Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 10, Sirat Antara (سيرة عنترة) — Page 16

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

فَمَا الَّذِي يَحْمِلُنِي عَلَى أَنْ أَرَى فِي وَاحِدَةٍ مَا لَا أَرَاهُ فِي سِوَاهَا؟

What compels me to see in one woman what I do not see in others?

كُلُّهُنَّ يَرْقُصْنَ وَيُغَنِّينَ وَيَضْحَكْنَ وَيَثَرْثِرْنَ وَيَأْكُلْنَ وَيَشْرَبْنَ.

They all dance, sing, laugh, chatter, eat, and drink.

وَكُلٌّ مِنْهُنَّ تَتَطَلَّعُ إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّ غَيْرَهَا، لِكَيْ تَكِيدَ لَهَا وَتَهْزِمَهَا، لَا فَرْقَ بَيْنَ وَاحِدَةٍ وَأُخْرَى.

Each of them looks toward someone who loves another, hoping to plot against her and defeat her; there is no difference between one and the other.

وَسَكَتَ الْغِنَاءُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عَنْتَرَةُ: مَاذَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ يَا شَيْبُوبُ؟

The singing stopped at that, and Antarah said, 'What were you saying, Shaybub?'

أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ قَوْلَكَ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَسْمَعُهُ، امْضِ فِي حَدِيثِكَ يَا أَخِي فَإِنَّهُ يَقَعُ عَلَى سَمْعِي وُقُوعَ النَّدَى عَلَى الْعُشْبِ الْأَخْضَرِ.

Repeat your words, for I was not listening. Go on with your story, brother, for your words fall upon my ears like dew upon green grass.

فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ جَادًّا: إِنَّكَ تُعَذِّبُ نَفْسَكَ بِهَذَا الْوَهْمِ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُهَا، فَأَنْتَ تَرَى عَبْلَةَ بِعَيْنٍ غَطَّى الْحُبُّ عَلَيْهَا وَأَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ عَاقِبَةَ هَذَا الْوَهْمِ الَّذِي يُضَلِّلُهَا.

Shaybub said seriously, 'You are torturing yourself with this obsession. You see Abla through eyes clouded by love, and I fear the consequences of the delusion that misleads you.'

فَقَالَ عَنْتَرَةُ سَاخِرًا: وَهْمٌ تَخْشَى عَلَيَّ؟

Antarah said mockingly, 'An illusion you fear for me?'

فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ: نَعَمْ أَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ. أَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ أَهْلَهَا وَقَوْمَهَا.

Shaybub replied, 'Yes, I fear for you. I fear for you her family and her people.'

إِنَّكَ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّكَ مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَرَوْنَ إِلَّا أَنَّكَ عَبْدُهُمْ.

You think you are one of them, but they see you as nothing more than their slave.

أَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ أَبَاهَا مَالِكًا وَأَخَاهَا عَمْرًا، فَهُمَا لَا يُضْمِرَانِ لَكَ حُبًّا.

I fear for you her father, Malik, and her brother, Amr, for they harbor no love for you.

عَرَفْتُ ذَلِكَ وَلَمَسْتُهُ وَسَمِعْتُهُ.

I have known that, felt it, and heard it.

أَتَظُنُّ أَنَّ النَّاسَ لَا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ عَنْ حُبِّكَ لِعَبْلَةَ؟

Do you think people do not talk about your love for Abla?

أَمَا سَمِعْتَ الْفَتَيَاتِ يَتَضَاحَكْنَ وَيَتَغَامَزْنَ وَأَنْتَ تَتَشَدَّقُ؟

Have you not heard the girls laughing and winking at each other while you boast?

لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَاكَ وَأَرَاهُنَّ، وَأَسْمَعُكَ وَأَسْمَعُ أَحَادِيثَهُنَّ وَإِنَّهُنَّ لَيَمْكُرْنَ بِكَ وَيَقُلْنَ فِي خَلَوَاتِهِنَّ مَا لَا تَسْمَعُ مِنْهُنَّ.

I have watched you and them; I hear you and I hear their conversations. They plot against you and say things in private that you never hear.

إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ عَنْكَ، وَأَنْتَ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّكَ تُخْفِي حُبَّكَ فِي ثَنَايَا صَدْرِكَ.

People talk about you, while you imagine you are hiding your love deep within your heart.

فَمَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي نَادٍ إِلَّا ذَكَرُوهَا وَذَكَرُوكَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ يَذْكُرُونَكَ فِي هَمْسٍ لِيَزيدُوا مِنَ النِّقْمَةِ عَلَيْكَ.

No group gathers in a meeting place without mentioning her and you, but they speak of you in whispers to stoke the resentment against you.

يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّكَ تَقُولُ الشِّعْرَ فِيهَا، وَيَقُولُونَ: إِنَّكَ قَدْ جَعَلْتَهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ حَدِيثًا.

