Qatari Arabic Curriculum — Grade 5, Term 1 (اللغة العربية قطر) — Page 19

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الْوَحْدَةُ الْأُولَى

Unit One

الْقِرَاءَةُ

Reading

الْمُسْتَقْبَلُ

The Future

لِزَكَرِيَّا تَامِر

By Zakaria Tamer

كَانَ النَّهْرُ قَلِيلَ الْمِيَاهِ، فَنَظَرَتْ إِلَيْهِ الشَّجَرَةُ بِأَسَفٍ، وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: لَقَدْ أَمْسَيْتَ التَّعْرِيفُ بِالْكَاتِبِ: عَجُوزًا، وَسَتَمُوتُ فِي يَوْمٍ قَرِيبٍ.

The river had little water, so the tree looked at it with pity and said to it: 'You have become old, and you will die one day soon.'

التَّعْرِيفُ بِالْكَاتِبِ: زَكَرِيَّا تَامِر، أَدِيبٌ سُورِيٌّ، وُلِدَ بِدِمَشْقَ عَامَ 1931م، يَكْتُبُ الْقِصَّةَ الْقَصِيرَةَ - مُنْذُ عَامَ 1958م، وَبَدَأَ بِكِتَابَةِ الْقِصَّةِ الْمُوَجَّهَةِ لِلْأَطْفَالِ - مُنْذُ عَامَ 1968م، مِنْ مُؤَلَّفَاتِهِ: "النُّمُورُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ"، وَ"لِمَاذَا سَكَتَ النَّهْرُ ؟".

About the author: Zakaria Tamer, a Syrian writer, born in Damascus in 1931 AD. He has been writing short stories since 1958 AD, and began writing stories for children since 1968 AD. Among his works are: 'The Tigers on the Tenth Day' and 'Why Did the River Fall Silent?'

قَالَ النَّهْرُ بِصَوْتٍ هَادِرٍ حَانِقٍ أَتَقُولِينَ هَذَا الْكَلَامَ؛ لِأَنَّ مِيَاهِيَ صَارَتْ قَلِيلَةً!

The river said in a roaring, angry voice: 'Are you saying this because my water has become scarce?'

قَالَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ: لَا دَاعِيَ إِلَى غَضَبٍ لَا سَبَبَ لَهُ؛ فَأَنْتَ تَعْرِفُ وَأَنَا أَعْرِفُ أَنَّ مُنْذُ عَامَ 1958م، الْأَنْهَارَ تَمُوتُ عِنْدَمَا تَجِفُّ مِيَاهُهَا.

The tree said: 'There is no need for groundless anger; for you know, and I know, that rivers die when their water dries up.'

قَالَ النَّهْرُ: أَنْتِ مُخْطِئَةٌ؛ لِأَنَّكِ تَنْظُرِينَ إِلَى حَالِي الْيَوْمَ مُتَنَاسِيَةً الْمُسْتَقْبَلَ، مُنْذُ عَامَ 1968م، مِنْ مُؤَلَّفَاتِهِ: "النُّمُورُ فِي فَالصَّيْفُ لَنْ يَبْقَى إِلَى الْأَبَدِ، وَسَيَرْحَلُ، وَيَأْتِي الشِّتَاءُ.

The river said: 'You are mistaken, because you are looking at my state today while forgetting the future; summer will not last forever, it will depart, and winter will come.'

هَادِرٌ | عَالٍ وَصَاخِبٌ.

Roaring: loud and noisy.

حَانِقٌ: مُغْتَاظٌ وَغَاضِبٌ.

Angry: resentful and furious.

قَالَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ: هَلْ تُرِيدُ مِنِّي أَنْ أُصَدِّقَكَ، وَأُكَذِّبَ مَا تَرَاهُ أَغْصَانِي

The tree said: 'Do you want me to believe you and disbelieve what my branches see?!'

بَعْدَ أَسَابِيعَ، تَحَقَّقَ مَا قَالَهُ النَّهْرُ لِلشَّجَرَةِ؛ فَقَدْ رَحَلَ الصَّيْفُ، وَأَقْبَلَ الشِّتَاءُ بِأَمْطَارِهِ الْغَزِيرَةِ وَثُلُوجِهِ، فَازْدَادَ مَاءُ النَّهْرِ، وَصَاحَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ بِدَهْشَةٍ: لَقَدْ عُدْتَ أَيُّهَا النَّهْرُ شَابًّا قَوِيًّا!

