Ardulfurataini Watan - English Translation

English Translation

A home land that extended its wings over the horizon,

And wore the glory of civilization as a garment -

Blessed be the land of the two rivers,

A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.

A home land that extended its wings over the horizon,

And wore the glory of civilization as a garment -

Blessed be the land of the two rivers,

A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.

This homeland is made of flame and splendour

And pride unequalled by the high heavens.

This homeland is made of flame and splendour

And pride unequalled by the high heavens.

It is a mountain that rises above the tops of the world

And a plain that embodies our pride.

Babylon is inherent in us and Assyria is ours,

And because of the glory of our background

History itself radiates with light,

And it is we alone who possess the anger of the sword

And the patience of the prophets.

When we forged the sands of Arabia into a revolution

And bore the flag of history as an ideology

When we forged the sands of Arabia into a revolution

And bore the flag of history as an ideology

Since AlMothanna of Horses charged

And Saladin covered it with spears

A home land that extended its wings over the horizon,

And wore the glory of civilization as a garment -

Blessed be the land of the two rivers,

A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.

A home land that extended its wings over the horizon,

And wore the glory of civilization as a garment -

Blessed be the land of the two rivers,

A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.

We swear by sword and the speech of pride

And the neighing of horses when in duty

We swear by sword and the speech of pride

And the neighing of horses when in duty

We are the wall of its limitless range

And the roarings of people in days of war

We inherited the flags of the Prophet from desert

And the Arabian nature and pride

Glorify well the Land of the Arabs

We have risen, oh Sun set

The tanned foreheads are filled with laughter and love

And firmness that cruised for humans their way

The tanned foreheads are filled with laughter and love

And firmness that cruised for humans their way

O you who is leading his people to supreme elevation

Make of the horizons our battlefields

A home land that extended its wings over the horizon,

And wore the glory of civilization as a garment -

Blessed be the land of the two rivers,

A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.

A home land that extended its wings over the horizon,

And wore the glory of civilization as a garment -

Blessed be the land of the two rivers,

A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.

Oh company of al-Ba'th, you pride of lions,

Oh pinnacle of pride and of inherited glory,

Oh company of al-Ba'th, you pride of lions,

Oh pinnacle of pride and of inherited glory,

Advance, like terror, to a certain victory

And resurrect the time of al-Rashid in our land!

We are a generation who give all and toil to the utmost.

Oh expanse of glory, we have returned anew

To a nation that we build with unyielding determination.

And each martyr follows the footsteps of a former martyr.

Our mighty nation is filled with pride and vigour

And the comrades build the fortresses of glory.

Our mighty nation is filled with pride and vigour

And the comrades build the fortresses of glory.

May you remain forever a refuge for all the Arabs

Oh Iraq

And be as suns that turn night into day!

A home land that extended its wings over the horizon,

And wore the glory of civilization as a garment -

Blessed be the land of the two rivers,

A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.

A home land that extended its wings over the horizon,

And wore the glory of civilization as a garment -

Blessed be the land of the two rivers,

A homeland of glorious determination and tolerance.