Palestinian singer Reem Kelani explains and then sings Mawtani, "My homeland" written by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Hefeth Touqan (1905-1941)

Mawtani, "My homeland" was written by the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Hefeth Touqan (1905-1941)

English Lyrics:

My homeland
My homeland
Glory and beauty
Sublimity and prettiness
Are in your hills
Life and deliverance
Pleasure and hope
Are in your atmosphere
Will I see you?
Safe and comfortable
Sound and honored
Will I see you?
In your eminence
Reaching the stars

My homeland
My homeland

The youth will not get tired
Their goal is your independence
Or they die
We will drink from death
But we will not be slaves to our enemies
We do not want
An eternal humiliation
Nor a miserable life
We do not want
But we will return
Our great glory

My homeland
My homeland

The sword and the pen
Are our symbols
Not talking nor quarreling
Our glory and covenant
And a duty to fulfill it
Shake us
Our honor
Is an honorable cause
A raised flag
O, your beauty
In your eminence
Victorious over your enemies

My homeland
My homeland