Tamil version of Sri Lankan National anthem

The Sri Lankan Tamils` national anthem is not the exact translation of the Sinhala version.The Sri Lankan Tamils have their own Tamil version but the tune is the same. They have included the word Elam in the Tamil version of Sri Lankan National anthem to refer the Tamil homeland. The Tamils do not hate the Island of Sri Lanka and they only hate the racist politics of the Sinhala majority. The Tamils have no qualm about singing the National anthem in TAMIL. That is the reason the TNA played the National Anthem at the swearing-in ceremony of its members elected to the Vavuniya Urban Council. [The Sri Lankan Tamils as a group of people with definitive traits and characteristics that distinguish them socio-culturally and anthropologically from other such groups are today better known internationally than even the Tamils of south India. They are today seen as a politically well integrated community though spread across the world. They are very much concerned with the maintenance and fostering of their cultural identity as Sri Lankan Tamils and are keen in transmitting their traditions to their younger generation wherever they live. A major feature of the feeling of oneness of this community is that it cuts across religious barriers. In the contemporary psyche of this society a Christian Sri Lankan Tamil is as important an inheritor of Tamil culture as a Hindu Tamil. More importantly this feeling of being Sri Lankan Tamil does not arise from any notion of classical cultural heritage coming top down but a consciousness that grows from within and arises from a shared tradition of life. There is a certain degree of sturdiness and authenticity that characterize this consciousness. The apparent diversities that one sees in the community do not shake the essence of this unity. It needs emphasis that the bedrock of the Sri Lankan Tamil identity is the feeling that this island is the community`s mother country. And that fact, namely its geography and history have shaped the cultural traditions of the Sri Lankan Tamils. Their feeling is that they belong to this island and nowhere else. And THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF IT. ] The Tamil translation of the national anthem of Sri Lanka is written by famous Tamil poet Pandithar M.Nallathamby in 1950. Sri Lanka ThaayE, nam Sri Lanka, Namo Namo Namo Namo ThaayE Nallelil poli Seeranee, Nalangal yaavum Nirai vaan mani Lanka Gnaalam puhazha vazha vayal nathi malai malar narum solai koL Lanka. Namathuru puhalidam ena olir vaai, namathuthyEl ThaayE! Namathalai ninathadi mEl vyththomE NamathuyirE thaayE-nam Sri Lanka Namo Namo Namo Namo ThaayE NamathaararuL aanaai Navai thavir unarvaanaai NamathOr valvaanaai Navil suthanthiram aanaai Namathilamaiyai naaddE Nahumadi thanai OddE Amaivurum aRivudanE AdalseRi thunivaruLE-nam Sri Lanka Namo Namo Namo Namo ThaayE NamathOr oLivaLamE Nariyamalar ena nilavum thaayE Yaamelaam oru kaurunai annai payantha ezhilkoL sEykal enavE iyaluRu piLavukaL thamai aRavE izhivena neekiduvOm EELA sironmani, vaazhvuRu poomaNi Namo Namo ThaayE.nam Sri Lanka, Namo Namo Namo Namo ThaayE!
Source(s)The making of a Sri Lankan Tamil By: Professor Karthigesu Sivathamby