Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 10, Sirat Antara (سيرة عنترة) — Page 14

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فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ ضَاحِكًا: أَلَا تَقُولُ لِي مَا أَوْحَتْ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ؟

Shaybub laughed and asked, 'Won't you tell me what she inspired in you?'

فَقَالَ عَنْتَرَةُ فِي حُزْنٍ: كَانَتْ تَصِيحُ بِي: «أَيُّهَا الْعَبْدُ، لِمَ جِئْتَ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ»؟

Antara said sadly, 'She was shouting at me: "O slave, why did you come to this land?"'

فَقَهْقَهَ شَيْبُوبُ وَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا إِذَنْ لَحَمْقَاءُ، لَقَدْ أَتَيْتَ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ كَمَا يَأْتِي النَّاسُ جَمِيعًا، تَقْذِفُ بِهِمْ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ.

Shaybub guffawed. 'Then she is a fool. You came into this world just like everyone else—cast forth by their mothers.'

فَقَالَ عَنْتَرَةُ: صَدَقْتَ إِنَّهَا أُمِّي الَّتِي قَذَفَتْ بِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ، إِنَّهَا هِيَ الَّتِي جَاءَتْ بِي إِلَى هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةِ لِأَرْعَى إِبِلَ شَدَّادٍ وَلِأَقْضِيَ نَهَارِي وَلَيْلِي فِي فَيَافِي أَرْضِ الشَّرْبَةِ؛ لِأَحْمِيَ إِبِلَهُ مِنَ الذِّئَابِ وَالسِّبَاعِ.

'You are right,' Antara replied. 'It was my mother who cast me into this world. She brought me into this life to tend Shaddad’s camels, to spend my days and nights in the Sharba deserts protecting his herds from wolves and predators.'

هِيَ الَّتِي قَذَفَتْ بِي إِلَى عَبْسٍ؛ لِكَيْ أُحَارِبَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ، وَأَحُوزَ لَهُمُ الْغَنَائِمَ الَّتِي يَسْمَنُونَ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ يَمُرُّونَ بِي فَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيَّ بِمُؤَخَّرِ أَعْيُنِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: «هَذَا عَبْدُ شَدَّادٍ».

'She is the one who cast me into the tribe of Abs so I could fight for them and win the spoils they grow fat on, only for them to pass by, looking at me from the corners of their eyes and saying, "That is Shaddad’s slave."'

فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ فِي خِفَّةٍ: أَهَذَا مَا دَفَعَكَ إِلَى السَّيْرِ؟

Shaybub asked lightly, 'Is that what drove you to wander?'

فَقَالَ عَنْتَرَةُ فِي حُزْنٍ: نَعَمْ، هَذَا مَا دَفَعَنِي إِلَى أَنْ أَهِيمَ عَلَى وَجْهِي وَكَانَ يُلْهِبُ ظَهْرِي كَمَا يُلْهِبُ السَّيِّدُ ظَهْرَ عَبْدِهِ بِالسَّوْطِ.

Antara said sadly, 'Yes, that is what drove me to wander aimlessly. It burned my back as surely as a master’s whip.'

وَمَدَّ يَدَهُ فَأَخَذَ شَيْبُوبُ مِنْ ذِرَاعِهِ وَذَهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى جَانِبٍ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ وَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَهُ مُدَاعِبًا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ:

He reached out, and Shaybub took his arm, leading him to the side. He sat down beside him, stroking his hair comfortingly, and said after a moment:

لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا قُلْتُ فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ يَا ابْنَ أُمِّي إِنِّي أَعْرِفُ أَنَّكَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يُحِبُّنِي أَشَدَّ الْحُبِّ وَأَخْلَصَهُ وَإِنَّكَ عِنْدِي لَأَكْرَمُ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ السَّادَةِ الَّذِينَ يَشْمَخُونَ بِأُنُوفِهِمْ كِبْرًا وَهُمْ لَا يُسَاوُونَ شَيْئًا، إِنَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ الْجَرْيِ كَالظَّلِيمِ.

'Do not blame me for what I said. I love you, brother. I know you are the man who loves me with the deepest, most sincere heart, and to me, you are nobler than those masters who hold their heads high in arrogance while they are worth nothing. You are as swift as an ostrich.'

إِنَّكَ لَشُجَاعُ الْقَلْبِ طَيِّبُ النَّفْسِ لَوْلَا هَذَا الرُّعْبُ الَّذِي يَعْتَرِيكَ عِنْدَ الْقِتَالِ.

'You have a brave heart and a kind soul, if only you could overcome this terror that grips you in battle.'

فَأَنَا أُحِبُّكَ يَا شَيْبُوبُ وَأُجِلُّ مَكَانَكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ أُخَالِفُكَ فِي رَأْيِكَ فِيمَا تَذْهَبُ إِلَيْهِ.

