Sri Lanka Matha

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා
transcription	śrī laṁkā mātā
Title in German	Mother Sri Lanka
country	Sri Lanka
Usage period	from 1951
text	Ananda Samarakoon
melody	Ananda Samarakoon

Sri Lanka Matha is the national anthem of Sri Lanka .

Text in Sinhala script

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා
අප ශ්‍රී ... ලංකා නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා
සුන්දර සිරිබරිනි සුරැඳි අති සෝබමාන ලංකා
ධාන්‍ය ධනය නෙක මල් පලතුරු පිරි ජය භුමිය භුමිය
රම්‍යා අප හට සැප සිරි සෙත සෙත සදනා
ජීවනයේ මාතා පිළිගනු මැන අප
භක්තී පූජා නමෝ
නමෝ මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ... ලංකා නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා
ඔබ වේ අප විද්‍යා
ඔබ මය අප සත්‍යා
ඔබ වේ අප ශක්ති
අප හද තුළ භක්ති
ඔබ අප ආලෝකේ
අපගේ අනුප්‍රාණේ
ඔබ ඔබ ජීවන ජීවන
වේ අප මුක්තිය ඔබ
වේ නව ජීවන දෙමිනේ නිතින අප පුබුදු කරන්
මාතා ඥාන වීර්ය මැන ජයභූමී යනු යනු යනු කරා
එක මවකගේ දරුකැල බැවිනා යමු යමු වී නොපමා
ප්‍රේම වඩා සැම හේද දුරැර දා නමෝ නමෝ මාතා
අප ශ්‍රී ... ලංකා නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා .....

Sinhala text (in transcription)

Lord Lamka Mata
apa Lord ... Lamka Namo Namo Namo Namo Mata
Sundara siri Barini sūrændi ati sōbamāna Lamka
Dhanya dhanaya neka times palatūrū piri jaya bhūmiya Ramya
apa Hata Saepa siri seta sådana jīvanayē Mata
pil̠iganū maena apa Bhakti Puja
Namo Namo Mata
apa Lord .. .laṁkā namō namō namō namō mātā
oba vē apa vidyā
oba maya apa satyā
oba vē apa śakti
apa hada tūl̠a bhakti
oba apa ālōkēū
apagē anūprāṇē
oba apa jīvana vēapa
mūktava
naitīūna āḍa vāa mūktava naitīūna
āa vāna mūktava māvana māvana māvanēa na vanēna māvana māvana māvana māvanēa jayabhūmī karā
eka mavakagē darūkæla bævinā yamū yamū vī nopamā
prēma vaḍā sæma hēda dūræra dā namō namō mātā
apa śrī ... laṁkā namō namō namō namō mātā .....

Tamil translation

SRII Langka Thaye - wam SRII Langka
Wamo Wamo Wamo Wamo Thaye

walangkaL yAvum Nirai vAnmaNi Langka
njAlam pukaz Vala vayal wathi malai malar
waRunjsOlai COL Langka
wamathuRu pukalitam ena oLirvAy
wamathuthi El Thaye
wamathalai ninathati Mel vaiththOmE
wamathuyirE Thaye - wam SRII Langka
Wamo Wamo Wamo Wamo Thaye

wamathAraruL Anay
wavai thavir uNarvAnAy
wamathOr valiyAnAy
wavil suthanthiram Anay
wamathiLamaiyai batting
waku mati thanaiyOttE
amaivuRum aRivutanE
atalseRi thuNivaruLE - wam SRII Langka
Wamo Wamo Wamo Wamo Thaye

wamathOr oLi vaLamE
waRiya malar ena nilavum Thaye
yAmellAm oru karuNai anaipayantha
ezilkoL sEykaL enavE
iyaluRu piLavukaL thamai aRavE
izivena nIkkituvOm
Iza Siromani vAzvuRu pUmaNi
wamO wamO thAyE - wam Srii langkA
wamO wamO wamO wamO thAyE

German translation

Sri Lanka, mother, we adore you!
Prosper in happiness,
you beautiful one, full of grace and love, rich in
grain and delicious fruits,
in fragrant, shining flowers,
you give us life and all our well-being,
happy and victorious country,
we praise you with gratitude,
Sri Lanka, adore you we
You give us knowledge and truth,
you are our strength and inner faith.
Our divine light and sentient being, breath of life and liberation
inspire us forever.
Renewed in wisdom and strength, all
resentment, hatred and strife ended.
Surrounded by love, a mighty nation,
all march as children of one mother. A mother who leads us to full freedom.

English translation

Mother Lanka we worship Thee!
Plenteous in prosperity, Thou,
Beauteous in grace and love,
Laden with grain 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 tea!

Thou gavest us knowledge and truth,
Thou art our strength and inward faith.
Our light divine and sentient being,
Breath of life and liberation,
Inspire us forever.
In wisdom and strength renewed,
Ill-will, hatred, strife all ended,
In love enfolded, a mighty nation,
Marching onward, all as children of one mother,
Leads us, Mother, to fullest freedom.

Web links

Audio stream of the national anthem of Sri Lanka (Real Player; 0 kB)