Cherifian Anthem

Cherifian Anthem
النشيد الوطني المغربي

Mohammed VI, king of Morocco.

National anthem of  Morocco

Lyrics Ali Squalli Houssaini, 1970
Music Léo Morgan, 1956

Music sample
Cherifian Anthem (instrumental)

The Cherifian Anthem (Arabic: النشيد الوطني المغربي) has been the anthem of the Kingdom of Morocco even before the country gained its independence in 1956. Its music was written by Léo Morgan, and the final Arabic lyrics by Ali Squalli Houssaini in 1970.

Lyrics

Arabic Transliteration English translation

منبت الأحرار
مشرق الأنوار
منتدى السؤدد وحماه
دمت منتداه وحماه
عشت في الأوطان
للعلا عنوان
ملء كل جنان
ذكرى كل لسان
بالروح، بالجسد
هب فتاك لبي نداك
في فمي وفي دمي
هواك ثار نور ونار
اخوتي هيا للعلا سعيا
نشهد الدنيا أن هنا نحيا
بشعار
الله الوطن الملك

Manbita al-aḥrār
Mashriqa al-anwār
Muntadá as-su’dadi wa-ḥimāh
Dumta muntadāh wa-ḥimāh
‘Ishta fī il-awtān
Lil-‘ulā ‘unwān
Mil’a kulli janān
Dhikrá kulli lisān
Bir-rūḥi, bil-jasadi
Habba fatāk labbá nidāk
Fī famī wa-fī damī
Hawāka thāra nūr wa-nār
Ikhwatī hayyā lil-‘ulā sa‘yā
Nushhidi id-dunyā anna hunā naḥyā
Bi-shi‘ār
Allāh, al-waṭan, al-malik

Root of the free,
Rising place of the Lights,
Forum of glory and its protector,
May you perpetuate as its forum and its protector.
May you live among the homelands
As an address for grandeur
Filling every garden
conveyed by every tongue.
With the spirit, with the body,
Your son has come to answer your call.
In my mouth and in my blood,
Your love stirred up as light and fire.
Let’s go brothers! Heading for grandeur,
Making the world witness that we here perpetually live
With the motto:
God, homeland, king.

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