Syrian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 9 — Page 9

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

النَّاعُورَةُ نَصٌّ أَدَبِيٌّ.

The Noria is a literary text.

بَدْرُ الدِّينِ الْحَامِدُ (١٨٩٧ - ١٩٦١م): شَاعِرٌ عَرَبِيٌّ سُورِيٌّ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ حَمَاةَ، لُقِّبَ بِشَاعِرِ الْعَاصِي، تَخَرَّجَ فِي دَارِ الْمُعَلِّمِينَ فِي دِمَشْقَ، وَدَرَّسَ الْأَدَبَ سَنَةَ ١٩١٩م فِي الْمَدَارِسِ الْحُكُومِيَّةِ.

Badreddine al-Hamid (1897–1961): A Syrian Arab poet from Hama, known as the Poet of the Orontes. He graduated from the Teachers' College in Damascus and taught literature in government schools starting in 1919.

عُيِّنَ مُفَتِّشاً لِلْمَعَارِفِ فِي حَمَاةَ عَامَ ١٩٣٧م، ثُمَّ مُدِيراً لَهَا.

He was appointed an education inspector in Hama in 1937, later becoming its director.

اشْتَهَرَ بِقَصَائِدِهِ الْوَطَنِيَّةِ.

He was celebrated for his patriotic poetry.

لَهُ تَمْثِيلِيَّةٌ شِعْرِيَّةٌ بِعُنْوَانِ (رِوَايَةُ مَيْسَلُونَ)، وَدِيوَانٌ فِي جُزْأَيْنِ، طَبَعَتْهُ وِزَارَةُ الثَّقَافَةِ وَأُخِذَ مِنْهُ هَذَا النَّصُّ.

He authored a poetic play titled The Story of Maysalun, and a two-volume diwan published by the Ministry of Culture, from which this text is taken.

مَدْخَلٌ إِلَى النَّصِّ: اقْتَرَنَ اسْمُ مَدِينَةِ حَمَاةَ بِذِكْرِ نَوَاعِيرِهَا عَبْرَ الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ فَنِّ بِنَائِهَا الْفَرِيدِ وَجَمَالِ مَنْظَرِهَا الَّذِي فَتَنَ الشُّعَرَاءَ، فَلَا تَخْطُرُ حَمَاةُ فِي الذِّهْنِ إِلَّا مُقْتَرِنَةً بِصَوْتِ نَوَاعِيرِهَا الْعَذْبِ، وَالشَّاعِرُ فِي هَذَا النَّصِّ يَتَمَاهَى مَعَ النَّاعُورَةِ، فَإِذَا نُوَاحُهَا نُوَاحُهُ، وَأَنِينُهَا أَنِينُهُ.

Introduction to the text: The city of Hama is inseparable from its norias, whose unique construction and beauty have long captivated poets. Hama is rarely mentioned without the sweet sound of its waterwheels. In this text, the poet identifies with the noria; its wailing is his own, and its moaning is his.

النَّصُّ: أَنُوَاحٌ مُرَدَّدٌ أَمْ تَغَنٍّ أَمْ حَدِيثٌ عَنِ الزَّمَانِ بِلَحْنِ؟

The text: Is it a recurring wail, a song, or a melody-filled conversation about time?

لَسْتُ أَدْرِي فَقَدْ تَدَلَّهَ مِنِّي بِتَرَاجِيعِهَا فُؤَادِي وَأُذُنِي.

I cannot say, for my heart and ears are lost in its echoes.

سَلَّمَتْنِي نَاعُورَتِي لِخَيَالٍ أَنَا مِنْهُ عَلَى جَنَاحِ التَّظَنِّي.

My noria has surrendered me to a fantasy, leaving me adrift on the wings of speculation.

تَقْطَعُ الدَّهْرَ بِالتَّغَنِّي وَلَكِنْ سَيْرُهَا فِيهِ بِالرِّضَا وَالتَّأَنِّي.

It passes through time singing, yet its movement remains steady and deliberate.

بِنْتُ هَذَا الزَّمَانِ لَا تَرْهَبُ الْمَوْتَ، وَتَقْضِي أَيَّامَهَا بِالتَّمَنِّي.

A child of this age, it fears no death, spending its days in longing.

مِنْ جَمَادٍ صِيغَتْ، وَفِيهَا حَيَاةٌ أَنَا مِنْهَا بِرُوحِهَا وَهِيَ مِنِّي.

Though fashioned from inanimate matter, it possesses a life; I am part of its spirit, and it is part of me.

هِيَ تُوحِي لِي النَّظِيمَ وَتَرْوِي شِعْرِيَ الْعَذْبَ فِي الصَّبَابَةِ عَنِّي.

