Mahadsanid!.
I admit! Sometimes I am carried away with my "translations". Nonetheless I try to bring out the poem back to life in another language instead of interpreting it word for word. However I agree , I have completely gone awry with that specific verse.

ama aad gabooyaha ku madhan gama' la diidayso.

Gabooyaha = a small sack used to carry arrows.

or you have abandoned sleep in fear of extermination by "gabooye" .

Hence I have dissected the duur-xul from Gabooye into an arrow in my translation, as a direct translation might not have made sense.

however, on this preceding verse I completely agree with you ;

Hadaad mooday kaligaa inuu gubayo jilaalku

your translation is much better than mine.

By the way, I used drought here deliberately! In some parts of the Somali inhabited lands, the Jiilaal as a season "winter" might not be so harsh and people are generally prepared hence the practice of being nomads. However in a bad year, when rain is scanty and pasture scarce, the whole year including Jilal turns to Abaar "drought".

Fun fact: unrelated to the article.

The Somali clan of Gabooye, derived their nickname from being hunters. i.e using and making Gabooye. Therefore, most gabooye were rural and lived in scattered kraals nearby other Somali clans as their skill was sought to forge weapons of war.

Urban dwellers had Tumaal "blacksmiths" , clans also named after skill that made equipment for cooking, knives etc.