Mawtini

Mawtini

English: My Homeland
موطني
National anthem of Iraq
Lyrics	Ibrahim Touqan, circa 1934
Music	Muhammad Fuliefil
Adopted	2004
Audio sample
Mawtini (instrumental) file help

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

Recently it was re-adopted temporarily as the national anthem of Iraq replacing the old anthem Ardh Alforatain (1979-2003) associated with Saddam Hussein's Baath regime.

Lyrics

Arabic Lyrics مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي الجـلالُ والجـمالُ والسَّــنَاءُ واdfhgupdshflkjhdsflugasludigfkhdsasdfasdلبَهَاءُ فـــي رُبَــاكْ فــي رُبَـــاكْ والحـياةُ والنـجاةُ والهـناءُ والرجـاءُ فــي هـــواكْ فــي هـــواكْ هـــــلْ أراكْ هـــــلْ أراكْ سـالِماً مُـنَـعَّـماً و غانما مكرما سالما منعما و غانما مكرما هـــــلْ أراكْ فـي عُـــلاكْ تبـلُـغُ السِّـمَـاكْ تبـلـغُ السِّـمَاك مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي الشبابُ لنْ يكِلَّ هَمُّهُ أنْ تستَقِـلَّ أو يَبيدْ نَستقي منَ الـرَّدَى ولنْ نكونَ للعِــدَى كالعَـبـيـــــدْ كالعَـبـيـــــدْ لا نُريــــــدْ لا نُريــــــدْ ذُلَّـنَـا المُـؤَبَّـدا وعَيشَـنَا المُنَكَّـدا ذُلَّـنَـا المُـؤَبَّـدا وعَيشَـنَا المُنَكَّـدا لا نُريــــــدْ بـلْ نُعيــــدْ مَـجـدَنا التّـليـدْ مَـجـدَنا التّليـدْ مَــوطِــنــي مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي مَــوطِــنِــي الحُسَامُ و اليَـرَاعُ لا الكـلامُ والنزاعُ رَمْــــــزُنا رَمْــــــزُنا مَـجدُنا و عـهدُنا وواجـبٌ منَ الوَفا يهُــــــزُّنا يهُــــــزُّنا عِـــــــزُّنا عِـــــــزُّنا غايةٌ تُـشَــرِّفُ و رايـةٌ ترَفـرِفُ يا هَـــنَــاكْ فـي عُـــلاكْ قاهِراً عِـــداكْ قاهِـراً عِــداكْ 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 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 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 ġāyâtun tušarrifu wa rāyâtun turafrifu yā hanāk fī ʿulāk qāhirān ʿidāk qāhirān ʿidāk mawṭinī mawṭinī

English Translation My homeland, My homeland Majesty and beauty, sublimity and splendor, Are in your hills, are in your hills Life and deliverance, pleasure and hope Are in your air, are in your air When will I see you? When will I see you? Secure and prosperous Victorious and honored Will I see you in your eminence Reaching the stars, reaching the stars? My homeland, my homeland My homeland, my homeland Our youth will not tire, until your independence Or they will die, or they will die We will drink from death and never be to our enemies Like slaves, like slaves We do not want, we do not want An eternal humiliation nor a miserable life, An eternal humiliation nor a miserable life, We do not want, but we will bring back Our illustrious history, our illustrious history My homeland, my homeland 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 Arouse us, arouse us Our honor, Our honor Is a noble cause and a waving banner Is a noble cause and a waving banner O, behold you in your eminence Victorious over your enemies Victorious over your enemies My homeland, my homeland

External links

• 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