Mawtini

"Mawtini" (; "My Homeland") is the national anthem of Iraq.

The song formerly served as an unofficial anthem of Palestinians and other colonized peoples of the Middle East for much of the 20th century.

Lyrics
Arabic originalTransliterationIPA transcriptionEnglish translation1
[mɑw.tˤɪ.niː mɑw.tˤɪ.niː]
[æl.d͡ʒæ.læː.lʊ wæ‿l.d͡ʒæ.mæː.lʊ wæ‿s.sæ.næː.ʔʊ wæ‿l.bæ.hæː.ʔʊ]
[fɪː rʊ.bæːk fɪː rʊ.bæːk]
[wæ‿l.ħɑ.jæː.tʊ wæ‿n.næ.d͡ʒæː.tʊ wæ‿l.hæ.næː.ʔʊ wɑ‿r.rɑ.d͡ʒæː.ʔʊ]
[fiː hæ.wæːk fiː hæ.wæːk]
[hæl ʔɑ.rɑːk hæl ʔɑ.rɑːk]
𝄆 [sæː.li.mæn mʊ.nɑʕ.ʕɑ.mæn wɑ ɣæː.ni.mæn mʊ.kɑr.rɑ.mæn] 𝄇
[hæl ʔɑ.rɑːk fiː ʕʊ.læːk]
[tæb.lʊ.ɣu‿s.si.mæːk tæb.lʊ.ɣu‿s.si.mæːk]
[mɑw.tˤɪ.niː mɑw.tˤɪ.niː]

2
[mɑw.tˤɪ.niː mɑw.tˤɪ.niː]
[æʃ.ʃæ.bæː.bʊ læn jæ.kɪl.læ hæm.mʊ.hu ʔæn jæs.tɑ.qɪl.læ]
[ʔɑw jæ.biːd ʔɑw jæ.biːd]
[næs.tɑ.qɪː mi.næ‿r.rɑ.dæː wɑ læn næ.kuː.næ lɪ‿l.ʕɪ.dæːʔ]
[kæː‿l.ʕɑ.biːd kæː‿l.ʕɑ.biːd]
[læː nʊ.riːd læː nʊ.riːd]
𝄆 [ðʊl.læ.næː‿l.mu.ʔæb.bæ.dæ wɑ ʕɑj.ʃæ.næː‿l.mʊ.næk.kæ.dæː] 𝄇
[læː nʊ.riːd bæːl nʊ.ʕiːd]
[mæd͡ʒ.dæ.næː‿t.tæ.liːd mæd͡ʒ.dæ.næː‿t.tæ.liːd]
[mɑw.tˤɪ.niː mɑw.tˤɪ.niː]

3
[mɑw.tˤɪ.niː mɑw.tˤɪ.niː]
[æl.ħʊ.sæː.mʊ wæ‿l.jɑ.rɑː.ʕʊ læː‿l.kæ.læː.mʊ wæ‿n.ni.zɑː.ʕʊ]
[rɑm.zʊ.næː rɑm.zʊ.næː]
[mæd͡ʒ.dʊ.næː wɑ ʕɑh.dʊ.næː wɑ wæː.d͡ʒi.bʊn mi.næ‿l.wɑ.fæːʔ]
[jæ.hʊz.zʊ.næː jæ.hʊz.zʊ.næː]
[ʕɪz.zʊn.næː ʕɪz.zʊn.næː]
𝄆 [ɣɑː.jæ.tʊn tʊ.ʃɑr.rɪ.fu wɑ rɑː.jæ.tʊn tʊ.rɑf.rɪ.fʊ] 𝄇
[jæː hæ.næːk fiː ʕʊ.læːk]
[qɑː.hɪ.rɑn ʕɪ.dæːk qɑː.hɪ.rɑn ʕɪ.dæːk]
[mɑw.tˤɪ.niː mɑw.tˤɪ.niː]I
My homeland, my homeland,
Glory and beauty, sublimity and splendour
Are in your hills, are in your hills.
Life and deliverance, pleasure and hope
Are in your air, are in your air.
Will I see you, will I see you?
𝄆 Safely comforted and victoriously honoired. 𝄇
Will I see you in your eminence?
Reaching to the stars, reaching to the stars
My homeland, my homeland.

II
My homeland, my homeland,
The youth will not tire, their goal is your independence
Or they die, or they die.
We will drink from death, and will not be to our enemies
Like slaves, like slaves.
We do not want, we do not want
𝄆 An eternal humiliation, nor a miserable life. 𝄇
We do not want, but we will bring back
Our storied glory, our storied glory.
My homeland, my homeland.

III
My homeland, my homeland,
The sword and the pen, not the talk nor the quarrel
Are our symbols, are our symbols.
Our glory and our covenant, and a faithful duty
Moves us, moves us.
Our glory, our glory,
𝄆 Is an honourable cause, and a waving flag. 𝄇
O, behold you, in your eminence,
Victorious over your enemies, victorious over your enemies.
My homeland, my homeland!

References

Category:Asian anthems
Category:Iraqi culture