Premaye Charika

Beautiful-eyed one, seven-coloured, rousing an intoxicating flavour,
drawn close in sweetness, I stay entwined with you always,
the journeys of love that we spend
linger even in the shadow,
even on nights when star-flowers bloom,
I feel that you are mine alone

Dewdrops, flowers in the frosty valley,
I pierce both cheeks in this cold,
in the wilderness of the many love-dreams I painted,
the figure in the picture is you, my darling

Between trembling, dreaming eyes,
even the glances turn playful on the lips,
rays of light spread across the valley,
love’s flower-garlands wind around my heart

A lush, joyful love song about a love so complete it colours everything. The beloved is seven-coloured, rainbow-bright, rousing an intoxicating flavour, and the singer stays entwined with her always. Their journeys of love linger even in shadow, and even on star-flowered nights, the constant, happy refrain returns: I feel that you are mine alone.

The middle paints a cold, dewy landscape and sets her at its centre. Amid dewdrops and flowers in the frosty valley, cheeks stung by the cold, she wanders the wilderness of the many love-dreams I painted, and in every one of those dream-pictures, the figure in the picture is you. The beloved is the subject of all her imaginings.

The close is warm and playful. Between trembling, dreaming eyes, even glances turn playful on the lips; light spreads across the valley; and love’s flower-garlands wind around the heart. Sung by Isuri Upeksha to words by Anjalee Bandara, composed by Tharindu Damsara, it is a bright, blissful love song about a love that fills every dream and colours the whole world, and the sweet certainty of belonging to each other.