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74 HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
country!). He was appointed fitawrdri on account of this exploit. Gobana revenged his
brother-in-law by cruelly massacring the Cabo. Then a Cabo minstrel sang:
yd sonessd korumd kbri Gobana fdrda qilliessa
yd hiygssd boumd bot 5 hindumtu dufd wdl nu qittfessa
qabamessa Dandi
1 0 rich, be proud! 2 0 poor, shed your tears! 3 The cold (son) of Dan?!, 4 Gobana
whose horse is the wind, 5 no doubt he will come and he will make us all equal!
Notes. Gobana by killing all without distinction, abolished the difference between rich
and poor.
43
After his victory over the Cabo, Gobana marched toward the Hadiya Wambib whose
chief, Hasan Ingamo, a very fanatic Mussulman, had rebelled and declared a holy war
against the Christians. Hasan defeated Ras Gobana four times; then, after a victory
gained by Habta Giyorgis over Hasan Ingamo, Gobana returned to the neighborhood of
Qabibna, defeated the Hadiya, and entered the town. Hasan was not found in Qabibna;
it was supposed that he had been hidden by Abba Cifar in Cfmma. Abba Cifar was
summoned by Menilek to Shoa, and, as he refused to surrender Hasan Ingamo, he was
imprisoned for six months on a mountain near Ankobar. Finally he was liberated after
an animated dispute between Gord Nabi Batb and the Emperor Menilek (see song 30).
However, Cimma was forced to pay an annual tribute to Ras Gobana.1
Next, Ras Gobana passed the Gibib and entered Limmu. Conquering Lfmmu in a brief
contest, he turned against the Nonno who tried to cut off his route to Shoa. This time,
Moroda Bakarib, chief of the Libqa Naqamte, intervened in behalf of Gobana. The Nonno
fought bravely in many engagements but at last they were defeated and their Abba Muda,
Dambi Ciga (see song 39), was taken prisoner and exiled on a mountain (Ambo) in
Guddr.
After a short stay in Gud4r, Ras Gobana renewed his invasions and fearing Moroda,
went to Libqa. Garbi Cilo (chief of Libqa Billo), Tucco Dannb (chief of Libqa Horda), and
Gibnda Buse (chief of Libqa Sibil) joined their armies to resist the Amara. Ligdf Bakarib,
the uncle of Moroda, vexed by the treason of his nephew, making an agreement with Garbi
Cilo and Tucco Danno, prepared the little army of his fief, Bunaya (near the Wama river)
to fight against the invaders. The struggle of Gobana against the Libqa Galla was con-
centrated in two great expeditions which devastated the country without forcing the in-
habitants to acknowledge the Amara domination. However, after thus gaining victory
over the majority of the Galla nation, Gobana returned to Shoa and established his camp
in Faile. Then a minstrel sang a boasting-song for Gobana; Loransiyos remembers only
the first verse of this song:
Gobie sangd dinadcatti bdti
1 See Prose, text 2.
country!). He was appointed fitawrdri on account of this exploit. Gobana revenged his
brother-in-law by cruelly massacring the Cabo. Then a Cabo minstrel sang:
yd sonessd korumd kbri Gobana fdrda qilliessa
yd hiygssd boumd bot 5 hindumtu dufd wdl nu qittfessa
qabamessa Dandi
1 0 rich, be proud! 2 0 poor, shed your tears! 3 The cold (son) of Dan?!, 4 Gobana
whose horse is the wind, 5 no doubt he will come and he will make us all equal!
Notes. Gobana by killing all without distinction, abolished the difference between rich
and poor.
43
After his victory over the Cabo, Gobana marched toward the Hadiya Wambib whose
chief, Hasan Ingamo, a very fanatic Mussulman, had rebelled and declared a holy war
against the Christians. Hasan defeated Ras Gobana four times; then, after a victory
gained by Habta Giyorgis over Hasan Ingamo, Gobana returned to the neighborhood of
Qabibna, defeated the Hadiya, and entered the town. Hasan was not found in Qabibna;
it was supposed that he had been hidden by Abba Cifar in Cfmma. Abba Cifar was
summoned by Menilek to Shoa, and, as he refused to surrender Hasan Ingamo, he was
imprisoned for six months on a mountain near Ankobar. Finally he was liberated after
an animated dispute between Gord Nabi Batb and the Emperor Menilek (see song 30).
However, Cimma was forced to pay an annual tribute to Ras Gobana.1
Next, Ras Gobana passed the Gibib and entered Limmu. Conquering Lfmmu in a brief
contest, he turned against the Nonno who tried to cut off his route to Shoa. This time,
Moroda Bakarib, chief of the Libqa Naqamte, intervened in behalf of Gobana. The Nonno
fought bravely in many engagements but at last they were defeated and their Abba Muda,
Dambi Ciga (see song 39), was taken prisoner and exiled on a mountain (Ambo) in
Guddr.
After a short stay in Gud4r, Ras Gobana renewed his invasions and fearing Moroda,
went to Libqa. Garbi Cilo (chief of Libqa Billo), Tucco Dannb (chief of Libqa Horda), and
Gibnda Buse (chief of Libqa Sibil) joined their armies to resist the Amara. Ligdf Bakarib,
the uncle of Moroda, vexed by the treason of his nephew, making an agreement with Garbi
Cilo and Tucco Danno, prepared the little army of his fief, Bunaya (near the Wama river)
to fight against the invaders. The struggle of Gobana against the Libqa Galla was con-
centrated in two great expeditions which devastated the country without forcing the in-
habitants to acknowledge the Amara domination. However, after thus gaining victory
over the majority of the Galla nation, Gobana returned to Shoa and established his camp
in Faile. Then a minstrel sang a boasting-song for Gobana; Loransiyos remembers only
the first verse of this song:
Gobie sangd dinadcatti bdti
1 See Prose, text 2.