Qolobaa Calankeed

Overview

It was written and sung by Abdullahi Qarshe. Even though Soomaaliyeey Toosoo is often used as national anthem, the official national anthem for Somalia is Qoloba Calankeed.

Somali lyrics

Qolobaa calankeed,waa ceynoo,Innaga keenu waa,Cirkoo kale ee,Oon caadna lahayn,Ee caashaqaye.Xidigyahay cadi,Waad noo ciidamisee,Carradaa kaligaaadow curadeecadceeda sideelo caan noqo eesidii culagiiciidad mariseeAlloow haku celinAlloow haku celin

English lyrics

Any nation’s flag, bears its own colorThe sky (above us), does ours look likeDefects it has none; love it with candorOh you White Star, at your service we areSuperior you are, in any part of our landBe famous oh Star, like the sun (of the far)On the day you arose, our hearts you havePurified with pureness, (Oh you our flag)Lord may not dim you, pray we in this nightThe detached part of, our forces of fiveI beseech from God, their return you causeThis fate that wrote, for us to meet now