Sindbad the Sailor (السندباد البحري) — Page 18

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَجَدْتُ فِي تِلْكَ الْجَزِيرَةِ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْبُقُولِ النَّاضِجَةِ.

I found in that island many of the ripe legumes.

وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا عَيْنًا مِنَ الْمَاءِ الْعَذْبِ.

And I saw in it a spring of fresh water.

فَفَرِحْتُ بِذَلِكَ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا.

So I rejoiced at that with great joy.

وَأَكَلْتُ حَتَّى شَبِعْتُ، وَشَرِبْتُ حَتَّى ارْتَوَيْتُ! خَدَمُ الْمَهَرَاجَا.

And I ate until I was full, and I drank until I was quenched!

وَبَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ زَالَ مَا بِي مِنْ ضَعْفٍ.

And after a few days, the weakness I had vanished.

وَعَادَ إِلَيَّ نَشَاطِي الْأَوَّلُ.

And my first energy returned to me.

فَرُحْتُ أَمْشِي فِي الْجَزِيرَةِ.

So I began to walk in the island.

إِذْ لَاحَ لِي شَبَحٌ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.

When a ghost appeared to me from afar.

فَسِرْتُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى اقْتَرَبْتُ مِنْهُ.

So I walked to it until I approached it.

فَإِذَا بِهِ فَرَسٌ تَرْعَى الْعُشْبَ وَهِيَ مُقَيَّدَةٌ.

And behold, it was a mare grazing the grass while it was tied.

وَسَمِعْتُ أَصْوَاتَ رِجَالٍ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِي سِرْدَابٍ تَحْتَ الْأَرْضِ.

And I heard the voices of men talking in a cellar under the ground.

فَدُهِشْتُ لِذَلِكَ.

So I was amazed at that.

إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ رَجُلٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ.

When a man I did not know approached me.

فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ سَبَبٍ مَجِيئِي إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ.

So he asked me about the reason for my coming to this place.

فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِقِصَّتِي فَدُهِشَ لَهَا.

So I told him my story, and he was amazed by it.

وَذَهَبَ بِي إِلى السِّرْدَابِ الَّذِي خَرَجَ مِنْهُ.

And he took me to the cellar from which he had emerged.

فَرَأَيْتُ جَمَاعَةً يَنْتَظِرُونَهُ فِيهِ.

So I saw a group waiting for him in it.

فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِمْ قِصَّتِي.

So he narrated my story to them.

وَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيَّ طَعَامًا وَشَرَابًا فَأَكَلْتُ وَشَرِبْتُ.

And they offered me food and drink, so I ate and drank.

ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُمْ عَنْ سَبَبٍ مَجِيئِهِمْ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْجَزِيرَةِ وَاخْتِفَائِهِمْ فِي هَذَا السِّرْدَابِ.

Then I asked them about the reason for their coming to this island and their hiding in this cellar.

فَأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّهُمْ خَدَمُ الْمَلِكِ الْمَهَرَاجَا صَاحِبِ هَذِهِ الْجَزِيرَةِ.

So they informed me that they were the servants of King Maharaja, the owner of this island.

وَأَنَّهُ يُوفِدُهُمْ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ مِنْ كُلِّ عَامٍ.

And that he sends them at such a time every year.

وَمَعَهُمْ بَعْضُ أَفْرَاسِهِ لِتَرْعَى فِي هَذِهِ الْجَزِيرَةِ.

And with them are some of his mares to graze in this island.

حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهَا حِصَانُ الْبَحْرِ فَتَحْمِلَ مِنْهُ.

Until the sea horse comes out to them so they may conceive from it.

فَإِذَا حَاوَلَ أَخْذَهَا مَعَهُ، خَرَجُوا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السِّرْدَابِ.

And if it attempts to take them with it, they emerge upon it from the cellar.

فَيَفِرُّ مِنْهُمْ هَارِبًا إِلَى الْبَحْرِ.

So it flees from them, escaping to the sea.

ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ بِهَا إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ حَيْثُ تَلِدُ مُهْرًا أَصِيلًا عَدِيمَ الْمِثَالِ! حِصَانُ الْبَحْرِ.

