Syrian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 10 — Page 16

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

لَجَأَ الشَّاعِرُ إِلَى رَسْمِ صُورَةٍ لِلْهِلَالِ مِنْ خِلَالِ تَشْبِيهِهَا بِصُورَةٍ مُنْتَزَعَةٍ مِنَ الْوَاقِعِ.

The poet drew an image of the crescent by likening it to something taken from reality.

مُتَحَرِّياً الدِّقَّةَ بِنَقْلِهِ تَفْصِيلَاتِ صُورَتِهِ.

He sought precision in conveying the details of this image.

فَالْهِلَالُ كَزَوْرَقٍ فِضِّيٍّ مُثْقَلٍ بِحُمُولَةٍ مِنْ عَنْبَرٍ.

The crescent is like a silver boat heavy with a cargo of amber.

عَرَفَتِ الصُّورَةُ تَجْدِيداً، فَتَخَلَّى الشَّاعِرُ عَنْ نَقْلِ مَوْصُوفِهِ نَقْلاً وَاقِعِيّاً دَقِيقاً.

The image underwent a renewal, as the poet abandoned a strictly realistic depiction of his subject.

وَأَضَافَ إِلَيْهِ ظِلَالاً مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَرُوحِهِ.

He added shadows from his own soul and spirit to it.

فَأَضْحَتِ الصُّورَةُ مُشِعَّةً بِدَلَالَاتٍ غَنِيَّةٍ وَأَجْوَاءَ مُتَعَدِّدَةٍ تُتِيحُ لِلْمُتَلَقِّي وُجُوهاً مُتَعَدِّدَةً فِي تَفْسِيرِهَا.

The image became radiant with rich connotations and varied atmospheres, offering the reader multiple ways to interpret it.

حِينَ ابْتَعَدَتْ عَنِ الدَّلَالَةِ الْحَرْفِيَّةِ الْوَاقِعِيَّةِ.

It moved away from literal, realistic meaning.

صَاحَهَا دَمُكُمْ وَانْكَفَأَ سَاخِناً نَابِضاً فِي وِحَامِ الْجُذُورِ.

Your blood shouted it, then recoiled, hot and pulsing in the longing of the roots.

نَيْزَكُ الْحُبِّ وَالْحِقْدِ صَاحَ: انْهَضُوا.

The meteor of love and hatred shouted: Rise.

نَيْزَكُ الْحُبِّ صُورَةٌ ابْتَعَدَ فِيهَا الشَّاعِرُ عَنْ عَنَاصِرِهَا الْحِسِّيَّةِ حِينَ شَبَّهَ الْحُبَّ بِالنَّيْزَكِ مُغْفِلاً وَجْهَ الشَّبَهِ.

The meteor of love is an image where the poet moved away from sensory elements by likening love to a meteor without stating the point of resemblance.

لِيَشْحَنَ الصُّورَةَ بِالْإِيحَاءَاتِ وَالدَّلَالَاتِ الْمُتَنَوِّعَةِ.

This charges the image with various suggestions and connotations.

فَالْحُبُّ كَالنَّيْزَكِ فِي الْإِنَارَةِ أَوِ اللَّمْحِ أَوِ السُّرْعَةِ أَوِ الْقُدْرَةِ عَلَى اخْتِطَافِ النَّاظِرِ.

Love is like a meteor in its illumination, its flash, its speed, or its power to captivate the viewer.

وَهَذِهِ التَّفْسِيرَاتُ الْمُتَنَوِّعَةُ لِوَجْهِ الشَّبَهِ مَحْكُومَةٌ بِالنَّصِّ وَمَقُولَتِهِ، وَتُشَكِّلُ مَادَّةً ثَرِيَّةً لِلتَّذَوُّقِ.

These various interpretations of the point of resemblance are governed by the text and its intent, forming rich material for appreciation.

عَيْنَانِ زَرْقَاوَانِ يَنْعَسُ فِيهِمَا لَوْنُ الْغَدِيرِ.

Two blue eyes in which the color of the stream dozes.

يَنْعَسُ لَوْنُ الْغَدِيرِ صُورَةٌ تَجَاوَزَتْ حِسِّيَّتَهَا إِلَى شَيْءٍ مَعْنَوِيٍّ.

The dozing of the stream's color is an image that transcended its sensory nature into something abstract.

فَلَمْ تَكْتَفِ الصُّورَةُ بِإِظْهَارِ لَوْنِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ الْأَزْرَقِ فِي صُورَةٍ بَهِيَّةٍ صَافِيَةٍ كَصَفَاءِ مَاءِ الْغَدِيرِ.

