أبي
كان
صايغ
. عنده
محل
في
سوق
الصياغين
. يوم
اللي
صارت
المظاهرات
My father was a goldsmith. He had a shop in the Goldsmiths' Souq. The day the demonstrations happened
وراح
والدي
مع
شغّيل
يشتغل
عنده
أرمني
And my father went with an employee who worked for him, an Armenian
على
السوق
اللي
كان
مسكر
. دخل
على المحل
تبعه
To the market which was closed. He entered his shop
اخذوا
كل
الصيغة
اللي عنده اياها
، وراحوا
برّات
السوق
فيه
بنك
They took all the gold he had, and they went outside the market there was a bank
استأجر
صندوق حديد
في
بنك أودي
روما
وحط
البضاعة
He rented a safe in Bank Audi Roma and put the merchandise
بصندوق الحديد
. وأجى
على البيت
تعبان
In the safe. And he came home tired
وقال
كلمة
، جملة
ما بننساها
نحن
في
بيتنا
:
And he said a word, a sentence we never forget in our house:
"
اليوم
رحت
سرقت
محلي
"
"Today I went and robbed my own shop"
"
دخلت
على
محلي
مثل
حرامي
سرقت
محلي
"
"I entered my shop like a thief and robbed my own shop"
و
هذه
كانت
أول
ديسمبر
1947
And this was the first of December 1947