They say you compose poetry about her, and they say you have made her the talk of the town.

وَلَمْ أَكُنْ هَازِلًا وَأَنَا أَقُولُ لَكَ اللَّيْلَةَ إِنَّ سِرَّكَ يَأْبَى إِلَّا أَنْ يُذِيعَ.

I was not joking when I told you tonight that your secret refuses to stay hidden.

فَقَالَ عَنْتَرَةُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْغَضَبِ: وَهَلْ يُخِيفُنِي أَنْ يَعْرِفُوا؟

Antarah said with a touch of anger, 'And does it frighten me that they know?'

لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أُخْفِي عَنِ النَّاسِ ذِكْرَهَا خَوْفًا مِنِّي عَلَيْهَا لَا خَشْيَةً مِنْهُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِي.

I used to hide her name from people out of concern for her, not out of fear for myself.

فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ: وَهَلْ غَرَّتْكَ تِلْكَ الْبَسَمَاتُ الَّتِي تَرَاهَا مِنْهَا، إِنَّهَا لَا تَرَى فِيكَ إِلَّا عَبْدًا مُطْرِبًا، إِنَّهَا لَا تَشْتَهِي إِلَّا حَدِيثَكَ وَشِعْرَكَ؛ لِأَنَّهَا فَتَاةٌ مُعْجَبَةٌ بِنَفْسِهَا.

Shaybub said, 'Have those smiles you see from her deceived you? She sees in you nothing but an entertaining slave. She desires only your talk and your poetry, because she is a girl infatuated with herself.'

فَتَحَرَّكَ عَنْتَرَةُ فِي غَيْظٍ وَقَالَ فِي صَوْتٍ أَجَشَّ: بَلْ تَكْذِبُ يَا شَيْبُوبُ وَيَكْذِبُ مَنْ يَقُولُ مِثْلَهَا.

Antarah moved in rage and said in a hoarse voice, 'You lie, Shaybub, and anyone who says the same is a liar.'

فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ مُتَرَدِّدًا: وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مَا هُوَ أَقْذَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فِيكَ، أَنْتَ غِرٌّ تَتَطَلَّعُ إِلَيْهَا.

Shaybub said hesitantly, 'They say things even more insulting than that about you; you are a fool to look toward her.'

فَقَالَ عَنْتَرَةُ فِي صَيْحَةٍ مَكْتُومَةٍ: لَا يَخْفَى ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ يَا شَيْبُوبُ، وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ بِأُذُنِي مُنْذُ كُنْتُ طِفْلًا.

Antarah said in a muffled shout, 'That is not hidden from me, Shaybub. I have heard it with my own ears since I was a child.'

وَلَقَدْ كَانَتِ الْكَلِمَاتُ تَقَعُ عَلَى أُذُنِي وُقُعَ الطَّعَنَاتِ مِنَ الرِّمَاحِ الْمَسْمُومَةِ، أَلَا تَذْكُرُ كَيْفَ أَثُورُ بِمَنْ يُعَيِّرُنِي بِأُمِّي فَأَثِبُ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَكَادُ أَفْتَرِسُهُ افْتِرَاسًا؟

Those words used to fall upon my ears like stabs from poisoned spears. Do you not remember how I revolt against anyone who taunts me about my mother, how I pounce on him and nearly tear him apart?

وَلَكِنْ مَهْلًا يَا شَيْبُوبُ وَكُنْ أَنْتَ عَلَى الْأَقَلِّ بِي رَفِيقًا وَلَا تُعِدْ هَذِهِ الْأَقْوَالَ عَلَى أُذُنِي.

But wait, Shaybub. Be at least gentle with me and do not repeat these things to my ears.'

فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ هَازِئًا: لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ لَا أُحِبُّكَ فَكُنْتُ أَمْتَنِعُ عَنْ كُلِّ كَلِمَةٍ تُؤْذِي سَمْعَكَ، وَلَكِنِّي لَا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَحْجُبَ عَنْكَ مَا عِنْدِي، إِنِّي أُشْفِقُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ عَجَلَةِ نَفْسِهَا.

Shaybub said mockingly, 'I wish I did not love you, so I could refrain from every word that hurts you. But I cannot hide what I know; I pity you for her vanity.'

فَصَاحَ عَنْتَرَةُ: إِنَّكَ تَكْذِبُ إِنَّكَ تَكْذِبُ!

Antarah shouted, 'You lie! You lie!'

فَقَالَ شَيْبُوبُ فِي عِنَادٍ: لَا بَلْ أَنْتَ الَّذِي لَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَعْرِفَ الْحَقَّ.

Shaybub said stubbornly, 'No, you are the one who refuses to see the truth.'

إِنَّكَ تُحِبُّهَا وَهَذَا الْحُبُّ يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى أَنْ تَخْدَعَ نَفْسَكَ عَنْهَا، وَلَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَرَى مَا أَمَامَكَ.

