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අම්මගේ දොරකඩට කේක් එකක්
A Cake at Amma's Door
Ammage Dorakadata Cake Ekak
A boy at the gate asks the woman sweeping the yard whether she is the one called Amma and hands over a big box, with a card that says from Sydney. It is her birthday, and that night the cake is on the table with the phone propped beside it and Akka singing happy birthday from Sydney.
Lyrics
Chorus
අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, දොරකඩට කේක් එක ආවා!Ammage upandine, dorakadata cake eka aawa!On Amma's birthday, the cake came right to the door!
අක්කා සිඩ්නි ඉඳන් එව්වා, අම්මා කාටත් කිව්වේ නෑAkka Sydney indan ewwa, amma kaatath kiwwe naAkka sent it from Sydney, and Amma hadn't told anyone
කාඩ් එකේ "හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ අම්මේ", අම්මා කියවලා හිනාCard eke "Happy birthday amme", amma kiyawala hina"Happy birthday Amma" on the card, Amma read it and laughed
තාත්තා පිටිපස්සේ, "මම තමයි" කියලාThaththa pitipasse, "Mama thamai" kiyalaThaththa behind her, saying "that was me"
කේක් එක ආවා, කේක් එක ආවාCake eka aawa, cake eka aawaThe cake came, the cake came
අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, දොරකඩටම ආවා!Ammage upandine, dorakadatama aawa!On Amma's birthday, it came right to the door!
Verse 1
උදේම අම්මා, ගෙදර ඇඳුමෙන් මිදුල අතුගානවාUdema amma, gedara andumen midula athuganawaEarly morning, Amma in her house dress sweeping the yard
ගේට්ටුව ළඟ කොල්ලෙක්, අතේ ලොකු පෙට්ටියක්Gettuwa langa kollek, athe loku pettiyakA boy at the gate with a big box in his hands
"අම්මා කියන්නේ ඔයාද?" කියලා පෙට්ටිය අතට දුන්නා"Amma kiyanne oyada?" kiyala pettiya athata dunna"Are you the one called Amma?" he said, and handed her the box
කාඩ් එක කියෙව්වා, අම්මා අත කටට, "සිඩ්නි ඉඳන්!"Card eka kiyewwa, amma atha katata, "Sydney indan!"She read the card, hand to her mouth: "from Sydney!"
Before the chorus
තාත්තා පිටිපස්සෙන් ඇවිත් බලනවාThaththa pitipassen awith balanawaThaththa comes up behind her to look
"මම තමයි කිව්වේ" කියලා පපුව උස්සනවා"Mama thamai kiwwe" kiyala papuwa ussanawa"I'm the one who arranged it," he says, puffing out his chest
අම්මා හැරිලා, "ඔයාට උපන්දිනේ මතකද?"Amma harila, "Oyata upandine mathakada?"Amma turns round: "do you even remember the date?"
තාත්තා හිනා, අපි ඔක්කොම හිනා!Thaththa hina, api okkoma hina!Thaththa laughs, we all laugh!
Chorus
අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, දොරකඩට කේක් එක ආවා!Ammage upandine, dorakadata cake eka aawa!On Amma's birthday, the cake came right to the door!
අක්කා සිඩ්නි ඉඳන් එව්වා, අම්මා කාටත් කිව්වේ නෑAkka Sydney indan ewwa, amma kaatath kiwwe naAkka sent it from Sydney, and Amma hadn't told anyone
කාඩ් එකේ "හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ අම්මේ", අම්මා කියවලා හිනාCard eke "Happy birthday amme", amma kiyawala hina"Happy birthday Amma" on the card, Amma read it and laughed
තාත්තා පිටිපස්සේ, "මම තමයි" කියලාThaththa pitipasse, "Mama thamai" kiyalaThaththa behind her, saying "that was me"
කේක් එක ආවා, කේක් එක ආවාCake eka aawa, cake eka aawaThe cake came, the cake came
අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, දොරකඩටම ආවා!Ammage upandine, dorakadatama aawa!On Amma's birthday, it came right to the door!
Chant
හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ!Happy birthday!Happy birthday!
අම්මා!Amma!Amma!
කේක් එක!Cake eka!The cake!
කපමු!Kapamu!Let's cut it!
