Watan Hamara Azad Kashmir

"Vatan Hamārā Āzād Kašmīr" (Urdu: وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر‎) is the state anthem adopted by Azad Kashmir, a region in the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent currently administered by Pakistan. It is based on a poem of the same name written in the mid-1960s by Hafīz Jālandhari.[1] It was inspired during the Indo-Pakistani conflict, 1965.[2]

وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر

Our State is Free Kashmir
State anthem anthem of Azad Kashmir
Lyrics	Abbū al-Asar Hafīz Jālandhari, 1960s

Lyrics

Urdu	Roman Urdu	Rough English translation
وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر 𝄆 𝄇 آزاد کشمیر آزاد کشمیر باغوں اور بہاروں والا دریاؤں کہساروں والا آسمان ہے جس کا پرچم پرچم چاند ستاروں والا جنت کے نظاروں والا جموں اور کشمیر ہمارا وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر 𝄆 𝄇 آزاد کشمیر آزاد کشمیر کوہستانوں کی آبادی پہن چکی تاجِ آزادی عزت کے پروانے جاگے آزادی کی شمع جلادی جاگ اٹھی ہے ساری وادی حامی ہے اللہ تمہارا وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر 𝄆 𝄇 آزاد کشمیر آزاد کشمیر زَر کے لالچ سے اوشیطاں کیوں بیچیں ہم دین و ایمان پاکستان کے ساتھ کھڑے ہیں عزّت حرمت حکمِ قرآن جان بھی قربان مال بھی قربان مال سے پیارا جان سے پیارا وطن ہمارا آزاد کشمیر 𝄆 𝄇 آزاد کشمیر آزاد کشمیر [3][4]	𝄆 Vatan hamāra āzād Kašmīr, Āzād Kašmīr, āzād Kašmīr 𝄇 Bâġǭ or bahārǭ vālā Daryāǭ or Kuhsārǭ vālā Āsmān he jis kā parcam Parcam cānd sitārǭ vālā Jannat kē nazārǭ vālā Jammų̄ or Kašmīr hamārā 𝄆 Vatan hamāra āzād Kašmīr, Āzād Kašmīr, āzād Kašmīr 𝄇 Kōhistānǭ kē ābādī Pahan cukī tāji āzādī Izzat kē parvānē jāgē Āzādī kē šama jalādi Jāg uṭhī he sārī vādī Hāmī he Allāh tumhārā 𝄆 Vatan hamāra āzād Kašmīr, Āzād Kašmīr, āzād Kašmīr 𝄇 Zar kē lākac sē o Šetān Kyų̄ bīcį̄ ham dīn o īmān Pākistān kē sāth khaṛē hę Izzat, hurmat, hukmi Qurān Jān bhī qurbān, māl bhī qurbān Māl sē pyārā, jān sē pyārā 𝄆 Vatan hamāra āzād Kašmīr, Āzād Kašmīr, āzād Kašmīr 𝄇	𝄆 Our state is Free Kashmir, Free Kashmir!, Free Kashmir 𝄆 Made of valleys and fields And rivers and mountain ranges The sky is the flag of the state The flag, which has the crescent and star Which looks like heaven Jammu and Kashmir are ours! 𝄆 Our state is Free Kashmir, Free Kashmir!, Free Kashmir 𝄆 The population of Kohistan The mountainous land has the crown of the emancipation of this state The moth is awake to keep our honor' And they have lightened the candle of freedom The whole valley is awake Their weakness is only without Allah 𝄆 Our state is Free Kashmir, Free Kashmir!, Free Kashmir 𝄆 Beckoned to obliviousness by the great Satan Why should we loose our faith and our way of religion and life? In the moment of time, we stand with our brother Pakistanis The Qur'an is the protector of our honor We give our lives for sacrifices We’ll sacrifice our lives and our goods for our cause 𝄆 Our state is Free Kashmir, Free Kashmir!, Free Kashmir 𝄆

See also

• Flag of Azad Kashmir
• Government of Azad Kashmir

References

1. "National anthems founder remembered". Dawn.com. 2009.Jalandhari also wrote the Kashmiri anthem Watan Hamara Azad Kashmir among several other patriotic songs during the Pak-India war in 1965.
2. "Jalandhri confined himself for 3 months to write National Anthem". 2016.He wrote many patriotic songs during the Indo Pakistani War of 1965. He also took part in war of 1948 on Kashmir and got injuries on his arm and leg.
3. http://anthems.lidicity.com/o/ksm.html
4. "آزاد کشمیر کا قومی ترانہ،ایک نئی بحث". ibcurdu. 2016-03-17.