# Bulan Loi Luean

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National and royal anthem of Siam from 1871 to 1888

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Bulan Loi Luean English: The Floating Moon on the Sky บุหลันลอยเลื่อน King Rama II playing the song "Bulan Loi Luean" with his saw sam sai, illustration by Hem Vejakorn Former national and royal anthem of Siam Lyrics Phuttaloetla Naphalai (Rama II) Music Phuttaloetla Naphalai (original) Christopher Hewetson (Western arrangement), 1871 Adopted 1871 Relinquished 1888 Preceded by "Chom Rat Chong Charoen" Succeeded by "Sansoen Phra Barami"

"**Bulan Loi Luean**" ([Thai](/source/Thai_language): บุหลันลอยเลื่อน, pronounced [\[bū.lǎn lɔ̄ːj lɯ̂an\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Thai)) or "**Bulan Luean Loi Fa**" (บุหลันเลื่อนลอยฟ้า, [\[bū.lǎn lɯ̂an lɔ̄ːj fáː\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Thai); lit. 'The Floating Moon on the Sky') is a composition of [Thai classical music](/source/Thai_classical_music) traditionally credited to [King Rama II](/source/King_Rama_II). According to the traditional story, the King had a dream in which he saw the moon floating toward him and then heard beautiful music. Upon waking up, he played the music he heard in the dream and had court musicians arrange and remember the piece. The music has since been used in the classical play ([lakhon nai](/source/Lakhon_nai)) of *[Inao](/source/Inao_(epic))*.[1]

In 1871, King [Chulalongkorn](/source/Chulalongkorn) (Rama V) had a Western arrangement of the song adopted as the royal anthem, and it became known as "Sansoen Phra Barami". The composition was used as the royal anthem until 1888, when the current royal anthem, also known as "[Sansoen Phra Barami](/source/Sansoen_Phra_Barami),"[a] was adopted. King [Vajiravudh](/source/Vajiravudh) (Rama VI) later had another arrangement of the song, with new lyrics, adopted as the anthem of the [Wild Tiger Corps](/source/Wild_Tiger_Corps) in 1911, and it became known as "[Sansoen Suea Pa](/source/Sansoen_Suea_Pa)".[2]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** The current anthem is distinguished as "Sansoen Phra Barami ([Farang](/source/Farang))" as opposed to "Sansoen Phra Barami (Thai)" for the previous one

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["ดนตรีไทย"](https://kingrama2found.or.th/?p=107). *มูลนิธิ ร.๒* (in Thai). King Rama II Phraboromrachanusorn Foundation. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Charoensuk, Sukree (7 November 2016). ["128 ปี เพลงสรรเสริญพระบารมี : สรรเสริญพระบารมีพระมหากษัตริย์ทุกพระองค์"](https://www.matichon.co.th/columnists/news_349394). *Matichon Online* (in Thai). Retrieved 30 April 2020.

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