This week’s poem is by Maxamed Ibraahin Warsame ‘Hadraawi’ from Somalia/Somaliland. The poem is read first in English translation by WN Herbert and then in Somali by Hadraawi. If you enjoy this poem and would like to find out more about Maxamed Ibraahin Warsame ‘Hadraawi’ and all the other poets we’ve translated, please visit our website www.poetrytranslation.org.

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