National Anthem of Kuwait

The national anthem of Kuwait (النشيد الوطني الكويتي) was written by poet ʾMaham Mishārī al-ʿAdwānī with music composed by ʾIbrāhīm al-Ṣūla [ar] and arranged by ʾAḥmad ʿAlī.

[1] Although the anthem was chosen during the reign of Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, it was not used in his era due to his death on 31 December 1977.

جوقة Waṭanī l-Kuwayta salimta li-l-majdi Wa-ʿalā jabīnika ṭāliʿa s-saʿdi

Yā mahda ʾābāʾi l-ʾūlā katabū Sifr al-xulūdi fa-nādat iš-šuhubu Allāhu ʾakbaru ʾinnahum ʿArabu Ṭalaʿat Kawākibu jannati l-xuldi

Būrikta yā waṭanī l-Kuwayta lanā Sakanan wa-ʿišta ʿalī l-mada waṭanan Yafdīka ḥurrun fī ḥimāka banā Ṣarḥa l-ḥayati bi-ʾakrami l-ʾaydī

Naḥmīka yā waṭanī wa-šāhidunā Šarʿu l-huda wa-l-ḥaqqu rāʾidunā Wa-ʾAmīrunā li-l-ʿizzi qāʾidunā Rabbu l-ḥamiyati ṣādiqu l-waʿdi

Oh cradle of forefathers, they wrote A book of eternity, then the meteors called God is the greatest, indeed Arabs Ascended as the planets of paradise of perpetuity.