Kuwaiti Arabic Curriculum — Grade 10, Term 1 (لغتي العربية) — Page 127

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مَا نَكَلْنَا عَنْ فَارِسٍ قَطُّ، فَقُلْتُ: هُوَ الَّذِي تَسْمَعُ، فَاخْتَرْ لِنَفْسِكَ، فَقَالَ: إِمَّا أَنْ تَطْرُدَ (١) لِي أَوْ أَطْرُدَ لَكَ، فَاغْتَنَمْتُهَا مِنْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: فَأَطْرِدْ لِي، فَأَطْرَدَ وَحَمَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، حَتَّى إِذَا قُلْتُ إِنِّي قَدْ وَضَعْتُ الرُّمْحَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ إِذَا هُوَ أَرْوَغُ مِنْ هِرٍّ، وَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ صَارَ حِزَامًا لِفَرَسِهِ، فَأَخْطَأَتْهُ الرَّمْيَةُ، وَمَرَّ السِّنَانُ مِنْ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْفَرَسِ، ثُمَّ اتَّبَعَنِي فَقَرَعَ بِالْقَنَاةِ رَأْسِيَ وَقَالَ: يَا عَمْرُو، خُذْهَا إِلَيْكَ وَاحِدَةً، فَوَاللَّهِ لَوْلَا أَنِّي أَكْرَهُ قَتْلَ مِثْلِكَ لَقَتَلْتُكَ.

We have never shied away from any horseman, so I said: 'He is the one you hear of, so choose for yourself.' He said: 'Either you ride out for me or I ride out for you.' I seized the opportunity and said: 'Then ride out for me.' He rode out, and I charged at him until, when I thought I had placed my spear between his shoulder blades, he was more elusive than a cat, and he had become like a girth to his horse, so the strike missed him, and the spearhead passed over the horse's back. Then he pursued me, struck my head with his lance, and said: 'O Amr, take this as one; by God, were it not that I dislike killing the likes of you, I would have killed you.'

فَتَصَاغَرَتْ إِلَى نَفْسِي، وَكَانَ الْمَوْتُ وَاللَّهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا رَأَيْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ لَا يَنْصَرِفُ إِلَّا أَحَدُنَا، فَقَالَ: اخْتَرْ لِنَفْسِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَطْرِدْ لِي، فَأَطْرَدَ، فَظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ تَمَكَّنْتُ مِنْهُ، فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ وَضَعْتُ الرُّمْحَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ صَارَ لَبَبًا (٢) لِفَرَسِهِ، ثُمَّ اتَّبَعَنِي فَقَرَعَ رَأْسِيَ بِالْقَنَاةِ، وَقَالَ: يَا عَمْرُو خُذْهَا إِلَيْكَ اثْنَتَيْنِ، فَتَصَاغَرَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي فَقُلْتُ: وَاللَّهِ لَا يَنْصَرِفُ إِلَّا أَحَدُنَا، فَقَالَ: اخْتَرْ لِنَفْسِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَطْرِدْ لِي، فَأَطْرَدَ حَتَّى إِذَا قُلْتُ وَضَعْتُ الرُّمْحَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ، وَثَبَ عَنْ فَرَسِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ، فَأَخْطَأَتْهُ وَمَضَيْتُ، فَاسْتَوَى عَلَى فَرَسِهِ فَاتَّبَعَنِي فَقَرَعَ رَأْسِيَ بِالْقَنَاةِ، وَقَالَ: يَا عَمْرُو خُذْهَا إِلَيْكَ ثَلَاثًا، وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي أَكْرَهُ قَتْلَ مِثْلِكَ لَقَتَلْتُكَ،

I felt diminished in my own eyes, and by God, O Commander of the Faithful, death was dearer to me than what I had seen. I said: 'By God, only one of us shall leave this.' He said: 'Choose for yourself.' I said: 'Ride out for me.' He rode out, and I thought I had gained the upper hand, so I pursued him until, when I thought I had placed the spear between his shoulder blades, he had become like a breastplate to his horse. Then he pursued me, struck my head with his lance, and said: 'O Amr, take this as two.' I felt diminished in my own eyes and said: 'By God, only one of us shall leave this.' He said: 'Choose for yourself.' I said: 'Ride out for me.' He rode out until, when I thought I had placed the spear between his shoulder blades, he leaped from his horse and was on the ground, so I missed him and passed by. He then mounted his horse, pursued me, struck my head with his lance, and said: 'O Amr, take this as three; were it not that I dislike killing the likes of you, I would have killed you.'

فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: اقْتُلْنِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا أَرَى بِنَفْسِي وَأَنْ يَسْمَعَ فِتْيَانُ الْعَرَبِ هَذَا، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا عَمْرُو، إِنَّمَا الْعَفْوُ ثَلَاثُ مَرَّاتٍ، وَإِنِّي إِنِ اسْتَمْكَنْتُ مِنْكَ الرَّابِعَةَ قَتَلْتُكَ، وَأَنْشَأَ يَرْتَجِزُ وَيَقُولُ: وَكَّدْتُ أَغْلَاظًا مِنَ الْأَيْمَانِ لَتُوجَزَنَّ هَبَّ الشُّبَّانِ إِنْ عُدْتَ يَا عَمْرُو إِلَى الطِّعَانِ وَإِلَّا فَلَسْتُ مِنْ بَنِي شَيْبَانِ

I said to him: 'Kill me; that is dearer to me than what I see of myself and that the youths of the Arabs should hear of this.' He said to me: 'O Amr, pardon is only for three times, and if I gain the upper hand over you a fourth time, I will kill you.' Then he began to recite rajaz poetry, saying: 'I have sworn solemn oaths, that the young men shall surely be struck, if you return, O Amr, to the combat, otherwise I am not of the Banu Shayban.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (34 verbs · 39 nouns)

• نَكَلَ — to recoil
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• اخْتَارَ — to choose
• فَارِس — knight
• نَفْس — self
• رُمْح — spear