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Just miscalls not even a call. I can’t stand such behavior…you’d think we were on the same frequency, then poof…everyone on his own planet.
So I came up with a story last night for Tony:
Kin ya makin feee kadeeem il zamin, kin fee M3allim Shaii, michkilto 3attachou. Ken yebee3 shaii “tea”, wa yjareb ysid 3attachou, bil maiy “water”. Jarab maiy min kil nahir wa kil nabi3 wa kil hanafeeyi timrouk 3alla tareekou. Hooounek nhar, fakar lei ma be rouh 3ala mazdar kil il mai, wa y2khoud maiyito min houneek...min mayit il “Sea”- il Bahir. Fa dab ghraddou wa wada3 ass7abou wa il hay taba3ou wa rah 3alla il moughamari il jdedi b 7ayetou.
Wousal 3ala il bahar, wa kin ktir mabsout, fe mai 3a madda nazarou, wa iddir ysid 3attachou. Wa taffuck l’M3allim ma3 il Bahir hata ynadifllou shatou, wa yehtam fee lal Bahar, wil Bahir b’aminllo yishrab min mayitou, wa yekoul min samkito 3a mada hayeto.
Bas hounik nhar, min ba3ad kam shahir, balash yikhaff M3alim il Shaii, inno she nhar yenouti3 il Bahir min il maiy, wa you3tach “again”, laino kil 7ayeto i7sas il 3atach kan yedallo mrefkou, ta ija 3al bahar.
Fa rah 3ala kaza nahir mich b3eed 3annou. Nahir il Rim, il Rouba, il Carla, il Joanna, il Joelle, wil Daisy, wil Layali wa kazza nahir ghayroun. Wa taffuck houwi wil anhour, inno min wakit lal tani yib3at kil wahad minon samki min 3andon ta ti2sal “ask”, Il M3allim izza 3ayiz maiy wa 3atchan.
Hek Aman halou M3alim il Shaii, wa khabar il bahar, 3an il ittafuckiyet “deals” tabba3ou, laino il Bahar mnih ma3ou wa biyifhamou. Fa ibil il Bahar bil mawdou3 laino fihim khafou “fear” la’l’M3allim, wa aslant albou wa aklou kbir, wa kin yhib keef il M3allim yehtam fee.
Bas min ba3ad fatra aseeri balash il Bahar yedayak, laino Nahir Rim Kin kil youm yib3at samki, il soubouh, douhour wa 3ashhiya 3ala maiyit il Bahir.
Wa ntalla il Bahar samak nahri.
Fa allo il Bahir la M3allim Il Shaii, iza fe majil inno yihki ma il nahir ta khafif min samkito. Fa rah M3allim il Shaii wa haka ma il Nahr Rim Bas dallou il Nahir Rim 3alla 3adittou “habits”.
Wa staghrab il Bahir lei, ma3ino il M3allim allo inno hiki ma3 il Nahir Rim, lei kin Nahr Rim ba3doo yeb3at samak kil youm. Wa tsawarou, inno ija nhar allo M3allim il Shaii la il Bahir inno baddo yekhoud shwait mai wa samak min il Bahir, ta ya3teeyounn la Nahir Layal, laino ken yekhdamou ktir howi wa 3atchan. Fa sa2al “asked” il Bahir la M3allim il Shaii, lei bas la haydi il Nahir wa mich laghayerou….ma hayda il Nahir khadamou min zamin. Wa Ballash il M3aliim Il Shaii yeghalbit b 7akeeto wa kaleemato wa yekhtouri3 “create” oussass ghareebiit il shakil, wa sar yewasikh shat il Bahir shwai shwai min il kizbo wa ihtiyallo.
Fa has il Bahar inno M3allim il Shaii haltou halli…3andou khouf min il 3attach. Fa add ma bya3teee il Bahir bi 7ayeto, yemkin l’M3allim il Shaii yedallou 3andou tami3 “greed” aw kouff “fear” min il 3attach “thirst”. Ma3 inno, il bahir tammanou lal’M3allim inno howie kbir wa miaiyitou 3a ad albou, wa mich makoul yinashiff “dry”…. Il Ma3alim dallou khayeef.
Yimkin, il M3allim khaf yighruk b ghmik il bahir she nhar aw yedirbou il 3atach, aw yemkin ma 3ad hab maiy il bahar “anymore”… wa fadal yekooun 3andou kaza mazdar maiy.
Ymkin yiliki sa3adtou bil annhour…. Allah byi3lam.
Anyway, no one knows how the story ends yet, but ideally this is what happens:
“The Tea Maker, awakes to his wrong doings and begins to understand…. So he decides to go back home to his village, solve his problems with the many rivers and packed himself a homely boat with simple pleasures, one & 2 friends worth the name, a cat and a dog, and a little more than enough to wear, and I little more than enough to live by, and heads back to the “Sea”. And throws himself like a fisherman’s net in all directions immersing himself as much as livingly and physically possible into the “Sea”,…For thirst is a dangerous thing, Don’t you agree?”
Many fears face me during the day, but I can only be true to my doings and myself and hope to God that no one ever brings me a flow of tears to my eyes and pain to my heart.
I folded the letter into an origami heart and put it in his car door.
Whatever. I leave work early .Misscall T. He calls me back 15 min later, really dry voice asking if I was going to go with him to gym. No. Left home slept till I get a phonecall at 7:30 from t in the office, asking if I was ok, but in a careless voice, and that he was leaving work, if I cared to know.
15 minutes later he apparently reads the letter and smss me:
bi 7ayeto l shaii ma ken ma3 suggar and ur the sugar ya aghla c ta2ess sar a7la hala2
and off to the gym he goes.