1. Baadi nin aan lahayn bay agjoogtaa
2. Baahiyi qof kuu daran bay kuu geysaa.
3. Baareey guur, oo sixnigaagana la guur.
4. Baddu waa isku dhadhan.
5. Badhi mag ma laha.
6. Balaayo laba qad ha kuu jirto.
7. Balaayo madax la qabtay leedahaye minjo la qabto ma laha.
8. Balaayooy buulkaagaa laga galaa.
9. Ballan habeenimo, jarmaado subax buu leeyahay.
10. Ballaysin bir ka adag.
11. Ban waraabiyo gaala baqataba baraa la helaa.
12. Bannaankaba arkaayow maxaa babac ku saaraaya
13. Bannaankiis mare maradiisa geed ma qabsado
14. Baqal fardo la miratay dhigood bay is moodaa.
15. Barasho horteed dad ha nicin
16. Barasho horteed ha i nicin
17. Barasho u yeelo geedkaad cugsan doonto.
18. Bari waaga mooyee wax san kama yimaadaan.
19. Barrooriba buulkeeday ku hartaa.
20. Bartii yaqaan, bari uma korodho.
Sidii geel horwayno wax badan hawdka miranaayey
Oo haro la soo joojiyoo kuraygu heegaayo Oo hoobay loo qaaday iyo
hadal walwaaleedka Kolkaad Hodan tiraahdaanba waan soo hinqanayaaye
Hadday hawlyaraan idin la tahay aniga way hooge Ayadoon xabaal lagu
hamsiin waanaan ka hadhayne Hammada beenah marbaan is iri waad la
hurudaaye Jin uun bay haddoodilay miday habar wadaageene Hareertayda
madhan baan is iri haadso gacanteeda Kolkii aan hubsaday meel cidla
ah inaan ku hawshooday (Ruqruqaansigaygii) dambaan soo hambaabiraye
U haylhaylay gogoshii sidii halablihii aare Siday iga haleeyeen maryihii
hiifay oo tumaye U hagoogtay sidii geesi ay niman ka hiisheene U hiloobay
sidii wiil la dhacay kadin ay haysteene U hiqleeyey sidii naag layidhi
huray dalaaqdaaye Wax aanad haynin oo haabsataa habartii weeyaane
Hoheey iyo hoheey maxaa hadimo lay gaystay
A story has it that once a weary traveller came to a nomadic
family by dusk. Unable to continue on with his journey, he decided to
stay the night with the family that night. But due to the rainless season,
the family had nothing much to offer. Noticing this, the guest did not
expect a grand feast from the family and decided to be content with whatever
he was given. Preserving his name, the head of the family ordered the
children to bed and asked his wife to slaughter one of the lean goats
in the pen, which she did immediately and served the guest. In the morning,
before the man embarked on his journey, he turned to the head of the family
and asked:
‘Do you want me to repay you five-fold for your
hospitality or mention your name among the meeting with elders? And the
man replied: ‘I’d prefer it if you mentioned my name in your
meetings with the elders.’ Though I cannot confirm the truthfulness
of this story, it is indubitable that to be perceived a generous man is
a gift too great to be conferred upon a Somali nomad. In order for the
guest to have suitable bedding, the young ones must sleep on bare earth;
in order for him to have a plenteous meal and milk to quench his hunger
and revitalise the deteriorating muscles, the children must sleep hungry
that night. At all cost, the guest must be fully accommodated with sufficient
food and bedding. Sometimes if the drought intensifies and the head of
the house has nothing to offer the guests (if they are in number) he then
runs to his nearest neighbours, requesting their help in lending him some
food or accommodating the guests on his behalf. Xirsi Cilmi Goolle was
a man much loved for his generosity and genteel manners throughout Berbera
and its vicinity. And when his time had come, a great devastation spread
all over the area. When the news of his death reached Cali Jaamac Haabiil,
a well-known poet who lived during the era of the great Sayyid Mohamed
Abdulle Hassan (Known as Mad Mullah to the British) and renowned for his
retaliatory poems against the Dervishes, he was exceptionally affected.
