"Man Taung Yeik Kho" (Burmese: မန်းတောင်ရိပ်ခို, lit. 'The Rest Under the Shade of Mandalay Hill'), is a Burmese cultural song composed in 1947 by Burmese musician Myoma Nyein, one of the greatest musicians in Burmese classical music.[1] The song contains a description of Thingyan sense on Mandalay Hill and Nandar Lake. The song was selected as one of the greatest Thingyan theme songs of all time.[2][3]
| "Man Taung Yeik Kho" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Ant Gyi | |
| Language | Burmese |
| English title | The Rest Under the Shade of Mandalay Hill |
| Released | 1947 |
| Composer(s) | Myoma Nyein |
Since "Man Taung Yeik Kho" song was a national legacy song of Thingyan festival, as the saying goes, "Thingyan will not be complete without Man Taung Yeik Kho ".[4]
History
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"Man Taung Yeik Kho" was composed by Myoma Nyein in 1947, but in 2001 it was rumored that the song was co-written by Ba Thein and A One Sayar Nya together with Myoma Nyein.[2][5] They selected one verse from each of their three songs and created as a medley song. However, the 1975 issue of Myoma Shwe Yatu Magazine, stated that the song was a work of Myoma Nyein.[2] The first original singer of the song was Ant Gyi, background played by the BT Brothers Instrument Band, and was first broadcast on the Burma Radio in 1950.
Lyrics
editOne of verses from the song. It is said to be composed by Myoma Nyein:
| Burmese script | English translation |
|---|---|
(မြနန္ဒာ ရေညိုညို ရစ်ခတ်သန်းတော့ |
(translation needed) |
References
edit- ^ Thu, Nyi Nyi (10 April 2019). ""တူးပို့ တူးပို့" သီချင်းကို ရေးသားခဲ့သူ ဂီတပညာရှင် ဆရာကြီး မြို့မငြိမ်း". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese).
- ^ a b c "မြို့မငြိမ်း၊ မြနန္ဒာနဲ့ မန်းတောင်ရိပ်ခို". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 18 April 2020.
- ^ "ပိတောက်၊ သိကြားမင်းနဲ့ တူးပို့သင်္ကြန်". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 8 April 2019.
- ^ "သင်္ကြန်မှာ မန်းတောင်ရိပ်ခိုမပါရင် သင်္ကြန်မပြီးဘူး". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 24 February 2017.
- ^ "ဂီတမြေနဲ့ မန်းသင်္ကြန်အတာတေးများ". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 12 April 2018.