Palestinian National Anthem

Infobox Anthem
title = Biladi
english_title = My Country


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prefix = National
country = PSE
author = Said Al Muzayin
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composer = Ali Ismael
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adopted = 1996
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sound_title =The Palestinian national anthem, "Biladi" ("My Country"), is the national anthem of the Palestinian people, adopted by the Palestinian National Council in 1996, in accordance with Article 31 of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence from 1988. It was written by Said Al Muzayin (aka Fata Al Thawra), and its music was composed by Egyptian maestro Ali Ismael, and it was known as the "Anthem of the Palestinian revolution".

Since 1936, "Mawtini" ("My homeland") Arabic:موطني was unofficially the anthem used by Palestinians, it was written by Ibrahim Touqan and composed by the Lebanese composer Mohammad Flaifel. This should not be confused with "Biladi", the official anthem.

Lyrics of Biladi

rtl-para|ar|بلادي يا أرضي يا أرض الجدود
بلادي بلادي بلادي
يا شعبي يا شعب الخلود
بعزمي وناري وبركان ثأري وأشواق دمي لأرضي وداري
صعدت الجبال
وخضت النضال

قهرت المحال عبرت الحدود
بلادي بلادي
بلادي
يا شعبي يا شعب الخلود

بعزم الرياح ونار السلاح وإصرار شعبي بأرض الكفاح
فلسطين
داري فلسطين ناري فلسطين
ثأري وأرض الصمود
بلادي بلادي
بلادي
يا شعبي يا شعب الخلود

بحق القسم تحت ظل العلم
بأرضي وشعبي ونار الألم
سأحيا فدائي

وأمضي فدائي وأقضي فدائي
الى أن تعود بلادي
بلادي يا شعب الخلود

Latin transliteration

CHORUS:: Biladi Biladi: Biladi ya ardi ya arda al-judoud: Biladi Biladi: Biladi 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

English translation

My country, my land, land of my ancestors
My country, my country, my country
My people, people of perpetuity
With my determination, my fire and the volcano of my revenge
With the longing in my blood for my land and my home
I have climbed the mountains and fought the wars
I have conquered the impossible, and crossed the frontiers
My country, my country, my country
My people, people of perpetuity
With the resolve of the winds and the fire of the guns
And the determination of my nation in the land of struggle
Palestine is my home, Palestine is my fire, Palestine is my revenge and the land of endurance
My country, my country, my country
My people, people of perpetuity
By the oath under the shade of the flag
By my land and nation, and the fire of pain
I will live as a "fida'i"*, I will remain a "fida'i", I will end as a "fida'i" - until my country returns
My country, people of perpetuity.

* "fida'i" = one who risks his life voluntarily; one who sacrifices himself; hence the word fedayeen.

External links

* [http://www.szbszig.atw.hu/palestine.htm Himnuszok] - A vocal version of the Anthem, featured in "Himnuszok" website.
* The [http://intervalsignals.net/countries/west_bank&gaza.htm Interval Signals Online] page for Palestine has a file named "al-Quds Palestinian Arab Radio", which ends with a different vocal version of the Anthem. The anthem starts at around 1:59.