"Uf
qabiilka anaa leh- wuxuun baa ku adeegta
Nin iskii kartidiisa- isagoon cid ku tiirsan
Isku taagi kareynin- una haysta ateero
Ayaantuu dambi geystana- laga hoos galo eeda.
Ayid waad is xigtaaniyo- idinkaa isku reer iyo
Aqligii lixdankii- maanta iib geli maayo.
Sidaan aaminsanahayna- abkuu doono ha sheegtee
Wuxuunbaa ehel ii ah- dadka kaan af aqaano ee
Si wax iila arkaaya ee- na midayso ujeedo."
Maxamed
Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' was born in
Hargeysa in 1949, and lives there now.
He attended school in Sheikh in Somaliland
and then graduated in biology at the
Somali National University, following
which he was a teacher for several
years. As a keen poet and literary
scholar also, he later worked at the
Academy of Culture in Mogadishu and
then as a lecturer in Somali literature
at National University. From the 1970s
onwards he has been one of the most
important Somali poets, composing on
a great variety of topics from nuclear
weapons to Nelson Mandela. He was also
a poet who was not afraid to engage
in the politics of Somalia through
his poetry, and he was the initiator
of one of the largest 'chain poems',
'Deelley', to which many poets contributed,
each one alliterating in 'd', hence
the name of the chain. In addition
to his poetry composition, Gaarriye
was the person who first articulated
the metrical patterns of Somali poetry,
which he published in 1976 in a number
of articles in the national newspaper
of the time. This work was invaluable
and a major intellectual achievement. Martin
Orwin
"Nin-kasta
oo dakana galay---------------------Qoluu
dabada geliyow,
Dembi dhacay mas'uul ma leh-------------------
Markaad hebel duqaysaa,
Reer hebel danqanayaa.--------------------------- Ardaygu na
dadaalkiyo,
Dugsigii hadduu gabay,---------------------------
Delluu meel ka haystaa,
Waxaan daah ka sarnayn--------------------------
Isagoon diktoor noqon,
Inuu darajo tolan karo,-----------------------------
Inuu doolar heli karo,
Ama dayday noqon karo,-------------------------
Daba-laab ku xoogsada "
"Sidii
daacuflaha aar---ragii duudda mari
jiray-
Raggii
diinka qalan jiray---- marna daafida
u cunay.
Marna doonbir dhacarsaday--- dabra weerar
culus iyo
Duullaan laxaad lehba---- wiilashii durqumi
jiray.
Daba laabka kaaraha --- danabyadii ku furan
jiray.
Ama dibadda ka halgamay--- ama dayn ku
fara baxay.
Ama dirirta gudihii --- si udadan ufulin
jiray.
Dahan iyo mid diin qalay--- ama duubiyada
jaban,
Dar alliyo daraadood --- raggii deeqda
lagu helay,
Iyo dubbuhuu asaagaa---sidii dameero baadiya,
Damtaa kaaga saaray--- iyo birtaa adiga
lagu daray,
Dooraalayaashii --damiirkooga hoogiyo,
Damacoogu fari jiray--- dallacaad aad ku
heshidee,
Deriskaaga qaar iyo--- dar dar kaad isu
xigtaan,
Labadaa aad dihatee-- ninba doorkuu kulahaa,
Taariikhda daabacan--- diiwaan xusuus qor
ah
Uma lihid dadweynoow !" Xasan Ganey 1992kii
Abwaan Xasan X C/Lahi "Geney" wuxuu
kaalinta hore kaga jiraa abwaanada xaga
suugaanka iyo dhaqanka ugu cod karsan,runtiina
waa halabuur dadkoo dhami jecelyahay.
Dabeecad ahaan Xasan waxaa lagu tiriyaa
nin aad u afgaaban,degan,dabeecad iyo
akhlaaqsanina u dheertahay,taakuleeyana
dadka dhibaateysan oo naxariis badan.
