MOGADISHU – One of my earliest childhood memories is of swimming in a small gully near my grandmother’s home in Yaaq Bari Wayne, a dusty collection of tin-roofed adobe buildings huddled together in the plains of southern Somalia’s Bay region. After the Gu rains, the gully became a deep triangular cleft cut into the ground, filled with muddy water.
摩加迪休—我关于童年的最早记忆之一是在Yaaq Bari Wayne我祖母家附近的小水沟里游泳的情景。Yaaq Bari Wayne是索马里湾地区南部平原一个满是铁皮顶土坯房的脏乱差的居民区。每逢大雨过后，这条小沟就会成为一个很深的三角形地裂，里面全是浑浊的雨水。孩子们趋之若鹜，从岸边跳入沟中，在浑水中潜泳，兴奋地大喊大叫。