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Description:: SWAHILI: Shairi hili liliandikiwa na Ustadh Mau kwa herufi za Kiarabu na Kiromani. Lilitungwa kuwakumbuka washujaa wakati wa uvamizi wa Iraq mwaka 2003. Mji wa Fallujah uko katika mkoa wa Iraq wa al Anbar. Mshairi alisimamamia upande wa Wairaqi na wale watu walijiotolea wakati wa uvamizi, ambao anawanena “washujaa”. Shairi lina beiti kumi na moja na kina cha bahari chake kilimsumbua Ustadh Mau sana kwa sababu ni -ji. Mwisho wa tungo Ustadh Mau anaandika kwa kiarabu kuhusu mada ya shairi hili, tarehe yake na bahari yake kwa sababu alimaanisha kumpa rafiki yake Mwarabu ili asome shairi hili. ENGLISH: This poem was written by Ustadh Mau in Arabic and Roman scripts. The poem was composed to commemorate the 2003 invasion of Iraq by USA. Fallujah is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar. The poet was supporting Iraq and all the freedom fighters who volunteered during this invasion and whom he calls “the heroes”. The poem has eleven stanzas and its end-rhyme caused Ustadh Mau some troubles because it ends in -ji. At the end of this composition, Ustadh Mau writes in Arabic about the poem, its date of composition and its metre because he wanted to give this poem to an Arab friend to let him read and go through the poem.
Date:: 2004
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Shairi hili lenye beiti kumi na moja limetungwa na Ustadh Mau kama njia kutoa shukrani mtu anayeitwa Salim aliyemkaribisha nyumbani kwake Dar es Salam kwa siku mbili tatu. Ustadh Mau alikuwa amesafiri Unguja kwa kuhudhuria kongamano pale. Kipande cha pili cha ubeti wa kwanza unasoma ifuatayo: "Nakushukuru Salimu kwa mkuu ukarimu; taukumbuku dawamu, sitokoma kuutaja." ENGLISH: This 11-stanzas poem composed by Ustadh Mau is a way to express gratitude to a man called Salim who welcomed him at his place in Dar es Salam for a couple of days. Ustadh Mau was travelling to Zanzibar to attend the conference in Zanzibar. The second hemistich of the poem's first stanza reads as follows: "I am grateful Salimu, for your generosity; I will remember it forever and never stop mentioning it."
Date:: 2016
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Mukhtasari wa khutba hii unazungumzia maasi ya zinaa ambayo yalitokea sana katika mwisho wa miaka thamanini na imekithiri siku hizi anavyosema Ustadh Mau. Taliyenakuu mukhtasari kwa herufi za Kiarabu ni Ustadh Mau mwenyewe na aliyenakuu kwa Kiarabu ni mtu mwingine. Nyaraka hii imeharibika sana na imekuwa imeshabandikwa katika bahasha. Maktabani kwa Ustadh Mau hakuna sampuli nyingine kama hii ya mukhtasari wa khutba za Ijumaa. Hii ni nyaraka maalum na ya kipekee. ENGLISH: This Friday sermon summary tells about the sin of adultery, that were committed in the late 80s, and even more nowadays as Ustadh Mau says. The person who typed the summary in Arabic script is Ustadh Mau but the person who typed it in Roman script is someone else. The paper is scraping and has been found already enclosed in a transparent envelope. There aren’t many other examples of Fridays’ sermons summaries like this one in Ustadh Mau's Library. This is an outstanding and unique paper.
Date:: 1986
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Shairi hili la beti 8 ni toleo la rasimu ya Kundi la Bwana Zahidi. Shairi hili liliandikwa na Ustadh Mau kwa ajili ya kuwapongeza kundi la wanazuoni waliosafiri hadi Bayreuth nchini Ujerumani mwaka 2015. Kikundi kilitafsiri mashairi mbalimbali ya Bwana Zahidi Ngumi al-Makhzumi. Kikundi (pamoja na Ustadh Mau) kilifanikiwa kutafsiri kazi za Bwana Zahidi. Alikuwa mtu muhimu katika historia ya Lamu, kwani alikuwa nyuma ya kuanzishwa kwa Ngome ya Lamu. Kando na kuwa mwanasiasa Bwana Zahidi alikuwa mshairi stadi. ENGLISH: This 8-stanza poem is the draft version of Kundi la Bwana Zahidi. The poem was written by Ustadh Mau in order to congratulate the group of scholars who travelled to Bayreuth in Germany in 2015. The group translated various poems by Bwana Zahidi Ngumi al-Makhzumi. The group (including Ustadh Mau) succeeded in translating Bwana Zahidi's works. He was a key figure in Lamu history, as he was behind the establishment of Lamu Fort. Aside from being a politician Bwana Zahidi was a skilled poet.
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Shairi hili la beti 16 liliandikwa na Ustadh Mau kwa hafla ya maonyesho maalum katika turathi ya Lamu. Maonyesho hayo yalihusu mapambo na vifaa vya asili vya wanawake wa Uswahilini. Vifaa hivyo na mapambo hayo bado hutumiwa mpaka sasa. Shairi linasisitiza umuhimu wa kipengele hiki cha utamaduni wa Waswahili na kwamba maonesho yanahitajika ili kuonyesha vitu hizi za kitamaduni. ENGLISH: This 16-stanza poem was written by Ustadh Mau for the occasion of a special exhibition at Lamu Museum. The exhibition was about the traditional ornaments and accessories of Swahili women. Most of these accessories and ornamentations are still in wide use. The poem emphasizes the importance of this aspect of Swahili culture and that it is needed to display these cultural markers.
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Shairi hili lenye beti nane lilitungwa na Ustadh Mau kwa niaba yam toto wa mwanamke jina lake Shekha aliporudi kutoka Makka. Wakati huyu mama aliposafiri kwenda hijr Makka watu wengu walikufa na watu wengi nyumbani walianza kuwa na wasiwasi kwa jamaa yako. Huyu mtoto alimwuliza Ustadh Mau atungie shairi hili kwa furaha kumwona mamake tena nyumbani. ENGLISH: This 8-stanzas poem was composed by Ustadh Mau on behalf of the son of a woman called Shekha upon her return from Macca. Back then when the mother travelled for pilgrimage to Mecca many people lost their lives and their relatives back home got worried about their parents there. The son asked Ustadh Mau to compose this poem for the joy of having his mother back home again.
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Hati hii ina orodha aliyojitengenezea mwenyewe ya vitabu anavyomiliki Ustadh Mau katika maktaba yake ya kibinafsi. Orodha hii iliandaliwa na Ustadh Mau katika mwaka wa 2004. Ina mada ya vitabu vilivyoainishwa kulingana na mada. ENGLISH: This document contains a self-made inventory list of the books Ustadh Mau owns in his private library. This list was compiled by him in the year 2004. It contains the titles of the books categorized by subject matter.
Date:: 2004
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

Description:: SWAHILI: Shairi hili liliandikwa na Ustadh Mau kwa ajili ya harusi ya binti wa rafiki. Jina la bi harusi lilikuwa Jueweriya na babake Soudi na mamake Khola waliomba shairi hili liandikwe na Ustadh Mau. Shairi hili linapeana ushauri wa ndoa kulingana na maadili ya Kiislamu. ENGLISH: This poem was written by Ustadh Mau for the wedding of a friend's daughter. The bride's name was Jueweriya and her father Soudi and mother Khola requested this poem to be written by Ustadh Mau. The poem contains general marriage advice according to Islamic values.
Date:: August 23, 2013
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)

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