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පන්සලම දැල්වුණා
The Whole Temple Lit Up
Pansalama Dalwuna
On Poya night at the village temple, with the whole village on the steps in the dark, Malli, who fitted the new lights, throws the switch. The whole temple comes on at once, the dagoba white as the moon, the steps go ooh, and Amma grabs the arm of the stranger beside her and says that is my son.
Lyrics
Chorus
පන්සලම දැල්වුණා, අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්!Pansalama dalwuna, ape mallige athin!The whole temple lit up, by our brother's hand!
ස්විච් එක දැම්මා, දාගැබ හඳ වගේ සුදුSwitch eka damma, dagaba handa wage suduHe threw the switch, and the dagoba went white as the moon
පඩිපෙළේ ගමම "ඕඕඕ", අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවා, "ඒ මගේ පුතා!"Padipele gamama "ooo", amma ka gahuwa, "E mage putha!"The whole village on the steps went "ohhh", Mum shouted "That's my son!"
බෝ ගහ, බුදු ගේ, මළුවම එළියේBo gaha, budu ge, maluwama eliyeThe bo tree, the image house, the whole courtyard in light
දැල්වුණා, දැල්වුණා, පන්සලම දැල්වුණාDalwuna, dalwuna, pansalama dalwunaLit up, lit up, the whole temple lit up
අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්, පන්සලම දැල්වුණා!Ape mallige athin, pansalama dalwuna!By our brother's hand, the whole temple lit up!
Verse 1
පෝය රෑ, පන්සල අඳුරේ, පඩිපෙළේ ගමමPoya re, pansala andure, padipele gamamaPoya night, the temple in the dark, the whole village on the steps
මල්ලි බණ මඩුවේ බිත්තියේ, ස්විච් බෝඩ් එක ළඟMalli bana maduwe biththiye, switch board eka langaMalli at the wall of the preaching hall, by the switchboard
හාමුදුරුවෝ අත වැනුවා, මල්ලි ස්විච් එක දැම්මාHamuduruwo atha wanuwa, malli switch eka dammaThe monk waved him on, and Malli threw the switch
එකපාරට සුදු එළිය, දාගැබ අහසට නැගලාEkaparata sudu eliya, dagaba ahasata nagalaWhite light all at once, the dagoba rising into the sky
Before the chorus
අම්මා ළඟ හිටපු නාඳුනන කෙනාගේ අත අල්ලලාAmma langa hitapu nadunana kenage atha allalaMum grabbed the arm of the stranger beside her
"ඒ මගේ පුතා! ඒ මගේ පුතා!" කියලා"E mage putha! E mage putha!" kiyalaSaying "That's my son! That's my son!"
තාත්තා කතා කරන්නේ නෑ, දාගැබ දිහාම බලාගෙනThaththa katha karanne na, dagaba dihama balagenaDad's not saying a word, just staring at the dagoba
මම ෆෝන් එක උස්සලා වීඩියෝ කරනවා, අත වෙව්ලනවාMama phone eka ussala video karanawa, atha wewlanawaI'm holding up my phone filming, my hand shaking
Chorus
පන්සලම දැල්වුණා, අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්!Pansalama dalwuna, ape mallige athin!The whole temple lit up, by our brother's hand!
ස්විච් එක දැම්මා, දාගැබ හඳ වගේ සුදුSwitch eka damma, dagaba handa wage suduHe threw the switch, and the dagoba went white as the moon
පඩිපෙළේ ගමම "ඕඕඕ", අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවා, "ඒ මගේ පුතා!"Padipele gamama "ooo", amma ka gahuwa, "E mage putha!"The whole village on the steps went "ohhh", Mum shouted "That's my son!"
බෝ ගහ, බුදු ගේ, මළුවම එළියේBo gaha, budu ge, maluwama eliyeThe bo tree, the image house, the whole courtyard in light
දැල්වුණා, දැල්වුණා, පන්සලම දැල්වුණාDalwuna, dalwuna, pansalama dalwunaLit up, lit up, the whole temple lit up
අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්, පන්සලම දැල්වුණා!Ape mallige athin, pansalama dalwuna!By our brother's hand, the whole temple lit up!
Chant
දැල්වුණා!Dalwuna!Lit up!
මල්ලී!Mallee!Malli!
පන්සලම!Pansalama!The whole temple!
ආයෙත් ආයෙත්!Aayeth aayeth!Again, again!
Verse 2
සතියකට පස්සේ, ගමේ හැම ෆෝන් එකේම ඒ ෆොටෝSathiyakata passe, game hama phone ekema e photoA week later, that photo's on every phone in the village
ළඟ ගමේ පන්සලෙන් මිනිස්සු ගේට්ටුව ළඟ, "මල්ලි ඉන්නවද?"Langa game pansalen minissu gettuwa langa, "Malli innawada?"People from the next village's temple at our gate: "Is Malli in?"
