Ɛla bali weš raku txemmu.
Raku ḥasbin belli weddert ṭriqi,
w belli keš waḥed ġadi yji l el-plaṭo, temm temm,
w yredni, b el-ḍrafa, l kursiya.
(Teṣfaq)
Ṣratli dima fi Dubey.
"Raki fi ɛuṭla, ya el-ɛziza.'
(Ḍeḥk)
"Jiti tzuri el-drari?"
"Šḥal ġadi tebqay?"
F el-waqeɛ, netmenna nzid neqɛed kter men hak.
Ɛešt w qerrit f el-Xalij
kter men 30 ɛam.
(Teṣfaq)
W f had el-weqt, šeft bezzaf tebdilat.
Ḍerwek: el-'iḥṣa'iyat
qrib texleɛ. ** Luġat el-ɛalem: El-yum = 6.000 Menna l 90 ɛam: 600
W rani baġya nehḍer el-yum
ɛla el-ḍyaɛa ntaɛ el-luġat
w el-ɛawlama ntaɛ el-'engliziya.
Rani ḥaba neḥkilkum ɛla ṣaḥabti
elli kanet tqerri el-'engliziya l el-šarfin f 'Abu Ḍabi.
F waḥed el-nhar šbab,
ɛewlet teddihum l el-jnina
beš tɛellemelhum šwiya m el-meklem ntaɛ el-xla.
Beṣṣaḥ, f el-tali, hiya elli wellat tetɛellem
gaɛ el-'esmawat ɛreb ntaɛ el-šṭeb f hadak el-muḍeɛ,
w l weš yeṣṣelḥu --
f el-dwa, el-tezyan,
el-ṭyab, el-ɛšub.
Kifeš tɛelmu haduk el-ṭalaba gaɛ hadik el-meɛrifa?
Bayna: men ɛend jdudhum
w ḥetta men ɛend jdud jdudhum.
Masqaš nqulkum šḥal muhhim
ki neqqedru netwaṣlu
ma bin el-jyal.
Beṣṣaḥ xsara: el-yum,
el-luġat rahi tmut
b waḥed el-xuffiya, ɛummer ma ṣrat kifha men qbel.
Tmut luġa f kul 14 yum.
Ḍerwek, f el-weqt datu,
el-'engliziya wellat el-luġa ntaɛ el-ɛalem bla zyada f el-heḍra.
Kayen hnaya ši weṣla?
El-ṣaḥḥ, maniš ɛarfa.
Beṣṣaḥ elli ɛla bali bih huwa belli šeft qoja tebdilat.
El-xeṭra el-'ewla ki jit l el-Xalij, jit l el-Kuweyt
f el-yamat elli kan fiha had el-muḍeɛ ɛad ṣɛib.
F el-waqeɛ, mši gaɛ bekri bezzaf.
Hadi šwiya qbel mennu.
Beṣṣaḥ, kima kan el-ḥal,
qebluni beš nexdem f el-British Council,
mɛa qrib waḥed el-25 šix waḥduxrin.
W kunna el-mši muslimin el-lwala
elli qerraw, temmatik, f el-msayed ntaɛ el-dula f el-Kuweyt.
Jabuna beš nqerriw el-'engliziya
laxaṭerš el-ḥukuma kanet baġya tṭewwer el-blad
w tqewwi el-šeɛbiyin b el-qraya.
W bayna, Briṭanya stfadet
men šwiya m el-xir ntaɛ el-petrol, el-ɛziz.
Ṣaḥḥa.
Ḍerwek, hada huwa el-tebdal el-kbir elli šeftu --
kifeš el-teɛlam ntaɛ el-'engliziya
tḥewwel
men kunu xedma fiha fayda l beɛḍna beɛḍ
ḥetta wella, f el-ɛalem, ṣenɛa hayla - kima rahu el-yum.
Mši ġir luġġa berraniya f el-qraya ntaɛ el-msid,
w mši ġir el-muhhima
ntaɛ el-yemmayen el-'Ongleter,
wella el-jerrar
elli tsuqu kul blad, fuq el-'erḍ, tehḍer el-'engliziya.
W ɛlah lla?
Kima kan el-ḥal, el-qraya el-mxeyra --
ɛla ḥsab el-testaf el-'exrani ntaɛ el-jamiɛat f el-ɛalem --
yetnelqa f el-jamiɛat
ntaɛ Briṭanya w el-Marikan.
'Amala, gaɛ rahum baġyin qraya 'engliziya, ɛla ḥsab el-šufa.
Beṣṣaḥ la ma kanetš hiya luġa't waldik,
lazem ɛlik tfewwet xtibar.
Fi mizkum, kayen ši ṣwab
ki nḥawzu keš ṭaleb
ġir ɛla jal el-qudra ntaɛu f el-luġa?
