Sapa Ninde Lyrics
“Sapa ninde maayaa bisaw” (සැප නින්දේ මායා බිසව්), Sapa Ninde (සැප නින්දේ) 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 සැප නින්දේ ගී පද.
| SONG | Sapa Ninde |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Sanuka Wickramasinghe |
| LYRICIST | Daya Wickramasinghe |
| CATEGORY | Buddhist Devotional |
| VIEWS | 8 |
| UPDATED |
Sapa Ninde Lyrics Singlish
Sapa ninde maayaa bisaw
Sathapena kala mal yahane
Sudata sude ath patawaku
Nelum malak sodin daran
Thun rawumak padakunu kota
Dakunu pasin kusathula wan
Dutu seene meya kiyaa
Pawasuu rajuhata pasudina //
Bamunan genwaa rajathuma
Wimasuu dutu sihinehi guna
Sapa ninde maayaa bisaw
Sathapena kala mal yahane
Sudata sude ath patawaku
Nelum malak sodin daran
Thun rawumak padakunu kota
Dakunu pasin kusathula wan
Pinwath puth ruwaneka guna
Peneya maharaja subhapala //
Pilisiduna siduhath bosath mahasath
Maayaa kusa
Pilisiduna siduhath bosath..////සැප නින්දේ ගී පද
සැප නින්දේ මායා බිසව්
සැතපෙන කල මල් යහනේ
සුදට සුදේ ඇත් පැටවෙකු
නෙලුම් මලක් සොඬින් දරන්
තුන් රවුමක් පැදකුණු කොට
දකුණු පසින් කුසතුළ වන්
දුටු සීනේ මේය කියා
පැවසූ රජුහට පසුදින //
බමුණන් ගෙන්වා රජතුම
විමසූ දුටු සිහිනෙහි ගුණ
සැප නින්දේ මායා බිසව්
සැතපෙන කල මල් යහනේ
සුදට සුදේ ඇත් පැටවෙකු
නෙලුම් මලක් සොඬින් දරන්
තුන් රවුමක් පැදකුණු කොට
දකුණු පසින් කුසතුළ වන්
පින්වත් පුත් රුවනෙක ගුණ
පෙනේය මහරජ සුභපල //
පිළිසිඳුනා සිදුහත් බෝසත් මහසත්
මායා කුස
පිළිසිඳුනා සිදුහත් බෝසත්..////Sapa Ninde Lyrics English Translation
As Queen Maya lay in peaceful sleep,
resting upon her bed of flowers,
a baby elephant, white upon white,
bearing a lotus flower in its trunk,
circled her three times, keeping her to its right,
and entered her womb from the right side
This is the dream I saw, she said,
telling the king the next day //
the king summoned the brahmins
and asked the meaning of the dream she had seen
As Queen Maya lay in peaceful sleep,
resting upon her bed of flowers,
a baby elephant, white upon white,
bearing a lotus flower in its trunk,
circled her three times, keeping her to its right,
and entered her womb from the right side
The virtue of a jewel of a blessed son shows here,
it means great fortune, o king //
conceived was Siddhartha, the Bodhisatta, the Great Being,
in Maya’s womb
conceived was Siddhartha, the Bodhisatta..////
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.
Sapa Ninde Song Meaning and Interpretation
This song, another chapter of Sanuka’s Windy album on the Buddha’s life, retells Queen Maya’s famous dream, the sign of the Bodhisatta’s conception. As she lies in peaceful sleep on a bed of flowers, a pure white baby elephant, carrying a lotus in its trunk, circles her three times keeping her on its right, the auspicious, respectful direction, and enters her womb from the right side. It is one of the best-loved images in Buddhist tradition, related here simply and reverently.
The middle moves to the court. The next day the queen tells the king the dream she saw, and he summons the brahmins, the learned interpreters, to ask what it means. The song lets the wonder rest in that ordinary human moment: a mother describing a strange, radiant dream, a household trying to understand it.
The brahmins give their reading: this is the sign of a jewel of a blessed son, a mark of great fortune for the king. And the song names the meaning plainly, that Siddhartha, the Bodhisatta, the Great Being, has been conceived in Maya’s womb. Sung by Sanuka to words by Daya Wickramasinghe, it is a gentle, devotional retelling of the moment the future Buddha’s life began, sung to be received as sacred story rather than personal emotion.
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.