Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan

"Naḥnu Jund Allāh Jund al-Waṭan" (Arabic: نحن جند الله جند الوطن‎; English: "We are the Soldiers of God, the Soldiers of Homeland") is the national anthem of Sudan. The words were written by the poet Ahmed Mohammed Saleh and the tune was composed by Ahmed Morjan in 1955.[1]

Naḥnu Jund Allāh Jund al-Waṭan
English: "We are the Soldiers of God, the Soldiers of our Homeland"
نحن جند الله جند الوطن
National anthem of  Sudan
LyricsAhmad Muhammad Salih
MusicAhmad Murjan, 1955
Adopted1 January 1956 (1956)
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"Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan" (instrumental)
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History

The current national anthem of Sudan was originally the organizational anthem of the Sudan Defence Force prior to independence. The poem "We are the Soldiers of God, the Soldiers of Homeland" was chosen among other poems that participated in a general competition about poetic works praising the strength of the Sudan Defence Force in 1955. When Sudan gained independence in 1956, the first four verses of the poem were chosen to be the national anthem.

Lyrics
Arabic Transliteration English translation

نحن جند الله جند الوطن إن دعا داعي الفداء لم نخن

نتحدى الموت عند المحن نشتري المجد بأغلى ثمن

هذه الأرض لنا فليعش سوداننا علماً بين الأمم

يا بني السودان هذا رمزكم يحمل العبء ويحمي أرضكم

Naḥnu jundu Llāh jundu l-waṭan In daʿā dāʿī l-fidā' lam nakhun

Nataḥaddā l-mawt ʿinda l-miḥan, nashtarī l-majd bi-'aghlā thaman

Hadhihī l-'arḍu lanā fa-la-yaʿīsh Sūdānunā, ʿalaman baina l-'umam

Yā banī s-Sudān, hādhā ramzukum yaḥmilu l-'uʿba′ wa yaḥmī arḍakum

We are soldiers of god soldiers of the homeland, if called for redemption we will not betray

We defy death upon ordeals, we buy glory at the most expensive price

This land is ours long live our Sudan, an edifice among the nations

O Sons of the Sudan this is your symbol, carries the burden and protecting your land

Tune

References
  1. "Sudan – nationalanthems.info".


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