Mawtini (My Homeland)
(The Palestinian National Anthem 1936-)
 
Translated to English by: Raed Ayyad, 1982.
Animated Arabic transcript by: Raed Idrees.

 

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My homeland, My homeland...

The highness and the beauty, The sublimity and the splendor

Are in your hills, Are in your hills

Life and deliverance, Contentment and hope

Are in your ambiance, Are in your ambiance

 

Will I see you? Will I see you

Safe and blessed, Triumphant and honored?

Safe and blessed, Triumphant and honored...

Will I see you in your eminence

Reaching the stars? Reaching the stars...

My homeland, My homeland

My homeland, My homeland...

The youth will not tire 'till your independence

Or they perish, Or they perish

 

We will imbibe from death,

And we will not be to our enemies

Like slaves, Like slaves

We do not want! ... We do not want

Eternal humiliation, Nor a miserable life!

Eternal humiliation, Nor a miserable life...

 

We do not want (that);

Indeed, we will revive and relive

Our inherited glory, Our inherited glory...

My homeland, My homeland

 

 

My homeland, My homeland,

The saber (valor) and the stylus (education & culture)

Not lip service nor quarrels

Are our symbols, Are our symbols

 

Our glory and our covenant

And a duty to be faithful

Arouse us, Arouse us

Our highest regard, Our highest regard

Is a noble cause (liberating and defending our land)

And a flailing pennon (the Palestinian flag),

Is a noble cause

And a flailing pennon ...

 

O, the fulfillment

In your eminence,

Victorious over your foes,

Victorious over your foes...

My homeland, My homeland.

"Mawtini" (My Homeland - ãæØäí) is a poem written by the famous Palestinian poet Ibrahim Touqan (ÅÈÑÇåíã ØæÞÇä) around 1934 in Palestine, and became the de facto national anthem of Palestine and Iraq. The music score was composed by Mohammed Fuleifil (ãÍãÏ ÝáíÝá). During the years it became very popular throughout the Arab world. Recently it was readopted as the national anthem of Iraq replacing the old anthem "Ardh Alforatain" (The land of the two Euphrates', 1979-2003) for some associated with the Iraqi Ba'th Party.
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The animated Arabic transcript above is the creation of our brother from Jenin, Palestine:
Raed Idrees.
- In solidarity.
 
 
The Current Palestinian National Anthem
(Translation to English: Raed Ayyad)
 
Free Palestine
My country ... my country...

My country, the land of my forefathers...
 
My country... my country...
My country, my nation, ye the nation of eternal life...
 
With my determination, the fire within me, the volcano of my revenge, and the longing of my blood to my land and home...
 
I have climbed the mountains and confronted the struggles; I have conquered the impossible, and crossed the frontiers...
 
My country, my country, ye the nation of eternal life...
 
With a resolve of the winds and the fire of the weapon... the determination of my nation in the land of resistance...
 
Palestine is my home, Palestine is the flame within me, Palestine is my revenge and the land of eternal perseverance...
 
My country... my country... ye the nation of eternal life...
 
By the oath I've taken under the shade of the flag... (the oath taken) to my land and nation, and to the fire of pain...
 
I will live as a guerrilla, I will carry-on on as guerrilla, I will perish as guerrilla until Palestine is free again...
 
My country... my country... ye the nation of eternal live [encore]
 
My homeland... My homeland...
 
 
 
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