Katahada Lyrics
“Mata ape katahada ase” (මට අපේ කටහඬ ඇසේ): Katahada (කටහඬ) lyrics, a Sinhala heartbreak song sung by Nilakshi Dinusha Perera, with words by Najath Akram and Warsha Ranasinghe and music by Tharindu Damsara, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained and also listed under Sad Songs. Many know it simply as Mata ape, and in Sinhala it is කටහඬ ගී පද.
| SONG | Katahada |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Nilakshi Dinusha Perera |
| LYRICIST | Najath Akram, Warsha Ranasinghe |
| COMPOSER | Tharindu Damsara |
| CATEGORY | Heart Break, Sad Songs |
| VIEWS | 1 |
| UPDATED |
Katahada Lyrics Singlish
Mata ape katahada ase
Aadare thawamath thibe
Sitha thawama oba wenuwen thawe
Boho dinawala ape katahada ase
Atha haree ath nohala ridumaka
Paata wiyakee miyena sihineka
Yalidu numba paa nena hariyaka
Nidhan karanemi mage premaya
Nopenenaa hada dawena yuwalaki
Noasenaa iki bindina kandulaki
Nohangenaa miya adena sihineki
Aadare nima nowana kawiyakiකටහඬ ගී පද
මට අපේ කටහඬ ඇසේ
ආදරේ තවමත් තිබේ
සිත තවම ඔබ වෙනුවෙන් තැවේ
බොහෝ දිනවල අපේ කටහඬ ඇසේ
අත හැරී අත් නොහළ රිදුමක
පාට වියැකී මියෙන සිහිනෙක
යළිදු නුඹ පා නේන හරියක
නිධන් කරනෙමි මගේ ප්රේමය
නොපෙනෙනා හද දැවෙන යුවලකි
නොඇසෙනා ඉකි බිඳින කඳුළකි
නොහැඟෙනා මිය ඇදෙන සිහිනෙකි
ආදරේ නිම නොවන කවියකිKatahada Lyrics English Translation
I hear our voice,
love is still there,
my heart still aches for you,
on so many days, I hear our voice
In a hurt that let go but was never released,
in a dream whose colour fades and dies,
in the place where you never appear again,
I bury my love away
It is an unseen, burning pair of hearts,
an unheard, sobbing, breaking tear,
an unfelt dream that slowly dies,
love is a poem that never ends
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.
Katahada Song Meaning and Interpretation
A quiet, grieving song about a love that has ended in everything but feeling. The singer keeps hearing our voice, the sound of the two of them together, and admits that love is still there, that the heart still aches, on so many days. Time has passed, but the sound of what they were will not fade.
The middle is where the love is laid to rest. It lives now in a hurt that let go but was never released, in a dream whose colour fades and dies, in a place where the other person will never appear again; and there, in that impossible place, I bury my love away. Letting go and never quite letting go happen in the same breath.
The close names the love through a series of things unseen and unheard: an unseen pair of burning hearts, an unheard sobbing tear, an unfelt dream slowly dying, and finally, love is a poem that never ends. Even buried and silent, it goes on. Sung by Nilakshi Dinusha Perera to words by Najath Akram and Warsha Ranasinghe, composed by Tharindu Damsara, it is a tender, mournful song about carrying a love that is over inside you, unseen and unending.
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.