The Master I know...

Well I'm sure most of you know him..I'm not going to talk about his dedication towards music industry or anything related to his career. Since you can even find them on Wikipedia I shouldn't repeat it here.. I'm not going to talk about a musician here, I'm going to talk about my beloved"කොළඹ සීයා". That's how I used to call him. Since he lived in Colombo I used to call him කොළඹ සීයා.Until I grow up I didn't know he was a famous person or at least a musician.As a kid I loved visiting him,coz every time I went there he had tons of stories for us.. He was an animal lover. He had a lovely dog named "Ringa"and he loved him alot. One day when I went to see my grandpa Ringa was not to be seen. When I asked him where is he, he answered with teary eyes that he died from a cancer. He did a lot to save him just like I tried to save my Apsara but finally he was gone forever.

And of course he loved my mother's කිරි හොදි..During his last year he came nearly every Saturday to eat my moms breakfast,and I was lucky to be one of the last few people who got to see him alive. When I went to hospital he was there on bed,trying to swallow about 30 pills.He had to take that much pills per time just to save his life.. When I was there he seemed to be tired of it and he thought of limiting the people who are allowed to see him That's how I happened to be one of the last few people who were able to see him before he died.So he asked for a pen and a paper and wrote this on it.විශාලා මහනුවර මළගෙයක් උනත් මෙහි ඇතුල්වීම තහනම් and he signed it..A nurse smiled and said she'll keep it since his sign is there.. And he smiled too.That was the last time I saw him.. Then I found him in a coffin..with so many flowers around him..people crying..some people describing about his loss saying he left an irreplaceable vacuum in the country's cinema etc. What I miss is his stories which we were waiting eagerly to hear. I have heard my grandma saying how he became what he is hundred times..but still it's not boring to hear it once more.. I wonder what I will become in future.. I will end this with one of his songs I love..

වලා අතුල සිරි යහනේ
උනුසුම් හිරු කෙඳි පොරවා
ඉන්ද්‍රචාප කුමාරයා නිදා වැටෙනවා
මල් සුගන්ධයෙන් නැලවෙන
ලතා මඩුල්ලෙ ලැගගෙන
රෑන් රෑන් සියොතුන් ගී සින්දු කියනවා

ජීවිතය වගේ මුමුණන
ආදරය වගේ දිලිහෙන
දිය තරංග පොකුරක් එළියෙන් නලියනවා
නොදරුවකු අතින් බොඳ වුන
සිතුවමක් ලෙසින්  සුන්දර
පාට රෑනකින්  දස අත රටා වියනවා

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