Kaba Ma Kyei

Kaba Ma Kyei

English: Till the End of the World
ကမ္ဘာမကျေ
National anthem of Myanmar
Also known as	Kaba Ma Kyay (English: Till the End of the World)
Lyrics	Saya Tin, 1947
Music	Saya Tin 20 July 1930 (first time performed), 20 July 1930
Adopted	22 September 1947
Audio sample
Kaba Ma Kyei (Abridged, instrument) file help

"Kaba Ma Kyei" (ကမ္ဘာမကျေ [ɡəbà mə tɕè]; English: "Till the End of the World") is the Burmese national anthem. It has been the national anthem of Myanmar since 1947. The preamble of the anthem is in the traditional Burmese style, before transitioning into a Western-style orchestra.

History

The melody and lyrics were written by Saya Tin and adopted as the Burmese national anthem in 1947.

According to the Constitution of Myanmar (2008), the complete version of Kaba Ma Kyei includes both the anthem in traditional Burmese style and Western-style. The complete version is usually used on domestic occasions.

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 anthem.

Lyrics

First Part
Burmese lyrics	IPA transcription	MLC transcription	English translation
တရားမျှတ လွတ်လပ်ခြင်းနဲ့မသွေ၊ တို့ပြည်၊ တို့မြေ၊ များလူခပ်သိမ်း၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းစေဖို့၊ ခွင့်တူညီမျှ၊ ဝါဒဖြူစင်တဲ့ပြည်၊ တို့ပြည်၊ တို့မြေ၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုအမွေ၊ အမြဲတည်တံ့စေ၊ အဓိဋ္ဌာန်ပြုပေ၊ ထိန်းသိမ်းစို့လေ။	təjá m̥ja̰ ta̰ lʊʔ laʔ tɕʰɪ́ɴ nɛ̰ mə θwè do̰ pjè do̰ mjè mjá lù kʰaʔ θeɪ́ɴ ɲeɪ́ɴ dʑáɴ zè bo̰ seɪʔ tù ɲì m̥ja̰ wàda̰ pʰju sɪ̀ɴ dḛ pjè do̰ pjè do̰ mjè pjì daʊ̀ɴ zṵ ʔəmwè ʔəmjé tì da̰ɴ zè ʔədeɪʔtʰàɴ pjṵ bé tʰeín θeín zo̰ lè	ta.ra: hmya. ta. lwat lap hkrang: nai. ma. swi tui. prany tui. mre mya: lu hkap sim: ngim: hkram: se hpo. cit tu nyi hmya. wada. hpyu sang dai. prany tui. prany tui. mre prany htaung cu. a mwi a.mrai: tany tam. se a.dhi.hta:n pru. pe htin: sim: sui. le	Where justice and independence prevail, This is our nation, this is our land. Where equality and rightful policy prevail, For people to lead a peaceful life, This is our nation, this is our land. We solemnly pledge to preserve the Union and its heritage for perpetuity.
Second Part
Burmese lyrics	IPA transcription	MLC transcription	English translation
			Literal	Syllables matched with notes
(ကမ္ဘာမကျေ၊ မြန်မာပြည်၊ တို့ဘိုးဘွား အမွေစစ်မို့ ချစ်မြတ်နိုးပေ။) ပြည်ထောင်စုကို အသက်ပေးလို့ တို့ကာကွယ်မလေ၊ ဒါတို့ပြည် ဒါတို့မြေ တို့ပိုင်နက်မြေ။ တို့ပြည် တို့မြေ အကျိုးကို ညီညာစွာတို့တစ်တွေ ထမ်းဆောင်ပါစို့လေ တို့တာဝန်ပေ အဖိုးတန်မြေ။	ɡəbà mətɕè mjəmà pjè do̰ bó bwá ʔəmwè sɪʔ mo̰ tɕʰɪʔ mjaʔ nó bè pjì dàʊɴ zṵ ɡò ʔəθeʔ pé lo̰ do̰ kà ɡwɛ̀ məlè dà do̰ pjè dà do̰ mjè do̰ pàɪɴ dɛ̰ mjè do̰ pjè do̰ mjè ʔətɕó ɡò ɲì ɲà zwà do̰ dədwè tʰáɴ sʰàʊɴ bà zo̰ lè do̰ tà wʊ̀ɴ bè ʔəpʰó tàɴ mjè	kam.bha ma.kye / mran.ma prany / tui. bhui: bwa: a.mwe cac mui. hkyac mrat nui: pe // prany htaung su. kui a.sak pe: lui. tui. ka kwai ma.le / da tui. prany da tui. mre to. puing nak mre // tui. prany tui. mre a.kyui: kui nyi nya cwa tui. ta.twe htam: hsaung pa sui. le to. ta wan pe a. hpui: tan mre //	Until the world ends up shattering, long live Myanmar! We love our land because this is our real inheritance. Until the world ends up shattering, long live Myanmar! We love our land because this is our real inheritance. We will sacrifice our lives to protect our country, This is our nation, this is our land and it belongs to us. Being our nation and our land, let us do good causes to our nation in unity! And this is our very duty to our invaluable land.	We shall love, forevermore Burma (Myanmar) the land of our fathers of yore! We shall love, forevermore Burma (Myanmar) the land of our fathers of yore! Giving our lives for our union we fight, This is our country, our land, ours by right. We, for her the tasks responsibly shoulder, As we'll stand in duty to this, our precious land.

External links

• 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)