One Day in the Evening Lyrics
by Ishan Hewage
“Eka dawasak haendaawaka nuwarata enna” (එක දවසක් හැන්දෑවක නුවරට එන්න), One Day in the Evening (එක දවසක් හැන්දෑවක) lyrics: a Sinhala love song sung by Ishan Hewage, with words by Dilan Nuwaragedara and music by Tharindu Damsara, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained and also listed under Nostalgia. In Sinhala it is එක දවසක් හැන්දෑවක ගී පද, and many know it simply as Eka dawasak.
| SONG | One Day in the Evening |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Ishan Hewage |
| LYRICIST | Dilan Nuwaragedara |
| COMPOSER | Tharindu Damsara |
| CATEGORY | Love Songs, Nostalgia |
| VIEWS | 1 |
| UPDATED |
One Day in the Evening Lyrics Singlish
Eka dawasak haendaawaka nuwarata enna
Waw diya tharamata wadiyen senehasa denna
Edaa wage thawa dawasak numbawa dakinna
Pori ahurata adilaa ena min pelee
Siyothun ran thuru his matha hun pewee
Piyawara manapu api awidan giya weedee
Mathakaya thawama tharunayi neth atha diya wee
Nuwara wassa aawath maa themaagena
Ihalana kudaya na ada atha daraagena
Waw diya mathin rali dahasak mawaagena
Premaya gihin udu hulage gasaagenaඑක දවසක් හැන්දෑවක ගී පද
එක දවසක් හැන්දෑවක නුවරට එන්න
වැව් දිය තරමට වැඩියෙන් සෙනෙහස දෙන්න
එදා වගේ තව දවසක් නුඹව දකින්න
පොරි අහුරට ඇදිලා එන මින් පේලි
සියොතුන් රෑන් තුරු හිස් මත හුන් පේවී
පියවර මැනපු අපි ඇවිදන් ගිය වීදී
මතකය තවම තරුණයි නෙත් ඇත දිය වී
නුවර වැස්ස ආවත් මා තෙමාගෙන
ඉහලන කුඩය නෑ අද අත දරාගෙන
වැව් දිය මතින් රැලි දහසක් මවාගෙන
ප්‍රේමය ගිහින් උඩු හුලගේ ගසාගෙනOne Day in the Evening Lyrics English Translation
Come to the town, one evening,
give me more love than the water of the tank,
let me see you one more day, the way it was back then
Rows of fish, drawn in to a handful of puffed rice,
flocks of birds, perched pure upon the treetops,
the streets we walked, measuring out our steps,
the memory is still young, and the eyes brim over with water
Even when the town rain comes and soaks me through,
there is no umbrella held in my hand today,
raising a thousand ripples across the tank water,
love has gone, blown away on the wind
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.
One Day in the Evening Song Meaning and Interpretation
A tender, nostalgic love song set in the hill-town of Kandy, built around its famous lake. The singer’s whole wish is small and aching: come to the town, one evening, and give me more love than the water of the tank, let me see you one more day, the way it was back then. He is asking the past to return for a single evening.
The memories are all lakeside details: rows of fish drawn in to a handful of puffed rice, flocks of birds settled pure upon the treetops, and the streets we walked, measuring out our steps. That memory, he says, is still young, undimmed, and the very freshness of it makes the eyes brim over with water.
The present is rain and absence. When the town rain comes and soaks him, there is no umbrella held in my hand today, no one beside him, no shelter. And in the final image, love itself raises a thousand ripples across the tank water and is then blown away on the wind, scattered like ripples that fade across the lake. Sung by Ishan Hewage to words by Dilan Nuwaragedara, composed by Tharindu Damsara, it is a wistful song about longing for one more lakeside evening with a love the wind has carried off.
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.