وَماAnd whatإِنْifأَبْصَرَتْshe sawإِحْدَىone ofشَقِيقاتِهاher sistersوَهِيَwhile sheتُدانِيهاwas approaching herحَتَّىuntilضَرَبَتْshe struckرَأْسَهاher headبِقَرْنَيْهَاwith her horns—-وَهَذِهِAnd thisلُغَةُis the languageالْكَلامِof speechعِنْدَatالنَّمْلِthe ants—-ثُمَّThenتَبادَلَتاthey exchangedتَحِيَّةًgreetingsمُقْتَضِبَةًbriefلأَنَّbecauseالنَّمْلَthe antsدائِبَbusyالْعَمَلِin workوَهُوَand heمَشْغُولٌis perpetually occupiedأَبَدًاalwaysلاdoes notيَرْضَىacceptأَنْtoيُضِيعَwasteوَقْتًاtimeفِيinثَرْثَرَةٍidle chatterلاnoطائِلَbenefitتَحْتَها.under it.
And when one of her sisters saw her approaching, she struck her head with her horns - and this is the language of speech among the ants - then they exchanged a brief greeting because the ants are always busy with work, and they do not accept to waste time in idle chatter that has no benefit.
فَقالَتْSo she saidلَهاto herأُخْتُها:her sister:«هاHereأَنْتِyouذِيareقادِمَةٌ،arriving,ياO«أَمَّO motherمازِنٍ».Mazin.فَمِنْSo fromأَيْنَwhereأَتَيْتِ؟»did you come?
So her sister said to her: "Here you are arriving, O mother Mazin. So where did you come from?"
فَقالَتْShe saidلَهاto her«أُمُّ"Motherمازِنٍ»،Mazen,"وَهِيَand sheمُسْتَأْنِفَةٌcontinuingسَيْرَها:her journey:«لَقَدْ"Indeed,جُلْتُI have takenجَوْلَةًa tourقَصِيرَةً،short,فَدَهِمَتْنِيand I was caughtالْعاصِفَةُ.by the storm."
She said to her, "Mother Mazen," as she was continuing her journey: "Indeed, I have taken a short tour, and I was caught by the storm."
ثُمَّThenقابَلَتْهاmet herنَمْلَةٌantأُخْرَى؛another;فَقالَتْso she saidلَها:to her:«سُعِدَHappyيَوْمُكِ،is your day,يا «أُمَّO "Motherمازِنٍ».Mazin."
Then an ant met her; she said to her: "Happy is your day, O "Mother Mazin."
أَذاهِبَةٌAre you goingأَنْتِyouلِتَحْلُبِيto milkبَقَراتِنا؟our cows?سِيرِيWalkمُتَيَقِّظَةًalertحَذِرَةً،cautiously,فَإِنَّfor indeedعُصْفُورًاa birdيَرْقُبُكِis watching youمِنْfromأَعْلَىaboveشَجَرَةِthe tree ofالْبُرْقُوقِ.the apricot.فَحَذارِSo bewareأَنْthatتَذْهَبِيyou goفَرِيسةًa preyلَهُ!»to him!"
Are you going to milk our cows? Walk alertly cautiously, for indeed a bird is watching you from above the apricot tree. So beware that you do not go as prey to it!
فَقالَتْThen she said«أُمُّMotherمازِنٍ»Mazin«شُكْرًاThank youلَكِ —to you —ياO«أُمَّMotherنَوْبَةَ»Nawbah——عَلَىonنَصِيحَتِكِ.your advice.وَداعًاAnd farewellياOعَزِيزَتِي!my dear!
Then she said, 'Thank you — O Mother Nawbah — for your advice. And farewell, my dear!'
