Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 4, Semester 1 — Page 110

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

رَسَائِلُ بِلَا سَاعٍ.

Letters without a postman.

نَقْرَأُ.

We read.

عِنْدَمَا رَأَتْنِي أُمِّي أُرْسِلُ الرَّسَائِلَ، وَأَسْتَقْبِلُهَا عَبْرَ بَرِيدِيَ الْإِلِكْتُرُونِيِّ بِمَهَارَةٍ فَائِقَةٍ، قَالَتْ لِي: لَوْ تَعْلَمِينَ يَا هُدَى كَيْفَ كَانَتِ الرَّسَائِلُ تُرْسَلُ وَتُسْتَقْبَلُ مِنْ قَبْلُ، كَانَ يَتِمُّ ذَلِكَ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْبَرِيدِ الْعَادِيِّ بَيْنَ الْمُرْسِلِ وَالْمُسْتَقْبِلِ، وَكَانَ وُصُولُهَا إِلَى أَصْحَابِهَا يَتَطَلَّبُ وَقْتًا وَجُهْدًا وَمَالًا، وَيَتِمُّ التَّعَامُلُ مَعَهَا يَدَوِيًّا، فَكَانَ بَعْضُهَا يَضِيعُ، وَكَمْ كَانَ الْأَهْلُ يَقْلَقُونَ عِنْدَمَا تَنْقَطِعُ أَخْبَارُ أَحْبَابِهِمْ فِي بِلَادِ الْغُرْبَةِ، وَكَانُوا يَنْتَظِرُونَ بِلَهْفَةٍ سَاعِيَ الْبَرِيدِ؛ فَلَعَلَّهُ يَحْمِلُ لَهُمْ رِسَالَةَ بُشْرَى، تُطْفِئُ نَارَ الشَّوْقِ.

When my mother saw how skillfully I sent and received emails, she said, "Huda, if you only knew how we used to send and receive letters. We relied on the regular post, which took time, effort, and money. Everything was handled by hand, so letters often went missing. Families would worry terribly when they stopped hearing from loved ones abroad, waiting anxiously for the postman to arrive, hoping he might bring good news to soothe their longing."

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Vocabulary · المفردات (22 verbs · 46 nouns)

• قَرَأَ — to read
• رَأَى — to see
• أَرْسَلَ — to send
• رِسَالَة — letter
• سَاع — postman
• أُمّ — mother