ARABIC LYRICS

Iishi biladi, aasha ttihadu imaratina,
Iishti li-shaabin
Dinuhu l-iislamu hadyuhu l-qur'anu.
Hassantuki bi-smi l-lahi ya watanu
Biladi, biladi, biladi, biladi
Hamaki l-'ilahu shurua z-zamani
Aqsamma an nabni naamalu
Naamalu nakhlusu naamalu nakhlusu
Mahma iishna nakhlusu nakhlusu
Dama l-aman wa-aasha l-aalamu ya imarati,
Ramzu l-uurubati:
Kulluna nafdiki bi-d-dima nurwiki
Nafdiki bi-l-'arwahi ya watanu

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ARABIC LYRICS (Arabic script)

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Live, my land; may the union of our emirates live.
May you live for a people
Whose religion is Islam, and whose guide is the Qur'an.
May I strengthen you in the name of God, O homeland.
My land, my land, my land, my land.
May God protect you from the evils of time.
We have vowed to build, to work.
To work, to be loyal, to work, to be loyal.
However long we may live, to be loyal, to be loyal.
May safety endure, and the flag live, O Emirates,
The symbol of Arab-ness.
We would all make sacrifices for you, and with our blood saturate you.
We would give up our souls for you, O homeland.

(English translation copyright © 2006 by Elias Shakkour; not to be reproduced without permission.)