we were بالعربية

We were eight.

الصورة:

We were friends.

كنّا أصدقاء.

We were all tired.

كنّا كلّنا متعبون.

We were speechless.

حديقة نيكو الوطنية

So we were desperate.

لذلك كُنا يائسين

“We were sure we were going back,” Aboud says.

"كنا متأكدين من أننا سنعود،" قالت نادرة.

And one day we were walking. We were in France.

في احد الايام كنا في فرنسا

They didn’t know anything about who we were or where we were going.

لم يكونوا على علم بمن نحن أو إلى أين ذاهبون.

' When we were among our people ' they will say, ' we were ever fearful,

« قالوا » إيماء إلى علة الوصول « إنا كنا قبل في أهلنا » في الدنيا « مشفقين » خائفين من عذاب الله.

Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;

« قالوا » إيماء إلى علة الوصول « إنا كنا قبل في أهلنا » في الدنيا « مشفقين » خائفين من عذاب الله.

And at the same time we were being told what we were, we were being asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

وفي الوقت نفسه يقال لنا من نحن، ويتم سؤالنا، "ماذا تريد أن تكون عندما تكبر؟"

A hundred years ago we were looking at coal, of course, and we were looking at whale oil and we were looking at crude oil.

قبل 100 سنة كنا ننظر إلى الفحم، بالطبع، وقد كنا ننظر إلى زيت الحوت وقد كنا ننظر إلى زيت النفط الخام.