Don't insist on English!

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!