Therefore, he composed a poem detailing six distinctive things by which
he cannot forget Xirsi for. He said:
Galgaladkaygii xalay iyo Faaraxow gama’ la’aantayda
Gogoshaan ku jiifsaday hurda goodkii igu yaacay
Gasiinkii la ii dhigay waxaan gowska uga daayey
Dad guryii ka yimid baa war baas iila soo galaye
Gablamooyin waxay ii wadeen guul darriyo hooge
Geeridii Xirsey sheegayeen gacal ha waayeene
Gabbal baa u dumay reerihii geliga Booc yiile
Abidkii rag waa go’i jiree tanise waa gawre
Lix haloo u wada gaar ahaa gocanayee mooyeeMy tossing and turning last
night O’ Faarax and my sleeplessness
The bedding that I slept on and the bugs that bit me
The reason why I did not eat the food that was kept for me
People from the settlement have reached me with distressing news
Woe to them! They have brought me but sadness and despair
Xirsi’s demise they mentioned, may they lose their dear ones
Darkness has befallen the residents of Booc and its vicinity
Though men had always met their deaths, yet this is devastating
Except for six distinctive things that I constantly yearn
for In a manner similar to that of Asnaan Sharmaake, after the first few
opening lines of his poem, Haabiil goes on to state six things distinctive
to the character of Xirsi. Without having to go through the entire poem,
here is the stanza that talks about his hospitality:
Geb haday martidu soo tiraahdo goor uu nala joogo Godka
lagu janneyoo haduu goosan la carraabo Garabsaar rag weeyee haduu gogosha
soo daadsho Gasiinkii lasoo dhigay hadaad gol iyo daad mooddo Bakhayl
bays gamiimee haduu gaarka ka qoslaayo Godolkuu ku haasaawinirey gocanayaa
mooyee When the guest suddenly arrive while he is in our presence
May paradise be his, if he gathers the absconded flock
He is a benefactor of men, if he spreads out the mats
The food outspread; if you’d think it but a valley of flood
And it’s misers often sulk, if he blissfully beams from the corner
The pleasant banter with which he entertained I constantly yearn
Qawdhan Ducaale and Cabdi Gahay Warsame Baanje were two great poets renowned
for their brilliant oratory throughout Somalia. It is said that they were
bitter enemies when it came to poetry and used to recite unpleasant verses
about one another. After several inflammatory poems, Qawdhan recited a
poem insulting Warsame Baanje (Cabdi’s father) of stinginess, lack
of hospitality towards his guests. He said:
Marti daasha leh oo goor maqrib ah dadabta loo heelay Inuu meyd digaaga
u qalo dudana mooyaane
Inuu gool dureemada ku koray dacal ugu logo laga waa
When at dusk the weary guests are shown their quarters
Except that he serves them dead chicken and then sulks
That he slaughters them a healthy camel is against his custom
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Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States and Canada
that celebrates kindness and gratitude. It is always on the last Thursday
of November in the United States but is usually celebrated in October
in Canada.
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for what we have, like a home, food,
and most importantly, family. Grandparents tell stories, parents cook
and talk to each other, and the children play.
When the food is done cooking, everyone sits down at the table. Everyone
gives a prayer of thanks, and then we eat. As a young man, this is my
favorite part. The main dish is usually a roasted turkey, and there are
many kinds of side dishes. Green beans, salad, mashed potatoes, biscuits
and much, much more crowd the dinner table. There is gravy for the mashed
potatoes, and cranberry sauce for the turkey. Many families also have
recipes for food handed down for generations.
After everyone has eaten, the children clear the table and the parents
talk to one another. It is a good idea to wait a little while before dessert,
because Thanksgiving dessert is something you need room for. Pumpkin pie,
apple and rhubarb pie, or a simple cookie and a glass of milk, all of
them taste better when listening to your grandfather tell the story of
how he met your grandmother, or your uncle tells the story of how he tricked
his brothers into carrying him all the way home from the river.
The day after Thanksgiving is commonly referred to as Black Friday. Black
Friday is when most businesses start their holiday sales. The reason it’s
called Black is because of the practice of graphing profits and debt.
When there is more debt then profit, the line on the graph is red. When
there is more profit, the line is black. The high amount of shopping people
do on this day drives up the profit a company makes, hopefully putting
them “in the black”. This does not always happen, and because
of the economy many people were worried that companies could not stay
in business.
Black Friday means excitement for many with hoards of shoppers standing
in lines for hours, arriving in pajama, or staking out a spot overnight
to be the first to arrive for the best shopping deals of the year. This
year it seems to be a success with the preemptive report stating that
shopping was up more than 6 million dollars this year compared to last
year – That’s correct up from 35 million to 41 dollars on
the day after Thanksgiving. But even in this highlight there was some
dismay. Shoppers were trampled by others, some went to hospitals with
injuries and even one death was reported because of this glorious shopping
day.
