"Happy Birthday" around the world

Question

In school I was always taught the "Happy Birthday to you" Spanish equivalent, "Feliz Cumpleaños a ti". I thought that was how everybody sang it. After I moved to Mexico, I realized that was not true. Here is what they sing the day of someone's birthday:

Estas son las mañanitas, que cantaba el Rey David,

Hoy por ser día de tu santo, te las cantamos a ti,

Despierta, mi bien, despierta, mira que ya amaneció,

Ya los pajarillos cantan, la luna ya se metió.

Que linda está la mañana en que vengo a saludarte,

Venimos todos con gusto y placer a felicitarte,

Ya viene amaneciendo, ya la luz del día nos dio,

Levántate de mañana, mira que ya amaneció.*

Anybody else know of a different way to sing "Happy Birthday"? How is it in your country?

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Lyrics are here with translation.

Well... technically speaking, that's "las mañanitas"; not "Happy Birthday" :-) There are plenty of different versions of the Happy Birthday song from the US! - Gekkosan, Aug 27, 2010

I know... that is why I put "Happy Birthday". It is a song that people sing when somebody's birthday arrives. - NikkiLR, Aug 27, 2010

Answer 1

This is what my 'dear' brother sang to me on my birthday.

Happy birthday to you,.

Happy Birthday to you,

You look like a monkey.

And you act like one too!

(Sometimes he said, and you belong in a Zoo)

He sang this song as he was on the run because I was always chasing him to clap my hand over his mouth! lol

Answer 2

Here's the version I'm most familiar with:

Ay, qué noche tan preciosa, es la noche de tu día, todos llenos de alegría en esta fecha natal.

Tus más íntimos amigos esta noche te acompañan, te saludan y desean un mundo de felicidad.

Yo por mi parte deseo lleno de luz este día, todo lleno de alegría en esta fecha natal.

Y que esta luna plateada brille su luz para ti, y ruego a Dios por que pases un cumpleaños feliz.

Immediately after, the following bit is sang to the usual "Happy Birthday" tune:

Cumpleaños feliz,

te deseamos a ti,

cumpleaños name of the person

cumpleaños feliz.

Answer 3

I am not a native English but in my country we have a different birthday song , it's a little bit hard to translate and of course there will be no tune because it's a hole different words , so here it is :-

lovely year , our sweetie .

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lovely year , our sweetie

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lovely year ........ ( a name )

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lovely year sweetheart ..

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come all let's cheer ..(name).. yaaay

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His- her birthday will be today , and it will be one of the most beautiful days

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!arriba ! ...(name)... yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

if you think that's a short song than you are definitely wrong !! because in Arabic words are much more longer !

Great question la poetisa

Oh my goodness, Lovely! What happened to your face! I hope it is a passing condition... So sorry!! :-) - Gekkosan, Aug 27, 2010

Gekkosan that is not funny at all , this is rude . - 00b6f46c, Aug 27, 2010

الاغنية دى شكلها مألوف لى بس انا بجد مش عارفة احدد ايه هى الاغنية ممكن تقولى اسم الاغنية دى ايه؟ - Dua_Cairo, Aug 28, 2010

Sorry Lovely, I was a shock to see you face chance so dramatically and unexpectdly! - Gekkosan, Aug 28, 2010

Answer 4

Spain:

Cumpleaños feliz, Cumpleaños féliz, te deseamos todos/person's name cumpleaños féliz

Very easy

Answer 5

This is a different take, to say the least:

The Birthday Dirge sung to the tune of "The Volga Boatmen"

Happy birthday.

Happy birthday,

Doom and gloom and dark despair,

People dying everywhere,

on your birthday.

Happy birthday.

Here's a link to a page that has more verses and versions than you can count:

link text

Woooow..... Haha.... - NikkiLR, Aug 27, 2010

Answer 6

i like it