The Journey of Two Moons (مسيرة قمرين) — Page 13

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

اَلْفَصْلُ اَلثَّانِي: اَلصَّغِيرَةُ تَرْوِي قِصَّةً.

Chapter Two: The little girl tells a story.

كَانَتْ جَمِيعُ مُغَامَرَاتِ فِيبِي قَدِ اِنْتَهَتْ حِينَ وَضَعَ جَدَّايَ خُطَّةً لِلسَّفَرِ مِنْ كِنْتَاكِي إِلَى أُوهَايُو بِالسَّيَّارَةِ.

All of Phoebe's adventures had ended when my grandparents planned a road trip from Kentucky to Ohio.

حَيْثُ كَانَا سَيُقِلَّانِنِي مَعَهُمَا، ثُمَّ نَتَّجِهُ ثَلَاثَتُنَا غَرْبًا فِي رِحْلَةٍ نَقْطَعُ فِيهَا أَلْفَيْ مِيلٍ تَنْتَهِي إِلَى مَدِينَةِ لُويِسْتُون بِوِلَايَةِ أَيْدَاهُو.

They were going to take me along, and the three of us would head west on a two-thousand-mile journey ending in Lewiston, Idaho.

هَكَذَا صِرْتُ عَالِقَةً فِي سَيَّارَةٍ لِأُسْبُوعٍ تَقْرِيبًا.

That is how I ended up stuck in a car for nearly a week.

لَمْ تَكُنْ رِحْلَةً أَتُوقُ إِلَيْهَا، وَإِنَّمَا خُضْتُهَا مُضْطَرَّةً.

It was not a trip I wanted to take, but one I had to.

قَالَ جَدِّي: «سَنَرَى اَلْبَلَدَ بِرُمَّتِهِ!»

My grandfather said, 'We’re going to see the whole country!'

اِعْتَصَرَتْ جَدَّتِي وَجْنَتِي وَقَالَتْ: «سَتَكُونُ تِلْكَ اَلرِّحْلَةُ فُرْصَةً لِأَنْ أَنْعَمَ بِرُفْقَةِ صَغِيرَتِي اَلْمُفَضَّلَةِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.»

My grandmother squeezed my cheek and said, 'This trip will be a chance for me to enjoy my favorite little girl’s company again.'

بِالْمُنَاسَبَةِ، أَنَا صَغِيرَتُهُمَا «اَلْوَحِيدَةُ».

By the way, I am their 'only' little girl.

قَالَ أَبِي إِنَّ جَدِّي لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ قِرَاءَةَ اَلْخَرَائِطِ حَتَّى أَبْسَطَهَا، وَإِنَّهُ مُمْتَنٌّ لِأَنِّي وَافَقْتُ عَلَى مُرَافَقَتِهِمَا وَإِرْشَادِهِمَا إِلَى اَلطَّرِيقِ.

My father said that my grandfather couldn't read a map to save his life, and he was grateful I had agreed to go along and show them the way.

كُنْتُ فِي اَلثَّالِثَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِي فَحَسْبُ، وَمَعَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ بَارِعَةً فِي قِرَاءَةِ اَلْخَرَائِطِ، لَمْ تَكُنْ مَهَارَتِي تِلْكَ هِيَ سَبَبَ ذَهَابِي مَعَهُمَا، وَلَا كَانَ اَلسَّبَبُ هُوَ «رُؤْيَةَ اَلْبَلَدِ بِرُمَّتِهِ».

I was only thirteen, and while I was good with maps, that wasn't why I was going, nor was it to 'see the whole country.'

كَانَتِ اَلْأَسْبَابُ اَلْحَقِيقِيَّةُ مَدْفُونَةً تَحْتَ أَكْوَامٍ مِنَ اَلْأَشْيَاءِ اَلْمَسْكُوتِ عَنْهَا.

The real reasons were buried under piles of unspoken things.

كَانَ بَعْضُهَا كَالْآتِي:

Some of them were:

(1) أَرَادَ جَدِّي وَجَدَّتِي رُؤْيَةَ أُمِّي اَلَّتِي كَانَتْ تَسْتَقِرُّ بِسَلَامٍ فِي مَدِينَةِ لُويِسْتُون بِوِلَايَةِ أَيْدَاهُو.

(1) My grandparents wanted to see my mother, who was living peacefully in Lewiston, Idaho.

