not only do the rivers and streams flow to all corners of this island
but it gives new life &well being as it passes by. it nutures our lives
the same way, comforting and reassuring as a mother's true love for her child.
how fortunate am i to have been born in this blessed country
but what have i done for my country?
I must change, for the country to change . when my family twenty million people unite,no
mountain is too high.
the past is gone , the future is here
it is time for all of us to unite as srilankans to take this country into this new era
now it is my turn my mother