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නුවර වැව අයිනේ අපේ බෙර
Our Drums by the Kandy Lake
Nuwara Wewa Ayine Ape Bera
At sunset on the Kandy lake promenade, Thaththa ties the drum at Malli's waist, pats his head and says play without fear. Malli strikes the first beat and every cafe table turns round, while Amma at the railing holds her phone with tears in her eyes, smiling.
Lyrics
Chorus
නුවර වැව අයිනේ, අද රෑ අපේ බෙර!Nuwara wewa ayine, ada ra ape bera!By the Kandy lake tonight, it's our drums!
මල්ලිගේ මුල්ම ෂෝ එක, කැෆේ මේස ඔක්කොම ෆුල්Mallige mulma show eka, cafe mesa okkoma fullMalli's first show, every cafe table full
තාත්තා බෙරේ බැන්දා, මල්ලි ගැහුවා, ලෝකෙ හැරුණාThaththa bere banda, malli gahuwa, loke harunaDad tied the drum on, Malli struck it, the world turned round
අපේ බෙරේ, අපේ හඬ, අපේ නුවරApe bere, ape handa, ape NuwaraOur drum, our sound, our Kandy
අපේ බෙර, අපේ බෙරApe bera, ape beraOur drums, our drums
වැව අයිනේ අද රෑ, ගහනවා අපේ බෙර!Wewa ayine ada ra, gahanawa ape bera!By the lake tonight, our drums are playing!
Verse 1
ඉර බහිද්දී වැව අයිනේ, වතුරේ ලයිට් එළිIra bahiddi wewa ayine, wathure light eliAs the sun went down by the lake, lights on the water
තාත්තා මල්ලිගේ ඉණේ බෙරේ බැන්දා, පටිය තද කළාThaththa mallige ine bere banda, patiya thada kalaDad tied the drum at Malli's waist, tightened the strap
"බය නැතුව ගහන්න පුතේ" කියලා ඔළුව අතගෑවා"Baya nathuwa gahanna puthe" kiyala oluwa athagawa"Play without fear, son," he said, and patted his head
මල්ලි මුල් පාර ගැහුවා, කැෆේ මේස ඔක්කොම හැරුණාMalli mul para gahuwa, cafe mesa okkoma harunaMalli struck the first beat, every cafe table turned round
Before the chorus
රේලිං ළඟ අම්මා ෆෝන් එක අල්ලගෙනRailing langa amma phone eka allagenaAmma at the railing holding her phone
ඇස් දෙකේ කඳුළු, ඒත් හිනාවෙලාAs deke kandulu, eth hinawelaTears in her eyes, but smiling
මගේ බෙරේ මල්ලිගේ බෙරේට උත්තර දෙනවාMage bere mallige bereta uththara denawaMy drum answers Malli's drum
වැව අයිනේ හැමෝම අත්පුඩි ගහනවා!Wewa ayine hamoma athpudi gahanawa!Everyone by the lake is clapping!
Chorus
නුවර වැව අයිනේ, අද රෑ අපේ බෙර!Nuwara wewa ayine, ada ra ape bera!By the Kandy lake tonight, it's our drums!
මල්ලිගේ මුල්ම ෂෝ එක, කැෆේ මේස ඔක්කොම ෆුල්Mallige mulma show eka, cafe mesa okkoma fullMalli's first show, every cafe table full
තාත්තා බෙරේ බැන්දා, මල්ලි ගැහුවා, ලෝකෙ හැරුණාThaththa bere banda, malli gahuwa, loke harunaDad tied the drum on, Malli struck it, the world turned round
අපේ බෙරේ, අපේ හඬ, අපේ නුවරApe bere, ape handa, ape NuwaraOur drum, our sound, our Kandy
අපේ බෙර, අපේ බෙරApe bera, ape beraOur drums, our drums
වැව අයිනේ අද රෑ, ගහනවා අපේ බෙර!Wewa ayine ada ra, gahanawa ape bera!By the lake tonight, our drums are playing!
Chant
නුවර!Nuwara!Kandy!
වැව අයිනේ!Wewa ayine!By the lake!
අපේ බෙර!Ape bera!Our drums!
අද රෑ!Ada ra!Tonight!
