David Copperfield in Arabic (ديفيد كوبرفيلد) — Page 8

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

قَالَتِ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي وَهِيَ تُقَلِّبُ النَّظَرَ فِيهَا بِازْدِرَاءٍ: «أَظُنُّكِ السَّيِّدَةَ دِيفِيد كُوبَرْفِيلْد.»

Miss Betsey looked her up and down with disdain and said, 'I suppose you are Mrs. David Copperfield.'

قَالَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد بِوَهْنٍ: «نَعَمْ.»

Mrs. Copperfield replied weakly, 'Yes.'

قَالَتِ الضَّيْفَةُ: «أَنَا الْآنِسَةُ تْرُوتْوُود، لَقَدْ سَمِعْتِ عَنِّي، أَظُنُّ هَذَا.»

The guest said, 'I am Miss Trotwood. You have heard of me, I imagine.'

قَالَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد إِنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَنْهَا بِالْفِعْلِ.

Mrs. Copperfield said that she had indeed heard of her.

قَالَتِ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي، وَهِيَ تَسِيرُ خَلْفَ مُضِيفَتِهَا إِلَى الرَّدْهَةِ: «الْآنَ تَرَيْنَنِي.»

Miss Betsey said, walking behind her hostess into the hall, 'Now you see me.'

كَانَتِ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي تَبْدُو مَهِيبَةً لِلْغَايَةِ، كَمَا أَنَّهَا رَاحَتْ تَحْدِقُ بِقُوَّةٍ، لِدَرَجَةِ أَنَّ السَّيِّدَةَ كُوبَرْفِيلْد الْمِسْكِينَةَ بَدَأَتْ تَبْكِي.

Miss Betsey looked so formidable and stared so intensely that poor Mrs. Copperfield began to cry.

قَالَتِ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي: «يَا إِلَهِي كَفَى. لَا تَفْعَلِي هَذَا تَعَالِي إِلَيَّ! اخْلَعِي قُبَّعَتَكِ يَا ابْنَتِي، وَدَعِينِي أَرَاكِ.»

Miss Betsey said, 'Good heavens, stop. Don't do that. Come here! Take off your cap, my child, and let me see you.'

كَانَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد خَائِفَةً جِدًّا بِحَيْثُ لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ تَرْفُضَ؛ لِذَا خَلَعَتْ قُبَّعَةَ الْأَرَامِلِ الَّتِي تَرْتَدِيهَا بِيَدَيْنِ مُتَوَتِّرَتَيْنِ لِلْغَايَةِ لِدَرَجَةِ أَنَّ شَعْرَهَا، الَّذِي كَانَ فِي غَايَةِ الْجَمَالِ، سَقَطَ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا.

Mrs. Copperfield was too frightened to refuse, so she removed her widow's cap with hands that trembled so violently that her beautiful hair tumbled down over her face.

صَاحَتِ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي قَائِلَةً: «يَا إِلَهِي، يَا لِلرَّوْعَةِ! إِنَّكِ صَغِيرَةٌ لِلْغَايَةِ!»

Miss Betsey exclaimed, 'Good heavens! How extraordinary! You are such a child!'

نَكَّسَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد الْمِسْكِينَةُ رَأْسَهَا خَجَلًا وَكَأَنَّمَا كَانَتْ هِيَ الْمَسْئُولَةُ، تِلْكَ الْبَائِسَةُ، عَنْ هَيْئَتِهَا الَّتِي بَدَتْ صَغِيرَةً لِلْغَايَةِ؛ وَبَيْنَمَا رَاحَتْ تَبْكِي وَتَتَحَسَّرُ بِصَوْتٍ خَافِتٍ عَلَى أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ سِوَى أَرْمَلَةٍ شَبِيهَةٍ بِالْأَطْفَالِ، وَأَنَّهَا إِذَا عَاشَتْ فَلَنْ تُصْبِحَ سِوَى أُمٍّ شَبِيهَةٍ بِالْأَطْفَالِ، خُيِّلَ إِلَيْهَا أَنَّهَا أَحَسَّتْ بِالْآنِسَةِ بَيْتْسِي تَلْمِسُ شَعْرَهَا فِي رِفْقٍ؛ لَكِنَّهَا عِنْدَمَا رَفَعَتْ رَأْسَهَا رَأَتِ الضَّيْفَةَ جَالِسَةً وَقَدَمَاهَا عَلَى حَاجِزِ الْمِدْفَأَةِ، وَقَدْ شَبَّكَتْ يَدَيْهَا فَوْقَ رُكْبَتِهَا، وَرَاحَتْ تَنْظُرُ بِعُبُوسٍ فِي النِّيرَانِ.

