Myanmar National Anthem
ကမ္ဘာမကျေ
Kaba Ma Kyei
Till the End of the World
1930
1947
Saya Tin
Saya Tin
❤ Love of homeland 🤝 Unity 🗽 Independence 🌿 Nature |
Key Facts
- 1. The full anthem opens with a section in traditional Burmese style and then moves into a Western-style orchestral part; a short version is used when it is played internationally
- 2. It was adopted on 22 September 1947, two months after the independence leader Aung San was assassinated, and became official when Burma gained independence in 1948
- 3. The anthem was kept when the country's name changed from Burma to Myanmar in 1989, but its words were adjusted: the line that gives the anthem its popular name, 'Kaba ma kyei, Bama pyi', now reads 'Kaba ma kyei, Myanma pyi'
- 4. By long-standing custom, those who sing the anthem give a small bow at the end as a mark of respect for the nation
Myanmar National Anthem Lyrics
တရားမျှတ လွတ်လပ်ခြင်းနဲ့ မသွေ၊
တို့ပြည်၊ တို့မြေ၊
များလူခပ်သိမ်း၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းစေဖို့၊
ခွင့်တူညီမျှ၊ ဝါဒဖြူစင်တဲ့ပြည်၊
တို့ပြည်၊ တို့မြေ၊
ပြည်ထောင်စုအမွေ၊ အမြဲတည်တံ့စေ၊
အဓိဋ္ဌာန်ပြုပေ၊ ထိန်းသိမ်းစို့လေ။
ကမ္ဘာမကျေ၊ မြန်မာပြည်၊
တို့ဘိုးဘွား အမွေစစ်မို့ ချစ်မြတ်နိုးပေ။
ပြည်ထောင်စုကို အသက်ပေးလို့ တို့ကာကွယ်မလေ၊
ဒါတို့ပြည် ဒါတို့မြေ တို့ပိုင်နက်မြေ။
တို့ပြည် တို့မြေ အကျိုးကို ညီညာစွာတို့တစ်တွေ
ထမ်းဆောင်ပါစို့လေ တို့တာဝန်ပေ အဖိုးတန်မြေ။
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialMyanmar's anthem began as a song Saya Tin wrote in 1930 for the nationalist Dobama Asiayone ('We Burmans' Association'); it was first performed in public on 20 July 1930. Its text was revised in 1947, during the transition to independence from Britain, and it was adopted as the national anthem on 22 September 1947. The anthem has survived multiple regime changes, including military coups and the transition to partial democracy.
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Sources & References
- ကမ္ဘာမကျေ . my.wikipedia.org
- Kaba Ma Kyei . en.wikipedia.org
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