Tibetan National Anthem
National anthem of  Tibet | |
| Lyrics | Trijang Rinpoche, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Adopted | 1950 |
| Audio sample | |
The national anthem of Tibet (Classical Tibetan: བོད་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྒྱལ་གླུ།), commonly referred to as "Gyallu", is a Tibetan patriotic song which serves as the de facto anthem of the Central Tibetan Administration.[1]
It is unclear exactly whether it was first used before the Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China in 1951, or after the 14th Dalai Lama went into exile in India in 1960. The earliest report of a state anthem (presumably "Gyallu") is between 1949 and 1950 when Tibet was under invasion. It was introduced under reforms set in place to strengthen patriotism among the Tibetan people. Another report states that the anthem was presented to the 14th Dalai Lama in 1960 in exile.[2]
Like "Qurtulush Yolida", performance of this anthem is strictly prohibited by the People's Republic of China, particularly in the Tibet Autonomous Region.[1]
Tibet's first national anthem was, according to Tashi Tsering, written by a Tibetan scholar during the epoch of the 7th Dalai Lama and under the reign of the Pholanas in between 1745 and 1746.[citation needed]
Lyrics
Written by Trijang Rinpoche around 1950, a tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama, the lyrics focus on the radiance of the Gautama Buddha.[2]
The melody is said to be based on a very old piece of Tibetan sacred music, and some of its elements are also found in other Tibetan songs such as that of Mimang Langlu, a song of the 1959 Tibetan uprising. The lyrics are by the Dalai Lama's tutor, Trijang Rinpoche. It has been used by Tibetans in exile ever since the introduction of the state anthem although it is banned in Tibet.
Current lyrics
| Standard Tibetan lyrics[2] | Tibetan pinyin[a] | IPA transcription[b] | English translation[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
སྲིད་ཞིའི་ཕན་བདེའི་འདོད་རྒུ་འབྱུང་བའི་གཏེར། |
Sixii pändei dögu jungwai der, |
[siʔ˥.ʑiː˩ pʰɛ̃˥.deː˩ ⁿdøʔ˩.ɡu˩ ᶮd͡ʑuŋ˩.wɛː˩ teɾ˥ ǀ] |
The source of temporal and spiritual wealth of joy and boundless benefits |
Original version
The first Tibetan national anthem was created in the 18th century. According to eminent Tibetan scholar Tashi Tsering, it was composed by Pholanas around 1745, at the time of the 7th Dalai Lama. Sir Charles Bell described it as Tibet's "national hymn".[3]
| Tibetan original | Romanization of Tibetan | English translation |
|---|---|---|
གངས་རིས་སྐོར་བའི་ཞིང་ཁམས་འདི། |
Ghang ri ra kor we shingkham di |
Circled by ramparts of snow-mountains, |
Notes
- ^ Tibetan pinyin is the official romanization. See also Tibetan pinyin#Single syllable orthography and Tibetan script#Romanization and transliteration.
- ^ See Help:IPA/Tibetan and Tibetan phonology.
References
- ^ a b "Oops: China State Media Website Plays Banned Tibetan National Anthem". VOA. 6 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d Tibet - nationalanthems.info
- ^ Freedom Wind, Freedom Song About the origins of Tibet anthems, by Jamyang Norbu.
External links
- The Central Tibetan Administration has a page about "Gyallu" that includes audio instrumental and vocal versions.
- Tibetan National Anthem by Kelsang Chuki Tenthong (YouTube)
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