Syrian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 5, Semester 2 — Page 20

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَقْرَأُ: أَفَامِيَا.

I read: Apamea.

أَفَامِيَا مَدِينَةٌ سُورِيَّةٌ يَعُودُ تَأْسِيسُهَا إِلَى عَامِ ثَلَاثِمِئَةٍ قَبْلَ الْمِيلَادِ، أَسَّسَهَا سَلُوقُسُ الْأَوَّلُ وَسَمَّاهَا بِاسْمِ زَوْجَتِهِ، لِتَكُونَ تَسْمِيَتُهَا دَلِيلًا عَلَى أُمَّةٍ جَعَلَتْ تَقْدِيرَ الْمَرْأَةِ مَبْدَأً تُعَلِّمُهُ لِلْبَشَرِيَّةِ.

Apamea is a Syrian city founded in 300 BC by Seleucus I, who named it after his wife—a name that stands as a testament to a nation that made the appreciation of women a principle to be taught to humanity.

حَمَاةُ.

Hama.

وَهَا هِيَ ذِي الْمَدِينَةُ الَّتِي أَخَذَتِ اسْمَ صَاحِبَتِهَا تَتَرَبَّعُ عَلَى سَهْلٍ يُطِلُّ عَلَى نَهْرِ الْعَاصِي فِي مُحَافَظَةِ حَمَاةَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَيَنْبَسِطُ أَمَامَهَا سَهْلُ الْغَابِ الْوَافِرُ الْخِصْبُ النَّابِضُ بِالْحَيَاةِ، يُحَاكِي فُسَيْفِسَاءَهَا الْأَخَّاذَ، وَتَتَرَاقَصُ عَلَى جَنْبَيْهَا مِيَاهُ بُحَيْرَاتٍ يُغَذِّيهَا الْعَاصِي بِتَدَفُّقِهِ وَحَيَوِيَّتِهِ...

The city, named for its namesake, sits on a plain overlooking the Orontes River in the Hama Governorate. Before it stretches the Ghab Plain, fertile and pulsating with life, echoing the city’s captivating mosaics, while the waters of lakes, fed by the flow and vitality of the Orontes, dance along its edges.

إِنَّهَا مَدِينَةُ السِّحْرِ وَالْفَنِّ الَّتِي وُلِدَتْ فَوْقَ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضِ وَتَجَذَّرَتْ فِي تُرَابِهَا وَطَنًا مُتَتَابِعَ الْحَضَارَاتِ.

It is a city of magic and art, born on this land and rooted in its soil as a home to successive civilizations.

مَدِينَةٌ شَاءَ لَهَا الْجَمَالُ أَنْ تَتَوَسَّطَ جَارَتَيْهَا: (شَيْزَر) الْقَلْعَةُ الشَّاهِدَةُ عَلَى آلَافِ السِّنِينَ مِنَ الْحَضَارَةِ، وَ(حُوَّرْتُهُ) ذَلِكَ الْمَوْقِعُ الْمَزْرُوعُ بِالْأَوَابِدِ وَالْمَنْحُوتَاتِ الَّتِي تُحَاكِي بِفَنِّهَا وَآثَارِهَا الْفَنَّ التَّدْمُرِيَّ.

Beauty willed this city to be situated between two neighbors: Shaizar, a fortress that has witnessed thousands of years of history, and Huwarta, a site filled with monuments and sculptures that mirror the style and artistry of Palmyra.

تُشَاهِدُ فِي أَفَامِيَا السُّوقَ وَالْمَلْعَبَ وَآلَافَ الْمَنْحُوتَاتِ وَاللَّوْحَاتِ الْفُسَيْفِسَائِيَّةَ وَالتَّمَاثِيلَ الَّتِي تَشْهَدُ عَلَى رُقِيِّ أَبْنَائِهَا وَتَذَوُّقِهِمُ الْجَمَالَ وَمُوَاكَبَتِهِمْ تَطَوُّرَ الْفُنُونِ مُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الْعَصْرِ، كَمَا تُشَاهِدُ مَسْرَحًا يَعْكِسُ ارْتِبَاطَ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَنِ بِالْفُنُونِ وَحُبَّ الْحَيَاةِ وَالْمُوسِيقَا.

In Apamea, you see the market, the stadium, and thousands of sculptures, mosaics, and statues that reflect the sophistication of its people, their eye for beauty, and their engagement with the artistic developments of that era; you also see a theater that captures that age’s devotion to the arts, music, and the love of life.

وَتَبْقَى أَفَامِيَا وَاحِدَةً مِنْ مِائَاتِ الْمَوَاقِعِ الَّتِي تَجْعَلُ مِنْ وَطَنِنَا الْحَبِيبِ مَهْدًا لِلْحَضَارَاتِ الْمُتَجَدِّدَةِ عَبْرَ الزَّمَنِ.

Apamea remains one of hundreds of sites that make our beloved homeland a cradle of civilizations that have renewed themselves throughout time.

مُعْجَمُ الْكَلِمَاتِ.

Glossary.

فُسَيْفِسَاءُ: قِطَعٌ صَغِيرَةٌ مُلَوَّنَةٌ مِنَ الرُّخَامِ أَوِ الزُّجَاجِ.

