Numba Nethiwa Lyrics
“Numba nathiwa numbama ekka” (නුඹ නැතිව නුඹම එක්ක), Numba Nethiwa (නුඹ නැතිව) lyrics: a Sinhala love song sung by Harshana Disanayake, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained and also listed under Nostalgia. Many know it simply as Numba nathiwa, and in Sinhala it is නුඹ නැතිව ගී පද.
| SONG | Numba Nethiwa |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Harshana Disanayake |
| CATEGORY | Love Songs, Nostalgia |
| VIEWS | 1 |
| UPDATED |
Numba Nethiwa Lyrics Singlish
Numba nathiwa numbama ekka
Haendaawa awillaa
Wa kandiye methanama
Maa ekka nawathilaa
Aluth wassen wahee - gohoru mada wa pathule
Aluth mal puudanaa..
Siriyaawa wa thale - alutha dakkaa wage
Balaa imi thaamath..
Gaman thaalen nagee - awuth nila rala katee
Gaman kelawara hapee..
Bideyi sudu penakati - gamana gimanak kiya
Nohithaama imee..නුඹ නැතිව ගී පද
නුඹ නැතිව නුඹම එක්ක
හැන්දෑව ඇවිල්ලා
වෑ කණ්ඩියේ මෙතැනම
මා එක්ක නැවතිලා
අලුත් වැස්සෙන් වැහී - ගොහොරු මඩ වෑ පතුලේ
අලුත් මල් පූදනා..
සිරියාව වෑ තලේ - අලුත දැක්කා වගේ
බලා ඉමි තාමත්..
ගමන් තාලෙන් නැගී - අවුත් නිල රළ කැටී
ගමන් කෙලවර හැපී..
බිඳෙයි සුදු පෙනකැටි - ගමන ගිමනක් කිය
නොහිතාම ඉමී..Numba Nethiwa Lyrics English Translation
Without you, and yet with you yourself,
the evening has come,
here, at this very tank-bund,
it has stopped, together with me
Washed by fresh rain, in the muddy tank-bed,
fresh flowers offer themselves up,
the beauty of the tank’s plain, as if I saw it new,
I am still watching it..
Rising in the rhythm of the journey, the blue waves gather and come,
striking the journey’s end,
white foam-bubbles break, saying the journey is a weariness,
and, without thinking, I simply stay..
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.
Numba Nethiwa Song Meaning and Interpretation
A quiet, contemplative song about being alone by a reservoir, present with an absent love. Its paradox opens it: without you, and yet with you yourself, the evening has come. The other person is gone, yet somehow accompanies him, and here at this very tank-bund, the evening simply stops beside him. Solitude and companionship in the same breath.
The middle finds unexpected renewal. Washed by fresh rain, even in the muddy tank-bed fresh flowers offer themselves up; and the familiar beauty of the tank-plain looks to him as if I saw it new. Grief has, oddly, sharpened his sight; he keeps watching, as if noticing the place for the first time.
The close watches the water like a life. Blue waves rise in the rhythm of the journey, gather, and strike the journey’s end, where white foam-bubbles break, the wave’s whole trip ending in a burst of foam, saying the journey is a weariness. And the singer, without thinking, I simply stay. Sung by Harshana Disanayake, it is a still, meditative song about lingering alone by a reservoir at dusk, finding a strange new beauty in an old place, and quietly accepting the weariness of the journey.
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.