Verse 2
රෑට මේසේ උඩ කේක් එක, ෆෝන් එක ළඟින් හිටවලාRata mese uda cake eka, phone eka langin hitawalaThat night the cake on the table, the phone propped up beside it
සිඩ්නි ඉඳන් අක්කා ස්ක්‍රීන් එකේ, "හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ" කියනවාSydney indan akka screen eke, "Happy birthday" kiyanawaAkka from Sydney on the screen, singing "happy birthday"
ළඟපාත හැමෝම ආවා, ඉටිපන්දම් නිවුවාLangapatha hamoma aawa, itipandam niwuwaAll the neighbours came, the candles were blown out
මුල්ම කෑල්ල අම්මා ෆෝන් එකට දිගු කළා!Mulma kalla amma phone ekata digu kala!Amma held the first slice out to the phone!
Before the chorus
තාත්තා පිටිපස්සෙන් ඇවිත් බලනවාThaththa pitipassen awith balanawaThaththa comes up behind her to look
"මම තමයි කිව්වේ" කියලා පපුව උස්සනවා"Mama thamai kiwwe" kiyala papuwa ussanawa"I'm the one who arranged it," he says, puffing out his chest
අම්මා හැරිලා, "ඔයාට උපන්දිනේ මතකද?"Amma harila, "Oyata upandine mathakada?"Amma turns round: "do you even remember the date?"
තාත්තා හිනා, අපි ඔක්කොම හිනා!Thaththa hina, api okkoma hina!Thaththa laughs, we all laugh!
Chorus
අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, දොරකඩට කේක් එක ආවා!Ammage upandine, dorakadata cake eka aawa!On Amma's birthday, the cake came right to the door!
අක්කා සිඩ්නි ඉඳන් එව්වා, අම්මා කාටත් කිව්වේ නෑAkka Sydney indan ewwa, amma kaatath kiwwe naAkka sent it from Sydney, and Amma hadn't told anyone
කාඩ් එකේ "හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ අම්මේ", අම්මා කියවලා හිනාCard eke "Happy birthday amme", amma kiyawala hina"Happy birthday Amma" on the card, Amma read it and laughed
තාත්තා පිටිපස්සේ, "මම තමයි" කියලාThaththa pitipasse, "Mama thamai" kiyalaThaththa behind her, saying "that was me"
කේක් එක ආවා, කේක් එක ආවාCake eka aawa, cake eka aawaThe cake came, the cake came
අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, දොරකඩටම ආවා!Ammage upandine, dorakadatama aawa!On Amma's birthday, it came right to the door!
Bridge
කලින් අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, කාටත් කිව්වේ නෑKalin ammage upandine, kaatath kiwwe naBefore, on Amma's birthday, she told nobody
තේ එක තනියම හදලා, හැමදාම වගේ දවසක්The eka thaniyama hadala, hamadama wage dawasakMade her own tea, a day like any other
අද ඒ කාඩ් එක අල්මාරියේ කණ්නාඩියේAda e card eka almariye kannadiyeToday that card is in the almirah mirror
"සිඩ්නි ඉඳන්, අම්මට" කියලා, ගමටම පේනවා!"Sydney indan, ammata" kiyala, gamatama penawa!"From Sydney, for Amma", where the whole village can see it!
Chorus
අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, දොරකඩට කේක් එක ආවා! (කේක් එක ආවා!)Ammage upandine, dorakadata cake eka aawa! (cake eka aawa!)On Amma's birthday, the cake came right to the door!
අක්කා සිඩ්නි ඉඳන් එව්වා, අම්මා කාටත් කිව්වේ නෑAkka Sydney indan ewwa, amma kaatath kiwwe naAkka sent it from Sydney, and Amma hadn't told anyone
කාඩ් එකේ "හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ අම්මේ", අම්මා කියවලා හිනාCard eke "Happy birthday amme", amma kiyawala hina"Happy birthday Amma" on the card, Amma read it and laughed
තාත්තා පිටිපස්සේ, "මම තමයි" කියලාThaththa pitipasse, "Mama thamai" kiyalaThaththa behind her, saying "that was me"
කේක් එක ආවා, කේක් එක ආවා (හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ!)Cake eka aawa, cake eka aawa (happy birthday!)The cake came, the cake came
අම්මගේ උපන්දිනේ, දොරකඩටම ආවා!Ammage upandine, dorakadatama aawa!On Amma's birthday, it came right to the door!
Outro
හැපි බර්ත්ඩේ අම්මේHappy birthday ammeHappy birthday Amma
කේක් එක ආවා.Cake eka aawa.the cake came
From the book
- Idea 369Gift and grocery delivery to parents at home, ordered by their children abroad, for a birthday or an ordinary week
- 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.
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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