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මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම
My Name Under the Sea
Muhude Yata Mage Nama
On the beach under Rumassala, Ayya holds up a little tag with Nangi's name on it and says this is going down. He dives and comes up with empty hands, grinning, and when a visitor's little girl asks if her name can go down too, he hands her a tag and says write it, I'll take it down.
Lyrics
Chorus
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම, වැඩෙනවා!Muhude yata mage nama, wadenawa!My name under the sea, and it's growing!
රූමස්සල යට, අයියා හිටවපු කොරලේRumassala yata, ayya hitawapu koraleUnder Rumassala, on the coral Ayya planted
අවුරුද්දකට ෆොටෝ එකක්, බලන්න ලොකු වෙනවාAwuruddakata photo ekak, balanna loku wenawaA photo a year, look how big it's getting
අපේ මුහුදේ ලෝකේ නම්, ඔක්කොම වැඩෙනවාApe muhude loke nam, okkoma wadenawaIn our sea, names from all over the world, all of them growing
වැඩෙනවා, වැඩෙනවාWadenawa, wadenawaGrowing, growing
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම, වැඩෙනවා!Muhude yata mage nama, wadenawa!My name under the sea, and it's growing!
Verse 1
රූමස්සල වෙරළේ, අයියා අතේ ටැග් එකක්Rumassala werale, ayya athe tag ekakOn the beach at Rumassala, a tag in Ayya's hand
මගේ නම ලියලා, "මේක යට යනවා නංගි" කිව්වාMage nama liyala, "Meka yata yanawa nangi" kiwwaMy name written on it: "this is going down, Nangi," he said
කිමිදිලා, ආයෙත් ගොඩට, අත් දෙක හිස්, හිනාවෙලාKimidila, aayeth godata, ath deka his, hinawelaHe dived, came back up, both hands empty, grinning
අම්මා අත්පුඩි ගැහුවා, මම වැල්ලේ පැන්නාAmma athpudi gahuwa, mama walle pannaMum clapped, I jumped up and down on the sand
Before the chorus
ළඟ හිටපු පිටරට පොඩි කෙල්ල ඇහුවාLanga hitapu pitarata podi kella ahuwaA little girl from abroad standing nearby asked
"මගේ නමත් දාන්න පුළුවන්ද?" කියලා"Mage namath danna puluwanda?" kiyala"Can my name go down too?"
අයියා හිනාවෙලා, ටැග් එකක් දුන්නාAyya hinawela, tag ekak dunnaAyya laughed and gave her a tag
"ලියන්න, මම ගෙනියන්නම්!""Liyanna, mama geniyannam!""Write it, I'll take it down!"
Chorus
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම, වැඩෙනවා!Muhude yata mage nama, wadenawa!My name under the sea, and it's growing!
රූමස්සල යට, අයියා හිටවපු කොරලේRumassala yata, ayya hitawapu koraleUnder Rumassala, on the coral Ayya planted
අවුරුද්දකට ෆොටෝ එකක්, බලන්න ලොකු වෙනවාAwuruddakata photo ekak, balanna loku wenawaA photo a year, look how big it's getting
අපේ මුහුදේ ලෝකේ නම්, ඔක්කොම වැඩෙනවාApe muhude loke nam, okkoma wadenawaIn our sea, names from all over the world, all of them growing
වැඩෙනවා, වැඩෙනවාWadenawa, wadenawaGrowing, growing
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම, වැඩෙනවා!Muhude yata mage nama, wadenawa!My name under the sea, and it's growing!
Chant
කොරල්!Koral!Coral!
මගේ නම!Mage nama!My name!
වැඩෙනවා!Wadenawa!Growing!
ෆොටෝ එක!Photo eka!The photo!
Verse 2
අවුරුද්දකට පස්සේ, අයියා යටට ගිහින් ෆොටෝ එකක්Awuruddakata passe, ayya yatata gihin photo ekakA year later, Ayya went down and took a photo
ඒ කෙල්ලට යැව්වා, රෑට වීඩියෝ එකක් ආපහුE kellata yawwa, rata video ekak aapahuSent it to that girl, and that night a video came back
පන්තියම ඉස්සරහ, ෆොටෝ එක උස්සලා, "This is my coral!"Panthiyama issaraha, photo eka ussala, "This is my coral!"In front of her whole class, holding the photo up: "This is my coral!"
