SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

Lagu yidhi sabeeyee

Dadka ruux sabooloo

Saranseer ku raagiyo

Guryo samo u yaaloo

Sidko dhalay ku haystaa

Qof ba meel la siiyoo

Subax nool ba joogee.

It was [all] destined on the day

When the world was designed

And when my Lord created it

And [when He] raised up the sky

And put on it the harnessl
The sparkling stars
And the moon which rotates on its course
And [when He] hung the sun on it
And made a firm base
And a turf which can be rested on
Out of the ground which can be slept on
On which mountains are evenly placed

And in which the roots of the trees

And their foundations are firmly set

And upon which the three seas and the rivers

Are directed to move -

[It was already then destined that] among

people there would be the poor

Who would remain in misery

And the well established homes

Where the camels which have recently calved

would be kept

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