As heavy fighting breaks out in Mogadishu,
Somalis flee the war and famine in the country and refugees in the capital face
the danger of bomb attacks by insurgents
高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。
閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。
舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!
念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!
徐訏《新年偶感》