A Somali rap song that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), whose real name is “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi,” according to the Department of Justice, set as background music in a video of a lakeside stroll threatens to punish, humiliate, and subjugate the singer’s enemies, according to an English translation.
The 27-second clip, which Omar posted to X days after the feds raided her Washington, D.C., home, shows her walking along a Minnesota lake with her husband, Tim Mynett. The caption read, “Less scrolling, more strolling. Enjoying our beautiful Minnesota lakes.”
The soundtrack is “Nimaan Ciilayba Icaaya” by Somali rapper Ilkacase Qays, with the first verse warning that anyone the narrator confronts will be suffering and screaming by nightfall, according to an English translation commissioned by the Washington Free Beacon:
The Almighty has given me strength.
If I confront you in the afternoon,
By evening, I will teach you a lesson,
And keep you awake throughout the night.
Yes, you will suffer and cry in seething,
You will scream like a demon.
After all, you are not Arabs,
So swallow your anger and chew on it.
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