العيلة
من جنب أبي
مأكد
إنه جدي
وستي
The family from my father's side, I'm sure my grandfather and grandmother
كانوا
من
الشام
.
were from Sham (Damascus/Levant).
أبي
خلص
علمه
، كان
حكيم
،
My father finished his studies, he was a doctor,
ورا ما
خلص
علمه
بلبنان
، يهودي
ما فيهن
،
After he finished his studies in Lebanon, a Jew couldn't,
ما فيه
يلاقي
ولا
شغلة
بولا
مستشفى
ولا
بعيادة
He couldn't find any work in a hospital or clinic
ولا
بمطرح
، مجبور
مثل ما
بيقولوا
يكب
حاله
or anywhere, forced as they say to throw himself
ع
الطريق
ولازم
يدبر حاله
.
on the road and had to make his own way.