ARABIC LYRICS

Mawtini Mawtini 
 
Al jalalu wal jamalu 
As sana'u wal baha'u fi rubak, fi rubak 
Wal hayatu wan najatu 
Wal hana'u war raja'u fi hawak, fi hawak 
 
Hal Arak Hal Arak 
 
2x Saliman muna''aman 
    Wa ghaniman mukarraman 
Hal Arak Hal Arak  
Fi 'ulak Fi 'ulak 
Tablughu assimak Tablugha assimak 
 
Mawtini Mawtini 
 
Mawtini Mawtini 
 
Ashababu Lan yakillu 
Hammahu an tastaqill aw yabid aw yabid  
Tanstaqi min ar rada 
Walan nakuna lil'ida kal'abid kal'abid 
 
La Nurid La Nurid 
 
2x Dhullana al mu'abbada 
    Wa shanah nurnakkada 
La nurid La nurid 
bal na'id bal na'id 
Majdana-at talid Majdana-at talid 
 
Mawtini Mawtini 
 
Mawtini Mawtini 
 
Al husamu wal yara'u 
La lkalam wan niza' ramzuna ramzuna 
Majduna wa'ahduna 
Wawajibun il lwafa yahuzzuna yahuzzuna 
 
'izzuna 'izzuna 
 
2x Ghayatun tusharrifu 
    Warayatun turafrifu 
Ya hanak Ya hanak      
Fi 'ulak Fi 'ulak 
Qahiran 'idaka Qahiran 'idaka 
 
Mawtini Mawtini 
 
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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 atmosphere 
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 return 
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 fulfill it 
Shake us 
Our honor 
Is an honorable cause 
A raised flag 
O, your beauty 
In your eminence 
Victorious over your enemies 
My homeland 
My homeland 


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Iraq
"Mawtini" (My Homeland)

Words by:Ibrahim Touqan
Music by:Mohammad Flayfel
Adopted:2004

After the ousting of the Saddam Hussein government, Iraq selected a new
national anthem, "Mawtini", also a popular folk tune throughout the Arab world.
It was sung by the Palestinians in their uprisings against the British mandate
and the Jewish immigration to British Palestine in 1936-1939 (which is probably
why this anthem is also an unofficial anthem of Palestine), and continues to be
popular with Arabs today. The author of the lyrics is the Palestinian poet
Ibrahim Touqan.

There are now reports (as of October, 2005) that Iraq will be adopting a new
national anthem. Keep watching this site for more details.

Special thanks to:Reinhard Popp for informing me about this anthem, Michael
Bristow for some of the information, and to PaweB Ciupak, who has provided me
with the MIDI.

See also: Iraq_(?-1959), Iraq_(1959-1965,_2003-2004), Iraq_(1965-1981), Iraq_
(1981-2003), Kurdistan.

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