Mosaic: small, colored pieces of marble or glass.

الْأَوَابِدُ: الْمَقْصُودُ بِهَا الْآثَارُ الْخَالِدَةُ.

Monuments (Al-Awabid): refers to immortal antiquities.

أَقْرَأُ الْمَقْطَعَ الْأَوَّلَ مِنَ النَّصِّ، مُرَاعِيًا الْأَحْرُفَ اللُّغَوِيَّةَ.

I read the first paragraph of the text, paying attention to the letters.

أَقْرَأُ الْمَقْطَعَ الثَّانِيَ مِنَ النَّصِّ، مُرَاعِيًا عَلَامَاتِ التَّرْقِيمِ.

I read the second paragraph of the text, paying attention to the punctuation.

أَقْرَأُ النَّصَّ قِرَاءَةً جَهْرِيَّةً سَلِيمَةً، مُبْرِزًا شُعُورَ الِاعْتِزَازِ وَالْإِعْجَابِ بِحَضَارَةِ وَطَنِنَا الْحَبِيبِ.

I read the text aloud clearly, expressing pride and admiration for the civilization of our beloved homeland.

Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 79 nouns)

• قَرَأَ — to read
• عَادَ — to return
• أَسَّسَ — to establish
• سَمَّى — to name
• كَانَ — to be
• جَعَلَ — to make
• عَلَّمَ — to teach
• أَخَذَ — to take
• تَرَبَّعَ — to sit
• أَطَلَّ — to overlook
• اِنْبَسَطَ — to spread
• حَاكَى — to imitate
• تَرَاقَصَ — to dance
• غَذَّى — to nourish
• وَلَدَ — to be born
• تَجَذَّرَ — to take root
• شَاءَ — to wish
• تَوَسَّطَ — to be in the middle
• زَرَعَ — to plant
• نَحَتَ — to carve
• شَاهَدَ — to watch
• شَهِدَ — to witness
• تَذَوَّقَ — to taste
• وَاكَبَ — to keep pace
• طَوَّرَ — to develop
• عَكَسَ — to reflect
• بَقِيَ — to remain
• تَجَدَّدَ — to renew
• رَاعَى — to observe
• أَبْرَزَ — to highlight
• مَدِينَةٌ — city
• عَامٌ — year
• مِيلَادٌ — birth; nativity
• اسْمٌ — name
• زَوْجَةٌ — wife
• تَسْمِيَةٌ — naming
• دَلِيلٌ — evidence
• أُمَّةٌ — nation
• تَقْدِيرٌ — appreciation
• مَرْأَةٌ — woman
• مَبْدَأٌ — principle
• بَشَرِيَّةٌ — humanity
• صَاحِبَةٌ — owner
• سَهْلٌ — plain
• نَهْرٌ — river
• مُحَافَظَةٌ — governorate
• بُعْدٌ — distance
• غَابٌ — forest
• وَافِرٌ — abundant; ample; plentiful
• خِصْبٌ — fertile
• حَيَاةٌ — life
• فُسَيْفِسَاءُ — mosaic
• جَنْبٌ — side
• مَاءٌ — water
• بُحَيْرَةٌ — lake
• تَدَفُّقٌ — flow
• حَيَوِيَّةٌ — vitality
• سِحْرٌ — magic
• فَنٌّ — art
• أَرْضٌ — land
• تُرَابٌ — soil
• وَطَنٌ — homeland
• حَضَارَةٌ — civilization
• جَمَالٌ — beauty
• جَارَةٌ — female neighbor
• قَلْعَةٌ — castle
• شَاهِدٌ — witness
• أَلْفٌ — thousand
• سَنَةٌ — year
• مَوْقِعٌ — site
• أَوَابِدُ — monuments
• مَنْحُوتَةٌ — sculpture
• أَثَرٌ — relic
• سُوقٌ — market
• مَلْعَبٌ — stadium
• لَوْحَةٌ — painting
• تِمْثَالٌ — statue
• رُقِيٌّ — advancement
• ابْنٌ — son
• تَذَوُّقٌ — taste
• تَطَوُّرٌ — development
• عَصْرٌ — era
• مَسْرَحٌ — theater
• ارْتِبَاطٌ — connection
• زَمَنٌ — time
• حُبٌّ — love
• مُوسِيقَا — music
• مِائَةٌ — hundred
• حَبِيبٌ — beloved
• مَهْدٌ — cradle
• مُعْجَمٌ — dictionary
• كَلِمَةٌ — a word (grammatical term)
• قِطْعَةٌ — piece
• رُخَامٌ — marble
• زُجَاجٌ — glass
• مَقْطَعٌ — section
• نَصٌّ — text
• حَرْفٌ — letter
• عَلَامَةٌ — sign
• تَرْقِيمٌ — punctuation
• قِرَاءَةٌ — reading
• شُعُورٌ — feeling
• اعْتِزَازٌ — pride
• إِعْجَابٌ — admiration
• خَالِدَة — an eternal (female) person/thing
• مُلَوَّنَة — colored
• وَاحِدَة — one (feminine)
• مُتَتَابِع — consecutive
• جَهْرِيَّة — aloud