OUR SOMALIA
There is a place right here in my heart,
nourished within me everywhere I go.
The cool sands of Hamar tickling
my toes out of every cry or moan,
Sunshine replicated
in the mirrors of the river Shabelle.
The grand mountains of Bari and Sheekh…
what a feast for the hungry…but then...
what better panorama has Mother Earth on offer?
I nourish within me these scenes of my land...
Children at play carefree in their land
I supplicate for the whole body:
Land
Sea
River
Lake
Mountain
Flora and fauna
And "us" the people, Muslim, wholesome,
not the pieces thrown here and there.
I pray for the whole body blessed,
unified in the name of Allah the praised
having no wish for any sickly pie, dispersed,
handed down to divide, disgraced.
I cherish the term “we†the collective “usâ€
Not “i†or “theyâ€.
I dream of the milky white Ari of "our" land
The dazzling speech of “our†moon
North and South, East and West,
Sky is the limit
Our geel to graze, proud, majestic,
a free herd,
coming home everywhere they gaze:
Lascanood and Hargeisa
Bandar Qaasim and Borame
Marca, Kismayo and Berbera.
Everywhere we turn
sweet scents of uunsi and ‘anbar
Let that be our jaawi.
Bid you all farewell to this fire of hell
Pray for unity O you with the pen
May the pens be dipped in the springs of Baidabo.
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AAMIN
