Thu 24 Feb 2005
With National Day coming up, I have decided to ride the patriotic wave, and ask something related to the occassion….
Favorite national song?
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وطن النهار
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عاشت لنا الكويت
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كويت و العرب
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عيدي يا كويت
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وطني حبيبي
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كلما زادت المحن
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يا دارنا
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آن الأوان
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حبيب الوطن
I’m sure there are many more that I can’t remember…
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February 24th, 2005 at 4:34 pm
رفرف رفرف يا علم بلادى
February 24th, 2005 at 5:03 pm
I do not have one.
February 24th, 2005 at 5:12 pm
I have one that I made up !! does that count ??
February 24th, 2005 at 5:30 pm
bojaij, shloon sayra rafrif?
Purg, why am i not surprised? ur very apolitical to an extreme ;P
Don, depends, show us what it is!
February 24th, 2005 at 5:55 pm
so now am an extremist ha
February 24th, 2005 at 6:34 pm
I’d have to go with the first one. I remember first hearing it in ‘91 (I think) and the feelings it aroused (yes, I said “aroused”. Shut up.) were intensely powerful. Also because I don’t really know the other ones that well… ;r
And now, inspired by TheDon, I will regale you with my own patriotic song:
i love Kuwait.
i love Kuwait.
i love Kuwait, Kuwait.
i love Kuwait!
Kuwait is my love, my love.
Kuwait is my LOVE!*
Gigi, patriotically
*there’s actually a deep subliminal patriotic message in this song
Really.
February 24th, 2005 at 7:25 pm
I dont know the name of this one, but the words wree “la3ayna , la3ayna”
It was on the radio today and just had me playing it loud and clapping along.
February 24th, 2005 at 7:31 pm
aroused and love
February 24th, 2005 at 8:24 pm
Id like to add some songs that not a lot of people know:
Khaled Iskheikh (Sab3 Ish-hoor) 3an il Ghazo
http://gulf.salmiya.net/songs/alshek/ram/alshek29.ram
Fairuz (Kuwait)-one of the best-
http://songs2.6arab.com/fayrooz_al-kuwait.ram
Laila AbdulAziz (Ya Msafer Salimli3al Kuwait)- Not that great
http://gulf.salmiya.net/songs/layla/ram/layla10.ram
Fairuz (Ruddani illa biladi) -not anout kuwait- but can be
RUddani illa biladi.. ma3a nasa’im il bawadi
http://song.6arab.com/fayroz-redny-ela-belady.ram
Happy 3eed Wa6ani
February 24th, 2005 at 11:59 pm
kuwaito wal 3arabo especially when played on tv and everyone is dancing..
February 25th, 2005 at 12:26 am
I say Wa6ani El Nahar.. coz I remembered hearing it during the war or shortly after it.. it was in 91 probably very early I guess.. I’m not exactly sure..
February 25th, 2005 at 1:18 am
I have 2 songs in mind.
The first was composed and sung during the invasion, and it wasn’t primarily about kuwait, it was about the people who remained there during the worst of times “Ayuha al samidoona fawqa tharaha/ Lakum al majd wal than2 wal ta7iyya” –> The reason I like this song is because unlike traditional national songs, it associated the land with the people. Actually, the people figure first in this song, and this is how we should view Kuwait. I don’t think we can love our country properly unless we love the people living in it.
The second song, it’s Kuwait’s first national anthem, not the current one. I like it because it doesn’t mention, as far as I can remember, any monarch’s name, which I believe is how national anthems should be written. National anthems should praise the country and not the rulers.
February 25th, 2005 at 3:03 am
i always like وطن النهار , the emotions , it remid me of the sad days and how kuwait overcome it
February 25th, 2005 at 4:06 am
Fe Song Kuwait , Freee Kuwait , Kuwait , Freee Kuwait , i think ghannaha nabeel sh3aiL?
Kil elaghane elwa6aneya greeba mn galbi … (L)
+ New one’s :
http://songs1.6arab.com/nancy-3ajram_kuwait-alshahama.ram
نانسي بالأغنية هذي كلها أحساس ,
ولو أنها طايحتله غزل بالكويتيين بالأغنية ;p
+ aljasmy Song , rashid almajid
February 25th, 2005 at 8:08 am
The first one
February 25th, 2005 at 9:26 am
For me each song represent a certain memory so I guess I’m gonna go by that.
wa6ani alnahar (I share the same feeling that many already mentioned…it came out right after alta7reer and it evoked a lot of emotions in us and it’s one song I still get all choked up whenever I hear it…the worst home sick song.)
Shams Ala3yadey-Fergat Al Telefzeyon ( I love most of their songs, I think it’s a classic)
3ashat lena alKuwait- I chose this song because I remember going to Las Vegas for 3abduallah Rowasid concert and when he sang that song he made me and my friends cry…another home sick song.
Kil a`3ani alma3ahed alkha9a no preference…but I like Sana’a AlKharaz more than “Shadi AlKhaleej”
Last but not least Fayroz- Al-Kuwait (مبتدئ: I love your choice in this song…coz it has always been one of my old time favorites)
February 25th, 2005 at 11:31 am
shosho
DO have the OLD Kuwaiti Anthem? Ive heard about it.. but never heard it.. Nawreenah plz
February 25th, 2005 at 1:19 pm
You must have heard it, they kept playing it during the invasion, besides they used the overture as the tune for 9pm news back in the 80s.