The image did not settle for showing the blue color of the eyes in a splendid, clear way, like the clarity of stream water.

وَإِنَّمَا ارْتَقَتْ إِلَى الْإِيحَاءِ بِمَا فِي الْعَيْنَيْنِ مِنْ فُتُورٍ وَغُنْجٍ سَاحِرَيْنِ.

Instead, it ascended to suggest the charming languor and coquetry within the eyes.

إِضْفَاءُ نَفْسِيَّةِ الْمُبْدِعِ عَلَى الطَّبِيعَةِ وَالْأَشْيَاءِ.

Imparting the creator's psychology onto nature and objects.

إِذْ تَنْقُلُ الصُّورَةُ الطَّبِيعَةَ وَالْأَشْيَاءَ بَعْدَ انْفِعَالِ الْمُبْدِعِ بِهَا.

The image conveys nature and objects after they have been filtered through the creator's emotions.

فَتَتَلَوَّنُ بِمَشَاعِرِهِ وَرُؤَاهُ وَتَبْدُو فَرِحَةً أَوْ حَزِينَةً وَفْقَ مِزَاجِ الْمُبْدِعِ وَحَالَتِهِ النَّفْسِيَّةِ.

They are colored by his feelings and visions, appearing happy or sad according to the creator's mood and psychological state.

مُعْتَمِدَةً عَلَى التَّجْسِيدِ أَوِ التَّشْخِيصِ.

Relying on embodiment or personification.

أَتَاكَ الرَّبِيعُ الطَّلِقُ يَخْتَالُ ضَاحِكاً مِنَ الْحُسْنِ حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَا.

The cheerful spring has come to you, strutting and laughing with beauty until it almost spoke.

عَبَّرَ الشَّاعِرُ عَمَّا يَكْتَنِفُهُ مِنْ مَشَاعِرِ السَّعَادَةِ وَالسُّرُورِ مِنْ خِلَالِ إِضْفَاءِ نَفْسِيَّتِهِ عَلَى الطَّبِيعَةِ.

The poet expressed his feelings of happiness and joy by projecting his own psychology onto nature.

فَسَخَّرَ الرَّبِيعَ لِأَدَاءِ هَذِهِ الْوَظِيفَةِ فَجَعَلَهُ إِنْسَاناً يَضْحَكُ مُزْدَهِياً بِأَبْهَى حُلَلِهِ.

He used spring to perform this function, turning it into a human who laughs, proud in his finest attire.

الرَّمْزُ: وُظِّفَ عَلَى نَحْوٍ وَاسِعٍ فِي الشِّعْرِ الْحَدِيثِ.

The symbol: It has been widely employed in modern poetry.

وَهُوَ وَسِيلَتُهُ لِلْإِشَارَةِ وَالْإِيحَاءِ وَالِاخْتِصَارِ وَالتَّكْثِيفِ.

It is a means for indication, suggestion, brevity, and intensification.

فَفِيهِ تَخْتَبِئُ مَعَانٍ وَدَلَالَاتٌ يُؤَوِّلُهَا الْقَارِئُ وَيَسْتَمْتِعُ بِتَأْوِيلِهَا.

Within it hide meanings and connotations that the reader interprets and enjoys unraveling.

وَلِلرَّمْزِ مَصَادِرُ مُتَنَوِّعَةٌ يَسْتَمِدُّ صَاحِبُ الرَّمْزِ مَعَانِيَهُ مِنْ خِلَالِهَا.

The symbol has various sources from which the poet derives his meanings.

لِأَنَّنَا وَجُذُورُ الشَّمْسِ فِي يَدِنَا نُقَاتِلُ الْحَلَكَ الْبَاغِيَ سَنَنْتَصِرُ.

Because we hold the roots of the sun in our hands, we fight the oppressive darkness and we shall win.

لَجَأَ الشَّاعِرُ إِلَى الرَّمْزِ مُكْتَفِياً مُوحِياً مُخْتَصِراً.

The poet resorted to the symbol, being brief, suggestive, and concise.

فَالشَّمْسُ رَمَزَ بِهَا الشَّاعِرُ إِلَى الْحَقِّ الْعَرَبِيِّ الرَّاسِخِ رُسُوخَ.

The poet used the sun to symbolize the Arab truth, as firm as the roots themselves.

