Merry Christmas and happy New Year

The mellow chimes of silvern church bells
And the soothing cadences of Christmas music
Will echo through this cheerful isle
To warmly greet each other merry Christmas and happy new year
With renewed hopes and seasonal cheer,
And bless a better life to all of us here.
With the dawn of Christmas
Sri Lanka forges ahead
In a spirit of reconciliation
Bringing about peace and harmony in jubilation
For a bright and prosperous future
With human aspirations running high
Let's welcome Christmas and New Year
With the traditional fun and frolic so dear
Linked with goodwill and cheer,
Wishing Sri Lanka's peace and harmony to flourish,
Making national unity to nourish
All of us,
And to foster peace and harmony,
Hope and goodwill,
For a merry Christmas and cheerful New Year
Filled with all seasonal cheer
That would make our lives worth living
Throughout the year
For our life's like an inflated balloons
Destined to disappear too soon.

Andrew Scott