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Father did not pay much attention to us or to news about the land or the people. Most of his concern was focused on the little one who had been born in his absence. A foundation of love had burst forth inside him: he examined the baby's features as though to engrave them on his mind, in view of possible future eventualities.
Before I went to bed he embraced me:
"Plant the seeds of jasmine and sweet flowers in your soul for the motherland," he said. "Water them constantly with the life blood that flows through your veins so that they may blossom to spread a pure fragrance within you for the sake of our land, honor and freedom. Let your heart be a skilful and vigilant gardener, tending the mother land's flowers inside you, watering them lest they wither away. You must show yourself mature, for you are the man of the house and of our land. You represent me to others."
My young breast swarmed with fervent emotions so that I could not speak.
"My little son, we have dedicated ourselves to the motherland. We have taken our lives into our own hands and do not know whether we shall die from one moment to the next, or whether we shall live to a ripe old age and see our struggle crowned with shining success.
I am entrusting you with everything with my weapons and the convictions that lie deep within me. I am telling you all this now because I will be leaving with the dawn, while you are still asleep.
Goodbye!"
Conflicting feelings, which I had never before experienced, struggled deep inside me, along with a powerful love for the man who would be going away in a few hours and who possibly would never return. This generated a powerful insomnia that kept sleep away.
In the following days, things seemed different to me. I possessed the germ of a strong conviction, which was, inevitably, to become clearer to me: through it, the rancor that had appeared as a small imprint on my mind was transformed, look on new dimensions and a rational character, which justified its existence. I dared not act except in accordance with his parting admonitions, because his shadow dominated my movements and thoughts. I conducted myself as though he were present among us.
And when the news that he had been killed in a cruel fashion finally reached us, I was not filled with fear or grief for a single moment.
Instead, I fired several shots from his rifle a resonant kind of weeping which was, at the same time, an expression of pride. I kept my father's admonitions before my eyes, feeling them in every cell of my body and putting them into practice with scrupulous attention. And at their head I added another principle of my own, defined by my initial imprint of blackness: namely, that no piece of land should ever, under the protection of armed soldiers, have its fill of water while another piece of land reminded thirsty.
Translation - Arabic بصمة السواد
لم يعطِ الأب اهتمامًا كبيرًا لنا أو لأخبار الأرض أو الناس. كان كل محط اهتمامه على الطفل الصغير الذي ولد في غيابه. وقد انفجر بركان الحب في داخله; لقد فحص ملامح الطفل كما لو كان يحفرها في ذهنه ، في ضوء ما يتوقعه للمستقبل.
قبل أن أذهب إلى الفراش عانقني وقال: "ازرع بذور الياسمين والزهور الحلوة في روحك من أجل موطنك, ارويهم باستمرار بدماء الحياة التي تتدفق عبر عروقك حتى تزدهر وتنشر العطر النقي في داخلك من أجل أرضنا وشرفنا وحريتنا. دع قلبك يكون بستاني ماهر وحذر ، يرعى زهور الوطن بداخلك ، يسقيهم لئلا يذبلوا. يجب أن تكون ناضجًا ، لأنك رجل المنزل وقوة الوطن. أنت تمثلني للآخرين."
أشعلت المشاعر صدري الصغير في سعادة عجزت بها عن الكلام.
"ابني الصغير ، لقد كرسنا أنفسنا للوطن. لقد أخذنا حياتنا في أيدينا ولا نعرف إذا كنا سنموت في هذه اللحظة أو ما إذا كنا سنعيش عمر طويل ونرى نضالنا قد توج بالنجاح اللامع.
أترك لك كل شيء من الآراء والقناعات التي تكمن في داخلي. أنا أقول لك كل هذا الآن لأنني سأغادر مع الفجر ، بينما أنت لا تزال نائماً.
وداعاً!"
مشاعر متناقضة لم أختبرها من قبل, تضاربت بعمق في داخلي بجانب حب قوي للرجل الذي سيبتعد عني في غضون ساعات قليلة ، وربما لن يعود أبداً. سبب لي هذا أرق قوى أبعد عني النوم.
في الأيام التالية ، بدت الأمور مختلفة بالنسبة لي. امتلكت بذرة قناعة قوية كانت حتماً أكثر وضوحاً لي, ومن خلالها تم تحويل الحقد الذي ظهر كبصمة صغيرة في ذهني, إلى نظرة على أبعاد جديدة وشخصية عقلانية تبرر وجودها. لم أتجرأ على التصرف إلا وفقاً لنصائحه الفارقة ، لأن ظله ظل يهيمن على تحركاتي وأفكاري. كنت أتصرف كما لو كان حاضراً بيننا.
وعندما وصلتنا الأخبار التي تفيد بأنه قُتل بطريقة قاسية ، لم أشعر للحظة واحدة بالخوف أو المرارة. بدلا من ذلك ، أطلقت عدة رصاصات من بندقيته نوعاً من البكاء وفي نفس الوقت تعبيراً عن الفخر. أبقيت تحذيرات والدي أمام عيني ، وشعرت بها في كل خلية من جسدي ووضعتها موضع التنفيذ باهتمام دقيق. وعلى رأسهم أضفت مبدأ آخر خاص بي ، حددته بصمة السواد الأولية الخاصة بي وهو أنه لا ينبغي لأي قطعة من الأرض أن تمتلئ بالماء لأنها تحت حماية الجنود المسلحين بينما قطعة أخرى من الأرض تكاد تموت عطشاً.
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Bachelor's degree - Ain Shams University
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Years of experience: 6. Registered at ProZ.com: Aug 2018.
English to Arabic (Ain Shams University (Faculty of Al-Alsun)) Arabic to English (B.A degree)
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Bachelor degree in English language and literature. I have studied linguistics, general translation, legal translation, Journal translation and literature in college. I worked with Coursera.com in transcription videos. I also worked as a Data Entry in Xclusives Card company. My main interests are learning languages, translation, expanding social relations and volunteering. I work with passion to achieve the best result. I am very committed to the scales.
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