Ahase Paya Lyrics
by Marians
“Ahase paayaa walgaa tharuwak” (අහසේ පායා වල්ගා තරුවක්), Ahase Paya (අහසේ පායා) lyrics: a Sinhala Christmas song sung by Marians, with words by Thanne Gunnananda Thero and music by Nalin Perera, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. Many know it simply as Ahase paayaa, and in Sinhala it is අහසේ පායා ගී පද.
| SONG | Ahase Paya |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Marians |
| LYRICIST | Thanne Gunnananda Thero |
| COMPOSER | Nalin Perera |
| CATEGORY | Christmas Songs |
| VIEWS | 1 |
| UPDATED |
Ahase Paya Lyrics Singlish
Ahase paayaa walgaa tharuwak
Loke nahawaa saame sisilak
Samidun wadiyaa
Samidun wadiyaa lowata samidun wadiyaa
Awapaha sithuman piwithuru karawaa
Saame diya wal dasa atha galuwaa
Samidun wadiyaa
Samidun wadiyaa lowata samidun wadiyaa
Malawunu hadawath jeewaya purawaa
Saame pawanal mihimatha welunaa
Samidun wadiyaa
Samidun wadiyaa lowata kumaru ipadunaaඅහසේ පායා ගී පද
අහසේ පායා වල්ගා තරුවක්
ලෝකේ නහවා සාමේ සිසිලක්
සමිදුන් වැඩියා
සමිඳුන් වැඩියා ලොවට සමිදුන් වැඩියා
අවපැහැ සිතුමන් පිවිතුරු කරවා
සාමේ දිය වැල් දස අත ගැලුවා
සමිදුන් වැඩියා
සමිඳුන් වැඩියා ලොවට සමිදුන් වැඩියා
මැලවුණු හදවත් ජීවය පුරවා
සාමේ පවනැල් මිහිමත වේලුනා
සමිදුන් වැඩියා
සමිඳුන් වැඩියා ලොවට කුමරු ඉපදුනාAhase Paya Lyrics English Translation
A comet blazing in the sky
bathing the world in a coolness of peace
The Lord has come
The Lord has come, to the world the Lord has come
Cleansing darkened thoughts to purity
streams of peace flowed out in all ten directions
The Lord has come
The Lord has come, to the world the Lord has come
Filling withered hearts with life
breezes of peace settled over the earth
The Lord has come
The Lord has come, to the world a prince was born
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.
Ahase Paya Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a Christmas carol, and it announces the birth of Christ the way the old nativity story does, through a sign in the sky. The “comet blazing in the heavens” is the star of Bethlehem, and here it does more than shine: it bathes the whole world in a coolness of peace. In the Sri Lankan imagination coolness (sisila) is relief and blessing after heat, so the star’s light falls on the earth like the calm every heart is waiting for.
Each verse turns that arrival into something the listener can feel. Darkened, troubled thoughts are washed clean, and streams of peace pour out “in all ten directions,” a phrase that simply means everywhere, to the ends of the earth. Withered hearts are filled with life again, and gentle breezes of peace settle over the land.
The refrain repeats the single fact the whole song rests on: samidun wadiyaa, “the Lord has come.” The last line names who that is, “to the world a prince was born,” the kumaru, the Christ child. It is a warm, uncomplicated hymn of welcome, the feeling of a world that was heavy and dry suddenly given light, coolness and life on the night of the nativity.
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.