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තාත්තා හදපු බැට් එක
The Bat Dad Made
Thaththa Hadapu Bat Eka
In Dad's workshop he presses the sticker with our name on the finished bat and says this one is going to the big match. On match day a boy walks out onto the field with it, and that evening he comes to the workshop door holding the bat in both hands and asks whether Dad made it.
Lyrics
Chorus
තාත්තා හදපු බැට් එක, අද ලොකු මැච් එකේ!Thaththa hadapu bat eka, ada loku match eke!The bat Dad made is in the big match today!
අපේ නම ස්ටිකර් එකේ, බැට් එකේ උඩින්මApe nama sticker eke, bat eke udinmaOur name on the sticker, right at the top of the bat
කොල්ලෙක් ඒක අරන් පිටියට බැස්සාKollek eka aran pitiyata bassaA boy took it and walked out onto the field
අම්මා කට වහගත්තා, තාත්තා හිනා වුණාAmma kata wahagaththa, Thaththa hina wunaAmma covered her mouth, Dad smiled
තාත්තගේ බැට් එක, තාත්තගේ බැට් එකThaththage bat eka, Thaththage bat ekaDad's bat, Dad's bat
අපේ නමින්, ලොකු මැච් එකේ, තාත්තගේ බැට් එක!Ape namin, loku match eke, Thaththage bat eka!Under our name, in the big match, Dad's bat!
Verse 1
වර්ක්ෂොප් එකේ, ලී සුවඳ, ගම් සුවඳWorkshop eke, lee suwanda, gum suwandaIn the workshop, the smell of wood, the smell of glue
තාත්තා බැට් එක අත් දෙකෙන් අල්ලලා බැලුවාThaththa bat eka ath deken allala baluwaDad held the bat in both hands and looked it over
ස්ටිකර් එක හෙමින් තද කළා, අපේ නම උඩින්Sticker eka hemin thada kala, ape nama udinPressed the sticker on slowly, our name at the top
"මේක යන්නේ ලොකු මැච් එකට පුතේ" කියලා"Meka yanne loku match ekata puthe" kiyala"This one's going to the big match, son," he said
Before the chorus
මැච් දවසේ, අපි ඔක්කොම පිට්ටනියේ තණකොළ උඩMatch dawase, api okkoma pittaniye thanakola udaMatch day, all of us on the grass at the ground
අම්මා, නංගි, මම, තාත්තා කෙළවරේAmma, Nangi, mama, Thaththa kelawareAmma, Nangi, me, and Dad at the end of the row
ගේට්ටුවෙන් කොල්ලෙක් එනවා, බැට් එක අතේGettuwen kollek enawa, bat eka atheA boy comes through the gate, the bat in his hand
අපේ ස්ටිකර් එක! අපේ නම!Ape sticker eka! Ape nama!Our sticker! Our name!
Chorus
තාත්තා හදපු බැට් එක, අද ලොකු මැච් එකේ!Thaththa hadapu bat eka, ada loku match eke!The bat Dad made is in the big match today!
අපේ නම ස්ටිකර් එකේ, බැට් එකේ උඩින්මApe nama sticker eke, bat eke udinmaOur name on the sticker, right at the top of the bat
කොල්ලෙක් ඒක අරන් පිටියට බැස්සාKollek eka aran pitiyata bassaA boy took it and walked out onto the field
අම්මා කට වහගත්තා, තාත්තා හිනා වුණාAmma kata wahagaththa, Thaththa hina wunaAmma covered her mouth, Dad smiled
තාත්තගේ බැට් එක, තාත්තගේ බැට් එකThaththage bat eka, Thaththage bat ekaDad's bat, Dad's bat
අපේ නමින්, ලොකු මැච් එකේ, තාත්තගේ බැට් එක!Ape namin, loku match eke, Thaththage bat eka!Under our name, in the big match, Dad's bat!
Chant
බැට්!Bat!Bat!
අපේ නම!Ape nama!Our name!
තාත්තේ!Thaththe!Dad!
ගහන්න!Gahanna!Hit it!
