Wallaalaan dukkanasatti deema,Mirga isaa dabarsee kenna,Harka namaa ilaala,Hiyyummaan liqifamee hafa.
This classic poem often appears in Afaan Oromoo textbooks to illustrate the importance of literacy and wisdom. Walaloo Afaan Oromoo Waa 39-ee Barumsaa
Afaan Oromoo akka afaan tokkoo kan namoonni miliyoonaa 40 ol itti dubbatan, ogbarruu (oral literature) gammoojjaa qaba. Iskeelii keessatti, walaloon gabaabaa yeroo baay’ee hawwii, yaada, fi duuba hawaasummaa ibsa. Barumsi, akka jijjiramaa fi babal’ina beekumsaatti, walaloo Oromoo keessatti iddoo guddaa argata. Qorannoon kun gaafiin: “Walaloon Oromoo waa’ee barumsaa maal jedha? Barumsi akka madda bilisummaatti akka ibsamuun isaa maal agarsisa?” Wallaalaan dukkanasatti deema