SUFI POETRY IN SOMALI

(Chris Devlin) #1

4~. 0 God, may we not run with fear when the bullets
resound


9.6.

46. 0 God, the gun is like a jewel; 0 God may we receive


and carry it
(7. 0 God, save us from the trials of this world and the
Fire [of the next]



  1. 0 God, make us cross the path of ~IRAT; us be (^0) near God, you. let
    Textual Notes


Lines 1-48. For the text given here four lines of the


original have been omitted since they were


obviously faulty. The lines concerned were


Lines 15, 26, 27 and 29 of the poem No. 23
in the Diiwaanka.
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