Ma Handawala Lyrics (මා හඬවලා) by Rookantha GunathilakaWindy Goonatillake
Ma Handawala Lyrics
Maa handawalaa, hadawatha salaa
Peradaaka maage denuwan rathu welaa
Dan kisi dine naha e wage
Hada aadare piree ithirenawa
Sitha pibidee, nethu pahadee
Oba hamu wee, suwanda didee
Diwiya puraa mama enawa
Mage daethin oba allaa
Maa handawalaa, hadawatha salaa
Peradaaka maage denuwan rathu welaa
Dan kisi dine naha e wage
Hada aadare piree ithirenawa
Hada uduraa gannata ba
Sitha paaraa sanasanu ba
Awaragirin hiru paayanu ba
Aeya haa maa ek wenu ba
Maa handawalaa, hadawatha salaa
Peradaaka maage denuwan rathu welaa
Dan kisi dine naha e wage
Hada aadare piree ithirenawa
Hada aadare piree ithirenawa
Hada aadare piree ithirenawaමා හඬවලා ගී පද
මා හඬවලා, හදවත සලා
පෙරදාක මාගෙ දෙනුවන් රතු වෙලා
දැන් කිසි දිනේ නැහැ ඒ වගේ
හද ආදරේ පිරී ඉතිරෙනවා
සිත පිබිදී, නෙතු පැහැදී
ඔබ හමු වී, සුවඳ දිදී
දිවිය පුරා මම එනවා
මගෙ දෑතින් ඔබ අල්ලා
මා හඬවලා, හදවත සලා
පෙරදාක මාගෙ දෙනුවන් රතු වෙලා
දැන් කිසි දිනේ නැහැ ඒ වගේ
හද ආදරේ පිරී ඉතිරෙනවා
හද උදුරා ගන්නට බෑ
සිත පාරා සනසනු බෑ
අවරගිරින් හිරු පායනු බෑ
ඇය හා මා එක් වෙනු බෑ
මා හඬවලා, හදවත සලා
පෙරදාක මාගෙ දෙනුවන් රතු වෙලා
දැන් කිසි දිනේ නැහැ ඒ වගේ
හද ආදරේ පිරී ඉතිරෙනවා
හද ආදරේ පිරී ඉතිරෙනවා
හද ආදරේ පිරී ඉතිරෙනවාMa Handawala (මා හඬවලා) is a Sinhala song sung by Rookantha Gunathilaka and Windy Goonatillake. The lyrics were written and the music composed by Rookantha Gunathilaka. This page presents the Ma Handawala lyrics in Sinhala script (මා හඬවලා ගී පද), an English transliteration (Singlish) for sing-along, an English translation, and an explanation of the song's meaning.
| SONG | Ma Handawala |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Rookantha Gunathilaka, Windy Goonatillake |
| LYRICIST | Rookantha Gunathilaka |
| COMPOSER | Rookantha Gunathilaka |
| CATEGORY | Duet, Love Songs |
| VIEWS | 0 |
| UPDATED |
Ma Handawala Lyrics English Translation
Making me weep, stirring my heart,
in days gone by my two eyes turned red
now never again is it like that,
my heart brims and overflows with love
The mind awakened, the eyes grown clear,
having met you, giving off fragrance,
all my life long I keep coming,
holding you fast in my two hands
Making me weep, stirring my heart,
in days gone by my two eyes turned red
now never again is it like that,
my heart brims and overflows with love
This heart cannot be torn away,
the mind cannot be scraped raw and soothed,
the sun cannot rise from the western hills,
she and I cannot be made one
Making me weep, stirring my heart,
in days gone by my two eyes turned red
now never again is it like that,
my heart brims and overflows with love
my heart brims and overflows with love
my heart brims and overflows with love
Translation provided by the Lyrics LK editorial team. Translations are interpretive and may not capture every nuance of the original Sinhala text.
Ma Handawala Song Meaning and Interpretation
A warm love duet by Rookantha and Windy Goonatillake, looking back from settled happiness at an earlier time of tears. You once made me weep and stirred my heart, the voice says, and in those bygone days my eyes went red with crying, but never again is it like that now, for the heart brims and overflows with love. The whole song moves from past sorrow to present abundance.
The middle is a quiet vow of lifelong companionship. With the mind awakened and the eyes grown clear, having found the other and drawn in their fragrance, the singer promises to keep coming all life long, holding the beloved fast in both hands. This is love as a steady, chosen walking-together, not the first flush of romance.
The last verse turns to a string of impossibilities: the heart cannot be torn out, the wounded mind cannot simply be scraped and soothed, the sun cannot rise from the western hills, and she and I cannot be made one. Set against the overflowing love of the refrain, that closing line lends the duet a bittersweet ache, love felt to the fullest and shadowed by the sense that a complete union is not wholly within reach. Sung together, the two voices carry both the fullness and the longing at once.
Interpretation by the Lyrics LK editorial team. This reflects our understanding of the song and may differ from the artist's intended meaning.