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Translation by Abdulaziz Isak (#30229)

The Beginning

All in a moment, years ago,
The boy I was became a man:
Suddenly my life began!
I saw the world before me— So
That ploughman by his horses stands
Sweating on the first hill's brow,
Having left the riverlands
Furrowed in the vale below,
And sees a mountainside to plough,
Barren rock to blunt his share,
Thunder hanging in the air,
And the black peak above him, bare,
Waiting now.
—Let him plough it if he dare!
Billowga

Isla durbadiiba, dhowr sano ka hor, Wiilkii aan ahaa baa noqdey nin:
Isla markiibana noloshaydu billaabatey!
Waxa aan arkay adduunka i hor yaalla— Sidaasina
beerqodahaas fardihiisa ag taagan
Dhididsan oo dul taagan daadegga buurta,
Kana soo tegey dhulwebiyeedka
Jeexdinna ka jeexay waadiga hoose,
Arkayana qarka buurta ee u baahan tacab,
Iyo dhagax diixeed lagu afeeyo gudintiisa,
Gugacna cirku ka lusho,
Dushiisuna yahay qar buureed madow, soo fiiqan,
Sugayana iminka.
—Ha tabco haddiiba uu ku dhiirrado!


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