Sri Lanka Matha
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"Sri Lanka Matha" is the national anthem of Sri Lanka. The words and music were written by Ananda Samarakoon in 1940 in the Sinhala language, and were officially adopted as the national anthem on November 22, 1951.
The first line of the anthem originally read: "Namo namo matha, apa Sri Lanka". There was some controversy over these words in the 1950s, and in early 1962 they were changed to their present form.
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[edit] "Sri Lanka Matha" Sinhalese Version
- Sri Lanka Matha, apa Sri Lanka,
- Namo Namo Namo Namo Matha.
- Sundara siri barini,
- Surendi athi Sobamana Lanka
- Dhanya dhanaya neka mal pala thuru piri, Jaya bhoomiya ramya.
- Apa hata sapa siri setha sadana, jeevanaye Matha!
- Piliganu mena apa bhakti pooja,
- Namo Namo Matha.
- Apa Sri Lanka,
- Namo Namo Namo Namo Matha,
- Obave apa vidya, Obamaya apa sathya
- Obave apa shakti, Apa hada thula bhakti
- Oba apa aloke, Aapage anuprane
- oba apa jeevana ve, Apa muktiya obave
- Nava jeevana demine
- Nnithina apa Pubudu karan matha
- Gnana veerya vadavamina ragena yanu
- mena jaya bhoomi kara
- Eka mavekuge daru kala bavina
- yamu yamu wee nopama
- Prema vada sama bheda durara da Namo Namo Matha
- Apa Sri Lanka,
- Namo Namo Namo Namo Matha.
[edit] Tamil Lyrics
- Sri Lanka Thaayé, nam Sri Lanka,
- Namo Namo Namo Namo Thaayé.
- Nallelil poli Seeranee,
- Nalangal yaavum Niraivaan mani Lanka
- Gnaalam puhala vala vayal nathi malai malar narum solai kol Lanka.
- Namathuru puhalidam ena olir vaai, namathuyire Thaayé!
- Namathalai ninathadi mail vyththomé
- Namo Namo Thaayé.
- Nam Sri Lanka,
- Namo Namo Namo Namo Thaayé,
- Nam Sri Lanka,
- Namo Namo Namo Namo Thaayé.
[edit] English translation
- Mother Lanka we worship Thee!
- Plenteous in prosperity, Thou,
- Beauteous in grace and love,
- Laden with corn and luscious fruit
- And fragrant flowers of radiant hue,
- Giver of life and all good things,
- Our land of joy and victory,
- Receive our grateful praise sublime,
- Lanka! we worship Thee.
- Thou gavest us Knowledge and Truth,
- Thou art our strength and inward faith,
- Our light divine and sentient being,
- Breath of life and liberation.
- Grant us, bondage free, inspiration.
- Inspire us for ever.
- In wisdom and strength renewed,
- Ill-will, hatred, strife all ended,
- In love enfolded, a mighty nation
- Marching onward, all as one,
- Lead us, Mother, to fullest freedom.
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