Arabic–English parallel text
جدار الكنيسة
The Church Wall
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A bilingual Arabic–English edition: the Arabic text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
Opening the reader…
السعر الجديد
The new price
في الصباح التالي يصعد رجلان من القرية إلى السقف. يهزان رأسيهما كثيرا.
The next morning, two men from the village climb onto the roof. They shake their heads a lot.
تجدني صوفي في الحديقة. تلبس سترتها البيضاء من جديد، وفي يدها أوراق جديدة.
Sophie finds me in the garden. She is wearing her white blazer again, and she has new papers in her hand.
صوفي: ماركو قدم عرضا جديدا. مليونان ونصف. بسبب السقف.
Sophie: Marco has made a new offer. Two and a half million. Because of the roof.
«مليونان ونصف؟ قبل ثلاثة أيام كانت أربعة ملايين!»
“Two and a half? Three days ago it was four!”
صوفي: قبل ثلاثة أيام لم يكن السقف مكسورا. كن واقعيا يا توم. ما يزال مبلغا كبيرا.
Sophie: Three days ago, the roof was not broken. Be realistic, Tom. It’s still a lot of money.
«كنتِ عنده الليل كله يا صوفي. محامية من أنتِ؟ محاميتي أم محاميته؟»
“You were with him all night, Sophie. Whose lawyer are you? Mine or his?”
يصير وجهها أبيض. تبدو خائفة لثانية واحدة. ثم تصير باردة من جديد.
Her face goes white. For a second she looks afraid. Then she is cool again.
صوفي: سأتصرف كأنك لم تقل هذا.
Sophie: I’m going to pretend you didn’t say that.
ترجع إلى البيت. يطقطق كعباها على الحجارة مثل ساعة.
She walks back into the house. Her heels click on the stones like a clock.
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