ثُمَّThenأَبْصَرَتْsawمُرْضِعَتَهاher nurse«بِنْتَ الشَّيْصَبانِ»the daughter of Shaybanفَقالَتْand she saidلَهاto herمُبْتَهِجَةًjoyfullyبِلُقْياهاat meeting her«حُيِّيتِYou are greetedياO«بِنْتَ الشَّيْصَبانِ»the daughter of Shaybanوَسُعِدand may you be happyيَوْمُكِ!your day!أَقادِمَةٌAre you coming?أَنْتِyouمِنْfromهَذاthisالثَّقْبِ؟hole?
Then she saw her nurse 'the daughter of Shayban', and she said to her joyfully at meeting her: 'You are greeted O 'the daughter of Shayban', and may you be happy on your day! Are you coming from this hole?'
فَأَجابَتْهاSo she answered herبِنْتُ الشَّيْصَبانِthe daughter of ShaysebanصَدَقْتِYou are rightيا «أُمَّ مازِنٍ»!O 'Mother of Mazin'!آه،Ah,لَوْ عَلِمْتِif you had knownيا بُنَيَّتِيO my dear daughterما أَصابَنِيwhat has befallen meالْيَوْمَtodayمِنْ أَلَمٍ وَشَقاءٍ؟of pain and misery?لَقَدْ فُقِئَتْIndeed, I have been pluckedإِحْدَى عُيُونِي،one of my eyes,مُنْذُ لَحْظَةٍ،since a moment,وَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتُand I have becomeلِتَعاسَتِيfor my miseryلا أَكادُI can hardlyأُبْصِرُseeشَيْئًا.anything.
So she answered her: 'You are right, O Mother of Mazin! Ah, if you had known - O my dear daughter - what has befallen me today of pain and misery? Indeed, I have been plucked from one of my eyes, since a moment, and I have become - for my misery - I can hardly see anything.
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فَقالَتْAnd she saidأُمُّMotherمازِنٍMazinمِسْكِينَةٌPoor (female)أَنْتِyou (feminine)ياOhبِنْتَDaughter ofالشَّيْصَبانِShaysbanفالْبَثِيSo be patientقَلِيلًاA littleفَإِنِّيFor IسَأَصْحَبُكِWill accompany youفِيInعَوْدَتِكِYour returnإِلَىToالْقَرْيَةِThe village
And she said, "Mother of Mazin": "You are poor, oh daughter of Shaysban, so be patient a little, for I will accompany you in your return to the village."
فِيinبُرْقُوقَةٍplum
in a plum
ثُمَّthenأَسْرَعَتْhurried«أُمُّ مازِنٍ»Um Mazinإِلَىtoغِصْنِbranchالشَّجَرَةِ،the tree,وَزَجَّتْand thrustنَفْسَهاherselfبَيْنَbetweenأَوْراقِها،its leaves,باحِثَةًsearchingعَنْforبَقَراتِها،her locusts,فَلَمْbut did notتَجِدْ —find —فِيinهَذِهِthisالْمَرَّةِ —time —بُرْغُوثًاa louseتَحْتَلِبُهُ.to harvest it.
Then 'Um Mazin' hurried to the branch of the tree, thrusting herself between its leaves, searching for her locusts, but did not find — this time — a louse to harvest it.
وَلَكِنَّهاBut sheعَثَرَتْfoundعَلَىonبُرْقُوقَةٍa large peachكَبِيرَةٍbigذَهَبِيَّةِgoldenاللَّوْنِcolorوَكانَand there wereبَعْضُsomeالْعَصافِيرِbirdsقَدْhadشَقَّهاtorn itفَقالَتْThen she said«أُمُّ'Mother ofمازِنٍ»Mazin'"تُحَدِّثُspeaksنَفْسَها:to herself:«ما'Whatأَحْوَجَنِيdo I needإِلَىtoهَذاthisالطَّعامِ.food.','urdu':'کھانا۔','turkish':'yiyeceği.','malay':'makanan.','farsi':'غذا.'},{
But she found a large golden peach, and some of the birds had torn it. So she said 'Mother of Mazin' speaking to herself: 'How much I need this food. So let me taste it to satisfy my hunger!'
