What is the name of this classic Lao song?

[JazzBootz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_k9ZUfO4jc

starts at 6:00

can anyone find a clip on youtube for the original song?

make me feel kho siab heev when i hear this song.  my mum dad used to listen to the song everyday when i was small

[proudlao]

I can't view it at work, but I will look into it later.

[JazzBootz]

it's the best and greatest Lao song ever in the history of the kingdom of 1000 elephants!

my cousins, and sister used to do hmong dancing to this song.  when i hear it i wanna cry... kho siab heev tiag

[proudlao]

It's million not thousand (lan xang) see above my avatar 

[JazzBootz]

oh yeah!  blonde moment.  lan does mean million....  txhiab or phav or phan means thousand...  I should know.. I've been to Laos twice

Hmong girls in Laos are   

[proudlao]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evoiIdyK2ik

Dok Champa (Plumeria) is Lao national flower. And Dok Champa is Lao national song. You will see it everywhere in Laos. It comes in pink, red, yellow, and pastel . For Lao people , it represents sincerity and joy in life. We use it for decorations in ceremonies.

Translation:

Oh! Champa Flower, when I admire you
I could envision thousands in my mind.

I could see your heart; I could enjoy your sweet fragrance.

I could see the flower garden that my father had planted long ago.

Whenever I feel melancholy, I think of thee
and I no longer feel lonely or sad.

Oh! Champa Flower, you have stood by my side
since I was young.

Your fragrance is significant; in my heart it stands
with love and affection.

I treasure your sweet scent, for when I feel lonely,
I can breathe in your sweet fragrance, My Dear Sweet Champa.

Sniffing your delicate fragrance is like my long lost friend.
You have been a beautiful flower since the beginning of time,
My Dear Champa Flower, My Beloved Flower.
Oh! Champa Flower, the flower of our beloved country, 
Muang Laos, you are as beautiful as glittering stars.


All Lao people adore you in their hearts;
You are born in Lan Xaang, the Land of a Million Elephants

If we depart from our homeland and flee far away from her,

we will always have you as our true friend
as long as we live.
Oh! Champa Flower,the exquisitely beautiful flower,   
 
and the auspicious flower of Muang Laos.


http://www.seasite.niu.edu/lao/lao_folksong/song_from_lao.htm

[JazzBootz]

kop jai lai lai

[proudlao]

Bor ben yun. You're welcome jazz.

[proudlao]

You're welcome shampoo, glad you've found this thread/post.