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නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා
They Came for Nuwara Eliya's Cold
Nuwara Eliye Seethalata Aawa
At dawn at our family guesthouse in Nuwara Eliya the mist comes in through the gate with the guests, and Achchi is at the door with a tray of hot tea. Malli writes one big word on the board, full, and shouts to his sister that it is full again today.
Lyrics
Chorus
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා, අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Nuwara Eliye seethalata aawa, ape ge full!They came for Nuwara Eliya's cold, and our house is full!
මීදුම මැද්දේ ආච්චිගේ උණු තේMeeduma madde Achchige unu theIn the middle of the mist, Achchi's hot tea
වූල් තොප්පි දාගෙන, හුස්ම මීදුම වගේWool thoppi dagena, husma meeduma wageIn wool hats, their breath like the mist
අපේ සීතලට, අපේ උණු තේ එකටApe seethalata, ape unu the ekataFor our cold, for our hot tea
ෆුල්! ෆුල්! අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Full! Full! Ape ge full!Full! Full! Our house is full!
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා, අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Nuwara Eliye seethalata aawa, ape ge full!They came for Nuwara Eliya's cold, and our house is full!
Verse 1
පාන්දර දොරකඩ ආච්චි, අතේ උණු තේ ට්‍රේ එකPandara dorakada Achchi, athe unu the tray ekaAt dawn Achchi at the door, a tray of hot tea in her hands
මීදුම ගේට්ටුවෙන් ඇතුළට, අමුත්තොත් එක්කමMeeduma gettuwen athulata, amuththoth ekkamaThe mist comes in through the gate, and the guests with it
"ආහ්, සීතලයි!" කියලා වූල් තොප්පි යට හිනා"Aah, seethalai!" kiyala wool thoppi yata hina"Ah, it's cold!" they laugh under their wool hats
මල්ලි බෝඩ් එකේ ලියනවා, ලොකුවට, "FULL"Malli board eke liyanawa, lokuwata, "FULL"Malli writes on the board, big: "FULL"
Before the chorus
තේ කෝප්පෙන් හුමාලේ නගිනවා, අත් දෙක රත් කරගෙනThe koppen humale naginawa, ath deka rath karagenaSteam rises from the teacups, warming both hands
ආච්චි කියනවා, "තව එකක් බොන්න"Achchi kiyanawa, "thawa ekak bonna"Achchi says, "have another one"
මල්ලි චෝක් එක උස්සලා කෑ ගහනවාMalli chalk eka ussala ka gahanawaMalli lifts the chalk and shouts
"අක්කේ! ෆුල්! අදත් ෆුල්!""Akke! Full! Adath full!""Akka! Full! Full again today!"
Chorus
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා, අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Nuwara Eliye seethalata aawa, ape ge full!They came for Nuwara Eliya's cold, and our house is full!
මීදුම මැද්දේ ආච්චිගේ උණු තේMeeduma madde Achchige unu theIn the middle of the mist, Achchi's hot tea
වූල් තොප්පි දාගෙන, හුස්ම මීදුම වගේWool thoppi dagena, husma meeduma wageIn wool hats, their breath like the mist
අපේ සීතලට, අපේ උණු තේ එකටApe seethalata, ape unu the ekataFor our cold, for our hot tea
ෆුල්! ෆුල්! අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Full! Full! Ape ge full!Full! Full! Our house is full!
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා, අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Nuwara Eliye seethalata aawa, ape ge full!They came for Nuwara Eliya's cold, and our house is full!
Chant
සීතලයි!Seethalai!It's cold!
නුවරඑළිය!Nuwara Eliya!Nuwara Eliya!
උණු තේ!Unu the!Hot tea!
ෆුල්!Full!Full!
