Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 7, Semester 1 — Page 34

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

-0000-0 ) بَيْنَ يَدَيِ النّص: - ٥-٥-٥٥٥٠ ( المُتَوكَّل طة شاعِرٌ فِلَسْطيني مِنْ مَدينَةِ قَلْقِيلْيَةَ، كَتَبَ هذِهِ الرِّسالَةَ مِنْ سِجْنِ أَنْصارِ (النَّقَبِ) سَنَةَ ،۱۹۸۸م، وَوَجَّهَها إلى الأسيراتِ الفِلَسْطِينِيَّاتِ في سِجْنِ النِّساءِ المُسَمّى (نَفْيَ تِرْتسيّا)، وَهُوَ جُزْءٌ من سجن الرَّمْلَةِ المَرْكَزِيِّ، وَيَسْتَخْدِمُهُ الاحْتِلالُ الصِّهْيونِيُّ لِعَرْلِ الأَسيراتِ الفِلسطينيّاتِ.

Introduction to the text: Al-Mutawakkil Taha is a Palestinian poet from the city of Qalqilya. He wrote this letter from Ansar prison (the Negev) in 1988, addressing it to the Palestinian female prisoners in the women's prison called 'Neve Tirza,' which is part of the Ramla Central Prison, used by the Zionist occupation to isolate Palestinian female prisoners.

وَنَحْنُ سَواء لَعَلَّكِ يا أُخْتَ روحي، بِخَيْرٍ لَعَلَّ جَميعَ اللُّواتي عَشِقْنَ الحَياةَ بِخَيْرٍ لَعَلَّ الجَميعَ بِخَيْرٍ أَكْتُبُ مِنْ نَرْجِسِ القَلْبِ آيَةَ حُبّي الكَبيرِ إِلَيْكِ وَأُهْدِي إِلَيْكِ السَّلامَ وَأَسْأَلُ عَنْ مُهْرَةٍ قَيَّدوها وَعَنْ غَيْمٍ عَيْنَيْكِ، أَسْأَلُ عَنْ دَمْعَةٍ فِي المَساءِ وَقَلْبِي أَحَقُّ بِهذا السُّؤال فَنَحْنُ نُواجِهُ رَمْلَ المُعَسْكَرِ بِالأُوفِ» نَكْسِرُ وَحْشَ الصَّحارى بِعُرْسِ انْتِفَاضَتِنا لا نَكُثُ عَنِ الدَّبَكَاتِ وَنَغْمُرُ هذا المَدى بِالغِناء ...

And we are equal. Perhaps you, my soul's sister, are well. Perhaps all those who loved life are well. Perhaps everyone is well. I write from the narcissus of the heart a verse of my great love for you, and I offer you peace. I ask about a filly they have shackled, and about the clouds in your eyes. I ask about a tear in the evening, and my heart is more entitled to this question. We face the sand of the camp with the 'Awf' (folk song), we break the beast of the deserts with the wedding of our intifada, we do not stop the dabke dances, and we flood this expanse with singing...

وَكُنتُ أُحِبُّ أَراكِ ابْتِساماً ليورق (أَنْصارُ) عُشْباً وَماء وَنَحْنُ سواء؟؟

And I loved to see you as a smile, so that (Ansar) might sprout grass and water, and are we equal?

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 40 nouns)

• كَتَبَ — to write
• وَجَّهَ — to direct
• سَمَّى — to name
• شَاعِر — poet
• مَدِينَة — city
• رِسَالَة — letter