'I love you, Shaybub, and I respect you, even if I disagree with your outlook.'

فَتَمَلَّصَ مِنْهُ شَيْبُوبُ بِرِفْقٍ وَنَظَرَ نَحْوَهُ بَاسِمًا حَتَّى لَمَعَتْ أَسْنَانُهُ الْبَيْضَاءُ فِي ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ وَقَالَ لَهُ:

Shaybub pulled away gently, looking at him with a smile that made his white teeth shine in the moonlight, and said:

إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ أُحِبُّكَ وَأَرْثِي لَكَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْوَسَاوِسِ الَّتِي تُؤَرِّقُكَ وَتُضْنِي قَلْبَكَ.

'I swear by God that I love you, and I pity you for these obsessions that keep you awake and wear down your heart.'

دَعْنِي أَيُّهَا الْمِسْكِينُ أَمْضِ لِشَأْنِي فَإِنِّي تَرَكْتُ فِي خَيْمَتِي ثَرِيدًا وَقُمْتُ أَبْحَثُ عَنْكَ مُنْذُ أَبْطَأْتَ فِي جَوْلَتِكَ، فَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أَصَابَكَ شَرٌّ.

'Leave me be, poor man, and let me go about my business. I left some tharid in my tent and came looking for you because you were late returning; I feared some harm had come to you.'

فَتَبَسَّمَ عَنْتَرَةُ وَقَالَ: عُدْ إِلَى ثَرِيدِكَ فَانْعَمْ بِهِ، وَلَوْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِي فَرَاغٌ لَشَارَكْتُكَ.

Antara smiled and said, 'Go back to your tharid and enjoy it. If my heart were not so heavy, I would have joined you.'

فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ وَهُوَ يَهُمُّ بِالْقِيَامِ: كُلْ أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ وَاشْرَبْ فَوَحَقِّ مَنَاةَ مَا يَخْرُجُ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْحَيَاةِ إِلَّا بِهَذَيْنِ: الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ.

Shaybub said, preparing to stand, 'Eat and drink, man. By Manat, a person gets nothing out of this life but food and drink.'

فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ عَنْتَرَةُ فِي هُدُوءٍ وَقَالَ: اجْلِسْ يَا شَيْبُوبُ وَحَدِّثْنِي فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُحِسَّ وُجُودَكَ مَعِي إِنَّنِي أُحِسُّ فِي جِوَارِكَ شَيْئًا يُشْبِهُ مَا يُحِسُّهُ الطِّفْلُ فِي جِوَارِ أُمِّهِ.

Antara looked at him calmly and said, 'Sit, Shaybub, and talk to me. I love feeling your presence. When I am near you, I feel something like what a child feels near his mother.'

فَضَحِكَ شَيْبُوبُ وَقَالَ: لَيْتَ زَبِيبَةَ أُمَّكَ تَسْمَعُ قَوْلَكَ هَذَا إِنَّهَا تَقْتُلُ نَفْسَهَا هَمًّا مِنْ أَجْلِكَ، وَتَقْطَعُ قَلْبَهَا حُزْنًا عَلَيْكَ.

Shaybub laughed. 'I wish your mother, Zabiba, could hear you. She is killing herself with worry for your sake, and her heart is breaking with sadness for you.'

فَغَمْغَمَ عَنْتَرَةُ كَأَنَّهُ يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ: لَقَدْ طَالَمَا سَأَلْتُهَا عَنْ أَبِي وَتَأْبَى إِلَّا أَنْ تُرَاوِغَنِي فِي الْجَوَابِ كُلَّمَا سَأَلْتُهَا.

Antara muttered as if to himself, 'I have asked her about my father so many times, but she always evades the question.'

لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهَا يَوْمًا تَقُولُ لِي إِنَّنِي ابْنُ شَدَّادٍ، وَلَكِنَّهَا لَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تُعِيدَهَا عَلَى سَمْعِي، وَكُلَّمَا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي يَدْعُونَهُ سَيِّدِي وَيَدْعُونَنِي عَبْدَهُ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ فَتَخُونُنِي قُوَّتِي.

'I once heard her tell me I am Shaddad’s son, but she refuses to say it again. Whenever I see the man they call my master—the one they call me the slave of—I intend to ask him, but my courage fails me.'

فَضَحِكَ شَيْبُوبُ وَقَالَ: عَذِّبْ نَفْسَكَ كَمَا شِئْتَ أَنْ تُعَذِّبَهَا، وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ رَضِيتُ بِأَنَّنِي شَيْبُوبُ عَبْدُ شَدَّادٍ وَابْنُ زَبِيبَةَ.

Shaybub laughed. 'Torture yourself as much as you like. As for me, I am content being Shaybub, Shaddad’s slave and Zabiba’s son.'

