Arabic → English transcript

I can’t talk… I can’t talk. Oh Lord… I just want a

يا رب... بس بدي شربة مية.

We have to carry our supplies. What made you bring… The hunger, Dad… the hunger.

We have to carry our supplies. What made you bring… The hunger, Dad… the hunger.

الجوع يابا... الجوع، ما أظلم الجوع.

خلونا نموت وإحنا بنجري... وأبوي الله يرحمه.

may God have mercy on him. So how are you able to bear this?

With my Lord’s approval… and my mother’s approval.

You’re tough, Abd… tough, Abd, tough.

How many days has it been since you ate? God is greatest. Maybe it’s been two weeks…

الله أكبر.

يمكن بيجي أسبوعين... وإحنا على العدس.

And we say,“ Oh Lord”… always,“ Oh Lord.” How are your family doing now?

إيش وضع أهلك هلقيت؟

They’re there waiting for me.

They’re waiting for me to bring a sack of flour so they can knead and eat.

What’s wrong with you? We run to the trucks… to the tanks and to death.

بنجري على المقاطير... وعند الدبابات وعند الموت.

To get a bite to live on. How old are you? Sixteen years old.

قديش عمرك إنت؟

So what do you wish would happen… instead of this death? That life would open up…

So what do you wish would happen… instead of this death? That life would open up…

that things would go back… to the old days. I can’t talk…

مش قادر أحكي... مش قادر أحكي.

What made you come to take flour like this? First, the hunger. Second, we’re fed up…

أول شي الجوع.

there is no food…

it’s suffering. That this war would end… honestly, people are dead…

they died under the trucks. I wish this war would be resolved and end…

ونبطل نجري في تحت الموت... عالمقاطير.