SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI
201. [GREED: ] 2~. Greed said, '0 listen to me Pride, you who have spoken the words of good counsel 2~. You know very well that ...
[THE COUNC IL: J 0 Pride and Greed, we have heard your arguments 41. At times stubbornness leads one to a precipice 4~. It cas ...
203. Text 24 The Quran states very clearly that the hour of death is exactly determined for every living creature. In this poem, ...
Qudhu waa amaano eh, hadday qa1ab tidhaa fiid Waxay qiririe 1aysaba, hadduu qaado ma1agii 13. Ooy qay1adii jaan, habluhu igu q ...
20S. AlIa Qaadirow igu dUl, qawlkii Islaamnimo 4.1. Waxaan qaalmo geel iya 10', iyo adhi qormo u degay Qalcado aan dhistiyo moo ...
1'2. However much it struggles, the Angel [of Death] will take it away The girls will then burst into their fierce wailing 206 ...
20}. 3~. They will go back to my family and kinsfolk to console them 36. No one will stay behind to keep me company If my clan ...
Line ~. Line ~. 208. The poet refers here to the alliteration used throughout the poem. The alliterative sound is the Somali con ...
209, Line l~. Some men of religion are chosen for their piety to wash the dead bodies which are treated with tenderness and care ...
210. Text 25 In Islam, it is said that during the last days of the world, the human society will begin to show signs of decadenc ...
Ajri buu ku he1ayaa ninkii, uunka mariyaaye. Indho niman lahayn 00 yidhaa, arag waxaa muuqda Addimmada nin jaban 00 yidhaa, oro ...
212. 4i. Irkig weeye aakhirasamaan, eegga sao baxaye Amakaagna wuu daba socdaa, waana aragtaane. Inan qaawan 00 dharan id1aan, ...
7b. Ar dambaad baraarugi adaan, talana aabaynne 71. Irkig weeye aakhirasamaan, eegga soo baxaye Amakaagna wuu daba socdaa, waan ...
214. i4. ' A man whose legs are broken, but who says, lean anyone race me?!! 15. A man who has no livestock, but who hires herds ...
215. These are the wonders which have come up now, in the last days [of the world] And as you see, they are followed by [othe ...
216. 5,6. A man who does not know the precepts [of IslarriJ but who lS sought for advice ~7. Arrows and spears which are preferr ...
217. Textual Notes Line 20. Aw is a Somali title given to a learned man of religion. Line 39. The ants referred to In this line ...
V. Conspectus of Themes The themes which occur in the texts given in this chapter are listed below. Each of them is given a seri ...
Exhortation to visit pious shaikhs Exhortation to obey the moral precepts of Islam 22. Recitation of the Quran Z3. Warning aga ...
220. ---Themes' Texts 1 2 3 4 5 (^6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16) (^1) + + + + + + (^2) + + + 3 + + + (^4) + 5 + + + + + 6 + 7 + ( ...
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