Ladnaan
Cumar Shooli


Language
Somali

Physical Availability
Ladabaalo is the album

Links of interest
Somali Settlement Experience in Canada
Somali words for camel and those derived from camel spit
For now, it may be better to see the country through pictures

Background
The most interesting aspect to this song is the general sound. Part of it is clearly Middle Eastern / Arabic in origin (for a better idea of what that might entail, check out Iraqi Music) but there's also something distinctly African about it. (I'm certainly not a music expert, so I can't be technical on any of this.) The great part is that it's not just what you hear, it makes sense for a predominantly Muslim country located just across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen, Oman, and further inland, Saudi Arabia.

You may notice the ! at the end of several lines (at least on the English side). Ahadaa is the plural imperative for to be (yahay).

Lyrics

Sida laamo roob helaay cosobkii kalagaac yidhi Lalaracay indhahaa carooskiini hilacaay Ladnaan ladnaan ladnaan ladnaan kuwaaray Labadii isku ragtee libaantay ahadaa Sida laaydh cadcedeed cirku sagal ku ladhanyahay Lalabaystay subaxbaa carooskiini hilacaay Ladnaan ladnaan ladnaan ladnaan kuwaaray Labadii is jeecelee libaantay ahadaa Sida laamo luushaa lamiyadaa kamaarayoo Lamihisaa fidiyaa carooskiini hilacaay Ladnaan ladnaan ladnaan ladnaan kuwaaray Labadii ubaadlee libaantay ahadaa Ladnaan ladnaan ladnaan ladnaan kuwaaray Labadii raxaaystee libaantay ahadaa

Like the rain finds the fresh grass in the ground it is said Throw ourselves blindly, cause our fury to be mobilized, a flash of lightning Health, well-being, health, health, my lover Both of us together, we will come to know victory! How fight to bring daylight with the rags of dawn to enjoy pride We will rise up in the mornings, move like lightning Health, well-being, health, health, my lover Both of us are ..., and we will come to know victory! Like the ground can't bring grass from nothing, we can't improve by chance As fast as we expand, we move like lightning Health, well-being, health, health, my lover Both of us children, we will come to know victory! Health, well-being, health, health, my lover There will be mercy on us together, and we will come to know victory!

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