Verse 2
මාසෙකට පස්සේ, ෆෝන් එකට ෆොටෝ එකක්Masekata passe, phone ekata photo ekakA month later, a photo on my phone
වූල් තොප්පි, හුස්ම මීදුම, අතේ ආච්චිගේ කෝප්පWool thoppi, husma meeduma, athe Achchige koppaWool hats, misty breath, Achchi's cups in their hands
"අපි ආයෙත් එනවා, ඔයාලගේ සීතලට""Api aayeth enawa, oyalage seethalata""We're coming back, for your cold"
ආච්චි සාලුව තද කරගෙන හිනා වුණා, "මේ සීතලටද?"Achchi saluwa thada karagena hina wuna, "Me seethalatada?"Achchi pulled her shawl tighter and laughed, "For this cold?"
Before the chorus
තේ කෝප්පෙන් හුමාලේ නගිනවා, අත් දෙක රත් කරගෙනThe koppen humale naginawa, ath deka rath karagenaSteam rises from the teacups, warming both hands
ආච්චි කියනවා, "තව එකක් බොන්න"Achchi kiyanawa, "thawa ekak bonna"Achchi says, "have another one"
මල්ලි චෝක් එක උස්සලා කෑ ගහනවාMalli chalk eka ussala ka gahanawaMalli lifts the chalk and shouts
"අක්කේ! ෆුල්! අදත් ෆුල්!""Akke! Full! Adath full!""Akka! Full! Full again today!"
Chorus
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා, අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Nuwara Eliye seethalata aawa, ape ge full!They came for Nuwara Eliya's cold, and our house is full!
මීදුම මැද්දේ ආච්චිගේ උණු තේMeeduma madde Achchige unu theIn the middle of the mist, Achchi's hot tea
වූල් තොප්පි දාගෙන, හුස්ම මීදුම වගේWool thoppi dagena, husma meeduma wageIn wool hats, their breath like the mist
අපේ සීතලට, අපේ උණු තේ එකටApe seethalata, ape unu the ekataFor our cold, for our hot tea
ෆුල්! ෆුල්! අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Full! Full! Ape ge full!Full! Full! Our house is full!
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා, අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Nuwara Eliye seethalata aawa, ape ge full!They came for Nuwara Eliya's cold, and our house is full!
Bridge
කලින් ඒ බෝඩ් එකේ තිබ්බේ "කාමර තියෙනවා"Kalin e board eke thibbe "kamara thiyenawa"That board used to say "rooms available"
අවුරුදු ගාණක් වැස්සට මැකිලා, කවුරුත් බැලුවේ නෑAwurudu ganak wassata makila, kawuruth baluwe naFaded in the rain for years, and nobody looked at it
අද මල්ලි හැම උදේම චෝක් එක අරගෙනAda Malli hama udema chalk eka aragenaToday Malli takes the chalk every morning
එකම වචනේ ලියනවා, ලොකුවට, "FULL"Ekama wachane liyanawa, lokuwata, "FULL"And writes the same one word, big: "FULL"
Chorus
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා, අපේ ගේ ෆුල්! (ෆුල්!)Nuwara Eliye seethalata aawa, ape ge full! (full!)They came for Nuwara Eliya's cold, and our house is full!
මීදුම මැද්දේ ආච්චිගේ උණු තේMeeduma madde Achchige unu theIn the middle of the mist, Achchi's hot tea
වූල් තොප්පි දාගෙන, හුස්ම මීදුම වගේWool thoppi dagena, husma meeduma wageIn wool hats, their breath like the mist
අපේ සීතලට, අපේ උණු තේ එකටApe seethalata, ape unu the ekataFor our cold, for our hot tea
ෆුල්! ෆුල්! අපේ ගේ ෆුල්! (සීතලයි!)Full! Full! Ape ge full! (seethalai!)Full! Full! Our house is full!
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවා, අපේ ගේ ෆුල්!Nuwara Eliye seethalata aawa, ape ge full!They came for Nuwara Eliya's cold, and our house is full!
Outro
නුවරඑළියේ සීතලට ආවාNuwara Eliye seethalata aawaThey came for Nuwara Eliya's cold
අපේ ගේ ෆුල්.Ape ge full.our house is full
From the book
- Idea 483Nuwara Eliya: a cool-climate wellness and tea town, not a faded hill station
- 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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