Ingedih Adiss Amet meTa kenetiztaw
Ager beten iyasebu metekeziaw
Iyeteqarebe sihed gizew
Ye- Adissu Amet mekeberiaw
Hasab Cilit bilo wode agerbet
Yihen gize yih yedereg neber malet
Be-nafqot mewatet
Sitawes Ye-amet baalu wazema
Ye-beg Ye-doro Cuhet be-yeseferu sisema
Ye-beteseb girgir le-Adiss Amet
Hulun amwalto le-megegnet
Ye-set lijoC mesebsebiaw
Sile negew Abeba ayeh woye memakeriaw
Ye-Adissu libs haya, selasa gize melekiaw
Abat dimitseun kef adrego metariaw
Ye-inat metadefu wodih wodiaw
Ye-tizazu mebzat
Kelelaw qen yeteleye meaaat
Adissun libs taquoxixuna mastenqeqiaw
Ye-Amet beaalun seaat marazemiaw
Adiss libs lebso le-metayet
lelitun inqilf maTat
Woyenem be-iqule-lelit indegena lekito metegnat
Andandem indetelebese Tewat tegneto megegnet
Ere sintu tizita tenegro Ye-Addis Amet
Ye-lalibelaw Cuhet doro sayeneqa
Dimtseu ye-selelew ye-lelew lanqa
Yale, yelele mireqa
Ye-Addis Amet megbiaw milikit
Ye-beg qoda yalew bayu mebizat
Ye-set lijoC dimitse Abeba ayeh hoye
Ke-wodia mado ke-sefer belaye
MeTadefu be-Adissu libs amro lemetayet
Be-Adissu Amet
Beteseb hulu nafkotun yemiwoTabet
Ye-abat sira, Ye-lig timihirt yelelebet
sibelu, siTeTu, Sidesetu Yemiwalbet
Ingedih Adiss Amet meTa kenetizitaw
Ager beten iyasebu metekeziaw
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Sara Amesalu *
SAMESAL1@cc.swarthmore.edu *