Mari Mawu Lyrics
by Marians
“Resting in Mother Mary's lap” (මරිමව් ගේ උකුලේ), Mari Mawu (මරි මව්) lyrics: a Sinhala Christian devotional song sung by Marians, with words by Rev Fr Saman Maximus and music by Nalin Perera, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained and also listed under Christmas Songs. In Sinhala it is මරි මව් ගී පද.
| SONG | Mari Mawu |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Marians |
| LYRICIST | Rev Fr Saman Maximus |
| COMPOSER | Nalin Perera |
| CATEGORY | Christian Devotional, Christmas Songs |
| VIEWS | 5 |
| UPDATED |
Mari Mawu Lyrics Singlish
Resting in Mother Mary's lap,
the baby son,
born in Bethlehem,
in the name of Prince Jesus
The coming of Christmas,
the angels singing their songs,
freeing every heart from the filth of sin,
filling hearts with divine love
The shepherds were watching their sheep by night,
the angels sang and carried the news that night,
the cattle-shed and heaven joined by a star that night,
the night that beheld the Messiah's form..
The coming of Christmas,
the angels singing their songs,
freeing every heart from the filth of sin,
filling hearts with divine love
Kings brought myrrh and fragrant resin,
carrying the news of the king of gods born in the cattle cave,
the glory was heard across the world in the angels' song,
the voice of peace was heard..
Resting in Mother Mary's lap,
the baby son,
born in Bethlehem,
in the name of Prince Jesus
The coming of Christmas,
the angels singing their songs,
freeing every heart from the filth of sin,
filling hearts with divine loveමරි මව් ගී පද
මරිමව් ගේ උකුලේ
සැතපෙන බිලිඳු පුතේ
ඉපදීලා බෙත්ලෙහෙමේ
ජේසු කුමරු නාමේ
නත්තල් ඇවිදිල්ල
සුරලෝ ගී ගයලා
සැම සිත් පව් කිලිටෙන් මුදවා
හදවත් දෙව් ප්‍රේමෙන් පුරවා
එඩේරුන් බැටළුවන් රකිමින් සිටියේ රෑ
සුරදුතුන් ගී ගයා එ පවත් සැලකළ රෑ
ගවහලයි සුරලොවයි තරුවෙන් යාකල රෑ
මෙසියස් රුව දුටු රෑ . .
නත්තල් ඇවිදිල්ල
සුරලෝ ගී ගයලා
සැම සිත් පව් කිලිටෙන් මුදවා
හදවත් දෙව් ප්‍රේමෙන් පුරවා
නරනිඳුන් තුවර ලා සුවඳ ලාටු රැගෙනේ
ගවලෙනේ සුර රජුන් ඉපදුන පුවත ගෙනේ
මහිමයි ලෝ පුරා සුර ගී හඬ ඇසුනේ
සාමයේ හඬ ඇසුනේ . .
මරිමව් ගේ උකුලේ
සැතපෙන බිලිඳු පුතේ
ඉපදීලා බෙත්ලෙහෙමේ
ජේසු කුමරු නාමේ
නත්තල් ඇවිදිල්ල
සුරලෝ ගී ගයලා
සැම සිත් පව් කිලිටෙන් මුදවා
හදවත් දෙව් ප්‍රේමෙන් පුරවාMari Mawu Lyrics English Translation
Resting in Mother Mary’s lap,
the baby son,
born in Bethlehem,
in the name of Prince Jesus
The coming of Christmas,
the angels singing their songs,
freeing every heart from the filth of sin,
filling hearts with divine love
The shepherds were watching their sheep by night,
the angels sang and carried the news that night,
the cattle-shed and heaven joined by a star that night,
the night that beheld the Messiah’s form..
The coming of Christmas,
the angels singing their songs,
freeing every heart from the filth of sin,
filling hearts with divine love
Kings brought myrrh and fragrant resin,
carrying the news of the king of gods born in the cattle cave,
the glory was heard across the world in the angels’ song,
the voice of peace was heard..
Resting in Mother Mary’s lap,
the baby son,
born in Bethlehem,
in the name of Prince Jesus
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.
Mari Mawu Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a Sinhala Christmas carol that tells the nativity plainly and warmly. It opens on the central image: the baby son resting in Mother Mary’s lap, born in Bethlehem, in the name of Prince Jesus. The coming of Christmas, it says, is the angels singing, every heart being freed from the filth of sin, and hearts being filled instead with divine love.
From there it walks through the familiar Bethlehem story. The shepherds were out watching their sheep by night when the angels sang and carried the news; a single star joined the humble cattle-shed to heaven; and it was the night that first beheld the form of the Messiah. The carol lingers on that phrase, “that night,” making the ordinary darkness holy.
The last verse brings the kings, the three Magi, carrying myrrh and fragrant resin to the cave where the king of the gods was born. Their arrival spreads the glory across the world in angelic song, and above all, the carol says, the voice of peace was heard. It is a gentle, faithful retelling that ends where Christmas always aims: at peace filling the earth.
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.