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ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි
The World's Kids Up Our Jambu Tree
Jambu Gaha Uda Loke Lamai
On pick-your-own Saturday in our orchard, the visitors' children run straight for the jambu tree, Thaththa holds the ladder, and one child bites a red jambu straight off the branch with his eyes wide. A month later a drawing arrives from a far country: the red jambu tree, Achchi laughing under it, and Achchi written in big letters.
Lyrics
Chorus
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි!Ape jambu gaha uda loke lamai!The world's kids are up our jambu tree!
රතු ජම්බු කඩනවා, කූඩෙට, කටටRathu jambu kadanawa, koodeta, katataPicking red jambu, into the basket, into their mouths
තාත්තා ඉණිමගේ, ආච්චි යටින් හිනාThaththa inimage, Achchi yatin hinaThaththa at the ladder, Achchi laughing underneath
අපේ වත්තේ, අපේ ගහේ, අපේ ජම්බුApe waththe, ape gahe, ape jambuIn our orchard, on our tree, our jambu
නගින්න! නගින්න! ලෝකෙ ළමයිNaginna! Naginna! Loke lamaiClimb up! Climb up! The world's kids
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි!Ape jambu gaha uda loke lamai!The world's kids are up our jambu tree!
Verse 1
සෙනසුරාදා උදේ, ගේට්ටුව ඇරුණා, ළමයි දුවගෙනSenasurada ude, gettuwa aruna, lamai duwagenaSaturday morning, the gate opened, the kids came running
කෙළින්ම අපේ ජම්බු ගහට, කෑ ගහගෙනKelinma ape jambu gahata, ka gahagenaStraight to our jambu tree, shouting
තාත්තා ඉණිමග අල්ලගෙන, "හෙමින් නගින්න!"Thaththa inimaga allagena, "hemin naginna!"Thaththa holds the ladder, "climb slowly!"
ආච්චි කූඩේ උඩට දෙනවා, යටින් හිනාAchchi koode udata denawa, yatin hinaAchchi hands the basket up, laughing from below
Before the chorus
එක ළමයෙක් අත්තෙන්ම කඩලා කෑවාEka lamayek aththenma kadala kaawaOne child picked one straight off the branch and ate it
රතු ජම්බු, කට පුරා, ඇස් ලොකු කරලාRathu jambu, kata pura, as loku karalaA red jambu, mouth full, eyes wide
ආච්චි බඩ අල්ලගෙන හිනා, "බලන්න මේ ළමයා!"Achchi bada allagena hina, "balanna me lamaya!"Achchi holds her belly laughing, "look at this child!"
ගහ පුරා හිනා, අත්ත අත්තේ ළමයිGaha pura hina, aththa aththe lamaiLaughter all over the tree, kids on every branch
Chorus
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි!Ape jambu gaha uda loke lamai!The world's kids are up our jambu tree!
රතු ජම්බු කඩනවා, කූඩෙට, කටටRathu jambu kadanawa, koodeta, katataPicking red jambu, into the basket, into their mouths
තාත්තා ඉණිමගේ, ආච්චි යටින් හිනාThaththa inimage, Achchi yatin hinaThaththa at the ladder, Achchi laughing underneath
අපේ වත්තේ, අපේ ගහේ, අපේ ජම්බුApe waththe, ape gahe, ape jambuIn our orchard, on our tree, our jambu
නගින්න! නගින්න! ලෝකෙ ළමයිNaginna! Naginna! Loke lamaiClimb up! Climb up! The world's kids
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි!Ape jambu gaha uda loke lamai!The world's kids are up our jambu tree!
Chant
ජම්බු!Jambu!Jambu!
නගින්න!Naginna!Climb up!
අපේ වත්ත!Ape waththa!Our orchard!
රතුයි!Rathui!It's red!
