Vil Therey Lyrics by Rookantha Gunathilaka

The heart filled when I saw you,
the mind filled when I thought of you,
your smile fills my ears,
heard close to the heart still,
my loving one…..

On your dew-touched face,
I want the smile on your lips,
the one flower on the flowering branch,
that is the one that took my heart,
my loving one…..

By the lakeside,
the first day we met,
the love you showed
overflowed my heart
Premavanthi, my loving one, Snehavanthi, my affectionate one,
in my city of love
Alavanthi, my tender one, Lolavanthi, my longing one,
still here in my arms

The heart has no loneliness,
you are here with me,
my whole life
has warmth,
has that comfort,
all because of you, my jewel

Premavanthi, my loving one, Snehavanthi, my affectionate one,
in my city of love
Alavanthi, my tender one, Lolavanthi, my longing one,
in my pool of love

This is a warm, brimming love song, all happiness and no ache. The heart filled the moment I saw you, the singer says, the mind filled the moment I thought of you, and your smile still sounds close to my heart. He keeps returning to a single word for her, premavanthi, my loving one, almost as a caress.

The images are tender and small. He wants the smile on her dew-touched face, and calls her the one flower on the whole flowering branch, the single bloom that took his heart. The turning point he treasures is a place: vil there, by the lakeside, the first day they met, where the love she showed simply overflowed his heart.

The song’s real delight is its play on names. He piles up endearments that all share the same ending, premavanthi, snehavanthi, alavanthi, lolavanthi, the loving one, the affectionate one, the tender one, the longing one, and sets her in his prema nagare and prema pokune, his city of love and his pool of love. There is no loneliness left in his heart, he says, because she is with him, and his whole life has warmth and comfort because of her, his manike, his jewel. It is pure, contented adoration.