Vee Kurullekuta Lyrics
“Wee kurullekuta gee gayanna thahanam karalaa” (වී කුරුල්ලෙකුට ගී ගයන්න තහනම් කරලා), Vee Kurullekuta (වී කුරුල්ලෙකුට) lyrics: a Sinhala folk song sung by Harshana Disanayake, with words by Udayashantha Kumarasinghe, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained and also listed under Nostalgia. In Sinhala it is වී කුරුල්ලෙකුට ගී පද, and many know it simply as Wee kurullekuta.
| SONG | Vee Kurullekuta |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Harshana Disanayake |
| LYRICIST | Udayashantha Kumarasinghe |
| CATEGORY | Folk, Nostalgia, Sad Songs |
| VIEWS | 3 |
| UPDATED |
Vee Kurullekuta Lyrics Singlish
Wee kurullekuta gee gayanna thahanam karalaa
Dura sidaadiye iskolek akurata yawalaa
Numba nathiwa game sathuta na ape
Api balanna gamata enne kawadada aaye
Wee kurullekuta gee gayanna thahanam karalaa
Dura sidaadiye iskolek akurata yawalaa
Numba nathiwa game sathuta na ape
Api balanna gamata enne kawadada aaye
Poyadaata roththa pitin pansal yanakota
Mal nelaagaththa hati owiti wala pana
Ada poya awith numbata horen game wihaarata
Kurulu pataw duka keewaa numba nathi waga dana
Thiththa pataw nagam yana mankadawal wala
Oru paaru padda hati mathakada padi diyata pana
Ada wawa pirilaa numbata horen nelum purogena
Kurulu pataw duka keewa numba nathi waga dana
Wee kurullekuta gee gayanna thahanam karalaa
Dura sidaadiye iskolek akurata yawalaa
Numba nathiwa game sathuta na ape
Api balanna gamata enne kawadada aayeවී කුරුල්ලෙකුට ගී පද
වී කුරුල්ලෙකුට ගී ගයන්න තහනම් කරලා
දුර සිදාදියේ ඉස්කෝලෙක අකුරට යවලා
නුඹ නැතිව ගමේ සතුට නෑ අපේ
අපි බලන්න ගමට එන්නෙ කවදද ආයේ
වී කුරුල්ලෙකුට ගී ගයන්න තහනම් කරලා
දුර සිදාදියේ ඉස්කෝලෙක අකුරට යවලා
නුඹ නැතිව ගමේ සතුට නෑ අපේ
අපි බලන්න ගමට එන්නෙ කවදද ආයේ
පෝයදාට රොත්ත පිටින් පන්සල් යනකොට
මල් නෙලාගත්ත හැටි ඕවිටි වල පැන
අද පෝය ඇවිත් නුඹට හොරෙන් ගමේ විහාරෙට
කුරුළු පැටව් දුක කීවා නුඹ නැති වග දැන
තිත්ත පැටව් නෑගම් යන මංකඩවල් වල
ඔරු පාරු පැද්ද හැටි මතකද පෑදි දියට පැන
අද වැව පිරිලා නුඹට හොරෙන් නෙළුම් පුරෝගෙන
කුරුළු පැටව් දුක කීවා නුඹ නැති වග දැන
වී කුරුල්ලෙකුට ගී ගයන්න තහනම් කරලා
දුර සිදාදියේ ඉස්කෝලෙක අකුරට යවලා
නුඹ නැතිව ගමේ සතුට නෑ අපේ
අපි බලන්න ගමට එන්නෙ කවදද ආයේVee Kurullekuta Lyrics English Translation
Forbidding a paddy-bird from singing its song,
and sending it off to learn its letters at a school in the far-off city,
without you there is no joy in our village,
when will you ever come back so we can see you?
Forbidding a paddy-bird from singing its song,
and sending it off to learn its letters at a school in the far-off city,
without you there is no joy in our village,
when will you ever come back so we can see you?
On Poya days, when the crowds went off to the temple,
remember how you plucked flowers, leaping over the stiles?
today Poya came, and secretly, at the village temple,
the baby birds told their sorrow, knowing you are gone
At the crossings where the titta-birds go grazing,
remember paddling the oru and paaru boats, leaping into the clear water?
today the tank is full, and secretly plucking lotuses for you,
the baby birds told their sorrow, knowing you are gone
Forbidding a paddy-bird from singing its song,
and sending it off to learn its letters at a school in the far-off city,
without you there is no joy in our village,
when will you ever come back so we can see you?
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.
Vee Kurullekuta Song Meaning and Interpretation
A tender, aching village song about a child sent away to the city to study, and everything left behind that misses them. The title image is the whole song in miniature: it is like forbidding a paddy-bird from singing and packing it off to learn its letters at a school in the far-off city. Education pulls the child out of the fields where they belonged, and the village is left asking, when will you come back so we can see you?
The memories are all of small village freedoms now gone quiet. On Poya days the child used to run to the temple with the crowd, leaping over stiles and plucking flowers; but this Poya, at the village temple, the baby birds told their sorrow, missing the one who used to be there. Nature itself is written as grieving the child’s absence.
The last verse recalls the tank and the boats, paddling the oru and paaru, jumping into clear water; now the tank is full again, and the birds secretly gather lotuses for the absent child, still telling their sorrow. Sung by Harshana Disanayake to words by Udayashantha Kumarasinghe, it is a gentle, poignant song about how a rural childhood is quietly lost when a child is sent away to the city, and how the whole village, its birds and temples and waters, goes on missing them.
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.