Lowata Horen Adare Lyrics by Sanka Dineth

Sweet secret words filling the ears..
with wanton eyes, I steal your heart away..
I keep it, written down within your heart..
saying, in love, hidden from the world…

Calling you a flower, coaxing a smile..
drinking in the fragrance, I steal the pollen..
casting my eyes about, hiding the tears..
saying, in love, hidden from the sun..
sweet secret words filling the ears…

It is a love bound in the heart’s own meditation..
what is it the wind keeps murmuring?..
the warmth bathes across the face..
it is a love bound in secret from the world…

A soft, intimate love song about a love kept secret from everyone, its refrain, lowata horen adare, love, hidden from the world. The singer fills the beloved’s ears with sweet secret words and, with playful, wanton eyes, steals her heart, then writes his love down inside her heart to keep. Everything is whispered and private, meant for no one else.

The imagery is drawn from a bee and a flower. Calling her a flower and coaxing a smile, he drinks in her fragrance and steals the pollen, the classic Sinhala image of a lover as a bee gathering nectar. He glances around and hides his tears, and loves her even in secret from the sun, the secrecy so complete it is kept even from the daylight.

The last verse turns inward. This is a love bound in the heart’s own meditation, dahana, held as steadily as a meditator holds a single thought; he wonders what the wind keeps murmuring and feels its warmth bathe his face. It ends where it began, a love bound in secret from the world. Sung by Sanka Dineth to words by Asanga Jayasooriya, it is a tender celebration of the sweetness of a hidden, private love.