The Merchant of Baghdad (تاجر بغداد) — Page 24

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَقَدْ سَدَدْتُ الْجَرَّةَ كَمَا كَانَتْ

I sealed the jar back up just as it was.

حَتَّى إِذَا عَادَ عَلِيُّ كُوجِيَا – وَلَا أَظُنُّهُ يَعُودُ – لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّنِي فَتَحْتُ جَرَّتَهُ، أَوْ رَأَيْتُ مَا فِيهَا.

If Ali Cogia ever returns—though I doubt he will—he will have no idea that I opened his jar or saw what was inside.

فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ: لَيْتَكَ صَدَّقْتَ كَلَامِي، وَلَيْتَكَ لَمْ تَفْتَحِ الْجَرَّةَ، فَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتَ فِي ذَلِكَ.

His wife told him, "I wish you had listened to me. You shouldn't have opened that jar; you've made a grave mistake."

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Vocabulary · المفردات (19 verbs · 17 nouns)

• سَدَّ — to block
• عَادَ — to return
• ظَنَّ — to think
• جَرَّة — jar
• امْرَأَة — woman
• كَلَام — speech