Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 10, Sirat Antara (سيرة عنترة) — Page 18

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَكَانَ كُلَّمَا تَأَمَّلَ حَالَهُ تَعَجَّبَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ

Whenever he contemplated his situation, he marveled at himself.

كَيْفَ يَرْضَى بِأَنْ يُقِيمَ فِي قَوْمٍ يَحْمِيهِمْ وَيُدَافِعُ عَنْهُمْ

How could he be content to live among a people he protected and defended?

وَيَجْلِبُ لَهُمُ النَّصْرَ، وَيَحْمِلُ إِلَيْهِمُ الْغَنَائِمَ

He brought them victory and delivered the spoils to them.

ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا الْإِنْكَارَ وَالْبُخْلَ

Yet he found nothing from them but denial and stinginess.

وَلَا يَسْمَعُ فِي نِدَائِهِمْ إِلَّا قَوْلَهُمْ «عَبْدُ شَدَّادٍ؟»

He heard nothing in their voices but the taunt, 'Shaddad's slave?'

وَزَادَ مِنْ عَجَبِهِ أَنَّهُ كُلَّمَا تَذَكَّرَ سَيِّدَهُ شَدَّادًا أَحَسَّ نَحْوَهُ عَطْفًا

It puzzled him even more that whenever he remembered his master Shaddad, he felt a sense of affection for him.

أَذْكُرُ تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامَ الْبَعِيدَةَ كَأَنَّهَا حُلْمٌ غَامِضٌ

I remember those distant days as if they were a mysterious dream.

وَكُنْتُ أَنْعَمُ فِيهَا بِحُرِّيَّتِي

I enjoyed my freedom back then.

أَذْكُرُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ وَأَمْتَلِئُ كِبْرًا لِأَنَّنِي لَمْ أُولَدْ عَبْدًا

I remember it all and am filled with pride that I was not born a slave.

وَلَسْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي أَبٌ سِوَى ذَلِكَ الْأَبِ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِي

I would never want any father other than the one who brought me into this world.

وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَلَسْتَ تَرْضَى إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ ابْنًا لِأَحَدِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْجُفَاةِ الْغِلَاظِ

As for you, you are content to be the son of one of these harsh, coarse people.

الَّذِينَ يَسُومُونَكَ الْهَوَانَ

They are the ones who heap humiliation upon you.

فَاطْلُبْ مَنْ شِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الْآبَاءِ

So, choose whichever one of them you wish to be your father.

إِنِّي إِذَا رَأَيْتُهَا أَضَاءَتْ لِيَ الْآفَاقُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مُظْلِمَةً

When I see her, the horizons brighten for me, even if they were dark.

وَإِذَا تَنَسَّمْتُ رِيحَهَا أَحْسَسْتُ دَبِيبَ السَّعَادَةِ وَإِنْ كَانَ الشَّقَاءُ يَكْتَنِفُنِي

When I catch her scent, I feel happiness stirring, even if misery surrounds me.

وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُهَا.. فَكَأَنَّ أَغَارِيدَ الطَّيْرِ تُطْرِبُنِي فِي الْأَسْحَارِ

When I speak to her, it is as if the birds' songs delight me at dawn.

فَهِيَ مَعْنَى الْحَيَاةِ وَغَايَةُ آمَالِي

She is the meaning of life and the goal of all my hopes.

Vocabulary · المفردات (52 verbs · 90 nouns)

