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අපේ ගම ෆිල්ම් එකේ
Our Village Is in the Film
Ape Gama Film Eke
The lights go down in the cinema in town, our road comes up on the big screen, and Amma stands up and points: there is our gate. Thaththa sits her down but cannot stop grinning, because the man on the bicycle behind the hero is him.
Lyrics
Chorus
අපේ ගම ෆිල්ම් එකේ, අපේ ගේට්ටුවත්!Ape gama film eke, ape gettuwath!Our village is in the film, and our gate too!
ලොකු තිරේ අපේ පාර, අපේ හන්දියLoku thire ape para, ape handiyaOn the big screen, our road, our junction
අම්මා නැගිටලා කෑ ගැහුවා, "අන්න අපේ ගේට්ටුව!"Amma nagitala ka gahuwa, "Anna ape gettuwa!"Amma stood up and shouted "there's our gate!"
තාත්තා බයිසිකලේ, හීරෝ පිටිපස්සේ යනවා!Thaththa bicycle, hero pitipasse yanawa!Thaththa on the bicycle, riding along behind the hero!
ෆිල්ම් එකේ, ෆිල්ම් එකේFilm eke, film ekeIn the film, in the film
අපේ ගම, අපේ ගේට්ටුව, ෆිල්ම් එකේ!Ape gama, ape gettuwa, film eke!Our village, our gate, in the film!
Verse 1
ටවුමේ සිනමා හෝල් එකේ, ලයිට් නිවුණා, කළුවරTown eke cinema hall eke, light niwuna, kaluwaraIn the cinema hall in town, the lights went down, dark
අපි ඔක්කොම එක පේළියේ, අම්මා අත මගේ අතේApi okkoma eka peliye, amma atha mage atheAll of us in one row, Amma's hand in mine
තිරේ අපේ පාර ආවා, අම්මා නැගිටලා ඇඟිල්ල දික් කළාThire ape para aawa, amma nagitala angilla dik kalaOur road came up on the screen, Amma stood and pointed
"අන්න! අන්න අපේ ගේට්ටුව!" හෝල් එකම හැරිලා බැලුවා"Anna! Anna ape gettuwa!" hall ekama harila baluwa"There! There's our gate!" and the whole hall turned to look
Before the chorus
තාත්තා "ශ්ශ්" කියලා අම්මා වාඩි කෙරෙව්වාThaththa "shh" kiyala amma wadi kerewwaThaththa went "shh" and sat Amma down
ඒත් හිනාව නවත්තන්න බෑ, කට වහගන්න බෑEth hinawa nawaththanna ba, kata wahaganna baBut he can't stop grinning, can't keep his mouth shut
මොකද හීරෝ පිටිපස්සේ බයිසිකලේMokada hero pitipasse bicycleBecause on the bicycle behind the hero
එන මනුස්සයා අපේ තාත්තා!Ena manussaya ape thaththa!The man coming along is our Thaththa!
Chorus
අපේ ගම ෆිල්ම් එකේ, අපේ ගේට්ටුවත්!Ape gama film eke, ape gettuwath!Our village is in the film, and our gate too!
ලොකු තිරේ අපේ පාර, අපේ හන්දියLoku thire ape para, ape handiyaOn the big screen, our road, our junction
අම්මා නැගිටලා කෑ ගැහුවා, "අන්න අපේ ගේට්ටුව!"Amma nagitala ka gahuwa, "Anna ape gettuwa!"Amma stood up and shouted "there's our gate!"
තාත්තා බයිසිකලේ, හීරෝ පිටිපස්සේ යනවා!Thaththa bicycle, hero pitipasse yanawa!Thaththa on the bicycle, riding along behind the hero!
ෆිල්ම් එකේ, ෆිල්ම් එකේFilm eke, film ekeIn the film, in the film
අපේ ගම, අපේ ගේට්ටුව, ෆිල්ම් එකේ!Ape gama, ape gettuwa, film eke!Our village, our gate, in the film!
Chant
ෆිල්ම් එකේ!Film eke!In the film!
අපේ ගම!Ape gama!Our village!
අපේ ගේට්ටුව!Ape gettuwa!Our gate!
ආයෙත් පෙන්නන්න!Aayeth pennanna!Show it again!
Verse 2
සතියකට පස්සේ, අපේ ගේට්ටුව ළඟ සෙනඟSathiyakata passe, ape gettuwa langa senagaA week later, a crowd at our gate
ළමයි ෆොටෝ ගන්නවා, "ෆිල්ම් එකේ ගේට්ටුව!" කියලාLamai photo gannawa, "Film eke gettuwa!" kiyalaKids taking photos: "the gate from the film!"