Spreading Kindness in the Home: ‘Aishah
(RA) said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) said: ‘When Allah
(SWT) wills some good towards the people of a household, He introduces
kindness among them.’” (Ahmad)
According to another report: “When Allah loves the
people of a household, He introduces kindness among them.” (Ibn
Abi al-Dunya and Others)
In other words, they start to be kind to one another. This
is one of the means of attaining happiness in the home, for kindness is
very beneficial between the spouses, and with the children, and brings
results that cannot be achieved through harshness, as the Prophet (SAWS)
said: “Allah loves kindness and rewards it in such a way that He
does not reward for harshness or for anything else.” (Muslim)
Helping One’s Wife with the Housework:
Many men think that housework is beneath them, and some of them think
that it will undermine their status and position if they help their wives
with this work. The Messenger of Allah (SAWS), however, used to “sew
his own clothes, mend his own shoes and do whatever other work men do
in their homes.” (Ahmad). This was said by his wife ‘Aishah
(RA), when she was asked about what the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) used
to do in his house; her response described what she herself had seen.
According to another report, she said: “He was like any other human
being: he would clean his clothes, milk his ewe and serve himself.”
(Ahmad)
She (RA) was also asked about what the Messenger of Allah
(SAWS) used to do in his house, and she said, “He used to serve
his family, then when the time for prayer came, he would go out to pray.”
(Bukhari)
If we Muslim men were to do likewise nowadays, we would
achieve three things:
· We would be following the example of the Prophet (SAWS).
· We would be helping our wives.
· We would feel more humble, not arrogant.
Some men demand food instantly from their wives, when the
pot is on the stove and the baby is screaming to be fed; they do not pick
up the child or wait a little while for the food. Let these Hadith be
a reminder and a lesson!
Being Affectionate Towards and Joking with the
Members of the Family:
Showing affection towards one’s wife and children is one of the
things that lead to creating an atmosphere of happiness and friendliness
in the home. Thus the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) advised Jabir (RA) to
marry a virgin, saying, “Why did you not marry a virgin, so you
could play with her and she could play with you, and you could make her
laugh and she could make you laugh?” (Bukhari & Muslim)
The Prophet (SAWS) also said: “Everything in which
Allah’s name is not mentioned is idleness and play, except for four
things: a man playing with his wife...” (al-Nisa’i in ‘Ishrat
al-Nisa’)
The Prophet (SAWS) used to treat his wife ‘Aishah
(RA) affectionately when doing ghusl with her, as she (RA) said: “The
Messenger of Allah and I used to do ghusl together from one vessel, and
he would pretend to take all the water so that I would say, ‘Leave
some for me, leave some for me,’” - and both of them were
in a state of janabah (impurity). (Muslim)
The ways in which the Prophet (SAWS) showed affection towards
young children are too famous to need mentioning. He often used to show
his affection towards Hasan and Husayn. This is probably one of the reason
why the children used to rejoice when he came back from traveling; they
would rush to welcome him, as reported in the saheeh hadith: “Whenever
he came back from a journey, the children of his household would be taken
out to meet him.” He (SAWS) used to hug them close to him, as ‘Abdullah
ibn Jafar (RA) said: “Whenever the Prophet (SAWS) came back from
a journey, we would be taken out to meet him. One day we met him, Hasan,
Husayn and I. He carried one of us in front of him, and another on his
back, until we entered Madeenah.” (Muslim)
Compare this with the situation in some miserable homes
where there are no truthful jokes [i.e., jokes that do not involve lying],
no affection and no mercy. Whoever thinks that kissing his children goes
against the dignity of fatherhood should read the following hadeeth from
Abu Hurayrah (RA) who said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) kissed
al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, and al-Aqra’ ibn Habis al-Tameemi was sitting
with him. Al-Aqra’ said: ‘I have ten children and I have never
kissed any one of them.’ The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) looked at
him and said: ‘The one who does not show mercy will not be shown
mercy.’”
Isma garasha dhaantaay
Maatada gumaadaay
Walaakeed gablamisaay
Gacalkeeda laaysaay
Geerida ku faraxdaay
Gayigeeda bi’isaay
Gurigeeda dumisaay
Alaabada ka gurataa
Dalshisheeye gaysaay
Golo iblays ka taliyaay
Umad wada gooracneey
galbatayee is daba qabo
Garba duub aqoontiyo
Diinta geed ku xidhataay
Xaqa gooni baadhaay
Runta tii ka gubatee
Dhalanteedu guuxdaay
Gardarada qadarisaay
Guuldarada ku nooleey
Asaageed ma gaadhaay
Bidhaan gabi ka lulataay
Golo iblays ku kaadshaay
Uma wada guracneey
galbatayee is daba qabo
Gudi hadimo xulataay
Waxaan jirin gorfeeysaay
Go’aan beena gaadhaay
Sida duul is garabsaday
Golo dhexe abuurtaay
Googaale mudataay
Carsaanyada gedeedii
Hadba gees u carartaay
Gacanteeda eedaay
Golo iblays ka taliyaay
Uma wada gooracneey
galbatayee is daba qabo
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