Koullouna Lilouataan Lil Oula Lil Alam

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Koullouna Lilouataan Lil Oula Lil Alam (Arabic: كلنا للوطن للعلى للعلم‎) is the Lebanese national anthem, written by Rachid Nakhlé and composed by Wadih Sabra. Adopted as anthem on 12 July 1927.

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Original in Arabic	Transliteration	English translation
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	Koulluna Lil watan Lil ’Oula Lil Alam, Mil ’ou Ayn il Zaman Sayfouna Wal Qalam, Sahlouna Wal jabal - Manbiton Lirrijal Kawlouna Wal 'Amal. Fi sabil il Kamal. Koullouna Lil watan Lil ’Oula Lil 'ALam, Koullouna Lil watan. Shaykhouna Wal fata 'Inda saout il Watan Ousdou GhaBin Mata Sawarat Nalfitan Sharkouna Kalbouhou AbaDan Loubnan Sanahou RabBouhou Li maDa l Azman Koullouna Lil watan Lil ’Oula Lil 'ALam, Koullouna Lil watan. Bahrouhou Barrouhou Dourratou Sharqain Rifdouhou Birrouhou Mali ‘oul Koutbain Ismouhou 'Izzouhou Mounthou Kan al Joudoud Majdouhou Arzouhou Ramzouhou Lil khouloud Koullouna Lil watan Lil ’Oula Lil 'ALam, Koullouna Lil watan.	We are all for our nation, for our emblem 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 all our efforts we devote. We are all For our nation, for our emblem and glory! 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 forever Lebanon, May God preserve her until the end of time. We are all For our nation, for our emblem and glory! The Gems of the East are her land and sea. Throughout the world her good deeds flow from pole to pole. And her name is her glory since time began. Immortality's Symbol—the Cedar—is her Pride. We are all For our nation, for our emblem and glory!

Original in Arabic

Transliteration

English translation

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

Koulluna Lil watan Lil ’Oula Lil Alam,
Mil ’ou Ayn il Zaman Sayfouna Wal Qalam,
Sahlouna Wal jabal - Manbiton Lirrijal
Kawlouna Wal 'Amal. Fi sabil il Kamal.
Koullouna Lil watan Lil ’Oula Lil 'ALam, Koullouna Lil watan.

Shaykhouna Wal fata 'Inda saout il Watan
Ousdou GhaBin Mata Sawarat Nalfitan
Sharkouna Kalbouhou AbaDan Loubnan
Sanahou RabBouhou Li maDa l Azman
Koullouna Lil watan Lil ’Oula Lil 'ALam, Koullouna Lil watan.

Bahrouhou Barrouhou Dourratou Sharqain
Rifdouhou Birrouhou Mali ‘oul Koutbain
Ismouhou 'Izzouhou Mounthou Kan al Joudoud
Majdouhou Arzouhou Ramzouhou Lil khouloud
Koullouna Lil watan Lil ’Oula Lil 'ALam, Koullouna Lil watan.

We are all for our nation, for our emblem 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 all our efforts we devote.
We are all For our nation, for our emblem and glory!

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 forever Lebanon,
May God preserve her until the end of time.
We are all For our nation, for our emblem and glory!

The Gems of the East are her land and sea.
Throughout the world her good deeds flow from pole to pole.
And her name is her glory since time began.
Immortality's Symbol—the Cedar—is her Pride.
We are all For our nation, for our emblem and glory!