Al-Balagha al-Wadiha by al-Jarim & Amin (البلاغة الواضحة) — Page 8

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الْجَارِمِ: عُرِفَ الْجَارِمُ بِرُوحِهِ الْمَرِحَةِ الْخَفِيفَةِ، فَكَانَ مَجْلِسُهُ يَمْتَلِئُ بِالضَّحِكِ فِيمَا يَرْوِي مِنْ حَدِيثٍ وَنَوَادِرَ، وَمَا يُعَلِّقُ عَلَى أَحْدَاثٍ

Al-Jarim was known for his cheerful and light spirit, and his gathering would be filled with laughter in what he narrated of talk and anecdotes, and what he commented on events.

وَعَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ مَرَضِهِ وَبَعْضِ الْمَآسِي الَّتِي أَلَمَّتْ بِهِ، لَمْ تَخْتَفِ ابْتِسَامَتُهُ وَالَّتِي كَانَتْ تَظْهَرُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ لِتَحْجُبَ مِنْ خَلْفِهَا الْحُزْنَ وَالْأَلَمَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ.

Despite his illness and some of the tragedies that afflicted him, his smile did not disappear, which used to appear on his face to veil from behind it the sadness and pain that was in his heart.

قَالَ عَنْهُ أَحْمَدُ أَمِينُ: عُضْوُ مَجْمَعِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ وَعَمِيدُ كُلِّيَّةِ الْآدَابِ جَامِعَةِ الْقَاهِرَةِ سَابِقًا: كَانَ شَاعِرًا مِنَ الطِّرَازِ الْأَوَّلِ مُشْرِقَ الدِّيبَاجَةِ رَصِينَ الْأُسْلُوبِ، جَيِّدَ الْمَعْنَى وَالْمَبْنَى،

Ahmad Amin, a member of the Arabic Language Academy and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University, said about him: He was a poet of the first rank, with a bright preface and solid style, good in meaning and structure.

وَكَانَ شِعْرُهُ مَرِحًا ضَاحِكًا، حَتَّى إِذَا أُصِيبَ بِفَقْدِ ابْنِهِ وَكَانَ طَالِبًا فِي الْهَنْدَسَةِ - تَلَوَّنَ شِعْرُهُ بِلَوْنٍ حَزِينٍ بَاكٍ فَكَانَ يُجِيدُ كُلَّ الْإِجَادَةِ فِي الرِّثَاءِ وَالْحَسْرَةِ عَلَى فَوَاتِ الشَّبَابِ.

His poetry was cheerful and laughing, until he was afflicted by the loss of his son, who was a student of engineering - his poetry changed color to a sad, weeping tone, and he would excel in elegy and regret over the passing of youth.

كَانَ الْجَارِمُ صَاحِبَ إِحْسَاسٍ عَالٍ يَتَذَوَّقُ الْمَعْنَى، وَيَتَأَمَّلُ الْأَفْكَارَ الْجَدِيدَةَ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ بَصْمَةٌ وَاضِحَةٌ وَإِضَافَةٌ مُؤَثِّرَةٌ فِي كُلِّ عَمَلٍ الْتَحَقَ بِهِ، فَسَاهَمَ فِي تَبْسِيطِ النَّحْوِ وَالْبَلَاغَةِ مِنْ خِلَالِ كُتُبِهِ الَّتِي أَلَّفَهَا فِي ذَلِكَ.

Al-Jarim was a man of high sensitivity who savored meaning and contemplated new ideas, and he had a clear imprint and influential addition in every work he joined, so he contributed to simplifying grammar and rhetoric through his books that he authored for that.

وَكَانَتْ لَهُ مُسَاهَمَاتٌ فَعَّالَةٌ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ اللُّغَوِيِّ فَشَارَكَ فِي وَضْعِ الْمُعْجَمِ الْوَسِيطِ وَأَشْرَفَ عَلَى إِخْرَاجِ مَجَلَّةِ الْمَجْمَعِ، وَشَارَكَ فِي أَكْثَرِ لِجَانِهِ مِثْلَ لَجْنَةِ الْأَدَبِ، وَلَجْنَةِ تَنْسِيقِ الْكِتَابَةِ، وَكَانَ أَحَدَ دَعَائِمِ لَجْنَةِ الْأُصُولِ،

He had effective contributions to the Linguistic Academy, so he participated in setting the Intermediate Dictionary and supervised the production of the Academy's magazine, and participated in most of its committees such as the Literature Committee and the Writing Coordination Committee, and he was one of the pillars of the Origins Committee.

