SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

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Textual Notes

Line 20. Aw is a Somali title given to a learned man of

religion.

Line 39. The ants referred to In this line are the small

ants called in Somali qudhaanjo. Fights are

frequently observed between these ants and

termites and this enmity has become part of the

Somali traditional animal lore.
Line 61. The word 'widow' [garoob) could also mean a
divorced woman.