After weeks, what the river told the tree came true; summer departed, and winter arrived with its heavy rains and snow, so the river's water increased, and the tree exclaimed in astonishment: 'You have returned, O river, young and strong!'

قَالَ النَّهْرُ: هَلِ اقْتَنَعْتِ الْآنَ أَنَّكِ كُنْتِ مُخْطِئَةً؟

The river said: 'Are you convinced now that you were mistaken?'

قَالَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ: أَخْطَأْتُ فِعْلًا؛ فَقَدْ كَانَ يُفْتَرَضُ بِي عَدَمُ نِسْيَانِ مُغْتَاظٌ وَغَاضِبٌ. الْمُسْتَقْبَلِ عِنْدَمَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْحَاضِرِ.

The tree said: 'I was indeed mistaken; I should have not forgotten the future when looking at the present.'

قَالَ النَّهْرُ: مَا دُمْتِ قَدْ بَرْهَنْتِ عَلَى الْحِكْمَةِ، بِاعْتِرَافِكِ بِخَطَئِكِ؛ فَأَنْتِ تَسْتَحِقِّينَ الْمُكَافَأَةَ.

The river said: 'As long as you have demonstrated wisdom by admitting your mistake, you deserve a reward.'

وَدَفَعَ النَّهْرُ مَاءَهُ بِقُوَّةٍ نَحْوَ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَسَارَعَتْ جُذُورُهَا إِلَى الشُّرْبِ مِنْهُ حَتَّى الِارْتِوَاءِ

The river pushed its water forcefully toward the tree, and its roots rushed to drink from it until they were quenched.

الْمَصْدَرُ: الْقِصَّةُ مِنْ كِتَابِ: لِمَاذَا سَكَتَ النَّهْرُ ؟ لِلْكَاتِبِ زَكَرِيَّا تَامِر دَارُ الْحَدَائِقِ لِلطِّبَاعَةِ وَالنَّشْرِ، بَيْرُوت، لُبْنَان، ط3،

Source: The story is from the book: 'Why Did the River Fall Silent?' by the author Zakaria Tamer, Dar Al-Hada'iq for Printing and Publishing, Beirut, Lebanon, 3rd edition, 2008.

Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 37 nouns)

• نَظَرَ — to look
• قَالَ — to say
• أَمْسَى — to become
• مَاتَ — to die
• صَارَ — to become
• عَرَفَ — to know
• جَفَّ — to dry
• بَقِيَ — to remain
• رَحَلَ — to leave
• أَتَى — to come
• أَرَادَ — to want
• صَدَّقَ — to believe
• كَذَّبَ — to deny
• رَأَى — to see
• تَحَقَّقَ — to be realized
• أَقْبَلَ — to approach
• ازْدَادَ — to increase
• صَاحَ — to shout
• عَادَ — to return
• اقْتَنَعَ — to be convinced
• كَانَ — to be
• أَخْطَأَ — to make a mistake
• افْتَرَضَ — to assume
• نَسِيَ — to forget
• دَامَ — to last
• بَرْهَنَ — to prove
• اسْتَحَقَّ — to deserve
• دَفَعَ — to push
• سَارَعَ — to hasten
• شَرِبَ — to drink
• قِرَاءَةٌ — reading
• مُسْتَقْبَلٌ — future
• نَهْرٌ — river
• مَاءٌ — water
• شَجَرَةٌ — tree
• أَسَفٌ — regret
• عَجُوزٌ — old person
• يَوْمٌ — day
• قَرِيبٌ — near
• صَوْتٌ — voice
• هَادِرٌ — roaring
• حَانِقٌ — angry
• كَلَامٌ — speech
• دَاعٍ — reason
• غَضَبٌ — anger
• سَبَبٌ — cause
• مُخْطِئٌ — mistaken
• حَالٌ — state
• صَيْفٌ — summer
• أَبَدٌ — eternity
• شِتَاءٌ — winter
• أُسْبُوعٌ — week
• مَطَرٌ — rain
• غَزِيرٌ — heavy
• ثَلْجٌ — snow
• دَهْشَةٌ — amazement
• شَابٌّ — young man
• قَوِيٌّ — strong
• حَاضِرٌ — present
• حِكْمَةٌ — wisdom
• اعْتِرَافٌ — confession
• خَطَأٌ — mistake
• مُكَافَأَةٌ — reward
• قُوَّةٌ — power
• جِذْرٌ — root
• شُرْبٌ — drink
• ارْتِوَاءٌ — quenching