8 minute crash course about Somalia

Tales about a nation of poets
edit: This is one of my educational videos to educates, the ignorant, youths and the people full of the clannish ideology.


Here is one of my favourite Somali poem.

Axmed Ismaaciil Diiriye [Qaasin], 1965




poem title: "Macaan iyo Qadhaadh" meaning in english "Bitter and Sweet"

translated by, B. W. Andrzejewski with Sheila Andrzejewski, 1993

Consider the aloe - how bitter is its taste!

Yet sometimes there wells up a sap so sweet

That it seems like honey in your mouth.

Side by side the sweet and bitter run

Just as they do, my friends, in me,

As I switch from sweet to bitter

And back to sweet again.

My two hands, right and left, are twins.

One twin gives food to strangers and to guests,

It sustains the weak and guides them.

But the other is a slashing, cutting knife -

As sharp to the taste as myrrh,

As bitter as the aloe.

Do not suppose I am the kind of man

Who walks along one path, and that path only.

I go one way, and seem a reasonable man,

I provoke no one, I have the best of natures -

I go another, and I'm obstinate and bold,

Striking out at others without cause.

Sometimes I seem a learned man of God

Who retreats in ascetic zeal to a seclude sanctuary -

I turn again and I'm a crazy libertine,

Sneakily snatching whatever I can get.

I am counted as one of the elders of the clan,

Esteemed for my wisdom, tact and skill in argument,

But within me there dwells a mere townee, too -

A no-good layabout he is, at that.

I'm a man whose gullet will allow no passage

For food that believers are forbidden to eat,

And yet I'm a pernicious, hardened thief -

The property of even the Prophet himself

Would not be safe from me.

I have my place among the holy saints,

I am one of the foremost of their leaders,

But at times I hold high rank in Satan's retinue,

And then my lords and masters are the jinns.

It's no good trying to weigh me up -

I can't be balanced on a pair of scales.

From this day to that my very colour changes -

Nay, I'm a man whose aspect alters

As morning turns to evening

And back once more to morning.

Muslims and infidels - I know their minds

And understand them through and through.
"He's ours!" the angels of Hell proclaim of me

"No, ours!" the angels of Heaven protest.

I have, then, all these striking qualities

Which no one can ignore -

But who can really know my mind?
Only a grey-head who has lived for many days

And learned to measure what men are worth.
And now, my friends, each man of you -

If either of the paths I follow

Takes your fancy and delights your heart,

Or even if you cannot bear to lose

The entertainment I provide,

Then come to me along the path -

You're free to make a choice!

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[LOUISGIZMO]

@TheSomalia154 Dumbfuck go get an assfuck earn some money and go to school and learn grammatics haha It´s Russians and it´s Ethiopians ,to keep correct.Fuckin´ animal and your symptomatic for this fuckin shithole you call a country.Someone should give you or one of your fuckin'clans a 250 Megatonns A-bomb and I´ ll guarantee no Somalis anymore ,no Problems anymore and retarded as all of you are you would really use it !ANIMALS , NO APES without bananas ...haha

[MultiRussian123]

all i got to say is VIVA SOMALILAND AND PEACE FOR SOMALIA.

[RandomYetMe]

@94rainbowx33 Shut up? Ignorant bastard.

[TheSomalia154]

IT IS FUCKING RASSIAN SOVIET........ WHO DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY...... rassian fought along with ethopians......... fuck u rassians

[schiazzacmable]

THEY ARE TYRING TO ACTUALLY SAY SOMALIS ARE CIVILIZED. SINCE THEY HAVE COME TO THE USA THE SOMALI YOUTH ACTUALLY SHOVE OLD FOLKS TO THE GROUND AND VIDEO TAPE IT AND LAUGH ABOUT IT. LET IT ROT, ONE LESS PROBLEM FOR THE WORLD.,

[JinKazama92]

How can this country be in peace when everyone is at clans? fucking retarded country.

[lilnip67]

I agree with her . But look at what is happening now. The USA has a gazillion Somalis in the country. So many are disrespectful and causing nothing but chaos. Say what you want to about the USA. But I don't see Somali trying to help Americans. All I see, is to them the only good American is someone who gives them something. While the USA is there trying to help their people. If you don't like America, why the hell are you here?

[lilnip67]

I agree with her . But look at what is happening now. The USA has a gazillion Somalis in the country. So many are disrespectful and causing nothing but chaos. Say what you want to about the USA. But I don't see Somali trying to help Americans. All I see, is to them the only good American is someone who gives them something. While the USA is there trying to help their people. I am proud to be part of the helping people. If you don't like America, why the hell are you here?

[bureeqa6666]

@solazyboyent what do you no abt mareexaan or madaxtooyo? ballkaad sooguri soo guri jirtey barigaa markii lagaagasoo baxayna misaski baad xaabo kadhigatay  documenti gii xaasasiga ahaa ayaad cusbada kuu duubatay hadana 20 sano ayaa kasoo wareegtay if you are capable of anythin good intaad marexaan iyo siyaad kudigrineysaan

[reallycoolguy121]

@fuad3601

He's also responsible for Somalia being so bitterly divided right now. The man was a disgusting human being.