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It’s not necessary here to remind about differences and arguments. He says, let’s forget differences and arguments, let’s march forward. He thus turns towards the people to start another dialogue. Thereafter he forgets he is addressing Mother Lanka. Thereafter Lanka is no mother, but a land of victory. The writer first worships Lanka, treating her as a Mother. If Lanka was treated as a Mother in addressing her, then such should have been the approach all though out the song. This disorganised format of the song is one flaw. He therefore tries to mobilise people in a different way by saying, “As children of a single mother, let’s march together”. In the last two lines, the writer completely forgets about Mother Lanka. Where is that second land of victory ? That is the next question. Yet the writer is asking ‘Lanka’ to take us to the land of victory. Then, we are here on the land of victory. The writer started off by saying this is a land of victory. The other issue is, what this land of victory is. No one can lead a people like this to a land of victory. Why is he asking us to be always enlightened? Are we otherwise dumb? Why say give us wisdom and strength ? Is it we lack wisdom and strength ? The writer pleads with Mother Lanka to remedy our shortcomings, make us complete and to lead us to the land of victory. That may be why he wants Mother Lanka to give us new life. We have no life, no energy, or we are lifeless. So, what does the writer wants Mother Lanka to do ? He wants Mother Lanka to give us new life and keep us enlightened always. Similarly the lines, “You are our sentient, our divine path” says we on our own have no freedom and a divine path. The line, “You are our strength” also means we have no strength, if not for you. What does this mean ? It means, Mother Lanka is complete with everything. You are our Knowledge and you are our Truth. In the next lines he addresses Ceylon as “Mother” and says, ‘you bring us plenty prosperity. He says, Ceylon is a land of joyous wealth, abundantly rich in everything good on earth. In the first lines, the writer captures the scenic beauty, the grace of Ceylon. When we look at the words, this certainly is a pleading. When there are too many such repetitions, any song sounds more like a lullaby. It could also be the melody that makes it so. What we hear in this national anthem is a “pleading”. This song is not strong enough to create a heroic feeling and that of pride in us. That is why these shortcomings are so evident. What is evident when reading the lyrics of the national anthem is, Ananda Samarakoon’s creative ability had gradually eroded at the time of writing the national anthem. I personally feel our national anthem has few flaws. When discussing “national pride” in film songs, we are compelled to refer to the “National Anthem”.