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Translation by Abdiweli Hassan (#32764)

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!
Waxa ku nool yihiin mid ka mid ah dabaqyada yaryar ee dhisme ka kooban dabaqyo badan oo hoy siiya tiro qoysaska dabaqadda dhexe ah. Laakiin, xubnaha qoyska Felis Domestica ee u soo qaatay qaab dhismeedkayaga ayaa laga yaabaa inay aad uga badan yihiin xubnaha Homo Sapiens. Sababtoo ah afar-laabladan oo leh cillado dib-u-noqosho leh, oo ku faani kara ilmaadeeradii dalkooda- Libaaxyada, Tigers, Lynxes, iyo Ocelots qofna kama cabsadaan agagaarkayaga. Tirada dadka digaaga ah ee sii kordhaysa oo leh sagaal ayaa noloshooda cidhiidhi gelisa qof walba laakiin waxay siisaa kaalmo majaajilo ah dad badan.

Bisadahaan jooga waddadayada waxay leeyihiin xuduud adag oo u gaar ah oo ku saabsan dhulka. Dabaqa hoose, jiirrada dabaqa koowaad iyo kan labaad waxay ku hayaan dabaqyadooda marka laga reebo kuwa gaajaysan ee kusugan jikada oo ka gudubta khadadka xakamaynta. Terrace -ka waxaa si gaar ah loogu hayaa dhallinta waxaana marmar u adeegsada aristocrats -ka Siam -kii hore liqidda jirka iyo qorraxda. Qaar ka mid ah xabaalaha ayaa ka helaya geesaha raaxada leh hurdada saafiga ah meelaha aan lahayn meel lagu seexdo bisad, sida waardiyaha waardiyaha, halkaas oo laga yaabo inay ka heleen masaakiinta miskiinka ah. Illaahay wuxuu bisadahaan ku siiyay laba sanduuq cod oo midi yahay mid sifeyn ah iyo mid kale oo loogu tala galay in la gooyo iyo in yar oo ka mid ah sopranos -ka qaaliga ah ee agagaarkayaga ayaa dadka deggan oo dhan ku baraarugay orchestras -kooda habeenka ah 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. Daanyeerayaasha ka mid ah dadka deegaanka ayaa aad u dareensan in bisadahaan lagu eryo dabada bisadaha. Laakiin qoolleydu go’aan kama gaadhaan inay sugaan si ay u arkaan jidka bisaddu u booddo. Hagaag, ma naqaano qofka loogu yeeri doono inuu jalaq u geliyo bisadda!


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