Then they return with them to their country where they give birth to a thoroughbred foal without equal!

وَهُنَا سَمِعْنَا صُرَاخَ حِصَانِ الْبَحْرِ.

And here we heard the screaming of the sea horse.

فَنَظَرْنَا مِنْ تُقْبِ السِّرْدَابِ.

So we looked from the hole of the cellar.

فَرَأَيْنَاهُ يُحَاوِلُ أَخْذَ الْفَرَسِ مَعَهُ بِقُوَّةٍ.

So we saw it attempting to take the mare with it by force.

فَطَلَعَ عَلَيْهِ الرِّجَالُ مِنَ السِّرْدَابِ.

So the men emerged upon it from the cellar.

فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ وَلَّى هَارِبًا إِلَى الْبَحْرِ. فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَهَرَاجَا.

And when it saw them, it turned away, escaping to the sea.

وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي أَرْكَبُونِي مَعَهُمْ.

And on the next day, they made me ride with them.

وَمَا زِلْنَا سَائِرِينَ حَتَّى وَصَلْنَا إِلَى بِلَادِ الْهِنْدِ.

And we continued traveling until we arrived at the land of India.

حَيْثُ قَدَّمُونِي إِلَى مَلِكِهِمُ الْمَهَرَاجَا.

Where they presented me to their king, the Maharaja.

فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ قِصَّتِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِكُلِّ مَا حَدَثَ لِي.

So he asked me about my story, and I informed him of everything that happened to me.

فَدَهِشَ لِذَلِكَ أَشَدَّ دَهْشَةٍ.

So he was amazed at that with the greatest amazement.

وَسُرَّ بِي سُرُورًا عَظِيمًا.

And he was pleased with me with great pleasure.

وَأَكْرَمَنِي وَقَرَّبَنِي إِلَيْهِ.

And he honored me and brought me near to him.

Vocabulary · المفردات (41 verbs · 36 nouns)

• وَجَدَ — to find
• رَأَى — to see
• فَرِحَ — to rejoice
• أَكَلَ — to eat
• شَبِعَ — to be full
• شَرِبَ — to drink
• ارْتَوَى — to be quenched
• زَالَ — to cease
• عَادَ — to return
• رَاحَ — to begin
• مَشَى — to walk
• لَاحَ — to appear
• سَارَ — to walk
• اقْتَرَبَ — to approach
• رَعَى — to graze
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• تَحَدَّثَ — to talk
• دَهِشَ — to be amazed
• أَقْبَلَ — to approach
• عَرَفَ — to know
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• أَخْبَرَ — to inform
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• خَرَجَ — to exit
• انْتَظَرَ — to wait
• قَصَّ — to narrate
• قَدَّمَ — to offer
• أَوْفَدَ — to send
• حَمَلَ — to carry
• حَاوَلَ — to attempt
• فَرَّ — to flee
• وَلَدَ — to give birth
• نَظَرَ — to look
• طَلَعَ — to emerge
• وَلَّى — to turn away
• أَرْكَبَ — to make ride
• وَصَلَ — to arrive
• حَدَثَ — to happen
• سَرَّ — to please
• أَكْرَمَ — to honor
• قَرَّبَ — to bring near
• بَقْل — legume
• مَاء — water
• فَرَح — joy
• خَادِم — servant
• يَوْم — day
• ضَعْف — weakness
• نَشَاط — activity
• شَبَح — ghost
• عُشْب — grass
• صَوْت — (sound)
• رَجُل — man
• سِرْدَاب — cellar
• أَرْض — earth
• دَهْشَة — amazement
• سَبَب — reason
• مَجِيء — arrival
• مَكَان — place
• قِصَّة — story
• جَمَاعَة — group
• طَعَام — food
• شَرَاب — drink
• اخْتِفَاء — hiding
• مَلِك — king
• صَاحِب — owner
• وَقْت — time
• عَام — year
• حِصَان — horse
• بَحْر — sea
• بَلَد — country
• مُهْر — foal
• مِثَال — an example
• صُرَاخ — screaming
• تُقْب — hole
• قُوَّة — strength
• حَضْرَة — presence
• سُرُور — pleasure