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Arabic to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Proverbs | |||||||
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4 | Woe to the distressed person from the untroubled one |
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Woe to the distressed person from the untroubled one Explanation: Pronunciation: Waylun lil-shaji min-al-khaliyy or Waylun lil-shajiyy min-al-khaliyy Meaning: The distressed (or the grieved or the concerned) person has hard time with the untroubled (or the one who is at ease or free from concerns) one because the latter neither gives him a hand nor stops blaming him. Here's Arabic explanation and pronunciation: قال أبو عبيد : قال أبو زيد من أمثالهم في هذا ( ما يلقى الشجي من الخلي ) يقول إنه لا يساعده وهو مع ذلك يعذله ع : معنى قولهم : ( ويل للشجي من الخلي ) ويل للمهموم من الفارغ والشجي الذي كأن في حلقه شجى من الهموم وهو الغصص يقال : قد شجي شجى قال صريم : ( إني أرى الموت مما قد شجيت به ... إن دام ما بي ورب البيت قد أفدا ) وقال أكثر أهل اللغة : يقال : ويل للشجي من الخلي بتخفيف الياء من الشجى وبتثقيلها من الخلي ويروى عن الأصمعي أنه حكى ( ويل للشجي من الخلي ) بتثقيل الياء فيهما وأنشد : ( ويل الشجي من الخلي فإنه ... نصب الفؤاد بحزنه مهموم ) http://islamport.com/d/3/adb/1/202/1236.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2012-03-28 07:47:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The first pronunciation is the most famous, whereas the second one was narrated by Al-Asma`i (a famous Arabic linguist, poet, man of literature and rhetoric) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2012-03-28 07:52:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Correction: laam shamsiyyah Waylun lish-shaji min-al-khaliyy or Waylun lish-shajiyy min-al-khaliyy |
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