Pakistan National Anthem
قومی ترانہ
Qaumi Taranah
The National Anthem
1952
1954
Hafeez Jalandhari
Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla
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Key Facts
- 1. The tune's first performance at an official event came on 1 March 1950, when a Pakistan Navy band played it, still without words, at Karachi airport for the visiting Shah of Iran
- 2. The anthem's playing time is about 80 seconds
- 3. Its vocabulary is so heavily Persian that it is sometimes said only one word, 'kā' (of), is Urdu; the Urdu scholar Rauf Parekh rejects this, pointing out that although most of its words were borrowed from Arabic or Persian, every one of them is in common Urdu use
Pakistan National Anthem Lyrics
پاک سرزمین شاد باد
کشورِ حُسین شاد باد
تُو نشانِ عزمِ عالیشان
ارضِ پاکستان!
مرکزِ یقین شاد باد
پاک سرزمین کا نظام
قُوّتِ اُخُوّتِ عوام
قوم ، ملک ، سلطنت
پائندہ تابندہ باد!
شاد باد منزلِ مراد
پرچمِ ستارہ و ہلال
رہبرِ ترقّی و کمال
ترجُمانِ ماضی شانِ حال
جانِ اِستقبال!
سایۂ خُدایِ ذوالجلال
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialThe music was composed by Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla. His tune was first chosen as an interim anthem and was played without words at official events from 1950; the federal cabinet approved it as the official tune in 1954 and, on 5 August 1954, approved Hafeez Jalandhari's lyrics without any changes. The anthem is in Urdu, though its vocabulary draws heavily from Persian.
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