දුවේ
කිරි සුදු අලුත් ගවුමට
හැකිද හංගන්ට
වියලුනු ලේ පැල්ලම්
හැකිද හංගන්ට
වියලුනු ලේ පැල්ලම්
නුඹේ හිතේ
ඉතිරිවුණු
හිමිදිරියේ ගුරුපාරේ
නුඹ පතුලට දැනුනු
ඉකි ගහන මහ පොලොව
අලුත් තණ ලපලු අග
රැඳුනු උණු කඳුළු බින්දු
දැන් නොදැනේද
කිරි කිරි සපත්තු විනිවිද
අලුත් අභ්යාස පොත් පිටු
සමාන්තර ඉරි අතර
නොලියේද දැන්
හිතේ ගුලි උන
නුඹේ දුක
Can the new dress
pallid as a soaring crane
cover the dried blood stains
splattered in your heart
once upon a life time
Do you still feel?
the heaving breasts
of a sighing mother
Earth
the warm dew of tears
on the new blades
through your new Bata shoes
on your way to school
Between parallel lines , so straight
on those blank white pages
does the sorrow coiled
deep within
get scribbled
still
Ps: In remote hamlets in North , the Wanni and the east, kids now walk to school .
The atmosphere is still a mixture of shock, relief , baron land , widows , doubt and silence. There is new blades of grass growing from the earth once burnt with gun powder and soaked with blood . Where many fathers , brothers , sisters are buried .
New uniforms , school equipment , shoes arrive at their schools through the roads from the south .
But it takes more to heal…It takes understanding
ඉතිරිවුණු
හිමිදිරියේ ගුරුපාරේ
නුඹ පතුලට දැනුනු
ඉකි ගහන මහ පොලොව
අලුත් තණ ලපලු අග
රැඳුනු උණු කඳුළු බින්දු
දැන් නොදැනේද
කිරි කිරි සපත්තු විනිවිද
අලුත් අභ්යාස පොත් පිටු
සමාන්තර ඉරි අතර
නොලියේද දැන්
හිතේ ගුලි උන
නුඹේ දුක
Can the new dress
pallid as a soaring crane
cover the dried blood stains
splattered in your heart
once upon a life time
Do you still feel?
the heaving breasts
of a sighing mother
Earth
the warm dew of tears
on the new blades
through your new Bata shoes
on your way to school
Between parallel lines , so straight
on those blank white pages
does the sorrow coiled
deep within
get scribbled
still
Ps: In remote hamlets in North , the Wanni and the east, kids now walk to school .
The atmosphere is still a mixture of shock, relief , baron land , widows , doubt and silence. There is new blades of grass growing from the earth once burnt with gun powder and soaked with blood . Where many fathers , brothers , sisters are buried .
New uniforms , school equipment , shoes arrive at their schools through the roads from the south .
But it takes more to heal…It takes understanding
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