SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

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PART FOUR THE IMAGERY 222. ...

223. I The Main Characteristics of the Imagery It seems certain that the poets and poetesses who compose Sufi poems in Somali ai ...

with the basic conditions of survival and well being and their opposi te:s. II Images Drawn from the Somali Natural Environment ...

22.5 • the Somali pastoralist~. The use of the image of rain In the conventional salutation Waa nab ad lyO naq-roobaad ('It IS p ...

Do not listen [to the words which say]: 'The earth will be thoroughly soaked by the dew" and damp mist of last night.' (Text 10/ ...

227 • the impression that as flowing water comforts the heart of a thirsty person in the desert, so the Remembrance of the Proph ...

Simaartii jannaa sadkaa yahayee, siyaaqo na sii sawaab badaneey Your provisions are fruits of Paradise, so give us the much bles ...

0101 bixi abaar qiiqday lyO, ubax gut soo muuqday! Flames which blaze and droughts which spread like smoke and flowers which[al~ ...

Nuuraay nebigaad dhashiisa tahoo, ninkii ku xusaa najaato hel o radiant light, you are the offspring of the Prophet and the man ...

Duhur galay sidiisa u daahirow, di11i weyn qiyaame dusha nooga mari o you who shine like the mid-day sun; on the Day of Resurrec ...

232. Shade from the heat of the sun is often employed as an image for rest and solace: Nin ku jeclaadaa qiyaamaha, hadhkaaga Joo ...

Ladnaan jaano laanta 100 cuskadaay, noo soo luI laydhdha khayrka leh o branch which one grips for to reach the comforts of Parad ...

23.4. Savanna-type plains form the main feature of the geo- graphical area which the Somali nomads move about with their livesto ...

It points to you a distant shape on the horizon with its hand It leads you to disaster and calamity (Text 23/41-44) 235. Al thou ...

2J6. Thorny trees which form an important part of the plant life in Somalia do sometimes figure as an image of hindrance: Asabaa ...

237. cherished by the nomad~. 'Almost every Somali nomad endeavours to rear as many milch camels as he possibly can. In their ef ...

238. Next to camels, horses are seen, by the Somali nomads, as the noblest of their livestock, while donkeys are regarded as the ...

23.9. Habeenkaan dhashee horeba, caanaa laygu habaye Already on the night when I was born, I was nursed with milk (Text 23/27) S ...

24C. According to the nomad's code of behaviour, it is regarded bad manners to use one's tongue in order to extract food from a ...