Qolobaa Calankeed

"Qolobaa Calankeed" (; ; "Every nation has its own flag") is the national anthem of Somalia.

Lyrics
Somali original (Somali Latin alphabet)Somali original (Osmanya script)Somali original (Wadaad writing)IPA transcriptionOfficial English translationPoetic English translation(𝄆) Any nation's flag,
bears its own color (𝄇)
The sky (above us),
does ours look like
Defects it has none;
love it with candor

I
(𝄆) 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)

II
(𝄆) On the day you arose,
our hearts you have (𝄇)
Purified with pureness,
(Oh you our flag)
Lord may not dim you,
pray we in this night

III
(𝄆) The detached part of,
our forces of five (𝄇)
I beseech from God,
their return you cause
This fate that wrote,
for us to meet now(𝄆) The flag of any nation
beareth its color, (𝄇)
but the sky,
doth our flag resemble,
and without defects;
love it with candour!

I
(𝄆) Oh thou White Star,
at thy service we are (𝄇)
Thou art superior,
in any part of our land,
be famous oh Star!
like the sun of the far.

II
(𝄆) On the day thou arosest,
our hearts thou hast (𝄇)
with pureness purified!
oh thou banner,
Lord shan't thee dim,
in this night we pray.

III
(𝄆) The detached part of,
our forces of five. (𝄇)
From Lord I beseech,
their return thou causest
this fate that wrote,
for us now to meet.

References

Category:African anthems
Category:National symbols of Somalia