[3] The song was adopted as the national anthem of the newly founded Khmer Republic on 9 October 1970 after the overthrow of the monarchy.

The "enemy" in the first line of the second stanza is a reference to the invasion of Cambodia by the North Vietnamese communists that began on 29 March 1970, just eighteen days after the coup, at the request of the Khmer Rouge's second in command, Nuon Chea, and had completely overrun the northeast of Cambodia by the time the Republic was declared that October.

ខ្មាំងរំលោភ ខ្មែរប្រយុទ្ធ មិនតក់ស្លុត យកជ័យបំផុតជូនជាតិខេមរា ឯករាជ្យភ្លឺថ្លាជាមហាប្រទេសតទៅ ។ Chônchéatĕ Khmêr lôpi pukê muŏy knŏng loŭk Mean choăychoŭk kâsang prasat sĕléa Ârĭyôthôrm khpsá bâvôr chéatĕ sasnéa Ké donta tŭk leu phôpphên dei.

Khmămng rumloŭphd Khmêr prâyŭtth mĭn tkáslŏt Yôk choăy bâmphŏt chun chéatĕ Khémôréa Êkâréachy phlœ thla chéa môha prâtésâ ttŏu.

Khmers are famous and skilful people in the world, Their victories and success are shown in the building of stone temples, Culture, nation, and religion are the most supreme and important, The heritage of our ancestors are kept on earth.