بيتيmy house حداbeside بيتhouse جاريmy neighbor
بيتي حدا بيت جاري
والماءand the water فيin البحرthe river جاريflowing
والماء في البحر جاري
My house is beside my neighbor’s house.
My house is next to my neighbor's house
And the water in the river flows.
And water flows in the sea
والساقيةand the waterwheel بالقواديسwith the buckets
والساقية بالقواديس
تملأfills المياهthe water فيinto المجاريthe channels
تملأ المياه في المجاري
And the waterwheel, with its buckets,
The waterwheels with buckets
Fills the channels with water.
Fill water in the canals
والنخلand the palms يطرحbears بلحلحdates (playful form)
والنخل يطرح بلحلح
يطلعemerges شماريخdate-cluster stalks خضاريgreen
يطلع شماريخ خضاري
And the palms bear dates;
And the palm trees shed dates
Green date-cluster stalks emerge,
Green buds emerge
حتىuntil إذاwhen استوىit ripens صارit becomes
حتى إذا استوى صار
بينbetween الصّفارyellowness والحَمارand redness
بين الصّفار والحَمار
Until, once ripe, they turn
Until it becomes straight
Somewhere between yellow and red.
Between whistling and braying
فيin الريفthe countryside تلقىyou find المغلاتthe crops
في الريف تلقى المغلات
أجرانthreshing floors كبارlarge معwith صغارsmall
أجران كبار مع صغار
In the countryside you find the crops
In the countryside you find huts
On threshing floors, large and small.
Big and small together
والجرنand the threshing floor ماnot هوit شُخيتيرa small boat
والجرن ما هو شُخيتير
ليشwhy يكسحوهthey sweep it بالمداريwith winnowing forks
ليش يكسحوه بالمداري
And the threshing floor is no little boat—
And the jar is not too small
Why do they sweep it with winnowing forks?
Why do they pound it with pestle
والبحرand the river فيهin it المراكبthe boats
والبحر فيه المراكب
بينbetween انقلاعsailing upriver وانحدارand going downriver
بين انقلاع وانحدار
And there are boats on the river,
The sea has ships
Going upriver and downriver:
Rising and falling
الحادراتthose going downriver بالمجاديفwith oars
الحادرات بالمجاديف
والمقلعاتand those sailing upriver بالصواريwith masts
والمقلعات بالصواري
Those going downriver use oars,
Rowboats with oars
And those sailing upriver use masts.
And sailboats with masts
التوتmulberries يؤكلis eaten بقشرهwith its skin
التوت يؤكل بقشره
والجوزand walnuts بعدafter انقشارshelling
والجوز بعد انقشار
Mulberries are eaten with their skins,
Mulberry is eaten with its skin
And walnuts after shelling.
And walnut after cracking
والموزand bananas يطلعgrows مطاولelongated
والموز يطلع مطاول
فوقabove الشجرthe trees كالخيارlike cucumbers
فوق الشجر كالخيار
And bananas grow long
Bananas grow on stems
Up on the trees, like cucumbers.
Like cucumbers
والخوخand peaches يبقىis مكببrounded
والخوخ يبقى مكبب
مشعّرfuzzy يكونit is أوor زهاريZahari (a peach type)
مشعّر يكون أو زهاري
And peaches are round,
And peaches remain fuzzy
Whether fuzzy or of the Zahari kind.
Hairy or flowery
يؤكلis eaten ويرميand throws away نواهits stone
يؤكل ويرمي نواه
فيin الليلthe night أوor فيin النهارthe daytime
في الليل أو في النهار
The fruit is eaten, and one throws away its stone,
Eaten and its pit discarded
At night or in the daytime.
At night or in the day
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