Baila Gamuda Remix Karala Lyrics by Bathiya and Santhush (BnS)

Ayubowan.. welcome, Aslam Ilaikkum
BNS BACK AGAIN
Ha ha.. here it comes, a baila re-mix

We tangled up the melodies and the beats
We stirred up the whole world of song
(We took the baila and remixed it…///)

I saw his cousin and she gave me a sour look
The jasmine she brought all the way from Jaffna had already wilted
On the full-moon poya day, with the moon rising over the field
I grabbed the hunter’s daughter and ran off, shouting with joy

(We took the baila and remixed it…//)

Kusal went down to the pond of merit to catch some fish
He got a flick on the head, John Cena saw it, “can’t see me, this is you”
He said life is just a flower, he said it and went all rock
The little brother raised in the back-room stall is now hunting around Hanthana

(We took the baila and remixed it…//)

We tangled up the melodies and the beats
We stirred up the whole world of song
(We took the baila and remixed it…///)

Rap

Sewandari peeked on the sly and split Rambari away
At the roundabout shop, sweet Sembari vanished right off in the moonlight
Today, alone, she said it, went to give that first kiss
And the way the tears came down, she was left all alone on Maranda beach

(We took the baila and remixed it…//)

She came carrying the love I longed for, saying I DON’T KNOW WHY
Calling it flower upon flower, she gave me an apple blossom and left
The little sisters who kept their eyes on me without a blink
Leaving her scent beside me, today she ran off with that guy

(We took the baila and remixed it…//)

(We tangled up the melodies and the beats
We stirred up the whole world of song
We took the baila and remixed it
We took the baila and remixed it
We took the baila and remixed it…///)

This is a baila remix, and it is meant purely for fun. Baila is Sri Lanka’s party music, fast, cheeky, made for dancing at weddings and house parties, and this track by BnS is a playful mash-up that grabs lines and characters from old, beloved baila songs and stitches them into something new. It opens with greetings in Sinhala, Tamil and English (Ayubowan, Aslam Ilaikkum, welcome), a wink that says everyone is invited to the dance, and then announces straight out what it is doing, “we took the baila and remixed it.”

The verses are a string of comic mini-scenes rather than one story. A boy gets a sour look from a girl’s cousin, the jasmine flowers carried all the way from Jaffna have wilted (a sweet gesture spoiled before it could land), and on a moonlit poya night he runs off with the hunter’s daughter, whooping with joy. The humour comes from the collisions: sacred poya imagery and a runaway elopement in the same breath, a fishing trip to a “pond of merit,” even a sudden jump to John Cena and his famous “you can’t see me” gag dropped into a village scene. None of it is meant to be taken seriously. It is the joy of recognition, locals hear these names and old phrases and laugh.

Half the fun is the cast of names: Sewandari, Rambari and Sembari are stock sweethearts from classic baila and old Sinhala songs, the kind of names every listener has heard sung a hundred times. The song flings them together, has one steal another away, has one vanish “in the moonlight,” and lands a heartbreak gag on Maranda beach, all delivered with a grin. The “apple blossom” handed over instead of a real flower, the scent she leaves behind before running off with some other guy, these are the standard baila beats of love that never quite works out, played for comedy, not tears.

So this is not a song to read for deep meaning. It is a celebration of baila itself, a knowing, affectionate remix that piles up familiar tunes, names and jokes and dares you not to dance. If you grew up with these songs, every line is an inside joke. If you did not, the thing to hear is the spirit: light, fast, full of mischief, the sound of a party that does not want to end.