# Surudi Milli

"Surudi Milliy" is the national anthem of Tajikistan, officially adopted on 7 September 1994. It is derived from the anthem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, composed by Sulaymon Yudakov in 1946.

## History

Upon the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Tajikistan retained the Soviet-era regional anthem, lyrics and all, as its national anthem for a time before replacing the lyrics in 1994. This was in contrast to other former Soviet states like Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan that appropriated their old Soviet-era regional anthems as national ones but did so without the Soviet-era lyrics.
The lyrics were written by Gulnazar Keldi, and the music was composed by Sulaymon Yudakov. The melody is the same as that of the Tajik SSR anthem.

## Lyrics

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| Диёри арҷманди мо, Ба бахти мо сари азизи ту баланд бод, Саодати ту, давлати ту бегазанд бод. Зи дурии замонаҳо расидаем, Ба зери парчами ту саф кашидаем, кашидаем. Зинда бош, эй Ватан, Тоҷикистони озоди ман! Барои ному нанги мо Ту аз умеди рафтагони мо нишонаӣ, Ту баҳри ворисон ҷаҳони ҷовидонаӣ, Хазон намерасад ба навбаҳори ту, Ки мазраи вафо бувад канори ту, канори ту. Зинда бош, эй Ватан, Тоҷикистони озоди ман! Ту модари ягонаӣ, Бақои ту бувад бақои хонадони мо, Мароми ту бувад мароми ҷисму ҷони мо, Зи ту саодати абад насиби мост, Ту ҳастиву ҳама ҷаҳон ҳабиби мост, ҳабиби мост. Зинда бош, эй Ватан, Тоҷикистони озоди ман! | [dɪ.ˈjɔ.ɾɪ ɐɹd͡ʒ(ʊ).ˈman.dɪ mɔ |] [ba ˈbaχ.tʰɪ mɔ ˈsa.ɾɪ ʔɐ.ˈzi.zɪ tʰu bɐ.ˈland bɔd |] [sɐ.ʔɔ.ˈda.tʰɪ tʰu dɐʋ.ˈla.tʰɪ tʰu be.gɐ.ˈzand bɔd ‖] [zɪ du.ˈɾɪ.ɪ zɐ.mɔ.nɐ.ˈhɔ rɐ.si.ˈda.jem |] [ba ˈze.ɾɪ pʰɐɹ.ˈt͡ʃʰa.mɪ tʰu saf 𝄆 kʰɐ.ʃi.ˈda.jem 𝄇 ‖] [zɪn.ˈda bɔʃ | ej ʋɐ.ˈtʰan |] [tʰɔ.d͡ʒi.kʰɪs.ˈtʰɔ.nɪ ɔ.ˈzɔ.dɪ man ‖] [bɐ.ˈɾɔ.ɪ ˈnɔ.m‿ʊ ˈnaŋ.gɪ mɔ |] [tʰu az ʊ.ˈme.dɪ rɐf.tʰɐ.ˈgɔ.nɪ mɔ nɪ.ʃɔ.nɐ.ˈi |] [tʰu ˈbɐɦ.ɾɪ ʋɔ.ɾɪ.ˈsɔn d͡ʒɐ.ˈhɔ.nɪ d͡ʒɔ.ʋɪ.dɔ.nɐ.ˈi |] [χɐ.ˈzɔn nɐ.me.ɾɐ.ˈsad ba nɐʋ.bɐ.ˈhɔ.ɾɪ tʰu |] [kʰɪ mɐz.ˈɾa.ʔɪ ʋɐ.ˈfɔ bʊ.ˈʋad 𝄆 kʰɐ.ˈnɔ.ɾɪ tʰu 𝄇 ‖] [zɪn.ˈda bɔʃ | ej ʋɐ.ˈtʰan |] [tʰɔ.d͡ʒi.kʰɪs.ˈtʰɔ.nɪ ɔ.ˈzɔ.dɪ man ‖] [tʰu mɔ.ˈda.ɾɪ jɐ.gɔ.nɐ.ˈi |] [bɐ.ˈqɔ.ɪ tʰu bʊ.ˈʋad bɐ.ˈqɔ.ɪ χɔ.nɐ.ˈdɔ.nɪ mɔ |] [mɐ.ˈɾɔ.mɪ tʰu bʊ.ˈʋad mɐ.ˈɾɔ.mɪ ˈd͡ʒɪs.m‿ʊ ˈd͡ʒɔ.nɪ mɔ |] [zɪ tʰu sɐ.ʔɔ.ˈda.tʰɪ ɐ.ˈbad nɐ.ˈsi.bɪ mɔst |] [tʰu hɐs.ˈtʰɪ.ʋ‿ʊ hɐ.ˈma d͡ʒɐ.ˈhɔn 𝄆 hɐ.ˈbi.bɪ mɔst 𝄇 ‖] [zɪn.ˈda bɔʃ | ej ʋɐ.ˈtʰan |] [tʰɔ.d͡ʒi.kʰɪs.ˈtʰɔ.nɪ ɔ.ˈzɔ.dɪ man ‖] |
| Bukhori alphabet | Roman alphabet |
| דיאר ארג׳מנד מא ‎בה בכת מא סר עזיז תו בלנד באד ‎סעאדת תו, דולת תו ביגזנד באד ‎ז דורי זמאנההא רסידהאם ‎בה זיר פרג׳ם תו צפ כשידהאם, כשידהאם זנדה באש, אי וטן ‎תאג׳יכסתאן אזאד מן   ‎בראי נאם וננגי מא ‎תו אז אמיד רפתגאנ תו נשאנהאי ‎תו בהר וארתאן ג׳האן ג׳אודאנהאי ‎כזאן נמירסד בה נובהאר תו ‎כה מזרע ופא בוד כנאר תו, כנאר תו זנדה באש, אי וטן ‎תאג׳יכסתאן אזאד מן   ‎תו מאדר יגאנהאי ‎בקאי תו בוד בקאי כאנדאנ מא ‎מראם תו בוד מראם ג׳סם וג׳אן מא ‎ז תו סעאדת אבד נציב מאסת ‎תו הסתי והמה ג׳האן קביב מאסת, קביב מאסת זנדה באש, אי וטן ‎תאג׳יכסתאן אזאד מן | Diyori arjmandi mo, Ba baxti mo sari azizi tu baland bod, Saodati tu, davlati tu begazand bod. Zi duriyi zamonaho rasidayem, Ba zeri parchami tu saf kashidayem, kashidayem. Zinda bosh, ey Vatan, Tojikistoni ozodi man! Baroyi nomu nangi mo Tu az umedi raftagoni mo nishonaiy, Tu bahri vorison jahoni jovidonaiy, Xazon namerasad ba navbahori tu, Ki mazrayi vafo buvad kanori tu, kanori tu. Zinda bosh, ey Vatan, Tojikistoni ozodi man! Tu modari yagonaiy, Baqoyi tu buvad baqoyi xonadoni mo, Maromi tu buvad maromi jismu joni mo, Zi tu saodati abad nasibi most, Tu hastivu hama jahon habibi most, habibi most. Zinda bosh, ey Vatan, Tojikistoni ozodi man! |