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النشيد الوطني اللبناني
	Lebanese National Anthem
National anthem of	Lebanon
Lyrics	Rashid Nakhle
Music	Wadih Sabra, 1925
Adopted	12 July, 1927
Music sample
	Kulluna lil watan (instrumental)

The Lebanese National Anthem (Arabic: النشيد الوطني اللبناني‎) was written by Rashid Nakhle and composed by Wadih Sabra. It was adopted on July 12, 1927 7 years after the proclamation of the state of Greater Lebanon during the French mandate.

[edit] History

The Lebanese national anthem was chosen following an open nationwide competition.

[edit] Composition

The music of the national anthem is influenced by Beirut's exposure to western culture by the end of the 19^th century, it was composed by French trained artist Wadih Sabra in 1925.^[1]

[edit] Adoption

[edit] Lyrics

[edit] Arabic Lyrics

كلنـا للوطـن للعـلى للعـلم

ملء عين الزّمن سـيفنا والقـلم

سهلنا والجبـل منبت للرجـال

قولنا والعمـل في سبيل الكمال

كلنا للوطن للعلى للعلم

كلّنا للوطن

شيخنـا والفتـى عنـد صـوت الوطن

أسـد غـاب متى سـاورتنا الفــتن

شــرقنـا قلبـه أبــداً لبـنان

صانه ربه لمدى الأزمان

كلنا للوطن للعلى للعلم

كلنا للوطن

بحـره بــرّه درّة الشرقين

رِفـدُهّ بــرّهُ مالئ القطبين

إسمـه عـزّه منذ كان الجدود

مجــدُهُ أرزُهُ رمزُهُ للخلود

كلّنا للوطن للعلى للعلم

كلّنا للوطن

[edit] Transliteration

Kulluna lil-watan, lil'ula lil-'alam

Mil'u ayn az-zaman, saifuna wal-qalam

Sahluna wal-jabal, manbitun lir-rijal

Qawluna wal-'amal fi sabil-el-kamal

Kulluna lil-watan, lil'ula lil-'alam,

Kulluna lil-watan

Shaykhuna wal-fata, 'Inda sawt-il-watan

Usdu ghaben mata, sawaratn-al-fitan

Sharquna qalbuhu, abadan Lubnan

Sanahu rabbuhu, li mada-l-azman

Kulluna lil-watan, lil'ula lil-'alam,

Kulluna lil-watan

Bahruhu barruhu, durratush-sharqayn

Rifduhu birruhu, mali' ul-qutbayn

Ismuhu 'izzuhu, munzu kana-l-judud

Majduhu arzuhu, ramzuhu lil-khulud

Kulluna lil-watan, lil'ula lil-'alam,

Kulluna lil-watan

[edit] English Translation

All of us! For our Country, for our Flag and Glory!

Our valor and our writings are the envy of the ages.

Our mountains and our valleys, they bring forth stalwart men.

And to Perfection we devote our words and labor.

All of us! For our Country, for our Flag and Glory!

All of us! For our Country

Our Elders and our children, they await our Country's call,

And on the Day of Crisis they are as Lions of the Jungle.

The heart of our East is ever Lebanon,

May God preserve him until the end of time.

All of us! For our Country, for our Flag and Glory!

All of us! For our Country

The Gems of the East are his land and sea.

Throughout the world his good deeds flow from pole to pole.

And his name is his glory since time began.

The cedars are his pride, his immortality's symbol.

All of us! For our Country, for our Flag and Glory!

All of us! For our Country^[2]^[3]

[edit] References

^ Zuhur, Sherifa (2001). Colors of enchantment: theater, dance, music, and the visual arts of the Middle East (illustrated ed.). Cairo: American university in Cairo press. pp. 456. ISBN 9774246071, 9789774246074. http://books.google.com/books?id=MOVPaLXjjsAC&pg=PA340&dq=%22Lebanese+national+anthem%22&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22Lebanese%20national%20anthem%22&f=false. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
^ Farshad, Mohammad-Avvali (2007). The Role of Art in the Struggle for National Identity in Lebanon. Akademische Schriftenreihe. GRIN Verlag. pp. 36. ISBN 3638778606, 9783638778602. http://books.google.com/books?id=PDOGrsWMcAYC&pg=PA5&dq=%22Lebanese+national+anthem%22&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=all%20of%20us%20for%20our%20contry&f=false. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
^ Goldstein, Margaret J. (2004). Lebanon in Pictures. Visual geography series (illustrated, revised ed.). Twenty-First Century Books. pp. 80. ISBN 0822511711, 9780822511717. http://books.google.com/books?id=8e2i6uu6wswC&pg=PA69&dq=Lebanese+national+anthem&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Lebanese%20national%20anthem&f=false. Retrieved 2009-10-08.

[edit] External links

Vocal versions of the anthem can be heard at

The National Anthem - A page that is part of the official page of the Presidency of Lebanon.
The Hymns of the Army page at the official website of the Lebanese Army.

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[FZ-0] Zuhur, Sherifa (2001). Colors of enchantment: theater, dance, music, and the visual arts of the Middle East (illustrated ed.). Cairo: American university in Cairo press. pp. 456. ISBN 9774246071, 9789774246074. http://books.google.com/books?id=MOVPaLXjjsAC&pg=PA340&dq=%22Lebanese+national+anthem%22&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22Lebanese%20national%20anthem%22&f=false. Retrieved 2009-10-08.

[FA-1] Farshad, Mohammad-Avvali (2007). The Role of Art in the Struggle for National Identity in Lebanon. Akademische Schriftenreihe. GRIN Verlag. pp. 36. ISBN 3638778606, 9783638778602. http://books.google.com/books?id=PDOGrsWMcAYC&pg=PA5&dq=%22Lebanese+national+anthem%22&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=all%20of%20us%20for%20our%20contry&f=false. Retrieved 2009-10-08.

[MG-2] Goldstein, Margaret J. (2004). Lebanon in Pictures. Visual geography series (illustrated, revised ed.). Twenty-First Century Books. pp. 80. ISBN 0822511711, 9780822511717. http://books.google.com/books?id=8e2i6uu6wswC&pg=PA69&dq=Lebanese+national+anthem&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Lebanese%20national%20anthem&f=false. Retrieved 2009-10-08.

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Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Composition

[edit] Adoption

[edit] Lyrics

[edit] Arabic Lyrics

[edit] Transliteration

[edit] English Translation

[edit] References

[edit] External links