Syrian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 8 — Page 12

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الدَّرْسُ الثَّالِثُ

Lesson Three

أُحِبُّ وَطَنِي نَصٌّ أَدَبِيٌّ

I Love My Homeland: A Literary Text

مَدْخَلٌ إِلَى النَّصِّ

Introduction

التَّغَنِّي بِعَرَاقَةِ الْوَطَنِ وَجَمَالِهِ فَيْضٌ مِنْ مَشَاعِرِ الْحُبِّ تَزَيَّنَتْ بِهَا صَفَحَاتُ أَدَبِنَا الْعَرَبِيِّ، وَالشَّاعِرُ السُّورِيُّ إِذْ يَذْكُرُ كُلَّ بُقْعَةٍ مِنْ بِلَادِهِ إِنَّمَا يُؤَكِّدُ فِي ذَلِكَ حُبَّهُ وَاعْتِزَازَهُ بِكُلِّ ذَرَّةٍ تُرَابٍ مِنْ وَطَنِهِ الْغَالِي سُورِيَّةَ.

Singing of the homeland's ancient heritage and beauty is an outpouring of the love that has long graced the pages of our Arabic literature. When a Syrian poet mentions every corner of his country, he is affirming his love and pride in every grain of soil of his precious homeland, Syria.

الْمُفْرَدَاتُ

Vocabulary

نَبِيهُ سَلَامَةُ

Nabih Salama

أُحِبُّ أَرْضِي وَهَلْ أَرْضٌ تُعَادِلُهَا بِالطِّيبِ بِالْحُسْنِ بِالتَّارِيخِ بِالْحَسَبِ ؟!

I love my land; is there any other that equals it in goodness, beauty, history, and noble lineage?

كَأَنَّهَا مِنْ جِنَانِ الْخُلْدِ هَابِطَةٌ تَسْبِيكَ بِالْعِطْرِ أَوْ بِالْكَوْثَرِ الْعَذْبِ

It is as if it descended from the gardens of eternity, captivating you with its fragrance and sweet, heavenly waters.

تُزَقْزِقُ الطَّيْرُ فِي أَعْلَى خَمَائِلِهَا فَتَنْتَشِي النَّفْسُ بِالْأَلْحَانِ وَالطَّرَبِ

Birds chirp in the densest of its thickets, and the soul is enraptured by the melodies and joy.

وَالسِّحْرُ مُنْتَشِرٌ فِي كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ فِي حِمْصَ أَوْ فِي الشَّامِ أَوْ حَلَبِ

Magic is spread in every direction, whether you are in Homs, Damascus, or Aleppo.

أُحِبُّ قَوْمِي أَشْيَاخاً وَنَاشِئَةً وَكُلَّ بِنْتٍ تَمَتْ مِنْهُمْ وَكُلَّ صَبِي

I love my people, both elders and youth, and every daughter and son who belongs to them.

غَدَّوُا الشُّعُوبَ بِعِلْمٍ كَانَ مُبْتَكَراً فَخَلَّدُوا ذِكْرَهُمْ فِي سَائِرِ الْكُتُبِ

They nourished the nations with innovative knowledge, immortalizing their memory in all books.

سَلُوا الْفُرَاتَ سَلُوا الْعَاصِي سَلُوا بَرَدَى عَنْ مَجْدِ قَوْمٍ سَمَوْا بِالْأَمْسِ كَالشُّهُبِ

Ask the Euphrates, the Orontes, and the Barada about the glory of a people who rose like shooting stars.

هُمُ الْأُبَاةُ فَمَا لَانَتْ شَكِيمَتُهُمْ وَالدَّهْرُ يُطْرِقُ إِجْلَالاً لِكُلِّ أَبِي

They are the proud; their resolve never wavered, and time itself bows in reverence to such spirit.

الْحَسَبُ: الشَّرَفُ.

Al-Hasab: Honor.

تَسْبِيكَ: تَأْسُرُكِ.

Tasbika: Captivates you.

الْخَمَائِلُ : الشَّجَرُ الْكَثِيرُ الْمُلْتَفُّ .

Al-Khama'il: Dense, intertwined trees.

النَّاشِئَةُ: الشَّبَابُ.

An-Nashi'ah: The youth.

سَمَوْا : عَزُّوا وَشَرُفُوا.

Samaw: They became mighty and honorable.

