Anula Lyrics
“Nuraawee maa anulaa nethu rawatana” (නුරාවී මා අනුලා නෙතු රවටන): Anula (අනුලා) lyrics, a Sinhala folk song sung by Malini Shyaradee, with words by Hansi Sandamali and music by Tharindu Damsara, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. Many know it simply as Nuraawee maa, and in Sinhala it is අනුලා ගී පද.
| SONG | Anula |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Malini Shyaradee |
| LYRICIST | Hansi Sandamali |
| COMPOSER | Tharindu Damsara |
| CATEGORY | Folk |
| VIEWS | 0 |
| UPDATED |
Anula Lyrics Singlish
Nuraawee maa anulaa nethu rawatana
Kaamaye dhenuwa se gatha pinawana
Ramanaye ahawara duk gini uhulanaa
Siv hele wamsa poth pitu meda nethu yugala bondawunaa
Wil there aseni mala se kakulu maa pipunaa
Wiyapath wuu paapiyeku athin bambasara bidunaa
Widawanaa maa gathe duk rudhiraye pengunaa
Elesa widi duk wisa bandun wala muhu welaa thibunaa
Balapan hadawathe ridumdena me wedanaa
Raja maduru waasala ehaa neka gam danaw peeraa
Daahayen nahawuna gathin maa aadare hewwaa
Wamsaye deepankare sama kula sirith wanasaa
Premayak nolabaama maa gini chithakaye dawunaa
Balapan hadawathe ridumdena me wedanaaඅනුලා ගී පද
නුරාවී මා අනුලා නෙතු රවටන
කාමයේ ධේනුව සේ ගත පිනවන
රමණයේ අහවර දුක් ගිණි උහුලනා
සිව් හෙළෙ වංශ පොත් පිටු මැද නෙතු යුගල බොඳවුනා
විල් තෙරේ අසෙනි මල සේ කැකුළු මා පිපුනා
වියපත් වූ පාපියෙකු අතින් බඹසර බිඳුණා
විඳවනා මා ගතේ දුක් රුධිරයේ පෙඟුණා
එලෙස විදි දුක් විෂ බඳුන් වල මුහු වෙලා තිබුණා
බලපන් හදවතේ රිදුම්දෙන මේ වේදනා
රජ මැදුරු වාසල එහා නෙක ගම් දනව් පීරා
දාහයෙන් නැහැවුන ගතින් මා ආදරේ හෙව්වා
වංශයේ දීපංකරේ සැම කුල සිරිත් වනසා
ප්‍රේමයක් නොලබාම මා ගිණි චිතකයේ දැවුණා
බලපන් හදවතේ රිදුම්දෙන මේ වේදනාAnula Lyrics English Translation
Bewitched, I, Anula, deceiving with my eyes,
pleasuring the body like the very cow of desire,
bearing the sorrow-fires at the end of each lovemaking,
the pair of eyes now blurred amid the pages of the Four-Dynasty chronicles
On the lake shore, like a lightning-flower, I bloomed as a bud,
my chastity broken at the hands of an aged sinner,
my suffering body soaked through with sorrowing blood,
and the poison-vessels of the pains I bore were all mixed into it,
look at them, these pains that wound my heart
Beyond the palace gates, roaming many villages and districts,
with a body bathed in fever, I went seeking love,
ruining every caste-custom, I, the lamp of the dynasty,
and, gaining no love at all, I burned upon the funeral pyre,
look at them, these pains that wound my heart
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.
Anula Song Meaning and Interpretation
A dark, dramatic song written as a monologue in the voice of Queen Anula, the notorious figure of the Mahavamsa, ancient Sri Lanka’s first reigning queen, remembered for taking, and poisoning, a series of husbands and lovers. Here she speaks for herself: bewitched and bewitching, deceiving with her eyes, pleasuring the body like the cow of desire, and bearing the sorrow-fires that came at the end of each union, her eyes now blurred among the pages of the old dynastic chronicles that condemned her.
The song reframes the villain as a wronged woman. On the lakeshore she bloomed like a bud, a lightning-flower, until her chastity was broken at the hands of an aged sinner; her suffering body was soaked in sorrowing blood, and the poison-vessels of everything she endured were mixed into her. Look, she says, at these pains that wound my heart, the poison history remembers her for is recast as the poison first done to her.
The last verse is her doomed search. Beyond the palace gates she roamed villages and districts, feverish, seeking love; ruining every caste-custom, she, the lamp of the dynasty, broke every rule for it, and still, gaining no love at all, she burned upon the funeral pyre. Look at these pains that wound my heart. Sung by Malini Shyaradee, composed by Tharindu Damsara to words by Hansi Sandamali, it is a bold, sympathetic reimagining of one of history’s condemned women, giving the poisoner queen a voice, and a grief, of her own.
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.