What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us. Muhammad al-Muwaylihi

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СКАЧАТЬ ما علينا. هل أنت لا تزال على وعدك معنا في التوجه عند صاحبنا فلان للتفرج على الرقص البلدي من فلانة المشهورة.

      النائب لا يمكنني ذلك، أوّلاً لأنّ هذا الرقص الذي يعجب أولاد البلد والفلاحين لا يعجبني، وثانيًا لأنّي دعوت مادموازيل ..... المشخصة في الأوبرا مع فلان وفلان المشخصين للغذاء عند سانتي وسنذهب بعد ذلك إلى خان الخليلي وقصبة رضوان وبعض المحلات القديمة البلدية للتفرج عليها.

      First Visitor (after greeting the Attorney and sitting down) Why did you leave us yesterday before the game was over?

      Attorney It was long past midnight, and I had so many cases to deal with that I had to get up early.

      Second Visitor Whoever heard of cases keeping anyone away from his friends’ company? That excuse is only handy when you’re talking to people who aren’t familiar with the Parquet’s business! I personally am acquainted with a colleague who only spends an hour a day on cases! He’s satisfied just to look them over for a moment. He doesn’t bother to peruse them, but relies instead on a combination of his sheer mental acumen, his alert intellect, and his wide experience in order to discover the relevant facts. Not only that, but now that there’s no longer any disagreement or bad feeling between the Parquet and the police, the best idea is to make do with police evidence or else send it back it to them for completion. There’s no point in reopening inquiries and wasting time on something which may lead to more bad feelings and arguments all over again.

      Attorney That’s exactly what I do, but one has to adhere to outward appearances as far as possible.

      First Visitor Haven’t you got a secretary who can take over and save you all the bother?

      Attorney You’re right. The secretary can do it perfectly well. The real reason why I stopped playing and left yesterday was that I’d already lost the month’s salary I had with me, and it’s still only the beginning of the month.

      First Visitor You’re always claiming to have lost, however much you’ve won. In my entire life the only thing I’ve ever heard you say is that you’ve lost. Didn’t you win five pounds off me on the last hand we played?

      Attorney I swear to you on my honor, conscience, and future career, that I’d lost money when I left yesterday.

      Second Visitor Never mind! Tell me, are you still going to keep your appointment with us to go to our friend’s house to see that famous belly dancer?

      Attorney I can’t make it. In the first place, I don’t like that type of dancing. Only locals and peasants enjoy that sort of thing. Secondly, I’ve invited Mademoiselle X, the opera star, and two of her colleagues to dine with me at “Santé” in the Ezbekiyyah Quarter. Afterwards, we’re going to have some fun and visit Khān al-Khalīlī, Qaṣbat Ruḍwān, the Tombs of the Caliphs, and other ancient sites in the city.

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      الزائر الأول أنت تدّعي الآن أنه لم يبق معك من مرتبك إلا النزر اليسير فكيف لك بهذه النفقات.

      النائب فإنني إن أذكر لكما أنّ معنا فلانًا الأفوكاتو وصاحبه فلانًا العمدة.

      الزائر الثاني وكيف يميل هذان إلى مجلس افرنكي ويستريحان إليه وهما لا يعرفان شيئًا من اللغة والاصطلاحات الأوربية.

      النائب ألم تعلم يا أخي أنّ أمنية الأفوكاتو أن يكون مصاحبًا لأهل القضاء وأمنية الفلاح أن يكون في وسط مجلس افرنكي وإن لم يفهما منه شيئًا وكلفهما ما كلفهما.

      الزائر الثاني من أين اشتريت هذا الكرافات (رباط الرقبة).

      النائب هذا جاءني به يا مونشير (عزيزي) مع ملابسي من عند الخياط في باريس.

      الزائر الأول هل بلغك استعفاء فلان.

      الزائر الثاني هل رأيت الدراجات الكهربائية.

      النائب قد وقفت لكما على سبب انتحار ابن سوارس.

      الزائر الغرام

      النائب لا

      الزائر المال

      النائب لا

      الزائر المرض

      النائب لا. وإنما هو آخر موده في باريس.

      الزائر الأول وأنا قد وقفت لكما على سبب انفصال عثمان بك غالب من وظيفته.

      النائب سيرته

      الزائر لا

      النائب وطنيته

      الزائر لا

      النائب فرنسويته

      الزائر لا. وإنما هي انكليزيته.

      First Visitor You were just claiming you didn’t have any of your month’s salary left. How are you going to afford such expenses?

      Attorney I forgot to mention that a lawyer and his friend, the ʿumdah,³² are coming with us.

      Second Visitor How can two such people make any pretense of liking French soirées or getting the slightest enjoyment out of them? They don’t know a word of the language or any European phrases.

      Attorney My dear friend, don’t you realize that lawyers want to keep the company of the judiciary, and peasants want to brush shoulders with us? But both alike СКАЧАТЬ