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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000146/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- This poem is a prayer for rain, although general prayer surrounds that request, which is directly made in the seventh stanza. The poet addresses God, praising God’s goodness and invoking the Prophet Mohammed. The poet uses ‘ka--’ for the standard ‘ha--’; for example, ‘katuna’ for ‘hatuna’ in the third line of the fifth stanza. The northern form ‘vua’ is used instead of ‘mvua’ (seventh stanza), and the northern, archaic form ‘saya’ is used for the standard ‘haya’ (ninth stanza). ‘Mtima’ is used instead of ‘moyo.’ For discussion of this poem in relation to the development of the takhmis form, see Harries (1962). ( en )
- General Note:
- Date of Composition is unknown
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
- General Note:
- Poetic Form: Shairi - takhmis (long-measure verse)
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- Extent: 5 leaves
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- Incipit: Naanza kubutadi kwa isimu yake Karima
- General Note:
- Muhyidin bin Sheikh bin Kahtan al-Waili is sometimes spelled Muhyiddin bin Sheikh bin Qahtan al-Waili
- General Note:
- See also SOAS University of London manuscripts MS 210003 and MS 210004
- General Note:
- Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
- General Note:
- The Hichens Papers were donated to SOAS on 17 July 1967
- General Note:
- Publication information: Harries, Lyndon. 1962. Swahili Poetry. Oxford: Clarendon Press; pp. 202-207
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 210005 ( SOAS manuscript number )
MS 210005a ( SOAS manuscript number )
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