National Anthem of Kuwait
Lyrics in Arabic
جوقة:
وطني الكويت سلمت للمجد
وعلى جبينك طالع السعد
وطني الكويت وطني الكويت
وطني الكويت سلمت للمجد
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يا مهد آباءالأولو كتبوا
سفرالخلود فنادت الشهب
الله أكبر إنهم عرب
طلعت كواكب جنة الخلد
جوقة
۲
بوركت يا وطني الكويت لنا
سكنا وعشت على المدى وطنا
يفديك حر في حماك بنى
صرح الحياة بأكرم الأيدي
جوقة
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نحميك يا وطني وشاهدنا
شرع الهدى والحق رائدنا
وأميرنا للعز قائدنا
رب الحمية صادق الوعد
جوقة
Lyrics in English
Jawqa:
Waṭanī l-Kuwayt salimta li-l-majdi
Wa-ʿalā jabīnika ṭālaʿa s-saʿdu
Waṭanī l-Kuwayt waṭanī l-Kuwayt
Waṭanī l-Kuwayt salimta li-l-majdi
I
Yā mahdu ābāʾu l-ʾūlā katabū
Safar l-xulūdi fa-nādat aš-šuhubu
Allāhu ʾakbaru ʾinnahum ʿArabu
Ṭalaʿat Kawākibu jannati l-xuldi
Jawqa
II
Būrikta yā waṭanī l-Kuwayt lanā
Sakanan wa-ʿašta ʿalā l-mada waṭanan
Yafdīka ḥurrun fī ḥamayka banā
Ṣarhu l-ḥayati bi-ʾakrami l-ʾaydī
Jawqa
III
Naḥmīka yā waṭanī wa-šāhidunā
Šarʿu l-huda wa-l-ḥaqqu rāʾidunā
Wa-Amīrunā li-l-izzi qāʾidunā
Rabbu l-ḥamiyati ṣādiqu l-waʿdi
Jawqa
Meaning
Chorus:
Kuwait, my country, may you be safe and glorious!
May you always enjoy good fortune!
You are the cradle of my ancestors,
Who put down its memory.
I
With everlasting symmetry, showing all eternity,
Those Arabs were heavenly,
Kuwait, my country,
May you be safe and glorious!
May you always enjoy good fortune.
Chorus
II
Blessed be my Country a homeland for harmony,
Warded by true sentry giving their soils aptly,
Building high its history, Kuwait,
My country, we’re for you my Country,
Chorus
III
Led by faith and loyalty,
With its Amir equally,
Fencing us all fairly, with warm love and verity,
Kuwait, my country,
May you be safe and glorious.
May you always enjoy good fortune!
WATANIL KUWAIT SALIMTA LILMAJDI!