Vocabulary · المفردات (36 verbs · 117 nouns)

• لَجَأَ — to resort
• عَرَفَ — to know
• تَخَلَّى — to abandon
• أَضَافَ — to add
• أَضْحَى — to become
• أَتَاحَ — to allow
• ابْتَعَدَ — to move away
• قَالَ — to say
• صَاحَ — to shout
• انْكَفَأَ — to turn back
• نَهَضَ — to rise
• شَبَّهَ — to liken
• شَحَنَ — to charge
• شَكَّلَ — to form
• نَعَسَ — to doze
• تَجَاوَزَ — to exceed
• اكْتَفَى — to suffice
• ارْتَقَى — to ascend
• تَلَوَّنَ — to be colored
• بَدَا — to seem
• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• مَثَّلَ — to represent
• اخْتَالَ — to strut
• كَادَ — to be on the verge of
• تَكَلَّمَ — to speak
• عَبَّرَ — to express
• سَخَّرَ — to employ
• جَعَلَ — to make
• ضَحِكَ — to laugh
• وَظَّفَ — to employ
• خَبَأَ — to hide
• أَوَّلَ — to interpret
• اسْتَمْتَعَ — to enjoy
• اسْتَمَدَّ — to derive
• قَاتَلَ — to fight
• انْتَصَرَ — to win
• شَاعِر — poet
• رَسْم — drawing
• صُورَة — copy, image
• هِلال — crescent
• تَشْبِيه — simile
• مُنْتَزَع — extracted, pulled out (passive participle/adjective)
• وَاقِع — reality
• دِقَّة — precision
• نَقْل — transfer
• تَفْصِيل — detail
• زَوْرَق — boat
• فِضِّيّ — silvery
• مُثْقَل — burdened
• حُمُولَة — cargo
• عَنْبَر — amber
• إِيحَاء — suggestion
• تَجْدِيد — renewal
• مَوْصُوف — described
• ظِلّ — shadow
• نَفْس — self
• رُوح — spirit
• مُشِعّ — radiant
• دَلالَة — significance
• غَنِيّ — rich
• جَوّ — atmosphere
• مُتَعَدِّد — multiple
• مُتَلَقِّي — recipient
• وَجْه — aspect
• تَفْسِير — interpretation
• حِين — time
• حَرْفِيّ — literal
• وَاقِعِيّ — realistic
• دَم — blood
• سَاخِن — hot
• نَابِض — pulsating
• وِحَام — longing
• جِذْر — root
• نَيْزَك — meteor
• حُبّ — love
• حِقْد — hatred
• عُنْصُر — element
• حِسِّيّ — sensory
• مُغْفِل — neglecting
• إِنَارَة — illumination
• لَمْح — glance
• سُرْعَة — speed
• قُدْرَة — ability
• اخْتِطَاف — abduction
• نَاظِر — viewer
• نَصّ — text
• مَقُولَة — statement
• مَادَّة — material
• ثَرِيّ — rich
• تَذَوُّق — appreciation
• عَيْن — eye
• زَرْقَاء — blue
• لَوْن — color
• غَدِير — stream
• شَيْء — thing
• مَعْنَوِيّ — abstract
• إِظْهَار — showing
• أَزْرَق — blue
• بَهِيّ — splendid
• صَافِي — clear
• صَفَاء — clarity
• مَاء — water
• فُتُور — languor
• غُنْج — coquetry
• سَاحِر — charming
• إِضْفَاء — imparting
• نَفْسِيَّة — mentality; psychology; psyche
• مُبْدِع — creator
• طَبِيعَة — nature
• انْفِعَال — emotion
• مَشَاعِر — feelings
• رُؤْيَة — vision
• فَرِح — happy
• حَزِين — sad (adjective)
• مِزَاج — mood
• حَالَة — state
• مُعْتَمِد — relying
• تَجْسِيد — personification, embodiment
• تَشْخِيص — personification
• رَبِيع — spring
• طَلِق — cheerful
• ضَاحِك — laughing
• حُسْن — beauty
• سَعَادَة — happiness
• سُرُور — joy
• أَدَاء — performance
• وَظِيفَة — function
• إِنْسَان — human
• مُزْدَهِي — proud
• حُلَّة — garment
• رَمْز — symbol
• نَحْو — manner
• وَاسِع — wide
• شِعْر — poetry
• حَدِيث — modern
• وَسِيلَة — means
• إِشَارَة — indication
• اخْتِصَار — abbreviation
• تَكْثِيف — intensification
• مَعْنَى — meaning
• قَارِئ — reader
• تَأْوِيل — interpretation
• مَصْدَر — source
• صَاحِب — owner
• شَمْس — sun
• يَد — hand
• حَلَك — darkness
• بَاغِي — oppressive
• حَقّ — truth
• عَرَبِيّ — Arab
• رَاسِخ — firm, deeply rooted
• رُسُوخ — firmness
• مُتَنَوِّعَة — diverse