Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 10, Sirat Antara (سيرة عنترة) — Page 11

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَكَانَ الْفَتَى الْحَادِي يَسِيرُ فِي صَدْرِ الْقَافِلَةِ آخِذًا بِزِمَامِ بَعِيرِ عَبْلَةَ عَلَيْهِ هَوْدَجٌ قَدْ طُرِحَتْ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابٌ مُلَوَّنَةٌ مُخَطَّطَةٌ مِنْ حَرِيرٍ يَبْرُقُ فِي ضَوْءِ الشَّمْسِ الْغَارِبَةِ، وَيَخْفِقُ فِي رِفْقٍ مَعَ النَّسِيمِ الْهَادِئِ.

The young camel driver walked at the head of the caravan, holding the rein of Abla's camel, which carried a howdah draped in colorful, striped silk that shimmered in the setting sun and fluttered gently in the calm breeze.

تَخَيَّرِ الْإِجَابَةَ الصَّحِيحَةَ مِمَّا يَأْتِي، وَاكْتُبْهَا.

Choose the correct answer from the following and write it down.

عَلَامَ يَدُلُّ وَصْفُ الْهَوْدَجِ بِهَذِهِ الصِّفَاتِ؟

What does this description of the howdah signify?

أَيْنَ وَقَفَ الرَّكْبُ؟ وَلِمَنْ كَانَ يُنْشِدُ الْحَادِي؟

Where did the caravan stop, and for whom was the camel driver reciting?

صِفِ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي تَوَقَّفَتْ فِيهِ الْقَافِلَةُ.

Describe the place where the caravan stopped.

قَارِنْ بَيْنَ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ وَالِاسْتِرَاحَاتِ الَّتِي تُوجَدُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْآنَ.

Compare this location to modern-day roadside rest areas.

عَرِّفْ بِالْفَتَاةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ فِي الْهَوْدَجِ.

Identify the young woman who was in the howdah.

الْقَافِلَةُ كَانَتْ قَادِمَةً مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ هَوَازِنَ.

The caravan was arriving from the Hawazin tribe.

اضْبِطِ الْجُمْلَةَ السَّابِقَةَ ضَبْطًا كَامِلًا.

Fully diacritize the previous sentence.

ثَنِّ كَلِمَةَ الْفَتَى وَاجْمَعْهَا وَغَيِّرْ مَا يَلْزَمُ.

Write the dual and plural forms of the word 'young man' and make any necessary adjustments.

حَدِّدِ الْكَاتِبُ مَعَالِمَ شَخْصِيَّةِ كُلٍّ مِنْ عَنْتَرَةَ - عَبْلَةَ، وَضِّحْ ذَلِكَ.

The author defined the personality traits of both Antara and Abla; explain how.

لِمَاذَا دَارَ عَنْتَرَةُ بِحِصَانِهِ حَوْلَ الْوَادِي؟ وَعَلَامَ يَدُلُّ ذَلِكَ؟

Why did Antara circle the valley on his horse, and what does this signify?

عَلِّلْ لِمَا يَأْتِي: كِتْمَانُ عَنْتَرَةَ ذِكْرَيَاتِ أَحْلَامِهِ.

Explain why Antara kept his dreams to himself.

وَقَفَ عَنْتَرَةُ سَابِحًا فِي خَيَالِهِ، وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَبْلَةَ بَيْنَ الْفَتَيَاتِ، وَيَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى صَوْتِهَا بَيْنَ أَصْوَاتِهِنَّ، وَامْتَلَأَ قَلْبُهُ شَجَنًا.

Antara stood lost in thought, watching Abla among the other young women and listening to her voice, his heart heavy with sorrow.

أَلَيْسَ هُوَ عَنْتَرَةُ الَّذِي يَحْمِي حِمَى عَبْسٍ إِذَا أَغَارَ الْمُغِيرُ عَلَيْهَا؟

Is he not the same Antara who defends the lands of Abs whenever raiders attack?

أَكَانَ فِي عَبْسٍ كُلِّهَا بَطَلٌ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَثْبُتَ لَهُ فِي نِزَالٍ؟

Was there any hero in all of Abs who could stand against him in battle?

هَاتِ مُضَادَّ كَلِمَةِ (شَجَنًا) فِي جُمْلَةٍ، وَمُرَادِفَ كَلِمَةِ (نِزَالٍ) فِي جُمْلَةٍ أُخْرَى.

Provide the antonym of 'sorrow' in a sentence, and the synonym of 'battle' in another.

لِمَاذَا امْتَلَأَ قَلْبُهُ شَجَنًا؟ وَفِيمَ كَانَ يُفَكِّرُ؟

Why did his heart fill with sorrow, and what was he thinking about?

لِمَاذَا قَالَتْ عَبْلَةُ: حَسْبُكَ يَا عَنْتَرَةُ، إِنَّكَ تُجَرِّئُهُنَّ عَلَيَّ؟

Why did Abla say, 'Enough, Antara, you are emboldening them against me'?

لِمَاذَا رَفَضَ عَنْتَرَةُ أَنْ يُنْشِدَ شِعْرَهُ؟ وَلِمَاذَا رَضِيَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ؟

Why did Antara initially refuse to recite his poetry, and what made him change his mind?

كَيْفَ عَرَفَتْ عَبْلَةُ أَنَّ عَنْتَرَةَ يُحِبُّهَا؟

How did Abla know that Antara loved her?

اسْتَخْرِجْ مِنْهَا حَالًا مُفْرَدَةً - وَأُخْرَى جُمْلَةً - وَثَالِثَةً شِبْهَ جُمْلَةٍ.

