවා, කොණ්ඩේ මල් දාගෙනDuwa janelen balanawa, konde mal dagenaOur daughter watching from the window, flowers in her hair
අසල්වැසියෝ වැටේ ළඟ, අත වනනවාAsalwasiyo wate langa, atha wananawaThe neighbours at the fence, waving
මගේ ඇස් පිරුණා, මම හිනා වුණාMage as piruna, mama hina wunaMy eyes filled, and I smiled
මගේ දුව, අපේ ගමේ, අද බඳිනවා!Mage duwa, ape game, ada bandinawa!My girl, in our village, marrying today!
Chorus
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා, මංගල්‍ය බෙර ගේට්ටුවේ!Ape duwa game bandinawa, mangalya bera gettuwe!Our daughter's marrying in the village, the wedding drums are at the gate!
ටොරොන්ටෝවෙන් ගෙදර ආවා, පෝරුව අපේ මිදුලේTorontowen gedara aawa, poruwa ape miduleShe came home from Toronto, the poruwa stands in our yard
අම්මා පහන අතේ දුවනවා, පාරම වැටේ ළඟAmma pahana athe duwanawa, parama wate langaAmma's running with the lamp in her hand, the whole lane's at the fences
මගේ හොඳම සරම ඇඳගෙන, ගේට්ටුව ළඟ මමMage hondama sarama andagena, gettuwa langa mamaIn my best sarong, me at the gate
බෙර ගහනවා, බෙර ගහනවා, අපේ ගේට්ටුවේ බෙර ගහනවාBera gahanawa, bera gahanawa, ape gettuwe bera gahanawaThe drums are playing, the drums are playing, the drums are playing at our gate
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා, මංගල්‍ය බෙර ගේට්ටුවේ!Ape duwa game bandinawa, mangalya bera gettuwe!Our daughter's marrying in the village, the wedding drums are at the gate!
Chant
මංගල්‍ය!Mangalya!Wedding!
ගමේ!Game!In the village!
බෙර ගහන්න!Bera gahanna!Beat the drums!
අපේ දුව!Ape duwa!Our daughter!
Verse 2
රෑ වෙනකොට මිදුල පුරා මේස, පාරම අපේ ගෙදරRa wenakota midula pura mesa, parama ape gedaraBy night, tables across the yard, the whole lane at our house
බෙර ආයෙත් ගැහුවා, ආච්චිත් නැටුවාBera aayeth gahuwa, Achchith natuwaThe drums struck up again, and even Achchi danced
දුව මගේ ළඟට ඇවිත්, "තාත්තේ, මම ගමේ බැන්දා!"Duwa mage langata awith, "Thaththe, mama game banda!"Our daughter came to me: "Thaththa, I married in the village!"
මට කතා කරන්න බැරි වුණා, මම කෑ ගැහුවා, "බෙර ගහන්න!"Mata katha karanna bari wuna, mama ka gahuwa, "Bera gahanna!"I couldn't speak, so I shouted, "Beat the drums!"
Before the chorus
දුව ජනේලෙන් බලනවා, කොණ්ඩේ මල් දාගෙනDuwa janelen balanawa, konde mal dagenaOur daughter watching from the window, flowers in her hair
අසල්වැසියෝ වැටේ ළඟ, අත වනනවාAsalwasiyo wate langa, atha wananawaThe neighbours at the fence, waving
මගේ ඇස් පිරුණා, මම හිනා වුණාMage as piruna, mama hina wunaMy eyes filled, and I smiled
මගේ දුව, අපේ ගමේ, අද බඳිනවා!Mage duwa, ape game, ada bandinawa!My girl, in our village, marrying today!
Chorus
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා, මංගල්‍ය බෙර ගේට්ටුවේ!Ape duwa game bandinawa, mangalya bera gettuwe!Our daughter's marrying in the village, the wedding drums are at the gate!
ටොරොන්ටෝවෙන් ගෙදර ආවා, පෝරුව අපේ මිදුලේTorontowen gedara aawa, poruwa ape miduleShe came home from Toronto, the poruwa stands in our yard
අම්මා පහන අතේ දුවනවා, පාරම වැටේ ළඟAmma pahana athe duwanawa, parama wate langaAmma's running with the lamp in her hand, the whole lane's at the fences
මගේ හොඳම සරම ඇඳගෙන, ගේට්ටුව ළඟ මමMage hondama sarama andagena, gettuwa langa mamaIn my best sarong, me at the gate
බෙර ගහනවා, බෙර ගහනවා, අපේ ගේට්ටුවේ බෙර ගහනවාBera gahanawa, bera gahanawa, ape gettuwe bera gahanawaThe drums are playing, the drums are playing, the drums are playing at our gate
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා, මංගල්‍ය බෙර ගේට්ටුවේ!Ape duwa game bandinawa, mangalya bera gettuwe!Our daughter's marrying in the village, the wedding drums are at the gate!
Bridge
දුව ඈත රටේ හිටිය කාලේ, අම්මා හැම උදේම ඒ පහන පත්තු කළාDuwa atha rate hitiya kale, Amma hama udema e pahana paththu kalaWhile our daughter was in a far country, Amma lit that lamp every morning
අද ඒ පහනම අම්මගේ අතේ, ගේට්ටුව ළඟ, බෙර සද්දේ මැදAda e pahanama Ammage athe, gettuwa langa, bera sadde madaToday that same lamp is in Amma's hand, at the gate, in the middle of the drums
නිවුණේ නෑ, පත්තු වෙවී තියෙනවාNiwune na, paththu wewee thiyenawaIt didn't go out, it's still burning
අපේ පහන, අපේ ගේට්ටුව, අපේ දුවගේ මංගල්‍යය!Ape pahana, ape gettuwa, ape duwage mangalyaya!Our lamp, our gate, our daughter's wedding!
Chorus
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා, මංගල්‍ය බෙර ගේට්ටුවේ! (බෙර ගහන්න!)Ape duwa game bandinawa, mangalya bera gettuwe! (bera gahanna!)Our daughter's marrying in the village, the wedding drums are at the gate!
ටොරොන්ටෝවෙන් ගෙදර ආවා, පෝරුව අපේ මිදුලේTorontowen gedara aawa, poruwa ape miduleShe came home from Toronto, the poruwa stands in our yard
අම්මා පහන අතේ දුවනවා, පාරම වැටේ ළඟAmma pahana athe duwanawa, parama wate langaAmma's running with the lamp in her hand, the whole lane's at the fences
මගේ හොඳම සරම ඇඳගෙන, ගේට්ටුව ළඟ මමMage hondama sarama andagena, gettuwa langa mamaIn my best sarong, me at the gate
බෙර ගහනවා, බෙර ගහනවා, අපේ ගේට්ටුවේ බෙර ගහනවා (අපේ දුව!)Bera gahanawa, bera gahanawa, ape gettuwe bera gahanawa (ape duwa!)The drums are playing, the drums are playing, the drums are playing at our gate
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා, මංගල්‍ය බෙර ගේට්ටුවේ!Ape duwa game bandinawa, mangalya bera gettuwe!Our daughter's marrying in the village, the wedding drums are at the gate!
Outro
මංගල්‍ය බෙර, අපේ ගේට්ටුවේMangalya bera, ape gettuweWedding drums, at our gate
අපේ දුව ගමේ බඳිනවා.Ape duwa game bandinawa.Our daughter's marrying in the village
From the book
- Idea 370Wedding services for Sri Lankans abroad who want to marry at home: everything from the visa letter to the drummers
- Cluster 18Sri Lankans abroad, both directions
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.
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