Kalaye Lyrics
“Hithaaganna bari dewal” (හිතාගන්න බැරි දේවල්): Kalaye (කාලයේ) lyrics, a Sinhala inspirational song sung by Senaka Batagoda, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained and also listed under Nostalgia. Many know it simply as Hithaaganna bari, and in Sinhala it is කාලයේ ගී පද.
| SONG | Kalaye |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Senaka Batagoda |
| LYRICIST | Senaka Batagoda |
| COMPOSER | Senaka Batagoda |
| CATEGORY | Inspirational, Nostalgia |
| VIEWS | 0 |
| UPDATED |
Kalaye Lyrics Singlish
Hithaaganna bari dewal
Wata karagena hitha
Adilaa yayi aethin aethata
Daraaganna bari dewal
Thada karagena hitha kotharam kal
Api hitiyada
Aapasu baluwama sithuwam yaayaki mathakaya
Monade hithuwath aapasu gannata baha giya kaalaya
Kaalaye liyawee mona mona dewal thibunada
Kala yuthu de kala yuthumayi e mohothema
Maa nohandunanaa mama
Thawakeku gana monawa hithannada thawa
Hitata ekagawama
Saagare wali gaanata
Hithanna athi e gana ada wenathuru
Wenasak wuuwada
Aapasu baluwama sithuwam yaayaki mathakaya
Monade hithuwath aapasu gannata baha giya kaalaya
Kaalaye liyawee mona mona dewal thibunada
Kala yuthu de kala yuthumayi e mohothemaකාලයේ ගී පද
හිතාගන්න බැරි දේවල්
වට කරගෙන හිත
ඇදිලා යයි ඈතින් ඈතට
දරාගන්න බැරි දේවල්
තද කරගෙන හිත කොතරම් කල්
අපි හිටියද
ආපසු බැලුවම සිතුවම් යායකි මතකය
මොනදේ හිතුවත් ආපසු ගන්නට බැහැ ගිය කාලය
කාලයේ ලියැවී මොන මොන දේවල් තිබූණද
කල යුතු දේ කල යුතුමයි ඒ මොහොතෙම
මා නොහඳුනනා මම
තවකෙකු ගැන මොනවා හිතන්නද තව
හිතට එකඟවම
සාගරේ වැලි ගානට
හිතන්න ඇති ඒ ගැන අද වෙනතුරු
වෙනසක් වූවද
ආපසු බැලුවම සිතුවම් යායකි මතකය
මොනදේ හිතුවත් ආපසු ගන්නට බැහැ ගිය කාලය
කාලයේ ලියැවී මොන මොන දේවල් තිබූණද
කල යුතු දේ කල යුතුමයි ඒ මොහොතෙමKalaye Lyrics English Translation
Things you cannot grasp,
surrounding the heart,
are dragged away, far and farther off,
things you cannot bear,
holding the heart tight, for how long
did we even last?
looking back, memory is a field of paintings,
and whatever you think, you cannot take back the time that has gone
Whatever things were written into time,
what must be done must be done, in that very moment
The me that I do not recognise,
so what is there left to think about anyone else?
in agreement with my own heart,
like counting the sands of the ocean,
I must have thought it over, right up to today,
even though it all has changed
looking back, memory is a field of paintings,
and whatever you think, you cannot take back the time that has gone
Whatever things were written into time,
what must be done must be done, in that very moment
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.
Kalaye Song Meaning and Interpretation
A reflective, philosophical song about time, memory and the impossibility of going back, by Senaka Batagoda. It opens with the mind’s helplessness before change: the things you cannot grasp gather round the heart and then drift away, far and farther off, while the things you cannot bear are clutched tight, and still, he wonders, how long did any of it really last? Nothing holds; everything slips.
The refrain is the song’s hard-won wisdom, twinned. First: looking back, memory is only a field of paintings, lovely but fixed, and whatever you think, you cannot take back the time that has gone. And then its active counterpart: whatever was written into time, what must be done must be done in that very moment. Since the past is unrecoverable, the only honest response is to act now.
The middle turns inward and humble. The me that I do not recognise, he says, so what use is there in judging anyone else? Staying true to his own heart, he has turned things over as endlessly as counting the sands of the ocean, right up to today, even as everything changed. Sung by Senaka Batagoda, it is a calm, contemplative song about accepting the irreversibility of time, and drawing from it not regret but resolve: do, now, what has to be done.
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.