The Palestinian national anthem, Biladi ("My Country"), is the national anthem of the State of Palestine, adopted in 1996 in accordance with Article 31 of its declaration of independence in 1988. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is evoking and eulogizing the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognzed either by a nations government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. ... ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since 1936, Mawtini ("My homeland") Arabic:موطني was unofficially the anthem used by palestinians, it was written by Ibrahim Towqan and composed by the Lebanese composer mohammad flaifel.

In addition there is the Fiday'e anthim, which was used since 1972, Fateh used it while converting its institutes names from fateh-specific names into generic Palestinian names, and it replaced its Al-Asifa ("The Storm") of fateh. Fiday'e was composed by the egyption musicain Ali Ismaeil and written by Said Al-Muzayyen, and it was known as the "Anthem of the Palestinian revolution".

Lyrics of Biladi

بلادي يا أرضي يا أرض الجدود

بلادي بلادي بلادي

يا شعبي يا شعب الخلود

بعزمي وناري وبركان ثأري وأشواق دمي لأرضي وداري

صعدت الجبال وخضت النضال

قهرت المحال عبرت الحدود

بلادي بلادي بلادي

يا شعبي يا شعب الخلود

بعزم الرياح ونار السلاح وإصرار شعبي بأرض الكفاح فلسطين

داري فلسطين ناري فلسطين

ثأري وأرض الصمود

بلادي بلادي بلادي

يا شعبي يا شعب الخلود

بحق القسم تحت ظل العلم

بأرضي وشعبي ونار الألم سأحيا فدائي

وأمضي فدائي وأقضي فدائي

الى أن تعود بلادي

بلادي يا شعب الخلود

English translation

My country, my land, land of my ancestors
My country, my country, my country
My people, people of perpetuity
With my determination, my fire and the volcano of my revenge
With the longing in my blood for my land and my home
I have climbed the mountains and fought the wars
I have conquered the impossible, and crossed the frontiers
My country, my country, my country
My people, people of perpetuity
With the resolve of the winds and the fire of the guns
And the determination of my nation in the land of struggle
Palestine is my home, Palestine is my fire, Palestine is my revenge and the land of endurance
My country, my country, my country
My people, people of perpetuity
By the oath under the shade of the flag
By my land and nation, and the fire of pain
I will live as a fida'i*, I will remain a fida'i, I will end as a fida'i - until my country returns
My country, people of perpetuity.

• fida'i = one who risks his life voluntarily; one who sacrifices himself; fedayeen.

Fedayeen (from Arabic fidāī, plural fidāīyīn فدائيون, one who is ready to sacrifice his life for the cause) describes several distinct, primarily Arab groups at different times in history. ...

References

• Biladi page on nationalanthems.info

External links

• Audio file