Egyptian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 6, Semester 1 — Page 11

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

كَنْزٌ لَا يُقَدَّرُ بِثَمَنٍ.

A priceless treasure.

تَخَيَّلْ أَنَّكَ اسْتَيْقَظْتَ صَبَاحًا وَوَجَدْتَ رِسَالَةً عَلَى هَاتِفِكَ وَرَدَ فِيهَا.

Imagine waking up one morning to find a message on your phone that says:

تَمَّ إِيدَاعُ ٨٦,٤٠٠ جُنَيْهٍ فِي حِسَابِكَ الْمَصْرِفِيِّ.

86,400 pounds have been deposited into your bank account.

لَكِنْ بِشَرْطٍ عَلَيْكَ إِنْفَاقُهَا كُلِّهَا قَبْلَ نِهَايَةِ الْيَوْمِ.

However, you must spend the entire amount by the end of the day.

أَيُّ مَبْلَغٍ لَا تَسْتَخْدِمُهُ سَيَخْتَفِي إِلَى الْأَبَدِ.

Any money you do not use will disappear forever.

مَاذَا سَتَفْعَلُ؟

What would you do?

بِالتَّأْكِيدِ سَتَبْدَأُ بِالتَّخْطِيطِ لِإِنْفَاقِ الْمَبْلَغِ سَرِيعًا؛ لِتَسْتَفِيدَ مِنْ كُلِّ جُنَيْهٍ.

You would certainly start planning how to spend it quickly to make the most of every pound.

لَكِنْ هَلْ فَكَّرْتَ يَوْمًا أَنَّ حَيَاتَكَ تَعْمَلُ بِالطَّرِيقَةِ نَفْسِهَا؟

But have you ever considered that your life works the same way?

دَعُونِي أُفَسِّرْ لَكُمْ.

Let me explain.

فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ لَدَيْكَ ٨٦,٤٠٠ ثَانِيَةٍ تُضَافُ إِلَى حِسَابِ وَقْتِكَ.

Every day, 86,400 seconds are added to your time account.

وَعَلَيْكَ إِنْفَاقُهَا بِحِكْمَةٍ، مَا لَا تَسْتَخْدِمُهُ مِنْهَا يَخْتَفِي إِلَى الْأَبَدِ، وَلَا يُمْكِنُ اسْتِرْجَاعُهُ.

You must spend them wisely; whatever you do not use disappears forever and cannot be recovered.

الْفَارِقُ هُوَ أَنَّ الْمَالَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَعُودَ، أَمَّا الْوَقْتُ فَلَا يَعُودُ.

The difference is that money can be earned back, but time is gone for good.

وَقَدِيمًا قَالُوا: «الْوَقْتُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، إِنْ لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُ ذَهَبَ».

As the old saying goes: 'Time is gold; if you don't seize it, it slips away.'

نَحْنُ جَمِيعًا نَعِيشُ فِي سِبَاقٍ مَعَ الزَّمَنِ وَالْأَذْكِيَاءُ فَقَطْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَفُوزُونَ فِيهِ.

We are all living in a race against time, and only the wise win it.

كَيْفَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ؟

How so?

عَنْ طَرِيقِ تَخْطِيطِ يَوْمِهِمْ، كَمَا لَوْ كَانُوا يُدِيرُونَ كَنْزًا لَا يُقَدَّرُ بِثَمَنٍ.

By planning their days as if they were managing a priceless treasure.

Vocabulary · المفردات (28 verbs · 38 nouns)

• قَدَّرَ — to estimate
• تَخَيَّلَ — to imagine
• اِسْتَيْقَظَ — to wake up
• وَجَدَ — to find
• وَرَدَ — to arrive
• أَوْدَعَ — to deposit
• أَنْفَقَ — to spend
• اِسْتَخْدَمَ — to use
• اِخْتَفَى — to disappear
• فَعَلَ — to do
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• اِسْتَفَادَ — to benefit
• فَكَّرَ — to think
• عَمِلَ — to work
• فَسَّرَ — to explain
• أَضَافَ — to add
• اِسْتَرْجَعَ — to retrieve
• عَادَ — to return
• قَالَ — to say
• أَدْرَكَ — to realize
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• عَاشَ — to live
• فَازَ — to win
• كَانَ — to be
• أَدَارَ — to manage
• اِنْتَبَهَ — to pay attention
• مَشَى — to walk
• مَضَى — to pass
• كَنْزٌ — treasure
• ثَمَنٌ — price
• صَبَاحٌ — morning
• رِسَالَةٌ — message
• هَاتِفٌ — phone
• إِيدَاعٌ — deposit
• سِتَّةٌ — six
• ثَمَانُونَ — eighty
• أَلْفٌ — thousand
• أَرْبَعُمِائَةٍ — four hundred
• جُنَيْهٌ — pound
• حِسَابٌ — account
• مَصْرِفِيٌّ — banking
• شَرْطٌ — condition; prerequisite; stipulation
• نِهَايَةٌ — end
• يَوْمٌ — day
• مَبْلَغٌ — amount
• أَبَدٌ — eternity
• تَأْكِيدٌ — confirmation
• تَخْطِيطٌ — planning
• حَيَاةٌ — life
• طَرِيقَةٌ — Path/method
• ثَانِيَةٌ — second
• وَقْتٌ — time
• حِكْمَةٌ — wisdom
• فَارِقٌ — difference
• مَالٌ — money
• ذَهَبٌ — gold
• سِبَاقٌ — race
• زَمَنٌ — time
• أَذْكِيَاءُ — smart people
• طَرِيقٌ — way
• مَعْدَنٌ — metal
• أَصْفَرُ — yellow
• لَوْنٌ — color
• غَالٍ — expensive
• فِعْلٌ — Form I (verb pattern)
• مَعْنًى — meaning