Sri Lanka Matha - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
English: Mother Sri Lanka | |
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Sri Lanka Matha | |
National anthem of ![]() | |
Also known as | ශ්රී ලංකා මාතා ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே |
Lyrics | Ananda Samarakoon (Sinhala) M. Nallathambi (Tamil), 1940 |
Music | Ananda Samarakoon |
Adopted | 1951 |
Audio sample | |
2017 U.S. Navy Band instrumental version |
"Sri Lanka Matha" is the national anthem of Sri Lanka.
Lyrics
[change | change source]Sinhala version
[change | change source]Sinhala original[1] | Romanisation | IPA transcription |
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ශ්රී ලංකා මාතා අප ශ්රී ලංකා | Śrī laṁkā mātā, apa Śrī laṁkā | [sriː laŋ.kaː maː.taː | a.pə sriː laŋ.kaː] |
Tamil version
[change | change source]Tamil original[2] | Romanisation | IPA transcription |
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சிறீ லங்கா தாயே – நம் சிறீ லங்கா | Srī laṅkā tāyē – nam Srī laṅkā | /ɕɾiː ləŋ.gaː taː.jeː | nəm ɕɾiː ləŋ.gaː/ |
Poetic English translation
[change | change source]Thou Mother Lanka, |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජාතික ගීය - e-තක්සලාව". Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2020-02-24. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ↑ "ශ්රී ලංகல்வி வெளியீட்டுத் திணைக்களம் - E Thaksalawa" (PDF). Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka. 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
Other websites
[change | change source]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- National Anthems: Sri Lanka
- National Anthems: Sri Lanka (archive link)
- Himnuszok: Sri Lanka
- National Country Symbols Of All Countries: Sri Lanaka Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine