قالواthey said علىabout شيخthe elder of الأحزابthe parties
قالوا على شيخ الأحزاب
فيin العباسيةAbbasiya الجديدةthe new
في العباسية الجديدة
They said of me: “The sheikh of the parties,”
They said of the elder of the parties
in New Abbasiyya,
In New Abbasiya:
دايرgoing around علىto كلall الأبوابthe doors
داير على كل الأبواب
ساعيa messenger يحسسfeeling his way بجريدةwith a newspaper
ساعي يحسس بجريدة
making the rounds of every door,
He goes round to every door,
a news-runner canvassing with a newspaper.
A messenger feeling his way with a newspaper.
