Juha and the Misers (جحا والبخلاء) — Page 18

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

قُلْتُ: «حُزْنًا عَلَى «أَوْفَى» وَلَدِهَا الْعَزِيزِ الْغَالِي.

I said, "In mourning for Awfa, her dear, precious son."

ثَكِلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ، حِينَ لَقِيَ مَصْرَعَهُ الْمُفَاجِئَ!». مَصْرَعُ «أَوْفَى».

His mother lost him when he met his sudden end!

اشْتَدَّ الْفَزَعُ بِهِ.

Panic seized him.

ضَرَبَ صَدْرَهُ ذَاهِلًا.

He struck his chest in a daze.

صَرَخَ صَرْخَةَ الْيَائِسِ الْمَصْرُوعِ.

He let out a cry of desperate agony.

رَاحَ يَجْهَشُ بِالْبُكَاءِ.

He broke into heavy sobs.

كَانَ يَتَرَنَّحُ مِنْ فَرْطِ مَا أَصَابَهُ مِنَ الضَّعْفِ وَالْإِعْيَاءِ.

He staggered, overcome by weakness and exhaustion.

كَادَ يَخِرُّ صَعِقًا لِهَوْلِ مَا سَمِعَ.

He nearly collapsed, stunned by the horror of the news.

انْدَفَعَ يَقُولُ: «يَا وَيْلَتَاهُ! يَا لَهَوْلِ مَا أَسْمَعُ! مَاتَ وَلَدِي «أَوْفَى»؟! كَيْفَ؟».

He cried out, "Woe is me! How can this be? My son Awfa is dead? How?"

تَظَاهَرْتُ بِمُشَارَكَتِهِ فِيمَا يَغْمُرُهُ مِنَ الْأَسَى وَالْغَمِّ.

I pretended to share in his overwhelming grief.

قُلْتُ لَهُ فِي لَهْجَةِ الْمُشْفِقِ الْمُتَوَجِّعِ: «يَرْحَمُهُ اللَّهُ يَا أَبَا مُرَّةَ»!

I said in a tone of pained sympathy, "May God have mercy on him, Abu Murra."

كَانَ مَصْرَعُهُ يَسْتَدِرُّ دُمُوعَ الْحَاقِدِينَ الشَّامِتِينَ، بَلْهُ الْأَصْدِقَاءَ الْمُحِبِّينَ!

His death drew tears even from his enemies, let alone his friends.

سَقَطَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدَّارُ.

The house had collapsed on him.

كَانَ - لِسُوءِ الْحَظِّ - مِنَ الْهَالِكِينَ. حَيْرَةُ «أَبِي مُرَّةَ».

Sadly, he was among those who perished.

اشْتَدَّ الْجَزَعُ بِـ «أَبِي مُرَّةَ».

Abu Murra's anguish deepened.

تَعَاظَمَهُ الْخَطْبُ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَقَدَ كُلَّ عَزِيزٍ لَدَيْهِ.

The calamity crushed him, having lost everyone he held dear.

رَاحَ يَلْطِمُ.

He began to beat his face.

ظَلَّ يَنْتِفُ شَعْرَ لِحْيَتِهِ.

He kept tearing at his beard.

كَادَتْ مَصَائِبُهُ تُسْلِمُهُ إِلَى الْجُنُونِ.

His misfortunes pushed him to the brink of madness.

نَسِيَ طَعَامَهُ.

He forgot to eat.

انْطَلَقَ يَجْرِي فِي الْفَلَاةِ حَائِرًا بَاكِيًا، لَا يَعْرِفُ مَاذَا يَصْنَعُ؟ وَإِلَى أَيْنَ يَقْصِدُ؟

He ran off into the wilderness, weeping and bewildered, not knowing what to do or where to turn.

Vocabulary · المفردات (33 verbs · 47 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• ثَكِلَ — to lose a child
• لَقِيَ — to meet
• اشْتَدَّ — to intensify
• ضَرَبَ — to hit
• صَرَخَ — to scream
• رَاحَ — to start
• جَهَشَ — to sob
• كَانَ — to be
• تَرَنَّحَ — to stagger
• أَصَابَ — to afflict
• كَادَ — to be on the verge of
• خَرَّ — to fall
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• انْدَفَعَ — to rush
• مَاتَ — to die
• تَظَاهَرَ — to pretend
• غَمَرَ — to overwhelm
• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• اسْتَدَرَّ — to draw out
• سَقَطَ — to fall
• تَعَاظَمَ — to become overwhelming
• فَقَدَ — to lose
• لَطَمَ — to slap
• ظَلَّ — to remain
• نَتَفَ — to pluck
• أَسْلَمَ — to deliver
• نَسِيَ — to forget
• انْطَلَقَ — to set off
• جَرَى — to run
• عَرَفَ — to know
• صَنَعَ — to do
• قَصَدَ — to head towards
• حُزْن — sadness
• وَلَد — son
• عَزِيز — dear
• غَالٍ — precious
• أُمّ — mother
• حِين — time
• مَصْرَع — death
• مُفَاجِئ — sudden
• فَزَع — panic
• صَدْر — chest
• ذَاهِل — dazed
• صَرْخَة — scream
• يَائِس — desperate
• مَصْرُوع — stricken
• بُكَاء — crying
• فَرْط — excess
• ضَعْف — weakness
• إِعْيَاء — exhaustion
• صَعِق — stunned
• هَوْل — terror
• وَيْلَة — woe
• مُشَارَكَة — participation
• أَسَى — sorrow
• غَمّ — grief
• لَهْجَة — tone
• مُشْفِق — compassionate
• مُتَوَجِّع — in pain
• دَمْعَة — tear
• حَاقِد — hateful
• شَامِت — gloating
• صَدِيق — friend
• مُحِبّ — loving
• دَار — house
• سُوء — badness
• حَظّ — luck
• هَالِك — perished
• حَيْرَة — bewilderment
• جَزَع — anguish
• خَطْب — calamity
• شَعْر — hair
• لِحْيَة — beard
• مُصِيبَة — misfortune
• جُنُون — madness
• طَعَام — food
• فَلَاة — wilderness
• حَائِر — bewildered
• بَاكٍ — weeping