Endowed with long legs and slender thighs

Oromos run and win on every ground that lies

Be it track or Cross Country

It’s well known ours is victory

We run very long, long distance

And we have in our blood all the endurance

We have never run out of patience

Though long it may seem, we’re gonna be winners

Just like we run and win all over the world in athletics

we should run the government in Ethiopian politics

while others are running their mouth

our heroes are taking the golden prize

The “Green Flood” on the finish line

when a bright day and our blood combine

Abebe Bikila with his barefoot

Won in Rome over those with boot

Beating Italy on the world stage for the second time

First at home and then in Rome Abe being a mime

Raised the flag high up in the sky

Reintroduced Ethiopia for the world eye

A coveted award by Jah Emperor Rastafaria

Abe was given the “Star of Ethiopia”

In his footsteps came Fatuma Robaa

Preceded by Derartu followed by daughters of Dibaba

“Our Lady of Boston” they call her so lovingly

The first African woman to win Olympic marathon exceedingly

Haile Gebreselassie smashing over 25 records

Qenenisa Bekele taking all the honors

We also have winners like Meseret Defar

Let me remind you, Oromos can win in every war

“Since we’re surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses

Let us throw everything that hinders

and the sin that so easily entangles

And let us run with perseverance

The race marked out for us”

Let’s run for Oromia

Nation of champions our biyya Tiyya!

Let’s fight the good fight

It might take many years or just a fortnight.