David Copperfield in Arabic (ديفيد كوبرفيلد) — Page 11

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

«أَنْتِ لَسْتِ غَاضِبَةً، أَظُنُّ هَذَا، أَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ يَا بِيجُوتِي؟!»

"You aren't angry, I think, are you, Peggotty?!"

هَكَذَا قَالَ دِيفِيد؛ لِأَنَّهُ فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ اعْتَقَدَ أَنَّهَا غَضِبَتْ؛ حَيْثُ كَانَتْ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِاخْتِصَارٍ نَوْعًا مَا.

David said this because he truly believed she was, as she had been speaking quite curtly.

وَرَدًّا عَلَى هَذَا السُّؤَالِ وَضَعَتْ بِيجُوتِي الْجَوْرَبَ الَّذِي كَانَتْ تَنْسِجُهُ جَانِبًا، وَفَتَحَتْ ذِرَاعَيْهَا وَاحْتَضَنَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا ذَلِكَ الرَّأْسَ ذَا الشَّعْرِ الْمُجَعَّدِ، وَضَمَّتْهُ إِلَيْهَا ضَمَّةً قَوِيَّةً.

In reply, Peggotty set aside the stocking she was knitting, opened her arms, gathered his curly head between them, and gave him a tight squeeze.

وَقَالَتْ: «وَالْآنَ أَخْبِرْنِي الْمَزِيدَ عَنِ التَّمَاسِيحِ، فَإِنَّ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ لَا يَكَادُ يَكْفِينِي.»

She said, "Now tell me more about crocodiles, for what I've heard is hardly enough."

بَدَتْ بِيجُوتِي مُتَأَثِّرَةً لِلْغَايَةِ، وَتَمَنَّى دِيفِيد لَوْ يَعْرِفُ لِمَ بَدَتْ غَرِيبَةً هَكَذَا؛ لَكِنَّهُ وَاصَلَ الْقِرَاءَةَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى حَتَّى دَقَّ جَرَسُ الْحَدِيقَةِ.

Peggotty seemed deeply moved, and David wished he knew why she acted so strangely, but he went back to his reading until the garden bell rang.

خَرَجَ الِاثْنَانِ لِيَفْتَحَا الْبَابَ مَعًا، فَوَجَدَا وَالِدَةَ دِيفِيد وَقَدْ بَدَتْ أَجْمَلَ مِنَ الْمُعْتَادِ، وَمَعَهَا رَجُلٌ ذُو شَعْرٍ أَسْوَدَ جَمِيلٍ وَسَالِفَيْنِ أَسْوَدَيْنِ جَمِيلَيْنِ، كَانَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ قَدْ رَافَقَهُمَا وَهُمَا عَائِدَانِ مِنَ الْكَنِيسَةِ يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ الْمَاضِي.

The two went out to open the door together and found David's mother looking more beautiful than usual, accompanied by a man with handsome black hair and matching sideburns—the same man who had walked them home from church last Sunday.

فَانْحَنَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبِرْفِيلْد لِتُمْسِكَ دِيفِيد بَيْنَ ذِرَاعَيْهَا وَتُقَبِّلَهُ، وَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنَّهُ فَتًى أَكْثَرُ حَظًّا مِنْ أَيِّ مَلِكٍ.

Mrs. Copperfield bent down to scoop David into her arms and kiss him, and the man remarked that he was a boy luckier than any king.

فَسَأَلَ دِيفِيد بَيْنَمَا تَحْمِلُهُ: «مَا مَعْنَى هَذَا؟»

As she held him, David asked, "What does that mean?"

لَمْ يَزِدِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَنْ رَبَّتَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ؛ لَكِنَّ دِيفِيد بِطَرِيقَةٍ مَا لَمْ يُحِبَّهُ، وَحَاوَلَ إِبْعَادَ يَدِهِ.

The man merely patted his head, but David, for some reason, disliked him and tried to pull away.

اعْتَرَضَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبِرْفِيلْد عَلَى ابْنِهَا قَائِلَةً: «أَوْه، دِيفِي!»

Mrs. Copperfield chided her son, saying, "Oh, Davy!"

قَالَ الرَّجُلُ: «يَا وَلَدِي الْعَزِيزَ لَسْتُ مُسْتَغْرِبًا مِنْ حُبِّهِ الشَّدِيدِ لَكِ.»

The man said, "My dear boy, I am not surprised by his intense love for you."

تَسَلَّلَ تَوَرُّدٌ جَمِيلٌ إِلَى وَجْهِ السَّيِّدَةِ كُوبِرْفِيلْد.

A lovely flush crept over Mrs. Copperfield's face.

وَعَاتَبَتْ دِيفِيد بِرِفْقٍ عَلَى وَقَاحَتِهِ؛ لَكِنَّهَا ضَمَّتْهُ قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا وَهِيَ تَشْكُرُ رَفِيقَهَا عَلَى تَوْصِيلِهَا إِلَى الْمَنْزِلِ.

She gently reproached David for his rudeness, but held him close as she thanked her companion for escorting her home.

قَالَ الرَّجُلُ بَعْدَمَا انْحَنَى مُقَبِّلًا يَدَ الْأُمِّ الصَّغِيرَةِ: «لِيَتَمَنَّ كُلٌّ مِنَّا لَيْلَةً سَعِيدَةً لِلْآخَرِ يَا وَلَدِي الْجَمِيلَ.»

After bowing to kiss the young mother's hand, the man said, "Let us wish each other a good night, my fine boy."

قَالَ دِيفِيد: «لَيْلَةٌ سَعِيدَةٌ.»

David said, "Good night."

قَالَ الرَّجُلُ ضَاحِكًا: «هَلُمَّ! لِنُصْبِحَ أَحْسَنَ صَدِيقَيْنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا. فَلْنَتَصَافَحْ!»