අම්මා තේ හදලා, "ඉන්නවා, ඇතුළට එන්න"Amma the hadala, "Innawa, athulata enna"Mum makes tea: "He's in, come inside"
තාත්තා ඉස්තෝප්පුවේ, හිනාව හංගගන්න බැරුවThaththa isthoppuwe, hinawa hanganna baruwaDad on the veranda, unable to hide his smile
Before the chorus
අම්මා ළඟ හිටපු නාඳුනන කෙනාගේ අත අල්ලලාAmma langa hitapu nadunana kenage atha allalaMum grabbed the arm of the stranger beside her
"ඒ මගේ පුතා! ඒ මගේ පුතා!" කියලා"E mage putha! E mage putha!" kiyalaSaying "That's my son! That's my son!"
තාත්තා කතා කරන්නේ නෑ, දාගැබ දිහාම බලාගෙනThaththa katha karanne na, dagaba dihama balagenaDad's not saying a word, just staring at the dagoba
මම ෆෝන් එක උස්සලා වීඩියෝ කරනවා, අත වෙව්ලනවාMama phone eka ussala video karanawa, atha wewlanawaI'm holding up my phone filming, my hand shaking
Chorus
පන්සලම දැල්වුණා, අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්!Pansalama dalwuna, ape mallige athin!The whole temple lit up, by our brother's hand!
ස්විච් එක දැම්මා, දාගැබ හඳ වගේ සුදුSwitch eka damma, dagaba handa wage suduHe threw the switch, and the dagoba went white as the moon
පඩිපෙළේ ගමම "ඕඕඕ", අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවා, "ඒ මගේ පුතා!"Padipele gamama "ooo", amma ka gahuwa, "E mage putha!"The whole village on the steps went "ohhh", Mum shouted "That's my son!"
බෝ ගහ, බුදු ගේ, මළුවම එළියේBo gaha, budu ge, maluwama eliyeThe bo tree, the image house, the whole courtyard in light
දැල්වුණා, දැල්වුණා, පන්සලම දැල්වුණාDalwuna, dalwuna, pansalama dalwunaLit up, lit up, the whole temple lit up
අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්, පන්සලම දැල්වුණා!Ape mallige athin, pansalama dalwuna!By our brother's hand, the whole temple lit up!
Bridge
කලින් ඒ ස්විච් බෝඩ් එකට මල්ලි අත තිබ්බමKalin e switch board ekata malli atha thibbamaBefore, when Malli put his hand on that switchboard
ලොකු හාමුදුරුවෝ කිව්වා, "එපා පුතේ, ඈතට!"Loku hamuduruwo kiwwa, "Epa puthe, aathata!"The chief monk said, "No, son, step back!"
අද ඒ ස්විච් බෝඩ් එකම මල්ලිගේ අතේAda e switch board ekama mallige atheToday that same switchboard is in Malli's hands
හාමුදුරුවොම කිව්වා, "දාන්න පුතේ!" පන්සලම දැල්වුණාHamuduruwoma kiwwa, "Danna puthe!" pansalama dalwunaThe monk himself said, "Put it on, son!" and the whole temple lit up
Chorus
පන්සලම දැල්වුණා, අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්! (මල්ලිගේ අතින්!)Pansalama dalwuna, ape mallige athin! (mallige athin!)The whole temple lit up, by our brother's hand!
ස්විච් එක දැම්මා, දාගැබ හඳ වගේ සුදුSwitch eka damma, dagaba handa wage suduHe threw the switch, and the dagoba went white as the moon
පඩිපෙළේ ගමම "ඕඕඕ", අම්මා කෑ ගැහුවා, "ඒ මගේ පුතා!" (මගේ පුතා!)Padipele gamama "ooo", amma ka gahuwa, "E mage putha!" (mage putha!)The whole village on the steps went "ohhh", Mum shouted "That's my son!"
බෝ ගහ, බුදු ගේ, මළුවම එළියේBo gaha, budu ge, maluwama eliyeThe bo tree, the image house, the whole courtyard in light
දැල්වුණා, දැල්වුණා, පන්සලම දැල්වුණා (ආයෙත්!)Dalwuna, dalwuna, pansalama dalwuna (aayeth!)Lit up, lit up, the whole temple lit up
අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්, පන්සලම දැල්වුණා!Ape mallige athin, pansalama dalwuna!By our brother's hand, the whole temple lit up!
Outro
පන්සලම දැල්වුණාPansalama dalwunaThe whole temple lit up
අපේ මල්ලිගේ අතින්.Ape mallige athin.by our brother's hand
From the book
- Idea 424LED and efficient-lighting retrofits sold to the factories and the temples
- Cluster 21Energy, water and waste at small scale
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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