Ishi Biladi

{{Short description|National anthem of the United Arab Emirates}} {{Infobox anthem | title = {{lang|ar|عيشي بلادي}} | transcription = {{Transliteration|ar|ʿĪshī Bilādī|italic=no}} | english_title = Long Live my Country | alt_title = | en_alt_title = | alt_title_2 = | en_alt_title_2 = | image = | image_size = | caption = | prefix = National | country = the United Arab Emirates | author = Arif Sheikh Abdullah Hassan | lyrics_date = 1986 | composer = Saad Abdel Wahab or [[Mohammed Abdel Wahab]] | music_date = 1971 | adopted = 1971<br />1986 (with lyrics) | until = | sound = UAE national anthem.ogg | sound_title = [[U.S. Navy Band]] instrumental rendition in [[F major]] }}

"'''{{translit|ar|ʿĪshī Bilādī|italic=no}}'''"{{efn|{{langx|ar|عيشي بلادي|lit=Long Live my Country}}; {{IPA|ar|ˈʕɪːʃiː biˈlaːdiː|IPA}}}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|ʃ|i|_|b|ɪ|ˈ|l|ɑː|d|i}} {{respell|ISH|ee|_|bil|AHD|ee}}) is the [[national anthem]] of the [[United Arab Emirates]]. It was officially accepted as the national anthem after [[History of the United Arab Emirates#Declaration of union: 1971–1972|the formation of the country]] in December 1971.<ref name="nationalanthems.info">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/ae.htm|title=United Arab Emirates|website=nationalanthems.info}}</ref>

==History and use== It is not clear whether it was the [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[composer]] Saad Abdel Wahab or his uncle, Egyptian composer Alhan Ahammed, who created the melody for the anthem in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/heritage/2022/12/02/the-day-the-uaes-national-anthem-was-heard-for-the-first-time/|title=The day the UAE's national anthem was heard for the first time|website=The National|date=December 2, 2022|quote=There is some confusion over who composed the anthem, between Mohammed Abdel Wahab and his nephew Saad Abdel Wahab, who is better known as an actor and singer.}}</ref> The anthem did not have lyrics until 1986, which were written by Arif Al Sheikh.<ref name="nationalanthems.info" /><ref name="almrsal">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/pride-of-poet-who-penned-the-words-of-uae-national-anthem-1.293594|title=Pride of poet who penned the words of UAE national anthem|website=The National|date=November 25, 2013}}</ref>

==Lyrics== <div style="overflow-x:auto;"> {| class="wikitable" ![[Arabic]] original<ref name="almrsal" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Anthem |url=https://www.protocol.dubai.ae/ar/UAE-Dubai/National_Anthem |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Protocol Department - [[Emirate of Dubai|Dubai]] |archive-date=2022-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523234336/https://www.protocol.dubai.ae/ar/UAE-Dubai/National_Anthem |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://al-ain.com/article/poet-anthem-national-day-uae|title=عارف الشيخ.. مبدع النشيد الوطني الإماراتي|website=بوابة العين الاخبارية|date=2017-12-02}}</ref> ![[Modern Standard Arabic|MSA]] [[Romanization of Arabic|romanization]] ![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] transcription{{efn|See [[Help:IPA/Arabic]] and [[Gulf Arabic]].}} !English translation |- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" |<poem dir="rtl" style="line-height:1.52em;">{{lang|ar|عِيشِي بِلَادِي عَاشْ اِتِّحَادُ إِمَارَاتِنَا عِشْتِ لِشَعْبٍ دِينُهُ الْإِسْلَامُ هَدْيُهُ الْقُرْآنُ حَصَّنْتُكَ بِاسْمِ اللَّٰه يَا وَطَنْ

بِلَادِي بِلَادِي بِلَادِي بِلَادِي حَمَاكِ الْإِلَٰهُ شُرُورَ الزَّمَانْ أَقْسَمْنَا أَنْ نَبْنِيَ نَعْمَلْ نَعْمَلْ نُخْلِصْ نَعْمَلْ نُخْلِصْ مَهْمَا عِشْنَا نُخْلِصْ نُخْلِصْ

