Maha Raeta Nindedi Lyrics
“Oba manubhava gena paminiyada” (ඔබ මනුභව ගෙන පැමිණියදා): Maha Raeta Nindedi (මහ රෑට නින්දෙදි) lyrics, a Sinhala Christian devotional song sung by Rookantha Gunathilaka, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained and also listed under Christmas Songs. Many know it simply as Oba manubhava, and in Sinhala it is මහ රෑට නින්දෙදි ගී පද.
| SONG | Maha Raeta Nindedi |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Rookantha Gunathilaka |
| LYRICIST | Rookantha Gunathilaka |
| COMPOSER | Rookantha Gunathilaka |
| CATEGORY | Christian Devotional, Christmas Songs |
| VIEWS | 8 |
| UPDATED |
Maha Raeta Nindedi Lyrics Singlish
Oba manubhava gena paminiyada
Saamaya gena aa da
Lokaya andurin galawu da
Gayamu wayamu naththalayi meda
Apa galawannata paminiyata
Thuthi pudademu obata
Oba dun saamaya rakaganta
Obayi obayi pihita Jesuni
Maha raeta nindedi...
Yuda ginidal meda mama aami
Oba saranaya soyami
Gunadam natha lowa atha wanasee
Thawath pama ayida Jesuni
Beda ganimu apa laga athi de
Naththala thawa opawe
Saamaya samagiya pathirenne
Aa hindayi Jesu naththale
Maha raeta nindedi...මහ රෑට නින්දෙදි ගී පද
ඔබ මනුභව ගෙන පැමිණියදා
සාමය ගෙන ආ දා
ලෝකය අඳුරින් ගැලවූ දා
ගයමු වයමු නත්තලයි මෙදා
අප ගලවන්නට පැමිණියට
තුති පුදදෙමු ඔබට
ඔබ දුන් සාමය රැකගන්ට
ඔබයි ඔබයි පිහිට ජේසුනි
මහ රෑට නින්දෙදි...
යුද ගිනිදැල් මැද මම ආමි
ඔබ සරණය සොයමි
ගුණදම් නැත ලොව ඇත වැනසී
තවත් පමා ඇයිද ජේසුනි
බෙදා ගනිමු අප ළඟ ඇති දේ
නත්තල තව ඔපවේ
සාමය සමගිය පැතිරෙන්නේ
ආ හින්දයි ජේසු නත්තලේ
මහ රෑට නින්දෙදි...Maha Raeta Nindedi Lyrics English Translation
The day you came bearing human form,
the day you brought peace,
the day you freed the world from darkness,
let us sing and play, it is Christmas now
though you came to save us,
we offer our thanks to you,
to keep safe the peace you gave,
you, you are the refuge, Jesus
On the great night, in sleep…
Amid the flames of war I have come,
I seek your refuge,
virtue is gone, the world lies ruined,
why delay any longer, Jesus?
let us share what we have between us,
Christmas grows brighter still,
because peace and harmony spread,
Jesus came at Christmas
On the great night, in sleep…
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.
Maha Raeta Nindedi Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a Christmas carol that carries a prayer for peace inside it. It celebrates the nativity as three gifts at once: the day you came in human form, the day you brought peace, the day you freed the world from darkness. For all that, the singer says, let us sing and play, because it is Christmas, and he gives thanks to the child who came to save, calling him the one true refuge.
Then the song turns unexpectedly heavy. Amid the flames of war I have come seeking your refuge, he sings, virtue has vanished and the world lies in ruins, so why do you delay any longer, Jesus? In a country that lived through decades of civil war, a line like that turns a gentle carol into a real cry for the fighting to end.
Its answer is the plainest meaning of Christmas: sharing. Let us share what we have between us, it says, and Christmas grows brighter for it, because Jesus came so that peace and harmony could spread. The carol ends where it is happiest, holding together the birth of the child, the longing for peace, and the simple act of giving as one and the same thing.
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.