Hinahevi Hadawi Dodawi Lyrics (හිනහේවි හඩාවි දොඩාවි) by Shirly Waijayantha

They will laugh, they will weep, they will chatter,
and again they will laugh, chatter, and make up,
on the love-path of youthful love,
they will laugh, they will weep, they will chatter

Lovers, whispering in love,
sit gazing eye into eye, in love,
the wish is for one single nest, yet it is like a dream,
staying of one heart, victory upon victory is won

They will laugh, weep, and chatter

Reaching hand for hand, they sit, in love,
writing and sending the letter, in love,
the wish is for one single nest, yet it is like a dream,
staying of one heart, victory upon victory is won

They will laugh, weep, and chatter

A warm, knowing song about the ups and downs of young love. Its refrain names the whole rhythm of it: they will laugh, they will weep, they will chatter, and then make up and start again, all along the love-path of youthful love. Rather than a single mood, it captures love as a cycle of quarrels and reconciliations, tears and giggles.

The scenes are tender and familiar: lovers whispering in love, sitting and gazing eye into eye. Their shared wish is for one single nest, a home, a life together, and though it still feels like a dream, the song reassures that staying of one heart, victory upon victory is won. Constancy, being of one mind, is what carries them through.

The last verse adds the small rituals of courtship, reaching hand for hand, writing and sending the letter, the same dream of one nest, the same promise that a single, steadfast heart wins out. Sung by Shirly Waijayantha, it is a gentle, affectionate song about young love in all its laughing, weeping, chattering unevenness, and the quiet faith that staying true will see it through.