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''Mother Sri Lanka'' ((シンハラ語:ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික ගීය) ''Sri Lanka Matha''; (タミル語:ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே) ''Sri Laṅkā Tāyē'') is the national anthem of Sri Lanka. ==History== In 1938 Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote the music and lyrics for ''Nama Nama Sri Lanka Mata'' in the Bengali language for his student Ananda Samarakoon. Samarakoon returned to Ceylon in 1940 and translated Tagore's song into the Sinhala language ''Apa Sri Lanka, Namo Namo Namo Namo Matha, Sundar Sri Boroni''.〔〔 After Samarakoon's translation was sung by the choir from Musaeus College at a public event it became hugely popular in Ceylon and was widely played on radio. Ceylon achieved independence from Britain in 1948 but continued to use the British national anthem. In 1950 Minister of Finance J. R. Jayewardene requested that the government recognise Samarakoon's ''Namo Namo Matha'' as the official national anthem.〔 The government appointed a committee headed by Edwin Wijeyeratne, Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development, to pick a new national anthem.〔 The committee heard several songs but, after much deliberation, picked ''Namo Namo Matha''.〔〔〔 The committee made a minor change to Samarakoon's song, with his apprival, changing the tenth line from "''Nawajeewana Damine''" to "''Nawa Jeewana Demine Nithina Apapupudu Karan Matha''".〔 The committee's decision was endorsed by the government on 22 November 1951.〔 The anthem was translated into the Tamil language by M. Nallathamby.〔 The first independence day it was sung was in 1952.〔 In the late 1950s controversy arose over first line of the anthem, "''Namo Namo Matha, Apa Sri Lanka''".〔 It was deemed to be "unlucky" and blamed for the country's misfortunes including the deaths of two prime ministers.〔 In February 1961 the government changed the line to their present form, "''Sri Lanka Matha, Apa Sri Lanka''", despite Samarakoon's strong opposition.〔〔 Samarakoon committed suicide in April 1962, leaving a note complaining that his anthem had been mutilated.〔 The Second Republican Constitution of 1978 gave ''Sri Lanka Matha'' constitutional recognition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/Cons/1978Constitution/Chapter_01_Amd.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sri Lanka Matha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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