Vocabulary · المفردات (70 verbs · 75 nouns)

• تَحَدَّثَ — to speak
• أَوْحَى — to inspire
• صَاحَ — to shout
• جَاءَ — to come
• قَهْقَهَ — to guffaw
• أَتَى — to come
• قَذَفَ — to throw
• رَعَى — to graze
• قَضَى — to spend time
• حَمَى — to protect
• حَارَبَ — to fight
• حَازَ — to acquire
• سَمِنَ — to grow fat
• مَرَّ — to pass
• نَظَرَ — to look
• دَفَعَ — to push
• هَامَ — to wander
• أَلْهَبَ — to inflame
• مَدَّ — to extend
• أَخَذَ — to take
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• جَلَسَ — to sit
• مَسَحَ — to wipe
• دَاعَبَ — to caress
• آخَذَ — to blame
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• عَرَفَ — to know
• شَمَخَ — to be haughty
• سَاوَى — to equal
• اعْتَرَى — to afflict
• أَجَلَّ — to revere
• خَالَفَ — to disagree
• تَمَلَّصَ — to slip away
• لَمَعَ — to shine
• رَثَى — to pity
• أَرَّقَ — to keep awake
• أَضْنَى — to exhaust
• مَضَى — to go
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• قَامَ — to stand
• بَحَثَ — to search
• أَبْطَأَ — to be slow
• خَشِيَ — to fear
• أَصَابَ — to strike
• تَبَسَّمَ — to smile
• عَادَ — to return
• نَعِمَ — to enjoy
• شَارَكَ — to share
• هَمَّ — to intend
• أَكَلَ — to eat
• شَرِبَ — to drink
• خَرَجَ — to exit
• حَدَّثَ — to tell
• أَحَسَّ — to feel
• شَبَّهَ — to resemble
• ضَحِكَ — to laugh
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• قَتَلَ — to kill
• قَطَعَ — to cut
• غَمْغَمَ — to mutter
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• أَبَى — to refuse
• رَاوَغَ — to evade
• رَضِيَ — to be content
• أَعَادَ — to repeat
• رَأَى — to see
• دَعَا — to call
• خَانَ — to betray
• عَذَّبَ — to torture
• شَاءَ — to want
• حُزْنٌ — sadness
• عَبْدٌ — slave
• أَرْضٌ — land
• حَمْقَاءُ — foolish
• نَاسٌ — people
• أُمٌّ — mother
• حَيَاةٌ — life
• إِبِلٌ — camel
• نَهَارٌ — day
• لَيْلٌ — night
• فَيَافِي — deserts
• شَرْبَةٌ — Sharba (place)
• ذِئْبٌ — wolf
• سَبُعٌ — predator
• أَجْلٌ — sake
• غَنِيمَةٌ — booty
• مُؤَخَّرٌ — back part
• عَيْنٌ — eye
• سَيْرٌ — walking
• وَجْهٌ — face
• سَيِّدٌ — master
• سَوْطٌ — whip
• يَدٌ — hand
• ذِرَاعٌ — arm
• جَانِبٌ — side
• رَأْسٌ — head
• حِينٌ — time
• ابْنٌ — son
• رَجُلٌ — man
• سَادَةٌ — masters
• أَنْفٌ — nose
• كِبْرٌ — arrogance
• شَيْءٌ — thing
• سَرِيعٌ — fast
• جَرْيٌ — running
• ظَلِيمٌ — male ostrich
• شُجَاعٌ — brave
• قَلْبٌ — heart
• طَيِّبٌ — good
• نَفْسٌ — soul / psyche
• رُعْبٌ — terror
• قِتَالٌ — fighting
• مَكَانٌ — status
• رَأْيٌ — opinion
• رِفْقٌ — gentleness
• بَاسِمٌ — smiling
• سِنٌّ — tooth
• أَبْيَضُ — white
• ضَوْءٌ — light
• قَمَرٌ — moon
• وَسْوَاسٌ — obsession
• مِسْكِينٌ — poor man
• شَأْنٌ — affair
• خَيْمَةٌ — tent
• ثَرِيدٌ — Tharid (dish)
• جَوْلَةٌ — tour
• شَرٌّ — evil, wickedness, badness
• فَرَاغٌ — emptiness
• قِيَامٌ — standing up; rising
• مَرْءٌ — person
• طَعَامٌ — food
• شَرَابٌ — drink
• هُدُوءٌ — calmness
• وُجُودٌ — existence
• جِوَارٌ — neighborhood, vicinity, proximity
• طِفْلٌ — child
• هَمٌّ — worry
• جَوَابٌ — answer
• سَمْعٌ — hearing
• قُوَّةٌ — strength
• مُدَاعِب — joking, jesting, playful
• بَيْضَاء — white
• يَوْم — day
• ضَاحِك — laughing
• قَوْل — saying, statement, utterance