Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey

Dahp Prampi Mesa Chokchey

English: Victorious Seventeenth of April
Flag of Democratic Kampuchea
historical anthem of  Cambodia
Adopted	1976
Relinquished	1979
Music sample
Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey

Dahp Prampi Mesa Moha Chokchey (Khmer: ដប់ប្រាំពីរមេសាមហាជោគជ័យ, "Glorious Seventeenth of April") was the national anthem of Democratic Kampuchea from at least January 1976. Although the anthem may have been in use in the "liberated zone" much earlier, it was proclaimed the national anthem in article 18 of the Constitution of Kampuchea which was promulgated on 5 January 1976. Supposedly, the Khmer Rouge and/or Pol Pot himself wrote the piece, but its status remains unknown.

Although after Vietnam militarily intervened and forced the Khmer Rouge out of Cambodia, installing the People's Republic of Kampuchea and replacing the national anthem, the Khmer Rouge continued to use Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey as its anthem in exile. And since the government-in-exile of the Khmer Rouge was recognized as the legitimate government of Cambodia by many Western nations and the United Nations, its anthem continued to be presented as the national anthem of Cambodia in the West until the restoration of the monarchy in 1993.

Khmer

ឈាមក្រហមច្រាល
ស្រោចសព៌ក្រុងវាល កម្ពុជាមាតុភូមិ
ឈាមកម្មករ កសិករដ៏ឧត្តម
ឈាមយុទ្ធជន យុទ្ធនារីបដិវត្តិ ។

ឈាមប្រែក្លាយជា កំហឹងខ្លាំងក្លា
តសូមោះមុត
ដប់ប្រាំពីរមេសា ក្រោមទង់បដិវត្តិ
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