وَلَمْAnd notتَكَدْyou were about toتَلْعَقُlickعَصِيرَها،her juice,حَتَّىuntilقالَتْ،she said,مُبْتَهِجَةًdelightedبِهَذاwith thisالْغِذاءِfoodالفاخِرِluxuriousالشَّهِيِّ:delicious:«ماWhatأَلَذَّهُsweeterطَعامًا،food,وَأَشْهاهُand more pleasingغِذاءً!food!لَقَدِIndeed Iاهْتَدَيْتُhave foundإِلَىtoطَعامٍfoodآخَرَ،another,غَيْرِother thanلَبَنِmilkالْبَراغِيثِthe smallestالصَّغِيرَةِ.flies.
And you were hardly about to lick her juice, until she said, delighted with this luxurious delicious food: "How sweet is the food, and more pleasing is the food! Indeed I have found another food, other than the milk of the smallest flies."
ثُمّThenلَبِثَتْRemainedأُمُّMother ofمازِنٍMazinعَلَىOnالْبُرْقُوقَةِThe peachالشَّهِيَّةِDeliciousزَمَنًاA timeطَوِيلًاLongوَأَنْسَتْهاAnd made her forgetحَلاوَتُهاHer sweetnessكُلَّEverythingشَيْءٍThingوَظَلَّتْAnd continuedتَأْكُلُEatingمِنْهاFrom itفِيInشَرَهٍGreedعَجِيبٍStrangeوَإِنَّهاAnd indeed sheلَمُقْبِلَةٌWas approachingعَلَىTowardsامْتِصاصِهاHer suckingإِذْWhenبِالْبُرْقُوقَةِWith the peachتَرْقُصُDancingفِيInالْفَضاءِThe spaceثُمَّThenتَتَرَجَّحُSwayingيَمْنَةًTo the rightوَيَسْرَةًAnd to the left
Then the mother of Mazin remained on the delicious peach for a long time, and her sweetness made her forget everything, and she kept eating from it in strange greed. And indeed she was approaching her sucking, when the peach was dancing in the air, then it swayed to the right and the left!
وَأَحَسَّتْAnd she felt«أُمُّ مازِنٍ»‘Umm Mazin’ذَلِكَthatالْخَطَرَdangerالدَّاهِمَ،impending,فَتَشَبَّثَتْso she clungبِهاto itمُسْتَمِيتَةً،intensely,وَأَمْسَكَتْهاand she held itبِكُلِّwith allما أُوتِيَتْwhat she was givenمِنْ قُوَّةٍ،of strength,وَهِيَand sheلا تَدْرِي:does not know:ماذا حَدَثَ؟what happened?
And ‘Umm Mazin’ felt that impending danger, so she clung to it intensely, holding it with all the strength she had, and she does not know: what happened?
ثُمَّThenاهْتَزَّتِshookالْبُرْقُوقَةُthe apricotهِزَّةًa shakeأُخْرَىanotherفَهَوَتْand fellإِلَىtoالأَرْضِthe groundوَandأُغْمِيَfaintedعَلَىon«أُمُّ'Umمازِنٍ»Mazin'
Then the apricot shook again, and fell to the ground, and 'Um Mazin' fainted while kneeling in the middle of the fruit.
فِيinبَيْتِhouse«فاضِلٍ»Fadhil
In the house of Fadhil
وَلَعَلَّكُمْAnd perhaps youتُحِبُّونَloveأَنْtoتَعْرِفُواknow——أَيُّهاOالأَطْفالُchildrenالأَعِزَّاءُdear——السِّرَّthe secretفِيماin whatحَدَثَhappened.
And perhaps you love to know — O dear children — the secret in what happened.
