يَتَذَكَّرُونَthey rememberأَنْهَاthat itكَانَتْwasلَهُمْfor them,,وَأَنْand thatكُلَّeveryشِبْرٍinchيَنْتَمِيbelongsإِلَيْهِمto them
They remember that it was theirs, and that every inch belonged to them.
وَعِنْدَمَاAnd whenبَدَأَتْbeganكَلُوفَرَCloverتَنْظُرُto lookإِلَىatالسَّفَحِthe slope,,امْتَلَأَتْfilledعَيْنَاهَاher eyesبِالدُّمُوعِwith tears,,وَلَوْand ifأُتِيحَit was allowedلَهَاto herأَنْtoتَعَبِّرَexpressعَنْaboutأَفْكَارِهَاher thoughtsلَقَالَتْshe would say::وَلَكِنَّاBut weلَيْسَare notهَذَاthisمَاwhatكُنَّاwe wereنَتَطَلَّعُlooking forwardإِلَيْهِto itحِينَwhenفَكَّرْنَاwe thoughtسَنَوَاتٍyearsبَعْدَafterذَٰلِكَthat,,فِيinالِانْقِلَابِthe revoltعَلَىagainstالْجِنْسِthe speciesالْبَشَرِيِّhuman
And when Clover began to look at the slope, her eyes filled with tears, and if it were possible for her to express her thoughts, she would say: But we are not looking forward to this when we thought years after that, about the revolt against the human species.
فَهَذَِهِFor theseالْمَشَاهِدِscenesالرَّهيبَةِhorrificوَهَذِهِand theseالْمَذَابِحِmassacres,,لَيْسَتْare notهِيَtheyمَاwhatكُنَّاwe wereنَتَمَنَّاهَاwish forلَيْلَةًthe nightأَشْعَلَignitedفِيَنَاin usالْعَجُوزَthe old manمَيْجَرَMajor
And these horrific scenes and these massacres are not what we wished for on the night the old Major ignited the flame of revolution within us.
فَإِذَاSo ifكَانَتْthere isهُنَاكَthereمِنْofصُورَةٍimageلِلْمُسْتَقْبَلِfor the future,,فَسَتَكُونَit will beصُورَةًan imageمُجْتَمَعٍsocietyالْحَيَوَانَاتِof animalsالْمُتَحَرِّرَةِliberatedمِنَfromالْجُوعِhungerوَالْمِسْلَةِand the whip,,حَيْثُwhereالْحَيَوَانَاتُanimalsمُتَسَاوِيَةٌare equal,,كُلُّeachواحِدٍoneمِنْهَاof themيَشْتَغِلُworksحَسَبَaccording toطَاقَاتِهِمhis abilitiesالْقَوِيُّthe strongيَحْمِيprotectsالْضَّعيفَthe weak,,كَمَاasكَانَwasيَحْمِيprotectingالْإِوَزَthe geeseبَيْضَهُمits eggsبِرِجْلَيْهِwith his legs
So if there is an image for the future, it will be an image of a society of animals liberated from hunger and the whip, where animals are equal, each one works according to his abilities, the strong protects the weak, just as he was protecting the geese's eggs with his legs.
تِكَ اللَّيْلَةِThat nightالَّتِيthatأَلْقَىgaveفِيهَاin itالْعَجُوزَthe old manمَيْجَرَMajor)()(خِطَابَهُhis speechوَبَدَلَand instead ofذَٰلِكَthatلَمْdid notتَعْرِفْknowكَيْفَhowتَشْرَحُto explainمَاwhatآلَّتِbecameإِلَيْهِto itالْأُمُورُthe matters
That night when the old Major gave his speech, instead of that, she did not know how to explain what the matters had come to.
جَاءَتْCameأَوْقَاتٌtimesلَمْnotيَعْرِفْknewفِيهَاin itأَحَدٌanyoneكَيْفَhowيُعَبِّرُto expressعَنْaboutرَأْيِهhis opinionبِصِرَاحَةٍfrankly,,حَيْثُwhereفِيinكُلٍّeveryمَكَانٍplaceتَزْمَجِرُgrowlكِلَابٌdogsمَسْعُورَةٌrabid,,حَيْثُwhereشَهِدْنَاwe witnessedإِعْدَامَاتٍexecutionsرِفَاقِcomradesلَنَاfor usتَمَّwasتَمْزِيقُهُمْwere torn apartبِالأَنْيَابِby the fangsبَعْدَafterأَنْthatاعْتَرَفُواthey confessedبِجَرَائِمٍof crimesبَشِعَةٍghastly
Times came when no one knew how to express his opinion frankly, where everywhere there were rabid dogs growling, where we witnessed executions of our comrades who were torn apart by the fangs after they confessed to horrific crimes.
وَلَمْAnd did notيَخْطُرْit occurredعَلَىonبَالِهَاher mindأَدْنَىleastفِكْرَةًideaعَنْaboutالثَّوْرَةِthe revolutionوَالْعِصْيَانِand the rebellion,,لَكِنَّهَاbut sheأَيْضًاalsoتَعْلَمُknowsأَنَّthatالْحَيَوَانَاتِthe animalsالْيَوْمَtodayهِيَareأَفْضَلُbetterحَالَةًsituationمِمَّاthanكَانَتْit wasعَلَيْهِbefore itفِيinعَهْدِthe eraجُونِزJones
And she did not have the least idea about the revolution and the rebellion, but she also knows that the animals today are in a better situation than they were before in the era of Jones.
وَلَكِنَّButقَبْلَbeforeكُلِّallشَيْءٍthingيَنْبَغِيmustدَقَّto ringنَاقُوسَthe alarmالْخَطَرِthe dangerتَحْذِيرًاwarningمِنْofعَوْدَةِthe returnجِنْسِthe raceالْبَشَرِhumans..
But before anything, the alarm of the dangers must be rung as a warning against the return of the race of humans.
وَمَهْمَاAnd whateverحَصَلَhappenedفَإِنَّهَاit willسَتَظَلَّremainوَفِيَّةًloyal,,تَعْمَلُworksبِجِدٍّhard,,تُنفِّذُimplementالْأَوَامِرَthe orders,,وَتَقْبَلُand acceptمَصَادِرَاتِconfiscationsنَابُلِيُونَNapoleonوَمَعَand withذَلِكَthat,,مِنْofلَيْسَnotالوُصُولِthe arrivalإِلَىtoهَذَاthisالوَضْعِsituationهُوَisمَاwhatكَانَتْwasتَتَمَنَّاهُwished forأَوْorعَمِلَتْworkedأَجْلَهُfor itبِرَفْقَةِwithالْآخَرِينَthe others
And whatever happened, she will remain loyal, working hard, implementing the orders, and accepting Napoleon's confiscations, and with that, reaching this situation is not what she wished for or worked for with the others.
لَيْسَnotمِنْofأَجَلٍyesهَذَاthisقَامُواthey builtبِبِنَاءِby buildingالطَّاحُونَةِthe mill
This is not why they built the mill.