{{Short description|Regional anthem of Azad Kashmir}} {{Infobox anthem | title = {{nq|وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر}} | english_title = Our Homeland Azad Kashmir | transcription = {{lang|ur-latn|Vatan Hamārā Āzād Kaśmīr|italic=no}} | image = Flag of Azad Kashmir.svg | author = [[Hafeez Jalandhari]] | lyrics_date = 1960s | country = Azad Kashmir | prefix = State}} "'''{{lang|ur-latn|Vatan Hamārā Āzād Kaśmīr|italic=no}}'''" ({{langx|ur|{{nq|وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر}}}}), officially known as the '''Anthem of Azad Jammu and Kashmir''', is the [[regional anthem]] of the state of [[Azad Kashmir]], administered by [[Pakistan]].{{efn|Azad Kashmir is a state administered by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the citizens of this state are citizens of Pakistan as well. The region has special status as an autonomous state within Pakistan just because of the [[Kashmir conflict]].}} The lyrics are based on a poem of the same name written in the mid-1960s by [[Hafeez Jalandhari]].<ref name="dawn.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/922286|title=National anthems founder remembered|year=2009 |publisher=Dawn.com}}Jalandhari also wrote the Kashmiri anthem Watan Hamara Azad Kashmir among several other patriotic songs during the Pak-India war in 1965.</ref> It was inspired during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].<ref name="thenews.com.pk">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/142016-Jalandhri-confined-himself-3-months-write-National-Anthem |title=Jalandhri confined himself for 3 months to write National Anthem |year=2016}}He wrote many patriotic songs during the Indo Pakistani War of 1965. He also took part in the war of 1948 on Kashmir and got injuries on his arm and leg.</ref>
==Lyrics== <div style="overflow-x:auto;"> {|class="wikitable" ![[Urdu]] original<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://anthems.lidicity.com/o/ksm.html|title = آزاد جموں و کشمیر Anthem -- National Anthems of the World}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibcurdu.com/news/19621/|title=آزاد کشمیر کا قومی ترانہ،ایک نئی بحث|website=ibcurdu|date=2016-03-17}}</ref>!![[Roman Urdu]]!![[Devanagari transliteration]] |- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" |<poem lang="ur" dir="rtl">{{nq|وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر 𝄆 𝄇 آزاد کشمیر آزاد کشمیر باغوں اور بہاروں والا دریاؤں کہساروں والا آسمان ہے جس کا پرچم پرچم چاند ستاروں والا جنت کے نظاروں والا جموں اور کشمیر ہمارا وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر 𝄆 𝄇 آزاد کشمیر آزاد کشمیر کوہستانوں کی آبادی پہن چکی تاج آزادی عزت کے پروانے جاگے آزادی کی شمع جلادی جاگ اٹھی ہے ساری وادی حامی ہے اللہ تمہارا وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر 𝄆 𝄇 آزاد کشمیر آزاد کشمیر زَر کے لالچ سے او شیطاں کیوں بیچیں ہم دین و ایمان پاکستان کے ساتھ کھڑے ہیں عزّت حرمت حکمِ قرآن جان بھی قربان مال بھی قربان مال سے پیارا جان سے پیارا وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر 𝄆 𝄇 آزاد کشمیر آزاد کشمیر}}</poem> |<poem lang="ur-latn">Vatan hamārā āzād Kaśmīr, Āzād Kaśmīr, āzād Kaśmīr 𝄇 Bāghoñ aur bahāroñ vālā Daryāoñ aur Kuhsāroñ vālā Āsmān hai jis kā parcam Parcam cānd sitāroñ vālā Jannat ke nazāroñ vālā Jammuñ aur Kaśmīr hamārā
𝄆 Vatan hamārā āzād Kaśmīr, Āzād Kaśmīr, āzād Kaśmīr 𝄇 Kohistānoñ ke ābādī Pahan cukī tāj-e-āzādī Izzat ke parvāne jāge Āzādī ke śama jalādī Jāg uṭhī hai sārī vādī Hāmī hai Allāh tumhārā
𝄆 Vatan hamārā āzād Kaśmīr, Āzād Kaśmīr, āzād Kaśmīr 𝄇 Zar ke lākac se o Śetān Kyuñ bīciñ ham dīn o īmān Pākistān ke sāth khaṛe haiñ Izzat, hurmat, hukm-e-Qurān Jān bhī qurbān, māl bhī qurbān Māl se pyārā, jān se pyārā
𝄆 Vatan hamārā āzād Kaśmīr, Āzād Kaśmīr, āzād Kaśmīr 𝄇</poem> |<poem>𝄆 वतन हमारा आज़ाद कश्मीर आज़ाद कश्मीर आज़ाद कश्मीर 𝄇 बाग़ों और बहारों वाला दरियाओं कोहसारों वाला आसमान है जिसका पर्चम पर्चम चांद सितारों वाला जन्नत के नज़ारों वाला जम्मू और कश्मीर हमारा
𝄆 वतन हमारा आज़ाद कश्मीर आज़ाद कश्मीर आज़ाद कश्मीर 𝄇 कोहिस्तानों की आबादी पहन चुकी ताज-ए-आज़ादी इज़्ज़त के परवाने जागे आज़ादी की शम्मा जल्लादी जाग उठी है सारी वादी हामी है अल्लाह तुम्हारा
𝄆 वतन हमारा आज़ाद कश्मीर आज़ाद कश्मीर आज़ाद कश्मीर 𝄇 ज़र के लालच से औशीतां क्यों बेचें हम दीन-ओ-ईमान पाकिस्तान के साथ खड़े हैं इज़्ज़त हुर्मत हुक्म-ए-क़ुरआन जान भी क़ुर्बान माल भी क़ुर्बान माल से प्यारा जान से प्यारा
𝄆 वतन हमारा आज़ाद कश्मीर आज़ाद कश्मीर आज़ाद कश्मीर 𝄇</poem> |}</div>
{| !English translation |- style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;" |<poem>𝄆 Our Homeland Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir 𝄇 Made of valleys and fields And of rivers and mountain ranges The sky is the flag of the state The flag of the crescent and star Which looks like heaven Our Jammu and Kashmir! 𝄆 Our Homeland Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir 𝄇 The population of Kohistan The mountainous land has the crown of the state's freedom The moth is awake to keep our honour They lightened the candle of freedom The whole valley is awake Their weakness is only without Allah 𝄆 Our Homeland Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir 𝄇 Beckoned to oblivion by the great Satan Why should we lose our faith and way of religion and life? In the moment, we stand with our brother Pakistanis The Quran is the protector of our honour We give our lives for sacrifices We’ll sacrifice our lives and goods for our cause 𝄆 Our Homeland Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir 𝄇</poem> |}
==See also== *"[[Qaumi Taranah]]" *[[Flag of Azad Kashmir]]
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