Twali, ykun ɛendek ɛalem ntaɛ ḥawsaba
elli huwa muxx.
Zeɛma ġadi yeḥtaj nefs el-luġa kima waḥed muḥami, b el-mtel?
El-ḥeqq, ma nḍenš had el-ši.
Ḥna el-šyuxa ntaɛ el-'engliziya rana nḥawzu fihum, gaɛ el-weqt.
Rana ndiru: Marka ntaɛ stop
w rana nḥebsu fihum f ṭriqhum.
Ma ɛaduš ynejmu yḥeqqu el-ḥelm dyalhum,
ḥetta yetɛelmu el-'engliziya.
Ḍerwek: Xelluni nqeddemha b had el-ṣifa:
'Ida tlaqit b keš waḥed yehḍer ġir b el-holandiya
elli ɛendu el-dwa ntaɛ el-konser,
nḥebsu w ma nxellihš yedxel el-Jamiɛa el-Briṭaniya ntaɛi?
Ma nḍenš.
Beṣṣaḥ, f el-waqeɛ, hada huwa weš rana ndiru.
Ḥnaya, el-šyuxa ntaɛ el-'engliziya, rana kima el-ɛessasa ntaɛ el-saqya.
W lazem ɛlik tqenneɛna, qbel,
belli el-'engliziya ntaɛek mliḥa kima yelzem.
Ḍerwek, teqder tkun el-ḥala waɛra
ki neɛṭiw ṣulṭa, b el-zyada,
l ṭerf m el-mujtamaɛ.
Had el-ḥdada tnejjem tkun kayna tanik f el-ɛalem.
Ṣaḥḥa.
"Beṣṣaḥ," rani nesmeɛ fikum tqulu:
"Weš el-ḥal ɛla el-beḥt?
Kul ši rahu b el-'engliziya."
Ha el-ktuba b el-'engliziya,
el-jranin medyurin b el-'engliziya,
beṣṣaḥ hadi nubu'a tebni ruḥha.
Twajeb el-meṭlub el-'englizi.
W hak yzid el-ḥal ɛla ḥalu.
Nseqsikum: Weš ṣra l el-tarjama?
'Ida xemmemtu f el-weqt el-mesɛud ntaɛ el-'Islam,
kanet kayna, weqtha, qoja tarjamat.
Terjmu m el-latiniya w el-yunaniya
l el-ɛerbiya, l el-farsi
w men temmak tterjmu
f el-luġat el-jermaniya ntaɛ 'Europa
w el-luġat el-romansiya.
W temmatik ɛad: el-ḍḍew newwer el-ɛehd el-meḍlam f el-'Örop
Ḍerwek, masqaš teffehmuni ġlaṭ;
ma raniš kontr el-teɛlam ntaɛ el-'engliziya,
ntuma el-muɛellimin ntaɛ el-'engliziya
Rahi rašqetli ki ɛendna luġa mentašra f el-ɛalem.
Rana meḥtajin waḥda el-yum kter men 'eyy weqt.
Beṣṣaḥ rani kontr el-stiɛmal ntaɛha
b mqam el-ḥdada.
Zeɛma ṣaḥḥ, rana baġyin nkemlu ɛla 600 luġa
w tebqa ġir waḥda muhhima: el-'engliziya wella el-šinwiya?
Rana meḥtajin kter men had el-ši. Win lazem ndiru el-xeṭṭ?
Had el-sistem
ysawi bin el-fṭana
w el-meɛrifa ntaɛ el-'engliziya,
Ḥaja elli hiya qrib medyura b kraɛ kelb.
(Teṣfaq)
W rani baġya nkakikum
belli el-ɛamaliqa elli ɛla ktafhum
rahi qayma el-'intelligentsya ntaɛ el-yum
ma kanš lazem ykun ɛendhum el-'engliziya,
ma kanš lazem ɛlihum yffewtu xtibar ntaɛ 'engliziya.
Ḥala b el-dat, Einstein.
F had el-šan, kan melzum ɛlih ydir durus 'istidrak, f el-msid
laxaṭerš, f el-waqeɛ, kanet ɛendu disleksya.
Beṣṣaḥ mziya l el-ɛalem,
ki ma fewwetš xtibar ntaɛ 'engliziya.
Laxaṭerš ma bdawš ḥetta 1964
mɛa el-TOEFL,
el-xtibar el-marikani ntaɛ el-'engliziya.
Ḍerwek el-ḥala rahi tfejret.
Rahi kayna ɛayṭa xtibarat ntaɛ el-'engliziya.
W mlayen w mlayen ntaɛ ṭalaba
elli yfewtu had el-xtibarat kul ɛam.
Ḍerwek, teqder txemmem, nta w 'anaya,
"Ma fiha ḥetta bas mɛa had el-meṣruf; kul ši: ɛalama,"
beṣṣaḥ rahum yɛerqlu f
šḥal men melyun bnadem zawali/faqir.
