Did you know that the song ‘Happy Birthday To You‘ or commonly known as ‘Happy Birthday‘ is the most recognized song in the English language? Yes – that is according to the 1998 Guinness World Records. And I’m sure each and every one of you can sing this song translated in your own language (let’s see about that!). Because I got curious on how to sing Happy Birthday in different languages, I asked my international online friends to sing this song in their own native language.
Here is the challenge:
CHALLENGE OF THE DAY
“Happy Birthday To You” is one of the most recognized and most translated songs in the English language.
🎼That’s why, from my language to yours, let us SING the Happy Birthday song.
🎙Record an audio: state your name and mention what language you’ll sing to start your audio. Then sing ‘Happy Birthday To You’ in your native language.
📱Send the lyrics of your song in both its romanized version and native writing system as applicable. Overall time of 20-30 seconds is ideal.
With 22 nationalities participating to this challenge, here is how each one sings Happy Birthday in his native language including audio.
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How to sing Happy Birthday To You in different languages:
- Angola 🇦🇴 (Portuguese)
parabéns para você,
nessa data querida,
muitas felicidades,
muitos anos de vida.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Angola
- Brazil 🇧🇷 (Portuguese)
parabéns para você,
nessa data querida,
muitas felicidades,
muitos anos de vida.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Brazil
- Burundi 🇧🇮 (Kirundi)
ugire umunsi mwiza,
wibuke itariki wavutseho,
ugire umunsi mwiza[name],
isabukuru nziza.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Burundi
- Chile 🇨🇱 (Spanish)
cumpleaños feliz,
te deseamos a ti,
cumpleaños [name],
que los cumplas feliz.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Chile
- Czech Republic 🇨🇿 (Czech)
hodně štěstí, zdraví,
hodně štěstí, zdraví,
hodně štěstí, [hodně štěstí/or name],
hodně štěstí, zdraví.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Czech Republic
- France 🇫🇷 (French)
joyeux anniversaire,
joyeux anniversaire,
joyeux anniversaire [name],
joyeux anniversaire.
How to sing Happy Birthday in France
- Hungary 🇭🇺 (Hungarian)
boldog szülinapot,
boldog szülinapot,
boldog szülinapot,
boldog szülinapot.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Hungary
- Iran 🇮🇷 (Farsi)
tavalodet mobarak,
tavalodet mobarak,
tavalodet mobarak,
tavalodet mobarak.
تولدت مبارک
تولدت مبارک
تولدت مبارک
تولدت مبارک
How to sing Happy Birthday in Iran
- Israel 🇮🇱 (Hebrew)
yom hu’ledet sameach,
yom hu’ledet sameach,
yom hu’ledet sameach,
yom hu’ledet sameach.
יום הולדת שמח
יום הולדת שמח
יום הולדת שמח
יום הולדת שמח
How to sing Happy Birthday in Israel
- Italy 🇮🇹 (Italian)
tanti auguri a te,
tanti auguri a te,
tanti auguri a [name],
tanti auguri a te.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Italy
- Japan 🇯🇵 (Japanese)
ureshina kyouwa,
tanoshina kyouwa,
oannzyoubi omedetou,
outawoutaimashou.
うれしいな 今日は,
たのしいな 今日は,
誕生日 おめでとう,
お歌を歌いましょう.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Japan
- Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 (Kazakh)
tuģan kúnińmenen,
tuģan kúnińmenen,
tuģan kúnińmenen seni,
tuģan kúnińmenen.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Kazakhstan
- Mexico 🇲🇽 (Spanish)
feliz cumpleaños a ti,
feliz cumpleaños a ti,
feliz cumpleaños querido FULANO DE TAL,
feliz cumpleaños a ti.
NOTE: Chris said FULANO DE TAL because it is a mexican expression that means you can say any name you want. So that part of the song changes depends on the name of the birthday person.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Mexico
- Morocco 🇲🇦 (Arabic)
aido miladin said,
aido miladin said,
aid milad said [name].
عيد ميلاد سعيد
عيدميلاد سعيد
عيدميلاد سعيد
How to sing Happy Birthday in Morocco
- Paraguay 🇵🇾 (Guarani)
roipota revy’a,
roipota revy’a,
ko nde arambotyre,
roipota revy’a.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Paraguay
- Philippines 🇵🇭 (Filipino)
maligayang bati,
maligayang bati,
maligayang maligayang bati,
maligayang bati.
How to sing Happy Birthday in the Philippines
- Poland 🇵🇱 (Polish)
sto lat, sto lat niech żyje, żyje nam.
sto lat, sto lat niech żyje, żyje nam.
jeszcze raz, jeszcze raz, niech żyje, żyje nam.
niech żyje nam.
NOTE: According to Kuba, Poland has their own ‘Happy Birthday’ song which is not translated from the usual Happy Birthday song.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Poland
- Russia 🇷🇺 (Russian)
s dnyom rozhdeniya tebya,
s dnyom rozhdeniya tebya,
s dnyom rozhdeniya dorogo[name],
s dnyom rozhdeniya tebya.
С днём рождения тебя,
С днём рождения тебя,
С днём рождения дорогой [name],
С днём рождения тебя.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Russia
- Senegal 🇸🇳 (Wolof)
beuss bou déloussi mo nekh,
beuss bou déloussi mo nekh,
beuss bou déloussi mo nekh [Name],
beuss bou déloussi mo nekh.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Senegal
- South Africa 🇿🇦 (Afrikaans)
veels geluk liewe maatjie,
omdat jy verjaar,
mag die Here jou seen,
en nog baie jare spaar.
How to sing Happy Birthday in South Africa
- South Korea 🇰🇷 (Korean)
sang-il chooka hamnida,
sang-il chooka hamnida,
sah-rang hanuen Jongho [or any name]ae,
sang-il chooka hamnida.
생일축하합니다,
생일축하합니다,
사랑하는 종호의,
생일축하 합니다.
How to sing Happy Birthday in South Korea
- Thailand 🇹🇭 (Thai)
Suksunwunkerd (สุขสันต์วันเกิด)
NOTE: According to Suphanat, Thai does not have Thai version of the Happy Birthday song so he sang it in English.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Thailand
- Turkey 🇹🇷 (Turkish)
iyiki doğdun [name],
iyiki doğdun [name],
iyiki doğdun, iyiki doğdun,
iyiki doğdun [name].
How to sing Happy Birthday in Turkey
- United States 🇺🇸 (English)
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday, happy birthday
(or “happy birthday dear [name]”),
happy birthday to you.
How to sing Happy Birthday in the US
- Vietnam 🇻🇳 (Vietnamese)
chào mừng sinh nhật đáng yêu,
chào mừng sinh nhật dễ thương,
mừng ngày chúng ta sinh ra đời,
hát với nhau lời chúc mừng.
How to sing Happy Birthday in Vietnam
So there you have it! That is how to sing Happy Birthday To You in different languages.
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