SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

16.6.

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In this poem, an anonymous poetess reports I;!AWAJ I S reproach

to her fellow women. I;:li1WAJ expresses her displeasure in

the irreligious actions of women. Note that this theme is

not derived from the Quran or the Sunna. In a sense it is

a praise poem since it implies the motherly solicitude and

concern on the part of I;-IA1VJP for the salvation of mankind.

Xaawi waxay lahayd

.1. Xumo ku faanooyinow, Xaawi waxay lahayd

2. Naa Aakhiraa 100 tartamayaaye, dib u tashada

.3. Xantiyo beentay intaa, u xusul duubayaan

4. Salaad baan kuugu taag waayaye, kadantow waad kogi

doontaa

.5. 00 soon baan kuugu taag waayaye, kadantow waad kogi

doontaa

.6. 00 banka Yawmal-qiyaamaad, keligaa bili doontaa

ljAWA.::J was saying

.1. 10 boas ter s about evil, 1 ijAWA:::> was saying,

2. 10 women think again; people are competing for the

Other World

.3. You are always vying In gOSSIp and lies

4. 0 wretched onc, I could not make you pray, but you will
   die and wither
   ~. 0 wretched one, I could not make you fast, but you will
   diB and wither

6. And In solitude, you \I[ill perish on the plain of Resurrection of the Day