A black slave fled from a battle between the British and the Turks and another slave taunted him saying
هرب عبد أسود من معركة بين الإنجليز والأتراك فعيّره آخر قائلاً
He replied defending himself
فرد يدافع عن نفسه
And another asks his friend “Hamidan” about his relationship with his wife “Tanieh”
وآخر يسأل صديقه "حميدان " عن حاله مع "طينة" زوجته
Hmaidan replied
فرد حميدان
This is a conversation between a Bedouin and another resident of Al-Arish
وهذه محاورة بين بدوي وآخر من أهل العريش
And a poet said
وقال شاعر
And one of them said
وقال أحدهم
A man loved a girl, and she loved him, but when her parents found out, they took her away. He kept searching for her until he found her and entered her tent and spent the night with her. On his way back, he sang this poem
رجل أحب فتاة وأحبته، فلما علم أهل الفتاة أخذوها ورحلوا، فظل يبحث عنها حتى وجدها ودخل إلى خيمتها وقضى ليلة عندها، وفي أثناء عودته غنى هذه القصيدة