Wasiya wa mabanati
- Description:
- SWAHILI: Shairi hili limeandikwa na Ustadh Mau kama wasia kwa wasichana na wanawake. Ustadh Mau alipata hamasisho kutoka kwa muandishi wa kutoa usuri Ali Al-Tantawi aliyeandika shairi liitwalo ''Ya Binti'' miaka kumi iliyopita. Mashairi haya yalipata umashuhuri sana haswa shairi la Ustadh Mau upande wa Pwani mwa Kenya. Japokuwa shairi hili linatambulika kama utendi, bahari yake inafanana na Dura al-Mandhuma. Wasiya wa mabanati unazungumzia kutumiwa na kutengwa kwa wanawake haswa mikononi mwa wanaume na jinsi majanga kama vile unyanyasaji wa kijinsia yanaweza kuathiri akili ya mwanamke. Shairi hili linalenga mtazamo wa mwanamume kumpachika msichana uja uzito na kisha kumsusia. Beti za mwisho za shairi zinatumika kuwapatia onyo kali wasichana na wanawake likiwahimiza wajihifadhi kutokana na majanga haya na kwa jamii na binadamu kujiboresha ili visa kama hizi zikomeshwe.<br>ENGLISH: This poem was written by Ustadh Mau to serve as an advisory piece for women and girls. He was inspired by the Syrian author Ali Al-Tantawi, who had composed the pamhplet ''Ya Binti (Oh, My Daughter)'' ten years prior. Both poems circulated greatly in the Muslim world, especially Ustadh Mau's version along the Kenyan coast. Although the poem by Ustadh Mau is widely known as an utendi, its metre is close to dura al-mandhuma. Wasiya wa mabanati discusses the exploitation and marginalization of women (in particular at the hands of men) and how tragedies such as sexual assault may impact the woman's psyche. The poem focuses on the perspectives of a man impregnating a young woman and abandoning her after. The final stanzas of the poem serve as a greater warning and advice to women and girls, moving away from the singled out woman of the poem, urging them to protect themselves from such tragedies and for society and mankind to better themselves so these things may cease to happen.
- Date:
- January 16, 1974
- Resource Type:
- text
- Collection:
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Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
