Mawtini

"Mawtini" (My Homeland) (Arabic: موطني) is a popular poem written by a Palestinian famous poet Ibrahim Touqan (Arabic: إبراهيم طوقان) around 1934 in Palestine and became the defacto unofficial national anthem of Palestine.The original music was composed by Muhammad Fuliefil (Arabic: محمد فليفل). During the years it became very popular through the Arab world.

Listen to the original performance[1]

Recently it was adopted as the national anthem of Iraq replacing the old anthem Ardh Alforatain

Arabic Lyrics

مَــوطِــنــي مَــوطِــنِــي

الجـلالُ والجـمالُ والسَّــنَاءُ والبَهَاءُ

فـــي رُبَــاك�' فــي رُبَـــاك�'

والحـياةُ والنـجاةُ والهـناءُ والرجـاءُ

فــي هـــواك�' فــي هـــواك�'

هـــــل�' أراك�' هـــــل�' أراك�'

سـالِماً مُـنَـعَّـماً وَ غانِـمَاً مُـكَرَّمَاً

هـــــل�' أراك�' فـي عُـــلاك�'

تبـلُـغُ السِّـمَـاك�' تبـلـغُ السِّـمَاك

مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي

مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي

الشبابُ لن�' يكِلَّ هَمُّهُ أن�' تستَقِـلَّ أو يَبيد�'

نَستقي منَ الـرَّدَى ولن�' نكونَ للعِــدَى

كالعَـبـيـــــد�' كالعَـبـيـــــد�'

لا نُريــــــد�' لا نُريــــــد�'

ذُلَّـنَـا المُـؤَبَّـدا وعَيشَـنَا المُنَكَّـدا

لا نُريــــــد�' بـل�' نُعيــــد�'

مَـجـدَنا التّـليـد�' مَـجـدَنا التّليـد�'

مَــوطِــنــي مَــوطِــنِــي

مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي

الحُسَامُ و اليَـرَاعُ لا الكـلامُ والنزاعُ

رَم�'ــــــزُنا رَم�'ــــــزُنا

مَـجدُنا و عـهدُنا وواجـبٌ منَ الوَفا

يهُــــــزُّنا يهُــــــزُّنا

عِـــــــزُّنا عِـــــــزُّنا

غايةٌ تُـشَــرِّفُ و رايـةٌ ترَفـرِفُ

يا هَـــنَــاك�' فـي عُـــلاك�'

قاهِراً عِـــداك�' قاهِـراً عِــداك�'

مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي

Latin Alphabet Transliteration

:mawṭinī mawṭinī:al-ǧalālu wa-l-ǧamālu wa-s-sanā'u wa-l-bahā'u :fī rubāk fī rubāk

wa-l-ḥayātu wa-n-naǧātu wal-hanā'u wa-r-raǧā'u :fī hawāk fī hawāk

hal arāk hal arāk:sālimān munaʿamān wa ġānimān mukarramān

hal arāk fī ʿulāk :tabluġu s-simāk tabluġu s-simāk:mawṭinī mawṭinī

mawṭinī mawṭinī:aš-šabābu lan yakilla ʿuzmah an yastaqilla aw yabīd:nastaqī mina r-radá wa lan nakūna li-l-ʿidā' kālʿabīd

lā nurīd lā nurīd:ḏullanā mu'abbada wa ʿayšanā munakkada:lā nurīd bal nuʿīd :maǧdanā t-talīd maǧdanā t-talīd:mawṭinī mawṭinī

mawṭinī mawṭinī:al-ḥusāmu wa-l-yarāʿu lā l-kalām wa-n-nizāʿu :ramzunā ramzunā:maǧdunā wa ʿahdunā wa wāǧibun ilá l-wafā':yahuzzunā yahuzzunā

ʿizzunā ʿizzunā:ġāyâtun tušarrifu wa rāyâtun turafrifu:yā hanāk fī ʿulāk :qāhirān ʿidāk qāhirān ʿidāk:mawṭinī mawṭinī

English Translation

:My homeland My homeland:Glory and beauty:Sublimity and prettiness:Are in your hills

Life and deliverance:Pleasure and hope:Are in your air:Will I see you?:Safe and comfortable:Sound and honored

Will I see you?:In your eminence:Reaching the stars:My homeland:My homeland

The youth will not get tired:Their goal is your independence:Or they die:We will drink from death:But we will not be slaves to our enemies

We do not want:An eternal humiliation:Nor a miserable life:We do not want:But we will reestbalish:Our great glory:My homeland:My homeland

The sword and the pen:Are our symbols:Not talking nor quarreling:Our glory and covenant:And a duty to be honest:Shake us

Our glory:Is an honorable cause:And a waiving standard:O, behold your felicity:In your eminence:Overwhelming your foes:My homeland:My homeland

External links

*Anthem Original Performance [2]