Mawtini is a popular poem written by famous Palestinian

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 poet Ibrahim Touqan

Ibrahim Touqan

Ibrahim Abd al-Fattah Touqan was a Palestinian nationalist poet whose works rallied Arabs during their revolt against the British. Touqan was born in Nablus, Palestine during Ottoman times. He was the brother of poetess Fadwa Touqan and he tutored and influenced her to write poetry...

  circa

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 1934 in Palestine

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 and became the de facto

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 national anthem of Palestine and Iraq

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. It is also recognized in Syria and Algeria as an anthem as to show their support for the Palestinian cause. The original music was composed by Muhammad Fuliefil . During the years it became very popular through the Arab world.

In 2004 it was re-adopted as the national anthem of Iraq

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 after it was replaced by the old anthem Ardh Alforatain (1979-2003) associated with Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

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's Baath regime.

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

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Latin Alphabet Transliteration

mawṭinī mawṭinī

al-jalālu wa-l-jamālu 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

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English Translation

My homeland, My homeland

Glory 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

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, Or they die

We will drink from death

And will not be to our enemies

Like slaves, Like slaves

We do not want, We do not want

An eternal humiliation

Nor a miserable life

We do not want

But we will bring back

Our storied glory, 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

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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