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Afkeenu macaana.

I want to get into Somali poetry InshAllah.

What's the difference between Maanso iyo Gabay?

Maybe Timiro can explain.

I want to get into Somali poetry InshAllah.

From Bambie to poetry ,

Why does everyone on here think I'm some sort of joke.

If I don't write a khatar poem in af Somali naag ma ihi.

Very nice.

The whole thing is called gabay but gabay breaks into several categories based on the structure and its format.

Maanso is one of the children of gabay the other being jiifto.

Songs are gabay too.

Then you have geerar and buranbuur.

Good example of geerar is Abdillahi Suldaan Tima Adde's kana siib kana sar. It's structure is different to gabay/maanso. Himself he says for sometime now he hasn't touched maanso aka masafo. He equally explains the rules of maanso namely habdhac iyo xaraf la raaco (kala qabsigu lee yahay iyo subuxda dhadheere). So maanso is based on two rules.

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Yaxye is great talent and the next Hadraawi. I will share the next Qasiim with you---my cousin is coming up talent too.

I am tryna get into it too so ku dhufo

Sorry ladies but poetry is man culture.

You can do buranbur tho.

Here is one of my favourite called Waxan ahay macaan iyo qadhadh by Ahmed Ismail Diriye "Qasim".

Dacartuba mar bay malab dhashaa, muudsataa dhabaqe;
Waxaan ahay macaan iyo qadhaadh, meel ku wada yaalle.
Midigtaydiyo bidixdaydu waa, labo mataanoode.
Midi waa martida soora iyo maato daadihise.
Midna waa middiyo xiirayiyo mur iyo deebaaqe.
Masalooyin talantaalliyaan, maandhe leeyahaye.

AwRastaale- Says who?

Inaayah? What is maandhaya? You have got strange choices of usernames walee

Vivacious wrote:Inaayah? What is maandhaya? You have got strange choices of usernames walee

Viva- Abaayo macaan dadkiinan maxaa af Somaliga idinka haya?

I don't know maandhaya mana maqlin abid. Bal ii sheeg micnaha

Viva- Maandhaya waa Maandeeq camal.

Laakiin forget that, what does 'abid' mean. That's how WarSheekh talks.

Btw Viva, wallahi I'm so unwell Abaayo. This is just not a hargab, waxaani mala waa wax kale e isoo ducee.

I'm so out of it, good night hun.

I am sorry to hear that dear. Get well soon

Abid = Ever.