SOMALI LYRICS

CHORUS: 
Somaliyaay toosoo
Toosoo isku tiirsada ee
Hadba kiina taag daranee
Taageera waligiinee. 

Ummadyahay mar kale toosoo
Calankiinna wada tiirshoo,
Danta guud ku taagsada oo
Isu wada tanaasula eey.

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Tawaabkoo qudhaa bixiyoo
Gobannimada taam ka dhigee,
Rabbi toobad weyddiistoo
Talo saarta Weynaha eey.

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Qabiilkaad ku tookhdaan baa
Qawmiyaddaada kaa tira oo,
Tayo li'ida qoysqoyskaa
Idin bada tabaalaha eey.

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Inuu Naar ku taro mooyee
Dagaal ehel ma taabaggalee,
Shacabkaa in loo tudho oo
La tabantaabsho kaa mudaneey!

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Curaddadaada taargo'ayaa
Tiiraanyo qaran weeyee,
Walaalkiis kan tooganayow
Adays jaray tagoogaha eey.

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Quruun teeda hanan weydaa
Tiqo kuma leh dunideenee,
Adduunyada ka tamin qaadtoo
Assaagiina tiigsada eey.
 
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
CHORUS:
Somalia wake up,
wake up and join hands together
and we must help the weakest of our people
all of the time. 

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Somalia
"Somaliyaay toosoo" (Somalia Wake Up)

Words by:unknown
Music by:unknown
Adopted:2000

Currently, a central government for Somalia does not exist, various warlords
control the country, and the transitional administration had recently begun, in
July 2005, to relocate to Somalia itself (but not the capital, as it is still
controlled by warlords) and establish a transitional governemtn on the way to
full democracy.

A new de jure national anthem was selected for Somalia in 2000, while the new
transitional government was still in exile in Kenya, in an effort to revive the
country and break with the past. The song "Soomaaliyey toosa" (alternately
spelled "Somaliyaay toosoo") is a well-known folk song in Somalia, and was sung
even before independence. The lyrics are appropriate to the country in a
rebuilding stage.

Special thanks to:Mabruk Abdi Habib for the lyrics and PaweB Ciupak, who has
provided me with the MIDI.

See also: Somalia_(1960-2000), Somaliland.

MUSIC
