Qiso Dhab Ah: A Somali Novel

[Khalaf]

I went to the crib of my favorite cuz, she opened the door and when I looked at her face it look like she has been crying, marka worried I ask what happened what happened?

 

Her: Nothing.

 

Me: Say What? You been crying, why you crying what happened?

 

Her: I am reading this book. OMG its soooooo sad.

 

Me: What the hell? You crying over book. (My cousin wa raag raag ahh, I never seen her emotional like that.)

 

Her: walaalhi its soo sad, it’s the best book I have ever read.

 

Me: let me see this. (I look at the cover and then there is a pregnant girl with tears in her eyes.) What the hell why you reading this garbage, you crying over this bull.

 

Her: OMG it’s the best book I have ever read.

 

 

My cousin proceeds with excitement (and sadness) to tell me about the book, the best book ever written according to her! The book is Ayaan Daraan, and is about an innocent naive little girl deceived by a married cat, commits zina and then gets pregnant. She gets disowned by her peeps and society. Um kinda dumb-founded, so what why would that be sad she did the deed then pay the price. To make it short, I thought the story was qashiin in beginning and was telling her not to waste her time reading dumb novels like that, but eventually I picked up the book the first somali book I ever read and first novel of that sort. Apart from helping me increasing in my af somali..........WOOOOOOW it is an amazing and powerful tale. Whoever said the pen is mightier then the sword, indeed was right, it made me sympathetic to the phlight of the main character Asli. People can be evil walle. This story teaches important life lessons whatever life throws at cha, hold on stay strong and handle it, one of the best books I have ever read, glad to have put my ego aside on this one. This book should be made a moive.

 

Ayaan Daraan

[Jacaylbaro]

and you talking about Ayaan daran ???

 

I read that book in the 80s sxb ,,,,, that was the best i read in Somali.

[Fabregas]

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro:

and you talking about Ayaan daran ???

 

I read that book in the 80s sxb ,,,,, : .

[Ibtisam]

That makes you at least 40 JB

[Jacaylbaro]

loooooooooool ,,, i was just ciyaal school and there was one time i was so obsessed with reading such stuff .... alla maxaan buug akhriyay berigaas

 

Ayaan daran

Wadhaf iyo shimbiro war isuma hayaan

and many others

[-Lily-]

Oh my aunt told me about this story in great length, apparently it was a bestseller back home when it came out in the 80s? Thanks for the link, I would really love to buy it for her. I hope they ship to UK.

[Khalaf]

^You should read it too ukhti, adiga iyo IBee bah, waa qiiso maxiim aah gaar ahaan for gabdaha.

 

JB haa sxb its same story...i would never read story like this.....but even i liked it thats how good it is...

 

 

here's an excerpt maybe IB can translate, i'm better then u in af somali hadaba:

 

About Asli:

Asli waxay ahayd gabar aad iyo aad u qurux badaan baarirnimadeeda iyo farxaddeeda joogtada ahayd ba soo jiitay kalgacal gaar ah oo waalidkeedu u qabaan dariska iyo qaraabadu si gooni ah bay carrabka ugu hayn jireen..................Asli in kasto ay 16 jir ahayd, misna meel fog bay wax ka arki jirtay, waxayna la mucaamiloon jirtay dadka ka da’da wayn, waxaana loo yaqiin “Farxaan” waayo iyadoo careysan weli lama arag, cidina ma sheegin.

 

 

“Dooni maayo in aan halkan joogo, ii oggoloww gurigeygii baan aadayaaye, bay Asli ku celcelisay, hase yeeshee Caddaawe oo kaashanaya waayo-aragnimadiisa wuu hubay in xaalku sidu rabo ku dhamaan doono. “Asli waan ku jeclahay sow kuma oran, xabiibi soo dhowoow waan kuu dhimanayaaye. La’aantaa noloshu wax qiimo ah ma leh” Erayaadaa iyo kuwo kale oo ka sii macaan badaan buu ku af gubaadsanaayeey Caddaawee, si uu beer nugeyl uga helo Asli, iyadoo gacantiisa iyo afkiisu ay isla socdaan. Ugu dambeyntii Asli oo u adkeysan wayday ereyadii xoogga badnaa iyo arartii Caddaawee dhalanteedkii bay run u malaysay, waxaana qaaday caadifad ka saa’id caleysay, oo gabarnimadeedi burbuirsay. Markii arrintii xumaatay baa Asli ogaatay khatarta ay ku jirto, degdeg beyna u caratay iyadoon cidna waxba ogeysiin. Caddaawe markuu muraadkiisii bogtay dan kama lahayn jahaweerka ku dhacay Asli...............

[Jacaylbaro]

looooooool ,,,,, walee waa xasuus

[Azmaya]

Ayaan Daran a lovely story, was introduced to it three years ago, a lovely story geared towards dabal dhaciif females not the naturally wit. Hell the nacaaso buy me cars and shower me with gifts, drop dead with my smile, and never ever even touching my hand okey, talk about getting the nookie please hello. Akhas

 

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