Oba Sanda Eliya Lyrics by Lakshman Wijesekara

You are the moonlight, wetting the whole world,
the moon-face that beautifies the world is mine,
in this sleepless night of youth,
you, who make the night beautiful, are in my heart

Amid the festival of stars, at peace,
smiling as you flash your little signs,
knowing that my heart aches,
will you come? I wait, watching the road

You are the moonlight..

Become a sob at the far horizon,
weeping when the sea’s waves break,
the songs I sang, today gone lonely,
are they still unheard, my telling gone mute?

You are the moonlight..

A luminous romantic classic that makes the beloved the moon. You are the moonlight, wetting the whole world, the singer says, and the moon-face that beautifies the world is mine. In this sleepless night of youth, she is the one who makes the night beautiful, and she lives in his heart.

The middle is tender waiting. Amid the festival of stars, she smiles and flashes her little signs, playful and radiant; and knowing that my heart aches, he asks the recurring question of the song, will you come? I wait, watching the road. Love here is a vigil kept under the stars.

The close turns wistful and unanswered. His feeling has become a sob at the far horizon, weeping when the sea’s waves break; and the songs I sang, today gone lonely, he wonders, are they still unheard, my telling gone mute? The moonlit love-song may never have reached her. Sung by Lakshman Wijesekara, composed by Mahinda Bandara to words by Wimal Ketipearachchi, it is a gentle, moonlit classic about a beloved who lights up the whole world, and a lover waiting, singing into the night, unsure if he is heard.