My heart still bleeds for Sri Lanka,
Sri Lanka the land of my birth;
Sweet pearl of the Indian Ocean
The most beautiful country on earth
Why oh why Mother Lanka
Are we killing each other with hate,
When we lived in peace through the ages,
Till some curse brought down this fate?
We suffered invasions from foreign lands
But we stood together as one,
Now divisions have come within us,
And we're fighting our own loved ones.
May we all unite as Sri Lankans,
Casting race and creed aside,
We're all blood brothers and sisters,
Though now strewn far and wide.
I weep for the slaughtered innocent
I weep for the rebels too,
They all belong to my family,
And I love them all, yes I do.
by Swarna Jayasinghe
(1938-2002)
