The evening shadows gather,Darkness spreads across the land.The branches of the ancient banyan sway,As winds from the kamathasWhirl around the quiet village. “Dadakiri Appa,Dadakiri Appa…” I lost track of time in idle talk,Not knowing dusk had come.Now my baby cries at home—I run with hasteTo soothe the little one’s tears. “Dadakiri Appa,Dadakiri Appa…” My heart…
The mighty rains are pouring down.The Menik Ganga swells around.To Kataragama,The monsoon season now has come.The Kavadi dancers fill the shrine.Haro Hara, Haro Hara. Clouds collide and break apart,Lightning splits the darkened sky.This is the dwelling of the Six-Faced Lord on high.The monsoon season now has come.In Panama and Kumana, peacocks dance and proudly cry.Haro…
O River of the Sky, tell me now,Reveal the true line of the Sinhala kings somehow.Declare that long before Great King Mahāsammata came,This land was our inheritance, our ancestral claim. Beyond our own solar system’s light,To Akaniṭṭha Brahma Realm shining bright,If any living being dwells so far away,Our shelter once embraced them on a distant…
Goddess Kali…Goddess Kali… Do not weep upon the stoneBeside the dark Kaala Nadi river,Do not let your tearsBecome the cause of ours. Goddess Kali…Goddess Kali… In the city where swords once blazed,Your noble lineage was struck down.Now Velapura echoes only with silence—Do not dwell forever in sorrow,Do not chain your heart to the past. Goddess…
Wash from our bodies the painted hues of parties,Let Diyawanna’s waters rinse us clean.We have watched too many hollow spectacles—Let us turn our faces and refuse them.Lay aside caste and color, if only for a moment,For our Motherland, Sri Lanka, is fading—Come, give her some care before it is too late. Without you, who will…