'Amala, b el-qeṭɛi, rana nrefḍu fihum.
(Teṣfaq)
Hada yfekkerni b waḥed el-ɛunwan f el-xbarat šeftu hada mši bezzaf:
"El-Qraya: El-Feṣla el-Kbira."
Ḍerwek rani
fhemt ɛlah el-nas rahi tlekkek ɛla el-'engliziya.
Rahum baġyin ymeddu l wladhum el-furṣa el-mxeyra fi ḥyathum.
W beš ydiru had el-ši, lazemlhum terbiya't gwer.
Laxaṭerš w hadi bayna: el-xedmat el-mxeyrin
yruḥu l el-nas elli txerju m el-jamiɛat gwer,
elli nebbeht lihum men qbel.
nruḥu nruḥu w nwellu l blaṣa waḥda.
Ṣaḥḥa.
Xelluni neḥkilkum ḥkaya ntaɛ zuj ɛulama,
zuj ɛulama ngliz.
Kanu ydiru f waḥed el-tejriba
ɛendha ɛalaqa b el-jinat
w el-gwayem ntaɛ el-quddam w el-lurr ɛend el-hwayeš.
Beṣṣaḥ ma qedruš yewweṣlu l el-natijat elli bġawha.
Beḥretelhum weš ydiru,
ḥetta elli ja waḥed el-ɛalem 'almani
elli tkaka belli kanu yexxedmu b zuj kelmat
beš yehheḍru ɛla el-gwayem ntaɛ el-quddam w el-lurr,
win el-jenetik ma tmeyyezš binathum
w la el-'almaniya, tanik.
'Amala bingo,
el-muškila tḥellet.
'Ida ma qdertš txemmem keš texmima,
'amala, rak ḥaṣel. [Luġa - Texmima - Meɛrifa]
Beṣṣaḥ, lakan luġa waḥduxra teqder txemmem hadik el-texmima
'amala, b el-mɛawna,
neqqedru nḥeqqu w netɛelmu, kter w kter.
Benti
jat l 'Inglitra m el-Kuweyt.
Hiya qrat el-ɛulum w el-riyaḍiyat b el-ɛerbiya.
F msid ɛerbi metweṣṣeṭ.
Kan lazem ɛliha tterjem b el-'engliziya f el-kulij ntaɛha.
W kanet el-mxeyra f el-klaṣa,
f had el-mawad.
El-ši elli yqulenna
belli ki el-ṭalaba yju l ɛendna men berra,
neqqedru ma nmedulhumš kfaya tiqa
ɛla weš yeɛɛerfu,
w huma yeɛɛerfuha b el-luġat ntaweɛhum.
Ki tmut keš luġa,
ma neɛɛerfuš weš nḍeyɛu mɛa had el-luġa.
Hada huwa -- Maniš ɛarfa la tferrejtu f el-CNN hadi mudda qlila --
ki ɛṭaw el-jayza ntaɛ Heroes Award
l waḥed el-raɛi ṣġir, men Kinya,
elli ma kanš yeqder yeqra, b el-lil, f el-dešra ntaɛu,
b ḥal gaɛ el-bzuza f el-dešra,
ɛla jal el-lampa ntaɛ el-kirozen:
kanet tdir el-duxxan w ɛeṭbetlu ɛeynih.
W kima kan el-ḥal, ɛummer ma kan temmatik el-kirozen kima yliq,
laxaṭerš weš ġadi yeqḍilek dollar meṣruf f el-nhar?
'Amala xtareɛ
waḥed el-lampa temši b el-šmisa w ma yliqelha ḥetta meṣruf.
W ḍerwek el-drari f el-dešra ntaɛu
rahum yeqraw mɛa beɛḍ f el-msid
kima el-bzuza elli ɛendhum el-ḍeww f dyurhum.
(Teṣfaq)
Ki nál el-jayza ntaɛu,
qal had el-klimat elli yeġwiw:
"El-bzuza ntaɛ Friqya ynejmu yeddiwha men weš rahi ḍerwek,
qara meḍlama,
l qara mḍewya."
Fekra sahla,
beṣṣaḥ tnejjem tkun ɛendha šḥal men natija kbira.
El-nas elli ma ɛendhumš el-ḍeww,
ḥeqqani wella b el-meɛna,
ma yeqqedruš yfewtu el-xtibarat dyalna,
w ɛummer ma nnejmu neɛɛerfu weš yeɛɛerfu.
Masqaš nxelluhum w nxellu rwaḥtina
f el-ḍlam.
Xelluna neḥtaflu b el-tenwaɛ.
Thella fi luġtek.
Steɛmelha beš tenšer fkar kbar.
(Teṣfaq)
Ṣeḥḥitu b el-bezzaf. Šukran!
(Teṣfaq)