الشَّكِيمَةُ: قُوَّةُ الْعَزِيمَةِ.

Ash-Shakimah: Strength of resolve.

نَبِيهُ سَلَامَةُ وُلِدَ فِي حِمْصَ، وَتُوُفِّيَ عَامَ (١٩٩٣م)، هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْبَرَازِيلِ وَأُخِذَ هَذَا النَّصُّ مِنْ مَجَلَّةِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ وِزَارَةِ الثَّقَافَةِ، الْجُمْهُورِيَّةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ السُّورِيَّةِ، السَّنَةُ التَّاسِعَةَ عَشْرَةَ، الْعَدَدَانِ (٢٢٢) - (٢٢٣)، آب – أَيْلُولَ، ١٩٨٠م.

Nabih Salama was born in Homs and died in 1993. He emigrated to Brazil. This text was taken from Al-Ma'rifah Magazine, Ministry of Culture, Syrian Arab Republic, 19th year, issues 222–223, August–September 1980.

Vocabulary · المفردات (20 verbs · 71 nouns)

• أَحَبَّ — to love
• تَزَيَّنَ — to be adorned
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• أَكَّدَ — to confirm
• عَادَلَ — to equal
• سَبَكَ — to cast/mould
• زَقْزَقَ — to chirp
• نَشِيَ — to be exhilarated
• كَانَ — to be
• تَمَّ — to be completed
• غَدَا — to become
• ابْتَكَرَ — to innovate
• خَلَّدَ — to immortalize
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• سَمَا — to rise/be exalted
• لَانَ — to soften
• أَطْرَقَ — to lower one's head
• أَسَرَ — to captivate
• عَزَّ — to be mighty
• شَرُفَ — to be noble
• دَرْسٌ — lesson
• ثَالِثٌ — third
• وَطَنٌ — homeland
• نَصٌّ — text
• أَدَبِيٌّ — literary
• مَدْخَلٌ — introduction
• تَغَنٍّ — singing
• عَرَاقَةٌ — ancientness
• جَمَالٌ — beauty
• فَيْضٌ — overflow
• مَشَاعِرُ — feelings
• حُبٌّ — love
• صَفْحَةٌ — page
• أَدَبٌ — literature
• عَرَبِيٌّ — Arabic (adjective)
• شَاعِرٌ — poet
• سُورِيٌّ — Syrian
• بُقْعَةٌ — spot
• بِلَادٌ — lands
• اعْتِزَازٌ — pride
• ذَرَّةٌ — atom
• تُرَابٌ — soil
• غَالٍ — dear, precious
• سُورِيَّةٌ — Syria
• مُفْرَدَةٌ — vocabulary item
• أَرْضٌ — land
• طِيبٌ — goodness/scent
• حُسْنٌ — beauty
• تَارِيخٌ — history
• حَسَبٌ — lineage/honor
• جَنَّةٌ — paradise
• خُلْدٌ — eternity
• هَابِطٌ — descending
• عِطْرٌ — perfume
• كَوْثَرٌ — Al-Kawthar (river)
• عَذْبٌ — sweet
• طَيْرٌ — bird
• أَعْلَى — highest
• خَمِيلَةٌ — thicket
• نَفْسٌ — soul / psyche
• لَحْنٌ — melody
• طَرَبٌ — joy
• سِحْرٌ — magic
• مُنْتَشِرٌ — spread
• نَاحِيَةٌ — side/region
• قَوْمٌ — people
• شَيْخٌ — elder
• نَاشِئَةٌ — youth
• بِنْتٌ — girl
• صَبِيٌّ — boy
• شَعْبٌ — people/nation
• عِلْمٌ — knowledge
• ذِكْرٌ — mention/memory
• سَائِرٌ — all
• كِتَابٌ — book
• مَجْدٌ — glory
• أَمْسٌ — yesterday
• شِهَابٌ — meteor/star
• أَبِيٌّ — proud, disdainful, noble-minded
• شَكِيمَةٌ — strength of will
• دَهْرٌ — time/age
• إِجْلَالٌ — reverence
• شَرَفٌ — honor
• شَجَرٌ — trees
• كَثِيرٌ — abundant
• مُلْتَفٌّ — entwined
• شَبَابٌ — youth
• قُوَّةٌ — strength
• عَزِيمَةٌ — determination
• مَجَلَّة — magazine
• جُمْهُورِيَّة — republic