Ardulfurataini Watan

أرض الفراتين

English: The Land of The Two Rivers
Ardulfurataini Watan
National anthem of Iraq
Lyrics	Shafiq Alkamali
Music	Walid Georges Gholmieh
Adopted	1981
Relinquished	2004

"Ardulfurataini Watan" (The Land of The Two Rivers) (Arabic: أرض الفراتين‎‎) is the old national anthem of Iraq.

The anthem was adopted in 1981, written by Shafiq Alkamali with music by Walid Georges Gholmieh. After the ousting of the Saddam Hussein government in 2004, the Iraqi government selected a new national anthem, Mawtini.

Arabic Text وطن مد على الأفق جناحا وارتدى مجد الحضارات وشاحا بوركت أرض الفراتين وطن عبقري المجد عزما و سماحا هذه الأرض لهيب و سنا و شموخ لا تدانيه سما جبل يسمو على هذه الدنا و سهول جسدت فينا الإبى بابل فينا و آشور لنا و بنا التاريخ يقتد ضيا نحن في الناس جمعنا و حدنا غضبة السيف و حلم الأنبياء حين أوقدنا رمال العرب ثورة و حملنا راية التحرير فكرة حين أوقدنا رمال العرب ثورة و حملنا راية التحرير فكرة منذ أن لز مثنى الخيل مهره و صلاح الدين غطاها رماحا وطن مد على الأفق جناحا وارتدى مجد الحضارات وشاحا بوركت أرض الفراتين وطن عبقري المجد عزما و سماحا وطن مد على الأفق جناحا وارتدى مجد الحضارات وشاحا بوركت أرض الفراتين وطن عبقري المجد عزما و سماحا قسما بالسيف و القول الأبي و صهيل الخيل عند الطلب قسما بالسيف و القول الأبي و صهيل الخيل عند الطلب إننا سور مداها الأرحب و هدير الشعب يوم النوب أورثتنا البيد رايات النبي و السجايا و الشموخ اليعربي مجدي جزلا بلاد العرب نحن أشرقنا فيا شمس أغربي الجباه السمر بشر و محبة و صمود شق للإنسان دربه الجباه السمر بشر و محبة و صمود شق للإنسان دربه أيها القائد للعلياء شعبه اجعل الآفاق للصولات ساحة وطن مد على الأفق جناحا وارتدى مجد الحضارات وشاحا بوركت أرض الفراتين وطن عبقري المجد عزما و سماحا وطن مد على الأفق جناحا وارتدى مجد الحضارات وشاحا بوركت أرض الفراتين وطن عبقري المجد عزما و سماحا يا سرايا البعث يا أسد العرين يا شموخ العز و المجد التليد يا سرايا البعث يا أسد العرين يا شموخ العز و المجد التليد ازحفي كالهول للنصر المبين و ابعثي في أرضنا عهد الرشيد نحن جيل البذل فجر الكادحين يا رحاب المجد عدنا من جديد أمة تبني بعزم لا يلين و شهيد يقتفي خطو شهيد شعبنا الجبار زهو و انطلاق و قلاع العز يبنيها الرفاق شعبناالجبار زهو و انطلاق و قلاع العز يبنيها الرفاق دمت للعرب ملاذا يا عراق و شموسا تجعل الليل صباحا وطن مد على الأفق جناحا وارتدى مجد الحضارات وشاحا بوركت أرض الفراتين وطن عبقري المجد عزما و سماحا وطن مد على الأفق جناحا وارتدى مجد الحضارات وشاحا بوركت أرض الفراتين وطن عبقري المجد عزما و سماحا

