Maansadan waxay idin tusaysaaa hodannimada afka & dhaqanka

Soomaaliyeed. This following poem shows the richness of Somali oral culture.

– Markay dani meeday tidhi                               When need required

– Maxaan talo meel ka dayey                              I looked wisdom for every place

– markay dani maaha tidhi                                 When need denied

– Weydiiyey qof meel ka dayey                           I asked a fellow who before me sought

– Markay dani maaha tidhi                                 When need denied again

– Ku laabtay halkaan ka dayey                           I returned to where I searched before

– Markay dani maaha tidhi                                 When need denied again

– Ka sii dayey meel la dayey                                I searched once more where others failed

– maxay doqonimmo I tidhi                               When imbecility whispered to me

– Ruuxaan jirin raad ku doon                             Track down a specter

– Intaan isku duubay been                                  I embraced falsehood

– ka buuxsaday labada dacal                              Stuffing it in my inside pockets

– maxay runi daadi tidhi                                     Then the truth assured me to discard it

– waxaan duluc sii ridnayn                                 How often a trivial theme

– Indhuhu ku daraandareen                              My eyes owe-inspired did shine

– Maxaan dogob beer is idhi                              I even transplanted a piece of dead wood

– daruuro u soo sasabay                                     Begging the clouds to rain

– daryeelka ku maal is idhi                                To nurture myself with its fruit

– biyuhu uga sii dareen                                      But the water made matters worse.