Scotland tana fuskantar Brazil da daddare a wasan da ya yi zafi na Kungiya C a Miami Stadium, inda za a buga farawa da karfe 11 na daddare ta lokacin Burtaniya. Kafin farar fil, Tartan Army — magoya bayan Scotland da sha'awarsu ta yi girma — za su yi wa taken su sautin cike, Flower of Scotland. Amma taken ya fito daga ina, kuma me ya sa Scotland ke rerawa shi?
Ba taken hukuma ba ne
Duk da alaƙarsa mai zurfi da asalin ƙasar Scotland, Flower of Scotland ba taken ƙasa na hukuma ba ne na Scotland. Yana aiki a matsayin taken da ba na hukuma ba, wanda ake amfani da shi kusan a fagage na wasanni kawai saboda jigoginsa na kishin ƙasa masu tada zuciya.
Asalin waƙar
Roy Williamson, ɗaya daga cikin ƴan ƙungiyar folk ta Scotland mai suna The Corries, ya tsara waƙar a shekarun 1960. Jama'a sun ji ta a karon farko a shirin talabijin na BBC da aka watsa a shekarar 1967, kodayake wannan sigar ta farko ba ta cika ba — musamman babu sanannen ɗaki na uku mai layin da aka sani «We will rise now».
Daga filin rugby zuwa filin ƙwallon ƙafa
Waƙar ta samu shahara a duniyar wasannin rugby union da farko. Winger Billy Steele ya ƙarfafa abokan wasanninsa su rera ta a lokacin Rangadi na British and Irish Lions na 1974 a Afirka ta Kudu. Ƙungiyar ƙasa ta rugby ta karɓe ta a matsayin taken kafin wasa a shekarar 1990.
Ƙungiyar ƙasa ta ƙwallon ƙafa ta Scotland ta bi sawu shekaru uku bayan haka a shekarar 1993, kafin ta karɓe ta a matsayin taken hukuma kafin wasa a shekarar 1997.
Abin da kalmomi ke faɗi
Kalmomi sun yi ishara da nasarar Masarautar Scotland a kan Masarautar Ingila a Yaƙin Bannockburn a shekarar 1314 — ɗaya daga cikin muhimman lokuta a tarihin Scotland.
Har yanzu ba ta hukuma ba ce
Duk da yunƙurin da aka yi a tsakanin shekarun 2006 da 2015 don ba ta matsayi na hukuma, Flower of Scotland ta kasance taken da ba na hukuma ba. A shekarar 2006, waƙar ta samu kuri'u 41 cikin dari a zaben da Royal Scottish National Orchestra ta gudanar don nemo taken da ya haɗa kai. Majalisar Dokokin Scotland ta yanke hukunci a shekarar 2015 cewa lamarin ba zai warware ta hanyar hukuma ba, tana rufe koke da aka gabatar tun da farkon wannan shekarar don hukumancewa ta, tana mai cewa za ta «bar tattaunawar ta ci gaba».
