The land of beauty

The land of plenty;

The land of mystery

The land of great history;

The land of Lucy, the origin of mankind

Blameless people, but nothing to find;

The land of Mekeda, the Queen of Sheba

The beginning and the end, Alfa and Omega; 

The origin of civilization, the land of Axum

An African pride, a symbol of freedom;

The source of Blue Nile which God called Ghion

The home the Ark of the Covenant Axum St. Mary Zion;

The origin of coffee, the land of aroma

The land of St. Yared, degua and zemma;

The land of Lalibela, Fasiledes Gondar

Jimma Aba Jifar, Harar Abadir;

The land of Aba Gedaa system of African democracy

Righteous people full of mercy;

A land of Kings, the land of heroes

Sleeping giant, land of tomorrow.

---Seifu Gebremeskel