Poor Mrs. Copperfield hung her head in shame, as if she were responsible for being so small. As she wept and lamented in a faint voice that she was nothing but a child-widow, and that if she lived she would only become a child-mother, she thought she felt Miss Betsey touch her hair gently. But when she looked up, she saw her guest sitting with her feet on the fender, hands clasped over her knees, staring gloomily into the fire.

قَالَتِ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي، عِنْدَمَا رَأَتْ مُضِيفَتَهَا وَكَأَنَّهَا قَدْ أَوْشَكَتْ عَلَى الْإِغْمَاءِ: «تَنَاوَلِي بَعْضَ الشَّايِ. بِمَ تُنَادِينَ خَادِمَتَكِ؟»

Seeing her hostess on the verge of fainting, Miss Betsey said, 'Have some tea. What do you call your servant?'

قَالَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد: «بِيجُوتِي.»

Mrs. Copperfield replied, 'Peggotty.'

رَدَّدَتِ الْآنِسَةُ بَيْتْسِي الِاسْمَ بِسَخَطٍ: «بِيجُوتِي!» ثُمَّ قَالَتْ: «أَتَقْصِدِينَ أَنْ تَقُولِي إِنَّ أَيَّ إِنْسَانَةٍ قَدْ سُمِّيَتْ بِيجُوتِي عِنْدَ تَعْمِيدِهَا؟»

Miss Betsey repeated the name with indignation. 'Peggotty! Do you mean to tell me that any human being was actually christened Peggotty?'

قَالَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد بِوَهْنٍ: «إِنَّهُ اسْمُ عَائِلَتِهَا. كَانَ السَّيِّدُ كُوبَرْفِيلْد يُنَادِيهَا بِهِ؛ لِأَنَّ اسْمَ مَعْمُودِيَّتِهَا كَاسْمِي تَمَامًا.»

Mrs. Copperfield said weakly, 'That is her surname. Mr. Copperfield always called her by it, because her given name is the same as mine.'

Vocabulary · المفردات (41 verbs · 50 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• قَلَّبَ — to turn over
• ظَنَّ — to think
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• سَارَ — to walk
• رَأَى — to see
• بَدَا — to seem
• رَاحَ — to begin
• حَدَقَ — to stare
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• بَكَى — to cry
• كَفَى — to suffice
• فَعَلَ — to do
• تَعَالَى — to come
• خَلَعَ — to take off
• دَعَا — to let
• خَافَ — to fear
• اِسْتَطَاعَ — to manage to
• رَفَضَ — to refuse
• اِرْتَدَى — to wear
• سَقَطَ — to fall
• صَاحَ — to shout
• نَكَّسَ — to lower
• تَحَسَّرَ — to lament
• عَاشَ — to live
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• خَيَّلَ — to imagine
• أَحَسَّ — to feel
• لَمَسَ — to touch
• رَفَعَ — to lift
• جَلَسَ — to sit
• شَبَّكَ — to clasp
• نَظَرَ — to look
• أَوْشَكَ — to be about to
• تَنَاوَلَ — to take
• نَادَى — to call
• رَدَّدَ — to repeat
• قَصَدَ — to intend
• سَمَّى — to name
• عَمَّدَ — to baptize
• تَعَالَ — to come
• آنِسَة — miss
• نَظَر — look
• ازْدِرَاء — disdain
• سَيِّدَة — lady
• وَهْن — weakness
• ضَيْفَة — female guest
• رَدْهَة — hallway
• مُضِيفَة — female host
• قُوَّة — strength
• دَرَجَة — degree
• مِسْكِين — poor person
• إِلَه — god
• قُبَّعَة — hat
• ابْنَة — daughter
• أَرْمَلَة — widow
• يَد — hand
• شَعْر — hair
• غَايَة — utmost
• جَمَال — beauty
• وَجْه — face
• رَوْعَة — splendor
• صَغِير — small person
• رَأْس — head
• خَجَل — shyness
• مَسْئُول — responsible person
• بَائِس — miserable person
• هَيْئَة — appearance
• صَوْت — voice
• خَافِت — faint
• طِفْل — child
• أُم — mother
• رِفْق — gentleness
• قَدَم — foot
• حَاجِز — barrier
• مِدْفَأَة — fireplace
• رُكْبَة — knee
• عُبُوس — frown
• نَار — fire
• شَاي — tea
• خَادِمَة — female servant
• اسْم — name
• سَخَط — indignation
• إِنْسَان — human
• عَائِلَة — family
• مَعْمُودِيَّة — baptism
• إِغْمَاء — fainting
• جَالِسَة — sitting
• خَائِفَة — afraid (f.)
• إِنْسَانَة — human
• تَعْمِيد — baptism