ARABIC LYRICS

Qassaman Binnazilat Ilmahiqat
Waddimaa Izzakiyat Ittahirat
Qassa Walbonood Illamiaat Ilkhafiqat
F'Ilgibal Ishshamikhat Ishshahiqat
Nahno Thurna Fahayaton Aw ma maaat
Wa Aqadna Alazma An Tahya Algazair
Fashhadoo! Fashhadoo! Fashhadoo! 

Nahno Gondon Fi Sabil Il hakki Thorna
Wa Ila Isstiqlalina Bilharbi Kumna.
Lam Yakon Yossgha Lana Lamma Natakna
Fattakhathna Rannat AIbaroodi Wazna.
Wa Azafna Naghamat Alrashshashi Lahna
Wa Aqadna Alazmat An Tahya Algazair.
Fashhadoo! Fashhadoo! Fashhadoo!

Nahno min Abtalina Nadfaoo Gondan
Wa Ala Ashlaina Nassnaoo Magdan.
Wa Ala Hamatina Narfao Bandan.
Gabhato' Ltahreeri Aataynaki Ahdan
Wa Aqadna Alazma An Tahya Algazair.
Fashhadoo! Fashhadoo! Fashhadoo!

Sarkhato 'lawtani min Sah Ilfida
Issmaooha Wasstageebo Linnida
Waktobooha Bidimaa Ilshohadaa
Wakraooha Libany Ilgeeli ghadan.
Kad Madadna Laka Ya Magdo Yada
Wa Aqadna Alazma An Tahya Algazair.
Fashhadoo! Fashhadoo! Fashhadoo!

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FRENCH TRANSLATION
 
1.  Par les foudres qui anéantissent,
Par les flots de sang pur et sans tache,
Par les drapeaux flottants qui flottent
Sur les hauts djebel orgueilleux et fiers,
Nous juron nous être révoltés pour vivre ou pour mourir,
Et nous avons juré de mourir pour que vive l'Algérie!
Témoignez! Témoignez! Témoignez! 

2.  Nous sommes des soldats pour la justice, révoltés,
Et pour notre indépendance nous avons engagé le combat,
Nous n'avon obéi à nulle injonction en nous soulevant.
Le bruit de la poudre a été notre mesure
Et le crépitement des mitrailleuse notre chant favori.
Et nous avons juré de mourir pour que vive l'Algérie!
Témoignez! Témoignez! Témoignez! 

3.  Sur nos héros nous bâtrions une gloire
Et sur nos corps nous monterons à l'immortalité,
Sur nos âmes, nous construirons une armée
Et de notre espoir nous lèverons l'étendard.
Front de la Libération, nous t'avons prêté serment
Et nous avons juré de mourir pour que vive l'Algérie!
Témoignez! Témoignez! Témoignez! 

4.  Le cri de la patrie monte des champs de bataille.
Ecoutez-le et répondez à l'appel.
Ecrivez-le dans le sang des martyrs
Et dictez-le aux générations futures.
Nous t'avons donné la main, ô gloire,
Et nous avons juré de mourir pour que vive l'Algérie!
Témoignez! Témoignez! Témoignez!

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
1.  We swear by the lightning that destroys,
By the streams of generous blood being shed,
By the bright flags that wave,
Flying proudly on the high djebels,
That we are in revolt, whether to live or to die,
We are determined that Algeria should live,
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness! 

2.  We are soldiers in revolt for truth
And we have fought for our independence.
When we spoke, nobody listened to us,
So we have taken the noise of gunpowder as our rhythm
And the sound of machine guns as our melody,
We are determined that Algeria should live,
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness! 

3.  From our heroes we shall make an army come to being,
From our dead we shall build up a glory,
Our spirits shall ascend to immortality
And on our shoulders we shall raise the Standard.
To the nation's Liberation Front we have sworn an oath,
We are determined that Algeria should live,
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness! 

4.  The cry of the Fatherland sounds from the battlefields.
Listen to it and answer the call!
Let it be written with the blood of martyrs
And be read to future generations.
Oh, Glory, we have held out our hand to you,
We are determined that Algeria should live,
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!

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Algeria
"Kassaman" (We Pledge)

Words by:Mufdi Zakariah
Music by:Mohamed Fawzi
Adopted:1962

The words to "Qassaman" were written in 1956 in Serkaji-Barberousse Prison in
Algiers, where the author Moufdi Zakaria was incarcerated by the French
colonial forces. The poem was put into music, first by Mohamed Triki in 1956,
then by the Egyptian composer Mohamed Fawzi. Originally containing five verses,
the third verse containing anti-French lyrics was dropped when it became the
official national anthem upon independence on July 5th 1962.

