Sihine Soya Enawa Lyrics by Mihindu Ariyaratne

In my ears echoes the voice that wept long ago,
flames of separation slip from my eyes

Though fallen and wounded, in the mansion of the heart,
unshaken, the heart’s own glory keeps burning

From the ashes of the burned-down home, waking, I come seeking,
lying down with death itself, I come seeking the dream

Though you deceived, trampled, and buried me in lament,
though you pressed and shoved and blinded me with lies

Though fallen and wounded, in the mansion of the heart,
unshaken, the heart’s own glory keeps burning

From the ashes of the burned-down home, waking, I come seeking,
lying down with death itself, I come seeking the dream

You cannot bury my voice,
you cannot blind my eyes,
you cannot block the dream,
you cannot stop me again,
I will not be stopped again

A fierce, resilient song about refusing to be beaten down. It opens in pain, the voice of someone who wept long ago still echoing in the ears, flames of separation slipping from the eyes, and then immediately turns defiant: though fallen and wounded, within the mansion of the heart an unshaken glory, prathaapa, keeps burning. Hurt has not put the fire out.

The central image is rising from ashes. From the ashes of a burned-down home the singer wakes and comes seeking, and, lying down even with death itself, he comes seeking the dream. He names what was done to him without flinching: you deceived, trampled and buried me in grief; you pressed, shoved and blinded me with lies, and still the heart’s glory burns on, unshaken.

The song ends as pure, ringing defiance, a list of things his enemy cannot do: you cannot bury my voice, you cannot blind my eyes, you cannot block the dream, you cannot stop me again. And the final vow: I will not be stopped again. Sung by Mihindu Ariyaratne, it is an anthem of survival and resolve, about a person betrayed and broken who rises from the ashes to keep chasing the dream no one can take from them.