Raa Pura Heenaye Lyrics
“Raa pura heenaye maa mawu maaligaawa rajinakata liya” (රෑ පුරා හීනයේ මා මැවූ මාලිගාව රැජිනකට ලියා): Raa Pura Heenaye (රෑ පුරා හීනයේ) lyrics, a Sinhala heartbreak song sung by Dasun Madushan, with words by Kasun Wickramasinghe, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. In Sinhala it is රෑ පුරා හීනයේ ගී පද.
| SONG | Raa Pura Heenaye |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Dasun Madushan |
| LYRICIST | Kasun Wickramasinghe |
| COMPOSER | Dasun Madushan |
| CATEGORY | Heart Break |
| VIEWS | 0 |
| UPDATED |
Raa Pura Heenaye Lyrics Singlish
Raa pura heenaye maa mawu maaligaawa rajinakata liya
Na sina ae nisa maa gewu jeewitheda ragena giya nisa
Kimidee yathaartaye nadiye
Natabun wu pemkatha dutuwa
Sirawu sithuwillakin nothawi
Manasin e ruwa pawa bonda kala
Hitata wadina age handin eka pelata ahena
Wadanakin do rawatune
Rayama kalamba suwahasak suralowa penena
Math vemin thahanam suwe
Kimidee yathaartaye nadiye
Natabun wu pemkatha dutuwa
Sirawu sithuwillakin nothawi
Manasin e ruwa pawa bonda kala
Raa pura heenaye maa mawu maaligaawa rajinakata liya
Na sina ae nisa maa gewu jeewitheda ragena giya nisa
Kimidee yathaartaye nadiye
Natabun wu pemkatha dutuwa
Sirawu sithuwillakin nothawi
Manasin e ruwa pawa bonda kalaරෑ පුරා හීනයේ ගී පද
රෑ පුරා හීනයේ මා මැවූ මාලිගාව රැජිනකට ලියා
නෑ සිනා ඈ නිසා මා ගෙවූ ජීවිතේද රැගෙන ගිය නිසා
කිමිදී යතාර්ථයේ නදියෙ
නටඹුන් වූ පෙම්කතා දුටුවා
සිරවූ සිතුවිල්ලකින් නොතැවි
මනසින් ඒ රුව පවා බොඳ කලා
හිතට වදිනා ඇගෙ හඬින් එක පෙලට ඇහෙනා
වදනකින් දෝ රැවටුනේ
රැයම කලඹා සුවහසක් සුරලෝක පෙනෙනා
මත් වෙමින් තහනම් සුවේ
කිමිදී යතාර්ථයේ නදියෙ
නටඹුන් වූ පෙම්කතා දුටුවා
සිරවූ සිතුවිල්ලකින් නොතැවි
මනසින් ඒ රුව පවා බොඳ කලා
රෑ පුරා හීනයේ මා මැවූ මාලිගාව රැජිනකට ලියා
නෑ සිනා ඈ නිසා මා ගෙවූ ජීවිතේද රැගෙන ගිය නිසා
කිමිදී යතාර්ථයේ නදියෙ
නටඹුන් වූ පෙම්කතා දුටුවා
සිරවූ සිතුවිල්ලකින් නොතැවි
මනසින් ඒ රුව පවා බොඳ කලාRaa Pura Heenaye Lyrics English Translation
The palace I built all night in dreams, I signed over to a queen,
there is no smile now because of her, because she carried off the life I had spent
Diving into the river of reality,
I saw the ruins of our love stories
not tormenting myself with a trapped thought,
I even blurred her image out of my mind
Deceived, perhaps, by a single word
that fell into a line of her heart-piercing voice,
stirring the whole night, seeing a thousand heavens,
growing drunk on a forbidden pleasure
Diving into the river of reality,
I saw the ruins of our love stories
not tormenting myself with a trapped thought,
I even blurred her image out of my mind
The palace I built all night in dreams, I signed over to a queen,
there is no smile now because of her, because she carried off the life I had spent
Diving into the river of reality,
I saw the ruins of our love stories
not tormenting myself with a trapped thought,
I even blurred her image out of my mind
English translation by the Lyrics LK editorial team and community contributors, many of them native Sinhala speakers. Translations are interpretive and may not capture every nuance of the original Sinhala. Anyone can register to submit a translation, suggest a correction to this one, or add a song that is missing.
Raa Pura Heenaye Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a song about waking up from a love that turned out to be only a dream. All night, the singer says, he built a palace in his sleep and signed it over to a queen, the woman he adored. But now there is no smile left in him, because she carried off the very life he had spent on her. The fantasy was gorgeous, and its collapse is total.
The recurring image is a plunge into cold water. Diving into the river of reality, he says, he saw the ruins of their love stories laid bare. Rather than let one trapped thought keep torturing him, he does something deliberate and almost self-protective: he blurs her image out of his own mind, choosing to let the picture of her fade.
The middle verse explains how he was taken in. He was deceived, he thinks, by a single word dropped into a line of her heart-piercing voice, and on the strength of it he spent whole nights stirred up, seeing a thousand heavens, drunk on a forbidden sweetness. Put together, the song tells of a beautiful illusion and the clear-eyed, slightly bitter decision to step out of it, trading the dream palace for the plain, cold river of what was actually real.
Meaning written by the Lyrics LK editorial team and community contributors. It reflects our reading of the song and may differ from the artist's intent. Anyone can register to submit their own meaning, suggest a correction to this one, or add a song that is missing.