You love her, and this love compels you to deceive yourself. You do not want to see what is right in front of you.

أَتَحْسَبُ أَنَّ عَبْلَةَ تَرْضَى بِكَ زَوْجًا؟ أَتَحْسَبُ أَنَّهَا تَخْتَارُكَ عَلَى سَادَاتِ قَوْمِهَا؟ لَعَمْرِي إِنَّهَا لَوْ سَمِعَتْ.

Do you think Abla would be satisfied with you as a husband? Do you think she would choose you over the masters of her people? By my life, if she heard...'

Vocabulary · المفردات (71 verbs · 64 nouns)

• حَمَلَ — to carry
• رَأَى — to see
• رَقَصَ — to dance
• غَنَّى — to sing
• ضَحِكَ — to laugh
• ثَرْثَرَ — to chatter
• أَكَلَ — to eat
• شَرِبَ — to drink
• تَطَلَّعَ — to look forward
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• كَادَ — to plot
• هَزَمَ — to defeat
• سَكَتَ — to be silent
• قَالَ — to say
• عَادَ — to return
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• مَضَى — to proceed
• وَقَعَ — to fall
• عَذَّبَ — to torture
• مَلَكَ — to possess
• غَطَّى — to cover
• خَشِيَ — to fear
• أَضَلَّ — to mislead
• سَخِرَ — to mock
• حَسِبَ — to think
• أَضْمَرَ — to conceal
• عَرَفَ — to know
• لَمَسَ — to touch
• ظَنَّ — to think
• تَحَدَّثَ — to talk
• تَضَاحَكَ — to laugh together
• تَغَامَزَ — to wink at each other
• تَشَدَّقَ — to boast
• مَكَرَ — to plot
• أَخْفَى — to hide
• اجْتَمَعَ — to gather
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• زَادَ — to increase
• جَعَلَ — to make
• هَزَلَ — to joke
• أَبَى — to refuse
• أَذَاعَ — to broadcast
• خَافَ — to fear
• غَرَّ — to deceive
• اِشْتَهَى — to desire
• تَحَرَّكَ — to move
• كَذَبَ — to lie
• تَرَدَّدَ — to hesitate
• قَذَعَ — to revile
• كَتَمَ — to suppress
• خَفِيَ — to be hidden
• طَعَنَ — to stab
• ثَارَ — to revolt
• عَيَّرَ — to taunt
• وَثَبَ — to jump
• اِفْتَرَسَ — to devour
• رَفَقَ — to be gentle
• هَزَأَ — to mock
• اِمْتَنَعَ — to refrain
• آذَى — to harm
• قَدَرَ — to be able
• حَجَبَ — to veil
• أَشْفَقَ — to pity
• صَاحَ — to shout
• خَدَعَ — to deceive
• رَضِيَ — to be satisfied
• اِخْتَارَ — to choose
• كَانَ — to be
• أَعَادَ — to repeat
• أَخَافَ — to frighten
• أَرَادَ — to want
• وَاحِدَة — one (feminine)
• غِنَاء — singing
• حَدِيث — talk
• أَخ — brother
• نَدَى — dew
• عُشْب — grass
• أَخْضَر — green
• جَادّ — serious
• نَفْس — self
• وَهْم — illusion
• عَيْن — eye
• حُبّ — love
• عَاقِبَة — consequence
• أَهْل — family
• قَوْم — people
• عَبْد — slave
• أَب — father
• نَاس — people
• فَتَاة — girl
• خَلْوَة — seclusion
• ثَنِيَّة — fold
• صَدْر — chest
• نَادٍ — club
• نِقْمَة — resentment
• شِعْر — poetry
• لَيْلَة — night
• سِرّ — secret
• غَضَب — anger
• ذِكْر — mention
• خَوْف — fear
• خَشْيَة — dread
• بَسْمَة — smile
• مُطْرِب — entertainer
• غَيْظ — rage
• صَوْت — voice
• أَجَشّ — hoarse
• صَيْحَة — shout
• مَكْتُوم — muffled
• طِفْل — child
• كَلِمَة — a word (grammatical term)
• طَعْنَة — stab
• رُمْح — spear
• مَسْمُوم — poisoned
• أُمّ — mother
• اِفْتِرَاس — devouring
• أَقَلّ — least
• رَفِيق — companion
• قَوْل — saying, statement, utterance
• سَمْع — hearing
• عَجَلَة — haste
• عِنَاد — stubbornness
• حَقّ — truth
• زَوْج — husband
• سَيِّد — master
• هَازِئ — ridiculing
• هَازِل — jesting
• مُعْجَبَة — female admirer
• مُتَرَدِّد — hesitant
• وُقُوع — falling/occurrence
• هَمْس — whisper
• مُعْجَب — admiring/conceited
• أُذُن — ear
• اقْتِرَاس — devouring
• أَقْوَال — sayings