Ishy Bilady

"Ishy Bilady" (Arabic: عيشي بلادي‎, lit. 'Long Live my Country') is the national anthem of the United Arab Emirates (Arabic: النشيد الوطني الإماراتي‎, romanized: an-Nashīd al-Waṭanī al-ʾImārātī, lit. '"Emirati National Anthem"'). It was officially accepted as the national anthem of the United Arab Emirates after the formation of the country in 1971.[1]

ʿĪshī Bilādī
English: 'Long Live my Nation'
النشيد الوطني الإماراتي
National anthem of the UAE
Also known as"Īshī Bilādī" (English: "Long Live my Nation")
LyricsʿĀrif al-Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥassan, 1986
MusicSaad Abdel Wahab, 1971
Adopted1971
1986 (with lyrics)
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"ʿĪshī Bilādī" (instrumental)
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History and use

After the country's formal nationalisation in 1971, Egyptian composer Saad Abdel Wahab -- a nephew of famous Egyptian composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab-- created the melody for "ʿĪshī Bilādī" in that same year; however, the anthem did not have lyrics until 1986, which were written by ʿĀrif al-Shaykh.[1][2]

Lyrics
Arabic original MSA Romanization Phonemic transcription (IPA) English translation
عيشي بلادي عاش اتحاد إماراتنا

عشت لشعب دينه الإسلام هديه القرآن
حصنتك باسم الله يا وطن
بلادي بلادي بلادي بلادي
حماك الإله شرور الزمان
أقسمنا أن نبني نعمل
نعمل نخلص نعمل نخلص
مهما عشنا نخلص نخلص
دام الأمان وعاش العلم يا إماراتنا
رمز العروبة
كلنا نفديكِ بالدماء نرويكِ

نفديك بالأرواح يا وطن[2][3]

ʿĪšī bilādī ʿaš itaḥādu ʾimārātinā
ʿIšti lišʿabin dīnuhu l-ʾislāmu hadīhu l-qurʾānu
Ḥaṣnatuka bismillah yā waṭan
Bilādī bilādī bilādī bilādī
Ḥamāki l-ʾilāhu šurūra z-zamān
ʾAqsamnā ʾan nabnī naʿmal
Naʿmal nuxliṣ naʿmal nuxliṣ
Mahmā ʿašna nuxliṣ nuxliṣ
Dām al-ʾamān wa ʿāš al-ʿalam yā ʾimārātinā
Ramzu l-ʿarūbati
Kullunā nafdīki bid-dimāʾ narwīki
Nafdīka bil-ʾarwāḥi yā waṭan

/ʕijʃij bilaːdij ʕaʃ itaħaːdu ʔimaːraːtinaː/
/ʕiʃti liʃʕabin dijnuhul ʔislaːmu hadijhul qurʔaːnu/
/ħasˁnatuka bismilːah jaː watˁan/
/bilaːdij bilaːdij bilaːdij bilaːdij/
/ħamaːki lʔilaːhu ʃuruwra zːamaːn/
/ʔaqsamnaː ʔan nabnij naʕmal/
/naʕmal nuxlisˁ naʕmal nuxlisˁ/
/mahmaː ʕaʃna nuxlisˁ nuxlisˁ/
/daːm alʔamaːn wa ʕaːʃ alʕalam jaː ʔimaːraːtinaː/
/ramzul ʕaruwbati/
/kulːunaː nafdijki bidimaːʔ narwijki/
/nafdijka bilʔarwaːħi jaː watˁan/

Long 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.
Allah 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 will be sincere.
The safety has lasted and the flag has lived—oh, our Emirates!
The symbol of Arabism:
We all sacrifice for you and give you our blood;
We sacrifice for you with our souls—oh, homeland!

References
  1. "United Arab Emirates". nationalanthems.info.
  2. "Pride of poet who penned the words of UAE national anthem". The National. November 25, 2013.
  3. "عارف الشيخ.. مبدع النشيد الوطني الإماراتي". بوابة العين الاخبارية. 2017-12-02.
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