Romeo Lyrics
“Romiyo nam wenna epa numba” (රෝමියෝ නම් වෙන්න එපා නුඹ), Romeo (රෝමියෝ) lyrics: a Sinhala love song sung by Kalpana Kavindi, with words by Lakshantha Chinthaka and music by Tharindu Damsara, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. Many know it simply as Romiyo nam, and in Sinhala it is රෝමියෝ ගී පද.
| SONG | Romeo |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Kalpana Kavindi |
| LYRICIST | Lakshantha Chinthaka |
| COMPOSER | Tharindu Damsara |
| CATEGORY | Love Songs |
| VIEWS | 0 |
| UPDATED |
Romeo Lyrics Singlish
Romiyo nam wenna epa numba
Mata baha juliet wenna
Pem kalath koitharam numbata
Pema nisaa baha miyadenna
Langa inna onemada
Pem karana hamadema -hamadaama
Langa nathath eya
Durin ho hida hinahenu daka
Sanasenna haki hadawathak thanaaganu misa
Premaye namin miyadilaa kumatada?
Miyadenna onemada
Pemak nathiwuu wita handaa walapeema
Pemak nolabaa kisidaaka
Tutin wesenaa hadakin ehi rahasa asaagena
Premaye namin jeewath wemu thawaරෝමියෝ ගී පද
රෝමියෝ නම් වෙන්න එපා නුඹ
මට බැහැ ජුලියට් වෙන්න
පෙම් කළත් කොයිතරම් නුඹට
පෙම නිසා බැහැ මියැදෙන්න
ළඟ ඉන්න ඕනෙමද
පෙම් කරන හැමදේම -හැමදාම
ළඟ නැතත් එය
දුරින් හෝ හිඳ හිනැහෙනු දැක
සැනසෙන්න හැකි හදවතක් තනාගනු මිස
ප්‍රේමයේ නමින් මියැදිලා කුමටද?
මියැදෙන්න ඕනෙමද
පෙමක් නැතිවූ විට හඬා වැලපීම
පෙමක් නොලබා කිසිදාක
තුටින් වෙසෙනා හදකින් එහි රහස අසාගෙන
ප්‍රේමයේ නමින් ජීවත් වෙමු තවRomeo Lyrics English Translation
Don’t you go becoming a Romeo,
I cannot be a Juliet,
however much I love you,
I cannot die for the sake of love
Must you always be near?
all of loving, every single day,
even when not near, just seeing you smile from afar,
and building instead a heart that can find its peace,
rather than dying in the name of love, what would be the point?
Must you die at all?
weeping and wailing when a love is lost,
or, never having won love even once,
living joyfully with a heart that has heard love’s secret,
in the name of love, let us live on instead
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.
Romeo Song Meaning and Interpretation
A refreshingly wise love song, sung in a woman’s voice, that gently refuses the most famous love-tragedy of all. Don’t you become a Romeo, she tells him, because I cannot be a Juliet, and however deeply she loves him, she says plainly, I cannot die for the sake of love. From the first line it sets itself against the romance-as-death ideal.
The middle reasons tenderly with him. Must love always mean being side by side? Even apart, she says, simply seeing him smile from a distance, and building a heart that can find its peace, is worth far more than dying in love’s name, what, she asks, would be the point of that?
The last verse states the song’s whole philosophy. Rather than weeping and wailing when a love is lost, or, worse, never winning love and giving up, she chooses the harder, braver thing: to live joyfully with a heart that has heard love’s secret, and, in the name of love, let us live on instead. Sung by Kalpana Kavindi, composed by Tharindu Damsara to words by Lakshantha Chinthaka, it is a mature, life-affirming love song that answers Romeo and Juliet with a quiet insistence that real love is a reason to live, not to die.
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.