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    New Songs from Sri Lanka

    We’ve just added 5 songs from Sri Lanka to Mama Lisa’s World, our site that features children’s songs from around the world in the original languages with translations in English. The songs are in a language called Sinhala. That brings the total languages we cover to 90!

    Here’s one sweet Sri Lankan song that we added in transliterated Sinhala (for pronunciation) followed by an English translation:

    Ranwan patai samanalaya
    (Sinhala)

    Ranwan patai samanalaya
    Rosamale pani beela giya
    Ayeth eewida ee samanalaya
    Malwala pani bonta.

    A Golden Colored Butterfly
    (English Translation)

    A golden colored butterfly
    Drank nectar from a rose and flew away.
    Will it come to my garden once again to drink nectar?
    A child is worrying.

    Many thanks to Varuni Upeka for contributing and translating this song.

    Come visit our Sri Lankan Song Pages for more songs from Sri Lanka!

    -Mama Lisa

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    This entry was posted on Saturday, June 7th, 2008 at 9:50 pm and is filed under Children's Songs, Countries & Cultures, Languages, Sinhala, Sri Lanka. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    3 Responses to “New Songs from Sri Lanka”

    1. renuka Says:
      February 20th, 2009 at 6:16 am

      need sinhala small storeis for nursery kids

    2. renuka Says:
      February 20th, 2009 at 6:17 am

      thank you

    3. Michael B Says:
      April 28th, 2009 at 10:26 pm

      Our nanny is from Sri Lanka and sings this song to our 22-month old son, who loves it and sings along. He especially loves to say samanalaya and beela giya. It’s a real treat for all of us.

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