وَإِنِّيAnd indeed Iقاصٌّam conveyingعَلَيْكُمْto youحَقِيقَةَthe truthالأَمْرِof the matter:لَقَدْIndeedجاءَcame«فاضِلٌ»‘a virtuous one’الصَّغِيرُthe little one —وَهُوَand he isغُلامٌa boyفِيatالْعَاشِرَةِthe tenth (year)مِنْofعُمُرِهِhis age approximately —وَظَلَّAnd he continuedيَهُزُّshakingشَجَرَةَthe treeالْبُرْقُوقِ،of the apricot,لِيَمْلأَso that he might fillسَلَّتَهُhis basketبِذَلِكَwith thatالثَّمَرِfruitالشَّهِيِّ،delicious,لِيُعِدَّto prepareمِنْهاfrom itفَطائِرَa delicious dish.وَكانَتْAnd it wasبُرْقُوقَةُthe apricot«أُمِّ‘the mother ofمازِنٍ»Mazin’ —أَوَّلَThe firstماthing thatسَقَطَfellمِنَfromالشَّجَرَةِ.the tree.
And indeed I am conveying to you the truth of the matter: Indeed, ‘a virtuous one’ came - a little boy, and he is approximately at the tenth year of his age - and he continued shaking the apricot tree, so that he might fill his basket with that delicious fruit, to prepare a delicious dish from it. And it was the first apricot ‘the mother of Mazin’ that fell from the tree.
وَماand notزالَhas continued«فاضِلٌ»'Fadil'
And Fadil continued to shake the apricot tree, putting in his basket whatever fell from it, until it was full, then he returned home with it.
أَراكُمْI see youتَتَساءَلُونَwonderعَنْaboutمَصِيرِdestiny«أُمِّUmمازِنٍ»Mazeenلِتَتَعَرَّفُوا:to know:ماذاwhatأَصابَها؟has happened to her?أَكانَwas itنَصِيبَهاher fateالْهَلاكُdestructionأَمِorالنَّجاةُ؟salvation?
I see you wondering about the fate of 'Um Mazeen': to know what has happened to her? Was her fate destruction or salvation?
فاعْلَمُواKnowأَيُّهاOhالأَصْدِقاءُfriendsالأَعِزَّاءُdear onesعَلِمْتُمُyou have knownالْخَيْرَthe goodوَأُلْهِمْتُمُand you have been inspiredالرُّشْدَthe guidanceوالسَّدادَand the correctnessأَنَّthatأُمَّthe motherمازِنٍMazinلَمْdid notتَمُتْdieوَإِنَّماbut ratherأُغْمِيَbecame unconsciousعَلَيْهَاon herمِنْfromفَرْطِextremeالأَلَمِpainوَلَبِثَتْand she remainedوَقْتًاfor a timeطَوِيلًاlongلاnotتُبْدِيshowingحَراكًاmovementوَلَمَّاand whenاسْتَيْقَظَتْshe awakenedوَجَدَتْshe foundنَفْسَهاherselfياOhلَلْعَجَبِ!how amazing!أَتَعْرِفُونَ:Do you know:أَيْنَwhereوَجَدَتْfoundنَفْسَها؟herself?
Know, oh dear friends, that you have known the good, and you have been inspired with guidance and correctiveness - that 'Um Mazin' did not die, but rather she became unconscious from extreme pain, and she remained for a long time, not showing any movement. And when she awoke, she found herself... oh how amazing! Do you know where she found herself?
لَقَدْIndeedدُهِشَتْwas astonished«أُمُّMother ofمازِنٍ»Mazinكَماasتَدْهَشُونَyou are astonishedحِينَwhenرَأَتْshe sawأَنَّهاthat sheفِيinوَسَطِthe midst ofفَطِيرَةٍ،a cake,كَبِيرَةٍlargeمَصْنُوعَةٍmadeمِنَfromالْبُرْقُوقِ.apricots.
Indeed, 'Mother of Mazin' was astonished as you are astonished when she saw that she was in the midst of a large cake made from apricots.
وَقَفَزَAnd jumped«فاضِلٌ»‘Fadhil’الصَّغِيرُthe small
And the small ‘Fadhil’ jumped happily and joyfully at that beautiful apricot pie and said to his mother: ‘How beautiful is your pie, O my dear mother!’