If nostalgia
Beset your mind
Come to Ethiopia
a cradle of mankind!
Come to Ethiopia
With no hesitation
Ancient civilization
will engross
Your attention!
Before identity quest
you smother,
Come to Ethiopia
Cause
Lucy, your great,
Great grandmother
You could watch closer!
A melting pot of
Over 80 ethnic groups,
who with
Cordial hospitality,
Will embrace you
without standing to
Ceremony or formality.
Come to Ethiopia
a mosaic of culture
a true place for adventure!
If you need
an original taste of
Coffee Arabica
Come to Ethiopia
A beacon light to Africa
To freedom fighters
Up to America.
Come to Ethiopia
you will meet there
People who have to borrow
Valor from nowhere!
Come to Ethiopia
Triggering off no
Feelings of discomfort
Mosques churches abut.
Come to Ethiopia
in a way
Description that defy
A church by a
Muslim name goes by!
Come to Ethiopia
An exemplary country
to deter common enemy
to spur development
in a spectacular bent
Muslims and Christians
Each other’s heart rent.
Come to Ethiopia
whose name on the bible
Times and again bubble!
Come to Ethiopia
for his persecuted
Followers, the Prophet
Mohammed
A high-heaven marked!
Come to Ethiopia
Now on the path
Of renaissance
Mutual regional growth,
a sustainable peace
Are whose
Unwavering stance!
Come to Ethiopia
a country with its own
Alphabet and calendar!
Of course you will wonder
when you get yourself
Eight years younger!
Come to Ethiopia
to feast your eyes
on breathtaking waterfalls
Scenery and greenery
God-hand-made caves
Endemic animals and birds
Live volcanoes
Obelisks and
Rock-hewn churches.
You shall feast
Your eyes on Harar wall
For the Muslim
A holy city on row four!
You will stand a chance
For Ivangadi a traditional
Spectacular dance
Also Konso’s terrace.
Come to Ethiopia
Aside from adventure,
you could collect
Invincible athletes
And successful Olympians’
Signature!
Your souvenir picture
with them
You may capture!
Of course
you can board ‘Ethiopian’
that was there when
the horizon of aviation
History when we scan.
Come to Ethiopia
The celebration of
the finding of the true cross
the pilgrimage
To Sheik Hussein Mosque
and Epiphany
that have
No parallels by any!
Come to Ethiopia
to see first-hand
a country
13 months sunny!
Come to Ethiopia
to enjoy
A Teff-made
Flat bread organic
Found not carcinogenic!
You will gather
Like coffee
Teff and its
Bread chemistry
Time-old, with it,
That were there,
Are blessings
To the rest of the world
Ethiopia Proffer!
Come to Ethiopia
If you want to understand
As to what is meant
By black pride!
If you worry about class
Ethiopia today
has countless
Hotels shining with stars!
A tourist destination, peaceful coexistence, a land where Christians and Muslims unite like milk and water, a cradle land of mankind, your origin
BY ALEM HAILU G/KRISTOS
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SUNDAY EDITION 30 JANUARY 2022
