David Copperfield in Arabic (ديفيد كوبرفيلد) — Page 7

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الفَصْلُ الأَوَّلُ: طُفُولَتُهُ السَّعِيدَةُ.

Chapter One: His Happy Childhood.

لَمْ يَعْرِفْ دِيفِيد كُوبَرْفِيلْد وَالِدَهُ مُطْلَقًا؛ لِأَنَّهُ تُوُفِّيَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُولَدَ دِيفِيد.

David Copperfield never knew his father, who died before he was born.

لَكِنَّ دِيفِيد لَمْ يَنْسَ قَطُّ وَالِدَتَهُ الشَّابَّةَ الْجَمِيلَةَ، وَلَا شَعْرَهَا الْجَمِيلَ وَعَيْنَيْهَا اللَّطِيفَتَيْنِ اللَّامِعَتَيْنِ.

Yet David never forgot his beautiful young mother, nor her lovely hair and kind, shining eyes.

عِنْدَمَا عَادَ دِيفِيد بِذَاكِرَتِهِ إِلَى الْأَيَّامِ الضَّبَابِيَّةِ لِطُفُولَتِهِ، كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ تُذَكِّرُهُ؛ وَكَذَلِكَ بِيجُوتِي.

When David looked back on the foggy days of his childhood, his mother came to mind, as did Peggotty.

هِيَ أَوَّلُ شَخْصٍ.

She was the first person he remembered.

كَانَتْ عَيْنَا بِيجُوتِي سَوْدَاوَيْنِ، وَوَجْنَتَاهَا وَذِرَاعَاهَا شَدِيدَةَ الْحُمْرَةِ، لِدَرَجَةِ أَنَّ دِيفِيد كَانَ يَتَعَجَّبُ لِمَ لَمْ تُفَضِّلِ الطُّيُورُ نَقْرَهَا هِيَ عَلَى نَقْرِ ثِمَارِ التُّفَّاحِ.

Peggotty's eyes were black, and her cheeks and arms were so intensely red that David often wondered why the birds didn't prefer pecking at her instead of apples.

وَفِي عَصْرِ يَوْمٍ صَحْوٍ نَشِطَتْ فِيهِ الرِّيَاحُ، مِنْ أَيَّامِ شَهْرِ مَارِس، وَهُوَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي وُلِدَ فِيهِ دِيفِيد، كَانَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد جَالِسَةً بِجِوَارِ مِدْفَأَةِ رَدْهَةِ الْمَنْزِلِ، وَعِنْدَمَا رَفَعَتْ عَيْنَيْهَا إِلَى النَّافِذَةِ الْمُقَابِلَةِ لَهَا رَأَتْ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ سَيِّدَةً غَرِيبَةً قَادِمَةً.

On a clear, windy afternoon in March—the day David was born—Mrs. Copperfield was sitting by the fireplace in the parlor. When she looked up at the window, she saw a strange woman approaching through the garden.

وَعَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ أَنَّ الْأَرْمَلَةَ الشَّابَّةَ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ رَأَتْهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ قَطُّ؛ فَإِنَّهَا شَعَرَتْ شُعُورًا جَازِمًا أَنَّهَا الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي تْرُوتُود؛ عَمَّةُ زَوْجِهَا الْمُتَوَفَّى، الَّتِي كَثِيرًا مَا كَانَ يَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْهَا.

Although the young widow had never seen her before, she felt certain this was Miss Betsey Trotwood, her late husband's aunt, of whom he had often spoken.

لَقَدْ كَانَ ابْنُ أَخِي الْآنِسَةِ بَيْتْسِي أَثِيرًا عِنْدَهَا، لَكِنَّهَا غَضِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ لِلْغَايَةِ عِنْدَمَا تَزَوَّجَ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الزَّوْجَةِ الشَّابَّةِ الْأَشْبَهِ بِبِنْتٍ صَغِيرَةٍ.

Miss Betsey had been fond of her nephew, but she was furious when he married a wife who seemed little more than a child.

كَانَتِ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي تُسَمِّيهَا «دُمْيَةً شَمْعِيَّةً»، رَغْمَ أَنَّ عَيْنَيْهَا لَمْ تَقَعَا عَلَيْهَا مُطْلَقًا قَبْلَ عَصْرِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ.

Miss Betsey had taken to calling her a 'wax doll,' even though she had never laid eyes on her until that afternoon.

