Maya Deviya Lyrics
“Kumudu lalano pibidi natana” (කුමුදු ලලනො පිබිදි නටන): Maya Deviya (මායා දේවිය) lyrics, a Sinhala Buddhist devotional song sung by Sanuka Wickramasinghe, with words by Daya Wickramasinghe, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. In Sinhala it is මායා දේවිය ගී පද, and many know it simply as Kumudu lalano.
| SONG | Maya Deviya |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Sanuka Wickramasinghe |
| LYRICIST | Daya Wickramasinghe |
| CATEGORY | Buddhist Devotional |
| VIEWS | 1 |
| UPDATED |
Maya Deviya Lyrics Singlish
Kumudu lalano pibidi natana
Sanduge rashmiyen themee
Wesanga poya dinaya meya
Siriya pathiri dasa dese //
Maayaa dewiya mawpiyo dakumata
Sapiriwaraa yana atharamage
Lumbini sal uyane siri dakumata
Aashaa athiwiya pin mahime
Arunodaya naga enaa
Giraa kowul nada denaa //
Monaru bamaru ekata natati
Preethiyen pinaa pinaa //
Maayaa dewiya..
Kusum siriya wesak siriya
Dasatha wihidunaa nomin //
Thunlo ekaalokawa
Siriya pathiruna pinen //
Pun wesange saalawane
Saala mulede uthum
Pinbara pin puthek ipida
Sath piyuman matha wadee //
Aggo hamasmi lokassa
Jettho hamasmi lokassa
Settho hamasmi lokassa
Ayamanthimaa jaathi naththidaani punabbhawoමායා දේවිය ගී පද
කුමුදු ලලනො පිබිදි නටන
සඳුගෙ රශ්මියෙන් තෙමී
වෙසඟ පෝය දිනය මේය
සිරිය පැතිරි දස දෙසේ //
මායා දේවිය මව්පියො දැකුමට
සපිරිවරා යන අතරමඟේ
ලුම්බිණි සල් උයනේ සිරි දැකුමට
ආශා ඇතිවිය පින් මහිමේ
අරුණෝදය නැග එනා
ගිරා කොවුල් නද දෙනා//
මොණරු(m) බමරු(f) එකට(m) නටති(f)
ප්‍රීතියෙන් පිනා පිනා//
මායා දේවිය..
කුසුම් සිරිය වෙසක් සිරිය
දසත විහිදුනා නොමින්//
තුන්ලෝ ඒකාලෝකව
සිරිය පැතිරුණා පිනෙන්//
පුන් වෙසඟේ සාලවනේ
සාල මුලේදී උතුම්
පින්බර පින් පුතෙක් ඉපිද
සත් පියුමන් මත වැඩී//
අග්ගෝ හමස්මි ලෝකස්ස
ජෙට්ටෝ හමස්මි ලෝකස්ස
සෙට්ඨෝ හමස්මි ලෝකස්ස
අයමන්තිමා ජාති නත්ථිදානි පුනබ්භවෝMaya Deviya Lyrics English Translation
Water-lily maidens awaken and dance,
bathed in the light of the moon,
this is the day of the Vesak full moon,
its glory spreading in all ten directions //
Queen Maya, to see her parents,
travelling on the way amid her retinue,
to behold the beauty of the Lumbini sal-grove,
a longing arose in her, by the power of merit
Dawn comes rising up,
parrots and cuckoos calling out //
peacocks and bees dance together,
overflowing, overflowing with joy //
Queen Maya..
The glory of flowers, the glory of Vesak,
spread boundlessly across the ten directions //
the three worlds lit up as one,
that glory spread by merit //
On the full-moon Vesak day, in the sal grove,
at the foot of a sal tree, most noble,
a merit-laden, blessed son was born,
and rose up onto seven lotuses //
I am the foremost in the world,
I am the eldest in the world,
I am the best in the world,
this is my final birth; now there is no more rebirth
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.
Maya Deviya Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a devotional song retelling the birth of Prince Siddhartha, the Buddha-to-be, part of Sanuka’s Windy album that narrates the Buddha’s life. It opens on Vesak, the sacred full-moon day: water-lilies open and seem to dance in the moonlight, and the day’s glory spreads in every direction. The whole natural world is shown celebrating.
It then follows Queen Maya on her journey. Travelling with her retinue to visit her parents, a longing arises in her, by the power of merit, to stop and see the beauty of the sal-grove at Lumbini. Dawn breaks with parrots and cuckoos calling and peacocks and bees dancing in joy, the earth itself rejoicing at what is about to happen.
The climax is the birth. On the Vesak full moon, at the foot of a sal tree in the grove, a merit-laden, blessed son is born and steps onto seven lotus flowers, the traditional miracle of the newborn Bodhisatta’s first steps. The song closes with the Pali words tradition gives the newborn: aggo hamasmi lokassa, I am the foremost, the eldest, the best in the world; this is my final birth, and there will be no more rebirth. Sung by Sanuka to words by Daya Wickramasinghe, it is a reverent, joyful telling of the Buddha’s birth, meant to be felt as sacred celebration rather than personal drama.
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.