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බෝතලේ මගේ නම
My Name on the Bottle
Bothale Mage Nama
At the blending table under the trees in our cinnamon garden, the visitor opens a row of little bottles one by one, smells, and says this one. Nangi writes her name on the label and checks the spelling, and a month later a photo arrives of our bottle on her dressing table far away.
Lyrics
Chorus
කුරුඳුයි, සඳුන්යි, බෝතලේ මගේ නම!Kurunduyi, sandunyi, bothale mage nama!Cinnamon and sandalwood, my name on the bottle!
අපේ වත්තේ සුවඳ, නෝනාගේ අතේ බෝතලේApe waththe suwanda, nonage athe bothaleOur garden's scent, in the bottle in her hand
ඇස් දෙක වහගෙන ඉඹලා, "මේක මගේ!" කිව්වාAs deka wahagena imbala, "Meka mage!" kiwwaEyes shut, she smelled it and said "This one's mine!"
නංගි ලේබල් එකේ නම ලිව්වාNangi label eke nama liwwaNangi wrote the name on the label
බෝතලේ මගේ නම, බෝතලේ මගේ නමBothale mage nama, bothale mage namaMy name on the bottle, my name on the bottle
අපේ කුරුඳු, අපේ සුවඳ, බෝතලේ මගේ නම!Ape kurundu, ape suwanda, bothale mage nama!Our cinnamon, our scent, my name on the bottle!
Verse 1
කුරුඳු ගස් යට, පොඩි මේසේ උඩ බෝතල් පේළියක්Kurundu gas yata, podi mese uda bothal peliyakUnder the cinnamon trees, a row of bottles on the little table
නෝනා එකින් එක ඇරලා ඉඹලා, "මේකයි!" කිව්වාNona ekin eka arala imbala, "Mekai!" kiwwaShe opened them one by one, smelled, and said "This one!"
තෙල් බින්දු බින්දු දාද්දී ඇස් දෙක වැහුණාThel bindu bindu daddi as deka wahunaAs the oil went in drop by drop, her eyes closed
නංගි පෑන අරන් බලන් ඉන්නවා, "නම මොකක්ද?"Nangi pana aran balan innawa, "Nama mokakda?"Nangi waits with the pen: "What's the name?"
Before the chorus
නංගි ලේබල් එකේ නම ලියනවා, ලස්සනටNangi label eke nama liyanawa, lassanataNangi writes the name on the label, neatly
"ස්පෙලින් හරිද?" ඇහුවා, නෝනා හිනා වුණා"Spelling haridha?" ahuwa, nona hina wuna"Is the spelling right?" she asked, and the visitor laughed
තාත්තා කුරුඳු පොත්තක් අරන් දුවගෙන ආවාThaththa kurundu poththak aran duwagena aawaThaththa came running with a piece of cinnamon bark
"මේකත් ටිකක් දාන්න, අපේ ගහෙන්!""Mekath tikak danna, ape gahen!""Put a bit of this in too, from our own tree!"
Chorus
කුරුඳුයි, සඳුන්යි, බෝතලේ මගේ නම!Kurunduyi, sandunyi, bothale mage nama!Cinnamon and sandalwood, my name on the bottle!
අපේ වත්තේ සුවඳ, නෝනාගේ අතේ බෝතලේApe waththe suwanda, nonage athe bothaleOur garden's scent, in the bottle in her hand
ඇස් දෙක වහගෙන ඉඹලා, "මේක මගේ!" කිව්වාAs deka wahagena imbala, "Meka mage!" kiwwaEyes shut, she smelled it and said "This one's mine!"
නංගි ලේබල් එකේ නම ලිව්වාNangi label eke nama liwwaNangi wrote the name on the label
බෝතලේ මගේ නම, බෝතලේ මගේ නමBothale mage nama, bothale mage namaMy name on the bottle, my name on the bottle
අපේ කුරුඳු, අපේ සුවඳ, බෝතලේ මගේ නම!Ape kurundu, ape suwanda, bothale mage nama!Our cinnamon, our scent, my name on the bottle!
Chant
සුවඳ!Suwanda!Scent!
මගේ!Mage!Mine!
බෝතලේ!Bothale!On the bottle!
නම!Nama!My name!
