Guardians of the Homeland

**National anthem of  Syria**

"**Guardians of the Homeland**" is the national anthem of Syria, written by Khalīl Mardam Bik and composed by Muḥammad Flayfil in 1936 when the Viénot Accords was signed. Two years later, it was adopted as the anthem for twenty years until Syria joined Egypt to form the United Arab Republic. In 1961 when Syria had a coup d'état, the country seceded and this song once again became the national anthem of Syria and has remained since.

This anthem is also used by the Syrian Interim Government.

## Lyrics

### Arabic original

حُـماةَ الـدِّيارِ عليكمْ سـلامْ
ّأبَتْ أنْ تـذِلَّ النفـوسُ الكرامّ
عـرينُ العروبةِ بيتٌ حَـرام
وعرشُ الشّموسِ حِمَىً لا يُضَامْ

𝄇 ربوعُ الشّـآمِ بـروجُ العَـلا
تُحاكي السّـماءَ بعـالي السَّـنا 𝄆
فأرضٌ زهتْ بالشّموسِ الوِضَا
سَـماءٌ لَعَمـرُكَ أو كالسَّـما

رفيـفُ الأماني وخَفـقُ الفؤادْ
عـلى عَـلَمٍ ضَمَّ شَـمْلَ البلادْ
أما فيهِ منْ كُـلِّ عـينٍ سَـوادْ
ومِـن دمِ كـلِّ شَـهيدٍ مِـدادْ؟

𝄇 نفـوسٌ أبـاةٌ ومـاضٍ مجيـدْ
وروحُ الأضاحي رقيبٌ عَـتيدْ 𝄆
فمِـنّا الوليـدُ و مِـنّا الرّشـيدْ
فلـمْ لا نَسُـودُ ولِمْ لا نشيد؟

Ḥumāt ad-diyāri ʿalaykum salām
ʾAbat an-tadhilla n-nufūsu l-kirām
ʿArīnu l-ʿurūbati baytun ḥarām
Wa-ʿarshu sh-shumūsi ḥiman lā yuḍām

𝄆 Rubūʿu sh-shaʾāmi burūju l-ʿalā
Tuḥākī s-samāʾa bi-ʿālī s-sanā 𝄇
Fa-ʾarḍun zahat bi-sh-shumūsi l-wiḍā
Samāʾun la-ʿamruka aw ka-s-samā

Rafīfu l-amānī wa-khafqu l-fuād
ʿAla ʿalamin ḍamma shamla l-bilād
Amā fīhi min kulli ʿaynin sawād
Wa-min dami kulli shahīdin midād?

𝄆 Nufūsun ʾubātun wa-māḍin majīd
Wa-rūḥu l-aḍāhi raqībun ʿatīd 𝄇
Fa-minnā l-walīdu wa-minnā ar-Rashid
Fa-lim lā nasūdu wa-lim lā nashīd?

[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]

[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]

### Syrian version

ܓܢܱܬܪܱܝ ܱܬܪܱܽܬ ܫܠܱܡ ܓܠܷܟܢ

ܠܟܺܠܺ ܢܱܦܫܗ ܝܱܩܽܪܽܬ ܕܢܣܓܪܽܢ

ܡܱܪܒܱܽܓܬ ܓܱܪܒܽܬܽ ܒܱܝܬܝ ܗܗܪܡܽ

ܘܱ-ܓܪܣܽ ܕܫܡܫܗ ܒܝܬܽ ܟܱܤܱ ܠܽ ܢܬܬܱܠܱܡ

ܪܒܓܱܬܽ ܕ-ܫ’ܴܡ ܡܟܕܠܗ ܢܢ ܕܪܱܡܽ

ܒܱܡܓܱܠܝܽܬ ܗܕܪܽ ܢܬܕܱܡܝܽܢ ܠܫܡܱܝܽ

ܬܪܽ ܕܢ ܙ-ܗܺ ܒܫܡܫܗ ܢܱܗܪܬܽ

ܫܡܱܝܽ ܗܽܒܗܱܝܟ ܱܘ ܱܟܡ ܕܫܡܱܝܽ!

ܪܽܗܽܦܽܬ ܤܱܟܗ ܘܱܪܦܽܗܽ ܕܠܒܽ

ܓܷܠܺ ܢܫܽ ܕܠܱܡܕ ܟܢܫܝܽ ܕܱܬܪܱܬܽ

ܠܝܬ ܒܗ ܟܷܝ ܡܷܢ ܟܽܠ ܓܱܝܢܢ ܱܘ ܟܽܡܬܽ

ܘܠܬ ܒܗ ܱܪܱܡܷܢ ܕܡܽ ܕܱܽܟܽܠ ܣܱܗܕܢ ܕܝܬܽ?

ܢܱܦܫܽܬܽ ܪܽܡܽܬܽ ܱܓܒܪܽ ܢܱܣܺܗܽ

ܘܪܗܽ ܕܱܓܠܱܬܽ ܪܩܒܱܘ ܱܬܺܕܽ

ܕܬ ܡܺܢܱܢ ܱܠ-ܘܱܠܺܕ ܱܬܒ ܱܬ ܱܪ-ܪܱܫܺܕ

ܠܽܡܽ ܟܷܝ ܠܽ ܢܫܬܱܠܱܬ ܘܱܠܡܽ ܠܽ ܢܱܩܷܝܡ?

### English version

Guardians of homeland, upon thee be peace,

our ever-proud souls refuse to be seized.

The den of Arabism is our sacred home,

and the throne of our suns will never go down.

The mountains of Syria are towers in height,

which talk with the zenith of the highest skies.

A land that is splendid with brilliant sun,

turning to a sky or almost a sky.

The flutter of our hopes and the beats of our hearts,

depicted on the flag that united our land.

Did we not derive the black from every man's eye,

and from ink of martyrs' blood wrote to the tall sky?

Spirits defiant and past so glorious,

and the martyrs' souls are our guardians.

From us, a nation of souls and bravery,

Thy glory comes from us, my homeland!

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Syria. *NationalAnthems.info*.
2. ↑ The Earth Walkers: Horses & Humans – Our Journey Together on Planet Earth (2019). Goldstein, Helen.