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Arabic to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Arabic term		English translation
و روح المرحوم بلاش نخسّرك		For the sake of the deceased, let's not waste money

وقتلاكم أحياء		and your dead ones are alive	Mona Helal
Entered by: Mona Helal
وقع		discover (inadvertently)/come across

ولكن لي قلبا تملكه الهوى		but I have a heart which love has possessed/took over	mohamed aglan
Entered by: mohamed aglan
ولم أحلم بأني كنت أحلم		I did not imagine that I was dreaming	Yassine El Bouknify
Entered by: Yassine El Bouknify
ولاد البلد		homeboys	ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
Entered by: ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
ومن ثم صياغته إنما يجعله في حجمه وفي حقيقته الموضوعية		consequently when the subject is drafted, this puts it in proportion & gives it its real objectivity

وأمّك في رقبتك		and your mother's well-being rests on your shoulders	Yassine El Bouknify
Entered by: Yassine El Bouknify
وإسقاط تجربة الذات على تجربة الوطن		Projecting/casting one's own experience on that of the homeland

والأشياء إما واقفة أو متعامدة بزوايا قائمة		Things are either upright or right-angle crossed

واخفض جناحك		humble yourself

واذا به		all of a sudden he ...	hassan zekry
Entered by: hassan zekry
وارط		the face of one who got into trouble

وتتجاوز الحدود واللغة		exceeds the limits and defies description	Sami Khamou
Entered by: Sami Khamou
وحفظنا أغنية المثلجات الملونة		memorized the song of rainbow ice cream

وحولو		transfer it	hassan zekry
Entered by: hassan zekry
وحامها		the early stage of her pregnancy

ود الريس		the chief's son

ورقة مقوّاة		a piece of paperboard	Abd Alrahman Almidani
Entered by: Abd Alrahman Almidani
وصيتها		Her will/ her wish	Fatima Saab Bailoun
Entered by: Fatima Saab Bailoun
قوار		Pot

قوة التجاذب المتعاكسة		counterattracting forces

قدر ساقه لي الرب		I was destined to have children

قرمبيول		School uniform	Morano El-Kholy
Entered by: Morano El-Kholy
قراءة النوع		sex/gender determination

قرارة عيني		apple of my eye

قرب غمرة القيادة		Near the cockpit

قرة		mark on a horse\'s forehead (blaze)

قضية		issue

قطية		Cob house	Lamine Boukabour
Entered by: Lamine Boukabour
قطر السرى		cloud drops

لي غاز		propane/ gas hose

ليسدوا بها الرمق		scrape by/along ll gratify their hunger	Mowafak Mohamed
Entered by: Mowafak Mohamed
ليشكّل ظلال المكان		Forming/creating shades in the place	Abd Alrahman Almidani
Entered by: Abd Alrahman Almidani
لك أن		it is up to you to / you may	hassan zekry
Entered by: hassan zekry
لكل جواد كبوة		Even Homer sometimes nods	A Nabil Bouitieh
Entered by: A Nabil Bouitieh
لكل جواد كبوة و لكل عالم هفوة		Any horse may stumble, any sage may err

لو ضربني واحد في سكين و لا عملتك اليوم		I wish I got stabbed instead of what you did

لو علم		if known thou

لوكان الأمر فقط مجرد حبات بطاطس لما غادرت العاصمة بيساو		If it were only for just a couple of potatoes, I wouldn't have left the Capital Bissau	hassan zekry
Entered by: hassan zekry

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