The Cherifian Anthem ()
is the national anthem of
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. Composed by French military officer and chief of music for the royal Moroccan guard , it has been in use since the
French protectorate period. Lyrics were written for it by the Moroccan author and poet
Professor Ali Squalli Houssaini and adopted in 1970.
History
The anthem's melody was composed by , a French military officer and chief of music for the Moroccan royal guard, during the
French protectorate. The anthem was believed to have been composed in 1952, four years before Morocco's independence in 1956.
After the Moroccan national football team qualified for the
1970 FIFA World Cup
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for the first time, the idea to write lyrics for the anthem was proposed. Lyrics by writer
Ali Squalli Houssaini were either chosen as part of a competition by King
Hassan II
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, or by direct commission of the king to write the lyrics.
Lyrics
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Root of the free,
Rising place of the Lights,
Forum of glory and its protector,
May you perpetuate as its forum and its protector.
May you live among the homelands
As an address for grandeur
Filling every garden
conveyed by every tongue.
With the spirit,
With the body,
Your son has come
To answer your call.
In my mouth and in my blood,
Your love stirred up as light and fire.
Let's go brothers!
Heading for grandeur,
Making the world witness
That we here perpetually live
With the motto:
God, Homeland, King.
Notes
References
External links
Audio file of the "Hymne Cherifen" (.mp3)Video file with transliterationarchive link
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African anthems
National symbols of Morocco
Moroccan songs
Royal anthems
1956 songs