Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan

"Naḥnu Jund Allāh Jund al-Waṭan" (Arabic: نحن جند الله جند الوطن‎; English: "We are the Soldiers of God, the Soldiers of our Homeland") is the national anthem of Sudan. The words were written by the poet Ahmed Mohammed Saleh and the tune was composed by Ahmed Morjan in 1958.[1]

Naḥnu Jund Allāh Jund al-Waṭan
English: "We are the Soldiers of God, the Soldiers of our Homeland"
نحن جند الله جند الوطن
National anthem of  Sudan
LyricsAhmad Muhammad Salih
MusicAhmad Murjan, 1958
Adopted1 January 1956 (1956)
Relinquished2011 (by South Sudan)
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"Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan" (instrumental)
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History

The current national anthem of Sudan was originally the organizational anthem of the Sudan Defence Force prior to independence. The poem "We are the Soldiers of God, the Soldiers of our Homeland" was chosen among other poems that participated in a general competition about poetic works praising the strength of the Sudan Defence Force in 1955. When Sudan gained independence in 1956, the first four verses of the poem were chosen to be the national anthem.


Lyrics
Arabic Transliteration English translation
نحن جند الله جند الوطن

إن دعا داعي الفداء لم نخن
نتحدى الموت عند المحن
نشتري المجد بأغلى ثمن
هذه الأرض لنا
فليعيش سوداننا
علماً بين الأمم
يا بني السودان هذا رمزكم
يحمل العبء ويحمي أرضكم

Naḥnu jundu Llāh jundu l-waṭan.
In daʿā dāʿī l-fidā' lam nakhun.
Nataḥaddā l-mawt ʿinda l-miḥan.
Nashtarī l-majd bi-'aghlā thaman.
Hadhihī l-'arḍu lanā
Fa-la-yaʿīsh Sūdānunā,
ʿalaman baina l-'umam.
Yā banī s-Sudān, hādhā ramzukum;
Yaḥmilu l-'uʿba′, wa yaḥmī arḍakum.

We are God's soldiers, soldiers of homeland
If called for redemption, we did not betray
We defy death upon ordeals
We buy glory at the most expensive price
This land is ours
May our Sudan live, an edifice among the nations
O Sons of the Sudan this is your symbol,
carries the burden and protecting your land

Tune

References
  1. http://www.nationalanthems.info/sd.htm


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