Songs for Women
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Today my topic is about songs written for a woman. But before that, let's see who this woman is. A woman is known as a well-grown or sexually mature woman. That is, a woman who has gradually developed from being a small daughter, physically, with many thoughts and responsibilities. In order to give birth to a child, a woman must be present. A child is born only from her womb. A woman is a very noble character.
"සුන්දර ඇසළ සඳ බබළන අහස මත
පිංබර දිනෙක මම අම්මා කෙනෙක් වුන
පෙම්බර මගේ පණ නල බදු සමිද ඔබ
වෙන් වී ගියේ ලොව්තුරු බව සොයන්නට"
We know from the time of Buddha that after the marriage of Prince Yashodara Devi Sidhu, she will lose her husband and later her child, so she will be alone. This can confirm that the woman has made many sacrifices. Now let's see what songs were written for them.
Friends, look at the song written for that noble woman. The happiness and sadness are mixed in the same line. This song brings a mother and a wife to our hearts. On a day when the moon was shining, the sons of Prince Sidhu and Goddess Yashodara gathered together. She saw the light. That day she became a mother. The greatest title in the world was the title of mother. But that day she left her wife and son in search of Buddhahood to free her husband from the suffering of the world. When she got one happiness, she lost another happiness. The woman had many opportunities. We have to face many decisive decisions in our life. Only a woman can bear such things.
"සංකා ශෝක තැවෙනා සිත දරාගෙන
සන්ධ්‍ය වලා රන් පැහැ වන වෙලාවට
ඈතින් පෙනෙන හිමාවත් පව් තලාවට
එන්නද සමිදුනේ ඉන්නා දිශාවට"
This line of verse reminds us of the sadness that comes to the heart of the wife who left her child and herself. She waits for her husband to come until the evening sky turns golden. But he does not come. She somehow bears that sadness. The way she asks him to come to the top of the Himalayas in the distance is very beautiful.
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Even though she got married and had children for a long time, she was unable to enjoy that happiness. This is a beautiful song class written for a woman. This is the reality. A woman is a creature born with amazing endurance.
Now let's see some verses of a song written about another beautiful woman.
"ළඳුනේ.... ළඳුනේ....
ඔබේ දෑස දැකගත්තෙමි සැදෑ කලෙක ළඳුනේ දෙනෝ දහක් අත ගත්තද සැමියෙකු නැති ළඳුනේ
නෑයෙක් නෑකම් නොකියන වීදි සරණ ළඳුනේ....."
- Amarasiri Peiris's Ladune Ladune song is sung by a prostitute. There are songs written for a woman in her character and other songs about women who are engaged in this type of work. I have mentioned one example of a song above. Therefore, it is possible to do things like this. Otherwise, there are people who are engaged in this job because there is no way to live. A woman is going to lose her life for a few moments. In one moment, a man is struck by an eye because of lustful thoughts, the chances of this woman's entire life being destroyed are high. There were many people who lived on the road and stayed with many strangers, like a single woman with no relatives and living on the sidelines of the society. At that moment, it occurred to me that the right to be alone is right.
Let us now take the song that praises the image of the woman.
"සිසිවන වුවන ඉගසුග ගත හැකි මිටි න
නිසි පුළුලු කුල රිස සකයුරු තිසර ත න
දීසි රණ ලියේ විරු සිරි යුත් මෙපුර ග න
ඇසිපිය හෙලන සැණෙකින් නොවෙති දේව ග න."
I have quoted this verse from a class of verses from the Salalihini text. This is a praise of the image of Gahenikaya., With a face like a heart, the hands are tall enough to hold the bundles, and the hips are as wide as a wheel of a vehicle. This says that there are many precious ones in this city, they are like the celestials, because they are women only because they move their eyes.
So, how many topics can you write poems and songs about women? The example I have taken is an example of that. In one case, the bearing of the woman, in another time the hardships in her life, and in another time it describes her image. Such beautiful poems and songs can be written for a woman.