Verse 2
මාසෙකට පස්සේ, ෆෝන් එකට මැසේජ් එකක්Masekata passe, phone ekata message ekakA month later, a message on my phone
ෆොටෝ එකක්, නෝනාගේ මේසේ උඩ අපේ බෝතලේPhoto ekak, nonage mese uda ape bothaleA photo: our bottle on her dressing table
"හැමදාම දාගෙන යනවා, හැමෝම අහනවා කොහෙන්ද කියලා""Hamadama dagena yanawa, hamoma ahanawa kohenda kiyala""I wear it every day, and everyone asks where it's from"
නංගි ඒක කියවලා කෑ ගැහුවා, "අක්කේ! අපේ වත්තේ!"Nangi eka kiyawala ka gahuwa, "Akke! Ape waththe!"Nangi read it and screamed, "Akka! Our garden!"
Before the chorus
නංගි ලේබල් එකේ නම ලියනවා, ලස්සනටNangi label eke nama liyanawa, lassanataNangi writes the name on the label, neatly
"ස්පෙලින් හරිද?" ඇහුවා, නෝනා හිනා වුණා"Spelling haridha?" ahuwa, nona hina wuna"Is the spelling right?" she asked, and the visitor laughed
තාත්තා කුරුඳු පොත්තක් අරන් දුවගෙන ආවාThaththa kurundu poththak aran duwagena aawaThaththa came running with a piece of cinnamon bark
"මේකත් ටිකක් දාන්න, අපේ ගහෙන්!""Mekath tikak danna, ape gahen!""Put a bit of this in too, from our own tree!"
Chorus
කුරුඳුයි, සඳුන්යි, බෝතලේ මගේ නම!Kurunduyi, sandunyi, bothale mage nama!Cinnamon and sandalwood, my name on the bottle!
අපේ වත්තේ සුවඳ, නෝනාගේ අතේ බෝතලේApe waththe suwanda, nonage athe bothaleOur garden's scent, in the bottle in her hand
ඇස් දෙක වහගෙන ඉඹලා, "මේක මගේ!" කිව්වාAs deka wahagena imbala, "Meka mage!" kiwwaEyes shut, she smelled it and said "This one's mine!"
නංගි ලේබල් එකේ නම ලිව්වාNangi label eke nama liwwaNangi wrote the name on the label
බෝතලේ මගේ නම, බෝතලේ මගේ නමBothale mage nama, bothale mage namaMy name on the bottle, my name on the bottle
අපේ කුරුඳු, අපේ සුවඳ, බෝතලේ මගේ නම!Ape kurundu, ape suwanda, bothale mage nama!Our cinnamon, our scent, my name on the bottle!
Bridge
කලින් අපේ කුරුඳු ගියේ ගෝනියක දාලාKalin ape kurundu giye goniyaka dalaOur cinnamon used to leave in a sack
ගෝනියේ නමක් නෑ, කොහේ ගියාද දන්නේ නෑGoniye namak na, kohe giyada danne naNo name on the sack, no knowing where it went
අද නංගි හැම බෝතලේම නමක් ලියනවාAda nangi hama bothalema namak liyanawaToday Nangi writes a name on every bottle
නෝනාගේ නම උඩින්, අපේ වත්තේ නම යටින්Nonage nama udin, ape waththe nama yatinHer name on top, our garden's name underneath
Chorus
කුරුඳුයි, සඳුන්යි, බෝතලේ මගේ නම! (මගේ නම!)Kurunduyi, sandunyi, bothale mage nama! (mage nama!)Cinnamon and sandalwood, my name on the bottle!
අපේ වත්තේ සුවඳ, නෝනාගේ අතේ බෝතලේApe waththe suwanda, nonage athe bothaleOur garden's scent, in the bottle in her hand
ඇස් දෙක වහගෙන ඉඹලා, "මේක මගේ!" කිව්වාAs deka wahagena imbala, "Meka mage!" kiwwaEyes shut, she smelled it and said "This one's mine!"
නංගි ලේබල් එකේ නම ලිව්වාNangi label eke nama liwwaNangi wrote the name on the label
බෝතලේ මගේ නම, බෝතලේ මගේ නම (අපේ සුවඳ!)Bothale mage nama, bothale mage nama (ape suwanda!)My name on the bottle, my name on the bottle
අපේ කුරුඳු, අපේ සුවඳ, බෝතලේ මගේ නම!Ape kurundu, ape suwanda, bothale mage nama!Our cinnamon, our scent, my name on the bottle!
Outro
බෝතලේ මගේ නමBothale mage namaMy name on the bottle
අපේ වත්තේ සුවඳ.Ape waththe suwanda.our garden's scent
From the book
- Idea 23Your own perfume, blended from Sri Lankan cinnamon, vetiver, citronella and sandalwood oils, in a bottle with your name on it
- Cluster 2Sell the making, not the object
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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