Waƙar Mallard

Waƙar Mallard tsohuwar al'ada ce ta Kwalejin All Souls, Oxford . Ana rera shi a kowace shekara a Bursar's Dinner a watan Maris da kuma kwalejin Gaudy a watan Nuwamba kuma ana rera shi a wani bikin na musamman sau ɗaya a ƙarni.

 Bikin 
A cikin bikin, Fellows suna yawo a kusa da kwalejin tare da fitilu masu cin wuta, karkashin jagorancin "Lord Mallard" wanda aka ɗauke shi a cikin kujera, yana neman babban mallard wanda ake zaton ya tashi daga harsashin kwalejin lokacin da ake gina shi a 1437. Mutumin da ke ɗauke da duck - asalin ya mutu, yanzu itace ne kawai - an ɗaure shi zuwa ƙarshen sanda mai tsaye. An gudanar da bikin ne na karshe a shekara ta 2001, tare da Martin Litchfield West a matsayin Ubangiji Mallard . Wanda ya riga shi a matsayin Ubangiji Mallard shi ne Cosmo Lang, wanda ya jagoranci bikin cika shekaru dari a shekara ta 1901.[1][2][3]

 Waƙar 
Kalmomin waƙar sune kamar haka:

 Griffine, Bustard, Turkiyya da Capon
 Bari sauran masu fama da yunwa su sake
 Kuma a kan ƙasusuwa tare da Stomacks suna fada da wuya,
 Amma bari All Souls' Men su sami Mallard.

 KARU:
 Har sai Sarki Edward ya yi murmushi,
 Ta hanyar Sarki Edward,
 Yana da musayar, musayar mallard!

 Wasu labaran ban mamaki an gaya musu I trow
 Daga Baker, Holinshead & Stow
 Daga Cocks & Bulls, & sauran abubuwa masu ban sha'awa
 Wannan ya faru ne a cikin sarakunan sarakuna.

 KARU

 Romawa sun taɓa sha'awar wani gander
 Fiye da yadda suka yi kwamandan mafi kyau,
 Domin ya cece, idan wasu ba su yi mana wa laifi ba,
 Wurin da aka kira daga ku Scull na Tolus.

Waƙar gargajiya (Roud 1517) da aka samo a kudancin Ingila waƙa ce mai tarawa game da jikin mallard.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba