Mandalay itself was the capital only from 1861. On the road to Mandalay. Traveling in Myanmar, it’s hard not to think of Rudyard Kipling’s immortal lines: ‘On the road to Mandalay,/ Where the flying fishes play.’ These days both Kipling and Myanmar (or Burma, as we still think of it) are out of favor. I ended my visit in Yangon, previously Rangoon. But for me the best temples were the crumbling, seldom-visited ones, well off the beaten track, with grass growing out of the tiered roofs, each housing a Buddha with carvings of elephants, lions or monkeys guarding the four corners. The Road To Mandalay. It’s an utterly perfect beach fringed with a forest of palm trees, with blue blue sea, a few wooded islands on the horizon and blissfully few tourists. !function(t,e,r){var n,s=t.getElementsByTagName(e)[0],i=/^http:/.test(t.location)? Directed by Midi Z. //]]>, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. Letra, tradução e música de Road to Mandalay de Robbie Williams - Salve me de me afogar no mar / Me dê uma surra na praia / Que belo feriado / Não sobrou nada engraçado para dizer It covers an entire wooded hillside, studded with ethereal white and gold stupas with flame-like spires, quite magical to behold. Myanmar is a land of temples, and the most spectacular of all are at Bagan. It’s rolling country, a spreading plain dotted with groves of palm and tamarind set against the hazy gray of distant mountains. Ngapali, on the Bay of Bengal, is pronounced ‘Napoli’ and is said to be Burma’s answer to Naples. Bagan is a Unesco world heritage site. … Somehow these otherworldly temples, some 2,260 of the original 4,450, remain. On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay! Confira também os eBooks mais vendidos, lançamentos e livros digitais exclusivos. Later, it was adapted into this song by Oley Speaks. Encontre diversos livros escritos por Than Tint, Mya, Win Pe, U, Khin, Ohnmar com ótimos preços. Come you back you mother soldier. We’d reached Bagan. With so many temples to visit, you can spend days here. Frank Sinatra - On The Road to Mandalay Lyrics. Come you back to Mandalay, Where the old flotilla lay, Can't you hear those paddles chunking From Rangoon to Mandalay, On the road to Mandalay, Where the flying fishes play, And the dawn comes up like thunder, Out of China, crost the bay. There was a temple there built on a rocky outcrop, with a gleaming golden stupa and pinnacles bedecked with flags and a stairway accessible only at low tide. Following local practice I poured water over the tiger, the animal that governs Monday, the day I was born, and prayed for better times for Burma and the Burmese. Around the central stupa there are images of animals dedicated to each day of the week. Late in the afternoon, peering intently ahead, I caught a glimpse of a pinnacle silhouetted against the sky. ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY by Rudyard Kipling By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks of me For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say "Come you back, you British Soldier, come you back to Mandalay." He reminded me that all young men in Burma become monks, some for a few weeks or a few months, others for a lifetime. I rambled the dark recesses of the Sulamani Temple painted with exquisite 12th-century murals depicting elephants, leopards and deer woven into scenes from the Buddhist scriptures. And the wind is in those palm trees. The next day bevies of monks in maroon and orange robes and shaven-headed nuns in pink suddenly appeared strolling along the beach. There's a Burma gal a settin'. The city is built on a grid plan surrounding the vast square grounds of the palace, where King Thibaw lived until he was ousted by the British in 1885, though there is not much of his palace left to see. Fishing boats rocked lazily on the water and most of the people around were fishermen standing barefoot on the rocks casting their nets. Even the names are magical. The temples here were built by the kings of Bagan between 1047, when Edward the Confessor was on the English throne, and 1287, when Edward I was ruling. And the temple bells they say. More and more appeared, getting closer and closer, until there were stupas crowding the horizon like a vision out of a fairy tale. Follow @genius on Twitter for updates Well before dawn I scrambled down a steep sandy bank to the river, then picked my way along a gangplank, clutching a railing which was nothing but a bamboo pole with a lad at each end to hold it. Save me from drowning in the sea Beat me up on the beach What a lovely holiday, there's nothing funny left to say. If there's something east of Suez, Where the best is like the worst, From Bagan I traveled on a little local airline to Ngapali. Dave Webber - On the Road to Mandalay.Go To My Channel To See Other English Folk Songs. By the old Moulmein Pagoda. It’s part of their education, part of their preparation for life. This time I had to cross a gangplank without even a railing, no matter how precarious, then scramble up another dusty sand bank. One day I walked along the shoreline, past fishing boats tilted over on the sand or lying low in the water, to a fishing village. This sombre song won't drain the sun But it won't shine until it's sung No water running in the stream, the saddest place we've everseen. With Kai Ko, Ke-Xi Wu. It’s rundown, but it was still a rude return to the hustle and bustle of the modern world, full of traffic and traffic jams. These days both Kipling and Myanmar (or Burma, as we still think of it) are out of favor. Thought-provoking commentary and opinion on politics, books and the arts. A live performance can be found on Sinatra's 1997 live album under Reprise, Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet: Live in Australia, 1959. Last.fm's Current Most Loved Pop Tracks. