Mandalay
Appearance
Mandalay (/ˌmændəˈleɪ/ or /ˈmændəleɪ/; Burmese: မန္တလေး; MLCTS: manta.le: [màɴdəlé]) is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar (Burma). Located 716 km (445 mi) north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).
Quotes
[edit]- Back to Port Blair, and onward to Rangoon
Athirst for war news; and we heard full soon
The loud salute resounding through the bay
For Theebaw caught and taken Mandalay.- Thomas Frank Bignold, "The Holiday", Leviora (1888), p. 72
- By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' 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!"- Rudyard Kipling, "Mandalay", st. 1 (1890); adapted and set to music by Oley Speaks: "On the Road to Mandalay" (1907)
- Mountains of Burma, the road to Mandalay
In the mountains of Burma, light years away...- Midnight Oil, "Mountains Of Burma" (1990)
- Come back I'd like to find the time
Plant a seed and raise a little Cain
Come back we'll throw a rope around the moon
And pretend that we're in Mandalay Again- Elton John, with Leon Russell, "Mandalay Again" (2010)
- And the road goes on
Seeming ever longer on the way to Mandalay
And the road goes on
Forever will I wander on the way to Mandalay.- Blackmore's Night, "Way to Mandalay" (2003)
- When I was young and had no sense
In far-off Mandalay
I lost my heart to a Burmese girl
As lovely as the day.- George Orwell, "Romance", st. 1 (1925)