"an-Nashīd al-Waṭani" (Arabic: النشيد الوطني, lit. 'National Anthem') is the title of the Kuwaitinational anthem written by poet ʾAḥmad Mishārī al-ʿAdwānī with music composed by ʾIbrāhīm al-Ṣūla and arranged by ʾAḥmad ʿAlī. It was first broadcast on 25 February 1978. Prior to 1978, the "" was used.[1]
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/naħmijka jaː watˁanij wa ʃaːhidunaː/
/ʃarʕu lhuda wa lħaqːu raːʔidunaː/
/wa amijrunaː lilizːi qaːʔidunaː/
/rabːu lħamijati sˁaːdiqu lwaʕdi/
/d͡ʒawqa/
Chorus:
Kuwait, my country, may you be safe and glorious!
May you always enjoy good fortune!
You are the cradle of my ancestors,
Who put down its memory.
I
With everlasting symmetry, showing all eternity,
Those Arabs were heavenly,
Kuwait, my country,
May you be safe and glorious!
May you always enjoy good fortune.
Chorus
II
Blessed be my Country a homeland for harmony,
Warded by true sentry giving their soils aptly,
Building high its history, Kuwait,
My country, we're for you my Country,
Chorus
III
Led by faith and loyalty,
With its Amir equally,
Fencing us all fairly, with warm love and verity,
Kuwait, my country,
May you be safe and glorious.
May you always enjoy good fortune!
Notes[]
References[]
^"The National Anthem". Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations. 2017.