Someone in this forum (A female) said to me that Somali gabays are disrespectful towards women in general and depict them in an inferior way and i argued that they don't - in fact they alleviate them in ways more than one. So she has asked me to show her some poems that praise women and i am here posting a few poems that Abwaans have recited to eulogize The Somali woman...
Some of the more notable members in Gabayo can help us here and add some more Gabays. But I'll start wth a few that i have read...
Amaan Dumar
in General
Posted
Shire Ahmed faarax(wididhid) waxaa walalo ahaayeen Xaaji Hassan Ahmed iyo fardaale Axmed iyo ragg kale badan.
Sadex wayga gabyaaga,
Sadexna waa iga geela,
Sadexna wayga gabdhaa,
Sadexna wayga gargeerta
Geedka loo dirayo.
Sadexna wayga gargeerta,
Geedka loo dirayee,
Aakhiray ku gubtaa,
Ifkana guuldarro weeye,
Reerkaagay gembidaa,
Gar eexayska ogaada.
Sadexna wayga gabdhaaye,
Haddaa guur damacdaan,
Goosataan taladiina,
Gaadhoo laysma yidhaahdo,
Waxuunbaa la gartaa,
Gunbaa ciil iyo way,
Guhaad loogu go’aaye,
Gobtuun baa la xigaa.
Sadexna wayga gabyaaga,
Golahaa I maqlaayee,
Gaafka caawa la keenay
Maadhiinkii gurxamaayey
Galaas bayna dhex yaale,
Waa ninkay u go’daaye,
Golaha caawa ka qaata!
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Waa geeraar kale oo xarafka "t-da" ku socda oo uu geela ku tilmaamayo.
Haddaan dayrta tifteeda
Taraarey la xergeyn,
Intii ay taxnaydee,
Aanay Hawd u tallaabin,
Haddaan awrku ku taahin,
Boga oo tollomoobey,
Tuke guudki la moodin,
Talfiiqaa miciyaa iyo,
Bishnahaysku tumaynoo,
Hadba gees u tuxlayn,
Haddaan geedka tamuuxan,
Nirgaa loogu taxayn
Ma tabaala baxda ?
Waxaa ku deeqay: Jama abdi muuse
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