Yellow red flames
From oil lamps
Dance in the breeze
With tender bo leaves
Swirls of incense
Rise up high
Music from drumbeat
Transcend my thoughts
A very kind prince
Left a kingdom
In search of truth
And found it out
Expel greed
Expel hatred
Expel folly
You are emancipated
Palms together
Head bent down
I bow down to you
O Lord Buddha
- Pali Munasinghe
Long roads
Hung my empty cape without a glimpse
Concealed my trembling rhymes behind the giant tree
I adored
Crunched my past few pictures from my left
Here I stood two paces away from my wooden fence
Behold! Left my white walls behind
Where I hid life lines of mine, inside
Their width masks bidding and endeavouring to catch
their own rise
My misty sight captured for a while
I waggled my fingers for the one last time
Now I'm on the war again
Though I lost my sword in the midst
Look like I born today
Nevertheless both the hands are sounding dear to me still,
With love you fed within the prayers I whispered
I'm on the way to a long journey
Without the voices grew around me
Though I ignored their temporary scent
When I was myself before some hours
My curly hairs are withered but still the roads are long.
- Samala Rodrigo
Difference
Your rosy cheeks remind
A well bloomed Rose
Bluish eyes defeat
The rays of Sapphires
Hearing the sweet voice
Tinkles shyly strike dumb
Attractive and graceful walk
Overcomes the arrogance of fairies
In the presence of laughter
Pearls coyly hide on the sea-shore
Smooth and delightful breast
Represents another swannery
Docility and agreeable manners
Will be able to enchant whosoever
cloudy sky is looked down upon
By well dressed head of hair
Even though,
When I come up to you
You run far off
When I come back
You chase after me.
Oh! No difference to be seen
Between you and the moon.
- Raja Madigepola