Description: "Timor ... Oh Timor "
Jose Carlos
Escola Primaria St. Magdalena de Canossa
Dili

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Timor…Oh Timor
The poorest country in Asia
Though you are small and poor
We will serve and bring your name forward
Among all other countries
Cause we are children
We are the future of this beloved country



Translated by Jose Ximenes

- Original (Tetum)

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Timor …Oh Timor
Rai nebe kiak liu iha Asia
Maski O kiik no kiak
Ami sei tane O no foti O nia naran
Iha nasaun hot-hotu
Tamba ami mak labarik
Futuru ba rai doben ida nee


Original Poem by Jose Carlos, 13 years old