Xikmad

[Urgobeh]

Centuries ago on the Tayo plains there was a she camel and her young calf lost in the wilderness. Death was lurking at every tree. Just before sunset they reached a dry river bed. On the other side of the river bed they saw a dhidar (striped hyena). Knowing that their time was up, the she camel tried to convince the hyena not to harm them. The hyena promised but on one condition, that he would get the lips of the calf and the udders of the she camel. Granted his wish, he let them cross the river bed watching them from a distance. As he saw the struggle of the young calf as the calf tried to suckle, the hyena shed tears uttering the words;


Maxay ku nuugtaa, maxayse ka nuugtaa


What's the moral of the story?

[dalmarrrr]

Didnt knw animals can speak

[gharle]

used to hear this story when i was young. don't really know the xigmah buried in this sheeko.

[Ismail87]

Anigu waxaan aaminsanahay sheekadani inay metelayso dadkii wadankeeni burburiyey ee maantana oohin bilaash ah meel walba la taagan.

[Urgobeh]

The moral of the story; Choosing death is sometimes more sweet and rewarding than life itself.


Geeridu mar bay nolosha dhantaaye


They were both going to die. The calf from starvation and the she camel would eventually die because of grief but sometimes a false sense of safety can be enough to choose life no matter the bitter end. The Waraabe in Somali folklore always represents the external force, the cunning and divisive enemy.