Numba Hata Man Lyrics by Sanuka Wickramasinghe

I really love you
you, I do..

Girl,
shall I tie the wedding chain at your neck?
my heart is not shaken
I am still hung up on you (on you, on you)
hair like a waterfall
restless in the breeze
my heart in flames
my heart resting in your palm

A beauty no one else has,
brought just for me,
the gods made you so well,
the one I love most in my life,
this creature you have tamed,
wanting only me,
sweet talk poured in the ear,
a lovely vine swaying in rhythm

Don’t hide your heart any longer,
my shy one (shy one)
I don’t want anyone else now,
you are the only one I need,
forever,
together,
to stay,
will you give me
your hand?

I really love you
you
I do
come
closer
take me
in your arms
into a dream
let us go

This is a bright, flirty love song that is really a proposal in disguise. Almost at once he asks whether he can tie the thali at her neck, the wedding chain, so from the first lines marriage is on his mind. His heart, he swears, is not shaken; he is still completely hung up on her, and he piles on the compliments: hair like a waterfall, restless in the breeze, his own heart in flames and resting in her palm.

The middle is pure adoration. Hers is a beauty no one else has, made just for him, and the gods did their work well. She is the one he loves most in life, the one who has tamed him, and he wants only her, murmuring sweet talk in her ear and likening her to a graceful vine swaying in rhythm.

By the end he drops the teasing and asks plainly. Don’t hide your heart any longer, my shy one, he says, I don’t want anyone else, only you, forever, together. The song breaks into short, eager little hooks, come closer, take me in your arms, let us go into a dream, the sound of someone too happy to finish his sentences. It is young love asking for a yes.