{{Short description|National anthem of North Yemen from 1978 to 1990}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox anthem | title = {{lang|ar|إرادة أمة}} | transcription = {{lang|ar-latn|ʾIrādāt ʾumma}} | english_title = A Nation's Will | alt_title = | en_alt_title = | image = File:North Yemen anthem audio.mp3 | caption = Instrumental recording of the anthem | prefix = National | country = the [[Yemen Arab Republic]] | author = Ahmed al-Amari | lyrics_date = | composer = Ali al-Ansi | adopted = {{Start date and age|1978|07|18|df=yes}} | until = {{Start date and age|1990|05|22|df=yes}} ([[Yemeni unification|Unification of Yemen]]) | predecessor = "[[Peace to the Land]]" | successor = "[[National anthem of Yemen|United Republic]]" | sound = | sound_title = }} {{National anthems of Yemen}}
"'''A Nation's Will'''" ({{langx|ar|إرادة أمة}} {{Transliteration|ar|ʾIrādāt ʾumma}}) was the national anthem of the [[Yemen Arab Republic]] from 1978 to 1990. The anthem was introduced to replace the old national anthem "Peace to the Land". It was eventually replaced by "[[National anthem of Yemen|United Republic]]", following the [[Yemeni unification]].<ref>{{cite web|title=North Yemen (1978–1990)|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/yen.htm|access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>
==Lyrics== {| class="wikitable" ![[Arabic]] original ![[Romanization of Arabic]] !English translation |- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" |<poem>{{small|''':كورال'''}} 𝄆 في ظل راية ثورتي أعلنت جمهوريتي 𝄇 يمني السعيدة منيتي إني وهبتك مهجتي بعزيمتي بإرادتي أنهيت عهد الظلمة وبقوتي وبوحدتي حققت حلم الأمة ومضيت نحو القمة والله بارك وثبتي
'''١''' 𝄆 هيهات شعبي يستكين شعبي محا ظلم السنين 𝄇 وأباد كل الظالمين 𝄆 ليعيش مرفوع الجبين 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''كورال'''}}}}
'''٢''' 𝄆 وطني وصوتك في فمي يعلو وحبك في دمي 𝄇 لا لن تعود لتنتمي 𝄆 أبدا لعصر المجرمين 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''كورال'''}}}}
'''٣''' 𝄆 هتافنا عبر الزمن لبيك يا أرض اليمن 𝄇 لبيك يا أغلى وطن 𝄆 نفديك من كل المحن 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''كورال'''}}}}
'''٤''' 𝄆 في ثورتي حريتي والحكم حكم الأمة 𝄇 هذي إرادة أمتي 𝄆 أشدو بها في فرحتي 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''كورال'''}}}}
'''٥''' 𝄆 قسماً برب العزة قسماً بمجد عروبتي 𝄇 أني سأحمي ثورتي 𝄆 وأصون جمهوريتي 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''كورال'''}}}}</poem> |<poem>{{small|'''Kūrāl:'''}} 𝄆 Fī ẓill rāyah thawratī ʾAuʿlanit jumhūrīyatī 𝄇 Yamanī s-sʿīdati munīyatī ʾInī wahabtak muhjatī Baʿzīmatī bi-ʾrādatī ʾAnhīt ʾahd aẓ-ẓulmati Wa-b-qūwatī wa-b-waḥdatī Ḥaqqaqat ḥulm al-ʾamati Wa-maḍayt naḥw-al-qimmati Wallāh bārak wathbatī
'''1''' 𝄆 Hayhāta shaʿbī yastakīn Shaʿbī maḥā zulm as-sinīn 𝄇 Wa-ʾabāda kull aẓ-ẓālimīn 𝄆 Liyaʿasha marfūʿ al-jabīn 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Kūrāl'''}}}}
'''2''' 𝄆 Waṭanī waṣūtuk fī famiyī Yaʿlū waḥabaka fī damiyī 𝄇 La lan taʿawwud litantamī 𝄆 ʾAbadan laʿaṣr al-mujrimīn 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Kūrāl'''}}}}
'''3''' 𝄆 Hutāfunā ʿabra z-zaman Labbayka yā ʾarḍ al-yaman 𝄇 Labbayka yā ʾagllā waṭan 𝄆 Nafidīk min kulli l-miḥan 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Kūrāl'''}}}}
'''4''' 𝄆 Fī thawratī ḥuriyatī Wa-l-ḥukm ḥukm al-ʾummati 𝄇 Hadhī ʾirādah ʾummati 𝄆 Shidū bihā fī farḥatī 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Kūrāl'''}}}}
'''5''' 𝄆 Qassaman birab al-ʿizzati Qassaman bimajd ʿurūbatī 𝄇 ʾAnnī saʾaḥmī thawratī 𝄆 Wa-ʾaṣūna jumhūriyatī 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Kūrāl'''}}}}</poem> |<poem>{{small|'''Chorus:'''}} 𝄆 Under the auspices of the banner of my revolution I have declared my republic 𝄇 My happy Yemen is my aspiration I have sacrificed for you my life With my will and determination I have terminated the era of darkness And with strength and my unity I have achieved the dream of my people And marched towards the summit And Allah blessed my awakening
'''1''' 𝄆 My people shall never be submissive My people have erased the injustice of the years 𝄇 And finished all the ants 𝄆 In order to live with pride 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}
'''2''' 𝄆 My homeland and your voice in my mouth Is sweetened and your love in my blood 𝄇 No never will you return to be 𝄆 Under an era of darkness 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}
'''3''' 𝄆 Our shouts through the time Here we are oh land of Yemen 𝄇 Here we are oh the precious country 𝄆 We shall protect you from all the ordeals 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}
'''4''' 𝄆 In my revolution is my freedom And the rule is the rule of the people 𝄇 This is my the will of my people 𝄆 I sing it with pride 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}
'''5''' 𝄆 I swear by the Almighty Allah I swear with the honour of my Arabism 𝄇 That I will protect my revolution 𝄆 And will preserve my Republic 𝄇
{{yesitalic|{{small|'''Chorus'''}}}}</poem> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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