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The Ugly Truth in Lebanon

I received this Arabic text and thought of translating it and sharing it.

في لبنان:

السنكري دكتور

والحكيم تاجر

والمستشفى دكانة

والوزارة مغارة

والشوفير محلل سياسي

والمحلل السياسي بيقبض

والموظف عتال

والشيوعي رأسمالي

والإقطاعي إشتراكي

الممثلة بتغني

وملكة الجمال بتمثل

والمنتج او جوزون او مصاحبون

الميت بينتخب

الدركي هوا تشيكن

الدكنجي بشرج تلفونات

محل التلفونات ببيع نسكافيه

والنصاب إستاذ

والإستاذ شحاد

وزير الشباب ختيار

موظف الضمان ديكتاتور

سكرتيرة الحكيم أشطر من الحكيم

دايما الدوا مقطوع بس فيه متلو

الدلفري دايما مشي لعندك

حكيم السنان بيتهضمن

المسافر غني

الضابط عايشها

النفق بيغرق

والجسر بيرقص

والجورة الكبيرة فيها دولاب وخشبة

مذيعة الطقس لازم تكون بنت مزنطرة

مذيع الرياضة لازم يلبس بولو

المشاوي والبطيخ لمشوار النهر

واللوز لمشوار البحر

الملتزم دينيا كل قمصانو كارو

والجغل ما بيستعمل جيابو لازم يحمل الجزدان والتلفون وعلبة الدخان ومفتاح السيارة بإيدو.

والشعب كلو ثوار بس بالحكي.

بس نشوف شي سياسي منقلو يطول عمرك.

فاهمين الشيطان صح وفاهمين الله غلط

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

In Lebanon:

The plumber is a doctor

The doctor is a trader

The hospital is a store

The ministry is a grotto

The driver is a political analyst

The political analyst gets paid

The employer is a porter

The communist is a capitalist

The feudal is a socialist

The actress sings

And the beauty queen acts

The producer is either their husband or their boyfriend

The dead votes

The policeman eats from Hawa Chicken

The store owner sells phone recharge cards

The multimedia store sells Nescafe

The fraud is a professor

The professor is a beggar

The Minister of Youth is an old man

The social security employee is a dictator

The doctor’s secretary is smarter than the doctor himself

The medicine is always unavailable, but you can find a similar one

The delivery guy has always left and is headed to your location

The dentist acts funny

The traveler is rich

The police officer takes things too far

The tunnel drowns

And the bridge shakes

The big pothole contains a tire and a log

The weather presenter should be a stylish lady

The sports presenter should wear a Polo shirt

Mixed grills and watermelon should be eaten when on a trip to the river

Almonds are the food of choice when on a trip to the beach

The religious man wears nothing but checkered shirts

The stylish hunk doesn’t use his pockets; he must carry the wallet, the phone, the pack of cigarettes and the car keys in his hand.

All the people are rebellious, in words not in deeds

When we see a politician, we wish him a long life.

We got the good wrong, but we got the evil right.

 

Rania

rania@transpremium.com

I AM RANIA MERCHAK ANDRAOS, A CAREER MOM WITH A PASSION FOR WORDS, FITNESS & HEALTH, AND FOOD! STICK AROUND AND ENJOY THE RIDE AS YOU GET A GLIMPSE OF MY WORLD!

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