ARABIC LYRICS 

CHORUS:
Biladi Biladi
Biladi ya ardi ya arda al-judoud
Fida'i Fida'i
Fida'I ya sha'bi ya sha'b al-khuloud

Bi'azmi wa nari wa burkani thari
Wa ashwaqi dammi li ardi wa dari
Sa'adto al-jibala wa khodto an-nidala
Qaharto al-mohala abarto al-hudood

CHORUS

Bi'azmi al-riyah wa nari al-silah
Wa israri sha'bi bi ardi al-kifah
Filisteeno dari Filisteeno nari
Filisteeno thari wa ardi as-sumood

CHORUS

Bihaqqi al-qasam tahta zilli al-'alam
Bi ardi w sha'bi wa nari al-alam
Sa ahya fida'i wa amdee fida'i
Wa aqdee fida'i ila ann ta'oud

CHORUS

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

CHORUS:
My country , my country
Oh my land, Oh land of forefathers
Fedayee, fedayee
Oh my people, Oh people of eternity 

By my strong will and my inflaming rage, my volcanic revenge
By my yearning blood for my land and home 
I have climbed the mountains and combated struggles
I have subdued in the impossible and smashed the shackles 

CHORUS 

By the storming winds and the firing arms
By my people determination, by the land of strife
Palestine is my home, Palestine is my fire
Palestine is my revenge, and the land of resistance 

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By vowing the oath beneath the shade of the flag
By my land, by my people, by my firing pain
Fedyaee I must survive, fedyee I must proceed
Fedyaee I must sacrifice, until I return 

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Palestine
"Biladi"

Words by:Said Al Muzayin
Music by:Ali Ismael
Adopted:1996

The Palestinian Liberation Organization is trying to create an Arab Palestinian
state in Israeli-occupied lands. The Palestinian government has also adopted a
national anthem for use in the areas currently controlled by the Palestinian
provisional government. The anthem, also known as the "Anthem of the Intifada"
(or "Anthem of the Palestinian Revolution")  was written by Said Al Muzayin
(also known as Fata Al Thawra ("The Rebel Boy")) in the 1970s, and its music
was composed by Egyptian maestro Ali Ismael.

The word "fedayee" (or fida'i) appears several times in the anthem, and is
difficult to express in a single word or two in English, hense it has been left
untranslated in the lyrics below. The word refers to a man (the feminine form
is "fida'iya", plural is "fida'iyeen") who is willing to sacrifice his life.
The object that he will sacrifice to can be anything, his lover, tribe,
religion, etc., but in the modern sense it is usually meant as a sacrifice to
your country. (A "sacrificer" would not have the same meaning.)

Special thanks to:Firas Al-Taher for some of the information about this anthem
as well as the Arabic lyrics in Latin script and to PaweB Ciupak, who has
provided me with the MIDI.

See also: Israel

MUSIC
