Oh Ummata Oromo.....do you hear not the cries?

Oh Ummata Oromo, do you hear not the cries?

Of desperate prayers for emancipation

Oh Ummata Oromo, do you see not the oppression of our people in front of our eyes

The souls of forefathers demand liberation

Dreams I have of glory restored

Of power returned to the rightful lords

Oh my people, do you dream my dreams at night

Our majestic flag hoisted in front of all God's creatures – a glorious sight

Realized at long last my dreams

Gleaming red and green, the shinning tree in between

My heart yearns it but in the meantime screams

Oh Ummata Oromo, do you not hear our cries?

Of the mother who prays to hear her lost son's speech

Escape the iron bars of dungeon's keep

And relieve her tormented soul

To speak to her and say, "Mom, I am alive and well!

"Fear not that I am deceased!"

The blood poured from the sacrifice of our young

While our mother weep upon the their slain sons

Oh Ummata Oromo do you not hear the cries?

We were a nation as mighty as Greece and Rome

How can it be that we are an oppressed majority in our own home

Has our dignity been rendered worthless

How is it that ours sons are of their soil disposed

Our people forced away from their lands

To die away in their journey through the Arabian Sands

Or perish like many before them in the Mediterranean and Red Sea

To live in disgrace as a refugee?

Unity and solid resolve is the ammunition we need

To no master shall we heed

Rise up Ummata Oromo

The nation bleeds, Ummata Oromo do you not hear the cries?

The main point of this poem is to get YOU acting as a representative of something greater than yourself - your people! Support this blog and follow it, spread the word about our struggle, take part in any activity that will help furthering the cause. Its the will that counts, even if you do something so small, it seems to have no effect, It is the gesture that counts!

But one thing I will like to emphasize - anyone who chooses to ignore this blog after seeing this should bear in mind that there is no-one like your peeps. You support them and they will always have your backs! Support Project Oromia!!!!