Bates, Oric [Hrsg.]: Varia Africana (Band 3) (Cambridge, Mass., 1922)

THE FOLK-LITERATURE OF THE GALLA 89
Notes. Ras Dargie had taken with him in his expedition his sons Basta, Asfaw, and Tas-
amma. Mattie (v. 1), like tombore, is a Galla insult; it is the name for slaves from Sidama
districts.
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Here is the triumphal song of the Arussi after the retreat of Ras Dargie:

qoti nd qoccisi ilmole
ingafatin ftrasdfz
bzAen durdkzena adzemu
gafd Sod galtanzo
dkka Gobielmd Dancifa
40 ilmikd essa girdre
dkka Fitze Takiliefa
gdfds gdfdttu yd garsd
5 dkka Garddo Wdldz'efa
du ’ ”arussi barando
dkka DallzeAmd Nadofd
Ddrgzen awdgd murera
boda garddif toldfi
Minilik tumd tumera
dura gimgan adzemu
45 inoh~esszn ydAmd^ggmi
yd Ddrgze bu ’i gamogi
balballz himu ggdera
10 hinni loldkze soddtte
yd hdddNussi kan dzesse
du’a yadi NuNuseni
mzeka durbd gad adzAemte
ano ilmb Nur^useni
yd Aussi Nzmd girdta
gqtta gollzen Arussida
50 akkdttu Nuru qabdetta
tikien gay nydte Iqni
Ddrgze dibbe onsisifte
15 fardzen Ddrgze bubbisdda
Sod hundasdtt "ogome
fardien Alglu qillzensa
Kdn DdrgzAe gudddtti rdggd
sadi tdne sNnsoddnnu
robi Amdrri gad dulu
bacdAmd toko guccoda
55 Arusszn du ’a^nsoddtu
nigufni bacdn kunio
mdli balliesitta Amoko
20 ofi Sod kzessa ta ’e
imbdi ydAmdn Saldlze
Ddrgze Arussitt'ahela
inczetu Mdccd gamdti
Ddrgze gudda nu si "ng one
kdn Abba Gif dr gudddto
Goband nu barari
60 ingdltu Gzmmd gamdti
qillzessa Gobie Ama Danci
hdtiAma tokko dabdeti
25 Gobze bokkd maskiromi
misird kobd bulteti
insoddtu indumtoi
nigufni gdddafatera
indumto Oromtittidd
ydAussi busuma busi
bu ’a bddAnballz'essa
65 indufa guydnkie manna
galald golluma wdli
wal ildlla wdl ildlla
30 mol amdnta yd goftd
yoggaAfasdn kuni (Lite
ofz Sod tessanio
nigufni szAerd tumera
Ddrgze Arussitt"alieldni
Galldn awdga rukuta
bus era kan nitz buse
70 Gobzen Faile qubd ndta
inno dasi Idgd buse
Wdlzen $ggu qubd nata
35 bule Tasdmmd sNmbusa
Mikun Walid qubd ndta
guy a gafd "rbi gabdfd
gdfa Afasdn kuni dite
hatun Gulli'eld cabofd