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• 1 2017-10-10T20:51:25+00:00 Fed up with Mahri 8 poem plain 2020-03-03T07:03:48+00:00 Short poem composed by an unknown Arabic monolingual living in al-Mahra, recited by Sād Sheyl and recorded by Sam Liebhaber at one of Sād’s seasonal camp sites in the mountains (śḥēr) above Ḥawf, March 2004. Translated with the help of Muḥammad bir Nǧēma ʾĀmr Ǧīd al-Mahri, in Ṣalālah, February 2012.
  
  In this short poem, the author expresses his frustration with the Mahri language. He wants to leave al-Mahra and return to a place where he’ll be in the linguistic majority. Although this poem is essentially in Arabic, its topic and scattering of Mahri vocabulary earns it a place in this collection.
  
  

  Fed Up with Mahri	Translation
  1) allāh yukhārijnā // min bilād nkā l-boh	May God get us out / of the land of nkā l-boh [“come here!”]
  2) li-nārhum śīwōṭ // w-māʾhum ḥmō	For fire, [they say] śīwōṭ / and their water is ḥmō
  3) ġanamhum ḥārawn // baqarhum lheyten	Their flocks are ḥārawn / and their cows are lheyten

  Poem Features

   

   

   

  Topic

   

  Sentimental

   

   

  Line Structure

   

  Hemistich

   

   

  Poem Length

   

  Multiline Monothematic

   

   

  Performance Type

   

  Recited

   

   

  Genre

   

  Unmarked

   

   

  Region

   

  Ḥawf

   

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