The man laughed and said, "Come now! Let us be the best of friends. Let us shake hands!"

كَانَتْ يَدُ دِيفِيد الْيُمْنَى فِي يَدِ أُمِّهِ الْيُسْرَى، لِذَا نَاوَلَ الرَّجُلَ يَدَهُ الْأُخْرَى.

David's right hand was already in his mother's left, so he offered the man his other hand.

قَالَ الرَّجُلُ ضَاحِكًا: «يَا لِلْعَجَبِ، هَذِهِ الْيَدُ الْخَطَأُ يَا دِيفِي.»

The man laughed again, saying, "Well, that's the wrong hand, Davy."

سَحَبَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبِرْفِيلْد يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى لِلْأَمَامِ؛ لَكِنَّ دِيفِيد لَمْ يُحِبَّهُ، وَلَمْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يُنَاوِلَهُ إِيَّاهَا، وَإِنَّمَا أَصَرَّ عَلَى تَقْدِيمِ يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى.

Mrs. Copperfield pulled his right hand forward, but David, still disliking the man, did not want to give it to him and insisted on offering his left instead.

لَكِنَّ الرَّجُلَ صَافَحَهَا بِحَمَاسَةٍ، وَقَالَ إِنَّهُ وَلَدٌ شُجَاعٌ، وَانْصَرَفَ؛ وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ الْتَفَتَ وَرَاءَهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ، وَأَلْقَى عَلَيْهِمَا نَظْرَةً أَخِيرَةً بِعَيْنَيْهِ السَّوْدَاوَيْنِ الدَّاكِنَتَيِ السَّوَادِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُغْلِقَ الْبَابَ.

The man shook it enthusiastically, called him a brave boy, and left. As he walked through the garden, he turned back to cast one final look with his dark, black eyes before closing the gate.

Vocabulary · المفردات (45 verbs · 85 nouns)

• ظَنَّ — to think
• قَالَ — to say
• اعْتَقَدَ — to believe
• غَضِبَ — to become angry
• تَكَلَّمَ — to speak
• وَضَعَ — to place
• نَسَجَ — to weave
• فَتَحَ — to open
• احْتَضَنَ — to embrace
• ضَمَّ — to hug
• أَخْبَرَ — to tell
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• كَادَ — to come close to
• كَفَى — to suffice
• بَدَا — to seem
• تَمَنَّى — to wish
• عَرَفَ — to know
• وَاصَلَ — to continue
• دَقَّ — to ring
• خَرَجَ — to go out
• وَجَدَ — to find
• رَافَقَ — to accompany
• انْحَنَى — to bow
• أَمْسَكَ — to hold
• قَبَّلَ — to kiss
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• حَمَلَ — to carry
• زَادَ — to increase
• رَبَّتَ — to pat
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• حَاوَلَ — to try
• اعْتَرَضَ — to object
• تَسَلَّلَ — to sneak
• عَاتَبَ — to reproach
• شَكَرَ — to thank
• تَصَافَحَ — to shake hands
• نَاوَلَ — to hand over
• سَحَبَ — to pull
• أَرَادَ — to want
• أَصَرَّ — to insist
• صَافَحَ — to shake hands with
• انْصَرَفَ — to leave
• الْتَفَتَ — to turn around
• أَلْقَى — to cast
• أَغْلَقَ — to close
• طُفُولَة — childhood
• سَعِيد — happy
• غَاضِب — angry
• حَقِيقَة — truth
• اخْتِصَار — brevity
• نَوْع — type
• رَدّ — reply
• سُؤَال — question
• جَوْرَب — sock
• جَانِب — side
• ذِرَاع — arm
• رَأْس — head
• شَعْر — hair
• مُجَعَّد — curly
• ضَمَّة — hug
• قَوِيّ — strong
• مَزِيد — more
• تِمْسَاح — crocodile
• مُتَأَثِّر — affected
• غَايَة — extreme
• غَرِيب — strange
• قِرَاءَة — reading
• مَرَّة — time
• آخَر — other
• جَرَس — bell
• حَدِيقَة — garden
• اثْنَان — two
• بَاب — door
• وَالِدَة — mother
• أَجْمَل — more beautiful
• مُعْتَاد — usual
• رَجُل — man
• أَسْوَد — black
• جَمِيل — beautiful
• سَالِف — sideburn
• عَائِد — returning
• كَنِيسَة — church
• يَوْم — day
• أَحَد — Sunday
• مَاضِي — past
• سَيِّدَة — lady
• فَتًى — boy
• حَظّ — luck
• مَلِك — king
• مَعْنَى — meaning
• طَرِيقَة — way
• إِبْعَاد — removal
• يَد — hand
• ابْن — son
• مُسْتَغْرِب — surprised
• حُبّ — love
• شَدِيد — intense
• تَوَرُّد — blush
• وَجْه — face
• رِفْق — gentleness
• وَقَاحَة — rudeness
• قَرِيب — near
• رَفِيق — companion
• تَوْصِيل — delivery
• مَنْزِل — house
• لَيْلَة — night
• صَغِير — small
• صَدِيق — friend
• دُنْيَا — world
• يُمْنَى — right
• أُمّ — mother
• يُسْرَى — left
• عَجَب — wonder
• خَطَأ — wrong
• أَمَام — front
• حَمَاسَة — enthusiasm
• وَلَد — boy
• شُجَاع — brave
• طَرِيق — way
• وَرَاء — behind
• نَظْرَة — look
• أَخِير — last
• عَيْن — eye
• سَوْدَاء — black
• دَاكِن — dark
• سَوَاد — blackness
• عَزِيز — dear
• ضَاحِك — laughing
• أَحْسَن — best
• أَكْثَر — more