Tahiat Alalam

Arabic Emirati Tahiat Alalam ("Ishy Bilady" (عيشي بلادي, Long Live my Nation)) is the national anthem of the United Arab Emirates. (The anthem's music has been official since 1971). The composer of the anthem is Saad Abdel Wahab (Mohammed Abdel Wahab's nephew).

Arabic lyrics

Latin transliteration

ʿĪshī bilādī, ʿāsh ’ittiḥādu ’imārātina
ʿIshti li shaʿbin
Dīnuhu l-’islāmu hadīhu l-qur’ānu
Ḥaṣṣantuki bi smi l-lāhi yā waṭan

Bilādī, bilādī, bilādī, bilādī

Ḥamāki l-lāhu shurūra z-zamāni
’Aqsamnā an nabnī naʿmalu
Naʿmal nukhliṣ naʿmal nukhliṣ naʿmal ʿashna nukhliṣ nukhliṣ
Muhimman ʿishnā nakhlaṣu nakhlaṣu

Dām al-’amān wa ʿāsh al-ʿalamu yā imārātina
Ramzu l-ʿurūbati
Kullunā nafdīki bi d-dimā nurwiki
Nafdīki bi l-’arwāḥi yā waṭan

English translation

Live my country, the unity of our Emirates lives
You have lived for a nation
Whose religion is Islam and guide is the Qur'an
I made you stronger in God's name oh homeland
My country, My country, My country, My country
God has protected you from the evils of the time
We have sworn to build and work
Work sincerely, work sincerely
As long as we live, we'll be sincere sincere
The safety has lasted and the flag has lived oh our Emirates
The symbol of Arabism
We all sacrifice for you, we supply you with our blood
We sacrifice for you with our souls oh homeland

External links

• Instrumental version of "Tahiat Alalam" in RealAudio
• Himnuszok - A vocal version of the Anthem, featured in Pawel Ciupak's "Himnuszok" website.
• YouTube - A professionally produced video that uses a hummed version of the National Anthem, posted on YouTube by "jihaaad".

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