National anthem of the United Arab Emirates

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عيشي بلادي Ishy Biladi English: Long Live my Nation
National Anthem of	United Arab Emirates
Lyrics	Arif Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan, 1996
Music	Saad Abdel Wahab
Adopted	1971

The National Anthem of the United Arab Emirates, (Arabic: النشيد الوطني الاماراتي‎), also popularly known as Ishy Bilady (عيشي بلادي; transliteration: ‘īšiy bilādī; literally, Long Live my Nation), was officially accepted as the the United Arab Emirates' national anthem after the formation of the country in 1971. The anthem was composed by Saad Abdel Wahab, who also composed the national anthems of other Arab states, including that of Libya. The lyrics to the anthem, officially adopted in 1996, were written by Arif Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan.

[edit] Lyrics

Arabic text	Transliteration	Translation
عيشي بلادي عاش اتحاد إماراتنا	‘īšiy bilādī,‘aiš itaḥidu imārātinā	Live my country, the unity of our Emirates lives
عشت لشعب	‘išit liš`abin	You have lived for a nation
دينه الإسلام هديه القرآن	dīnuhul islāmu haḏihul qurʾānu	Whose religion is Islam and guide is the Qur'an
حصنتك باسم الله يا وطن	ḥaṣnatuki bismillah yā waṭan	I made you stronger in God's name, oh homeland
بلادي بلادي بلادي بلادي	bilādīy, bilādīy, bilādīy, bilādīy,	My country, My country, My country, My country
حماك الله شرور الزمان	ḥamāki illāhu šurūr a'zamāni	God has protected you from the evils of the time
أقسمنا أن نبني نعمل	aqsamnā an nabnī n‘amalu	We have sworn to build and work
نعمل نخلص نعمل نخلص	n‘amalu nuḫliṣ n‘amal nuḫliṣ	Work sincerely, work sincerely
مهما عشنا نخلص نخلص	mahmā ‘ašna nuḫliṣ nuḫliṣ	As long as we live, we will be sincere
دام الأمان و عاش العلم يا إماراتنا	dām alamān wa ‘āš al-‘ālamu yā al-imārātinā	The safety has lasted and the flag has lived oh our Emirates
رمز العروبة	ramzul ‘arūbati	The symbol of Arabism
كلنا نفديك بالدما نرويك	kullunā nafdīki bidimā nurwīki	We all sacrifice for you, we supply you with our blood
نفديك بالأرواح يا وطن	nafdīki bil-arwāḥi yā waṭan	We sacrifice for you with our souls oh homeland

[edit] External links

Instrumental version of "Tahiat Alalam" in RealAudio
Himnuszok - A vocal version of the Anthem, featured in Pawel Ciupak's "Himnuszok" website.
YouTube - A professionally produced video that uses a hummed version of the National Anthem, posted on YouTube by "jihaaad".