hamuvennata samugannata avit yana ena..dumriya pola pemvatunge sarasavi uyana..avuruddema turuliya gomu malin sarasuna..api denna enaturu maga balayi hama dina..malaka navum suvada piruna. soduru madanala..oba gana toraturu vimasayi. magadi hamuvena..sada avidin giya vage. kisit nokiyama..oba sagavi gihin mage. hitat aragena..oba sagavi gihin mage. hitat aragena..hamuvennata samugannata avit yana ena..netin netata ebi bala. ganna hadavata..issara men avit yanna. sarasavi bimata..oba venuven perum pura. inna kadulata..bima vatenna denna epa. rideyi hodatama..bima vatenna denna epa. rideyi hodatama..hamuvennata samugannata avit yana ena..dumriya pola pemvatunge sarasavi uyana..avuruddema turuliya gomu malin sarasuna..////
"Mahajana sevaya sandaha venwudumriya Lankave
Bussu, bussu, handa dii axpress duwa yaii dakunulake
Udaratta yana parae kandugetta hamu wannae
Chukku, chukku, nada dii kalu dumma pimba, pimba
Garettuwak yaii thee wathu athare
Thae kadana liya mohathak wedda navathai kalu dumma atharee
Reyil petti dhahatarak addagena dieselayak
Bara, bara gamin duwa yaii Kankasanturai
Thawa avurudu seeyakin supogabohogi raillu sewawayak
Udawe Siri Lake."A shortjourney back from Panadura to AluthgamaAlthough I am not a rail commuter I hadalways a liking to travel by train. When Mr. J. M. Dharmaratne was the OperatingSuperintendent, on his instructions I travelled in the guard locomotive (as Iremember manufacturers were Bayer Peacock of Leeds (subject to correction) fromNanuoya to Badulla and back. Going through Pattipola the railway summit and theDemodera Loop I shall remember the experience up to my death.