Farah Hussein Sharmarke (Somali: Faarax Xuseen Sharmaaarke; Arabic: فارح حسين شر ماركئ) was a Somali poet who composed poems during the 1940s and early 1950s whilst living in Isiolo, Kenya.
Farah was born in 1926 in the city of Bardera in Gedo region in southwestern Somalia.
He studied poetry from other famous Gedo region poets and playwrights including Guled Jufe and Mohamed Nur Shareco.
He is in this category with great poets such as Haji Aden Ahmed Af-Qalooc and Osman Yusuf Kenadid, Farah Hussein achieved greatness in poetry at such an early age and the type of work he has left with us is currently classified under philosophic and wisdom by writer Mohamed Sheikh Hassan.
1- Shimbir duulis badanoow haddaad, degi aqoon weydo 2- Mar unbaad libaax labadii daan, dalaq tidhaahdaaye 3- Iney edebtu shay doora tahay, yaan isaga daayey