other · Issue No. 1, January 1952 · p. 29
Between Two Palace Children / Between Two Street Children
بين طفلي القصر / بين طفلي الشارع
Between two palace children:
- Tell me, Mario, where did your mother buy the baby that arrived yesterday?
- She didn't buy it fwom here. It came from Paris by airplane, in a box of satin lined with lace!
Between two street children —
and they were listening to what was being said behind the railing:
- And you too, Manuel — your mother bought a baby; so where did she buy it? From New York?
- We're poor folk; we can't afford the airplane fare. My mother made it at home...
بين طفلي القصر :
- قل يا ماريو من اين اشترت امك البابي الذي وصل بالامس
- لم تشتوه من هنا . جاء من باريس بالطائره ضمن صندوق من الاطلس المبطن بالدانتلا !
بين طفلي الشارع
وكانا يسمعان ماذا يقال وراء الدرابزون
- وانت ايضاً يا مانويل اشترت امك طفلاً فمن اين اشترته ؟ أمن نيويورك ؟
- نحن جماعة فقراء ، لا نملك اجرة الطيارة . لقد صنعته امي في البيت ...
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