Man Taung Yeik Kho
| "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 |
"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]
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[edit]
"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[edit]
One 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.