Al Watan Al Akbar

"Al-Watan Al-Akbar"
Single by Abdel Halim Hafez Sabah (singer) Faida Kamel Shadia Nagat Warda
Released	1960
Genre	Egyptian Classical Music
Length	11:22
Songwriter(s)	Ahmed Shafik Kamel
Producer(s)	Mohammed Abdel Wahab

Al-Watan Al-Akbar (Arabic: الوطن الأكبر, translated The Greatest Homeland) is a pan-Arab musical created in Egypt. The song was composed by the Egyptian Mohammed Abdel Wahab in 1960, and arranged by Egyptian composer Ali Ismael, with lyrics by poet Ahmad Shafik Kamal.

History

It was composed to celebrate the union of Egypt and Syria into the United Arab Republic. It also extolls the Pan-Arabist vision for a united Arab state.

Lyrics

LYRICS

Arabic

English

وطني حبيبي الوطن الاكبر يوم ورا يوم امجاده بتكبر وانتصراته مالية حياته وطني بيكبر وبيتحرر وطني .. وطني   عبد الحليم حافظ   وطني يا مالك حبك قلبي وطني يا وطن الشعب العربي يا اللي ناديت بالوحدة الكبرى بعد ما شفت جمال الثورة انت كبير واكبر كتير من الوجود كله من الخلود كلــه يا وطني   صباح   حلو يا مجد يا مالي قلوبنـا حلو يا نصر يا كاسي رايتنا حلوة يا وحدة يا جامعه شعوبنـــا حلو يا احلى نغم في حــياتنا يا نغم ساري بين المحيطين بين مراكش والبحرين في اليمن ودمشق وجدة نفس الغنوة لأجمل وحدة وحدة كل الشعب العربي   فايزه كامل   قوميتنا اللي بنحميها اللي حياتنا شموع حواليها جنه بتضحك للي يسالم وجحيم ساير على اعاديها شوفوا بيروت بعد العدوان الاستعمار فين والطغيــــــان قدر الشعب وقوته زادت وبورسعيد حكايتها اتعادت عاش وانتصر الشعب العربـــي   شاديه   وطني يا اغلى وطن في الدنيا وطني يا قلعه للحرية انت الباني مع البانيين وانت الهادم للعبودية الصوت صوتك حر وعربي مش صدى شرقي ولا غربي ياللي ترابك كحل لعيني ياللي هواك عطره بيحييني انت حبيبي يا وطني العربي   وردة   وطني يا ثوره على استعمارهــم املا جزايرك نار دمرهم لو نستشهد كلنا فيك صخر جبالنا راح يحاربهم الاستعمار على ايدنا نهايته راح م الدنيا زمانه و وقته لا في الجزائر ولا في عمان تهدا الثوره على الطغيان الا بنصر الشعب العربي   نجاة الصغيرة   وطني يا جنة الناس حاسدينها على امجادها وعلى مفاتنها ياللي قنالك رجعت ملكك وانت لخير الدنيا صاينها علي السد وخذ من خيره صنع وازرع وابني بنوره ياللي علاك في قلوبنا عبادة يا وطن كل حياته سيادة وطن العزة الوطن العربي   عبد الحليم حافظ   وطني يا زاحف لانتصراتك ياللي حياة المجد حياتك في فلسطين وجنوبنا الثائــــر حنكملك حرياتك احنا وطن يحمي ولا يهدد احنا وطن بيصون مايبدد وطن المجد يا وطني العربي

My dear homeland The greatest of homelands Day after day Its glories multiply And its life is rife with victories My homeland grows and becomes free My homeland.. My homeland   Abdel Halim Hafez:   Oh my homeland, your love rules my heart My homeland, the homeland of all Arabic people You are the one who called for the ultimate unity After seeing the beauty of the revolution You are great And much greater Than all existence Than all eternity Oh, my homeland   Sabah:   Sweet is the glory filling our hearts Sweet is the victory cladding our flag Sweet is the unity That brings our people together It is the sweetest melody in our lives Oh, It's a melody flowing between two oceans Between Marrakech and Bahrain In Yemen, Damascus and Jeddah there's the same song of the most beautiful unity The unity of all Arab people   Fayza Kamel:   Our national unity that we are protecting The one that our lives light as candles around it, is a paradise smiling upon whoever is peaceful And a hell unleashed upon its enemies Go see Beirut after the attacks Where is the occupation and oppression? The people became abler and their power increased And the story of Port Said repeated itself The Arab nations lived and were victorious   Shadya:   Oh my homeland, the most precious homeland in the world My homeland, you are a castle of freedom You are the one that builds with those who build And the one that tears down oppression Your voice is free and Arabic with no Eastern nor Western echos Your dirt is fit to be eyeliner for my eyes The fragrance of your air is my rebirth You are my love Oh, my Arabic homeland   Warda:   Oh my homeland, you are a revolution against their occupation Fill your islands with fire, destroy them If we are all martyred upon your lands The rocks of our mountains will fight them Occupation will end by our hands Its time in this world is up and done Not in Algeria, Not in Oman, Will the revolution fade in the face of oppression until the triumph of the Arabic people.   Najat Al Saghira:   Oh, my homeland, you are a paradise that people envy For its glories and charms Your canal1 returned to you And you are protecting it for the good of the world Raise the dam up high and reap its goods Produce, plant and build with its light Your elevation is worship in our heart You are a homeland whose life is full of sovereignty The homeland of dignity The Arabic homeland   Abdel Halim Hafez:   Oh my homeland, you crawl towards your victories Your life is a life of glory In Palestine and our revolting South, We will regain your freedom We are a homeland that protects and does not threaten A homeland that preserves and does not waste A homeland of glory My Arabic homeland

See also

• Political Song & Music

External links

• اغنية الوطن الأكبر
• Abdel Halim Hafez - The Greatest Countryعبد الحليم حافظ - الوطن الأكبرAl Watan Al Akbar
• "Al Watan Al Akbar" - Pan-Arabic Patriotic Anthem (YouTube)