The National Day of Syria is on the 17 April (Evacuation Day, from France 1946). Called Evacuation Day (Arabic: عيد الجلاء) commemorates the evacuation of the last French soldier from Syria and Syria’s full independence on the April 17, 1946. The public holidays for Syria has been added below.
National Anthem of Syria
Homat el Diyar
حُمَاةَ الدِّيَار
Lyrics:
Arabic:
حـماةَ الـديارِ عليكمْ سـلامْ
ّأبَتْ أنْ تـذِلَّ النفـوسُ الكرامّ
عـرينُ العروبةِ بيتٌ حَـرام
وعرشُ الشّموسِ حِمَىً لا يُضَامْ
ربوعُ الشّـآمِ بـروجُ العَـلا
تُحاكي السّـماءَ بعـالي السَّـنا
فأرضٌ زهتْ بالشّموسِ الوِضَا
سَـماءٌ لَعَمـرُكَ أو كالسَّـما
رفيـفُ الأماني وخَفـقُ الفؤادْ
عـلى عَـلَمٍ ضَمَّ شَـمْلَ البلادْ
أما فيهِ منْ كُـلِّ عـينٍ سَـوادْ
ومِـن دمِ كـلِّ شَـهيدٍ مِـدادْ؟
نفـوسٌ أبـاةٌ ومـاضٍ مجيـدْ
وروحُ الأضاحي رقيبٌ عَـتيدْ
فمِـنّا الوليـدُ و مِـنّا الرّشـيدْ
فلـمْ لا نَسُـودُ ولِمْ لا نشـيد؟
Arabic (transliterated):
Humāta d-diyāri alaykum salām
Abat an tazilla n-nufūsu l-kirām
Arīnu l-urūbati baytun harām
Wa-arshu sh-shumūsi himan lā yudām
Rubū’u sh-sha’āmi burūju l-‘ala
Tuhāki s-samā’a bi-āli s-sana
Fa-ardun zahat bi-sh-shumūsi l-wida
Samā’un la-‘amruka aw ka-s-sama
Rafīfu l-‘amāni wa-khafqu l-fu’ād
Alā alamin damma shamla l-bilād
Amā fī-hi min kulli aynin sawād
Wa min dami kulli shahīden midād
Nufūsun ubātun wa mādin majīd
Wa-rūhu l-adāhi rāqībun atīd
Fa-min-na l-walīdu wa-min-na r-rashīd
Fa-lim lā nasūdu wa-lim lā nashīd
English:
Guardians of the Homeland,
Peace on you;
Our proud spirits will
Not be subdued.
The abode of Arabism,
A hallowed sanctuary;
The seat of the stars,
An inviolable preserve.
Syria’s plains are
Towers in the heights,
Resembling the sky
Above the clouds.
A land resplendant
With brilliant suns,
Becoming another sky,
Or almost a sky.
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