SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

17.6 •

Sheekh BaTkhadle

1. 0 honourable creature of God, Shariif Yuusuf Barkhadle;

the shaikh of Islam
.2. 0 Imam who worked hard for our sake, 0 you whose precepts

are profi tab Ie

3.^0 you who made it easy [ for the us [to memorize] in Somali
sounds of Arabic] letters
0 you who worked hard to help us, 0 light of the earth
5 • 0 you for whose sake, we received clarified grace, and the who law
~. You acted according to the decrees of God and were always

a perfect man

7. The man who visits his tomb receives many rewards
   .8. 0 blessed way who are loved by the Muslims among people

and among jinns

9. 0 shaikh, 0 you who speak the truth and who warn against evil
   lb. 0 you who preached to all the creatures, and whom the
   Powerful One blessed


10. 0 saint, 0 you who were the protecting fence for the

school of the religion of FURQAN

1.2. 0 saint who illuminated houses [with your mystical light],

we are zealous to perform Remembrance in your honour

13. 0 you who always humbly p~titioned God, and repulsed enemy the

14.

fs.

17.

o ZAlVIZAMvlfhich never finishes, and which increases our

love

o Sayid who set alig~t blessings and the hour of whose

coming was foretold

o you who defended the Islamic law and spread it among

the people

o Sufi of God, 0 patient one, 0 accomnlished ~ reciter the Quran of

l~. The man who follows your path will be sheltered your umbrella under

19. 0 radiant moon, ladle out ~~e sacred water] to us from

the watering-trough of Paradise at the time [of Judge-mont]