Ulemjiin Chanar is a Mongolian folk song composed by Danzanravjaa (1803-1856) at his meditation center in the Gobi Desert

Gobi Desert

The Gobi is a large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia. The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altai Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Hexi Corridor and Tibetan Plateau to the...

. The song praises the beauty of a Mongolian woman and is one of the most well known and popular folk songs in Mongolia. It is still said that singing the song with all one's heart produces merit equivalent to reciting ten thousand Tara Ekh

Tara (Buddhism)

Tara or Ārya Tārā, also known as Jetsun Dolma in Tibetan Buddhism, is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who appears as a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism. She is known as the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements...

tantric prayers, because of its mystic qualities. Renowned singer Norovbanzad's rendering of the song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoW4RV6pII) is well known, among many other modern renderings. Also Mongolian long song by Norovbanzad - Ulemjiin Chanar (Original) Mongolian long song

Original lyrics by Danzanravjaa

Үлэмжийн чанар төгөлдөр

Өнгө тунамал толь шиг

Үзэсгэлэнт царайг чинь

Үзвэл лагшин төгс маань

Үнэхээр сэтгэлийг булаанам зээ

Хөшүүн сэтгэлийг уяруулагч

Хөхөө шувууны эгшиг шиг

Хөөрхөн эелдэг үг чинь

Хүүрнэн суухад урамтай

Хөөрхөн ааль мину зээ

Учирмагц сэнгэнэсэн

Уран гол шиг бие чинь

Угаас хамт бүтсэн

Улаан занданы үнэр шиг

Улмаар сэтгэлийг хөдөлгөнө зээ

Бадмын дундаас дэвэрсэн

Балын амт адил

Баясгалант ааль чинь

Бахдаж ханашгүй

Баярыг улам арвитгана зээ