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Translation by Shurahbil Hussein (#33305)

We live in one of the tiny apartments in a multi-storeyed building complex that provides shelter to a number of middle-class families. But, the members of the family Felis Domestica who have taken a fancy to our complex might very well outnumber the members of Homo Sapiens. Because these quadrupeds with retractable claws, who can boast of their country cousins- Lions, Tigers, Lynxes, and Ocelots fear no one in our vicinity. The increasing feline population possessing nine lives up their claws bothers everyone but provides comic relief to many.

These cats in our avenue have their own strict demarcations about territory. The ground floor, first and second-floor mousers keep to their floors except for hungry forays into the kitchens across the lines of control. The terrace is exclusively reserved for the young ones and occasionally used by the aristocrats from the erstwhile Siam for body lickings and sunbaths. Some of the tomcats find cozy corners for a purring sleep in places where there isn’t room to swing a cat in, such as the watchman’s cabin, where they might have found the poor fellow catnapping. God has gifted these cats with two voice boxes one for purring and another for meowing and a few of the feline sopranos in our locality keep all the residents awake with their nocturnal orchestras on special occasions.

Some of the residents who wish to be clean as a cat in pattens get irritated when these grey cats mess up their things. The hawks among the residents strongly feel that these cats should be driven out with a cat o’nine tails. But the doves are undecided waiting to see which way the cat jumps. Well, we don’t know who will be called to bell the cat!
Waxaan ku noolnahay mid ka mid ah dabaqyada yaryar ee dhisme dabaqyo badan leh oo hoy u ah tiro qoysaska dabaqadda dhexe ah. Laakiin, xubnaha qoyska Felis Domestica ee u soo jiitay qaab dhismeedkayaga ayaa laga yaabaa inay aad uga badan yihiin xubnaha Homo Sapien ka. Sababtoo ah afar-lugoodle oo leh ciddiyo dib ulaban, oo ku faani kara ilmaadeeradii dhulkoda- Libaaxyada, Shabeellada, Guduudanayasha, iyo Haramacadyada qofna kama cabsadaan agagaarkayaga. Tirada bisadaha ee sii kordhaysa oo leh sagaal noole ayaa noloshooda cidhiidhi gelisa qof walba laakiin waxay siisaa majaajilo dad badan.

Bisadahaan jooga wadooyinkeena waxay leeyihiin xuduudo adag oo u gaar ah oo ku saabsan dhulka. Bisadaha dabaqa hoose, dabaqa koowaad iyo kan labaad waxay ku ekaadan dabaqyadooda marka laga reebo kuwa gaajaysan e si kadis ah ugusugan jikada oo ka gudubtay khadadka xakamaynta. daarada waxaa si gaar ah loogu daayay kuwa yaryar waxaana marmar u adeegsada kuwa lasharfo e Siam -kii hore leefida jirka iyo qorraxaysiga. Qaar ka mid ah curiyada ayaa ka helaya geesaha raaxada leh hurdada saafiga ah meelaha aan lahayn meel bisad ay sexato, sida qolka waardiyaha, halkaas oo laga yaabo inay ka heleen miskiinkas o hurdo. Illaahay ayaa bisadahaan siiyay laba nooc oo cod oo mid gaaban iyo mid kale oo ah meow, in yar oo ka mid ah codka dher e bisadaha ee agagaarkayaga ah ayaa dadka deggan oo dhan ku baraarugay waxay qaadaan habeenki waqtiyo gaar ah.

Qaar ka mid ah dadka deegaanka ee raba inay nadiif ahaadaan sida bisadda oo kale, ayaa xanaaqsan markay bisadahaan cawlan wax khaldaan. kuwa dulqaadka yar ee ka midka ah dadka deegaanka ayaa dareema in bisadahaan lagu eryo usha bisadaha. Laakiin dadka nabada kashaqeya go’aan kama gaadhaan way sugayan si ay u arkaan jidka bisaddu u booddo. Hagaag, ma naqaano qofka loogu yeeri doono inuu isu xilqaamo arintaan!


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