Reply to Dugsiye’s “One day” article - March 05, 2007 - 10:04

Well done, my best friend!!! In your last piece, Awdal’s “one day” dream, you tickled many brains of the Awdalites by shading some lights that illuminate a colorful grain of the olden day’s history of this tribe. I anticipate from you to hammer their sleeping guts and wake them up to the persisting present burning issues of today. God forbid our brains are only in a dormant state and not yet fully drained.
After reading your mind grasping categorized "One Day" stanza, I concluded that surely you are a GEDA at heart, like many of us. And also, I have no say about the unique genes that God bestowed us that will never disappear. You recounted the bright history of Awdal, the bride, the glory, the fame and the unity mad by the sacrifices of our great ,great.....grand fathers who stood up for the challenges of their day. My friend, that reminds me the saying....Aabahay baa geel lahaa, waxa ka roon anaa ri' leh...the by gone deeds are locked at the heart of every and each of us. Why not we stand up together and face the challenges of our day than living in the past, talking about a yarn that never stops and an endless hallucinations about the ONE DAY that will never come to us unless or otherwise, we make it come to us. This lost generation ...us...became a prey to the enemy, like a leaderless elephants in the den and are hunted down to their death. I strongly believe that the pride, out spokenness, braveness, say all the best qualities we were born in and known by has diminished from our souls. Fear and uncertainty made us weak; mistrust and hate dismantled our unity.......

Mr.Dugsiye, the Awdalites you are trying to tickle their brains to tackle the ever persisting conditions of the present need a lesson and a courage in which they seem not to be ready for, I doubt that their nerves will reciprocate and cognize the centre core of your pen point. I doubt... because ...Dhagax tuujin iyo taabasho waa iskaga mid...Surely we are indifferent to our cause and may be we are better off singing with our sister … ... shimbirayahow heesa...hees wanaagsan heesa...halkan soo fadhiisata...kalayoo agtayda...hees wanaagsan heesaa...
My friend, I dare say; the long awaited "ONE DAY" is far and way out in a wonderland. The way to ONE DAYLAND is very treacherous, dangerous, full of wild animals that wouldn't spare you when given the chance and a billion times rougher than the road between Borama and Dilla. I don't think our people have the will or the ability to dare the adventure to the long way of the island of One Day. That is to say, you are alone and have no accompany along side with you. But the good thing is that you can gather the few of us willing to adventure. So, why not do it?......with all my heart , I wish you all the luck if any is left for the Awdalites.

I hate to say, we are not ready for our goodness. But always ready to support the causes of others. In other words we seem to be Shisheeye Kalkaal, and an enemy to ourselves and always blame other parties… I don’t think we will leave a legacy for our children as long as we are talking about none sense like some one else’s problems or knowing some peoples graves but not ours, as long as we entertain ourselves with shallow talk that never mentions what can we do for Awdal but always mentions what Awdal can do for us.

Lastly, my friend, Mr Dugsiye let me give you a piece of advice:
You better not tire your mind and waste your time by trying to startle the sleeping minds of Awdal. You better off trying to figure out when is the “ONE DAY” dream by yourself and don’t expect Awdalites figure out for you. It seems that the genius Awdalites decided to remain consumers and advocates for others. Brother, convince me that Awdalites have the will and you will find me on your side.

Osman Ahmed Haji Bahdon.
Ottawa, Canada
obahdon@gmail.com