Latin Alphabet Transliteration Watanun Mada ala'al ofki janaha Wartada majd alhadharati wishaha Bwurikat Ardulfurataini Watan Abkarial majd a'azman wa samaha Hathihi al Ardh lahib wa sana Wa shmokhon la todanihi sama'a Jabalun yasmo ala hathi aldona Wa soholon jassadat feena el eba Babel fina wa Ashoron lana Wa bina altarekh yagtado dhiy'a Nahno filnas jama'ana wahdana Ghatbatal Sayfi wa hilm al anbia Hina asha'alna rimalal urbi thawra Wa hamalna Rayatal tahrir fikra Hina asha'alna rimalal urbi thawra Wa hamalna Rayatal tahrir fikra Montho an laza muthanna alkhayl mohrah Wa Salahoddin ghattaha rimaha Watanun Mada Ala'al ofki janaha Wartada majd alhadharati wishaha Bwurikat Ardulfurataini Watan Abkarial majd a'azman wa samaha Watanun Mada Ala'al ofki janaha Wartada majd alhadharati wishaha Bwurikat Ardulfurataini Watan Abkarial majd a'azman wa samaha Qasaman bel sayfi wal qawli alabi Wa saheel el khayli endal talabi Qasaman bel sayfi wal qawli alabi Wa saheel el khayli endal talabi Innana soro himaaha al arhabi Wa hadeer al sha'ab yomal nowabi Thawratal tawhidi wa rayatol nabi Walsajaya walshomokh al ya'arobi Majjidi jazla belada al arabi Nahno ashraqna fia shamsu ughrubi Aljebaho olsomro bishron wa mahabba Wa somodon shakka lelinsani darbah Aljebaho olsomro bishron wa mahabba Wa somodon shakka lelinsani darbah Ayoha al ka'id lela'alyai shabah Eja'ali al aafaak lelsawlati saha Watanun Mada Ala'al ofki janaha Wartada majd alhadharati wishaha Bwurikat Ardulfurataini Watan Abkarial majd a'azman wa samaha Watanun Mada Ala'al ofki janaha Wartada majd alhadharati wishaha Bwurikat Ardulfurataini Watan Abkarial majd a'azman wa samaha Ya saraial ba'athi ya osdal areen Ya shmokhal Ezi wal majil taleed Ya saraial ba'athi ya osdal aleel Ya shmokhal Ezi wal majil taleed Izahafi kalhawli lelnasri el mobeen Waba'athi fi Ardina a'ahdal Rasheed Nahno jeelol bathli fajrul kadihin Ya rihabal majdi odna min jadeed Ommatan tabni bee'azmin la yalean Wa shaheedin yaktafi khatwa shaheed Shabuna aljabbaro zahwon wantilak Wa kela'a elizi yabneehal rifaqu Shabuna aljabbaro zahwon wantilak Wa kela'a elizi yabneehal rifaqu Domta lil orbi malathan Ya Iraq Wa shomosan tajalol layla sabaha Watanun Mada Ala'al ofki janaha Wartada majd alhadharati wishaha Bwurikat Ardulfurataini Watan Abkarial majd a'azman wa samaha Watanun Mada Ala'al ofki janaha Wartada majd alhadharati wishaha Bwurikat Ardulfurataini Watan Abkarial majd a'azman wa samaha

English Translation A Fatherland has extended (its) wing[s] over the horizon, And wore the glory of civilizations as a scarf - Blessed be the land of the two rivers A Fatherland of glorious determination and tolerance. This homeland is made of flame and splendor And pride unmatched by the highest heaven. It is a mountain that rises above the tops of the world And a plain that embodies our pride. Babylon is inherent in us and Assyria is ours, And because of the glory of our background History itself radiates with light, And it is we alone who possess the anger of the sword And the patience of the prophets. When we forged the sands of Arabia into a revolution And bore the flag of history as an ideology When we forged the sands of Arabia into a revolution And bore the flag of history as an ideology Since AlMothanna of Horses charged And Saladin covered it with spears A home land that extended its wings over the horizon, And wore the glory of civilization as a garment - Blessed be the land of the two rivers, A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance. A home land that extended its wings over the horizon, And wore the glory of civilization as a garment - Blessed be the land of the two rivers, A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance. We swear by sword and the speech of pride And the neighing of horses when in duty We swear by sword and the speech of pride And the neighing of horses when in duty We are the wall of its limitless range And the roarings of people in days of war We inherited the flags of the Prophet from desert And the Arabian nature and pride Glorify well the Land of the Arabs We have risen, oh Sun set The tanned foreheads are filled with laughter and love And firmness that cruised for humans their way The tanned foreheads are filled with laughter and love And firmness that cruised for humans their way O you who is leading his people to supreme elevation Make of the horizons our battlefields A home land that extended its wings over the horizon, And wore the glory of civilization as a garment - Blessed be the land of the two rivers, A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance. A home land that extended its wings over the horizon, And wore the glory of civilization as a garment - Blessed be the land of the two rivers, A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance. Oh company of al-Ba'th, you pride of lions, Oh pinnacle of pride and of inherited glory, Oh company of al-Ba'th, you pride of lions, Oh pinnacle of pride and of inherited glory, Advance, like terror, to a certain victory And resurrect the time of al-Rashid in our land! We are a generation who give all and toil to the utmost. Oh expanse of glory, we have returned anew To a nation that we build with unyielding determination. And each martyr follows the footsteps of a former martyr. Our mighty nation is filled with pride and vigour And the comrades build the fortresses of glory. Our mighty nation is filled with pride and vigour And the comrades build the fortresses of glory. May you remain forever a refuge for all the Arabs Oh Iraq And be as suns that turn night into day! A home land that extended its wings over the horizon, And wore the glory of civilization as a garment - Blessed be the land of the two rivers, A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance. A home land that extended its wings over the horizon, And wore the glory of civilization as a garment - Blessed be the land of the two rivers, A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.

External links

• Balerd
• Ardulfurataini Watan (in MP3 format)
• Ardulfurataini Watan (in MIDI format)
• Ardulfurataini Watan Full lyrics in Arabic along with MP3 of singing (Complete MP3)