An Anthology of Somali PoetryIndiana University Press, 1993 - 111 من الصفحات Somalia has been called 'a nation of poets.' This volume presents the most universal of Somali poetry in English translation. |
المحتوى
THE POEMS | 1 |
RAAGE UGAAS 1 To the Camels 7662 | 7 |
A Broken Betrothal 3 A Horse Beyond Compare | 9 |
Riposte to a Young Opponent in a Poetic Duel | 12 |
Old Age | 13 |
XIRSI GARAAD FAARAX WIILWAAL 6 A Young Sultan Speaks to His People | 14 |
CALI BUCUL 7 Guulside the Victory Bearer | 15 |
AADANGUREY MAXAMED CABDILLE 8 Seventy and Ten Years | 17 |
SAAHID QAMAAN 25 Equality | 59 |
QAMAAN BULXAN 26 The Stolen Wife | 62 |
In Praise of Barni Sheekh | 63 |
NUUR UGAAS ROOBLE 28 Dissimulation | 65 |
CILMI BOWNDHERI 29 A Vain Love | 66 |
A Vision | 67 |
FAARAX SHUURIYE 32 A Chief Is Thanked for the Gift of a Horse | 69 |
CUMAR XUSEEN OSTREELIYA 33 Where True Profit Lies | 72 |
FAARAX AFCAD 9 Camel Rustling 1 | 19 |
QAWDHAN DUCAALE 10 Camel Rustling 2 | 21 |
CALI JAAMAC HAABIIL 11 The Death of a Friend | 24 |
A Fine War Horse | 27 |
A Land of Drought | 32 |
Treason | 33 |
A Terrible Journey | 36 |
Folly | 41 |
Perhaps the Trumpet Has Sounded | 42 |
A Prayer for Maryam | 46 |
XUSEEN MAXAMUUD FAARAX known as XUSEEN DHIQLE 19 The Lions Share | 48 |
ISMAACIIL MIRE 20 Change of Command | 51 |
A Hoopoe Rebuked | 52 |
Listen O Truck | 54 |
Fleeting Joys | 55 |
What Will Come Next? | 57 |
In Praise of Weris | 76 |
MUUSE XAAJI ISMAACIIL GALAAL 35 The Serpent | 79 |
AXMED MAXAMED GOOD SHIMBIR 36 A Lovers Fears | 85 |
CALI SUGULLE 37 A Happy Marriage | 86 |
XASAN SHEEKH MUUMIN 38 The Betrayed Girl | 87 |
AXMED ISMAACIIL DIIRIYE QAASIM 39 Bitter and Sweet | 88 |
MAXAMED IBRAAHIM HADRAAWI 40 At the Grave of Cilmi Bowndheri | 90 |
Beledweyn | 93 |
APPENDICES | 97 |
The Oral and the Written Medium | 99 |
Pronunciation of Somali Words | 101 |
Alliteration and Scansion | 103 |
Selected Bibliography | 105 |
Sources | 109 |
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