| Somali
men's poetry known as “Gabay and Geraar” in the Somali knowledge is performed
in Canada at community gatherings. Gabay is shorter than Geraar.
The content or meaning of the men's poetry is based on past events, rituals
and current life experiences. Themes of men's poetry are also concerned
with the social, political and economic conditions of both Canada and Somalia.
Life
Death
is luxury if you lack hope
It's
means to a beginning not an end
it's
fear for those who can't afford it
It's
an equal opportunity for all
The
old and the new born
Beloved
makes achievements hard
Love
and wealth are collateral to each
Yet
both are reliability to life
Health,
wealth, pain and pleasure all
Life
is a victim of all, good and bad
Even
if we're left alone to live
time
will not leave us alone
And
we finally fade like a leave
bitten
by a bad weather
So,
what is the word here?
Let's
stop 28
Stop
and take time to think
Before
time takes self to us,
Shariff
Osman
Philosophy
of Life
Life
is dynamic, moving fast forward
When
you were growing up you never knew,
What
it's like to be old and mature.
And
even, if you die then,
You
never know what is death
Is
it darkness that absorbs light of life?
An
exit, or means to transport from life to life?
And
of course, what demise keeps us in waiting
So
folks, Life goes on
In
what rate? What way? We don't know
What
direction?
From
yesterday-Today, that we know
The
rest is truant but will arrive
Yet-
we can't grasp WHEN'S due
So
folks, don't trust the temptations
The
messages from satan, that urge
‘cause
anything that hastens’ from God
as
nothing that waits’ from God
And
Science, often we say
What's
science? A revelation ?
Isn't
science out own way of invention
Our
way to define and decipher
The
secrets of the unknown
Since
when it become
the
holly book of reference?
What
ever it ‘s we made of it
And
man shouldn't warship his design
Is
the least of wisdom we know
To
be MORAL not amoral
Is
to bridge of today to tomorrow
Shariff Osman
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