A Nation's Will

"A Nation's Will" (Arabic: إرادة أمة ʾIrādāt ʾumma) was the national anthem of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1978 to 1990. The anthem was introduced to replace the old national anthem "Peace to the Land". It was eventually replaced by "United Republic", following the Yemeni unification.

ʾIrādāt ʾumma

English: A Nation's Will
إرادة أمة
National anthem of the Yemen Arab Republic
Lyrics	Ahmed al-Amari
Music	Ali al-Ansi
Adopted	1978 (1978)
Relinquished	22 May 1990 (1990-05-22) (Unification of Yemen)
Preceded by	"Peace to the Land"
Succeeded by	"United Republic"
Audio sample
"A Nation's Will" file help

Instrumental recording of the anthem

Lyrics

Arabic original	Romanization of Arabic	English translation
:كورال 𝄆 في ظل راية ثورتي أعلنت جمهوريتي 𝄇 يمني السعيدة منيتي إني وهبتك مهجتي بعزيمتي بإرادتي أنهيت عهد الظلمة وبقوتي وبوحدتي حققت حلم الأمة ومضيت نحو القمة والله نارك وثبتي ١ 𝄆 هيهات شعبي يستكين شعبي محا ظلم السنين 𝄇 وأباد كل الظالمين 𝄆 ليعيش مرفوع الجبين 𝄇 كورال ٢ 𝄆 وطني وصوتك في فمي يعلو وحبك في دمي 𝄇 لا لن تعود لتنتمي 𝄆 أبدا لعصر المجرمين 𝄇 كورال ٣ 𝄆 هتافنا عبر الزمن لبيك يا أرض اليمن 𝄇 لبيك يا أغلى وطن 𝄆 نفديك من كل المحن 𝄇 كورال ٤ 𝄆 في ثورتي حريتي والحكم حكم الأمة 𝄇 هذي إرادة أمتي 𝄆 أشدو بها في فرحتي 𝄇 كورال ٥ 𝄆 قسماً برب العزة قسماً بمجد عروبتي 𝄇 أني سأحمي ثورتي 𝄆 وأصون جمهوريتي 𝄇 كورال	Kūrāl: 𝄆 Fī ẓill rāyah thawratī ʾAuʿlanit jumhūrīyatī 𝄇 Yamanī s-sʿīdati munīyatī ʾInī wahabtak muhjatī Baʿzīmatī bi-ʾrādatī ʾAnhīt ʾahd aẓ-ẓulmati Wa-b-qūwatī wa-b-waḥdatī Ḥaqqaqat ḥulm al-ʾamati Wa-maḍayt naḥw-al-qimmati Wallāh nārak wathbatī 1 𝄆 Hayhāta shaʿbī yastakīn Shaʿbī maḥā zulm as-sinīn 𝄇 Wa-ʾabāda kull aẓ-ẓālimīn 𝄆 Liyaʿasha marfūʿ al-jabīn 𝄇 Kūrāl 2 𝄆 Waṭanī waṣūtuk fī famiyī Yaʿlū waḥabaka fī damiyī 𝄇 La lan taʿawwud litantamī 𝄆 ʾAbadan laʿaṣr al-mujrimīn 𝄇 Kūrāl 3 𝄆 Hutāfunā ʿabra z-zaman Labbayka yā ʾarḍ al-yaman 𝄇 Labbayka yā ʾagllā waṭan 𝄆 Nafidīk min kulli l-miḥan 𝄇 Kūrāl 4 𝄆 Fī thawratī ḥuriyatī Wa-l-ḥukm ḥukm al-ʾummati 𝄇 Hadhī ʾirādah ʾummati 𝄆 Shidū bihā fī farḥatī 𝄇 Kūrāl 5 𝄆 Qassaman birab al-ʿizzati Qassaman bimajd ʿurūbatī 𝄇 ʾAnnī saʾaḥmī thawratī 𝄆 Wa-ʾaṣūna jumhūriyatī 𝄇 Kūrāl	Chorus: 𝄆 Under the auspices of the banner of my revolution I have declared my republic 𝄇 My happy Yemen is my aspiration I have sacrificed for you my life With my will and determination I have terminated the era of darkness And with strength and my unity I have achieved the dream of my people And marched towards the summit And Allah blessed my awakening 1 𝄆 My people shall never be submissive My people have erased the injustice of the years 𝄇 And finished all the tyrants 𝄆 In order to live with pride 𝄇 Chorus 2 𝄆 My homeland and your voice in my mouth Is sweetened and your love in my blood 𝄇 No never will you return to be 𝄆 Under an era of darkness 𝄇 Chorus 3 𝄆 Our shouts through the time Here we are oh land of Yemen 𝄇 Here we are oh the precious country 𝄆 We shall protect you from all the ordeals 𝄇 Chorus 4 𝄆 In my revolution is my freedom And the rule is the rule of the people 𝄇 This is my the will of my people 𝄆 I sing it with pride 𝄇 Chorus 5 𝄆 I swear by the Almighty Allah I swear with the honour of my Arabism 𝄇 That I will protect my revolution 𝄆 And will preserve my Republic 𝄇 Chorus