The weekend is something many are looking forward to.
Retirees,
employed people, and even school-going children.
Just to have a
good rest and recuperate.
Spend some quality time with your family and friends.
āˇāļි āļ āļą්āļāļē āļļොāˇෝ āļ¯ෙāļąා āļļāļŊා āˇිāļ§ිāļą āļ¯ෙāļēāļ්.
āˇිāˇ්āļģාāļ¸ිāļāļēිāļą්, āļģැāļිāļēාāˇāļŊ āļąිāļēුāļු āļ āļē āˇāˇ āļ´ාāˇāļŊ් āļēāļą āļ¯āļģුāˇāļą් āļ´āˇා.
āˇොāļŗ āˇිāˇේāļāļēāļ් āļŊāļļා āļැāļąීāļ¸āļ§ āˇāˇ āˇුāˇāļē āļŊැāļļීāļ¸āļ§ āļ´āļ¸āļĢි.
āļāļļේ āļ´āˇුāļŊේ āļ āļē āˇāˇ āļ¸ිāļුāļģāļą් āˇāļ¸āļ āļුāļĢාāļ්āļ¸āļ āļාāļŊāļēāļ් āļāļ āļāļģāļą්āļą.
Many retire to bed, hoping for a change in the mood
during the weekend.
Alas, the
following morning you will be woken up by at least two bread sellers doing
rounds with their blaring horns.
Then start the
blaring horns from the nearby places of worship.
Now your morning is spoilt and you are forced to get down earlier than expected last night.
āļļොāˇෝ āļ¯ෙāļąෙāļ් āˇāļි āļ āļą්āļāļēේ āļ¸āļąෝāļˇාāˇāļēේ āˇෙāļąāˇāļ් āļļāļŊාāļ´ොāļģොāļ්āļුāˇෙāļą් āļāļŗāļ§ āˇිāˇ්āļģාāļ¸ āļāļąිāļි.
āļ āˇෝ, āļ´āˇුāļ¯ා āļāļ¯ෑāˇāļą āļ āˇāļ¸ āˇāˇāļēෙāļą් āļ´ාāļą් āˇෙāˇ ෙāļą්āļ¯āļą් āļ¯ෙāļ¯ෙāļąෙāļු āˇිāˇිāļą් āļāˇුāļą්āļේ āļෝāˇාāļාāļģී āˇāļļ්āļ¯ āˇිāļාāˇāļą āļēāļą්āļ්āļģ āˇāļ¸āļ āˇāļ§ේ āļģāˇුāļ¸් āļāˇāļ¸ිāļą් āļāļļāˇ āļ āˇāļ¯ි āļāļģāļąු āļāļ.
āļāļą්āļ´āˇු āļ āˇāļŊ āļ´ිāˇිāļ§ි āļāļāļ¸ිāļ āˇ්āļŽාāļąāˇāļŊිāļą් āļෝāˇා āļāļģāļą āˇāļļ්āļ¯ āˇිāļාāˇāļą āļēāļą්āļ්āļģ āļāļģāļ¸්āļˇ āļāļģāļēි.
āļ¯ැāļą් āļāļļේ āļāļ¯ෑāˇāļą āļāļŠාāļāļ´්āļ´āļŊ් āˇී āļāļි āļ āļāļģ āļāļēේ āļģාāļ්āļģිāļēේ āļļāļŊාāļ´ොāļģොāļ්āļු āˇූāˇාāļ§ āˇāļŠා āļāļŊිāļą් āļāļŗෙāļą් āļļැāˇීāļ¸āļ§ āļāļļāļ§ āļļāļŊāļෙāļģේ.
When the day comes, more noise polluters will make
your weekend even worse.
They come in
different forms.
Plant sellers, flower pot sellers, scrap metal collectors, you name it, and they come in different types and at different times.
āļ¯āˇāˇ āļ´ැāļ¸ිāļĢෙāļą āˇිāļ§, āļāˇāļ් āˇāļļ්āļ¯ āļ¯ූāˇāļĢāļēāļą් āļāļļේ āˇāļි āļ āļą්āļāļē āˇāļŠාāļ් āļąāļģāļ āļ āļāļ§ āˇැāļģෙāļąු āļāļ.
āļāˇා āˇිāˇිāļ° āļāļාāļģāˇāļŊිāļą් āļ´ැāļ¸ිāļĢේ.
āļ´ැāļŊ āˇිāļුāļĢāļą්āļąāļą්, āļ¸āļŊ් āļ´ෝāļ ්āļ ි āˇිāļුāļĢāļą්āļąāļą්, āļ´āļģāļĢ āļŊෝāˇ āļāļāļු āļāļģāļą්āļąāļą්, āļāļļ āļāļē āļąāļ¸් āļāļģāļą්āļą, āļāˇා āˇිāˇිāļ° āˇāļģ්āļāˇāļŊ āˇāˇ āˇිāˇිāļ° āļාāļŊāˇāļŊāļ¯ී āļ´ැāļ¸ිāļĢේ.
Then some of the neighbours will start to do their home repairs in do-it-yourself style.
āļāˇිāļ§ āļ āˇāļŊ්āˇාāˇීāļą්āļෙāļą් āˇāļ¸āˇāļģāļ් āļāļ¸ āļąිāˇāˇේ āļ āļŊුāļ්āˇැāļŠිāļēා āļāļ§āļēුāļු āļāļļāļ¸ āļāļģāļą āļāļාāļģāļēෙāļą් (DIY) āˇිāļ¯ු āļිāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļ´āļ§āļą් āļāļąී.
