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 |
CALI BUCUL | 15 |
Perhaps the Trumpet Has Sounded | 17 |
A Prayer for Maryam | 18 |
XUSEEN MAXAMUUD FAARAX known as XUSEEN DHIQLE 19 The Lions Share | 19 |
ISMAACIIL MIRE 20 Change of Command | 20 |
QAWDHAN DUCAALE | 21 |
A Hoopoe Rebuked Listen O Truck Fleeting Joys | 23 |
In Praise of Barni Sheekh | 63 |
NUUR UGAAS ROOBLE 28 Dissimulation | 65 |
CILMI BOWNDHERI 29 A Vain Love | 66 |
A Vision 31 The Messenger 66 67 | 67 |
FAARAX SHUURIYE 32 A Chief Is Thanked for the Gift of a Horse | 69 |
CUMAR XUSEEN OSTREELIYA 33 Where True Profit Lies | 72 |
In Praise of Weris | 76 |
MUUSE XAAJI ISMAACIIL GALAAL 35 The Serpent 69 72 | 79 |
What Will Come Next? | 24 |
SAAHID QAMAAN 25 Equality | 25 |
12 | 27 |
The Stolen Wife | 62 |
AXMED MAXAMED GOOD SHIMBIR | 85 |
The Oral and the Written Medium | 99 |
Selected Bibliography | 105 |
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