Palitha Ranatunge is a Sri Lankan poet and lyricist. A lawyer by profession, he wrote poetry and lyrics in his mother language, Sinhalese, starting from his school age and also sung by reputed singers. Ranatunge won a national award for his first English poetry collection " The Shifting of My Paradigm" .
I was at the window during the long nights
Watching you growing and fading
One day I was happy to look at your
full moon face, the other days
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Dear friend! today I call you,
Yesterday I called you, my love!
While you away beyond the seas
Our past is a tombstone at the
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Hey, may I whisper unto thy soul
And pour the pure liquid of my
Budding love into thy virgin heart
Feeling inexperienced palpitations
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The creator of gods
For the benefit of own
Gone far creating demon
Cults picturing them as
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