තාත්තා බයිසිකලේ ආයෙත් පාරේ යනවාThaththa bicycle aayeth pare yanawaThaththa rides past on the bicycle again
ළමයි කෑ ගහනවා, "ඇක්ෂන්! ඇක්ෂන්!"Lamai ka gahanawa, "Action! Action!"The kids shout "action! action!"
Before the chorus
තාත්තා "ශ්ශ්" කියලා අම්මා වාඩි කෙරෙව්වාThaththa "shh" kiyala amma wadi kerewwaThaththa went "shh" and sat Amma down
ඒත් හිනාව නවත්තන්න බෑ, කට වහගන්න බෑEth hinawa nawaththanna ba, kata wahaganna baBut he can't stop grinning, can't keep his mouth shut
මොකද හීරෝ පිටිපස්සේ බයිසිකලේMokada hero pitipasse bicycleBecause on the bicycle behind the hero
එන මනුස්සයා අපේ තාත්තා!Ena manussaya ape thaththa!The man coming along is our Thaththa!
Chorus
අපේ ගම ෆිල්ම් එකේ, අපේ ගේට්ටුවත්!Ape gama film eke, ape gettuwath!Our village is in the film, and our gate too!
ලොකු තිරේ අපේ පාර, අපේ හන්දියLoku thire ape para, ape handiyaOn the big screen, our road, our junction
අම්මා නැගිටලා කෑ ගැහුවා, "අන්න අපේ ගේට්ටුව!"Amma nagitala ka gahuwa, "Anna ape gettuwa!"Amma stood up and shouted "there's our gate!"
තාත්තා බයිසිකලේ, හීරෝ පිටිපස්සේ යනවා!Thaththa bicycle, hero pitipasse yanawa!Thaththa on the bicycle, riding along behind the hero!
ෆිල්ම් එකේ, ෆිල්ම් එකේFilm eke, film ekeIn the film, in the film
අපේ ගම, අපේ ගේට්ටුව, ෆිල්ම් එකේ!Ape gama, ape gettuwa, film eke!Our village, our gate, in the film!
Bridge
ඒ ගේට්ටුව තාත්තා හදලා අවුරුදු ගාණක්E gettuwa thaththa hadala awurudu ganakThaththa made that gate years ago
අම්මා හැමදාම කිව්වා, "පේන්ට් එක ගිහින්, ආයෙත් ගාන්න"Amma hamadama kiwwa, "Paint eka gihin, aayeth gaanna"Amma said every day, "the paint's gone, paint it again"
අද ඒ ගේට්ටුව ලොකු තිරේ, ටවුම පුරාමAda e gettuwa loku thire, town puramaToday that gate is on the big screen, all over town
අම්මා කියනවා, "පේන්ට් කරන්න එපා, ඒ විදියටම තියන්න!"Amma kiyanawa, "Paint karanna epa, e widiyatama thiyanna!"Amma says, "don't paint it, leave it exactly like that!"
Chorus
අපේ ගම ෆිල්ම් එකේ, අපේ ගේට්ටුවත්! (අපේ ගේට්ටුව!)Ape gama film eke, ape gettuwath! (ape gettuwa!)Our village is in the film, and our gate too!
ලොකු තිරේ අපේ පාර, අපේ හන්දියLoku thire ape para, ape handiyaOn the big screen, our road, our junction
අම්මා නැගිටලා කෑ ගැහුවා, "අන්න අපේ ගේට්ටුව!"Amma nagitala ka gahuwa, "Anna ape gettuwa!"Amma stood up and shouted "there's our gate!"
තාත්තා බයිසිකලේ, හීරෝ පිටිපස්සේ යනවා!Thaththa bicycle, hero pitipasse yanawa!Thaththa on the bicycle, riding along behind the hero!
ෆිල්ම් එකේ, ෆිල්ම් එකේ (ආයෙත් පෙන්නන්න!)Film eke, film eke (aayeth pennanna!)In the film, in the film
අපේ ගම, අපේ ගේට්ටුව, ෆිල්ම් එකේ!Ape gama, ape gettuwa, film eke!Our village, our gate, in the film!
Outro
අපේ ගම ෆිල්ම් එකේApe gama film ekeOur village is in the film
අපේ ගේට්ටුවත්.Ape gettuwath.and our gate too
From the book
- Idea 381A film-location service: crews, permits, fixers and locations, sold to the studios of India and Europe
- Cluster 19Heritage, archives and film
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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