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.
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