"Kaba Ma Kyei" (ကမ္ဘာမကြေ [ɡəbà mə tɕè] 'Till the End of the World') is the Burmese national anthem and has been the national anthem of Myanmar since 1947. It consists of two parts, the first is a traditional Burmese style section, before transitioning into the second half, a Western-style orchestra.
History
The melody and lyrics were written by Saya Tin[1] and adopted as the Burmese national anthem in 1947.
According to the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, the complete version of "Kaba Ma Kyei" is specified as consisting of both the traditional Burmese style and Western-style sections.[2] The complete version is usually used on domestic occasions.[3]
A long-standing tradition is that those who sing Kaba Ma Kyei bow at the end, as a show of respect for the nation and its state anthem.
Lyrics
Burmese lyrics
Burmese script |
IPA transcription |
MLC transcription |
တရားမျှတ လွတ်လပ်ခြင်းနဲ့မသွေ၊ |
[təjá m̥ja̰ ta̰ lʊʔ laʔ tɕʰɪ́n nɛ̰ mə t̪wè] |
ta.ra: hmya. ta. lwat lap hkrang: nai. ma. swe |
References
- ^ "Kaba Ma Kyei" at nationalanthems.info
- ^ a b Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008) Chapter 13 State Flag, State Seal, National Anthem and the Capital. Article 439 (a). Page 176. (in Burmese)
- ^ Close down on Myanmar National Radio[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်အေးချမ်းသာယာရေးနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးကောင်စီ နိုင်ငံတော်သီချင်းဥပဒေ (နိုင်ငံတော်အေးချမ်းသာယာရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးကောင်စီ ဥပဒေအမှတ်၁၀/၂၀၁၀) ၁၃၇၂ ခုနှစ်၊ သီတင်းကျွတ်လဆန်း ၁၃ ရက် (၂၀၁၀ ပြည့်နှစ်၊ အောက်တိုဘာလ ၂၁ ရက်)" (in Burmese). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to National anthem of Myanmar. |
- Burma/Myanmar: Kaba Ma Kyei - Audio of the national anthem of Burma/Myanmar, with information and lyrics
- Ga Ba Majay Ba Ma Pyay (MIDI file)
- Sheet music (from Embassy of Burma to Washington)
This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 13:21