وَهِيَ اللَّجْنَةُ الَّتِي زَوَّدَتِ الْمَجْمَعَ بِالْقَوَاعِدِ الَّتِي يَقُومُ عَلَيْهَا التَّعْرِيبُ وَالِاشْتِقَاقُ وَالتَّضْمِينُ وَالنَّحْتُ وَالْقِيَاسُ وَغَيْرُهَا.

It is the committee that supplied the Academy with the rules upon which Arabization, derivation, inclusion, sculpting, analogy, and others are based.

وَكَانَتْ آخِرُ مُسَاهَمَاتِهِ الْفَعَّالَةِ مُحَاضَرَةً قَيِّمَةً أَلْقَاهَا عَنِ الْمُوَازَنَةِ بَيْنَ الْجُمْلَةِ فِي اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ وَاللُّغَةِ الْأُورُبِّيَّةِ، بِالْإِضَافَةِ لِمُنَادَاتِهِ بِإِصْلَاحِ الْإِمْلَاءِ.

His last effective contribution was a valuable lecture he delivered on the comparison between the sentence in the Arabic language and the European language, in addition to his calling for spelling reform.

اهْتَمَّ عَلِيُّ الْجَارِمُ بِالتَّارِيخِ الْعَرَبِيِّ فَقَدَّمَ الْعَدِيدَ مِنَ الرِّوَايَاتِ الْأَدَبِيَّةِ التَّارِيخِيَّةِ

Ali Al-Jarim cared about Arabic history, so he presented many historical literary novels.

الشَّاعِرُ الطَّمُوحُ تَضَمَّنَ دِرَاسَةً عَنْ حَيَاةِ وَشَخْصِيَّةِ الشَّاعِرِ أَبِي الطَّيِّبِ الْمُتَنَبِّي،

The Ambitious Poet included a study on the life and personality of the poet Abu al-Tayyib al-Mutanabbi.

مَرَحُ الْوَلِيدِ، وَهُوَ سِيرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ لِلْوَلِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأُمَوِيِّ،

Marah al-Walid, which is a complete biography of al-Walid ibn Yazid al-Umawi.

سَيِّدَةُ الْقُصُورِ آخِرُ أَيَّامِ الْفَاطِمِيِّينَ فِي مِصْرَ،

Lady of the Palaces, the last days of the Fatimids in Egypt.

غَادَةُ رَشِيدٍ، هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةُ تَتَنَاوَلُ فِيهَا كِفَاحَ الشَّعْبِ ضِدَّ الِاسْتِعْمَارِ الْفَرَنْسِيِّ.

Ghade Rashid, this story deals with the struggle of the people against French colonialism.

Vocabulary · المفردات (26 verbs · 117 nouns)

