AZERI LYRICS

Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!
A gahraman övladen shanle vatan.
Sandan ötr jan vermae Jomle hazeriz.
Sandan ötr gan tökmae Jomle hazeriz!
Oochrangle bayraginle massaud yasha!
Oochrangle bayraginle masuad yasha!
Meanlerle jan goorban olde!
Senan harba maydon olde!
Hogogindan kechan asgar 
Hara beer gahraman olde!
San olasan goolostan,
Sana har on jan goorban!
Sana mean beer manhabat senamde totmosh makan!
Namosoono hifz etmae,
Bayragine oksaltmae.
Jomle gangler moshtagder!
Shanle Vaten! Shanle Vaten! 
Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!
Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!
O Great Land, your children are heroes.
We are ready to be martyred for you.
We are ready to shed blood for you.
Three-coloured flag, flourish honourably!
Thousands of lives have been sacrificed.
Your bosom has become a battlefield.
Every devoted soldier
Has become a hero.
You are prospering.
My life is always dedicated to you.
My love for you is embedded in my heart
A thousand and one times.
To preserve everything
And to honour her flag
All the youth are willing.
Great Land! Great Land!
Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!


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Azerbaijan
"Azerbaijan Marsi" (March of Azerbaijan)

Words by:Ahmed Javad
Music by:Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Adopted:1992

On January 30, 1920, the Azerbaijan government announced a competition to
create a national anthem, but in the result of the fall of Azerbaijan to the
Soviet Union on April 28, 1920, the anthem was not adopted. On May 27, 1992,
after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the "Azerbaijan Marsi," which was
created in 1919 during the brief independence period, was approved as the State
Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The composer of the anthem was the same
person that composed the music to the anthem used by the Azerbaijan SSR.

Special thanks to:Josh Lim for some of this information.

See also: Azerbaijan_(1944-1991).
