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This was the first time that Bill had had a chance to see - and, crucially, to hear - Gaarriye read his poetry. You can tell from the rhythm and muscularity of Bill's translations what an important role the sounds of Somali poetry have meant to him. Before Bill met Gaarriye, he and Martin Orwin had very long, very detailed discussions about Somali metrics.