Welawa Ko Lyrics by Marians
Welawa Ko (වෙලාව කෝ) is a Sinhala song sung by Marians. The lyrics were written by Kelum Srimal and Nalin Perera, and the music is composed by Nalin Perera. This page presents the Welawa Ko lyrics in Sinhala script (වෙලාව කෝ ගී පද), an English transliteration (Singlish) for sing-along, an English translation, and an explanation of the song's meaning.
| SONG | Welawa Ko |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Marians |
| LYRICIST | Kelum Srimal, Nalin Perera |
| COMPOSER | Nalin Perera |
| VIEWS | 0 |
| UPDATED |
Welawa Ko Lyrics
Ko ko ko welawa ko ////
Wachana dekak katha karala hithe thibuna deyak kiyala
Bedaagaththa ape jeewithe
Ko ko ko welawa ko ////
Pissu katha chuti katha vihilu katha gnana katha ekka hina wechcha lama kaale
Bolanda katha thodola katha chaatu katha moda katha kiyala preethi wechcha tharuna kaale
Lama kaale tharuna kaale eda neda ape hondama kaale
Ko nane meda nane ko wela nane kaatath ada kaale
Ko ko ko welawa ko ////
Saama katha prema katha hadana katha hadena katha ihin kanin dore galana kaale
Nobee noka hina kaka nikara katha kaale kaka ellilane api antharjaale
Dan bane balan inna bane cell phone diha balan inna thaale
Ko bane giya kaale ali ethun lawa adala ganna bane
Ko ko ko welawa ko ////
Wachana dekak katha karala hithe thibuna deyak kiyala
Bedaagaththa ape jeewithe
Ko ko ko welawa koවෙලාව කෝ ගී පද
කො කෝ කෝ වෙලාව කෝ////
වචන දෙකක් කතා කරලා හිතේ තිබුන දෙයක් කියලා
බෙදාගත්ත අපේ ජීවිතේ
කො කෝ කෝ වෙලාව කෝ ////
පිස්සු කතා චූටි කතා විහිළු කතා ඥාණ කතා එක්ක හිනා වෙච්ච් ළමා කාලේ
බොළඳ කතා තොඳොල කතා චාටු කතා මෝඩ කතා කියලා ප්රීති වෙච්ච් තරුණ කාලේ
ළමා කාලේ තරුණ කාලේ එදා නේද අපේ හොඳම කාලේ
කෝ නෑනේ මෙදා නෑනේ කෝ වෙලා නෑනේ කාටත් අද කාලේ
කො කෝ කෝ වෙලාව කෝ////
සාම කතා ප්රේම කතා හදන කතා හැදෙන කතා ඉහින් කණින් දොරේ ගලන කාලේ
නොබී නොකා හිනා කකා නිකර කතා කාලේ කකා එල්ලිලානේ අපි අන්තර්ජාලේ
දැන් බෑනේ බලන් ඉන්න බෑනේ සෙල් ෆෝන් දිහා බලන් ඉන්න තාලේ
කෝ බෑනේ ගිය කාලේ අලි ඇතුන් ලවා ඇදලා ගන්න බෑනේ
කො කෝ කෝ වෙලාව කෝ ////
වචන දෙකක් කතා කරලා හිතේ තිබුන දෙයක් කියලා
බෙදාගත්ත අපේ ජීවිතේ
කො කෝ කෝ වෙලාව කෝWelawa Ko Lyrics English Translation
Ko ko ko, where is the time? ////
Speaking just two words, saying what was in the heart,
we shared our whole lives
Ko ko ko, where is the time? ////
Crazy talk, small talk, jokes, wise talk, laughing through childhood,
naive talk, cooing talk, flattering talk, foolish talk, delighting through youth
childhood and youth, weren’t those our finest days?
none of it is here now, no time now, for anyone today
Ko ko ko, where is the time? ////
Peace talk, love talk, plans made and plans coming true, spilling ear to ear and door to door,
without a drink or a bite, laughing away, whiling the idle hours, now we hang off the internet
now we can’t, can’t sit and look at each other, we sit staring at cell phones
where are the old days? you couldn’t drag them back now even with elephants
Ko ko ko, where is the time? ////
Speaking just two words, saying what was in the heart,
we shared our whole lives
Ko ko ko, where is the time?
Translation provided by the Lyrics LK editorial team. Translations are interpretive and may not capture every nuance of the original Sinhala text.
Welawa Ko Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a warm, wistful song from the veteran band Marians about how we have run out of time for each other. Its refrain is a double question, welawa ko, which means both where is the time and where did the time go. Once, it says, just two words spoken from the heart were enough to share a whole life together.
The song walks back through the ages of a friendship. Childhood was crazy talk and small talk and jokes and laughter; youth was all naive, cooing, foolish chatter and pure delight. Weren’t those our best days, it asks, and then lands the sad answer: none of that is here now, nobody has time for anyone today.
The last verse names the culprit, with more regret than anger. People used to spill peace talk and love talk and plans from ear to ear and door to door, laughing the idle hours away, and now we hang off the internet instead, unable even to sit and look at one another because we are staring at our cell phones. Where are the old days, it sighs, with a lovely idiom: you could not drag them back now even with a team of elephants. It is a gentle lament for real, unhurried human company in the age of the screen.
Interpretation by the Lyrics LK editorial team. This reflects our understanding of the song and may differ from the artist's intended meaning.