අම්මා බලලා ඇඬුවා, "අපේ මුහුදේ, ඒ ළමයගේ නම!"Amma balala anduwa, "Ape muhude, e lamayage nama!"Mum watched and cried: "that child's name, in our sea!"
Before the chorus
ළඟ හිටපු පිටරට පොඩි කෙල්ල ඇහුවාLanga hitapu pitarata podi kella ahuwaA little girl from abroad standing nearby asked
"මගේ නමත් දාන්න පුළුවන්ද?" කියලා"Mage namath danna puluwanda?" kiyala"Can my name go down too?"
අයියා හිනාවෙලා, ටැග් එකක් දුන්නාAyya hinawela, tag ekak dunnaAyya laughed and gave her a tag
"ලියන්න, මම ගෙනියන්නම්!""Liyanna, mama geniyannam!""Write it, I'll take it down!"
Chorus
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම, වැඩෙනවා!Muhude yata mage nama, wadenawa!My name under the sea, and it's growing!
රූමස්සල යට, අයියා හිටවපු කොරලේRumassala yata, ayya hitawapu koraleUnder Rumassala, on the coral Ayya planted
අවුරුද්දකට ෆොටෝ එකක්, බලන්න ලොකු වෙනවාAwuruddakata photo ekak, balanna loku wenawaA photo a year, look how big it's getting
අපේ මුහුදේ ලෝකේ නම්, ඔක්කොම වැඩෙනවාApe muhude loke nam, okkoma wadenawaIn our sea, names from all over the world, all of them growing
වැඩෙනවා, වැඩෙනවාWadenawa, wadenawaGrowing, growing
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම, වැඩෙනවා!Muhude yata mage nama, wadenawa!My name under the sea, and it's growing!
Bridge
කලින් ඒ ටැග් එක සුදු, අලුත්, අයියගේ අතේKalin e tag eka sudu, aluth, ayyage atheBack then that tag was white and new in Ayya's hand
වැල්ලේ ඉඳන් මාකර් එකෙන් ලියපු නමWalle indan marker eken liyapu namaA name written in marker, there on the sand
අද ඒ ටැග් එක වහලා කොරල් වැඩිලාAda e tag eka wahala koral wadilaToday the coral has grown right over that tag
නම යන්තම් පේනවා, ඒත් හැමෝම දන්නවා කාගේද කියලාNama yantham penawa, eth hamoma dannawa kageda kiyalaYou can only just read the name, and everyone still knows whose it is
Chorus
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම, වැඩෙනවා! (වැඩෙනවා!)Muhude yata mage nama, wadenawa! (wadenawa!)My name under the sea, and it's growing!
රූමස්සල යට, අයියා හිටවපු කොරලේRumassala yata, ayya hitawapu koraleUnder Rumassala, on the coral Ayya planted
අවුරුද්දකට ෆොටෝ එකක්, බලන්න ලොකු වෙනවාAwuruddakata photo ekak, balanna loku wenawaA photo a year, look how big it's getting
අපේ මුහුදේ ලෝකේ නම්, ඔක්කොම වැඩෙනවාApe muhude loke nam, okkoma wadenawaIn our sea, names from all over the world, all of them growing
වැඩෙනවා, වැඩෙනවා (මගේ නම!)Wadenawa, wadenawa (mage nama!)Growing, growing
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නම, වැඩෙනවා!Muhude yata mage nama, wadenawa!My name under the sea, and it's growing!
Outro
මුහුදේ යට මගේ නමMuhude yata mage namaMy name under the sea
වැඩෙනවා.Wadenawa.Growing!
From the book
- Idea 479Galle: the coral coast, the gardens of Hikkaduwa and the reef under Rumassala, where a visitor or a Sri Lankan abroad becomes a coral mum or a coral dad, with a coral in their name, the way people name a star, and a photograph of it every year as it grows
- 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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