Druk Tsenden
"Druk Tsenden" (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཙན་དན, Dzongkha pronunciation: [ɖ(ʐ)ṳ̀e̯ t͡sén.d̥è̤n]; "The Thunder Dragon Kingdom") is the national anthem of Bhutan. The lyrics were written by Gyaldun Dasho Thinley Dorji and the melody was composed by Aku Tongmi.[1][2] The anthem was adopted in 1953.[1]
English: The Thunder Dragon Kingdom | |
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འབྲུག་ཙན་དན་ | |
National anthem of Bhutan | |
Lyrics | Gyaldun Thinley Dorji |
Music | Aku Tongmi |
Adopted | 1953 |
Lyrics
The words are in the Constitution of Bhutan.
Dzongkha original[3] | Official Romanisation | IPA transcription | Official English translation[4] |
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འབྲུག་ཙན་དན་བཀོད་པའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ནང་༎ | Dru tsend°en kepä gäkhap na | [ɖ(ʐ)ṳ̀e̯ t͡sén.d̥è̤n ké.pɛ́ː | gɛ̤̀ː(l).kʰɑ́(p̚) nɑ̤̀] | In the Kingdom of Bhutan adorned with cypress trees, |