The Voyager (الرحالة) — Page 163

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

رَبَطْنَا جَمِيعَ الْأَشْيَاءِ غَيْرَ الْمُحْكَمَةِ، وَوَاصَلْنَا الْعَمَلَ نَحْوَ سِتِّ سَاعَاتٍ، لَكِنَّ الرِّيَاحَ مَا زَالَتْ تَشْتَدُّ وَتَهُبُّ بِاسْتِمْرَارٍ مِنَ الْجَنُوبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ.

We tied down everything loose and kept working for about six hours, but the winds kept strengthening, blowing steadily from the southeast.

فِي وَقْتٍ سَابِقٍ، كَانَ الْأَمْرُ يَبْدُو كَأَنَّنَا نَمْتَطِي أُفْعُوَانِيَّةً، وَفِي بَعْضِ الْأَحْيَانِ يَكَادُ يَكُونُ الْأَمْرُ مُمْتِعًا؛ إِذْ كُنَّا نُسَارِعُ الْوَقْتَ مُحَاوِلِينَ إِبْقَاءَ الْقَارِبِ فِي وَضْعٍ عَمُودِيٍّ مَعَ الْأَمْوَاجِ حَتَّى لَا نَنْقَلِبَ نَرْتَفِعُ مَعَ الْمَوْجَةِ وَنَهْبِطُ، نَرْتَفِعُ وَنَهْبِطُ!

Earlier, it felt like we were on a roller coaster, and at times it was almost fun; we were racing against time, trying to keep the boat perpendicular to the waves to avoid capsizing, rising and falling with the swells, up and down!

الْأَمْوَاجُ الْآنَ تَزْدَادُ شَرَاسَةً، تَرْتَفِعُ وَتَنْقَلِبُ مِثْلَ وُحُوشٍ تَنْظُرُ شَزْرًا وَاللُّعَابُ يَسِيلُ مِنْهَا، وَهِيَ تَنْفُثُ مِنْ فَمِهَا خُيُوطًا سَمِيكَةً مِنَ الزَّبَدِ فِي الْهَوَاءِ.

The waves are growing more ferocious now, rising and curling like snarling, drooling monsters, spitting thick ribbons of foam into the air.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 37 nouns)

• رَبَطَ — to tie
• وَاصَلَ — to continue
• زَالَ — to continue
• شَيْء — thing
• عَمَل — work
• سَاعَة — hour