Mama Lyrics
“Aaloka warsha dahasak durin” (ආලෝක වර්ෂ දහසක් දුරින්), Mama (මම) lyrics: a Sinhala love song sung by Hashen Dulanjana and Tharindu Damsara, with words by Chathurika Vinodi Perera and music by Tharindu Damsara, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. In Sinhala it is මම ගී පද, and many know it simply as Aaloka warsha.
| SONG | Mama |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Hashen Dulanjana, Tharindu Damsara |
| LYRICIST | Chathurika Vinodi Perera |
| COMPOSER | Tharindu Damsara |
| CATEGORY | Love Songs |
| VIEWS | 1 |
| UPDATED |
Mama Lyrics Singlish
Aaloka warsha dahasak durin
Kaala kuharayaka pathulatha
Kudaa eli thithak dalwaa lami;
Sangawaa ganimi wata awata
Ghanawa pathiruna andhakaaraya
Meru thatu salena wegen gahena
Meena daasaki oba sathuwa
Anduru kutiyaka spandanaya wana
Gambuuru maa hada winividina
Wisal karamin daasa
Madahasin rekhaa mawaagami
Methan sita numbata,
Andura thula uwa noyek paha dilenu athi
Eheyinma mama,
Gambuuruya
Nisalaya
Nisasalayaමම ගී පද
ආලෝක වර්ෂ දහසක් දුරින්
කාල කුහරයක පතුලත
කුඩා එළි තිතක් දල්වා ලමි;
සඟවා ගනිමි වට අවට
ඝනව පැතිරුණ අන්ධකාරය
මෙරු තටු සැලෙන වේගෙන් ගැහෙන
මීන දෑසකි ඔබ සතුව
අඳුරු කුටියක ස්පන්දනය වන
ගැඹුරු මා හද විනිවිදින
විසල් කරමින් දෑස
මදහසින් රේඛා මවාගමි
මෙතැන් සිට නුඹට,
අඳුර තුළ වුව නොයෙක් පැහැ දිලෙනු ඇත
එහෙයින්ම මම,
ගැඹුරුය
නිසලය
නිසසලයMama Lyrics English Translation
A thousand light-years away,
at the bottom of a hollow in time,
I light one small dot of light;
I hide away, all around me,
the densely spreading darkness
Beating at the speed of trembling meru-wings,
you have fish-eyes,
piercing my deep heart
that pulses in a dark chamber
Widening my eyes,
I draw out lines with a faint smile;
from here on, for you,
even within the dark, many colours will shine
And so I am,
deep,
still,
motionless
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.
Mama Song Meaning and Interpretation
A quiet, almost cosmic love poem, more meditation than song, about being a still, deep source of light for someone. The singer places himself a thousand light-years away, at the bottom of a hollow in time, lighting a single small dot of light and hiding the vast darkness all around. He is something calm and constant, holding back the dark so that one small light can be seen.
The beloved appears as motion against his stillness: fish-eyes that beat as fast as trembling wings, darting and alive, and they pierce straight into my deep heart that pulses in a dark chamber. Where he is deep and quiet, she is quick and bright, and she reaches the very centre of him.
The promise is gentle and sure. Widening his eyes, drawing soft lines with a faint smile, he tells her that from now on, even inside the darkness, many colours will shine for her. And he names what he is, in three bare words: deep, still, motionless, a steady, silent presence that lets her light and colour exist. Sung by Tharindu Damsara and Hashen Dulanjana to words by Chathurika Vinodi Perera, it is an unusual, spacious love song about being someone’s calm, unmoving point of light in the dark.
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.