Sindbad the Sailor (السندباد البحري) — Page 20

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

اللَّقَاءُ بَعْدَ الْيَأْسِ.

(from previous page) ⟵ So I knew that he was startled by seeing me, just as I was startled by seeing him, a meeting after despair.

السِّنْدِبَادُ الْبَحْرِيُّ.

Sinbad the Sailor.

وَفِي ذَاتِ يَوْمٍ خَرَجْتُ كَعَادَتِي إِلَى شَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ، فَرَأَيْتُ سَفِينَةً مُقْبِلَةً.

One day, I went down to the shore as usual and saw a ship approaching.

وَلَمَّا رَسَتْ عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ وَأَنْزَلَتْ مَا بِهَا مِنَ الْبَضَائِعِ رَأَيْتُ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَحْمَالِهَا اسْمَ «السِّنْدِبَادِ».

Once it docked and began unloading its cargo, I noticed the name "Sinbad" marked on some of the crates.

فَلَمَّا أَنْعَمْتُ النَّظَرَ فِي رُبَّانِهَا عَرَفْتُهُ، وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَاحِبِ هَذِهِ الْأَحْمَالِ فَأَجَابَنِي مُتَأَثِّرًا حَزِينًا.

I looked closely at the captain and recognized him. When I asked him who owned the cargo, he replied with a heavy, sorrowful heart:

«وَا أَسَفَا عَلَيْهِ! إِنَّهُ «السِّنْدِبَادُ» وَقَدْ غَرِقَ أَثْنَاءَ سَفَرِنَا.

"Alas for him! It was Sinbad, and he drowned during our voyage."

وَكَانَ سَبَبَ غَرَقِهِ أَنَّهُ طَلَعَ - مَعَ بَعْضِ رِفَاقِهِ مِنَ التُّجَّارِ - عَلَى ظَهْرِ حُوتٍ كَبِيرٍ، كُنَّا نَحْسَبُهُ جَزِيرَةً.

He and several other merchants had climbed onto the back of a massive whale, which we had all mistaken for an island.

فَلَمَّا غَاصَ الْحُوتُ غَرِقُوا وَلَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ قَرِيبًا مِنَ الْمَرْكَبِ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ جَمِيعًا.

When the creature dived, they were pulled under. Only those close enough to the ship managed to survive. May God have mercy on them all.

وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي أَنْ أَبِيعَ بَضَائِعَهُ وَأُعْطِيَ أَهْلَهُ ثَمَنَهَا مَتَى عُدْتُ إِلَى «بَغْدَادَ».»

I have vowed to sell his goods and deliver the proceeds to his family once I return to Baghdad."

فَقُلْتُ لِرُبَّانِ السَّفِينَةِ: «أَنَا السِّنْدِبَادُ الَّذِي تَذْكُرُهُ وَهَذِهِ بِضَاعَتِي!»

I looked at the captain and said, "I am that very Sinbad, and this is my cargo!"

Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 32 nouns)

• خَرَجَ — to go out
• رَأَى — to see
• رَسَا — to anchor
• أَنْزَلَ — to unload
• أَنْعَمَ — to scrutinize
• عَرَفَ — to know
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• أَجَابَ — to answer
• غَرِقَ — to drown
• كَانَ — to be
• طَلَعَ — to climb
• حَسِبَ — to think
• غَاصَ — to dive
• نَجَا — to survive
• أَخَذَ — to resolve
• بَاعَ — to sell
• أَعْطَى — to give
• عَادَ — to return
• قَالَ — to say
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• لِقَاءٌ — meeting
• يَأْسٌ — despair
• يَوْمٌ — day
• عَادَةٌ — habit
• شَاطِئٌ — beach
• بَحْرٌ — sea
• سَفِينَةٌ — ship
• مُقْبِلٌ — approaching
• بِضَاعَةٌ — merchandise
• بَعْضٌ — some
• حِمْلٌ — load
• اِسْمٌ — name
• نَظَرٌ — look
• رُبَّانٌ — captain
• صَاحِبٌ — owner
• مُتَأَثِّرٌ — affected
• أَسَفٌ — regret
• أَثْنَاءٌ — during
• سَفَرٌ — travel
• سَبَبٌ — reason
• غَرَقٌ — drowning
• رَفِيقٌ — companion
• تَاجِرٌ — merchant
• ظَهْرٌ — back
• حُوتٌ — whale
• كَبِيرٌ — large
• مَرْكَبٌ — boat
• رَحْمَةٌ — mercy
• جَمِيعٌ — all
• نَفْسٌ — self
• أَهْلٌ — family
• ثَمَنٌ — price