Soomaaliyeey toosoo

Soomaaliyeey toosoo

English: Somalia, Wake Up
National anthem of  Somalia
Lyrics	Ali Mire Awale
Music	Yusuf Haji Aden, Ali Mire Awale, 1947
Adopted	2000
Relinquished	2012

Soomaaliyeey toosoo (Somali: Soomaaliyeey toosoo; "Somalia, Wake Up"^[1]) was the national anthem of Somalia from 2000 to 2012. It was succeeded by Qolobaa Calankeed, which was adopted in August 2012.^[2]

History

Soomaaliyeey toosoo is a well-known Somali song that dates from the early 1940s. According to the Somali government, it was written by Ali Mire Awale in 1947.^[3] However, some sources suggest that it was written by Ali Mire Awale and Yusuf Haji Adan^[4] sometime in the 1940s.

It was sung to mark independence day on July 1, 1960, and was regularly performed by children in the mornings at schools. Soomaaliyeey toosoo was officially adopted in 2000.^[5]

On August 2012, following the endorsement of Somalia's new Provisional Constitution, Soomaaliyeey toosoo was replaced as the national anthem by Qolobaa Calankeed.

Lyrics

Original Somali lyrics (1947)

Soomaaliyeey toosoo Toosoo isku tiirsada ee Hadba kiina taagdaranee Taageera waligiinee Idinkaysu tookhaayoo Idinkaysu taamaayee Aadamuhu tacliin barayoo Waddankiisa taamyeeloo Sharcigaa isku kiin tolayoo Luuqadaa tuwaaxid ahoo Arligiina taaka ahoo Kuma kala tegeysaan oo Tiro ari ah oo dhaxalaa Sideed laydin soo tubayoo Ninba toban la meel marayoo Cadowgiin idiin talin oo Tuldo geel ah oo dhacan baad Toogasho u badheedhanee Ma dhulkaas dhanee tegeybaan Ninna dhagax u tuurayn Qaran aan hubkuu tumayo Tooreyda dhaafayn Oo aan taar samayn karin Uur kutaallo weynaa Hadba waxaan la taahaayoo Togagga uga qaylshaa Nin dalkiisii cadow taaboo U tol waayey baan ahayee Hadba waxaan laa ooyaayoo Oo ilmadu iiga qubaneysaa Iqtiyaar nin loo diidoo La addoon sadaan ahayee

English translation of chorus

Somalis wake up,

Wake up and support each other

Support your country

Support them forever.

Stop fighting each other

Come back with strength and joy and do be friends again

It's time to look forward and take command

Defeat your enemies and unite once again.

become strong again and again

See also

• History of Somalia
• Flag of Somalia
• National anthem of Somalia (1960-2000), national anthem 1960-2000
• Qolobaa Calankeed, national anthem 2012-present

Notes

1. "Somalia - National Anthem". CIA. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
2. Worldstatesmen - Somalia
3. Somali Government Archived November 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
4. "The Camel in Somali Oral Tradition" by Axmed Cali Abokor ISBN 91-7106-269-6
5. http://www.nationalanthems.info/so.htm

References

• Somalia: Soomaaliyeey toosoo - Audio of the national anthem of Somalia, with information and lyrics

External links

• Somalia: Soomaaliyeey toosoo - Audio of the national anthem of Somalia, with information and lyrics