HOMELAND

There are three unfading lights,

They are heartthrob foliages,

They are gifts from the Creator:

State with united people,

Government and constitution,

The threesomes are interest of the citizens.

My homeland is the place:

Where life is at peace by itself,

Under the waving flag over my head;

My homeland deserves patriotic effort,

Common defense against the foe,

It is a central shady shelter.

My homeland is my birthright,

A river that I leisurely swim in,

It is my immoveable crop.

My homeland means to me:

My gold and monthly due,

A bed that I rest on;

My homeland is where:

That I can dance and celebrate,

Without fear of being slighted;

My homeland is where:

That I am ambassador and agent for,

And a conductor of the national issues;

My homeland is where I enjoy:

The sight of the clay, sand and loom soil,

And the location of the lovely national silt;

My homeland is where I am moved by:

The shape of the moon and the Aries,

And the full-blown shining Taurus;

My homeland is where:

I have national brand,

Identity and registration;

My homeland means to me:

Prettiness of the celestial rainbow

And ever stainless diamond;

My homeland is where:

The poem-belching hero,

Gets welfare and recognition;

My homeland is where:

I am acclaimed and noted,

And fear of no man's vanquish.

My homeland is where I feel for:

Ever-lasting national nostalgia,

It is a model on my shoulders.

My homeland is where:

No one says to me "foreigner!"

And I feel no sense of strangeness.

My homeland is where:

I am not a poor refugee,

And I live with nobody's bail!

My homeland is where:

My brain is in peace,

And my mind produces wisdom.

My homeland is where:

I need no adaptation to the atmosphere,

And I fear of no violation and starvation!

My homeland is where:

The nation mournfully inter

A talented that died outside;

My homeland is where:

I merrily celebrate,

During my heydays;

My homeland is where:

I can't be uprooted from,

And fear of no damnification.

My homeland is where:

I choose as per my option,

And live on my conscience.

My homeland is where:

I can marry my suitable filly,

And in peace, live with her in a castle.

My homeland is where:

My battalion launches attack from,

Against the enemy at war with me;

My homeland is where:

Different mammals of livestock,

Get breeding and good husbandry.

My homeland is where:

The patriots sip mouth-fully,

Colostrums, milk and butter;

My homeland is where:

I rear herd of domestic animals,

And bring up my kids with the dirham.

My homeland is where:

There is a deer and gazelle,

And a galloping horse;

My homeland is where:

People are medicated with

Medicinal trees and healing herbs;

My homeland is where:

I hear hymn and recitation of the Holy Koran,

And people praying and supplicating Almighty God.

My homeland is where:

The youth celebrate midnight,

Enjoying the splendid season of autumn;

My homeland is where:

I fall in love with:

My pearly Deeqa and Ubah;

My homeland is where:

There is dazzling streams

And beautiful valleys of tourism;

My homeland is where:

A bachelor man in love

Dates a miss for marriage;

My homeland is where:

The pasture and budding

And the green grass prospers.

Homeland is where:

I have bilateral relation with my neighbour,

And I abide by the constitution in between us.

My homeland means to me:

Tame and well-trained he-camel,

The glance and stare at love.

My homeland means to me:

A ship and boat loaded with resource,

And a marine that never ever sink.

My homeland means to me:

The beauty of a peacock!

And full-blown crops of a farm!

My homeland means to me:

A mat and valance of protection!

And a blanket covering me from coldness;

My homeland means to me:

A path to an open shop of my own!

And the best strategy of playing chess!

My homeland is where:

The tailor and the man of justice,

Each does his duties as per protocol.

My homeland is where:

There are: stairs, dollars and local shilling.

And booming business and trade in peace;

My homeland is where:

I am treated of painful wounds

And the hard blow on my head.

My homeland is where:

The dull has a right to study

And the weak is safeguarded.

My homeland is where:

I am not asked for entry and exit,

And I pay no coin for a staying visa!

My homeland means to me:

The cocking and saluting of national mighty army!

And the honourable ranks on the shoulders of the officers.

Oh! My dear homeland!

I will defend thee!

With my soul and golden blood!

Because of you my dear homeland!

I will fire-cover you from the cruising missiles!

And for your sake I will stand on the way of the enemy's jet-fighters!

I will never ever get tired of your defense!

You are faxed on my instincts and senses!

I wish you for peace and bright future!

Wash away the now bad remarks on your name!

Forget the meaningless destruction of the civil-war!

Please compete please, compete with your peers!

Mohamed Abdikadir Daud (Stanza)
Copyright ©2010

NOTE: This poem was written by Staza in Somali language and then, he translated it into English.