• تَأَمَّلَ — to contemplate
• تَعَجَّبَ — to wonder
• رَضِيَ — to be satisfied
• أَقَامَ — to reside
• حَمَى — to protect
• دَافَعَ — to defend
• جَلَبَ — to bring
• حَمَلَ — to carry
• وَجَدَ — to find
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• زَادَ — to increase
• تَذَكَّرَ — to remember
• أَحَسَّ — to feel
• وَضَعَ — to place
• عَطَفَ — to incline
• نَفَّذَ — to execute
• دَارَ — to revolve
• لَخَّصَ — to summarize
• بَيَّنَ — to clarify
• انْتَهَى — to end
• طَوَّرَ — to develop
• وَضَّحَ — to explain
• قَالَ — to say
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• نَعِمَ — to enjoy
• امْتَلَأَ — to be full
• وَلَدَ — to give birth
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• كَانَ — to be
• جَاءَ — to come
• سَامَ — to impose
• طَلَبَ — to request
• شَاءَ — to want
• تَخَيَّرَ — to choose
• كَتَبَ — to write
• أَشَارَ — to point
• انْحَدَرَ — to descend
• قَارَنَ — to compare
• عَيَّنَ — to specify
• قَامَ — to stand
• وَقَعَ — to fall
• عَذَّبَ — to torture
• اتَّسَمَ — to be characterized
• أَضَاءَ — to illuminate
• تَنَسَّمَ — to inhale
• اكْتَنَفَ — to surround
• حَدَّثَ — to speak
• أَطْرَبَ — to delight
• أَبْرَزَ — to highlight
• بَادَلَ — to exchange
• نَاقَشَ — to discuss
• وَقَفَ — to stand
• سُؤَالٌ — question
• فَصْلٌ — chapter
• بَطَلٌ — hero
• ثَائِرٌ — rebel
• حَالٌ — state
• نَفْسٌ — self
• قَوْمٌ — people
• نَصْرٌ — victory
• غَنِيمَةٌ — booty
• إِنْكَارٌ — denial
• بُخْلٌ — stinginess
• نِدَاءٌ — call
• عَبْدٌ — slave
• عَجَبٌ — wonder
• سَيِّدٌ — master
• عَطْفٌ — affection
• مُرَادِفٌ — synonym
• جُمْلَةٌ — sentence
• دَلَالَةٌ — significance
• تَنْكِيرٌ — indefiniteness
• سُلُوكٌ — behavior
• سَوِيٌّ — correct
• سِرٌّ — secret
• حُبٌّ — love
• صَرَامَةٌ — strictness
• كِبْرِيَاءٌ — pride
• حِوَارٌ — dialogue
• نَتِيجَةٌ — result
• حَدَثٌ — event
• عُقْدَةٌ — knot
• غَرَامِيَّةٌ — romantic
• عُبُودِيَّةٌ — slavery
• يَوْمٌ — day
• بَعِيدٌ — distant
• حُلْمٌ — dream
• غَامِضٌ — mysterious
• حُرِّيَّةٌ — freedom
• كِبْرٌ — arrogance
• أَبٌّ — father
• ابْنٌ — son
• جَافٍ — harsh
• غَلِيظٌ — coarse
• هَوَانٌ — humiliation
• إِجَابَةٌ — answer
• صَحِيحٌ — correct, healthy (adjective)
• مُفْرَدٌ — singular
• كَلِمَةٌ — a word (grammatical term)
• فَجٌّ — gap
• جَائِفٌ — hollow
• مُضَادٌّ — antonym
• كَثْرَةٌ — abundance
• عِزَّةٌ — glory
• مَعْنًى — meaning
• أَصْلٌ — origin
• ضَوْءٌ — light
• أُسْلُوبٌ — style
• تَوْكِيدٌ — emphasis
• غَرَضٌ — aim, purpose
• بَلَاغِيٌّ — rhetorical
• أَمْرٌ — command
• شَخْصِيَّةٌ — personality
• ثَانَوِيٌّ — secondary
• عَمَلٌ — work
• جَوْهَرِيٌّ — essential
• صَوَابٌ — right
• كَلَامٌ — speech
• سَمْعٌ — hearing
• نَدًى — dew
• عُشْبٌ — grass
• أَخْضَرُ — green
• حَدِيثٌ — talk
• وَاقِعِيَّةٌ — realism
• رُومَانْسِيَّةٌ — romanticism
• كَذِبٌ — lying
• حُرٌّ — free
• أُفُقٌ — horizon
• مُظْلِمٌ — dark
• رِيحٌ — wind
• دَبِيبٌ — creeping
• سَعَادَةٌ — happiness
• شَقَاءٌ — misery
• أُغْرُودَةٌ — song
• طَيْرٌ — bird
• سَحَرٌ — dawn
• حَيَاةٌ — life
• غَايَةٌ — goal
• أَمَلٌ — hope
• عَاصِفَةٌ — storm
• عِبَارَة — expression
• شُعُور — feeling