Waxa jira maansooyin badan oo loo allifay calanka cirka u Eg ee Soomaali-nimeed .. Maansada (heesta) ugu caansan ee Calanka loo sameeyayna waa heestan “Qolaba calankeed” ee uu hal-abuuray (allaha ha u naxariiste) Xuseen Aw-Faarax 1955-tii, uuna qaaday (Allaha ha u naxariiste) C/laahi Maxamed Maxamuud Xirsi (Qarshe) .. Lana soco in calanka laftiisa la hir-geliyey 12 October, 1954. Akhris wacan:
Qoloba calankeedu waa caynoo
Innaga keenu wa cirkoo kale oo
An caadna lahayne caashaqa
Xidigyey cadi waad na ciidamisee
carrada kaligaa adow curadee
cadceedda sideeda caan noqo
Cishadad dhalataad calooshayadii
Sidii culaygii cidaad marisee
Allow ha ku celin cawoy dhaha
Shantena cududood cadkii ka maqnaa — (shantena → shanteenna)
Adow celiyoyna caawimayee
wa calaf cimrigays-ku keen simayee [?]
IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
There are numerous songs dedicated to the Somaliness flag that resembles the sky (in color). Out of these stands out the song called “Any nation’s flag” that was written by Xuseen Aw-Faarax in 1955; and was sung by C/laahi Maxamed Maxamuud Xirsi (Qarshe). And note that the flag was adopted on October 12, 1954. Here is a rough translation of the song:
Any nation’s flag, bears its own color
The sky [above us], does ours look like
Defects it has none; love it with candor
Oh you White Star, at your service we are
Superior you are, in any part of our land
Be famous oh Star, like the sun [of the far]
On the day you arose, our hearts you have
Purified with pureness, [oh you our flag]
“Lord mayn’t dim you,” pray we in this night
The detached part of, our forces of five
I beseech from God, their return you cause
‘Tis fate that wrote, for us to meet now
Mahadsanidin, Goldogobtimes.com
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