The noise continues unabated till lunchtime.
Have a decent
meal and retire to bed. Again, you will be woken up by the same bread sellers
doing their rounds in the neighbourhood.
And many more
sellers with their blaring loudspeakers mounted on three wheels or Dimo āļļāļ§්āļ§ාs.
Again, you are forced to abandon your rest, thanks to all the noises they create in the neighbourhood.
āļ¯ිāˇා āļāˇාāļģ āˇේāļŊාāˇ āļ¯āļ්āˇා āˇāļļ්āļ¯āļē āļąොāļąැāˇී āļ´āˇāļී.
āˇොāļŗ āļāˇාāļģ āˇේāļŊāļ් āļෙāļą āļāļŗāļ§ āļēāļą්āļą. āļąැāˇāļāļ්, āļāļ¸ āļ´ාāļą් āˇෙāˇ ෙāļą්āļ¯āļą් āˇිāˇිāļą් āļ āˇāļŊ්āˇැāˇි āļ´්āļģāļ¯ේāˇāļēේ āļģāˇුāļ¸් āļāļģāļ¸ිāļą් āļāļļāˇ āļ āˇāļ¯ි āļāļģāļąු āļāļ.
āˇāˇ āļāˇāļ් āļļොāˇෝ āˇෙāˇ ෙāļą්āļ¯āļą් āļāˇුāļą්āļේ āļෝāˇාāļාāļģී āˇāļļ්āļ¯ āˇිāļාāˇāļą āļēāļą්āļ්āļģ āļ්āļģිāļģෝāļ¯ āˇෝ āļŠිāļ¸ෝ āļļුāļ§ාāˇ් āļ¸āļ āˇāˇි āļāļģ āļāļ.
āļąැāˇāļāļ්, āļāļļේ āˇිāˇේāļāļē āļ āļ්āˇැāļģීāļ¸āļ§ āļāļļāļ§ āļļāļŊ āļෙāļģෙāļēි, āļāˇුāļą් āļ āˇāļŊ්āˇැāˇි āļ´්āļģāļ¯ේāˇāļē āļුāˇ āļāļි āļāļģāļą āˇිāļēāļŊු āļෝāˇාāˇāļą්āļ§ āˇ්āļුāļි āˇāļą්āļą.
Now it is time for your evening tea.
You settle for
a sizzling cup of tea with a book in hand.
Then some of
your neighbours will think of burning their accumulated household solid waste.
The entire
neighbourhood will be engulfed in toxic fumes and ash.
You are now left with no other option other than to lock your doors and windows and act like a prisoner in your own house.
āļ¯ැāļą් āļāļļේ āˇāˇāˇ āļේ āļ´ාāļąāļēāļ§ āļාāļŊāļēāļēි.
āļāļļ āļ´ොāļāļ් āļ āļැāļිāˇ āļේ āļෝāļ´්āļ´āļēāļ් āļ´ාāļąāļē āļāļģāļą්āļą.
āļāˇිāļ§ āļāļļේ āļ āˇāļŊ්āˇාāˇීāļą්āļෙāļą් āˇāļ¸āˇāļģāļ් āļāˇුāļą්āļේ āļāļāļු āˇූ āļෘāˇāˇ්āļŽ āļāļą āļ āļ´āļ¯්āļģāˇ්āļē āļ´ුāˇ ුāˇ්āˇා āļ¯ැāļ¸ීāļ¸āļ§ āˇිāļāļąු āļāļ.
āļ¸ුāˇ ු āļ āˇāļŊ්āˇැāˇි āļ´්āļģāļ¯ේāˇāļēāļ¸ āˇිāˇ āļ¯ුāļ¸ාāļģāļēෙāļą් āˇāˇ āļ āˇ ුāˇāļŊිāļą් āļිāļŊී āļēāļąු āļāļ.
āļāļļේ āļ¯ොāļģ āļĸāļąෙāļŊ් āļ āļුāˇ ු āļ¯āļ¸ා āļāļļේāļ¸ āļąිāˇāˇේ āˇිāļģāļāļģුāˇෙāļු āļŊෙāˇ āļāļ§āļēුāļු āļිāļģීāļ¸ āˇැāļģ āˇෙāļąāļ් āˇිāļāļŊ්āļ´āļēāļ් āļāļļāļ§ āļ¯ැāļą් āļāļිāļģිāˇ āļąැāļ.
When are we going to change the situation and who is
going to bell the cat?
It is likely
that very little one can do individually unless we get together and form a
consorted effort.
Until then, the so-called weekend is a luxury only in mind.
āļ āļ´ි āļāļ්āˇāļē āˇෙāļąāˇ් āļāļģāļą්āļąේ āļāˇāļ¯ාāļ¯?
āļ āļ´ි āļāļāļු āˇී āˇāˇāļēෝāļී āļāļ්āˇාāˇāļēāļ් āļොāļŠāļąāļා āļāļą්āļąේ āļąāļ¸් āļ¸ිāˇ āļෙāļąෙāļුāļ§ āļāļąි āļāļąිāˇ āļāˇ āˇැāļ්āļේ āļāļා āˇුāˇ ු āļ¯ෙāļēāļි.
āļāļෙāļ්, āļāļąිāļēා āˇāļි āļ āļą්āļāļē āļ¸āļąāˇේ āļ´āļ¸āļĢāļ් āļāļි āļāļāļŊ්āļ´āļēāļ් āļ´āļ¸āļĢි.
I used Google Translate to translate from English to Sinhala, and while the quality isn't as high as one might hope, most people will catch the gist of what's being stated.
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