Hadii aan taariikhda abwaanka wax ka
tilmaamo. Xasan
Ganey wuxuu ku dhashay duleedka
Degmada Bulaxaar
oo ka tirsan
Gobolka Saaxil,waxaana da,diisu ku
dhowdahay ilaa 6o Sano. Mar la weydiiyay
abwaanka da'diisa. Wuxuu ku jawaabay"markii
aan dhashay meel miyi ah ayaan ku
dhashay laakiin isma yaraynayo
in aan wax isku daro mooyee," isagoo
dhawr iyo toban jir ah oo kuray ah
ayuu markaa
ka yimid miyiga Bulaxaar oo waxuu soo
galay magaalada Berbera,kadibna waxuu
shaqo ka bilaabay Hudheelada sida
Hudheelki
Cumar Isteeri,markii dambana waxuu
u soo wareegay Hargeysa oo xiligii
inqilaabkii
Xasan Kayd iyo ay wadeen waa 1961-kii,waxaanu
ka shaqaynayay hudheelka Union ka,
markii la odhan jiray
Bakayle Qalad waxuu ahaa Baayac Mushtari
oo waxuu ka shaqaynayay meherado uu
lahaa oo ku yaalay Xero dhifta,laakiin
sanadkii 1966 ,ayuu hadana u wareegay
dhinaca Geerash-yada oo waxuu ka shaqayn
jiray Geerashkii Xaaji Dool iyo Cabdi
Giirshe ay wada lahaayeen, 1967 kii
ayuu
ku biiray Ciidamadii Xooga Dalka markaas
ilaa 1970 kii waxuu ku jiray Ciidamadii
Kamaandoosta,wuxuu
ka soo wareegay xiligaas oo uu ku soo
biiray
kooxdii
Baamboyda iyo Kooxdii Janandaa,uud
.by kamadare
Taariikhdu
shed lagu dhigiyo-----------------
Malaha summad lagu sharaxo
Intii qorax shaamisiyo----------------------------
Shinkiisa hebeen tirsaday
Shaac iyo madoobe isbedelay------------------
Wixii dhacay shar iyo kheyr
Intaan shaahid u ahaa------------------------------
Shamsadan aan joogno iyo
Haddaan shalay kuugu simo----------------------
Ma jiro shay noo qornaa
Sheekadu inay tahay sidaa------------------------
shilkuhu nimankuu la tegey
Wadnaha shaandhada ka dhigay----------------
Shanshada dhuuxleh iyo
Lafihii qaarkood shuxaan--------------------------
Kuwaa shirixyada ka jaban
Haddaan shilini layn---------------------------------
Shahiid maaha la yidhi
Shisheeyana nagama dilin--------------------------
Shil helayna maanaan ogeyn. 1988
Faisel was born in 1945, to Omer Mushteeg
and Amina Mohamed Bulxan. Both his parents
were respectable community members in the city
of Hargeisa, Somaliland. Amina’s father
was the great Berbera poet and chief of Somaliland,
during the late 19c and the beginning of the
20c, Mohamed "Bulxan", who coined
the famous Somaliland poem "Abtirsiimada
Guud baa loo Golaaf tamayaa" or "people
are fighting for their family tree". He
also composed great number of poems, such as
the one we have in here called " Dal-dhameeye",
meaning around the world.You can read that
poem in Somali in this page Dal-dhameeye.
He finished his grade school at Sheekh Bashiir Elementary School in Hargeisa,
Somaliland, where he had the opportunity to be taught by such great teachers
and world famous people. Late Sheekh Ali Ibrahim, an Islamic scholar who has
written many books and Arabic and Omer Arteh Qaalib, who became a foreign minister
of what, were once known as "Somalia". He later went to a boarding
school in Amoud, which is located thirty-five miles northwest of Hargeisa, Somaliland.
He finished both his intermediate and teacher training at Amoud. Again, he had
the good fortune obeying taught by such teachers as Sheekh Yuusuf Sh Ali Gurey,
the 1982-83 President of Somali National movement and Mohamed Ali "Sheef",
who became an Ambassador.
As a teenager, his peers knew Faisel
as a talented singer. But it was not
until he finished school that he was
discovered by the then- Minister of Education,
Yuusuf Ismail Samates "Ghandhi". "Gandhi" took
him to the then capital city of Somalia,
Mogadishu. One night, "Ghandi" threw
a party in order to show off to his friends
this wonder kid, who could sing like
no one else. The Sudanese Ambassador
who was present at the party heard him
sing "Sudanese/Nubian" songs
and could not believe his ears. He offered
Faisel an opportunity to go to Sudan
and study there. But upon hearing he
would have to wait another six months
in Mogadishu before he can go, Faisel
declined the offer and headed back to
Hargeisa.
Faisel didn’t want to leave yet
because he fell in love with Shamis while
he was in school at Amuud. What he did
not know at the time was Shamis would
become his life long love and the only
woman he loves to this day. With a collection
of Mohamed Wardi and Al-Amine songs that
were given to him as a gift from the
Sudanese Ambassador, Faisel got a job
as a teacher in Arabsiyo ten miles from
Hargeisa.....
QUR'AAN
