Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 4, Semester 2 — Page 94

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِ الشِّتَاءِ الْبَارِدَةِ، وَالثُّلُوجُ تَتَسَاقَطُ عَلَى سُطُوحِ مَنَازِلِ الْمُخَيَّمِ، ارْتَدَى الْحَاجُّ إِبْرَاهِيمُ كُوفِيَّتَهُ، وَذَهَبَ لِلصَّلَاةِ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْمُخَيَّمِ، ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، جَلَسَ مَعَ أَحْفَادِهِ حَوْلَ مَوْقِدِ النَّارِ، وَأَخَذُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ:

On a cold winter day, with snow falling on the roofs of the camp, Hajj Ibrahim put on his kufiya and went to pray at the mosque. When he returned home, he sat with his grandchildren by the fire, and they began to talk:

سَلْمَى: خَبِّرْنَا يَا جَدِّي عَنْ سَبَبِ ارْتِدَائِكَ الْكُوفِيَّةَ.

Salma: Tell us, Grandpa, why do you wear the kufiya?

الْجَدُّ: الْكُوفِيَّةُ، يَا سَلْمَى، رَمْزٌ وَطَنِيٌّ لِنِضَالِ الشَّعْبِ الْفِلَسْطِينِيِّ، لَبِسَهَا الْقَائِدُ الرَّاحِلُ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ بِشَكْلٍ دَائِمٍ، كَمَا لَبِسَهَا أَجْدَادُنَا؛ لِأَنَّهَا رَمْزُ الْوَطَنِ وَالْفِدَاءِ.

Grandpa: The kufiya, Salma, is a national symbol of the Palestinian struggle. The late leader Abu Ammar wore it always, just as our ancestors did, because it represents our homeland and our sacrifice.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 42 nouns)

• قَرَأَ — to read
• تَسَاقَطَ — to fall down
• اِرْتَدَى — to wear
• كُوفِيَّة — kufiya (headdress)
• يَوْم — day
• شِتَاء — winter