It inspires my poetry and speaks my sweet verses of longing for me.

وَالْهَزَارُ الْخِرِّيدُ يَأْخُذُ عَنْهَا فَيُعِيدُ الْأَلْحَانَ مِنْ فَوْقِ غُصْنِ.

The skilled nightingale learns from it, repeating its melodies from a branch above.

عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّنِي مِنْ فِرَاقِي ذَلِكَ الْعَيْشَ فِي سَقَامٍ وَحُزْنِ.

God knows that since I parted from that life, I have lived in sickness and sorrow.

شَرْحُ الْمُفْرَدَاتِ: تَدَلَّهَ: تَحَيَّرَ وَذَهَبَ عَقْلُهُ.

Vocabulary: Tadallaha: to be bewildered or lose one's senses.

تَرَاجِيعُهَا: تَرْدِيدُ الصَّوْتِ.

Taraji'uha: echoes or repeating sounds.

الْقَهْقَرَى: الرُّجُوعُ إِلَى الْخَلْفِ.

Al-Qahqara: moving backward.

الصَّبَابَةُ: حَرَارَةُ الشَّوْقِ وَرِقَّتُهُ.

Al-Sababa: the heat and tenderness of longing.

الْهَزَارُ: طَائِرٌ حَسَنُ التَّغْرِيدِ.

Al-Hazar: a songbird.

Vocabulary · المفردات (24 verbs · 81 nouns)

• لَقَّبَ — to nickname
• تَخَرَّجَ — to graduate
• دَرَّسَ — to teach
• عَيَّنَ — to appoint
• اشْتَهَرَ — to be famous
• طَبَعَ — to print
• أَخَذَ — to take
• اقْتَرَنَ — to be associated
• فَتَنَ — to fascinate
• خَطَرَ — to occur
• تَمَاهَى — to identify with
• دَرَى — to know
• تَدَلَّهَ — to be bewildered
• سَلَّمَ — to hand over
• قَطَعَ — to traverse
• رَهَبَ — to fear
• قَضَى — to spend
• صَاغَ — to forge
• أَوْحَى — to inspire
• رَوَى — to narrate
• أَعَادَ — to repeat
• عَلِمَ — to know
• تَحَيَّرَ — to be confused
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• نَاعُورَة — noria
• نَصّ — text
• أَدَبِيّ — literary
• شَاعِر — poet
• عَرَبِيّ — Arab
• سُورِيّ — Syrian
• مَدِينَة — city
• دَار — house
• مُعَلِّم — teacher
• أَدَب — literature
• سَنَة — year
• مَدْرَسَة — school
• حُكُومِيّ — governmental
• مُفَتِّش — inspector
• مَعَارِف — education
• عَام — year
• مُدِير — director
• قَصِيدَة — poem
• وَطَنِيّ — national
• تَمْثِيلِيَّة — play, drama, theatrical performance
• شِعْرِيّ — poetic
• عُنْوَان — title
• رِوَايَة — novel
• دِيوَان — poetry collection
• جُزْء — part
• وِزَارَة — ministry
• ثَقَافَة — culture
• مَدْخَل — introduction
• اسْم — name
• ذِكْر — mention
• حَدِيث — talk
• فَنّ — art
• بِنَاء — construction
• فَرِيد — unique
• جَمَال — beauty
• مَنْظَر — view
• ذِهْن — mind
• صَوْت — (sound)
• عَذْب — sweet
• نُوَاح — wailing
• أَنِين — moaning
• مُرَدَّد — repeated
• تَغَنّ — singing
• زَمَان — time
• لَحْن — melody
• فُؤَاد — heart
• أُذُن — ear
• خَيَال — imagination
• جَنَاح — wing
• تَظَنّ — conjecture
• دَهْر — age
• رِضَا — satisfaction
• تَأَنّ — deliberation
• بِنْت — daughter
• مَوْت — death / decease
• يَوْم — day
• تَمَنّ — wishing
• جَمَاد — inanimate matter
• حَيَاة — life
• رُوح — spirit
• نَظِيم — poetry
• شِعْر — poetry
• صَبَابَة — yearning
• هَزَار — nightingale
• خِرِّيد — skilled
• غُصْن — branch
• فِرَاق — separation
• عَيْش — living
• سَقَام — illness
• حُزْن — sadness
• تَحَيُّر — confusion
• عَقْل — mind
• تَرْدِيد — repetition
• رُجُوع — return
• خَلْف — back
• حَرَارَة — heat
• شَوْق — longing
• رِقَّة — tenderness
• طَائِر — a bird (accusative)
• تَغْرِيد — singing
• مُفْرَدَات — vocabulary