My Homeland

مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِيMawtinī mawtinīMy homeland, my homeland,

اَلْجَلَالُ وَالْجَمَالُ وَالسَّنَاءُ وَالْبَهَاءُAl-jalālu wa-al-jamālu wa-al-sanāʾu wa-al-bahāʾumajesty and beauty, radiance and splendour

فِي رُبَاكْ فِي رُبَاكْFī rubāk fī rubākare in your hills, in your hills;

وَالْحَيَاةُ وَالنَّجَاةُ وَالْهَنَاءُ وَالرَّجَاءُWa-al-hayātu wa-al-najātu wa-al-hanāʾu wa-al-rajāʾulife and deliverance, delight and hope

فِي هَوَاكْ فِي هَوَاكْFī hawāk fī hawākare in your air, in your air.

هَلْ أَرَاكْ هَلْ أَرَاكْHal arāk hal arākShall I see you, shall I see you

سَالِمًا مُنَعَّمًا وَغَانِمًا مُكَرَّمًاSāliman munaʿʿaman wa-ghāniman mukarramansafe, living in ease, victorious and honoured?

هَلْ أَرَاكْ فِي عُلَاكْHal arāk fī ʿulākShall I see you in your height

تَبْلُغُ السِّمَاكْ تَبْلُغُ السِّمَاكْTablughu al-simāk tablughu al-simākreaching al-Simak, reaching al-Simak?

مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِيMawtinī mawtinīMy homeland, my homeland.

مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِيMawtinī mawtinīMy homeland, my homeland,

اَلشَّبَابُ لَنْ يَكِلَّ هَمُّهُ أَنْ يَسْتَقِلَّAl-shabābu lan yakilla hammuhu an yastaqillathe youth will not tire; their care is that you be independent

أَوْ يَبِيدْ أَوْ يَبِيدْAw yabīd aw yabīdor they perish, or they perish.

نَسْتَقِي مِنَ الرَّدَىٰ وَلَنْ نَكُونَ لِلْعِدَىٰNastaqī mina al-radá wa-lan nakūna lil-ʿidáWe will drink of death, and we will not be to the enemies

كَالْعَبِيدْ كَالْعَبِيدْKa-al-ʿabīd ka-al-ʿabīdlike slaves, like slaves.

لَا نُرِيدْ لَا نُرِيدْLā nurīd lā nurīdWe do not want, we do not want

ذُلَّنَا الْمُؤَبَّدَا وَعَيْشَنَا الْمُنَكَّدَاDhullanā al-muʾabbadā wa-ʿayshanā al-munakkadāour everlasting humiliation and our embittered life;

لَا نُرِيدْ بَلْ نُعِيدْLā nurīd bal nuʿīdwe do not want it, but we will bring back

مَجْدَنَا التَّلِيدْ مَجْدَنَا التَّلِيدْMajdanā al-talīd majdanā al-talīdour ancient glory, our ancient glory.

مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِيMawtinī mawtinīMy homeland, my homeland.

مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِيMawtinī mawtinīMy homeland, my homeland,

اَلْحُسَامُ وَ الْيَرَاعُ لَا الْكَلَامُ وَالنِّزَاعُAl-husāmu wa-al-yarāʿu lā al-kalāmu wa-al-nizāʿuthe sword and the pen, not talk and quarrelling,

رَمْزُنَا رَمْزُنَاRamzunā ramzunāare our emblem, our emblem.

مَجْدُنَا وَ عَهْدُنَا وَوَاجِبٌ مِنَ الْوَفَاءMajdunā wa-ʿahdunā wa-wājibun mina al-wafāʾOur glory and our covenant, and a duty of faithfulness,

يَهُزُّنَا يَهُزُّنَاYahuzzunā yahuzzunāstir us, stir us.

عِزُّنَا عِزُّنَاʿIzzunā ʿizzunāOur pride, our pride

غَايَةٌ تُشَرِّفُ وَرَايَةٌ تُرَفْرِفُGhāyatun tusharrifu wa-rāyatun turafrifuis an aim that brings honour and a banner that flutters.

يَا هَنَاكْ فِي عُلَاكْYā hanāk fī ʿulākO how happy you are in your height,

قَاهِرًا عِدَاكْ قَاهِرًا عِدَاكْQāhiran ʿidāk qāhiran ʿidākoverpowering your enemies, overpowering your enemies.

مَوْطِنِي مَوطِنِيMawtinī mawtinīMy homeland, my homeland.