Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
الوطن عرض البني آدم
English translation:
Our homeland is our honor!
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A Zafar
Aug 12, 2021 17:10
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Arabic term
الوطن عرض البني آدم
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Syria
Hello everyone,
This is the last line of a poem by Omar el-Farra, a Syrian poet. It appears in a short story I'm translating about the road from Sweida to Damascus, and the checkpoints encountered along the way. The narrator sees this line spray-painted onto a checkpoint:
ونقرأ أیضاً: (أنت بأمان. الجیش السوريّ هنا). أو: (نسهر على أمانكم). وهذا شعارٌ لم أفهمه: (سوریا هي رجال الصواریخ)! وعلى حاجزٍ صغیرٍ
ومتواضعٍ كان مكتوباً: (الوطن عرض البني آدم)! یا لله كم أحببتها هذه الأخیرة
I've had suggestions to translate عرض as "honour" or "responsibility" but I wanted to get the ProZ opinion too :)
Here's a link to the full poem, if it helps: https://www.facebook.com/Dojggo/posts/1480337622134294/
Thank you,
Anam
This is the last line of a poem by Omar el-Farra, a Syrian poet. It appears in a short story I'm translating about the road from Sweida to Damascus, and the checkpoints encountered along the way. The narrator sees this line spray-painted onto a checkpoint:
ونقرأ أیضاً: (أنت بأمان. الجیش السوريّ هنا). أو: (نسهر على أمانكم). وهذا شعارٌ لم أفهمه: (سوریا هي رجال الصواریخ)! وعلى حاجزٍ صغیرٍ
ومتواضعٍ كان مكتوباً: (الوطن عرض البني آدم)! یا لله كم أحببتها هذه الأخیرة
I've had suggestions to translate عرض as "honour" or "responsibility" but I wanted to get the ProZ opinion too :)
Here's a link to the full poem, if it helps: https://www.facebook.com/Dojggo/posts/1480337622134294/
Thank you,
Anam
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +3 | Our homeland is our honor! | Assem AlKhallouf |
Proposed translations
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Our homeland is our honor!
the homeland is the honor of its inhabitants
the homeland is the honor for every person
Our homeland is our honor and our virtue!
the homeland is the honor for every person
Our homeland is our honor and our virtue!
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