# Ḥumāt ad-Diyār

"Ḥumāt ad-Diyār" (Arabic: حماة الديار, lit. 'Guardians of the Homeland') was written as the national anthem of Syria, with lyrics written by Khalil Mardam Bey and the music by Mohammed Flayfel, who also composed the national anthem of Iraq as well as many other Arab folk songs.

## History

It was adopted in 1938 after a national competition was held by Hashim al-Atassi's nationalist Syrian government to choose a state anthem for the new republic two years after the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence was signed which gave Syria limited autonomy and future independence. The anthem was initially set to lose the competition, but it later won the competition after it gained rapid popularity amongst the Syrian population which put pressure on the competition's committee to reconsider its decisions, and eventually the anthem won and was adopted by the government as Syria's national anthem.
| Arabic script | Romanization (EALL) | IPA transcription |
| ١ حُـمَاةَ الـدِّيَارِ عَلَيْكُمْ سَـلَامْ أَبَتْ أَنْ تَـذِلَّ النُّفُـوْسُ الْكِرَام عَـرِيْنُ الْعُرُوْبَةِ بَيْتٌ حَـرَام وَعَرْشُ الشُّمُوْسِ حِمَىً لَّا يُضَامْ 𝄇 رُبُوْعُ الشَّـآمِ بُـرُوْجُ الْعَـلَا تُحَاكِي السَّـمَاءَ بِعَـالِي السَّـنَا 𝄆 فَأَرْضٌ زَهَتْ بِالشُّمُوْسِ الْوِضَا سَـمَاءٌ لَعَمْـرُكَ أَوْ كَالسَّـمَا ٢ رَفِيْـفُ الْأَمَانِيْ وَخَفْـقُ الْفُؤادْ عَـلٰى عَـلَمٍ ضَمَّ شَـمْلَ الْبِلَادْ أَمَا فِيْهِ مِنْ كُـلِّ عَـيْنٍ سَـوَادْ وَمِـنْ دَمِ كُـلِّ شَـهِيْدٍ مِـدَادْ؟ 𝄇 نُفُـوْسٌ أُبَـاةٌ وَمَـاضٍ مَجِيْـد وَرُوْحُ الْأَضَاحِيْ رَقِيْبٌ عَـتِيْد 𝄆 فَمِـنَّا الْوَلِيْـدُ وَ مِـنَّا الرَّشِـيْد فَلِـمْ لَا نَسُـوْدُ وَلِمْ لَا نَشِيْد؟ | I Ḥumāt ad-diyāri ʿalaykum salām ʾAbat ʾan taḏilla n-nufūsu l-kirām ʿArīnu l-ʿurūbati baytun ḥarām Wa-ʿaršu š-šumūsi ḥiman lā yuḍām 𝄆 Rubūʿu š-šaʾāmi burūju l-ʿalā Tuḥākī s-samāʾa bi-ʿālī s-sanā 𝄇 Fa-ʾarḍun zahat bi-š-šumūsi l-wiḍā Samāʾun la-ʿamruka ʾaw ka-s-samā II Rafīfu l-ʾamānī wa-xafqu l-fuʾād ʿAla ʿalamin ḍamma šamla l-bilād ʾAmā fīhi min kulli ʿaynin sawād Wa-min dami kulli šahīdin midād? 𝄆 Nufūsun ʾubātun wa-māḍin majīd Wa-rūḥu l-ʾaḍāḥī raqībun ʿatīd 𝄇 Fa-minnā l-Walīdu wa-minnā r-Rashīd Fa-lim lā nasūdu wa-lim lā nashīd? | 1 [ħʊ.mæːt æd.di.jæː.ri ʕɑ.læj.kʊm sæ.læːm] [ʔæ.bæt ʔæn tæ.ðɪl.læ‿n.nʊ.fuː.sʊ‿l.ki.rɑːm] [ʕɑ.riː.nʊ‿l.ʕʊ.ruː.bæ.ti bæj.tʊn ħɑ.rɑːm] [wɑ ʕɑr.ʃʊ‿ʃ.ʃʊ.muː.sɪ ħɪ.mæn læː jʊ.dˤɑːm] 𝄆 [rʊ.buː.ʕʊ‿ʃ.ʃæ.ʔæː.mi bʊ.ruː.ʒʊ.l‿ʕɑ.læː] [tʊ.ħæː.kiː‿s.sæ.mæː.ʔæ bɪ.ʕɑː.liː‿s.sæ.næː] 𝄇 [fɑ.ʔɑr.dˤʊn zæ.hæt bɪʃ.ʃʊ.muː.sɪ‿l.wɪ.dˤɑ] [sæ.mæː.ʔʊn læ.ʕɑm.ru.kæ ʔæw kæ‿s.sæ.mæː] 2 [rɑ.fiː.fʊ‿l.ʔæ.mæː.ni wɑ χɑf.qʊ‿l.fu.ʔæːd] [ʕɑ.læː ʕɑ.læ.mɪn dˤɑm.mæ ʃæm.læ‿l.bi.læːd] [ʔæ.mæː fiː.hi mɪn kʊl.lɪ ʕɑj.nɪn sæ.wæːd] [wæ mɪn dæ.mi kʊl.li ʃæ.hiː.dɪn mi.dæːd] 𝄆 [nʊ.fuː.sʊn ʔu.bæː.tʊn wɑ mɑː.dˤɪn mæ.ʒiːd] [wɑ ruː.hʊ‿l.ʔɑ.dˤɑː.ħɪ rɑ.qɪː.bʊn ʕɑ.tiːd] 𝄇 [fæ.mɪn.næː‿l.wæ.liː.du wæ mɪn.næː‿r.ræ.ʃiːd] [fæ.lɪm læː næ.suː.du wæ lɪm læː næ.ʃiːd] |

### Post-Assad regime

On 18 January 2025, the Syrian Football Association announced to FIFA that it would make a series of changes when appearing in football matches. Among these changes, this included a new anthem, "Fī Sabīli al-Majd" ('In Pursuit of Glory') by the poet Omar Abu Risha, serving as a temporary national anthem of the side until a solution for the previous anthem be solved.