Arabic–English parallel text
على طول النهر
Along the River
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Opening the reader…
ثانية واحدة نظرت آنا والرجل إلى بعضهما. ثم استدار وابتعد بسرعة، على طريق النهر، إلى اليسار.
For one second, Ana and the man looked at each other. Then he turned and walked away fast, along the river path, to the left.
قالت آنا: «لا، لا، لا». لم تفكر. ركضت من غرفتها ونزلت على السلالم بكنزتها وحذائها الرياضي القديم. لم تأخذ معطفا.
“No, no, no,” Ana said. She didn’t think. She ran out of her room and down the stairs in her jumper and her old trainers. She didn’t take a coat.
في المخبز كان المذياع يعمل وكان والتر عند الفرن وظهره إليها. لم يسمعها. رفع كرامب رأسه من الأرض، لكنه لم ينبح. فتحت آنا الباب الخلفي بهدوء شديد وخرجت.
In the bakery, the radio was on and Walter was at the oven with his back to her. He didn’t hear her. Crumb looked up from the floor, but he didn’t bark. Ana opened the back door very quietly and went out.
كان الجو باردا جدا في الخارج. كان المربع الورقي المطوي على الدرجة. لم تتوقف آنا من أجله. ركضت على طريق النهر، إلى اليسار، في الاتجاه نفسه الذي ذهب إليه الرجل.
It was very cold outside. The folded paper square was on the step. Ana didn’t stop for it. She ran along the river path, to the left, the same way as the man.
كان الطريق مظلما. لم تكن هناك أضواء، فقط القمر. كانت آنا تسمع النهر، وتسمع قدميها على الحجارة. لم تستطع أن ترى الرجل.
The path was dark. There were no lights there, only the moon. Ana could hear the river, and her own feet on the stones. She couldn’t see the man.
نادت: «مرحبا؟ انتظر! من فضلك! أريد فقط أن أتكلم!»
“Hello?” she called. “Wait! Please! I only want to talk!”
لم يجبها أحد. ركضت أكثر. بعد خمس دقائق ذهب الطريق إلى اليسار، بعيدا عن النهر. كان الماء الآن على الجانبين. كانت هذه القناة.
Nobody answered. She ran on. After five minutes, the path went left, away from the river. Now there was water on both sides. It was the canal.
كانت هناك قوارب طويلة على القناة، واحد بعد الآخر. تذكرتها آنا من مشيها مع جيس: القارب الأحمر الذي عليه الزهور، والقارب الأزرق الذي عليه الدراجة. في الليل بدت كلها سوداء.
There were narrowboats along the canal, one after the other. Ana remembered them from her walk with Jess: the red boat with the flowers, the blue boat with the bicycle. In the night, they all looked black.
توقفت. استمعت. نبح كلب بعيدا. تحرك الماء عند قارب. لكن لم تكن هناك خطوات على الطريق. اختفى الرجل.
She stopped. She listened. A dog barked far away. Water moved against a boat. But there were no steps on the path. The man was gone.
مشت آنا ببطء على طول القوارب. كان أكثرها مظلما. على قارب واحد كان ضوء صغير مضاء، وسمعت موسيقى. وعلى قارب آخر كان شخص يشخر.
Ana walked slowly along the boats. Most of them were dark. On one boat, a small light was on, and she could hear music. On another boat, somebody was snoring.
ثم رأت القارب الأخضر الداكن الهادئ. تذكرته هو أيضا. توقفت أمامه.
Then she saw the quiet dark green boat. She remembered it too. She stopped in front of it.
على السقف لم يكن هناك مربع ورقي واحد فقط الآن. كان هناك خمسة أو ستة، في صف مرتب، تحت حجر. كانت مبللة من المطر. مربعات ورقية بنية، كلها متشابهة.
On the roof, there wasn’t only one paper square now. There were five or six, in a neat line, under a stone. They were wet from the rain. Brown paper squares, all the same.
لم يكن هناك ضوء في القارب. كانت الستائر مغلقة. وقفت آنا هناك وقتا طويلا. هل هو في الداخل؟ هل ينظر إليها الآن، من خلف الستائر؟
There was no light in the boat. The curtains were closed. Ana stood there for a long time. Was he inside? Was he looking at her now, from behind the curtains?
أرادت أن تطرق الباب. رفعت يدها. ثم توقفت. كانت الساعة الثالثة والنصف صباحا. كانت وحدها، بكنزتها، عند باب شخص غريب.
She wanted to knock on the door. She lifted her hand. Then she stopped. It was half past three in the morning. She was alone, in her jumper, at a stranger’s door.
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