Mawtini

موطني

English: My Homeland
Mawtini
National anthem of Iraq
Lyrics	Ibrahim Touqan, 1934
Music	Muhammad Fuliefil
Music sample
Mawtini (instrumental)

Mawtini (Arabic: موطني‎ “My Homeland”) is a popular poem written by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Touqan (Arabic: إبراهيم طوقان‎) circa 1934. It was the de facto national anthem of Palestine^{[citation needed]} since then and until 1967. It is also recognized in Syria and Algeria, as well as other Arab states, as an anthem as to show their support for the Palestinian cause. The original music was composed by Muhammad Fuliefil (Arabic: محمد فليفل‎). During the years it became very popular through the Arab world.

In 2004 it was re-adopted, on the order of Coalition Provisional Authority chief Paul Bremer as the national anthem of Iraq. It replaced the old anthem Ardh Alforatain, which was in use from 1981 to 2004 and associated with Saddam Hussein's Baath regime.

Lyrics

Arabic lyrics مَوطِنِي مَوطِنِي الجلالُ والجمالُ والسَّنَاءُ والبَهَاءُ في رُبَاكْ في رُبَاكْ والحياةُ والنجاةُ والهناءُ والرجاءُ في هواكْ في هواكْ هلْ أراكْ هلْ أراكْ سالِماً مُنَعَّماً و غانما مكرما سالما منعما و غانما مكرما هلْ أراكْ في عُلاكْ تبلُغُ السِّمَاكْ تبلغُ السِّمَاكْ مَوطِنِي مَوطِنِي مَوطِنِي مَوطِنِي الشبابُ لنْ يكِلَّ هَمُّهُ أنْ تستَقِلَّ أو يَبيدْ أو يَبيدْ نَستقي منَ الرَّدَى ولنْ نكونَ للعِدَى كالعَبيدْ كالعَبيدْ لا نُريدْ لا نُريدْ ذُلَّنَا المُؤَبَّدا وعَيشَنَا المُنَكَّدا ذُلَّنَا المُؤَبَّدا وعَيشَنَا المُنَكَّدا لا نُريدْ بلْ نُعيدْ مَجدَنا التّليدْ مَجدَنا التّليدْ مَوطِنِي مَوطِنِي مَوطِنِي مَوطِنِي الحُسَامُ و اليَرَاعُ لا للكلامُ والنزاعُ رَمْزُنا رَمْزُنا مَجدُنا و عهدُنا وواجبٌ منَ الوَفا يهُزُّنا يهُزُّنا عِزُّنا عِزُّنا غايةٌ تُشَرِّفُ و رايةٌ ترَفرِفُ غايةٌ تُشَرِّفُ و رايةٌ ترَفرِفُ يا هَنَاكْ في عُلاكْ قاهِراً عِداكْ قاهِراً عِداكْ مَوطِنِي مَوطِنِي

Latin alphabet transliteration Mawṭinī mawṭinī Al-galālu wa-l-gamālu wa-s-sanā'u wa-l-bahā'u Fī rubāk fī rubāk Wa-l-ḥayātu wa-n-nagātu wal-hanā'u wa-r-ragā'u Fī hawāk fī hawāk Hal arāk hal arāk Sālimān munaʿamān wa ġānimān mukarramān Sālimān munaʿamān wa ġānimān mukarramān Hal arāk fī ʿulāk Tabluġu s-simāk tabluġu s-simāk Mawṭinī mawṭinī Mawṭinī mawṭinī Aš-šabābu lan yakilla hammahu an yastaqilla aw yabīd, aw yabid Nastaqī mina r-radá wa lan nakūna li-l-ʿidā' kālʿabīd, kālʿabīd Lā nurīd lā nurīd Ḏullanā al-mu'abbada wa ʿayšanā al-munakkada Ḏullanā al-mu'abbada wa ʿayšanā al-munakkada Lā nurīd bal nuʿīd Magdanā t-talīd magdanā t-talīd Mawṭinī mawṭinī Mawṭinī mawṭinī Al-ḥusāmu wa-l-yarāʿu lā l-kalām wa-n-nizāʿu Ramzunā ramzunā Magdunā wa ʿahdunā wa wāgibun ilá l-wafā' Yahuzzunā yahuzzunā ʿIzzunā ʿizzunā Ġāyâtun tušarrifu wa rāyâtun turafrifu Ġāyâtun tušarrifu wa rāyâtun turafrifu Yā hanāk fī ʿulāk Qāhirān ʿidāk qāhirān ʿidāk Mawṭinī mawṭinī

English translation My homeland[citation needed], My homeland Glory and beauty, Sublimity and splendor Are in your hills[citation needed], Are in your hills Life and deliverance, Pleasure and hope Are in your air, Are in your Air Will I see you? Will I see you? Safe and comforted, Sound and honored Will I see you in your eminence? Reaching to the stars, Reaching to the stars My homeland, My homeland My homeland, My homeland The youth will not tire, 'till your independence Or they die[citation needed], Or they die We will drink from death And will not be to our enemies[citation needed] Like slaves, Like slaves We do not want, We do not want An eternal humiliation Nor a miserable life[citation needed] We do not want But we will bring back Our storied glory[citation needed], Our storied glory My homeland, My homeland The sword and the pen Not the talk nor the quarrel Are our symbols, Are our symbols Our glory and our covenant And a duty to be faithful Moves us, moves us Our glory, Our glory Is an honorable cause And a waving standard O, behold you In your eminence Victorious over your enemies Victorious over your enemies My homeland, My homeland

External links

• Information on Mawtini at NationalAnthems.me
• Ilham al Madfai – A free download of Iraqi singer Ilham al Madfai's version of "Mawtini" is available at his official website, from the CD "The Voice of Iraq"
• Anthem Original Performance
• Watch Mawtini sung by Algerian youth
• Free download of Mawtini performed by Sgt. Brenda Bushera, a member of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Band
• Listen to a Syrian version
• Watch the People's National Army (Algeria) singing Mawtini