Nil Ahase Hiru Negila Lyrics by Rose Tilakaratne

The sun has risen in the blue sky,
lovely, lovely flowers have bloomed,
rays overflow across the heavens,
the mountains are washed in golden water…

In the honey-flower shade of Duruthu month,
brooks, streams and rivers flow down…
because you and I are friends,
the baby birds tell that news,
and ask the secret of love…

The sun has risen in the blue sky,
lovely, lovely flowers have bloomed,
rays overflow across the heavens,
the mountains are washed in golden water…

Fairies in the moonlight,
when they tinkle their anklets, glittering…
I will be lulled in the dream-world,
Mala, in this love of ours,
we will never, ever part…

The sun has risen in the blue sky,
lovely, lovely flowers have bloomed,
rays overflow across the heavens,
the mountains are washed in golden water…

A radiant, old-film love song that greets love as a sunrise over a beautiful world. The sun has risen in the blue sky, lovely flowers have bloomed, rays overflow across the heavens, and the mountains are washed in golden water. The whole landscape glows, a world made bright by being in love.

The middle sets the romance in the Sri Lankan seasons. In the honey-flower shade of Duruthu month, brooks and rivers run; and because you and I are friends, even the baby birds tell that news and ask the secret of love. Nature itself notices and celebrates the couple.

The close lifts into fairy-tale enchantment. Fairies in the moonlight tinkle their glittering anklets, and the singer promises to be lulled in the dream-world, addressing the beloved by name, Mala, in this love of ours, we will never, ever part. Sung by Rose Tilakaratne to words by Karunaratne Abeysekara, composed by T. F. Latif, for the film Me Desa Kumatada, it is a sunlit, moonlit classic about a love that makes the whole world glow, and a vow never to be parted.