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ලෝක තරගේ අපේ වෙරළේ
The World Contest on Our Beach
Loka Tharage Ape Werale
At dawn on our beach, flags dance on the sand because the world's surf contest is here today, and Dad hauls his fishing boat up the beach and says here are our seats. Malli paddles into the first heat, a big wave comes, he stands up, and his sister screams our Malli.
Lyrics
Chorus
ලෝක තරගේ අද අපේ වෙරළේ!Loka tharage ada ape werale!The world contest is on our beach today!
කොඩි වැල්ලේ, ලෝකෙම අපේ රළ බලන්න ආවාKodi walle, lokema ape rala balanna aawaFlags on the sand, the whole world came to watch our waves
මල්ලි බෝඩ් එක අරන් මුලින්ම වතුරටMalli board eka aran mulinma wathurataMalli takes his board into the water first
තාත්තගේ ඔරුව උඩින් අපි කෑ ගහනවාThaththage oruwa udin api ka gahanawaFrom on top of Dad's boat we're screaming
අපේ වෙරළේ, අපේ වෙරළේApe werale, ape weraleOn our beach, on our beach
ලෝක තරගේ, අපේ රළේ, අපේ වෙරළේ!Loka tharage, ape rale, ape werale!The world contest, on our wave, on our beach!
Verse 1
පාන්දර, ගමම වැල්ලට බැස්සාPandara, gamama wallata bassaAt dawn the whole village came down to the sand
තාත්තා ඔරුව ගොඩට ඇදලා, "මෙන්න අපේ සීට්!" කියලාThaththa oruwa godata adala, "Menna ape seat!" kiyalaDad hauled the boat up the beach: "Here's our seats!"
අම්මා උඩ කඩේ දොරකඩ ඉඳන් අත වනනවාAmma uda kade dorakada indan atha wananawaAmma waves from the doorway of her kade at the top
මල්ලි බෝඩ් එක උස්සලා අපි දිහා බැලුවාMalli board eka ussala api diha baluwaMalli lifted his board and looked at us
Before the chorus
රළ එනවා, ලොකු එකක්, මල්ලි පැද්දාRala enawa, loku ekak, Malli paddaA wave comes, a big one, Malli paddled
තාත්තා හුස්ම අල්ලගෙන, ඔරුවේ කෙළවරේThaththa husma allagena, oruwe kelawareDad holding his breath, at the end of the boat
මල්ලි නැගිට්ටා! බෝඩ් එක උඩ!Malli nagitta! Board eka uda!Malli's up! On the board!
මම කෑ ගැහුවා, "අපේ මල්ලී!"Mama ka gahuwa, "Ape Malli!"I screamed, "Our Malli!"
Chorus
ලෝක තරගේ අද අපේ වෙරළේ!Loka tharage ada ape werale!The world contest is on our beach today!
කොඩි වැල්ලේ, ලෝකෙම අපේ රළ බලන්න ආවාKodi walle, lokema ape rala balanna aawaFlags on the sand, the whole world came to watch our waves
මල්ලි බෝඩ් එක අරන් මුලින්ම වතුරටMalli board eka aran mulinma wathurataMalli takes his board into the water first
තාත්තගේ ඔරුව උඩින් අපි කෑ ගහනවාThaththage oruwa udin api ka gahanawaFrom on top of Dad's boat we're screaming
අපේ වෙරළේ, අපේ වෙරළේApe werale, ape weraleOn our beach, on our beach
ලෝක තරගේ, අපේ රළේ, අපේ වෙරළේ!Loka tharage, ape rale, ape werale!The world contest, on our wave, on our beach!
Chant
රළ!Rala!Wave!
අපේ වෙරළ!Ape werala!Our beach!
මල්ලී!Malli!Malli!
පදින්න!Padinna!Ride it!
Verse 2
ඒ රෑ අම්මගේ කඩේ, ගමම එකතු වෙලාE re Ammage kade, gamama ekathu welaThat night at Amma's kade, the whole village together
ෆෝන් එකේ වීඩියෝ එක ආයෙත් ආයෙත් දානවාPhone eke video eka aayeth aayeth danawaPlaying the video on the phone again and again
ආච්චි කිව්වා, "ආයෙත් දාන්න, අපේ කොල්ලා!"Achchi kiwwa, "Aayeth danna, ape kolla!"Achchi said, "Play it again, that's our boy!"
