<P> During Sri Lanka's 68th national independence day celebrations on 4 February 2016, the Tamil version of the anthem was sung for the first time since 1949 at an official government event, the independence day celebrations . Lifting of the unofficial ban on the Tamil version had been approved by President Maithripala Sirisena (who had said he would unite the nation after the nearly 26 - year civil war that ended in 2009) and by others in the government . This step was viewed as part of the plan for "post-civil war ethnic reconciliation". </P> <P> Naturally, Sri Lanka Matha was also sung in the majority Sinhalese . Some groups, and Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, were opposed to the government officially allowing the Tamil version to be sung . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Sinhala </Th> <Th> Tamil </Th> <Th> Transliteration (Sinhala) </Th> <Th> Transliteration (Tamil) </Th> <Th> English </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා අප ශ්‍රී...ලංකා නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා සුන්දර සිරිබරිනී සුරැඳි අති සෝබමාන ලංකා ධාන්‍ය ධනය නෙක මල් පලතුරු පිරි ජය භුමිය රම්‍යා අප හට සැප සිරි 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 භක්තී ඔබ අප ආලෝකේ අපගේ අනුප්‍රාණේ ඔබ අප ජීවන වේ අප මුක්තිය ඔබ වේ නව ජීවන දෙමිනේ නිතින අප පුබුදු කරන් මාතා ඥාන වීර්ය වඩවමින රැගෙන යනු මැන ජය භූමී කරා එක මවකගෙ දරු කැල බැවිනා යමු යමු වී නොපමා ප්‍රේම වඩා සැම භේද දුරැර දා නමෝ නමෝ මාතා අප ශ්‍රී...ලංකා නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා </P> </Td> <Td> <P> ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே - நம் ஸ்ரீ லங்கா நமோ நமோ நமோ நமோ தாயே நல்லெழில் பொலி சீரணி நலங்கள் யாவும் நிறை வான்மணி லங்கா ஞாலம் புகழ் வள வயல் நதி மலை மலர் நறுஞ்சோலை கொள் லங்கா நமதுறு புகலிடம் என ஒளிர்வாய் நமதுதி ஏல் தாயே நமதலை நினதடி மேல் வைத்தோமே நமதுயிரே தாயே - நம் ஸ்ரீ லங்கா நமோ நமோ நமோ நமோ தாயே நமதாரருள் ஆனாய் நவை தவிர் உணர்வானாய் நமதோர் வலியானாய் நவில் சுதந்திரம் ஆனாய் நமதிளமையை நாட்டே நகு மடி தனையோட்டே அமைவுறும் அறிவுடனே அடல்செறி துணிவருளே நமதோர் ஒளி வளமே நறிய மலர் என நிலவும் தாயே யாமெல்லாம் ஒரு கருணை அனைபயந்த எழில்கொள் சேய்கள் எனவே இயலுறு பிளவுகள் தமை அறவே இழிவென நீக்கிடுவோம் ஈழ சிரோமணி வாழ்வுறு பூமணி நமோ நமோ தாயே - நம் ஸ்ரீ லங்கா நமோ நமோ நமோ நமோ தாயே </P> </Td> <Td> <P> Sri Lanka Matha, Apa Sri Lanka Namo Namo Namo Namo Matha Sundara siri barini Surendi athi sobamana Lanka Dhanya dhanaya neka Mal palathuru piri, jaya bhoomiya ramya Apa hata sapa siri setha sadana Jeewanaye Matha! Piliganu mena apa bhakthi puja Namo Namo Matha, Apa Sri Lanka Namo Namo Namo Namo Matha Obawe apa widya Obamaya apa sathya Obawe apa shakti Apa hada thula bhakthi Oba apa aloke Aapage anuprane Oba apa jeewana we Apa mukthiya obawe Nawa jeewana demine Nnithina apa pubudu karan Matha Gnana weerya wadawamina ragena Yanu mena jaya bhoomi kara Eka mawekuge daru kala bawina Yamu yamu wee nopama Prema wada sama bheda durara da Namo Namo Matha, Apa Sri Lanka Namo Namo Namo Namo Matha </P> </Td> <Td> <P> Srī laṅkā tāyē--nam Srī laṅkā Namō namō namō namō tāyē Nalleḻil poli cīraṇi Nalaṅkaḷ yāvum niṟai vāṉmaṇi laṅkā ñālam pukaḻ vaḷa vayal nati malai malar Naṟuñcōlai koḷ laṅkā Namatuṟu pukaliṭam eṉa oḷirvāy Namatuti ēl tāyē Namatalai niṉataṭi mēl vaittōmē Namatuyirē tāyē--nam Srī laṅkā Namō namō namō namō tāyē Namatāraruḷ āṉāy Navai tavir uṇarvāṉāy Namatere valiyāṉāy Navil cutantiram āṉāy Namatiḷamaiyai nāṭṭē Naku maṭi taṉaiyōṭṭē Amaivuṟum aṟivuṭaṉē Aṭalceṟi tuṇivaruḷē Namatōr oḷi vaḷamē Naṟiya malar eṉa nilavum tāyē Yāmellām oru karuṇai aṉaipayanta Eḻilkoḷ cēykaḷ eṉavē Iyaluṟu piḷavukaḷ tamai aṟavē Iḻiveṉa nīkkiṭuvōm īḻa cirōmaṇi vāḻvuṟu pūmaṇi Namō namō tāyē--nam Srī laṅkā Namō namō namō namō tāyē </P> </Td> <Td> <P> Thou Mother Lanka, Oh Mother Lanka we salute, salute, salute, salute 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, we worship, worship Thee . Oh Mother Lanka! We salute, salute, salute, salute Thee! Thou gavest us Knowledge and Truth, Thou art our strength and inward faith, Our light divine and sentient being, Breath of life and liberation . Grant us, bondage free, inspiration . Inspire us for ever . In wisdom and strength renewed, Ill - will, hatred, strife all ended, In love enfolded, a mighty nation Marching onward, all as one, Lead us, Mother, to fullest freedom, we worship, worship Thee Oh Mother Lanka! We salute, salute, salute, salute Thee! </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Sinhala </Th> <Th> Tamil </Th> <Th> Transliteration (Sinhala) </Th> <Th> Transliteration (Tamil) </Th> <Th> English </Th> </Tr>

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