User:Ahmedzih

I am on equal footing with equality Not allow a single soul to be superior to me I don ’ t employ deception and confer them as gifts I am Somali ! Neither man ’ s stroking of my head Nor his lace on my legs [duplicity ] do I accept Persuasion I do not approve As for secrets [about me] I say A Saab [ vessel] that hold no water I am Somali ! Though I am improverished Yet my hardships I endure As I stretch no hand [ to beg ] I do not equate a friend of mine with my enemy I am Somali ! My destiny has been determined My hoard ( of food for that journey ) is an aloe My intent is known to all My sword is [ made of ] poison My soul has been suspended from a tree I am Somali ! A man who endangers me lives not in peace He, who is swung at, will not sit idle Gratitude I have not yet abandoned Nor do I support not any transgression And a wronged man I compare not with others I am Somali ! I am in a quest for peace And from enmity I am terrified But [from the battlefield] I flee not And the man who brings wounds From his hands I await not [I launch assault ] I am Somali ! I am of a step with the wind And on impulse I do not act I am like fangs of poison [when provoked ] And at times, the bearer of good [ when dealt with peace ] I am swathed in patience I am Somali ! To whom my ways do not appeal As he wishes I do not comply with Like some parts of the world Compulsion I do not accept Nor do I carry any man ’ s shoes I am Somali ! Oh you who is wealthier than I Flaunting your charity Would not tempt me [in no time at all ] Say not, too , persuade the ignorant For I have not a conscious that sleeps I am Somali ! I am a single hide [one Greater Somalia] that had been torn apart [But ] forever branded all over [ with Somali ] Some men once dis -integrated me Whilst I tended to my flocks [But ] the obligation of unity I [still] carry I am Somali !