Verse 2
මැච් ඉවර වෙලා හවස, වර්ක්ෂොප් දොරකඩටMatch iwara wela hawasa, workshop dorakadataAfter the match, in the evening, at the workshop door
ඒ කොල්ලා ආවා, බැට් එක අත් දෙකෙන් අල්ලගෙනE kolla aawa, bat eka ath deken allagenaThat boy came, holding the bat in both hands
"මේක හැදුවේ ඔයාද?" කියලා අහුවා"Meka haduwe oyada?" kiyala ahuwa"Was it you who made this?" he asked
තාත්තා පිටිපස්සේ නම ලිව්වා, අම්මා ඇඬුවාThaththa pitipasse nama liwwa, Amma anduwaDad signed his name on the back, and Amma cried
Before the chorus
මැච් දවසේ, අපි ඔක්කොම පිට්ටනියේ තණකොළ උඩMatch dawase, api okkoma pittaniye thanakola udaMatch day, all of us on the grass at the ground
අම්මා, නංගි, මම, තාත්තා කෙළවරේAmma, Nangi, mama, Thaththa kelawareAmma, Nangi, me, and Dad at the end of the row
ගේට්ටුවෙන් කොල්ලෙක් එනවා, බැට් එක අතේGettuwen kollek enawa, bat eka atheA boy comes through the gate, the bat in his hand
අපේ ස්ටිකර් එක! අපේ නම!Ape sticker eka! Ape nama!Our sticker! Our name!
Chorus
තාත්තා හදපු බැට් එක, අද ලොකු මැච් එකේ!Thaththa hadapu bat eka, ada loku match eke!The bat Dad made is in the big match today!
අපේ නම ස්ටිකර් එකේ, බැට් එකේ උඩින්මApe nama sticker eke, bat eke udinmaOur name on the sticker, right at the top of the bat
කොල්ලෙක් ඒක අරන් පිටියට බැස්සාKollek eka aran pitiyata bassaA boy took it and walked out onto the field
අම්මා කට වහගත්තා, තාත්තා හිනා වුණාAmma kata wahagaththa, Thaththa hina wunaAmma covered her mouth, Dad smiled
තාත්තගේ බැට් එක, තාත්තගේ බැට් එකThaththage bat eka, Thaththage bat ekaDad's bat, Dad's bat
අපේ නමින්, ලොකු මැච් එකේ, තාත්තගේ බැට් එක!Ape namin, loku match eke, Thaththage bat eka!Under our name, in the big match, Dad's bat!
Bridge
කලින් තාත්තගේ බැට් ගියේ නමක් නැතුවKalin Thaththage bat giye namak nathuwaBefore, Dad's bats went out without a name
ටවුමේ කඩේකට, ඒ කඩේ ස්ටිකර් එක ඇලෙව්වාTowme kadekata, e kade sticker eka alewwaTo a shop in town, and that shop stuck its own sticker on
අද ස්ටිකර් එකේ අපේ නම, තාත්තගේ අතින්මAda sticker eke ape nama, Thaththage athinmaToday the sticker carries our name, pressed on by Dad's own hand
පිටිය වටේම ඒ නම, හැම පහරකටමPitiya watema e nama, hama paharakatamaThat name goes round the whole ground with every stroke
Chorus
තාත්තා හදපු බැට් එක, අද ලොකු මැච් එකේ! (ලොකු මැච් එකේ!)Thaththa hadapu bat eka, ada loku match eke! (loku match eke!)The bat Dad made is in the big match today!
අපේ නම ස්ටිකර් එකේ, බැට් එකේ උඩින්මApe nama sticker eke, bat eke udinmaOur name on the sticker, right at the top of the bat
කොල්ලෙක් ඒක අරන් පිටියට බැස්සාKollek eka aran pitiyata bassaA boy took it and walked out onto the field
අම්මා කට වහගත්තා, තාත්තා හිනා වුණාAmma kata wahagaththa, Thaththa hina wunaAmma covered her mouth, Dad smiled
තාත්තගේ බැට් එක, තාත්තගේ බැට් එක (ගහන්න!)Thaththage bat eka, Thaththage bat eka (gahanna!)Dad's bat, Dad's bat
අපේ නමින්, ලොකු මැච් එකේ, තාත්තගේ බැට් එක!Ape namin, loku match eke, Thaththage bat eka!Under our name, in the big match, Dad's bat!
Outro
තාත්තා හදපු බැට් එක, අපේ නමThaththa hadapu bat eka, ape namaThe bat Dad made, our name
ගහන්න.Gahanna.Hit it!
From the book
- Idea 472Equipment manufacturing: bats, balls and kit, which India does and we do not
- Cluster 25Sport and the cricket economy
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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