{"id":282,"date":"2023-08-29T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2025-09-11T23:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:08:25","slug":"%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%ad%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%9c%e0%b7%9a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"My homeland (Sathan sethbima)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My homeland\u2014sole cradle where every being is free,<br>a land of merit, shining with the Three Sinhales.<br>The Sinhalese have walked this earth for countless ages,<br>guardians of a sacred trust a million years deep.<br>From this holy soil arose the Dhamma\u2019s gentle light,<br>bringing peace to the world, scattering the darkness.<br>The blood within me beats with love for this land\u2014<br>I pledge my life to honor and protect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinhalese sons and daughters, wherever you wander,<br>hear my voice carried on the wind of our ancestors:<br>Generations gave their lives so this land may endure.<br>Everywhere, the white spires of temples rise\u2014<br>symbols of faith, guardians of strength,<br>mirrors of the spirit of our people.<br>Turn away from foreign shadows,<br>stand now and defend the motherland!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pearl of the Indian Ocean\u2014<br>our Sinhala island\u2014<br>is the wellspring of civilization\u2019s dawn.<br>Upon our banner shines the lion with sword in paw\u2014<br>a symbol of courage, a symbol of Dharma,<br>the fearless path of the Buddha himself.<br>Before this sacred land, my island home,<br>I vow with unshaken heart:<br>No matter how many invaders come,<br>I will rise, I will fight,<br>I will guard my motherland forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0dc3\u0dad\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd9\u0dad\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8 \u0db8\u0d9c\u0dda- sathan seth bima- Sinhala patriotic song by Ravana Brothers\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/reGHY81lH08?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My homeland\u2014sole cradle where every being is free,a land of merit, shining with the Three Sinhales.The Sinhalese have walked this earth for countless ages,guardians of a sacred trust a million years deep.From this holy soil arose the Dhamma\u2019s gentle light,bringing peace to the world, scattering the darkness.The blood within me beats with love for this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8,21,47,27],"tags":[6,56,44,18,82],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-folksongs","category-historysong","category-mahasendehena","category-patrioticsongs","category-ravanabrotherssongs","tag-dhammika-hettiarachchi","tag-dilum-niranja","tag-pasindu-chamara","tag-pradeep-muthukudarachchi","tag-shriya-kariyawasam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795,"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhlyrics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}