Iraq National Anthem
موطني
Mawtini
My Homeland
1934
2004
Ibrahim Touqan
Mohammed Flayfel
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Key Facts
- 1. The lyrics were written by a Palestinian poet and the music by a Lebanese composer, so neither author was Iraqi when Iraq adopted the song in 2004.
- 2. Composer Mohammed Flayfel, with his brother Ahmad, also wrote the music for Humat ad-Diyar, the anthem Syria adopted in 1938.
- 3. Mawtini long served as an unofficial anthem of the Palestinians until the PLO adopted Fida'i, and many Palestinians still regard it as a second, unofficial anthem.
- 4. Mawtini is the fifth national anthem Iraq has had since the 1920s, after a wordless royal anthem, a wordless republican march by Lewis Zanbaka that was also called Mawtini, the Egyptian song Walla Zaman Ya Selahy and Ardulfurataini Watan.
Iraq National Anthem Lyrics
مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِي
الجَلَالُ وَالجَمَالُ وَالسَّنَاءُ وَالبَهَاءُ
فِي رُبَاكْ، فِي رُبَاكْ
وَالحَيَاةُ وَالنَّجَاةُ وَالهَنَاءُ وَالرَّجَاءُ
فِي هَوَاكْ، فِي هَوَاكْ
هَلْ أَرَاكْ، هَلْ أَرَاكْ
سَالِمًا مُنَعَّمًا وَغَانِمًا مُكَرَّمًا
هَلْ أَرَاكْ فِي عُلَاكْ
تَبْلُغُ السِّمَاكْ، تَبْلُغُ السِّمَاكْ
مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِي
مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِي
الشَّبَابُ لَنْ يَكِلَّ هَمُّهُ أَنْ يَسْتَقِلَّ
أَوْ يَبِيدْ، أَوْ يَبِيدْ
نَسْتَقِي مِنَ الرَّدَى وَلَنْ نَكُونَ لِلْعِدَى
كَالعَبِيدْ، كَالعَبِيدْ
لَا نُرِيدْ، لَا نُرِيدْ
ذُلَّنَا المُؤَبَّدَا وَعَيْشَنَا المُنَكَّدَا
لَا نُرِيدْ بَلْ نُعِيدْ
مَجْدَنَا التَّلِيدْ، مَجْدَنَا التَّلِيدْ
مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِي
مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِي
الحُسَامُ وَاليَرَاعُ لَا الكَلَامُ وَالنِّزَاعُ
رَمْزُنَا، رَمْزُنَا
مَجْدُنَا وَعَهْدُنَا وَوَاجِبٌ مِنَ الوَفَاء
يَهُزُّنَا، يَهُزُّنَا
عِزُّنَا، عِزُّنَا
غَايَةٌ تُشَرِّفُ وَرَايَةٌ تُرَفْرِفُ
يَا هَنَاكْ فِي عُلَاكْ
قَاهِرًا عِدَاكْ، قَاهِرًا عِدَاكْ
مَوْطِنِي مَوْطِنِي
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialA poem first, an anthem second. Palestinian poet Ibrahim Touqan wrote Mawtini, usually dated to 1934, and Lebanese composer Mohammed Flayfel set it to music. For decades it circulated across the Arab world as a shared patriotic song. Iraq adopted Mawtini in 2004, after the fall of the Ba'ath regime the year before, replacing Ardulfurataini Watan, the Saddam-era anthem from 1981.
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Sources & References
- About Iraq . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq
- About Iraq, Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, Ankara . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq
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