#Gaarriye

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Mini-Reviews (6): A Friend’s Kitchen

A Friend’s Kitchen, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, translated by Bryar Bajalan and Shook (Poetry Translation Centre), £9 I remember touring with Saddiq when both Gaarriye and Sarah Maguire were still alive (I was reading with Gaarriye as one of his co-translators), so reading this lovely collection with its distinctly elegiac overtones was a moving experience. The link with Gaarriye was for me reinforced…

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Rejecting The Stains Of Silence – A Review Of Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’: Biography And Poems

Rejecting The Stains Of Silence – A Review Of Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’: Biography And Poems

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Poetry is the mine-seeker opening your old, scarred-over hurt, discovering your untouched earth, that place closed off from those closest to you.

Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’, from “Seer”, translated from Somali by  W N Herbert  

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Aadmi (Arrogance) - Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’ Af-Soomaali Iyo English

Aadmi (Arrogance) – Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’ Af-Soomaali Iyo English

ORIGINAL POEM BY Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’ TRANSLATED BY Martin Orwin WITH W N Herbert Aadmi Aadmiyahaw hallaysani!Ambadyahaw wareersani!Maqal ereyadaydoo! Buuraha ag joogsooAmakaag daraaddii,Ilmo gabax ka siiyoo!��Cirka sare u eegooXiddiggaha astaysooArag felegga meeroo! Onkodkiyo hillaaciyoUfadaa dhacaysiyoUurada waraysoo. Ololkeeda GooraanAammus oo dhegeysooShimbiraha la…

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Of everything which is, half is secret However things appear The meaning is always deeper.

Somali Poem - Arrogance (Aadmi) by Maxamad Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’.

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somaliland, 2: some snaps from hargeysa

These are pics taken over people’s shoulders or out of windows, or when I persuaded someone to pause and let me pose.

As such, they’re at the periphery of the main activities of the 10th Hargeysa book fair - a magnificent achievement - and just glance at things that hold fond memories of Somaliland for me.

Particularly those things that remind me of the poets:

The Gaarriye Centre at Hargeysa University, dedicated to the Somali language and literature that the late great poet taught there; ‘Hadraawi team’, reminding me of working on the Hadraawi translations with Said Jama Hussein and Mohamed Hassan ‘Alto’ under the supervision of Rashiid Sheekh Cabdillahi X. Axmed ‘Gadhweyne’.

Then there’s the Sponge Bob sticker on the window of the stationers, which brought back the time in a café with Gaarriye when I needed a pencil to make a quick note, and the only one I could buy had Sponge Bob all over it…

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Carshigii Jamaalka - She ( Somali & English)

Carshigii Jamaalka – She ( Somali & English)

Carshigii Jamaalka

POET Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’

BRIDGE TRANSLATORS Martin Orwin Maxamed Xasan ‘Alto’ FINAL TRANSLATOR David Harsent

Ma cawaa ma caanaa Ma ciirtaa ma calaf baa Ma cuq baa ma cigashaa Ma cisaa ma culuq baa Ma daruur gu’ curatoo Cir caddaad an noqon baa Ma cigaalka feleggiyo Cirjiidkii mariiqaa Ma magool cusayb baa Ma cadceed arooryoo Falaadhaha casuustaleh Ku…

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Ta'iyo Wow - A to Z (Somali & English)

Ta’iyo Wow – A to Z (Somali & English)

Ta’iyo Wow

POET Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’

BRIDGE TRANSLATORS Martin Orwin Maxamed Xasan ‘Alto’ FINAL TRANSLATOR David Harsent

Caalinow, Ta’ iyo Wow, Bal tixraac halkaan maro! Tukayaasha duulaa Warka waysu tebiyaan; Waa aftahan qudhaanjadu; Geeluna tawaawaca Kolka biyaha loo tubo Ways tibaax yaqaannaa; Tigaaddaad arkaysaa Kaftan ay taqaannay Hoos-ka-tuur u leedahay; Taaha adhigu waa…

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Dadaalaa Xaaji Cabaas Waa Gaadhaa Waana Dhaafikaraa

Dadaalaa Xaaji Cabaas Waa Gaadhaa Waana Dhaafikaraa

  Caroogga soboolka,

Adduunka ku ciilan,

Anaa cudha haysta,

Anaa Cabdillaahi,

Wargays u ah caydha,

Caloosha danleyda,

Anaa cabiraaya, -Abwaan Gaarriye

Waa subax Jimce ah, 23-kii Sebtember 2016. Waxaan fadhiyey maqaaxi laga shaaheeyo markii uu ii yimid wiil jaraa’idka iibiyaa. Markii aan jaleecay isna uu dareemay in aan danaynayo ayuu si niyad-xumo ka muuqato iigu yidhi “Saaka laba wargeys oo…

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This piece from 2008 sets out a few tentative ideas about text and rhetoric I developed from working with the late great Gaarriye and with the Somali scholar Martin Orwin that I'm still mulling over the consequences of now.