Song of the Khmer Republic

The Song of the Khmer Republic (Khmer: បទចំរៀងនៃសាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ, Bâtchamrieng ney Sathéaranakrâth Khmer) was the national anthem of Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975. The song is often attributed to groups of students, led by Hang Thun Hak, at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phenom Penh, but academic sources say it was written and composed by the Buddhist monk activist Khieu Chum, a student of Hem Chieu.[1] The song was adopted as the national anthem of the newly founded Khmer Republic on 9 October 1970 after the overthrow of the monarchy. After the end of the Republic due to the Khmer Rouge victory in 1975, the song ceased to be the national anthem and was officially replaced in 1976 by the Khmer Rouge anthem "Victorious 17th of April".

បទចំរៀងនៃសាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ
English: Song of the Khmer Republic
Flag of the Khmer Republic
historical anthem of  Cambodia
Adopted1970
Relinquished1975

The "enemy" in the first line of the second stanza is a reference to the invasion of Cambodia by the North Vietnamese communists that began on 29 March 1970, just eighteen days after the coup, at the request of the Khmer Rouge's second in command, Nuon Chea, and had completely overrun the northeast of Cambodia by the time the Republic was declared that October.

Lyrics
Khmer Latin Transliteration English translation

ជនជាតិខ្មែរ ល្បីពូកែមួយក្នុងលោក
មានជ័យជោគ កសាងប្រាសាទសិលា
អារ្យធម៌ ខ្ពស់ប វរជាតិសាសនា
កេរ្តិ៍ដូនតាទុកលើភពផែនដី។

ខ្មែរក្រោកឡើង
ខ្មែរក្រោកឡើង
ខ្មែរក្រោកឡើង
តស៊ូដម្កើងសាធារណរដ្ឋ

ខ្មាំងរំលោភ
ខ្មែរប្រយុទ្ធ
មិនតក់ស្លុត
យកជ័យបំផុតជូនជាតិខេមរា
ឯករាជ្យភ្លឺថ្លាជាមហាប្រទេសតទៅ។
Chun cheat Khmer lbey pouke muoy knong lok,
Mean chey chok ksang prasat sela.
Arythor khpous bovor cheat sasna,
Kerti daunta touk leur phop phaen dey.
Khmer kraok laeng!
Khmer kraok laeng!
Khmer kraok laeng!
Taosu dam kaeng sathearanakrath!
Khmang rom loap,
Khmer prayut,
Min tark slot,
Yok chey bamphot chun cheat Khemara.
Ekareach phlu thla chea moha prateh ta tov.

Khmers are famous for its singular skill in the world
Its victories, successes and building temples of stone
Civilization and religion are most superior
The heritage of our ancestors kept away safe on the Earth.

Khmers, rise up!
Khmers, rise up!
Khmers, rise up!
Fight to build the Republic!

The enemy is invading Cambodia,
Don't be anxious
Bring the ultimate victory to the Khmer people
Independence will shine the way to a superior country from now on.

References
  1. Harris, Ian (2010). Buddhism as an Element in Cambodian Political Conflict: the Overthrow of Norodom Sihanouk (PDF). Religious Dimensions to Southeast Asian Conflicts Panel, EUROSEAS Conference, University of Gothenburg. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
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