What do these lyrics mean in English

cyrusleone

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Can i get a word for word english translation for this line
Vinoda vennata api dadayame gihilla
Thaamath mathakai sidu vechchade eda
 

cha_sl

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    we went hunting for fun
    still remember what happen that day..

    vinoda - fun
    dadayama - hunting

    thamath - still
    mathakai - remember
    sidu vechchade - what happend

    cheers :D
     

    cyrusleone

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    thanks a lot machan
    what does
    Dunnai eethalayai keteriya genalla
    Aayuda valin karana shilpa pennuwa
    Mee pani powala, muwa gona mas hadala
    mean in english?
     

    chint

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    cyrusleone said:
    thanks a lot machan
    what does
    Dunnai eethalayai keteriya genalla
    Aayuda valin karana shilpa pennuwa
    Mee pani powala, muwa gona mas hadala
    mean in english?

    Dunnai eethalayai -bow and arrow
    keteriya-axe

    Dunnai eethalayai keteriya genalla
    Aayuda valin karana shilpa pennuwa

    they showed us their bow and arrow,axe skills
    cooked(or something like that) Deer and Sambar Deer meat with Bee honey
    :P :rolleyes:
     

    cyrusleone

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    thanks a lot guys
    what does
    Kaamath deela, sangeethak damala
    Vadi gee kiyamin vadi natumak natuwa, preethiyen
    mean in english?
     
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    cyrusleone said:
    Can i get a word for word english translation for this line
    Vinoda vennata api dadayame gihilla
    Thaamath mathakai sidu vechchade eda

    Vinoda= Fun
    Vennata=Be

    Vinoda vennata = to have a fun

    Api= we
    Dadayame= Hunting
    Gihilla= went, Gone

    Api dadayame gihilla = we have gone for hunting( we went for hunting)

    Thaamath =Still
    Mathakai= Remembar
    Sidu vechchade= What happened ( happened to us)
    eda = That day

    We still remember what heppend, when we had gone for hunting for fun that day...

    This song is about a group of pleasure hunters ( Hunting not necessarily mean killing animals for food) gone in to the forest and meets group of native inhabitants in the forest called 'Veddha people' . This Veddha people treated this guests well with food and pleased them with traditional dancing. Later the guests realised that the unity, harmony and other qualities that has been inculcated with this native people is no more with the civilized people. In this song they are appriciating this values while discribing the beauty of the daughter of the Veddha king's daughter who was very talkative.
     
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