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
Music sample
Soomaaliyeey toosoo

Soomaaliyeey toosoo or Somalia, Wake Up is the national anthem of Somalia.

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.^[1] However, some sources suggest that it was written by Ali Mire Awale and Yusuf Haji Adan^[2] 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.^[3]

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 be friends again

It's time to look forward and take command

Defeat your enemies and unite once again.

become strong again and again

Previous anthems

untitled anthem by Giuseppe Blanc

National anthem of  Somalia
Music	Giuseppe Blanc
Adopted	1960
Relinquished	2000

The Somali Republic was formed on 1 July 1960 following the union of the newly-independent Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) and the State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland protectorate). At this time a wordless and untitled piece by Italian composer Giuseppe Blanc was adopted as the national anthem.^[4][5] This anthem remained in use during the Somali Democratic Republic period between 1969–1991.^[6]

See also

• History of Somalia
• Flag of Somalia

References

1. ^ Somali Government^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "The Camel in Somali Oral Tradition" by Axmed Cali Abokor ISBN 91-7106-269-6
3. ^ http://www.nationalanthems.info/so.htm
4. ^ http://www.nationalanthems.info/so-00.htm
5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO3HtSbaPGM
6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAFbCOHdPEI

External links

• Aftahan.org Somali Literature