Biyyoon sitti haa salphatu, boqonnaa gaarii, Nuyi garuu yaadannoo keetiin jiraanna, Baga dhalattee nu barsiifte, nuuf jiraatte! Qabiyyee fi Yaada Walalichaa
Traditionally, Walaloo is fluid. The same poem changes with each performance. However, scholars and cultural activists are now "fixing" these poems into written form to prevent loss. Projects by Oromo linguists (e.g., at Jimma University or Addis Ababa University) involve: walaloo gaddaa ibsu fixed
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Walaloon gaddaa ibsu meeshaa cimaa aadaa fi og-barruu Oromoo keessatti iddoo guddaa qabudha. Du’a akka dhabama qofaatti osoo hin taane, akka itti fufiinsa seenaatti ilaaluuf nu gargaara. Walaloo kanaan gaddi ni qabbanaa’a, seenaan ni tura, maatiin ni jajjabaata. Biyyoon sitti haa salphatu, boqonnaa gaarii, Nuyi garuu
Aadaa fi afaan Oromoo keessatti, walaloon meeshaa ittiin miira, gadda, gammachuu, fi seenaa ibsaniidha. Keessattuu, (walaloo gadda ibsuuf barreeffamu) qooda guddaa qaba. Yeroo namni jaallatamaa ykn beekamaan tokko addunyaa kanarraa darbu, gaddi sabaa fi maatii bifa walaloon dhiyaatee garaan namootaa akka nagaa argatu fi yaadannoon sun akka hin dhumne taasifama. However, scholars and cultural activists are now "fixing"