Geethayak Wuna Obath Lyrics by Lakshman Wijesekara

You too became a song, one that made only pain,
this is the night that put out the star-lamps of love …//

Even joined together in love’s sweetness,
at the doorway of life’s wishes ..//
those wishes broke and shattered and were gone,
you a flower, I a lake, but not this time, my dear

You too became a song that made only pain,
this is the night that put out love’s star-lamps

Burning me in loneliness and sorrow,
floating away from the edge of my eye ..//
love has flown away and gone,
you a moon, I a night, but not this time, my dear

You too became a song that made only pain,
this is the night that put out love’s star-lamps ..//

A tender heartbreak song about a love that has become a source of pain. You too became a song, one that made only pain, the singer says, and this is the very night that put out the star-lamps of love, the lights of love extinguished, one by one, across the sky. What was once music is now only ache.

The middle mourns broken hopes. Even joined in love’s sweetness, standing at the doorway of life’s wishes, those wishes broke and shattered and were gone. And the recurring, aching image of two things that belong together yet cannot meet, you a flower, I a lake, but not this time, my dear. They were meant for each other, but the timing, or fate, denied it.

The close deepens the loneliness. Burning him in sorrow, love has floated away from the edge of my eye and flown off for good. The pairing image returns, sadder still: you a moon, I a night, but not this time. Moon and night belong together too, and still they are kept apart. Sung by Lakshman Wijesekara to words by Vasantha Kumara Kobawaka, it is a gentle, wistful song about a love turned to pain, and two people made for each other who simply could not be together this time.