العودة لقائمة القصص
My village had many problems.
We made a long line to fetch water from one tap.
كَانَ لِقَرْيَتِي اَلعَدِيدُ مِنَ اَلمَشَاكِلَ.
فَنَحْنٌ نَقِفُ صَفًّا طَوِيلاً لِنَجْلِبَ اَلماءَ من صَنْبُورٍ وَاحِدٍ.
We waited for food donated by others.
وَنَنْتَظِرُ المَعُونَاتِ مِنَ الآخَرِينَ.
We locked our houses early because of thieves.
وَنُقْفِلُ أَبْوَابَ مَنَازِلِنَا بَاكِراً خَوْفاً مِنَ اللُّصُوصِ.
Many children dropped out of school.
تَرَكَ اَلعَدِيدُ مِنَ اَلأطْفَالِ اَلْمَدْرَسَةِ.
Young girls worked as maids in other villages.
وَاَلْفَتيَاتُ اَلصَّغِيرَاتُ يَعْمَلْنَ خَادِماتٍ في اَلْقُرَى الأُخْرَى.
Young boys roamed around the village while others worked on people’s farms.
يَتَسَكَّعُ اَلصِبْيَةُ اَلصِّغارُ في جَميعِ أَنْحاءِ اَلقَرْيَةِ، بَينَما يَعمَلُ الآخَرُونَ في مَزَارِعِ اَلنَاسِ.
When the wind blew, waste paper hung on trees and fences.
عِنْدَمَا تَهُبُّ اَلرِّيَاحُ، تَعْلَقُ مُخلَّفاتُ آلأَوْرَاقِ عَلَى اَلأَشْجارِ وَالأَسْوَارِ.
People were cut by broken glass that was thrown carelessly.
يُجْرَحُ اَلنَّاسُ بِاَلزُجاجِ اَلمَكْسُورِ اَلمُهْمَلِ.
Then one day, the tap dried up and our containers were empty.
وَفي أَحَدِ اَلأيَّامِ جَفَّ الصَّنْبُورُ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ أَوْعِيَتُنَا فَارِغَةً.
My father walked from house to house asking people to attend a village meeting.
دَارَ أَبِي مِنْ مَنْزِلٍ إلى مَنْزِلٍ، لِيَدْعُوَهُمْ لاِجْتِمَاعِ اَلقَرْيَةِ.
People gathered under a big tree and listened.
اِجْتَمَعَ اَلنَّاسُ تَحْتَ اَلشَّجَرَةِ اَلكَبيرَةِ واَستَمَعُوا.
My father stood up and said, “We need to work together to solve our problems.”
وَقَفَ أَبِي وقَالَ: “نَحْنُ بِحَاجَةٍ لِأَنْ نَعْمَلَ مَعًا لِحَلِّ المُشْكِلَةِ”.
Eight-year-old Juma, sitting on a tree trunk shouted, “I can help with cleaning up.”
صَرَخَ جُومَا اَلطِّفْلُ ذُو الثَّمَانِ سَنَواتٍ: “أَنَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أُسَاعِدَ بِاَلتَّنْظِيفِ”.
One woman said, “The women can join me to grow food.”
قالَتْ اِمْرَأةٌ: “النِّسَاءُ يَسْتَطِعْنَ الانْضِمَامَ إليَّ لِزِراعَةِ المَحَاصِيلِ اَلغِذائيَّةَ”.
Another man stood up and said, “The men will dig a well.”
وَقَفَ رَجُلٌ آخَرَ وَقَالَ: “اَلرِّجالُ سَيَحْفِرونَ بِئراً”.
We all shouted with one voice, “We must change our lives.”
From that day we worked together to solve our problems.
صَرَخْنَا جَميعاً: “يَجِبُ عَلَيْنَا تَغْيِيرُ حَيَاتِنَا”.
مِنَ اليَوْمِ سَنَعْمَلُ مَعًا لِحَلِّ مَشَاكِلِنَا.
كُتِب بواسطة: Ursula Nafula
رسمة بواسطة: Vusi Malindi
قرأه: Darshan Soni
