Walaloo Mana Barumsaa Koo [ 2025-2027 ]

“ Barsiisaa Girma’s class. 1999–2007. Walaloo hin du'u. ” (Teacher Girma’s class. 1999–2007. The song does not die.)

One day, he pointed at me. My face burned. I stood slowly. walaloo mana barumsaa koo

I stood there a long time. Then I took a piece of chalk from my pocket — I always carry one — and beneath those words, I wrote: “ Barsiisaa Girma’s class

“ Mana barumsaa koo, Ati qabda ija koo fi abjuu koo. Yeroo addunyaan natti dadhabde, Ati natti jette: ‘Bareeduma.’ ” (My school, You hold my eye and my dream. When the world tired of me, You said: ‘You are beautiful.’) I wrote: “ Mana barumsaa koo

“ Mana barumsaa, mana ifaa, Bakka hubanni biqilaa… ” (School, house of light, Where understanding sprouts…)