وقدAndقررdecidedأحدoneالعلماءof the scholarsعامyear١٨٨٥1885فيinكتابهhis bookعنaboutالنملants,,ماwhatيليfollows::
One of the scholars decided in his book about ants in the year 1885 as follows:
إنIndeedفنArtالنمالAnts——فيInبناءBuildingمساكنهاIts homes——يختلفDiffersباختلافWith the differenceأجناسهاIts species،,فإنForلكلEachنوعTypeبعينهSpecificallyطريقةMethodبعينهاExact،,فيInبناءBuildingبيتهHis houseوتنسيقهAnd its arrangement
The art of ants — in building their homes — differs according to their species, for each type has a specific method in constructing and arranging its house.
وتستطيعAnd canالعينthe eyeالمجردةnakedدائمًاalwaysأنthatتميزdistinguishالنملةthe antالعاملةworker،,التيthatتحفرdigsالغرفthe roomsوandالأروقةthe corridorsوandالمساكنthe dwellingsلكيToيستطيعcanالانتباهattention،,شخصيةcharacterالمهندسthe engineerالذكيsmartمنofالنمالthe ants،,وطرائقهand methodsفيinهندسةengineeringالبيوتthe houses،,وهيand itتخالفcontradictsطرائقmethodsاليعاسيبdragonfliesوandالنحلthe beesفيinبناءbuildingخلاياهاits cells..فإنForمهندسيengineerالنملof antsلاdo notتعملworkبالمثلثwith the triangleوالبيكارand the ruler،,ولاnorتعنىcareبقياسby measuringالخطوطthe linesالمستقيمةthe straightوالزواياand angles..بلButهيitتعمدintendsإلىtoمسايرةfollowingميلهاits inclinationوإلهامهاand its inspiration،,والاستسلامand surrenderingلغريزتهاto its instinctsوابتكارهاand its innovationوهيAnd itترتجلimprovises——منofفورهاits immediacy——نظامsystemالبيتthe houseالذيwhichتسكنهit inhabits،,وتنشئهand creates itمبتدعًاinnovativelyعلىonغيرnotنهجa methodمرسومdrawn،,أوorخطةplanبعينهاin particular،,أوorهندسةengineeringمقررةrequired،,وثمةAnd there areنرىwe seeغرفهاits roomsوأروقتهاand its corridorsودهاليزهاand its hallsوسراديبهاand its undergroundsكثيرةmanyالتنوعdiversity،,مختلفةdifferentالأوضاعpositions،,متباينةvariedالأشكالshapes۔and.ولكنButمجموعthe totalالبناءthe construction،,علىonاختلافdespite the varietyطرائقهmethodsوخطةand plans،,مطبوعprintedعلىonالدقةaccuracyوالتناسقand harmony۔.وهوAnd itينمindicates——فيinكلallأوضاعهits positions——علىonعبقريةgeniusمبتكريهof its creators،,وحذقهمand their skillفيinالهندسةengineering،,وتفننهمand their innovationفيinأساليبهاits methods۔...
The naked eye can always distinguish the working ant, which digs the rooms, corridors, and dwellings. Among the things that attract attention: the intelligent engineer's character of ants, and their methods in building houses, which contradict the methods of dragonflies and bees in making their cells. Ant engineers do not work using triangles and rulers, nor do they care about measuring straight lines and angles. Instead, they adhere to their inclination and inspiration, surrendering to their instincts and innovations. They improvise immediately the system of the house they inhabit, creating it innovatively without a prescribed approach, or a particular plan, or an established engineering. There we see that its rooms, corridors, halls, and undergrounds are highly diverse, varying in arrangements and shapes. However, the total construction, despite the diversity of methods and plans, is marked by accuracy and harmony. It indicates — in all its positions — the genius of its creators, and their skill in engineering, and their innovation in its methods.
وإنAndدهشتكyour amazementلتشتد،intensifies,ويتعاظمكand your wonder increases,العجب،the wonder,حينwhenتنعمyou enjoyالنظرobservingفيinأساليبthe methodsالعاملاتof the workersالصغيراتyoung girlsفيinبناءbuildingالبيوت،houses,واستعدادهاand their preparationالداخلي،internally,وتنوعand the diversityالطرقof waysوالمعداتand equipmentالتيthatتلجأthey resortإليها؛to it;إذasتحفرthey digأروقتهاits corridorsتحتunderالأرض،the ground,وتوصلهاand connect itبسطحهاto its surfaceعندatفتحةan openingتعينها،that helps it,أوorعدةseveralفتحات.openings.
And your amazement intensifies, and your wonder increases, when you enjoy observing the methods of the young girls in building houses, and their internal preparation, and the diversity of the ways and equipment they resort to; as they dig their corridors under the ground, and connect them to their surface at an opening that assists them, or several openings.
وقدAndتنتهزseizeفرصةopportunityسانحةfavorableلبناءto buildواديهاits valleyتحتunderصخرةrockمنبسطةflatتتحصنfortifiesبهاwith itوربماand perhapsأنشأتestablishedعلىonبيتهاher houseقبةdomeأوorتلةhillأوorربوةelevationمكونةmadeمنfromموادmaterialsمختلفةdifferentكالحشائشsuch as the grassesاليابسةdryوأعشابand herbsالنباتplantsوسوقهand its stalkوماand whatإلىtoذلكthat
And it may seize an opportunity to build its valley under a flat rock to fortify itself. And perhaps it established on her house a dome or a hill or an elevation made of different materials, such as dry grasses and plants and their stalks, and so on.
ومنandالنمالthe antsماwhatيحفرdigالخشبthe woodأوorينقشهengraveويهيئand preparesغرفهa chamberبعدafterأنthatيصنعmakesعجينةdoughيستعملهاuses itفيinتنفيذexecutingأغراضهhis purposesوربماand perhapsعمدتthe antsالنمالthe antsإلىtoاتخاذtakeبيتهاits houseبينbetweenالأخاديدthe groovesأوorالأعشابthe herbsالمرتفعةthe highأوorفيinثناياthe foldsأوراقleavesالشجرthe treesالكثيفةthickالملتفةwrappedأوorثقوبholesالأشجارthe treesوفجواتهاand its gapsالطبيعيةnaturalوماand whatإلىtoذلكthat
And among the ants is what digs wood, or engraves, and prepares a chamber! After making a dough that it uses to execute its purposes, and perhaps the ants take their house between the grooves or high herbs, or in the folds of dense curled leaves, or in the holes and natural gaps of trees, and so on.