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10Translation - English-Arabic - What are you asking about, my dear friend

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Title
What are you asking about, my dear friend
Text
Submitted by samaramorad
Source language: English Translated by ghasemkiani

What are you asking about, my heart's darling?
Because I am, like my possessions, variable and unstable, sometimes tranquil, sometimes on edge.

Title
ما الذي تتسائل بشأنه، يا حبيب قلبي؟
Translation
Arabic

Translated by jaq84
Target language: Arabic

ما الذي تتسائل بشأنه، يا حبيب قلبي؟
فأنا، ككل شأني، متقلبة و غير مستقرة. أحياناً هادئة و أحياناً على الحافة.
Remarks about the translation
This is with the assumption that the speaker is female.
For male speaker use the following:
ما الذي تتسائلين بشأنه، يا حبيبة قلبي؟
فأنا، ككل شأني، متقلب و غير مستقر. أحياناً هادئ و أحياناً على الحافة.
Validated by jaq84 - 17 November 2008 13:44





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14 November 2008 20:14

jaq84
Number of messages: 568
Hello Elmota
What do you think? Shall we accept that
Do you agree for the choice of words? I found it hard to choose the right ones.
For example, my possessions, I wanted to write it as:
أوهامي
and tranquil as ساكنة
What do u think?

CC: elmota

15 November 2008 23:56

elmota
Number of messages: 744
well the word possession here is not like "possessed" because you own your possessions, they dont possess you its not really the same, its more like كل ما أملكه
i have read the discussion on the Persian page and it really is more of "belongings" although i thought that "مال" in Persian meant "له" but it turns out it is money or belongings after all... people use that word a lot in the gulf and in iraq: السيارة مال الشركة معطلة

so yeah it would be better to say: كل ما لي or كل ما أملكه
as for tranquil, i think both work

PS isnt it weird that ما لي and مالي are identical?

16 November 2008 06:49

jaq84
Number of messages: 568
well, if possessions mean belongings what would it mean that they are tranquil? or even on the edge?
what's the sense in that?
I can benifit from the similarity u mentioned ما لي and مالي .

16 November 2008 07:17

jaq84
Number of messages: 568
Could it be ككل شأني though?

16 November 2008 09:14

elmota
Number of messages: 744
yes, ككل شأني sounds great, i thought: variable and unstable are for possessions, while edgy and tranquil are for myself... anyway, you better take a look at the persian page, it helps
by the way, why did u assume the speaker is a lady?

17 November 2008 12:19

elmota
Number of messages: 744
all good but just add the male-to-female in the comments box, i feel sorry for this girl