"" ( ar, نحن جند الله جند الوطن; ) is the
national anthem of
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
. The words were written by the poet Ahmed Mohammed Saleh and the tune was composed by Ahmed Morjan in 1955.
History
The current national anthem of Sudan was originally the organizational anthem of the
Sudan Defence Force
The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a locally recruited British-led force formed in 1925 to assist the police in the event of civil unrest, and to maintain the borders of British administered Sudan. During the Second World War, it also served bey ...
prior to independence. The poem "We are the Soldiers of God, the Soldiers of 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
Tune
X:1
L:1/8
Q:1/4=90
M:4/4
I:linebreak $
K:Eb
V:1
B,/-B,/C/D/ E/=E/F/^F/ G4 , A2 G>G F2 z2 , B>c Bc , e2 c>G B2 z2 , z B/B/ cB G2 z2 , %5
B2 G>F E2 z2 , B>c Be c2 z A , G2 F>E E2 z2 , e>e d2 c>c B2 , B>d cB e>e e2 , c3/2c/ B2 e2 c>B , %11
B z z2 z4 , c>B G>E G2 z2 , G>E G>F E2 z2 , B>B B>c B2 z B , e>c B>G E2 z2 , ] %16
Notes
References
External links
Sudan: ''Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan'' - Audio of the national anthem of Sudan, with information and lyrics (archived)National anthem of Sudan - Instrumental
African anthems
Sudanese music
National symbols of Sudan
National anthem compositions in E-flat major
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