I think it’s the one that goes: “Kaan an na7mee al 7imaa wal wa6ana/ Kaan an nathooda 3anho al me7anna” –> I heard that it’s our first national anthem, remember the current one mentions Jaber and Saad which means it is not more than 27 years old, while the state has been independant for 44 years.
Anyways, this old anthem was inspired by Abdulkareem Qasim’s attempt to annex Kuwait, and that is why there is a strong militant resonanace about it. Since it was written and composed in the early 60s, I wonder whether there is any national song that predates it.
A good question for Q to ask is: what was the first kuwaiti national song?
February 25th, 2005 at 2:15 pm
i didn’t says which is my fav…
http://gulf.salmiya.net/songs/rwaidshed/ram/rwaidshed249.ram
i guess.. i love them all
February 25th, 2005 at 4:21 pm
GiGurl.. mine goes like this
I love Kuwait, Kuwait loves me, and we’re all a big happy family..
Looking good Q.. Looking good. Getting your coffee fix huh !!
February 25th, 2005 at 5:29 pm
My choice would be for “Ya Darana ya Dar”, as performed by Om Kalthoum – not the modern version!
Honourable mention: “al_kuwaitu ul-Mustaq”ilu”, by Muhamad Abdul-Wahab; and “Min el-Jahra lil_Salmeyah, raf3een 3alam el-7ureyah”, by Abdul 7aleem 7afez.
February 25th, 2005 at 5:32 pm
Heck if Don Juan De kuwait-O can make up a song, I can make up one too.
It goes something like this (adjust his baggy blue pants)
dum da da dum, dum dum.. “you can’t touch this” (points at flag)
dum da da dum, dum dum.. “you can’t touch this” (points at map of kuwait)
dum da da dum, dum dum.. “you can’t touch this” (points at nadee Kathma :P)
(adjust pants)…
Ooo-OOO-ooo-OO (adjust pants)..Ooo-OO-ooo-OO..Stop , Purgatory time
*music out*
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*female voice, red head*
“Vote for Purgatory, he can jiggle, wiggle and ba-dizzle you with his Purgtorian experience.”
*music starts again*
OOOO, OH! OOOO, OH! OOO, OH! (Purgatory jumping left and right in his baggy blue pants)
February 25th, 2005 at 7:06 pm
من الأغاني الوطنية المحببة إلى قلبي :
كان يا مكان حكاية ترويها العجايز للصبيان قبل ما تنام
February 25th, 2005 at 10:52 pm
gigi, ur words remind me of the great poet D3aij AlKhalifa AlSubah ;P
مبتدئ, thank you sir 3ala this great collection of songs!!
shosho, I never heard the old anthem either! Would love to get a copy somewhere!
Don, thx alot man, right back at ya
its been forever since I last saw u!
AntiReason, I would agree with u on Om Kalthoum’s ya darana, again, another great collection of classics!
Purg…LOL!!! This is by far the comment of the day!! LOOL! Purg, ur Kathmawi too?!
Apparently…..the winner for most favored national song is -
وطن النهار
Congrats and thx for contributing
February 25th, 2005 at 10:56 pm
Q, glad you enjoyed it
of course 20 years and still going.
February 26th, 2005 at 1:00 am
for me
1). Ya darana ya dar
2). Wa6an elnahar..when i hear this songs all the sad memories of the invasion come back so it’s for me a reminder of being a refugee
February 26th, 2005 at 1:06 am
we ba3dain there’s a great song Magazel el’7air doorey..Magazel el’7air doorey..doorey..walla..doorey
February 26th, 2005 at 1:33 am
eee doori, like me, *puts on his pants*.. 2 legit.. 2 legit to quit…(hey hey).. 2 legit.. 2 legit to quit.. *shakes again like a salt shaker*
February 26th, 2005 at 11:17 am
“3ayidi ya Kuwait”
It’s so festive!!! Big fan of aghani wa6aniya, They really do a good job..Happy National Day.
B.
February 26th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
Purgatory:
Yeah, what, you don’t think those two are compatible?
Shosho:it associated the land with the people. Actually, the people figure first in this song, and this is how we should view Kuwait. I don’t think we can love our country properly unless we love the people living in it.I can’t agree with you more, shosho! An excellent point, as always. I love the people of Kuwait and believe in them!
TheDon:
Hahaha sounds awfully familiar doesn’t it? ;P But anyway your song doesn’t have the “subtle symbolism” mine does!
Purgatory:LoooooL lol lol SHAKE it Crab-Man!
Q:Hahahaha b-b-but aren’t you getting the SYMBOLISM?! Come on I know there must be some english lit. people around.
Hint: Check out the capitalizations
Anyway, awesome thread
Gigi, enthusiastically
September 7th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
Are you there?…
I am not sure if this is true but ……
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:10 am
Hello everyone
Do you have any songs about kuwait in English?
please let me know…………