SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

161. 2~. Salaad badan oon la koobin Rabbow, Rasuulka iyo Aalka noo siiyeey Saxaabta xabiibka suubanne iyo, Islaamka salaan kork ...

l~. May the people whom you love, because of you settle under the great umbrella on the Day of Resurrection 162. l~. 0 lighthous ...

power to assume the form of human beings or animals. Also, like the human beings, they are divided into Muslims and non- Muslims ...

164. Text 14·. This poem is closely linked, in form and spirit, with the preceding poem (Text 13). Its authorship is attributed ...

165. j. 0 jewel of the Prophet, free us on account of your face .4. You are the one whom God loves, so show us the way 5. You ar ...

16.6. Text 15 In this poem, an anonymous poetess reports I;!AWAJ I S reproach to her fellow women. I;:li1WAJ expresses her displ ...

16.7 • Text 16 Thls poem, which is composed by an anonymous poetess; is addressed to trAW1.:.> as the mother of the human rac ...

Line :2. Line 3. Textual' Notes'. This line alludes to the position of IjAWA:) as the mother of th8 human beings. J68. The Somal ...

169. Text 17 This poem, by Sheekh Caaqib Cabdilaahi, is composed in praise of SHAIKH C'ABD AL-QADIR AL-JILANI, the founder of th ...

14 .. Sharaf Awliyow waan ku sheeganee, lama shaari karo nimad shuuntaye 170. 15. Sal wax 100 hu:baa sifo suubbanow, sidqi hadal ...

Crown of Saints 0 KILKNI, 0 KILKNI, come to us; we call for you .2. Hearing and granting [favours] is yours; you are the Imam ...

1'8. 0 you who shine like the mid-day sun; on the Day of Resurrection, cover us over with your vast shade 0 knower of all knowl ...

Line '9. 17.3. The word dawlo means 'government' or Tstatel • I have translated it as 'ruler', as the context suggests. Rulers a ...

17.4 • Text 18 According to Somali tradition, Sheekh Yuusuf Barkhadle was the first person who developed a mnemonic system in So ...

~. Xaqqa shcekhii ku haci1sayee, xumaha daaya lahaayow Kha1qiga kii "I'lacdiyaayee, Qaadirkii khayr u qiyaasovr Dugsiga diinta ...

17.6 • Sheekh BaTkhadle 1. 0 honourable creature of God, Shariif Yuusuf Barkhadle; the shaikh of Islam .2. 0 Imam who worked har ...

17.7. 20. 0 remover of the darkness of ignorance, you made the faith clearly visible to us 21. 0 you whom we believe, 0 learned ...

Line '8. Line Ii. Line 24. See notes on Text 13, Line ~. See notes on Text 5, Line 35. 178. QUrB literally means 'a pivot, an aX ...

17.9. Text 19' , This poem is composed, by Sheekh Caaqib Cabdilaahi, in praise of Sheekh Suufi whose full name is Sheekh Cabdira ...

180. Si1si1adda Qaadiriya ecn salkeedu go'ayn, adaa sida 00 ku sudhantahay Shareecada sheekhi oogaayee, bi1aadka ku shaacay baa ...