បុប្ផាវៀងច័ន្ទ

The genre of this song is Cha Cha Cha. This song was recorded on Wat-Phnom label 45-5012 Side A with Volume 3 included on the record.  Subsequent releases, such as label 45-5020 included Volume 5, all had a photo of Mr. Sinn Sisamouth in the recording studio with his elbow resting on a reel-to-reel audio tape recorder. 

This song was written by Norodom Sihanouk and music arrangement by the legendary Mer Bun. Bopha Veangchan is very popular among Sihanouk's songs.  Sihanouk wrote this song when he did a tour of Laos in the 1950s. According to a Khmer article written in 2003, Sihanouk had confirmed that he had written this song to reflect his love affair with a Laos student that resulted in a birth of their daughter Norodom Arun Reasmey.

 

As can be seen from the record label below, most of the information about the song was provided including the title in both Khmer and French.  Unfortunately, the date of the record release was not provided. Therefore, exact time of the song's recording and release was unknown. We are left to approximate the date of its release from other sources.

Note that even though  this song was originally released by Wat-Phnom label, other record labels also used  this song to compile and sold under their own names. Here we have Independence record label using this song in their H-108 label compilation.

WAT-PHNOM, Ref. 45-5012
Side A. បុប្ផាវៀងច័ន្ទ
FLEUR DE VENTIANE (Cha Cha Cha)

Chantees par
SINN SISAMOUTH

Musique et paroles de
NORODOM SIHANOUK

CHEF D'ORCHESTRE:
MER BUN

               

                   បុប្ផាវៀងច័ន្ទ

និពន្ធបទភ្លេងទំនុកច្រៀង    សម្រួលតន្រ្តី    ច្រៀងដោយ
        នរោត្តម-សីហនុ              មែរ-ប៊ុន      ស៊ីន-ស៊ីសាមុត 

I. កាលបងចរយាត្រា និរាសពីរដ្ឋាក្រុងកម្ពុជា
ដល់វៀងចន្ទធានី រងាឯកា ។

II. ឃើញគ្រប់ជាតិបុប្ផា គន្ធាក្លិនសុះសាយឥតណាយចិន្ដា
ពិដោរឈ្ងប់ជាប់នាសា ឱរារៀមចង់បានពេកក្រៃ ។

R. ឱ! ផ្កាវៀងចន្ទក្លិនពិដោរសោភា ­លោកអឺយ
ធ្វើម្ដេចព្រះសោយនឹងបានមកសូរសៀង កាមា ។

III. ទោះមានច្រើនដល់ម្ល៉ា ប្រាថ្នាតែរសជាតិត្រួយបណ្ដូលចិត្ត
ឱ! កែវបងគ្រាឥឡូវ លាទៅទាំងក្រៀមក្រំអាល័យ ។