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); There's a Burma gal a settin' And I know that she waits for me. The poem is based on a classic theme of conflict in love and duty, of love and hate, of differences and similarities. The last kingdom was swept away, so legend has it, by Kublai Khan’s hordes of invading Mongols. Writer(s): Kipling/Speaks. I stayed in a lovely villa on the beach and had breakfast every day looking out over the smooth waters of the bay. Come you back to Mandalay, come you back to Mandalay Come you back to Mandalay Where the old flotilla lay I can here those paddles chonkin' From Rangoon to Mandalay On the road to Mandalay Where the flying fishes play And the dawn comes up like thunder Out of China across the bay Ship me somewhere east of Suez Where the best is like the worst Then I saw a glint of gold in the distance. Leaving this land of golden pagodas I thought of Kipling’s lines again. On the Road to Mandalay was published as a piano/vocal song in 1907 by the John Church Company and dedicated to John Croxton. On the road to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay, With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay! One, bolder than the rest, came over to me to practice his English. The cocks glowered at each other, then crashed together in a flurry of dust and feathers. His peom 'Mandalay' was adapted for the song 'On the road to Mandalay'. With this simplicity of purpose goes a consummate gift of word, phrase, and rhythm." And the temple bells they say. Others gathered on a spit of land that projected far out into the bay, laughing, chatting and playing with their mobiles. . Kipling said he wanted the poem to be “Oh, The Road to Mandalay” but it became “On The Road to Mandalay”. On the road to Mandalay . Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst; For the temple-bells are callin', an' it's there that I would be -- By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea; On the road to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay, With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay! ‘When the dawn comes up like thunder’: The temples of Bagan, Myanmar (Mladen Antonov/Getty), https://spectator.us/life/road-mandalay-burma-myanmar-temples/. The mere mention of a visit elicits raised eyebrows and hisses of disbelief, though it seems that travelers can visit China, which is just as repressive, with impunity. I panted my way up 1,726 steps to the top of Mandalay Hill and paid my respects to the huge Buddha that stands there gazing down over the town. 'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green, Encontre diversos … . He also wrote several well-known poems and fictions, and was awarded a Nobel prize for literature in 1907. O the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay ! Everything i touched was golden, Everything i loved got broken On the road to mandalay Politically incorrect though he’s now deemed to be, he conjures up perfectly the magic of Burma and the siren call of the east: ‘Come you back to Mandalay.’. Ngapali, on the Bay of Bengal, is pronounced ‘Napoli’ and is said to be Burma’s answer to Naples, Traveling in Myanmar, it’s hard not to think of Rudyard Kipling’s immortal lines: ‘On the road to Mandalay,/ Where the flying fishes play.’. I walked barefoot around the vast stupa, admiring the ancient temple bell, trying not to stare at the monks, some deep in meditation, others playing with their mobiles. Our writers hold no party line; their only allegiance is to clarity of thought, elegance of expression and independence of opinion. Compre online On the Road to Mandalay, de Manwaring, Randle na Amazon. Compre On the Road to Mandalay (English Edition) de Manwaring, Randle na Amazon.com.br. Smiling women with children on their laps or tied to their backs sat weaving straw to make ropes or hats. I’d decided to go by riverboat, an all-day trip down the Ayeyarwady. The most exquisite of all, Sagaing, was the capital around 1760. X. There are extraordinary temples to see and lacquerware to buy at bargain prices. But no. . Come you back to Mandalay. By the old Moulmein Pagoda. The hotels are half-empty, and the guides who are, as they tell me, just ordinary people trying to make a living, find it harder and harder to do so. I explored the celebrated Schwezigon Pagoda with its tiered pagoda topped with a gilded stupa and gazed in awe at the Ananda Temple with its faceted gold sides, swelling and curvaceous like a giant corncob. On the Road to Mandalay. The Burmese have built beautiful hotels to welcome tourists, but the West still sees Myanmar as a pariah state. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o Amazon Prime. Ship me somewhere east of Suez Where the best is like the worst And there ain't no Ten Commandments And a cat can raise a thirst. //