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අපේ අම්මා එනකන් ගමම
The Whole Village Waits for Our Mum
Ape Amma Enakan Gamama
Before sunrise Thaththa irons Amma's uniform with her name stitched over the pocket, and at the first house a grandpa is already at his gate saying he has kept a mango for her. In the evening a grandmother calls from her doorway that your mum tied my hair today, and Thaththa laughs that your mum is the whole village's daughter.
Lyrics
Chorus
අපේ අම්මා එනකන් ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා!Ape amma enakan gamama balan innawa!The whole village is waiting for our Mum to come!
සීයලා ගේට්ටු ළඟ, ආච්චිලා දොරකඩSeeyala gettu langa, achchila dorakadaGrandpas at their gates, grandmas in their doorways
යුනිෆෝම් එකේ අම්මගේ නම, බෑග් එක අතේUniform eke ammage nama, bag eka atheMum's name on her uniform, her bag in her hand
අම්මා යන පාරේ හැම දොරක්ම ඇරෙනවාAmma yana pare hama dorakma arenawaEvery door opens along the road Mum walks
අම්මා එනවා, අම්මා එනවාAmma enawa, amma enawaMum's coming, Mum's coming
ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා, අපේ අම්මා එනවා!Gamama balan innawa, ape amma enawa!The whole village is waiting, our Mum's coming!
Verse 1
උදේ පාන්දර, තාත්තා අම්මගේ යුනිෆෝම් එක අයන් කරනවාUde pandara, thaththa ammage uniform eka iron karanawaBefore sunrise, Dad irons Mum's uniform
සාක්කුව උඩ මහපු අම්මගේ නම, ලස්සනටSakkuwa uda mahapu ammage nama, lassanataMum's name stitched neatly over the pocket
අම්මා බෑග් එක පුරවනවා, "තේ බිව්වද පුතේ?" අහනවාAmma bag eka purawanawa, "The biwwada puthe?" ahanawaMum packs her bag and asks, "Had your tea, son?"
මම ගේට්ටුව ළඟ බයික් එක පණ ගැන්නුවා, අම්මා එළියටMama gettuwa langa bike eka pana gannuwa, amma eliyataI started the bike at the gate, and Mum came out
Before the chorus
පළවෙනි ගේ ළඟ, සීයා ගේට්ටුව ළඟPalaweni ge langa, seeya gettuwa langaAt the first house, a grandpa at his gate
"දුවේ! ඔයාට අඹ ගෙඩියක් තියලා තියෙනවා""Duwe! Oyata amba gediyak thiyala thiyenawa""Daughter! I've kept a mango for you"
අම්මා හිනාවෙලා ඇතුළට ගියාAmma hinawela athulata giyaMum laughed and went in
ඊළඟ දොරත් ඇරුණා, ඊළඟ දොරත්!Eelanga dorath aruna, eelanga dorath!The next door opened too, and the next!
Chorus
අපේ අම්මා එනකන් ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා!Ape amma enakan gamama balan innawa!The whole village is waiting for our Mum to come!
සීයලා ගේට්ටු ළඟ, ආච්චිලා දොරකඩSeeyala gettu langa, achchila dorakadaGrandpas at their gates, grandmas in their doorways
යුනිෆෝම් එකේ අම්මගේ නම, බෑග් එක අතේUniform eke ammage nama, bag eka atheMum's name on her uniform, her bag in her hand
අම්මා යන පාරේ හැම දොරක්ම ඇරෙනවාAmma yana pare hama dorakma arenawaEvery door opens along the road Mum walks
අම්මා එනවා, අම්මා එනවාAmma enawa, amma enawaMum's coming, Mum's coming
ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා, අපේ අම්මා එනවා!Gamama balan innawa, ape amma enawa!The whole village is waiting, our Mum's coming!
Chant
අම්මේ!Amme!Mum!
ආවා!Aawa!She's here!
සීයලා!Seeyala!Grandpas!
හිනා!Hina!Smiles!
Verse 2
හවසට බයික් එකේ ගෙදර එනකොට, ආච්චි කෙනෙක් කෑ ගැහුවාHawasata bike eke gedara enakota, achchi kenek ka gahuwaIn the evening, riding home on the bike, a grandma shouted
"පුතේ! අද ඔයාගේ අම්මා මගේ කොණ්ඩේ ගැට ගැහුවා!""Puthe! Ada oyage amma mage konde gata gahuwa!""Son! Your mum tied my hair today!"