Verse 2
මාසෙකට පස්සේ, හැම හවසම අපේ බෙර වැව අයිනේMasekata passe, hama hawasama ape bera wewa ayineA month later, our drums by the lake every evening
අද සීයත් ආවා, ඉස්සරහම කැෆේ මේසේ වාඩි වෙලාAda seeyath aawa, issarahama cafe mese wadi welaToday Seeya came too, sitting at the front cafe table
මල්ලි ගැහුවා, සීයා අත් දෙක උස්සලා නැටුවාMalli gahuwa, seeya ath deka ussala natuwaMalli played, Seeya raised both arms and danced
අම්මා ආයෙත් ෆෝන් එක අරන්, ආයෙත් ඇඬුවා, හිනාවෙලාAmma aayeth phone eka aran, aayeth anduwa, hinawelaAmma took out her phone again, cried again, laughing
Before the chorus
රේලිං ළඟ අම්මා ෆෝන් එක අල්ලගෙනRailing langa amma phone eka allagenaAmma at the railing holding her phone
ඇස් දෙකේ කඳුළු, ඒත් හිනාවෙලාAs deke kandulu, eth hinawelaTears in her eyes, but smiling
මගේ බෙරේ මල්ලිගේ බෙරේට උත්තර දෙනවාMage bere mallige bereta uththara denawaMy drum answers Malli's drum
වැව අයිනේ හැමෝම අත්පුඩි ගහනවා!Wewa ayine hamoma athpudi gahanawa!Everyone by the lake is clapping!
Chorus
නුවර වැව අයිනේ, අද රෑ අපේ බෙර!Nuwara wewa ayine, ada ra ape bera!By the Kandy lake tonight, it's our drums!
මල්ලිගේ මුල්ම ෂෝ එක, කැෆේ මේස ඔක්කොම ෆුල්Mallige mulma show eka, cafe mesa okkoma fullMalli's first show, every cafe table full
තාත්තා බෙරේ බැන්දා, මල්ලි ගැහුවා, ලෝකෙ හැරුණාThaththa bere banda, malli gahuwa, loke harunaDad tied the drum on, Malli struck it, the world turned round
අපේ බෙරේ, අපේ හඬ, අපේ නුවරApe bere, ape handa, ape NuwaraOur drum, our sound, our Kandy
අපේ බෙර, අපේ බෙරApe bera, ape beraOur drums, our drums
වැව අයිනේ අද රෑ, ගහනවා අපේ බෙර!Wewa ayine ada ra, gahanawa ape bera!By the lake tonight, our drums are playing!
Bridge
කලින් තාත්තගේ බෙරේ බිත්තියේ එල්ලිලා තිබ්බාKalin thaththage bere biththiye ellila thibbaDad's drum used to hang on the wall
විශේෂ දවසකට විතරක් බැහැලා ආවාWishesha dawasakata witharak bahala aawaIt only came down for a special day
අද ඒ බෙරේ හැම හවසම මල්ලිගේ ඉණේAda e bere hama hawasama mallige ineToday that drum is at Malli's waist every evening
වැව අයිනේ, ලෝකෙ ඉස්සරහ, අපේ හඬWewa ayine, loke issaraha, ape handaBy the lake, in front of the world, our sound
Chorus
නුවර වැව අයිනේ, අද රෑ අපේ බෙර! (අපේ බෙර!)Nuwara wewa ayine, ada ra ape bera! (ape bera!)By the Kandy lake tonight, it's our drums!
මල්ලිගේ මුල්ම ෂෝ එක, කැෆේ මේස ඔක්කොම ෆුල්Mallige mulma show eka, cafe mesa okkoma fullMalli's first show, every cafe table full
තාත්තා බෙරේ බැන්දා, මල්ලි ගැහුවා, ලෝකෙ හැරුණාThaththa bere banda, malli gahuwa, loke harunaDad tied the drum on, Malli struck it, the world turned round
අපේ බෙරේ, අපේ හඬ, අපේ නුවරApe bere, ape handa, ape NuwaraOur drum, our sound, our Kandy
අපේ බෙර, අපේ බෙර (අද රෑ!)Ape bera, ape bera (ada ra!)Our drums, our drums
වැව අයිනේ අද රෑ, ගහනවා අපේ බෙර!Wewa ayine ada ra, gahanawa ape bera!By the lake tonight, our drums are playing!
Outro
අපේ බෙර, අපේ නුවරApe bera, ape NuwaraOur drums, our Kandy
නුවර වැව අයිනේ අද රෑ.Nuwara wewa ayine ada ra.By the Kandy lake tonight.
From the book
- Idea 478Kandy: the lake promenade with cafés and evening performances, not only the temple
- Cluster 26The cities, one idea each
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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