Bilady, Bilady, Bilady
"Belâdi, lake Ħobbi wa Fuʾâdi" (Arabic: بلادي لك حبي و فؤادي, lit. 'My homeland, you have my love and my heart') is the national anthem of Egypt, composed by Sayed Darwish and written by Muhammad Yunis al-Qadi. It was adopted in 1979.[1]
| English: My homeland, you have my love and my heart | |
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| بلادي، لك حبي و فؤادي | |
National anthem of  | |
| Lyrics | Muhammad Yunis al-Qadi, 1878 |
| Music | Sayed Darwish, 1923 |
| Adopted | 1923 1952 (unofficial) 1979 (official) |
| Preceded by | "Wallāh Zamān Yā Silāḥī" |
| Audio sample | |
"My homeland, you have my love and my heart" (instrumental)
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Lyrics
Arabic lyrics
Arabic script |
Roman Arabic |
Standard Arabic phonemic transcription in IPA |
كورال: |
Kural: |
/kuː.raːl/ |
English translation
Chorus:
My homeland, my homeland, my homeland
You have my love and my heart.
My homeland, my homeland, my homeland
You have my love and my heart.
I
Egypt! O mother of all countries,
You are my hope and my ambition,
And above all people,
Your Nile has countless graces!
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II
Egypt! Most precious gem,
A blaze on the brow of eternity!
O my homeland, be for ever free,
Safe from every enemy!
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III
Egypt, noble are thy children.
Loyal, and guardians of the reins.
Be we at war or peace
We will sacrifice ourselves for you, my homeland.
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History
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The lyrics were written by Mohamed Younis al-Qady and Sayed Darwish composed the music and maintained close ties with early leaders of the national movement for independence in Egypt, such as Mustafa Kamel. In fact, the chorus of Egypt's national anthem was derived from one of Kamel's most famous speeches.[3][4]
Egypt's first national anthem dated back to 1869 when a royal anthem was composed to honor the monarch. It is unclear how long this anthem was in use. Although the monarchy was deposed in 1952, the anthem was used as part of the anthem of the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1958.[5]
See also
References
- General
- el Ansary, Nasser (2001). "Le salut national" [The national anthem]. L'Encyclopédie des souverains d'Égypte des pharaons à nos jours [The Encyclopedia of rulers of Egypt from the Pharaohs until today] (in French). Alleur: Éditions du Perron. pp. 148–152. ISBN 978-2-87114-173-0. OCLC 48965345.
- Specific
- "Egypt National Anthem". Egypt Cairo. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- النشيد الوطني [The National Anthem] (in Arabic). Egypt State Information Service. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- "Comments on About Muashah and Discovered". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-08-27.
- Egypt - nationalanthems.info
- Egypt (1869-1960) - nationalanthems.info Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Egypt: Bilady, Bilady, Bilady - Audio of the national anthem of Egypt, with information and lyrics
- "Sheet music for Bilady, Bilady, Bilady and Egypt's previous national anthems" (PDF) (in Arabic). Egypt State Information Service. Archived from the original (PDF, 1.84 MB) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
