Watila Ridila Lyrics
“Watilaa ridilaa” (වැටිලා රිදිලා), Watila Ridila (වැටිලා රිදිලා) lyrics: a Sinhala Christian devotional song sung by Rev. Fr Kalana Peiris, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. Many know it simply as Watilaa ridilaa, and in Sinhala it is වැටිලා රිදිලා ගී පද.
| SONG | Watila Ridila |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Rev. Fr Kalana Peiris |
| GENRE | Hymn |
| CATEGORY | Christian Devotional |
| VIEWS | 0 |
| UPDATED |
Watila Ridila Lyrics Singlish
Watilaa ridilaa
Daranna bari lesa
Maa oba paawaa dun wele
Oba maa desa balalaa
Mage puthe mama
Eth aadareyi keewaa
Mage duwe mama
Eth aadareyi keewaa
Kleshaya maa kelasana wita,
Kelesmalin pelenaa wita
Hagum walin watenaa wita,
Obe aadare obe aadare
Obe aadare eyi lagatama
Mathakaya maa ridawana wita,
Aragala maa thalanaa wita
Kandulin diwi pengenaa wita,
Obe aadare obe aadare
Obe aadare eyi lagatama
Kunaatu maa wata kala wita,
Leda duk maranaya karadara
Napuraa maa wetha ena wita,
Obe aadare obe aadare
Obe aadare eyi lagatamaවැටිලා රිදිලා ගී පද
වැටිලා රිදිලා
දරන්න බැරි ලෙස
මා ඔබ පාවා දුන් වෙලේ
ඔබ මා දෙස බලලා
මගේ පුතේ මම
ඒත් ආදරෙයි කීවා
මගේ දුවේ මම
ඒත් ආදරෙයි කීවා
ක්ලේෂය මා කෙලසන විට,
කෙලෙස්මලින් පෙලෙනා විට
හැඟීම් වලින් වැටෙනා විට,
ඔබේ ආදරේ ඔබේ ආදරේ
ඔබේ ආදරේ එයි ලඟටම
මතකය මා රිදවන විට,
අරගල මා තලනා විට
කඳුළින් දිවි පෙඟෙනා විට,
ඔබේ ආදරේ ඔබේ ආදරේ
ඔබේ ආදරේ එයි ලඟටම
කුණාටු මා වට කල විට,
ලෙඩ දුක් මරණය කරදර
නපුරා මා වෙත එන විට,
ඔබේ ආදරේ ඔබේ ආදරේ
ඔබේ ආදරේ එයි ලඟටමWatila Ridila Lyrics English Translation
Fallen and wounded,
in a way too much to bear,
in the moment I had betrayed you,
you looked upon me and said,
“you are my son, and yet
I love you,” you said,
“you are my daughter, and yet
I love you,” you said
When defilement stains me,
when I am tormented by the filth of sin,
when I fall through my own feelings,
your love, your love,
your love comes near to me
When memory wounds me,
when the struggle crushes me,
when my life is soaked in tears,
your love, your love,
your love comes near to me
When storms close in around me,
sickness, sorrow, death and trouble,
when the evil one comes at me,
your love, your love,
your love comes near to me
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.
Watila Ridila Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a hymn about the unshakable, forgiving love of God, the kind that draws nearest precisely when we least deserve it. Its opening scene is one of the most tender in the whole collection. The singer is at his worst, “fallen and wounded, in a way too much to bear,” and worse, it is “the moment I had betrayed you.” That is exactly when God speaks, and what he says is astonishing: “you are my son, and yet I love you; you are my daughter, and yet I love you.” The “and yet” carries the whole weight, God knows the betrayal fully and loves anyway.
From there the song becomes a list of life’s hardest moments, and against each one it sets the same refrain. When “defilement stains me,” when “memory wounds me,” when “the struggle crushes me,” when “my life is soaked in tears,” the answer is always the same, “your love comes near to me.” God’s love is not shown to be a reward for good behaviour but a presence that arrives in the middle of failure and pain.
The final verse widens to the largest fears of all, “storms,” “sickness, sorrow, death and trouble,” and the attacks of “the evil one,” and still the refrain holds: “your love comes near to me.” What the listener is left with is deep reassurance, the promise that there is no fall low enough, no sin dark enough, and no trouble fierce enough to keep God’s love away, because it is the very nature of that love to come close exactly when we are least able to earn it.
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.