Baba's literature has some very unique elements. It reveals how the present
day leaders want to be embrassed and worshiped despite the fact that they
don't worth shit.
It teaches me that.
True leaders do not give orders
because the more rules and restrictions
The weaker the people become.
Do not give orders and the people lead themselves;
Keep a peaceful heart and the people achieve harmony;
Do not control and the people prosper: Remains detached, and the people find
their own centres.
hencefort, to my conclusion Dr Yahakat is a modern day selfish and idiotic
Characters who are power hungry and greedy as the Name said it all.
Interesting literture and lesson for all.
Thanks again for such a nice story baba.
peace
Brime
>From: Alieu Darboe <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 17:06:48 -0000
>
>"LULLABY FOR THE HUNGRY"
>
>
>
>Lullaby for the hungry
>
>Sleep, You hungry people, sleep!
>
>The gods of food watch over you.
>
>Sleep, if you are not satiated
>
>By wakefulness, then sleep shall fill you.
>
>Sleep, with thoughts of smooth-as-butter-promises,
>
>Mingled with words as sweet as honey.
>
>Sleep, and enjoy the best of health.
>
>What a fine thing is sleep for the wretched!
>
>Sleep till the coming of morning
>
>Then it will be time enough to rise
>
>Sleep in the swamps
>
>Surging with silty waters
>
>Sleep to the tune of mosquitoes humming
>
>As if it were the crooning of doves.
>
>Sleep to the echo of long speechifyings
>
>By great and eminent power politicians
>
>Sleep, you hungry people sleep!
>
>For sleep is one of the blessings of peace.
>
>It is stupid for you to rise
>
>Sowing discord where harmony reigns.
>
>Sleep for the reform of corruption
>
>Simply consists in your sleeping on.
>
>Sleep, you hungry people, sleep!
>
>Don`t cut off others` livelihood.
>
>Sleep your skin cannot endure
>
>The shower of sharp arrows when you wake.
>
>Sleep, for the yards of jailhouses
>
>Are all teeming with violent death,
>
>And you are the more in need of rest
>
>After the harshness of oppression.
>
>Sleep and the leaders will find ease
>
>From a sickness that has no cure
>
>Sleep, You hungry people, sleep!
>
>For sleep is more likely to protect your rights
>
>And it is sleep that is most conducive
>
>To stability and discipline
>
>Sleep I send ymy greetings to you;
>
>I send you peace, as you sleep on.
>
>Sleep,You hungry people, sleep!
>
>The gods of food watch over you
>
>Sleep, You hungry people sleep
>
>The gods of food watch over you.
>
>
>
>MUHAMMAD MAHDI al- JAWAHIRI
>
>
>
>
>
>The Great Iraqi award winning poet, MUHAMMAD MAHDI al- JAWAHIRI, was exiled
>and eventually died in the first half of the twentieth Century for his
>pro-democracy and pro-poor writings.
>
>
>
>This is just to show how beautiful language really is: the sharp and
>onomatopoeic sound of the names of the people in the story about Puhus and
>his arrogant master; the eulogizing resonance of Dr. Mam Birams geniality;
>the indifference to the plight of the poor and hungry in Al- Jawahiri`s
>"Lullaby", all indicate how, in their brevity, these three literary pieces
>have described the various tendencies of human beings: some powerful and
>cruel, some rich and greedy, others poor and content, and yet others
>educated, erudite and humble; and so on...
>
>
>
>Rene and Baba your lines are eruditely strong;may be they are didactic for
>despots, I hope so...As for me, if death is a choice, I want to die like
>Rene`s Dr. Mam Biram,rather than Baba`s Puhus and his arrogant Dr.
>Yahakat...
>
>
>
>
>
>Alieu
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
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>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Baba Galleh Jallow
>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:24 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Puhus the Post-Modern Critic - A story
>
>
>
>Thanks Rene. Dr. Mam Biram is indeed the type of citizen we need in our
>country and elsewhere. Not the Dr. Comganarrs and Puhus'. Thanks.
>
>Baba
>
>
>________________________________
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:31:05 EDT
> >Baba,
> > This is a very good one. Very interesting story. Let me
>try and
> >compliment it with a contrast.
> >
> >
> > He is a very unassuming person; a very good
>communicator, eloquent
> >and knowledgeable in his speech deliberations. He is the one
>person, who
> >singurlarly, ignited the flames of civic passion and instilled a
>burning desire
> >of patriotism to a younger generation, who voraciously satiated
>from the
> >fountain of knowledge issuing from his mighty pen. He is the one
>who ripple the
> >calm waters, and amid the storm sail gently to shore with his
>powerful
> >insights; his clever polemics and his fervent critique of the
>decay and backwardness
> >of the political dispensation of the day. He is Dr. Mam Biram;
>an astute,
> >erudite, upright, selfless, dedicated and committed intellectual
>to the total
> >overhaul of the abusive state machinery of governing. In its
>place, Dr. Biram
> >wants to help build a vibrant democracy that is attuned to the
>needs and
> >aspirations of the people. A democracy whose engine is
>lubricated with the voices
> >of dissent; the freedom of expression to do and say that which
>is not
> >injurious to the welfare and well being of others. Dr. Biram
>wants to help build a
> >country that everyone would
> >be proud to call home. A country where none should be a slave to
>another
> >person and everyone should be a master of his or her own destiny.
> >
> > Why is it so difficult to build such a country? The
>answer to this
> >question....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rene
> >
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