Budun Wadim Lyrics
by Sunil Santha
“Budun wandim adayi wesak poho daa” (බුදුන් වඳිම් අදයි වෙසක් පොහෝ දා): Budun Wadim (බුදුන් වඳිම්) lyrics, a Sinhala Buddhist devotional song sung by Sunil Santha, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. In Sinhala it is බුදුන් වඳිම් ගී පද, and many know it simply as Budun wandim.
| SONG | Budun Wadim |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Sunil Santha |
| LYRICIST | Sunil Santha |
| COMPOSER | Sunil Santha |
| CATEGORY | Buddhist Devotional |
| VIEWS | 1 |
| UPDATED |
Budun Wadim Lyrics Singlish
Budun wandim adayi wesak poho daa
Gandin malin pudaa wandim bathin maa
Nelum suwanda hamanne
Suwanda dumen pirenne, adayi magul daa -
Budun wandinne - daham wandinne - sangun wandinne
Ape mahaa magul daa
Sande suda yi mage dawal galanne
Wehera balaa hemen galaa adenne
Hama paththe penenne
Mahaa hade sudayi ne ada yi magul daa
Budun wandinne - daham wandinne - sangun wandinne
Ape mahaa magul daa
Hewisi horana sadde asenne
Gantaawa yi e madde handanne
'Saadu saadu' kiyanne
Bana padayak asenne ada yi magul daa -
Budun wandinne - daham wandinne - sangun wandinne
Ape mahaa magul daa
Kiren themee saya raye lelenne
Pahan watin bo maluwa da dilenne
Paseka bana da asenne
'Sil sil' gaa danenne, adayi magul daa -
Hada thula sil wadenne
Budun wandinne - daham wandinne - sangun wandinne
Ape mahaa magul daaබුදුන් වඳිම් ගී පද
බුදුන් වඳිම් අදයි වෙසක් පොහෝ දා
ගඳින් මලින් පුදා වඳිම් බැතින් මා
නෙළුම් සුවඳ හමන්නේ
සුවඳ දුමෙන් පිරෙන්නේ, අදයි මඟුල් දා -
බුදුන් වඳින්නේ - දහම් වඳින්නේ - සඟුන් වඳින්නේ
අපේ මහා මඟුල් දා
සඳේ සුද යි මගේ දවල් ගලන්නේ
වෙහෙර බලා හෙමෙන් ගලා ඇදෙන්නේ
හැම පැත්තේ පෙනෙන්නේ
මහා හදේ සුදයි නේ අද යි මඟුල් දා
බුදුන් වඳින්නේ - දහම් වඳින්නේ - සඟුන් වඳින්නේ
අපේ මහා මඟුල් දා
හේවිසි හොරණෑ සද්දේ ඇසෙන්නේ
ගංටාව යි ඒ මැද්දේ හඬන්නේ
'සාදු සාදු' කියන්නේ
බණ පදයක් ඇසෙන්නේ අද යි මඟුල් දා -
බුදුන් වඳින්නේ - දහම් වඳින්නේ - සඟුන් වඳින්නේ
අපේ මහා මඟුල් දා
කිරෙන් තෙමී සෑය රැයේ ලෙළෙන්නේ
පහන් වැටින් බෝ මළුව ද දිළෙන්නේ
පසෙකැ බණ ද ඇසෙන්නේ
'සිල් සිල්' ගා දැනෙන්නේ, අද යි මඟුල් දා -
හද තුළ සිල් වැඩෙන්නේ
බුදුන් වඳින්නේ - දහම් වඳින්නේ - සඟුන් වඳින්නේ
අපේ මහා මඟුල් දාBudun Wadim Lyrics English Translation
I worship the Buddha, today is Vesak Poya
with incense and flowers I make offering and worship in devotion
the fragrance of lotus drifts by
the air fills with scented smoke, today is the festival day
Worshipping the Buddha, worshipping the Dhamma, worshipping the Sangha
our great festival day
The whiteness of the moon flows through my daylight
drifting slowly, gliding toward the temple
it is seen on every side
my great heart too is white, today is the festival day
Worshipping the Buddha, worshipping the Dhamma, worshipping the Sangha
our great festival day
The sound of hewisi drums and horns is heard
and the bell rings out in the midst of it
“Sadhu, Sadhu” the people cry
a line of the Dhamma is heard, today is the festival day
Worshipping the Buddha, worshipping the Dhamma, worshipping the Sangha
our great festival day
Bathed in milk, the stupa gleams in the night
the Bo-tree courtyard shines with rows of lamps
nearby, the Dhamma is being preached
a soft “sil, sil” is felt in the air, today is the festival day
and within the heart, sil grows
Worshipping the Buddha, worshipping the Dhamma, worshipping the Sangha
our great festival day
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.
Budun Wadim Song Meaning and Interpretation
This is a Vesak devotional, and it moves through the sights and sounds of the sacred full-moon day the way a worshipper actually experiences them at the temple. It begins simply and personally: “I worship the Buddha, today is Vesak Poya,” offering incense and flowers “in devotion,” with the fragrance of lotus and scented smoke filling the air. The refrain names the three refuges the whole day honours, the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, on “our great festival day.”
The imagery keeps returning to whiteness, which in Buddhism is the colour of purity. The white moonlight “flows through the daylight” and drifts toward the temple, and in a lovely turn the singer says his own “great heart too is white,” the outer purity of Vesak mirrored by an inner one. Then the temple comes alive with sound: the hewisi drums and horns, the ringing bell, and the crowd’s cry of “Sadhu, Sadhu,” the blessing that greets every act of merit.
The final verse is pure Vesak night. The stupa is “bathed in milk” and gleams, the Bo-tree courtyard shines “with rows of lamps,” the pahan-pandal lights every Sri Lankan knows, and a sermon is heard nearby, the soft murmur of “sil, sil” drifting through the air. The song ends on its quiet point: even as all this beauty surrounds him, “within the heart, sil grows.” What the listener is left with is Vesak as both spectacle and inner practice, the lamps, milk-white stupa and drums on the outside, and the steady deepening of virtue within.
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.