Sayaun Thunga Phulka

Sayaun Thunga Phulka
English: Made of Hundreds of Flowers
	Sheet music
	National anthem of Nepal
Lyrics	Byakul Maila, 2007
Music	Amber Gurung, 2007
Published	2007
Adopted	3 August 2007
Preceded by	"Shriman Gambhir"
Audio sample
	File:Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka (instrumental).ogg Instrumental rendition in G minor performed by the U.S. Navy Band file; help;

Nepal's current national anthem, Sayaun Thunga Phulka, was formally adopted on 3 August 2007 during a ceremony at the National Planning Commission's conference hall in Kathmandu's Singha Durbar Square. The anthem replaced the earlier one, Shriman Gambhir (adopted in 1962), which was discontinued following the abolition of the monarchy.

The lyrics were penned by Pradip Kumar Rai, who wrote under the alias Byakul Maila, while the music was composed by Amber Gurung. The anthem celebrates Nepal's sovereignty, national unity, courage, pride, natural beauty progress, peace, cultural and biological diversity, and collective respect. In 2016, the BBC highlighted it as the third most distinctive anthem in its Rio 2016: The Most Amazing National Anthems list, emphasising its unique musical identity compared to others.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Nepali official[edit | edit source]

Devanagari script^[1]^[2]	Transliteration	IPA transcription^{[note 1]}
	𝄆 Sayaű thűgā phūlkā hāmī, euṭai mālā nepālī Sārvabhaum bhai phailiekā, Mecī-Mahākālī. 𝄇 Prakṛtikā koṭi-koṭi sampadāko ā̃cala, Vīrharūkā ragatale, svatantra ra aṭala. Gyānabhūmi, śāntibhūmi Tarāī, Pahāḍ, Himāla Akhaṇḍa yo pyāro hāmro mātṛibhūmi Nepāla. Bahul jāti, bhāṣā, dharma, sãskṛti chan viśāla Agragāmī rāṣṭra hāmro, jaya jaya Nepāla. . (IAST: 𝄆 Sayaű thűgā phūlkā hāmī, euṭai mālā nepālī Sārvabhaum bhai phailiekā, Mecī-Mahākālī. 𝄇 Prakṛtikā koṭi-koṭi sampadāko ā̃cala, Vīrharūkā ragatale, svatantra ra aṭala. Gyānabhūmi, śāntibhūmi Tarāī, Pahāḍ, Himāla Akhaṇḍa yo pyāro hāmro mātṛibhūmi Nepāla. Bahul jāti, bhāṣā, dharma, sãskṛti chan viśāla Agragāmī rāṣṭra hāmro, jaya jaya Nepāla. .) Documentation[create] [purge]	𝄆 [sʌ.jʌ̃ũ̯ t̪ʰũŋ.ɡa ɸul.ka ɦã.mi \| eu̯.t̠ʌi̯ ma.la ne.pa.li \|] [saɾ.bʌ.βʌ̃ũ̯m βʌi̯ ɸʌi̯.li.e.ka \| me.t͡si ma̤.ɦa.ka.li ‖] 𝄇 [pɾʌ.kɾi.t̪i.ka ko.t̠i ko.t̠i \| sʌ̃m.pʌ.d̪a.ko ã.t͡sʌ.lʌ \|] [biɾ.ɦʌ.ɾu.ka ɾʌ.ɡʌ.t̪ʌ.le \| so.t̪ʌ̃n̪.t̪ɾʌ ɾʌ ʌ.t̠ʌ.lʌ ‖] [ɡjã.nʌ.βũ.mi sãn̪.t̪i.βũ.mi \| t̪ʌ.ɾai̯ pa̤.ɦaɾ̠ ɦĩ.ma.lʌ \|] [ʌ.xʌ̃n̠.d̠ʌ jo pja.ɾo ɦãm.ɾo \| ma.t̪ɾi.βũ.mi ne.pa.lʌ ‖] [bʌ̤.ɦul d͡za.t̪i βa.s̠a d̪ʱʌ̃ɾ̃.mʌ \| sʌ̃s.kɾi.t̪i t͡sʰʌ̃n bi.sa.lʌ \|] [ʌɡ.ɾʌ.ɡã.mi ɾas̠.t̠ɾʌ ɦãm.ɾo \| d͡zʌ.e d͡zʌ.e ne.pa.lʌ ‖]

English translation[edit | edit source]

𝄆 Woven from hundred flowers, we are garland Nepali
Sovereignly extended from Mechi to Mahakali. 𝄇

Millions of natural beauties, history like a shawl
Bloods of the braves make it free and immotile.

Land of knowledge and peace, the plains, hills and mountains Himal
One piece beloved country, our motherland Nepal.

Peoples, languages, religions and cultures are incredible
This progressive nation of ours, victory to thee, Nepal!^[3]