(2) كَانَ جَدِّي وَجَدَّتِي يَعْرِفَانِ أَنِّي أَوَدُّ رُؤْيَةَ أُمِّي لَكِنِّي كُنْتُ أَخْشَى ذَلِكَ.

(2) They knew I wanted to see my mother, but I was afraid to.

(3) كَانَ أَبِي يَوَدُّ اَلِانْفِرَادَ بِمَارْجَرِيت كَادَافَر ذَاتِ اَلشَّعْرِ اَلْأَحْمَرِ.

(3) My father wanted to be alone with red-headed Margaret Cadaver.

كَانَ قَدْ زَارَ أُمِّي بِالْفِعْلِ دُونَ أَنْ يَصْحَبَنِي مَعَهُ.

He had already visited my mother without me.

سَبَبٌ آخَرُ - وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى اَلْقَدْرِ نَفْسِهِ مِنَ اَلْأَهَمِّيَّةِ - هُوَ أَنَّ أَبِي لَمْ يَكُنْ وَاثِقًا مِنْ أَنَّ جَدِّي وَجَدَّتِي سَيُحْسِنَانِ اَلتَّصَرُّفَ طَوَالَ اَلطَّرِيقِ إِلَّا وَأَنَا مَعَهُمَا.

Another reason—though less important—was that my father wasn't sure my grandparents could behave themselves on the road without me there to keep an eye on them.

Vocabulary · المفردات (32 verbs · 62 nouns)

• رَوَى — to narrate
• كَانَ — to be
• اِنْتَهَى — to end
• وَضَعَ — to place
• أَقَلَّ — to transport
• اِتَّجَهَ — to head
• قَطَعَ — to cross
• صَارَ — to become
• تَاقَ — to yearn
• خَاضَ — to undergo
• قَالَ — to say
• رَأَى — to see
• اِعْتَصَرَ — to squeeze
• نَعِمَ — to enjoy
• اِسْتَطَاعَ — to manage to
• وَافَقَ — to agree
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• دَفَنَ — to bury
• سَكَتَ — to fall silent
• أَرَادَ — to want
• اِسْتَقَرَّ — to settle
• عَرَفَ — to know
• وَدَّ — to desire
• خَشِيَ — to fear
• اِنْفَرَدَ — to stand alone
• زَارَ — to visit
• صَحِبَ — to accompany
• أَحْسَنَ — to do well
• تَصَرَّفَ — to behave
• قَرَأَ — to read
• رَافَقَ — to accompany
• أَرْشَدَ — to guide
• فَصْل — chapter
• صَغِيرَة — little girl
• قِصَّة — story
• مُغَامَرَة — adventure
• جَدّ — grandfather
• خُطَّة — plan
• سَفَر — travel
• سَيَّارَة — car
• غَرْب — west
• رِحْلَة — trip
• أَلْف — thousand
• مِيل — mile
• مَدِينَة — city
• وِلَايَة — state
• عَالِق — stuck person
• أُسْبُوع — week
• مُضْطَرّ — compelled person
• بَلَد — country
• رُمَّة — entirety
• وَجْنَة — cheek
• فُرْصَة — opportunity
• رُفْقَة — company
• مُفَضَّل — favorite
• مَرَّة — time
• مُنَاسَبَة — occasion
• وَحِيد — only
• أَب — father
• قِرَاءَة — reading
• خَرِيطَة — map
• بَسِيط — simple
• مُمْتَنّ — grateful
• مُرَافَقَة — accompaniment
• إِرْشَاد — guidance
• طَرِيق — road
• عُمْر — age
• بَارِع — skilled
• مَهَارَة — skill
• سَبَب — reason
• رُؤْيَة — vision
• حَقِيقِيّ — real
• مَدْفُون — buried
• كُوم — piles
• شَيْء — thing
• مَسْكُوت — unspoken
• بَعْض — some
• آتِي — following
• أُمّ — mother
• سَلَام — peace
• اِنْفِرَاد — solitude
• شَعْر — hair
• أَحْمَر — red
• فِعْل — action
• آخَر — other
• قَدْر — amount
• نَفْس — self
• أَهَمِّيَّة — importance
• وَاثِق — confident
• تَصَرُّف — behavior
• طَوَال — throughout
• أَبْسَط — simpler
• أَسَاسٌ — foundation
• كُومَةٌ — pile