• عَرَفَ — to know
• امْتَلَأَ — to be full
• رَوَى — to narrate
• عَلَّقَ — to comment
• أَلَمَّ — to afflict
• اخْتَفَى — to disappear
• ظَهَرَ — to appear
• حَجَبَ — to veil
• قَالَ — to say
• أَصَابَ — to afflict
• تَلَوَّنَ — to change color
• أَجَادَ — to excel
• تَذَوَّقَ — to taste
• تَأَمَّلَ — to contemplate
• الْتَحَقَ — to join
• سَاهَمَ — to contribute
• أَلَّفَ — to author
• شَارَكَ — to participate
• أَشْرَفَ — to supervise
• زَوَّدَ — to supply
• قَامَ — to be based on
• أَلْقَى — to deliver
• اهْتَمَّ — to care
• قَدَّمَ — to present
• تَضَمَّنَ — to include
• تَنَاوَلَ — to deal with
• شَخْصِيَّةٌ — personality
• رُوحٌ — spirit
• مَرِحٌ — cheerful
• خَفِيفٌ — light
• مَجْلِسٌ — gathering
• ضَحِكٌ — laughter
• حَدِيثٌ — talk
• نَادِرَةٌ — anecdote
• حَدَثٌ — event
• رَغْمٌ — despite
• مَرَضٌ — illness
• مَأْسَاةٌ — tragedy
• ابْتِسَامَةٌ — smile
• وَجْهٌ — face
• حُزْنٌ — sadness
• أَلَمٌ — pain
• قَلْبٌ — heart
• عُضْوٌ — member
• مَجْمَعٌ — academy
• لُغَةٌ — language
• عَرَبِيٌّ — Arabic
• عَمِيدٌ — dean
• كُلِّيَّةٌ — college
• أَدَبٌ — literature
• جَامِعَةٌ — university
• سَابِقٌ — former
• شَاعِرٌ — poet
• طِرَازٌ — style
• أَوَّلٌ — first
• مُشْرِقٌ — bright
• دِيبَاجَةٌ — preface
• رَصِينٌ — solid
• أُسْلُوبٌ — style
• جَيِّدٌ — good
• مَعْنًى — meaning
• مَبْنًى — structure
• شِعْرٌ — poetry
• ضَاحِكٌ — laughing
• فَقْدٌ — loss
• ابْنٌ — son
• طَالِبٌ — student
• هَنْدَسَةٌ — engineering
• لَوْنٌ — color
• حَزِينٌ — sad
• بَاكٍ — weeping
• إِجَادَةٌ — mastery
• رِثَاءٌ — elegy
• حَسْرَةٌ — regret
• فَوَاتٌ — passing
• شَبَابٌ — youth
• صَاحِبٌ — owner
• إِحْسَاسٌ — feeling
• عَالٍ — high
• فِكْرَةٌ — idea
• جَدِيدٌ — new
• بَصْمَةٌ — imprint
• وَاضِحٌ — clear
• إِضَافَةٌ — addition
• مُؤَثِّرٌ — influential
• عَمَلٌ — work
• تَبْسِيطٌ — simplification
• نَحْوٌ — grammar
• بَلَاغَةٌ — rhetoric
• كِتَابٌ — book
• مُسَاهَمَةٌ — contribution
• فَعَّالٌ — effective
• لُغَوِيٌّ — linguistic
• وَضْعٌ — setting
• مُعْجَمٌ — dictionary
• وَسِيطٌ — intermediate
• إِخْرَاجٌ — production
• مَجَلَّةٌ — magazine
• لَجْنَةٌ — committee
• تَنْسِيقٌ — coordination
• كِتَابَةٌ — writing
• دِعَامَةٌ — pillar
• أَصْلٌ — origin
• قَاعِدَةٌ — rule
• تَعْرِيبٌ — arabization
• اشْتِقَاقٌ — derivation
• تَضْمِينٌ — inclusion
• نَحْتٌ — word formation
• قِيَاسٌ — analogy
• آخِرٌ — last
• مُحَاضَرَةٌ — lecture
• قَيِّمٌ — valuable
• مُوَازَنَةٌ — comparison
• جُمْلَةٌ — sentence
• أُورُبِّيٌّ — European
• مُنَادَاةٌ — calling
• إِصْلَاحٌ — reform
• إِمْلَاءٌ — spelling
• مُؤَلَّفٌ — work
• تَارِيخٌ — history
• عَدِيدٌ — many
• رِوَايَةٌ — novel
• أَدَبِيٌّ — literary
• تَارِيخِيٌّ — historic
• فَارِسٌ — knight
• طَمُوحٌ — ambitious
• دِرَاسَةٌ — study
• حَيَاةٌ — life
• مُلَثَّمٌ — masked
• سَهْمٌ — arrow
• مَسْمُومٌ — poisoned
• سِيرَةٌ — biography
• كَامِلٌ — complete
• سَيِّدَةٌ — lady
• قَصْرٌ — palace
• يَوْمٌ — day
• فَاطِمِيٌّ — Fatimid
• غَادَةٌ — young woman
• قِصَّةٌ — story
• كِفَاحٌ — struggle
• شَعْبٌ — people
• اسْتِعْمَارٌ — colonialism
• فَرَنْسِيٌّ — French