SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

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Textual' Notes'.

This line alludes to the position of IjAWA:) as

the mother of th8 human beings.

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The Somali concep~ion of ideal beauty is symbolized

by a tall brown-skinned maiden with straight black

hair and black eyes and with a bearing that evokes

a princely Indian woman. Hence the name Hinda

becomes a paneygric name given to Somali women.

r~IAWk') is the filuslim name for Eve 0