"Pāk sarzamīn shād bād" (پاک سرزمین شاد باد) ("Blessed be the Sacred Land") is the national anthem of Pakistan, adopted in 1954. It is a rendering of a three-stanza composition with a tune based on eastern music arranged so it can be easily played by any band. The lyrics were written by the poet Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri, and the music was composed by Ahmed G. Chagla. An interesting fact is that the music of the anthem was composed before the lyrics were written and that the anthem is written in the Persian language whereas the national language of Pakistan is Urdu. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their states official national song. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri (1900-1982) was a Pakistani Muslim poet who authored its national anthem, the Quami Tarana (Song of the People) in 1951. ... Persian (فارسی = Fârsi . ... Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family which developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in the South Asia during the time of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ...

Lyrics

pak sarzamin shād bād (پاک سرزمین شاد باد)

kishwer-e-haseen shād bād (كشور حسين شاد باد)

tu nishan-e-azm-e-aali shanتو نشان عزم علیشان)

arz-e-Pākistān (ارض پاکستان)

Markaz-e-yaqïn shād bād (مرکز یقین شاد باد)

Pāk sarzamīn kā nizām (پاک سرزمین کا نظام)

Qūwat-e-ukhūwat-e-`awām (قوت اخوت عوام)

Qaum, mulk, sultanat (قوم ملک سلطنت)

Pā-inda tābinda bād (پائندہ تابنندہ باد)

Shād bād manzil-e-murād (شاد باد منزل مراد)

Parcham-e-sitāra-o-hilāl (پرچم ستارہ و ہلال)

Rahbar-e-tarraqqī-o-kamāl (رہبر ترقی و کمال)

Tarjumān-e-māzī, shān-e-hal (ترجمان ماضی شان حال)

Jān-e-istiqbāl (جان استقبال)

Sāyah-e-Khudā-e-Zul Jalāl (سایۂ خدائے ذوالجلال)

English Translation

Blessed is the Sacred Land

Happy and bounteous realm

Symbol of high resolve

Land of Pakistan

Blessed be thou citadel of faith

The Order of this Sacred Land

Is the might of the brotherhood of the people

May the nation, the country, and the state

Shine in glory everlasting

Blessed be the goal of our ambition

This Flag of the Crescent and the Star

Leads the way to progress and perfection

Interpreter of our past

Glory of our present

Inspiration of our future

Symbol of the Almighty's protection

External link

• {http://www.infopak.gov.pk/public/anthem/national_anthem.html} - the official government website.
• Pāk sarzamīn shād bād - MIDI file.
• Listen to National Anthem on itsPakistan - WMA File