The National Anthem of Somalia is a song composed by Cali Mire Cawaale in 1947. It’s all about the land and its people. Its original lyrics has nothing to do with the flag (since the flag was designed 7 years later)! Here is the original lyrics by Mr. Cali Mire:
| Soomaaliyeey toosoo
Toosoo isku tiirsadaeey Hadba kiinna taag daraneey Taageera weligiineey
Idinkaysu tookhaayoo Idinkaysu taamaayee Adamuu tacliin barayoo Waddankiisa taamyeelyeey
Sharcigaysku kiin tolayoo Luuqadaa tu’ waaxidahoo Arligiinna taaka ahoo Kuma kala tegeysaaneey
Tiro adhiya oo dhaxalaa Saylad laydin soo tubayoo Ninba toban la meel marayoo Cadowgiin idiin talineey
Tuldo geela oo dhacan baad Toogashaw badheedhaanee Ma dhulkaas dhanee tegeybaan Ninna “dhagax” u tuurayneey
Qaran aan hubkuu tumayoo Tooreyda dhaafayneeyn Oon taar samayn karihayn Uur-ku-taallo weynaayeey
Hadba waxan la taahaayoo Togaggawga ooyaayeey Nin dalkiisi cadow taaboo U tol waayey baan ahayeey
Hadba waxan la ooyaayoo Ilmadu iiga qubataayoo Ikhtiyaar nin loo diidoo La addoonsadaan ahayee |
O wake up Somalis, wake up
And lean onto one another Whoever is your weakest Forever you support him
Quarrelling you may engage Consoling you may entrust That man has learned a lot And his country he improved
Your binder surely is the law Your language surely is one Your territory surely is minute You can’t divide over all of these
A small herd as your inheritance Is brought before you to have And equally you share and leave Without your enemy intervening
For the sake of your looted camels You face the death to retrieve ‘em Yet all the missing lands of yours None throws a “stone” to liberate ‘em
A nation’s weapons they manufacture That are swords and nothing more Let alone they make a telegram What an anxiety, anxiety, big anxiety
Again and again I keep wailing And from my heart I keep crying For I’m a man whose country-s taken By an enemy whom I find no ally [to defeat him]
Again and again I keep crying And that my tears are falling To know I’m denied my freedom To know that I’m an enslaved man |
