McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition — Page 17
Should we not then love him?
أفلا ينبغي لنا إذن أن نحبه؟
LESSON LII.
الدرس الثاني والخمسون.
Lord smile joys tears nigh morn griefs woes stars say
رب ابتسامة أفراح دموع قريب صباح أحزان أوجاع نجوم قل
[Illustration: Sunset; lake in foreground; moon and stars.]
[صورة: غروب الشمس؛ بحيرة في المقدمة؛ قمر ونجوم.]
When the stars, at set of sun, Watch you from on high;
حين تراقبك النجوم من عل، عند مغيب الشمس؛
When the light of morn has come, Think the Lord is nigh
وحين يطلع نور الصباح، تذكّر أن الرب قريب
All you do, and all you say, He can see and hear;
كل ما تفعله وكل ما تقوله، هو يراه ويسمعه؛
When you work and when you play, Think the Lord is near.
حين تعمل وحين تلعب، تذكّر أن الرب قريب.
Vocabulary
- أفلا
- a-fa-lā — Don't they? / Shouldn't they? (rhetorical particle)
- ينبغي
- yanbaghī — It is necessary/appropriate; one ought to do
- لنا
- lanā — For us; belonging to us
- إذن
- idhan — Then; therefore; so (connective particle)
- أن
- an — That; to (subordinating conjunction before verbs)
- نحبه؟
- nuḥibbuh? — Do we love him/it? (question form)
- الدرس
- ad-darsu — The lesson; the study session
- الثاني
- ath-thānī — The second; number two (ordinal)
- والخمسون.
- wal-khamsūn — And fifty; fifty-second (part of ordinal)
- رب
- rabb — Lord; God; master, caretaker of all
- ابتسامة
- ibtisāmah — A smile; a cheerful facial expression
- أفراح
- afrāḥ — Joys; celebrations; happy occasions (plural)
- دموع
- dumūʿ — Tears; drops of water from eyes (plural)
- قريب
- qarīb — Near; close; soon to happen
- صباح
- ṣabāḥ — Morning; the early hours of day
- أحزان
- aḥzān — Sorrows; griefs; feelings of sadness (plural)
- أوجاع
- awjāʿ — Pains; aches; physical or emotional hurts (plural)
- نجوم
- nujūm — Stars; celestial bodies visible at night (plural)
- قل
- qul — Say; speak; utter (imperative command)
- صورة
- ṣūrah — Picture; image; photograph; form
- غروب
- ghurūb — Sunset; the setting of the sun
- الشمس
- ash-shams — The sun; the star of our solar system
- بحيرة
- buḥayrah — A lake; a large inland body of water
- في
- fī — In; inside; at; within (preposition)
- المقدمة
- al-muqaddimah — The foreground; the introduction; the front
- قمر
- qamar — Moon; the natural satellite of Earth
- ونجوم
- wa-nujūm — And stars; stars in addition to the moon
- حين
- ḥīn — When; at the time of; a moment
- تراقبك
- turāqibuk — They watch you; they observe you closely
- النجوم
- an-nujūm — The stars; specific celestial bodies at night
- من
- min — From; of; out of (preposition)
- عل
- ʿal / ʿulā — Above; high up; from above (poetic form)
- عند
- ʿinda — At; by; near; in the possession of
- مغيب
- maghīb — Setting; disappearance; time of sun's setting
- وحين
- wa-ḥīn — And when; and at the time that
- يطلع
- yaṭluʿ — Rises; appears; comes up (said of sun/moon)
- نور
- nūr — Light; radiance; glow (noun)
- الصباح
- aṣ-ṣabāḥ — The morning; the early part of the day
- تذكّر
- tadhakkar — Remember; recall; keep in mind (imperative)
- الرب
- ar-rabb — The Lord; God; the divine creator
- كل
- kull — Every; all; each (adjective/pronoun)
- ما
- mā — What; that which; whatever (relative pronoun)
- تفعله
- tafʿaluhu — You do it; whatever action you perform
- وكل
- wa-kull — And every; and all (conjunction + adjective)
- تقوله
- taqūluhu — You say it; whatever words you speak
- هو
- huwa — He; it (third person masculine pronoun)
- يراه
- yarāhu — He sees it/him; God witnesses all actions
- ويسمعه
- wa-yasmaʿuh — And he hears it; God listens to everything
- تعمل
- taʿmal — You work; you do; you perform an action
- تلعب
- talʿab — You play; you engage in playful activity
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