SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

(Chris Devlin) #1
12.7 •

o Prophet·


1. 0 Prophet, may the blessing


~. And peace [of God] be upon you


3. I am writing a poem


4. 0 Lord, do not make me digress


5. 0 Prophet, may the blessing


~. And peace ~f God] be upon you
7-8. Who can appraise(8)


The beauty of our Prophet(7)


9. 0 Prophet, may the blessing



  1. And peace [of God] be upon you


11-12. [With his radiance] he dimmed and overshone(12)


The shining sun that you have seen(ll)


13. 0 Prophet, may the blessing


1'4. And peace [0 f God] be upon you

15. His hair was trimmed


l~. To the level of his ears


lj. 0 Prophet, may the blessing


18. And peace [of God] be upon you


l~. If he travelled with a caravan



  1. He put a shadow-casting cloud above it [to
    protect it from the heat of the sum


21. 0 Prophet, may the blessing


i2. And peace [of God] be upon you


2j. A piece of dry wood which he fixed upright


in the ground



  1. Would become moist [and grow]


25. 0 Prophet, may the blessing



  1. And peace [of God] be upon you
    2·7. If a man contended with him

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