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Syrian Arab Republic/ ٱلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة ٱلْسُوْرِيَّة / al-Jumhūriyya al-ʿArabiyya as-Sūriya

"Ḥumāt ad-Diyār" / حُمَاةَ الدِّيَارِ, lit. 'Guardians of the Homeland', / ܢܛܘܪ̈ܝ ܐܬ݂ܪܘ̈ܬ݂ܐ) is the national anthem of the Syrian Arab Republic, with lyrics written by Khalil Mardam Bey and the music by Mohammed Flayfel, who also composed the national anthem of the Iraq as well as many other Arab folk songs./

History

It was adopted in 1938 after a national competition was held by Hashim al-Atassi's nationalist Syrian government to choose a state anthem for the new republic two years after the Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence was signed which gave Syria limited autonomy and future independence. The anthem was initially set to lose the competition, but it later won the competition after it gained rapid popularity amongst the Syrian population which put pressure on the competition's committee to reconsider its decisions, and eventually the anthem won and was adopted by the government as Syria's national anthem.
It temporarily fell from use when Syria joined the United Arab Republic (UAR) with Egypt. In 1958, it was decided that the national anthem of the UAR would be a combination of the then-Egyptian national anthem "Salam Affandina" and "Ḥumāt ad-Diyār". In 1960, it was replaced by the national anthem of UAR Walla Zaman Ya Selahy. When Syria seceded from the union in 1961, "Ḥumat ad-Diyār" was completely restored and has been used ever since as the official national athem of Syria. The anthem's usage being disputed between the ruling Ba'ath government and the opposition after the start of the civil war in 2011.

LyricsThe Syrian national anthem is divided into four stanzas, each pertaining to a different and unique aspect of Syria from the remaining stanzas. Although the name of the anthem is "Guardians of the Homeland", which is a metaphor for the Syrian military, only the first stanza in fact talks about said army. The stanza breakdown is as follows: The first stanza is about Syria's army, and its role in defending the nation and in defending the citizens' integrity and Arabness. The second stanza is about Syria's scenery and terrain, where it talks about Syria's plains, mountains, and sunlit skies. The third stanza is about Syria's people, their hopes, martyrs, and flag. The fourth stanza talks about Syria's history, from its past and present to its future.

Arabic script

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حُـمَاةَ الـدِّيَارِ عَلَيْكُمْ سَـلَامْ
أَبَتْ أَنْ تَـذِلَّ النُّفُـوْسُ الْكِرَام
عَـرِيْنُ الْعُرُوْبَةِ بَيْتٌ حَـرَام
وَعَرْشُ الشُّمُوْسِ حِمَىً لَّا يُضَامْ

𝄇 رُبُوْعُ الشَّـآمِ بُـرُوْجُ الْعَـلَا
تُحَاكِي السَّـمَاءَ بِعَـالِي السَّـنَا 𝄆
فَأَرْضٌ زَهَتْ بِالشُّمُوْسِ الْوِضَا
سَـمَاءٌ لَعَمْـرُكَ أَوْ كَالسَّـمَا

٢
رَفِيْـفُ الْأَمَانِيْ وَخَفْـقُ الْفُؤادْ
عَـلٰى عَـلَمٍ ضَمَّ شَـمْلَ الْبِلَادْ
أَمَا فِيْهِ مِنْ كُـلِّ عَـيْنٍ سَـوَادْ
وَمِـنْ دَمِ كُـلِّ شَـهِيْدٍ مِـدَادْ؟

𝄇 نُفُـوْسٌ أُبَـاةٌ وَمَـاضٍ مَجِيْـد
وَرُوْحُ الْأَضَاحِيْ رَقِيْبٌ عَـتِيْد 𝄆
فَمِـنَّا الْوَلِيْـدُ وَ مِـنَّا الرَّشِـيْد
فَلِـمْ لَا نَسُـوْدُ وَلِمْ لَا نَشِيْد؟
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Romanization

I
Ḥumāt ad-diyāri ʿalaykum salām
ʾAbat ʾan taḏilla n-nufūsu l-kirām
ʿArīnu l-ʿurūbati baytun ḥarām
Wa-ʿaršu š-šumūsi ḥiman lā yuḍām

𝄆 Rubūʿu š-šaʾāmi burūju l-ʿalā
Tuḥākī s-samāʾa bi-ʿālī s-sanā 𝄇
Fa-ʾarḍun zahat bi-š-šumūsi l-wiḍā
Samāʾun la-ʿamruka ʾaw ka-s-samā

II
Rafīfu l-ʾamānī wa-xafqu l-fuʾād
ʿAla ʿalamin ḍamma šamla l-bilād
ʾAmā fīhi min kulli ʿaynin sawād
Wa-min dami kulli šahīdin midād?

𝄆 Nufūsun ʾubātun wa-māḍin majīd
Wa-rūḥu l-ʾaḍāḥī raqībun ʿatīd 𝄇
Fa-minnā l-Walīdu wa-minnā r-Rashīd
Fa-lim lā nasūdu wa-lim lā nashīd?
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English

I
Guardians of homeland, upon you be peace,
our ever-proud souls refuse to be seized.
The den of Arabism is our sacred home,
and the throne of our suns will never go down.

𝄆 The mountains of Syria are towers in height,
which talk with the zenith of the highest skies. 𝄇
A land that is splendid with brilliant sun,
turning to a sky or almost a sky.

II
The flutter of our hopes and the beats of our hearts,
depicted on the flag that united our land.
Did we not derive the black from every man's eye,
and from ink of martyrs' blood wrote to the tall sky?

𝄆 Spirits defiant and past so glorious,
and the martyrs' souls are our guardians. 𝄇
From us, a nation of souls and bravery,
Thy glory comes from us, my homeland!