بَدَلًا مِنْ أَنْ تَدُقَّ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي الْجَرَسَ كَأَيِّ ضَيْفٍ آخَرَ، جَاءَتْ وَأَخَذَتْ تَنْظُرُ مِنَ النَّافِذَةِ إِلَى دَاخِلِ الْمَنْزِلِ، حَيْثُ أَلْصَقَتْ طَرَفَ أَنْفِهَا قَرِيبًا جِدًّا مِنَ الزُّجَاجِ لِدَرَجَةِ أَنَّهُ صَارَ أَفْطَسَ وَشَاحِبًا لِلْغَايَةِ مِنْ أَثَرِ ضَغْطِهِ بِالزُّجَاجِ؛ وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَتْ جَسَدَ السَّيِّدَةِ كُوبَرْفِيلْد الشَّابَّةَ الشَّبِيهَةَ بِالْبَنَاتِ الصَّغِيرَاتِ فِي ثَوْبِ الْحِدَادِ مِثْلَ الْأَرَامِلِ، أَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهَا لِكَيْ تَأْتِيَ وَتَفْتَحَ الْبَابَ.

Instead of ringing the bell like any other guest, Miss Betsey peered through the window, pressing the tip of her nose so hard against the glass that it turned flat and ghostly pale. When she saw young Mrs. Copperfield, looking like a little girl in her widow's weeds, she gestured for her to come and open the door.

Vocabulary · المفردات (25 verbs · 76 nouns)

• عَرَفَ — to know
• تَوَفَّى — to die
• وَلَدَ — to give birth
• نَسِيَ — to forget
• عَادَ — to return
• ذَكَّرَ — to remind
• تَعَجَّبَ — to wonder
• فَضَّلَ — to prefer
• نَشِطَ — to grow active
• رَفَعَ — to lift
• رَأَى — to see
• شَعَرَ — to feel
• تَحَدَّثَ — to talk
• غَضِبَ — to become angry
• تَزَوَّجَ — to marry
• وَقَعَ — to fall
• دَقَّ — to knock
• جَاءَ — to come
• أَخَذَ — to begin
• نَظَرَ — to look
• أَلْصَقَ — to stick
• صَارَ — to become
• أَشَارَ — to point
• أَتَى — to come
• فَتَحَ — to open
• فَصْل — chapter
• طُفُولَة — childhood
• وَالِد — father
• وَالِدَة — mother
• شَابّ — young man
• جَمِيل — beautiful
• شَعْر — hair
• عَيْن — eye
• لَطِيف — kind
• لَامِع — shining
• ذَاكِرَة — memory
• يَوْم — day
• ضَبَابِيّ — foggy
• أُمّ — mother
• شَخْص — person
• سَوْدَاء — black
• وَجْنَة — cheek
• ذِرَاع — arm
• شَدِيد — intense
• حُمْرَة — redness
• دَرَجَة — degree
• طَيْر — bird
• نَقْر — pecking
• ثَمَر — fruit
• تُفَّاح — apple
• عَصْر — afternoon
• صَحْو — clear
• رِيح — wind
• شَهْر — month
• سَيِّدَة — lady
• جَالِس — sitting
• جِوَار — vicinity
• مِدْفَأَة — fireplace
• رَدْهَة — hall
• مَنْزِل — house
• نَافِذَة — window
• مُقَابِل — opposite
• حَدِيقَة — garden
• غَرِيب — strange
• قَادِم — coming
• أَرْمَلَة — widow
• شُعُور — feeling
• جَازِم — decisive
• عَمَّة — aunt
• زَوْج — husband
• مُتَوَفَّى — deceased
• كَثِير — much
• ابْن — son
• أَخ — brother
• أَثِير — cherished
• غَايَة — extreme
• زَوْجَة — wife
• بِنْت — girl
• صَغِير — small
• دُمْيَة — doll
• شَمْعِيَّة — waxy
• جَرَس — bell
• ضَيْف — guest
• آخَر — other
• دَاخِل — inside
• طَرَف — tip
• أَنْف — nose
• قَرِيب — near
• زُجَاج — glass
• أَفْطَس — flat
• شَاحِب — pale
• أَثَر — effect
• ضَغْط — pressure
• جَسَد — body
• شَبِيه — similar
• بِنَات — girls
• ثَوْب — dress
• حِدَاد — mourning
• أَرْمَلَة — widows
• بَاب — door
• أَشْبَه — most similar