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    @) Mz No. 5 [FTUNKA - AQOONTA (LIGHT of EDUCATION) epee BIL-LE MONTHLY WAKIILKA MAAMULA RESPONSIBLE DIRECTOR Shire Jaamac Axmed MUQDISHOW Soomaaliya February 25 1967 FARTA FURAHEEDA Dhawaag ganban. a e ° u Dhawaag dheer. aa ii ee 00 uu XURUUFTA Xarajka Erayga ) - waa bir — waa bal — wai bad t — waa tin — was tog — waa takar j — waa jiis = waa jid — waa z t waa xas — waa xil — waz xishood j waa khamro — waa khad — waa kha d waa dub — ail r — waarabi = — — waa ruun — waa sin — waa sun — waa suun sh — waashan — waa shil waa shir dh & — waa dhir — waa dhul — waa dhal — waacaro — waa ceel waa cil £ — waa giddi — waa gal waa goob i — waa faras — waal fal — waa fallaar Ff © — waa gab — waa quul waa qool k — waa kab — waa kulayl waa koob ! — waa laan — waa lun = waa labo ni — waamaro — waa miaal — waa mils ' — Waa nabar — waa nal waa naag w — waa war — waa wan waa wiil h waa hooyo wa — waa hadal v - Waa yey — waa — waa yaatiho — waa rl — waa — waa | MAHADNAQ Waxaan mahadnaq weyn u celinayaa gacaliso Nina Contini iyo gacaliye E. Barry oo iga caawimay dhinaca dhismaha Af-In- griiska Waxaan haddana mahad kale u celinayaa gacaliye Hussen X Cali 00 iga kaaliyey dhinaca mahmaahda Soomaalida oo giima- ha le Dhigaha. ACKNOWLEDMENT I am indebted to Miss Nina Contini and Mr. E. Barry who helped me transtaling some of these proverbs in English. I also xpress my thanks to Hussein H. Ali «lro> for his valuable construction and comments concerning these precious collections of Somali proverbs. The editor MAHMAAH SOOMAALI (Somali Proverbs) a lagu arkaa. iyo novol labada ba wi Nin rag alii geeri ly A ventleman can either Kill you or raise you Nimaan dhul marinu dhaayd ma leh man who lus never travelled has never seen the wonders ol the world. wasay kuw geysaa nin kuu daran. Baahiy Need will force you lo appeal to a man who has never helped you Nin tuurlihi issugaa kaa yaqaan sidun u seexdo. 4 hunchback knows betler than you how he can s i, quraadna kaa weyn 2a kaa W “ :T older than you, is also older than you in A man who t imelligence Nin walba quinmanibiisaa, qoorta ugu jira. Every man has hanging to his neck, a precious book. un ku siiya, subag baa la sliyaa, vives you poison, give him butter Ninkii A man Nin yarl waa sidii, nin bannaan soo ordaya. ) who runs a1 of A yaung man is like aq ground Ninkii seexda, sictis dibi dhal iL is related thal two iriends each had a cow. While one of them slept, the cows calfed, one bore a female, the other a male The man who was awake transfered the male to the cow of his iriend and put the female beside his own. When the sleeper awoke, he said (as the Somali proverb): «The ‘ow of the man who sleeps produces a male. This proverb you do not atiend to your own bussiness, thus means that» I no-one else will tuu u dayaa. hat he planted» at he sows» Nin waliba wixii uu dhi Every man harvests f very body re Nin intuu geed ka boodd, ayuu talana ka boodaa 1 jump the Jength of @ walking stick can jump: A man who a situation. 16. 20, _warkaagu ma galo Nimaan wai nkaagu gel \ man who never entered your spear never speech This means «Until a man has tasted your spear, he will not yay attention to what you say» Nin fadhi kugu arkaaya, looma saro joogsado. Do not stand up for a man who can see you. The meaning of this is that you should not ask helo irom a man who bows your difficulties; it is not neccessary: he can help you if he is willing Ninka qayrkiis loo xiirayoow, adna S00 goyso ‘A man who sees another of his own age having his hair cut should wet bis own hair in readiness for the barber. This is aif a powerful enemy has pillaged a neighboring ir pare your self for the same misfortunes or alternatively «Always prepare for the worst» Nin baad kavdkiisa dhigaysaa, oo kaffantaada na lola There is a man who, while you are ma 1g his larder, is preparing your coifine. Ir olerwords «There are some men to whom you are doing good, are doing evil to yows. . Nin waliba wuxiu eunun daacaa What a man eats he belehes. This means. «If a man has good thoughts, he will say good words, but if he has had thoughts he will speak evils. Nin waliba intuu cunnu, ciidamivaa Every man serves according as he eats. The moral could be rendered «If he eats well he will vigorously; if he starved his work suffers. Nin is ammaanay, waa ri is ouuatay A boastful man is like a goat who Sucks her own mitk This me « A boastful man destroys his own reputation» Nin been yaqaani waa nin fal yaqaan A man who knows how to lie is like a man who knows how to hypnotise in dhintay, kabihlisaa dhaama A dead man’s shoes are better than he is. This means in ef fect, that

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