Ginnak Wilasin Lyrics
“Ginnak wilasin maa sirase dalwenaa” (ගින්නක් විලසින් මා සිරසේ දැල්වෙනා), Ginnak Wilasin (ගින්නක් විලසින්) lyrics: a Sinhala Christian devotional song sung by Lasantha Fernando, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. In Sinhala it is ගින්නක් විලසින් ගී පද.
| SONG | Ginnak Wilasin |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Lasantha Fernando |
| GENRE | Hymn |
| CATEGORY | Christian Devotional |
| VIEWS | 0 |
| UPDATED |
Ginnak Wilasin Lyrics Singlish
Ginnak wilasin maa sirase dalwenaa
Aathmayaanane
Dalwaa hade gini awlawaa
Wadinu man shuddhaathmeni
Maayaa musaawanta mehekam kalaa
Andhakaaraye wee mulaa
Siluwen obe.... hada dalwalaa
Aalokayen.... nethu dalwalaa
Wyaajathwaye pawitu seyaa balaa
Nisidethma gilihee yaado palaa
Siluwen obe nethu dalwalaa
Sewane obe radawaa thabaaගින්නක් විලසින් ගී පද
ගින්නක් විලසින් මා සිරසේ දැල්වෙනා
ආත්මයානනේ
දල්වා හදේ ගිනි අව්ලවා
වඩිනු මැන ශුද්දාත්මෙනි
මායා මුසාවන්ට මෙහෙකම් කළා
අන්ධකාරයේ වී මුලා
සිලුවෙන් ඔබේ.... හද දල්වලා
ආලෝකයෙන්.... නෙතු දල්වලා
ව්යාජත්වයේ පවිටු සේයා බලා
නිසිදෙත්ම ගිලිහී යාදෝ පලා
සිලුවෙන් ඔබේ නෙතු දල්වලා
සේවනේ ඔබේ රදවා තබාGinnak Wilasin Lyrics English Translation
Burning upon my head like a fire,
O Spirit,
kindle and set ablaze the fire in my heart,
come, Holy Spirit
I did the bidding of illusion and lies,
lost, deceived, in the darkness
by your cross… kindle my heart,
with light… kindle my eyes
Gazing at the wicked shadow of falsehood,
would my rightful sight slip away and flee?
by your cross, kindle my eyes,
and keep me abiding in your service
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.
Ginnak Wilasin Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a prayer to the Holy Spirit, and its opening image comes straight from the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit descended on the first believers as “tongues of fire” resting on their heads. The singer asks for exactly that: “burning upon my head like a fire, O Spirit, kindle and set ablaze the fire in my heart, come, Holy Spirit.” Fire here is not destruction but purifying, energizing presence, the passion and power of God set alight within.
The reason for the prayer is confessed honestly in the second verse. “I did the bidding of illusion and lies, lost, deceived, in the darkness.” The believer knows he has been living by falsehood and needs rescuing, and so he asks the Spirit, through “your cross,” to “kindle my heart” and “with light, kindle my eyes.” Fire and light together, one to warm and move the heart, the other to let him see truly again.
The final verse names the danger he fears, “gazing at the wicked shadow of falsehood, would my rightful sight slip away and flee?” He is afraid of being deceived once more, of losing clear vision, and so he prays to have his eyes kindled by the cross and, above all, to be kept close: “keep me abiding in your service.” What the listener is left with is the earnest longing of Pentecost, a heart asking to be set on fire by the Spirit, cleared of illusion, and held fast in God, burning and seeing by the light of the cross.
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.