دَامَ الْأَمَانُ وَعَاشَ الْعَلَمْ يَا إِمَارَاتِنَا رَمْزَ الْعُرُوبَةِ كُلُّنَا نَفْدِيكِ بِالدِّمَاء نَرْوِيكِ نَفْدِيكَ بِالْأَرْوَاحْ يَا وَطَنْ}}</poem> |<poem>{{Transliteration|ar|italic=no|ʿĪšī bilādī ʿāš ittiḥādu ʾimārātinā ʿIšti li-šaʿbin dīnuhu l-ʾislāmu haddyuhu l-qurʾānu Ḥaṣṣantuka bismillah yā waṭan

Bilādī bilādī bilādī bilādī Ḥamāki-lʾilāhu šurūra z-zamān ʾAqsamnā ʾan nabniya naʿmal Naʿmal nuxliṣ naʿmal nuxliṣ Mahmā ʿišnā nuxliṣ nuxliṣ

Dām al-ʾamānu wa-ʿāš al-ʿalam yā ʾimārātinā Ramz al-ʿurūbati kullunā nafdīki bi-d-dimāʾ narwīki Nafdīka bi-l-ʾarwāḥ yā waṭan}}</poem> |<poem>{{IPA|wrap=none|[ʕɪː.ʃiː bi.læː.diː ʕɑːʃ æt.tɪ.ħæː.du ʔi.mɑː.rɑː.ti.næː] [ʕɪʃ.ti li.ʃɑʕ.bɪn diː.nu.hʊ‿l.ʔɪs.læː.mu hædː.ju.hʊ‿l.qʊr.ʔɑː.nu] [ħɑsˁ.sˁɑn.tu.kæ bɪs.mɪl.læh jæː wɑ.tˁɑn]

[bi.læː.diː bi.læː.diː bi.læː.diː bi.læː.diː] [ħɑ.mæː.kɪ‿l.ʔi.læː.hu ʃʊ.ruː.rɑ‿z.zæ.mæːn] [ʔɑq.sæm.næː ʔæn næb.ni.jæ nɑʕ.mæl] [nɑʕ.mæl nʊx.lɪsˁ nɑʕ.mæl nʊx.lɪsˁ] [mæh.mæː ʕɪʃ.næː nʊx.lɪsˁ nʊx.lɪsˁ]

[dæːm æl.ʔæ.mæː.nu wɑ ʕɑːʃ æl.ʕɑ.læm jæː ʔi.mɑː.rɑː.ti.næː] [rɑmz æl.ʕʊ.ruː.bæ.ti kʊl.lu.næː næf.diː.ki bɪd.di.mæːʔ nɑr.wiː.ki] [næf.diː.kæ bɪl.ʔɑr.wɑːħ jæː wɑ.tˁɑn]}}</poem> |<poem>Long live my country, the unity of our [[Emirates of the United Arab Emirates|Emirates]] lives. You've lived for the nation's faith of [[Islam]] and guide of the [[Quran]]. I've made you stronger in God's name – oh, homeland.

My country, my country, my country, my country. God protected you from the evils of time. We have sworn to build and work – work earnestly, work earnestly. As long as we live, we will be sincere.

The safety has lasted, the flag has lived – oh, our Emirates! The symbol of Arabism: we all sacrifice and shed blood for you; For you we sacrifice with our souls – oh, homeland!</poem> |}</div>

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==External links== *[http://nationalanthems.me/united-arab-emirates-ishy-bilady/ United Arab Emirates: ''Ishy Bilady'' - Audio of the national anthem of United Arab Emirates, with information and lyrics] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180528184926/http://nationalanthems.me/united-arab-emirates-ishy-bilady/ archive link]) *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/735000/audio/_737620_uae.ram Instrumental version of "Tahiat Alalam" in RealAudio] *[http://users.atw.hu/szbszig/united%20emirates.htm Vocal version of "Ishy Bilady".]

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