"''Garam shah lā garam shah''" ( ps, گرم شه، لا گرم شه, lit=Be ardent, be more ardent) was the national anthem of
Afghanistan from 1978 to 1992, during the
period of one-party socialist rule.
History
Its lyrics were written by
Sulaiman Laiq
Sulaiman Layeq ( ps, سليمان لايق, sometimes also Romanised as Laeq or Laiq) (12 October 1930 - 31 July 2020) was an Afghan politician, ideologue and poet who held the positions of President of the Academy of Sciences, full member of the ...
on behalf of the government of the
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), ''Hezb-e dimūkrātĩk-e khalq-e Afghānistān'' was a Marxist–Leninist political party in Afghanistan established on 1 January 1965. Four members of the party won seats in the 1965 Afgha ...
(PDPA) headed by
Nur Muhammad Taraki
Nur Muhammad Taraki (; 14 July 1917 – 9 October 1979) was an Afghan revolutionary communist politician, journalist and writer. He was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who served as its General Secret ...
, who decided to change the national symbols after the Saur Revolution of 1978. The music was composed by Jalīl Ghahlānd and was arranged by Ustad Salim Sarmad.
Like many national anthems, it was sometimes sung abbreviated with only the chorus and the first stanza. In 1987, Afghanistan officially abandoned communism but this song was kept as the national anthem until 1992, when it was discontinued.
Lyrics
See also
* List of historical national anthems
* Afghan National Anthem
References
External links
''Garam shah lā garam shah'' instrumental in MP3 format''Garam shah lā garam shah'' instrumental in MIDI formatSheet music of the anthemVideo with the 1978–1980 flag
Video with the 1980–1987 flaganother video with the 1987–1992 one
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Afghan songs
National symbols of Afghanistan
Asian anthems
Historical national anthems
National anthem compositions in E-flat major
Pashto-language songs