Obata Dayawen Lyrics by Shirly Waijayantha

It was in tenderness for you that my heart was bound,
with a loving heart, I write it thus,
in secret from everyone, I say it this way,
this love of mine..

The love-story
that bound you and me,
kept secret from the whole world,
pined in two places,
this dream of love,
hidden from everyone..

It was in tenderness for you..

My dear, your
fond, beloved smile,
how am I to bear it,
hidden from the world?
pleadings and invitations,
in a remembering heart..

It was in tenderness for you..

A tender song about a love kept entirely secret. It was in tenderness for you that my heart was bound, the singer says, and with a loving heart, I write it thus, the song itself is a confession he can only make in secret from everyone. The love is real, but unspoken to the world.

The middle names the loneliness of secrecy. Their love-story that bound you and me is kept secret from the whole world, and so the two of them pine in two places, each holding this dream of love, hidden from everyone. Even the love they share must be carried apart and alone.

The close is the ache of concealment. My dear, your fond, beloved smile, how, he asks, is he to bear it hidden from the world? All the pleadings and invitations live only in a remembering heart, never spoken aloud. Sung by Shirly Waijayantha, it is a gentle, wistful song about a love bound in tenderness but kept secret, and the quiet strain of holding so much feeling out of sight.