ගෙදර ඇවිත් තාත්තට කිව්වා, තාත්තා හිනාවෙලාGedara awith thaththata kiwwa, thaththa hinawelaI came home and told Dad, and Dad laughed
"ඔයාගේ අම්මා ගමේම දුව" කියලා"Oyage amma gamema duwa" kiyala"Your mum is the whole village's daughter," he said
Before the chorus
පළවෙනි ගේ ළඟ, සීයා ගේට්ටුව ළඟPalaweni ge langa, seeya gettuwa langaAt the first house, a grandpa at his gate
"දුවේ! ඔයාට අඹ ගෙඩියක් තියලා තියෙනවා""Duwe! Oyata amba gediyak thiyala thiyenawa""Daughter! I've kept a mango for you"
අම්මා හිනාවෙලා ඇතුළට ගියාAmma hinawela athulata giyaMum laughed and went in
ඊළඟ දොරත් ඇරුණා, ඊළඟ දොරත්!Eelanga dorath aruna, eelanga dorath!The next door opened too, and the next!
Chorus
අපේ අම්මා එනකන් ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා!Ape amma enakan gamama balan innawa!The whole village is waiting for our Mum to come!
සීයලා ගේට්ටු ළඟ, ආච්චිලා දොරකඩSeeyala gettu langa, achchila dorakadaGrandpas at their gates, grandmas in their doorways
යුනිෆෝම් එකේ අම්මගේ නම, බෑග් එක අතේUniform eke ammage nama, bag eka atheMum's name on her uniform, her bag in her hand
අම්මා යන පාරේ හැම දොරක්ම ඇරෙනවාAmma yana pare hama dorakma arenawaEvery door opens along the road Mum walks
අම්මා එනවා, අම්මා එනවාAmma enawa, amma enawaMum's coming, Mum's coming
ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා, අපේ අම්මා එනවා!Gamama balan innawa, ape amma enawa!The whole village is waiting, our Mum's coming!
Bridge
උදේ ඒ බෑග් එක ගියේ අම්මගේ බඩු ටිකක් අරගෙනUde e bag eka giye ammage badu tikak aragenaIn the morning that bag left with a few of Mum's things
රෑ ආපහු එනකොට, බෑග් එක බරයිRa aapahu enakota, bag eka baraiComing home at night, the bag is heavy
සීයාගේ අඹ ගෙඩිය, ආච්චිගේ කැවුම්Seeyage amba gediya, achchige kawumThe grandpa's mango, a grandma's kavum
ගමම අපේ මේසෙට ආවා, අම්මගේ බෑග් එකේGamama ape meseta aawa, ammage bag ekeThe whole village came to our table, in Mum's bag
Chorus
අපේ අම්මා එනකන් ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා! (අම්මා එනවා!)Ape amma enakan gamama balan innawa! (amma enawa!)The whole village is waiting for our Mum to come!
සීයලා ගේට්ටු ළඟ, ආච්චිලා දොරකඩSeeyala gettu langa, achchila dorakadaGrandpas at their gates, grandmas in their doorways
යුනිෆෝම් එකේ අම්මගේ නම, බෑග් එක අතේUniform eke ammage nama, bag eka atheMum's name on her uniform, her bag in her hand
අම්මා යන පාරේ හැම දොරක්ම ඇරෙනවාAmma yana pare hama dorakma arenawaEvery door opens along the road Mum walks
අම්මා එනවා, අම්මා එනවා (ගමම!)Amma enawa, amma enawa (gamama!)Mum's coming, Mum's coming
ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා, අපේ අම්මා එනවා!Gamama balan innawa, ape amma enawa!The whole village is waiting, our Mum's coming!
Outro
අපේ අම්මා එනවාApe amma enawaOur Mum's coming
ගමම බලන් ඉන්නවා.Gamama balan innawa.the whole village is waiting
From the book
- Idea 443Elder-care visits for families in Sri Lanka, as often as the parent needs, daily, twice a week or weekly: a trained carer to help with bathing, meals and medicines, and to sit and talk, at a price a local salary can pay
- Cluster 23The women who are not working
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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