Extract from the text a single-word adverbial phrase, a clausal adverbial phrase, and a prepositional phrase.

اكْتُبْ مَوْضُوعًا عَنِ الْحَيَاةِ فِي الْبَادِيَةِ فِي ضَوْءِ قِرَاءَتِكَ لِهَذَا الْفَصْلِ.

Write an essay about life in the desert based on your reading of this chapter.

لِمَاذَا ذَهَبَتْ عَبْلَةُ إِلَى خِبَائِهَا غَاضِبَةً؟

Why did Abla go to her tent in anger?

هَاتِ ثَلَاثَ كَلِمَاتٍ عَلَى وَزْنِ الْكَلِمَةِ السَّابِقَةِ.

Provide three words that follow the same linguistic pattern as the previous word.

Vocabulary · المفردات (44 verbs · 93 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• سَارَ — to walk
• أَخَذَ — to take
• طَرَحَ — to throw
• بَرَقَ — to shine
• خَفَقَ — to flutter
• تَخَيَّرَ — to choose
• أَتَى — to come
• كَتَبَ — to write
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• وَصَفَ — to describe
• وَقَفَ — to stand
• أَنْشَدَ — to recite
• تَوَقَّفَ — to stop
• قَارَنَ — to compare
• وَجَدَ — to find
• عَرَّفَ — to define
• قَدِمَ — to arrive
• ضَبَطَ — to adjust
• ثَنَّى — to dualize
• جَمَعَ — to collect
• غَيَّرَ — to change
• لَزِمَ — to be necessary
• حَدَّدَ — to determine
• وَضَّحَ — to clarify
• دَارَ — to circle
• عَلَّلَ — to justify
• سَبَحَ — to swim
• نَظَرَ — to look
• اِسْتَمَعَ — to listen
• اِمْتَلَأَ — to fill
• حَمَى — to protect
• أَغَارَ — to raid
• اِسْتَطَاعَ — to be able
• ثَبَتَ — to remain firm
• أَجَابَ — to answer
• فَكَّرَ — to think
• وَضَعَ — to place
• جَرَّأَ — to embolden
• رَفَضَ — to refuse
• رَضِيَ — to be satisfied
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• اِسْتَخْرَجَ — to extract
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• سُؤَالٌ — question
• فَصْلٌ — chapter
• أَوَّلٌ — first
• مَغْنًى — meaning
• قَافِلَةٌ — caravan
• فَتًى — young man
• حَادٍ — camel driver
• صَدْرٌ — front
• زِمَامٌ — rein
• بَعِيرٌ — camel
• هَوْدَجٌ — howdah
• ثَوْبٌ — a garment
• مُلَوَّنٌ — colored
• مُخَطَّطٌ — striped
• حَرِيرٌ — silk
• ضَوْءٌ — light
• شَمْسٌ — sun
• غَارِبٌ — setting
• رِفْقٌ — gentleness
• نَسِيمٌ — breeze
• هَادِئٌ — calm
• إِجَابَةٌ — answer
• صَحِيحٌ — correct, healthy (adjective)
• جَمْعٌ — plural
• كَلِمَةٌ — a word (grammatical term)
• أَزِمَّةٌ — reins (straps used to control an animal, especially a horse)
• زَمَازِمُ — reins
• زَمَازِيمُ — reins
• مَعْنًى — meaning
• جَمَلٌ — camel
• قُبَّةٌ — dome
• ظَهْرٌ — back
• مُضَادٌّ — antonym
• عَجُزٌ — rear
• وَسَطٌ — middle
• عُنُقٌ — neck
• وَصْفٌ — description
• صِفَةٌ — attribute
• رَكْبٌ — travelers
• مَكَانٌ — place, location, site
• اسْتِرَاحَةٌ — rest area
• طَرِيقٌ — road
• آنٌ — now
• فَتَاةٌ — young woman
• قَبِيلَةٌ — tribe
• أَرْضٌ — land
• شَخْصِيَّةٌ — personality
• حِصَانٌ — horse
• وَادٍ — valley
• كِتْمَانٌ — concealment
• ذِكْرَى — memory
• حُلْمٌ — dream
• شَكْوَى — complaint
• تَفْرِيقٌ — separation
• عَبِيدٌ — slaves
• خَيَالٌ — imagination
• صَوْتٌ — voice
• قَلْبٌ — heart
• شَجَنٌ — sorrow
• بَطَلٌ — hero
• نِزَالٌ — combat
• مُرَادِفٌ — synonym
• نُقْطَةٌ — dot
• سَيَّالٌ — acacia
• عَرَارٌ — arar plant
• أُقْحُوَانٌ — chrysanthemum
• نَبَاتٌ — plant
• رَائِحَةٌ — scent
• شَجَرٌ — tree
• شَائِكٌ — thorny
• قِشْرٌ — bark, peel
• أَحْمَرُ — red
• نَبْتٌ — plant
• طَيِّبٌ — pleasant
• رِيحٌ — scent
• شِعْرٌ — poetry
• حَالٌ — state
• مُفْرَدٌ — singular
• جُمْلَةٌ — sentence
• شِبْهُ — resemblance
• مَوْضُوعٌ — topic
• حَيَاةٌ — life
• بَادِيَةٌ — desert
• خِبَاءٌ — tent
• غَاضِبٌ — angry
• غَرَائِرُ — naive (female)
• وَزْنٌ — weight
• ثَالِثَة — third
• كَامِل — complete
• قَادِمَة — coming (f.)
• قِرَاءَة — reading
• إِثْبَات — affirmation
• كَاتِب — writer, author