SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

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2~. Salaad badan oon la koobin Rabbow, Rasuulka iyo Aalka


noo siiyeey



  1. Saxaabta xabiibka suubanne iyo, Islaamka salaan kork06da
    sudheey.


Daughter of the Prophet


:1. 0 noble woman, FAT Ir.-fAH, secret of the Prophet, hear


our prayers quickly and help us

2. 0 daughter of the Prophet, you have earned praise, you


are among the blessed pe0ple; pray to God [for us]

.3. 0 in the name of God, BATULAH, the most gracious one;


tell us glad tidings and bright auguries


4. 0 in the name of God, we ask you advice; you are rich


[in virtues], so pray to the Merciful one [for us]
~. Your provisions are the fruits of Paradise, so give us
the much blessed water
~. 0 you are the jewel which shone for the people and for

the jinns [alike] and which granted them favours



  1. 0 you whom the beloved one begot, 0 courteous one;
    the truth which you illumine is the Truth


~. 0 cure [of my hear~, you are the one who set up the


[protective] fence for the Muslims, you have been


honoured by the Everlasting One


  1. 0 golden one, it profits us to celebrate the Remembrance


of you and to drink from the watering-trough of ?ara-


dise


  1. o bounty of Paradise, the one, Prophet may God begot be pleased you;^0 merciful with you


11. 0 rose, you are the ZAMZAM of Paradise; we seek you,


so give us more
1'2. o wife of Sayid ALI,^0 lamp ~f Paradise], among your may we ranks be

13. 0 you who know how to expound the religious laws, your


glory cannot be estimated

14. 0 patient one, you were begotten by the noble Prophet,


and your words are always proper
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