Saragaye Lyrics
“Niya rata mawanawa apa athare wu katha” (නිය රටා මවනවා අප අතරේ වූ කතා): Saragaye (සරාගයේ) lyrics, a Sinhala love song sung by Sanuka Wickramasinghe, with words by Manuranga Wijesekara, presented here in Sinhala script, Singlish transliteration, English translation and the meaning explained. Many know it simply as Niya rata, and in Sinhala it is සරාගයේ ගී පද. Themes: Sanuka Wickramasinghe, Teena Shanell Fernando, Udara Rajapaksha.
| SONG | Saragaye |
|---|---|
| SINGER | Sanuka Wickramasinghe |
| LYRICIST | Manuranga Wijesekara |
| COMPOSER | Sanuka Wickramasinghe |
| CATEGORY | Love Songs |
| VIEWS | 6,665 |
| UPDATED |
Saragaye Lyrics Singlish
Niya rata mawanawa apa athare wu katha
Raya pura unuhume mal peti thala
Sayanayak nidanawa me raya apage wu nisa
Adaren nagna wu himikam soya
Unusum udayaka suwandin gatha pibidi giya
Obe nama soyanawa thamath niya sithuwam pura.....
Saragaye raye pini binduwak wi weti
Ma sithe hidasak mawa
Yahanthale wethiri ada thanikama ithuru wi
Sada ethirillain weli taniwuna.....
Kamare mulu pura neka salupili taniwela
Ma sitin handanawa desa bala bala
Man mula wu sitin ma mal suwandak windinawa
Nathi imak athi ruwak ha ma weli
Unusum udayaka suwandin gatha pibidi giya
Obe nama soyanawa thamath niya sithuwam pura.....
(Saragaye raye pini binduwak wi weti
Ma sithe hidasak mawa
Yahanthale wethiri ada thanikama ithuru wi
Sada ethirillain weli taniwuna ...///)සරාගයේ ගී පද
නිය රටා මවනවා අප අතරේ වූ කතා
රැය පුරා උණුහුමේ මල් පෙති තලා
සයනයක් නිදනවා මේ රැය අපගේ වූ නිසා
ආදරෙන් නග්න වූ හිමිකම් සොයා
උණුසුම් උදයක සුවඳින් ගත පිබිදී ගියා
ඔබේ නම සොයනවා තාමත් නිය සිතුවම් පුරා.....
සරාගයේ රැයේ පිනි බිඳුවක් වී වැටී
මා සිතේ හිඩැසක් මවා
යහන්තලේ වැතිරී අද තනිකම ඉතුරු වී
සද ඇතිරිල්ලේන් වෙලී තනිවුණා.....
කාමරේ මුළු පුරා නෙක සලුපිලි තනිවෙලා
මා සිතින් හඬනවා දෙස බල බලා
මං මුලා වූ සිතින් මා මල් සුවඳක් විඳිනවා
නැති ඉමක් ඇති රුවක් හා මා වෙලී
උණුසුම් උදයක සුවඳින් ගත පිබිදී ගියා
ඔබේ නම සොයනවා තාමත් නිය සිතුවම් පුරා.....
(සරාගයේ රැයේ පිනි බිඳුවක් වී වැටී
මා සිතේ හිඩැසක් මවා
යහන්තලේ වැතිරී අද තනිකම ඉතුරු වී
සද ඇතිරිල්ලේන් වෙලී තනිවුණා ...///)
Saragaye Lyrics English Translation
You etched our night into me with your nails – that’s the story we told
All through the heat of night, petals scattered beneath us
The bed slowly surrendered to sleep – because this night was ours
In love, we stripped down to nothing but our need to belong
A warm morning passed, wrapped in your scent
And even now, I search for your name in every sketch I’ve drawn in my mind…
In this night of desire, I fell like a drop of dew
Filling the hollow inside my heart
Now, stretched across the bed, all that’s left is this loneliness
Tangled in moonlight, I was left behind…
The room is scattered with your clothes, quietly left behind
And I – silently aching – keep glancing around
Lost in thought, I breathe in the last of your scent
Still wrapped in a figure that felt endless in that moment
A warm morning passed, wrapped in your scent
And still, I search for your name in every sketch I’ve drawn in my mind…
In this night of desire, I fell like a drop of dew
Filling the hollow inside my heart
Now, stretched across the bed, all that’s left is this loneliness
Tangled in moonlight, I was left behind…
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.
Saragaye Song Meaning and Interpretation
“Saragaye” is a deeply sensual, emotionally charged song that captures the aftermath of a one-night stand – not in a casual way, but in a painfully intimate and honest one.
It’s about two people who shared a night of raw closeness. The imagery is physical: nails, scattered clothes, the scent of skin, the weight of a shared bed. But underneath it all is a quiet longing. The moment has passed. The partner is gone. What’s left is memory, scent, and silence.
The lyric “You etched our night into me with your nails” perfectly sums up the heart of the song: a physical connection that leaves behind emotional residue. The singer is not bitter – just haunted. The body remembers what the heart is still processing.
It’s a portrait of intimacy without promise, of closeness that ended too soon, and of a person left to sort through desire, memory, and solitude in the morning light.
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.
Performances of Saragaye
Cover versions, live performances, and reality-show contestant performances of “Saragaye” on YouTube.
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