Alawanthiya

The arrow struck home…
I knew you were mine…
that it was love…
I felt I could not say it

You, who quenched the heat of affection, I,
guard you lovingly, like the sky

Loving one, in love you gave me love…
becoming the beloved of my life,
you stayed close beside me…//

Love smeared on…
your kisses, wetting me…
lodged in the heart…
I drew closer still to you
hidden in a sigh…
endured in the breath…
I loved you from the heart…
from samsara to samsara, be mine…
close to me every moment, stay near…

Loving one……..

A warm, devoted love song about a love that arrived like an arrow and could not be spoken at first. The arrow struck home, the singer says, I knew you were mine; and yet, that it was love, I felt I could not say it. The feeling was instant and certain, but too big for words.

The middle turns to gratitude and guardianship. She quenched the heat of affection, and now he guards you lovingly, like the sky, a whole-sky protectiveness. She gave me love with love, became the beloved of my life, and stayed close beside me. The love is fully returned and settled.

The close is tender intimacy and a samsaric vow. Her kisses wetting him, love lodged in the heart, feeling hidden in a sigh, endured in the breath, he loved her from the heart. And the promise that lifts it beyond one life: from samsara to samsara, be mine; close to me every moment, stay near. Sung and composed by Kalpana Nayanamadhu to words by Sajith Akmeemana, it is a tender, wholehearted love song about a love that struck like an arrow, grew into lifelong devotion, and asks to last across every lifetime to come.