The Book of Travels. Hannā Diyāb

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СКАЧАТЬ ضور للطحن لان كان قبلهم وصلوا كثيرين حتي يطحنوا فالتزموا بانهم يناموا هناك الي ان يجيهم دور. حيندٍ قالوا لي الرهبان قوم روح يا اخونا للدير وخد معك الاتان واحكي للريس سبب رقادنا في الطاحون حتي لا يبقا باله.

      One day, two monks set off for the flour mill to grind some wheat for the monastery. The abbot ordered them to take me along so I could have a walk. We headed out to a place called Rās al-Nahr, where the mill was located.¹³ When we arrived and unloaded the wheat from the donkeys, the monks realized that they wouldn’t be able to grind the wheat right away, as many other people had arrived ahead of them. They’d be compelled to spend the night there, waiting their turn.

      “Brother, go back to the monastery and take the donkey with you,” the monks told me. “Explain to the abbot why we’ve stayed over at the mill, so he won’t be worried.”

      ٢٠،١1.20

      فنهضت وسقت الاتان امامي وسرت حتي وصلت الي الوادي وبدينا في النزول من ذلك العلو فنزل الاتان امامي وفي نزوله رايت كانه تهور الي الاسفل فلحقت ومسكت ديله ليلا يتهور فنترني معه وانا ماسك ديله. اخيرًا فلت مني وطلع يركد وانا صرت اتدركل من فوق الي تحت حتي اتكسرت اضلاعي وبعد قليل فقت من غموتي واوعيت علي حالي فما رايت الاتان. وقتيدٍ قلت في بالي بان احد الحميديه اخد الاتان وراح فيه وايش عدت ارد جواب للريس وصرت في فكارات ونسيت اوجاعي وصرت ادور في الوادي وافتش علي الاتان فما رايت له خبر ولا جنيت اثر فحزنت وبقيت في حيره وقطعت^١ الاياس من الاتان. اخيرًا توجهت الي الدير وانا ماشي رويدًا رويدًا الي ان وصلت الي الدير.

      ١ الأصل: قطت.

      I headed out, driving the donkey ahead of me. We began to descend when we reached the valley, the donkey leading the way. As it clambered down the slope, it seemed to me as though the beast was about to slide down to the bottom! So I raced after it, grasping its tail to hold it back, but it yanked me forward, slipped loose, and galloped off while I tumbled all the way down, battering my ribs. As I recovered from my daze a moment later, I looked around. The donkey was nowhere to be seen.

      My first thought was that a member of the Ḥamādah tribe must have taken the donkey and made off with it.¹⁴ What was I going to tell the abbot? In my desperation, I forgot my aches and pains and set about searching for the donkey in the valley, but it had vanished without a trace! My heart sank. Unsure what to do next, I gave up the search and trudged all the way back to the monastery.

      ٢١،١1.21

      فاتفق ذلك اليوم بان كام واحد من المبتدين الحلبيه الذي مر ذكرهم كانوا متقلقلين وطلبوا الخروج من الدير وبهذا صعب علي الريس كثير فزعًا علي غيرهم من المبتدين ليلا يرتخي عزمهم فصار يدعي واحد بعد واحد ويفحصه هل هو ثابت ام لا. اخيرًا ارسل دعاني فقالوا له الرهبان بان اخونا راح مع الرهبان للطاحون كما امرت فقلهم لما بيرجع من الطاحون ارسلوه الي عندي وكان وصولي للدير في تلك الساعه فلما صعدت الي الدير وانا في تلك الحاله موهوج ومرعوب من فقدي الاتان قالوا لي الرهبان كلف خاطرك يا اخي الي عند الريس بيدعوك.

      As it happened, on that very day, a few of the Aleppan novices I mentioned earlier had grown restless and were asking to quit the monastery. The abbot was upset about this, worried that the other novices would lose their resolve. So he summoned all the novices to him, one by one, and examined each to ascertain whether he was firmly committed or not.

      When it was my turn to be summoned by the abbot, some monks reminded him that I’d gone off to the mill with the other monks, as he’d ordered.

      “When he returns from the mill, send him to me,” the abbot replied.

      Not long afterward, I happened to arrive at the monastery, and as I came inside—feeling ashamed and frightened after the loss of the donkey—I found the monks waiting for me.

      “Brother, if you will, go to the abbot,” they said. “He’s calling for you.”

      ٢٢،١1.22

      فلما سمعت منهم هل كلام تحققت بان الريس سمع في فقد الاتان فزاد رعبي رعب فلما امتثلت امام الريس وبست يده امرني بالجلوس فجلست فقلي يا اخي بوجه عابس اتعرف ليش دعيتك لعندي قلتله لا يا ابونا. حيندٍ قلي بان كام واحد من المبتدين طالبين الخروج من الدير ولاجل ان هذا بيضر غيرهم من المبتدين فصرت افحص واحد بعد واحد منهم واختبر هل هو ثابت ام لا ليلا كل مده يخرج واحد وبيصير سبب تجربه لغيره.

      At the sound of these words, I was certain the abbot had heard about the donkey’s disappearance. My terror mounted. I presented myself before the abbot and kissed his hand, and he ordered me to sit down.

      “Brother, do you know why I summoned you?” he asked, frowning.

      “No, Father.”

      “A few of the novices have asked to leave the monastery,” he said. “Such an event would be harmful to the other novices, so I’ve been questioning each man to establish whether he’s firm in his resolve or not. I do this to avoid having novices trickling out periodically, which is difficult for the others to bear.”¹⁵

      ٢٣،١1.23

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