This Is the Home of the Brave
English: This is the Home of the Brave | |
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دا د باتورانو کور | |
National anthem of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | |
Adopted | 1996 |
Readopted | 2021 |
Relinquished | 2001 |
Preceded by | "Fortress of Islam, Heart of Asia" (1996) "National anthem of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan" (2021) |
Succeeded by | "Fortress of Islam, Heart of Asia" (2001) |
This is the Home of the Brave (Pashto: دا د باتورانو کور) is the national anthem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. It is a Pashto language nasheed (an a capella song, meaning it does not contain musical instruments). Musical instruments are considered haram (religiously prohibited or outlawed) by some Islamic scholars.
The Islamic Emirate does not have any formal laws specifying its symbols, including the flag and the anthem. This nasheed was commonly used in the opening credits of the broadcasts by the Da Shariat Zhagh (Voice of the Shariah), Taliban's official radio, since the late 1990s, when the group controlled most of the Afghanistan territory, as well as in the videos published by the Commission on Cultural Affairs. It was also used during official ceremonies, e.g. in 2013 when the Islamic Emirate opened its office in Doha, Qatar, this song was played during the flag-raising ceremony. Due to that, it is considered a de facto national anthem of the Taliban and their government.[1][2][3]
The recording most commonly used for this anthem features the voice of mulla Faqir Muhammad Darwesh, a popular Taliban munshid (nasheed singer).[4]
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Lyrics
This nasheed contains 20 beit lines, each of them is divided into two misraʿs (hemistichs). In Perso-Arabic poetry, every even misraʿ should rhyme or be the same, while the odd misraʿs may not rhyme.
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ساتو يې پۀ سرو وينو |
Sātu-ye pə sro wino |
We protect it with our red blood, |
See also
References
- ^ "BBCNazer.com | زندگى و آموزش | حرف های مردم: سرود ملی". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ mdweyal@gmail.com, Dr N. M. Weyal. "د ملي سرود تاریخ | روهي". Rohi.Af (in Pashto). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ Tharoor, Ishaan (2013-06-19). "The Taliban's Qatar Office: Are Prospects for Peace Already Doomed?". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ "ملا فقیر محمد درویش د جهادي ترنم منل شوی سرخیل". نن ټکی اسیا (in Pashto). 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2021-08-18.