Thisara Kadelle Lyrics by Lakshman WijesekaraNirmala Ranathunga

In the tern’s nest,
in the tern’s nest, a cradle of love,
the two of us smile together,
on a lonely island with no human voice,
the two of us are alone together

On a night long ago,
you, at the edge of the bed,
I felt your warmth,
in ear, in eye, in the cool breeze,
your voice reached me

In the tern’s nest, a cradle of love,
the two of us smile together,
on a lonely island with no human voice,
the two of us are alone together

Vowing that we will never part,
we count the moon and the stars,
on the day our spring-dream is crowned,
we will receive our consecration

In the tern’s nest, a cradle of love,
the two of us smile together,
on a lonely island with no human voice,
the two of us are alone together

A tender romantic duet imagining two lovers utterly alone in their own world. Their refuge is the tern’s nest, a cradle of love, a private little haven, and on a lonely island with no human voice, the two of them smile and are alone together. Love here is escape into a place that belongs only to them.

The middle is warm, close memory. On a night long ago, one recalls the other at the edge of the bed, feeling their warmth, and hearing their voice carried in ear, in eye, in the cool breeze. It is intimacy remembered through the senses, soft and unhurried.

The close turns the private haven into a vow. Promising never to part, they count the moon and the stars together, and look forward to the day their spring-dream is crowned, when they will receive their consecration, a wedding imagined in royal terms, a coronation of their love. Sung as a duet by Lakshman Wijesekara and Nirmala Ranathunga to words by Upali S. Range, it is a sweet, escapist love song about two people making a whole world of their own, and vowing to belong to it, and to each other, forever.