Thaththage Suwanda Lyrics
“Thaththa rata raka gannata giya hati” (තාත්ත රට රැක ගන්නට ගිය හැටි), Thaththage Suwanda (තාත්තගෙ සුවඳ) lyrics: a Sinhala song about a father sung by Harshana Disanayake, with words by Somathilaka Disanayake, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained and also listed under Patriotic. In Sinhala it is තාත්තගෙ සුවඳ ගී පද, and many know it simply as Thaththa rata.
| SONG | Thaththage Suwanda |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Harshana Disanayake |
| LYRICIST | Somathilaka Disanayake |
| CATEGORY | Father, Patriotic, Sad Songs |
| VIEWS | 4 |
| UPDATED |
Thaththage Suwanda Lyrics Singlish
Thaththa rata raka gannata giya hati
Thagith aragena langadima enahati
Aachchi kiw widihata liwwaa
Mage rachaneyi palaweni amme //
Thaththage pinthuureta amme
Ayi wathusudu mal maalaya damme
Thaththage suwandayi mal suwandayi
Mata dan tika tika patalena gaanayi
Thaththa rata raka gannata giya hati
Thagith aragena langadima enahati
Aachchi kiw widihata liwwaa
Mage rachaneyi palaweni amme
Danagannata mang karana hapankam
Thaththatath rachanaya pennannam
Kandulu bindu amme ayi metharam
Thaththa mage langadee enawaa nam..තාත්තගෙ සුවඳ ගී පද
තාත්ත රට රැක ගන්නට ගිය හැටි
තෑගිත් අරගෙන ලඟදිම එනහැටි
ආච්චි කිව් විදිහට ලිව්වා
මගෙ රචනෙයි පළවෙනි අම්මේ //
තාත්තගේ පින්තූරේට අම්මේ
ඇයි වතුසුදු මල් මාලය දැම්මේ
තාත්තගේ සුවඳයි මල් සුවඳයි
මට දැන් ටික ටික පැටලෙන ගානයි
තාත්ත රට රැක ගන්නට ගිය හැටි
තෑගිත් අරගෙන ලඟදිම එනහැටි
ආච්චි කිව් විදිහට ලිව්වා
මගෙ රචනෙයි පළවෙනි අම්මේ
දැනගන්නට මං කරන හපන්කම්
තාත්තටත් රචනය පෙන්නන්නම්
කඳුළු බිංදු අම්මේ ඇයි මෙතරම්
තාත්ත මගෙ ලඟදී එනවා නම්..Thaththage Suwanda Lyrics English Translation
How father went away to protect the country,
how he would come back soon, bringing gifts,
I wrote it just the way grandma told me,
it is my very first essay, mother //
On father’s photograph, mother,
why did you put the white vatusudu-flower garland?
father’s scent and the flowers’ scent,
now they get a little tangled up for me
How father went away to protect the country,
how he would come back soon, bringing gifts,
I wrote it just the way grandma told me,
it is my very first essay, mother
So that everyone knows the brave things I do,
I will show my essay to father too,
mother, why are there so very many teardrops,
if father is going to come back to me soon?..
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.
Thaththage Suwanda Song Meaning and Interpretation
A quietly devastating song sung in the voice of a small child whose father, a soldier, has died, though the child does not understand it yet. Proudly, the child recounts my very first essay, written just the way grandma dictated: how father went away to protect the country and how he will come back soon, bringing gifts. The innocence of the retelling is what breaks the heart.
The first crack of doubt is a smell and a garland. On father’s photograph, the child asks, mother, why did you put the white vatusudu-flower garland?, the flowers used for the dead. And then the unbearably gentle line: father’s scent and the flowers’ scent, now they get a little tangled up for me. The child is only beginning to sense that something is wrong.
The last verse holds the whole tragedy in a child’s logic. Eager to make father proud, the child promises to show him the essay, so that everyone knows the brave things I do. And seeing the mother weep, the child asks the question that says everything the child cannot: mother, why are there so many teardrops, if father is going to come back to me soon? Sung by Harshana Disanayake to words by Admiral Somathilaka Disanayake, it is a heartbreaking song about a fallen soldier, told through the uncomprehending love of the child he left behind.
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.