Verse 2
මාසෙකට පස්සේ, ඈත රටකින් ලියුමක් ආවාMasekata passe, aatha ratakin liyumak aawaA month later, a letter came from a far country
ඇතුළේ ළමයෙක් අඳිපු චිත්‍රයක්, රතු ජම්බු ගහAthule lamayek andapu chithrayak, rathu jambu gahaInside, a child's drawing: the red jambu tree
ගහ යට හිනාවෙන ආච්චි, "ආච්චි" කියලා ලොකුවට ලියලාGaha yata hinawena Achchi, "Achchi" kiyala lokuwata liyalaAchchi laughing under the tree, with "Achchi" written big
ආච්චි ඒ චිත්‍රේ බිත්තියේ ඇලෙව්වා, ආයෙත් හිනාAchchi e chithre biththiye alewwa, aayeth hinaAchchi stuck that drawing on the wall and laughed again
Before the chorus
එක ළමයෙක් අත්තෙන්ම කඩලා කෑවාEka lamayek aththenma kadala kaawaOne child picked one straight off the branch and ate it
රතු ජම්බු, කට පුරා, ඇස් ලොකු කරලාRathu jambu, kata pura, as loku karalaA red jambu, mouth full, eyes wide
ආච්චි බඩ අල්ලගෙන හිනා, "බලන්න මේ ළමයා!"Achchi bada allagena hina, "balanna me lamaya!"Achchi holds her belly laughing, "look at this child!"
ගහ පුරා හිනා, අත්ත අත්තේ ළමයිGaha pura hina, aththa aththe lamaiLaughter all over the tree, kids on every branch
Chorus
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි!Ape jambu gaha uda loke lamai!The world's kids are up our jambu tree!
රතු ජම්බු කඩනවා, කූඩෙට, කටටRathu jambu kadanawa, koodeta, katataPicking red jambu, into the basket, into their mouths
තාත්තා ඉණිමගේ, ආච්චි යටින් හිනාThaththa inimage, Achchi yatin hinaThaththa at the ladder, Achchi laughing underneath
අපේ වත්තේ, අපේ ගහේ, අපේ ජම්බුApe waththe, ape gahe, ape jambuIn our orchard, on our tree, our jambu
නගින්න! නගින්න! ලෝකෙ ළමයිNaginna! Naginna! Loke lamaiClimb up! Climb up! The world's kids
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි!Ape jambu gaha uda loke lamai!The world's kids are up our jambu tree!
Bridge
කලින් ජම්බු වැටුණේ බිමට, පාර පුරා රතු පාටKalin jambu watune bimata, para pura rathu paataThe jambu used to fall to the ground, red all over the path
ආච්චි කූඩෙට අහුලලා, එළුවන්ට දුන්නාAchchi koodeta ahulala, eluwanta dunnaAchchi gathered it into the basket and gave it to the goats
අද ඒ කූඩේ ගහ උඩට යනවා, ළමයින්ගේ අතටAda e koode gaha udata yanawa, lamainge athataToday that basket goes up the tree, into the children's hands
පිරිලා එනවා පහළට, හිනාවත් එක්කමPirila enawa pahalata, hinawath ekkamaAnd comes down full, with laughter
Chorus
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි! (ළමයි!)Ape jambu gaha uda loke lamai! (lamai!)The world's kids are up our jambu tree!
රතු ජම්බු කඩනවා, කූඩෙට, කටටRathu jambu kadanawa, koodeta, katataPicking red jambu, into the basket, into their mouths
තාත්තා ඉණිමගේ, ආච්චි යටින් හිනාThaththa inimage, Achchi yatin hinaThaththa at the ladder, Achchi laughing underneath
අපේ වත්තේ, අපේ ගහේ, අපේ ජම්බුApe waththe, ape gahe, ape jambuIn our orchard, on our tree, our jambu
නගින්න! නගින්න! ලෝකෙ ළමයි (රතුයි!)Naginna! Naginna! Loke lamai (rathui!)Climb up! Climb up! The world's kids
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩ ලෝකෙ ළමයි!Ape jambu gaha uda loke lamai!The world's kids are up our jambu tree!
Outro
අපේ ජම්බු ගහ උඩApe jambu gaha udaUp our jambu tree
ලෝකෙ ළමයි.Loke lamai.the world's kids
From the book
- Idea 492Pick-your-own orchards and fruit trails for visitors in the season, the way apple farms do it in England
- Cluster 27The fruit nobody grades
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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