මල්ලි කොනක ඉඳන් ලැජ්ජාවෙන් හිනා වෙනවාMalli konaka indan lajjawen hina wenawaMalli in a corner, laughing, shy
Before the chorus
රළ එනවා, ලොකු එකක්, මල්ලි පැද්දාRala enawa, loku ekak, Malli paddaA wave comes, a big one, Malli paddled
තාත්තා හුස්ම අල්ලගෙන, ඔරුවේ කෙළවරේThaththa husma allagena, oruwe kelawareDad holding his breath, at the end of the boat
මල්ලි නැගිට්ටා! බෝඩ් එක උඩ!Malli nagitta! Board eka uda!Malli's up! On the board!
මම කෑ ගැහුවා, "අපේ මල්ලී!"Mama ka gahuwa, "Ape Malli!"I screamed, "Our Malli!"
Chorus
ලෝක තරගේ අද අපේ වෙරළේ!Loka tharage ada ape werale!The world contest is on our beach today!
කොඩි වැල්ලේ, ලෝකෙම අපේ රළ බලන්න ආවාKodi walle, lokema ape rala balanna aawaFlags on the sand, the whole world came to watch our waves
මල්ලි බෝඩ් එක අරන් මුලින්ම වතුරටMalli board eka aran mulinma wathurataMalli takes his board into the water first
තාත්තගේ ඔරුව උඩින් අපි කෑ ගහනවාThaththage oruwa udin api ka gahanawaFrom on top of Dad's boat we're screaming
අපේ වෙරළේ, අපේ වෙරළේApe werale, ape weraleOn our beach, on our beach
ලෝක තරගේ, අපේ රළේ, අපේ වෙරළේ!Loka tharage, ape rale, ape werale!The world contest, on our wave, on our beach!
Bridge
කලින් තාත්තගේ ඔරුවේ මල්ලිගේ බෝඩ් එක බැඳලාKalin Thaththage oruwe Mallige board eka bandalaBefore, Malli's board was tied onto Dad's boat
"මේකෙන් මාළු අල්ලන්න බෑ" කියලා තාත්තා"Meken malu allanna ba" kiyala Thaththa"You can't catch fish with this," Dad used to say
අද ඒ ඔරුව වැල්ලේ, ගමම ඒ උඩAda e oruwa walle, gamama e udaToday that boat's on the sand, the whole village on top of it
තාත්තා උඩින්ම, "ඒ මගේ පුතා!" කියලාThaththa udinma, "E mage putha!" kiyalaDad highest of all: "That's my son!"
Chorus
ලෝක තරගේ අද අපේ වෙරළේ! (අපේ වෙරළේ!)Loka tharage ada ape werale! (ape werale!)The world contest is on our beach today!
කොඩි වැල්ලේ, ලෝකෙම අපේ රළ බලන්න ආවාKodi walle, lokema ape rala balanna aawaFlags on the sand, the whole world came to watch our waves
මල්ලි බෝඩ් එක අරන් මුලින්ම වතුරටMalli board eka aran mulinma wathurataMalli takes his board into the water first
තාත්තගේ ඔරුව උඩින් අපි කෑ ගහනවාThaththage oruwa udin api ka gahanawaFrom on top of Dad's boat we're screaming
අපේ වෙරළේ, අපේ වෙරළේ (මල්ලී!)Ape werale, ape werale (Malli!)On our beach, on our beach
ලෝක තරගේ, අපේ රළේ, අපේ වෙරළේ!Loka tharage, ape rale, ape werale!The world contest, on our wave, on our beach!
Outro
ලෝක තරගේ අපේ වෙරළේLoka tharage ape weraleThe world contest on our beach
මල්ලී, පදින්න.Malli, padinna.Malli, ride it
From the book
- Idea 469Surf competitions on the east coast on the world calendar
- Cluster 25Sport and the cricket economy
The book behind the songs
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