Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves."
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"Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves."
"أحلام البطولة سلوى التعساء. ففي نهاية المطاف، حين يصف أمثالنا أنفسهم بالأبطال، فغالبًا ما يعني ذلك أننا على وشك أن نقتل بعضنا بعضًا، أو أن نقتل أنفسنا."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"What was the difference between love and the agony of waiting? Like love, the agony of waiting began in the muscles somewhere around the upper belly but soon spread out to the chest, the thighs, and the forehead, to invade the entire body with numbing force."
"ما الفارق بين الحب ولوعة الانتظار؟ مثل الحب، بدأت لوعة الانتظار في العضلات، في منطقة ما حول أعلى البطن، لكنها سرعان ما انتشرت إلى الصدر والفخذين والجبهة، لتغزو الجسد بأكمله بقوة مخدرة."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why she now felt that she was on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time."
"لطالما كان إدراكها أنها تستطيع أن تتعلم كيف تحب رجلاً، يعني لها أكثر من أن تحبه بلا عناء، بل وأجلّ قدراً من مجرد الوقوع في حبه. ولهذا السبب، شعرت الآن أنها تقف على عتبة حياة جديدة، وسعادة مقدر لها أن تدوم أمداً طويلاً جداً."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why now she felt herself to be on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time."
"كان إدراكها لقدرتها على تعلّم حب رجل يعني لها دائمًا أكثر من أن تحبه دون عناء، بل أكثر حتى من الوقوع في الحب، ولهذا السبب شعرت الآن وكأنها على عتبة حياة جديدة، سعادة مقدر لها أن تدوم طويلاً جدًا."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"...when a good poet is confronted with difficult facts that he knows to be true but also are inimical to poetry, he has no choice but to flee to the margins; it was...this very retreat that allowed him to hear the hidden music that is the source of all art."
"...عندما يواجه الشاعر الجيد حقائق صعبة يعلم أنها صحيحة لكنها معادية للشعر، لا يملك خيارًا سوى الفرار إلى الهوامش؛ وكان... هذا التراجع بالذات هو ما سمح له بسماع الموسيقى الخفية التي هي منبع كل فن."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people."
"إنه لعارٌ أننا لا نعرف إلا القليل عن وطننا، وأن قلوبنا لا تتسع لمحبّة أبناء جلدتنا. وبدلًا من ذلك، نُعجب بمن يُظهرون لوطننا الازدراء ويخونون شعبه."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"...in a brutal country like ours where human life is cheap, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs, high ideals--only people living in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.' 'Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs."
"...في بلد قاسٍ مثل بلدنا، حيث أرواح البشر رخيصة، من الغباء أن تدمر نفسك في سبيل معتقداتك. المعتقدات والمثل العليا—لا يتمتع بمثل هذه الرفاهيات إلا من يعيشون في بلدان غنية.
"بل على العكس تمامًا. في البلد الفقير، العزاء الوحيد الذي يمكن أن يجده الناس هو ما ينبع من معتقداتهم."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"There are two kinds of Communists: the arrogant ones, who enter the fray hoping to make men out of the people and bring progress to the nation; and the innocent ones, who get involved because they believe in equality and justice. The arrogant ones are obsessed with power; they presume to think for everyone; only bad can come of them. But the innocents? The only harm they do is to themselves. But that's all they ever wanted in the first place. They feel so guilty about the suffering of the poor, and are so keen to share it, that they make their lives miserable on purpose."
"هناك نوعان من الشيوعيين: المتعجرفون، الذين يدخلون غمار الصراع على أمل أن يصقلوا الشعوب ويقودوا الأمة نحو التقدم؛ والأبرياء، الذين ينخرطون فيه إيماناً منهم بالمساواة والعدالة. المتعجرفون يستحوذ عليهم هوس السلطة؛ يتوهمون أنهم أوصياء على فكر الناس؛ ولا يُرجى منهم إلا السوء. أما الأبرياء؟ فلا يضرون إلا أنفسهم. وهذا ما سعوا إليه أصلاً. يثقلهم الشعور بالذنب إزاء بؤس الفقراء، ويتوقون لمشاركتهم آلامهم، فيتعمدون إشقاء أنفسهم."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them"
"ما حييت، لن أحاكيهم أو أمقت نفسي لاختلافي عنهم."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another's heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and more crushing disappointments than we ourselves have known? Even if the world's rich and powerful were to put themselves in the shoes of the rest, how much would they really understand the wretched millions suffering around them? So it is when Orhan the novelist peers into the dark corners of his poet friend's difficult and painful life: How much can he really see?"
"إلى أي مدى يمكننا أن ندرك الحب والألم الكامنين في قلب إنسان آخر؟ وكم نأمل أن نستوعب أولئك الذين قاسوا كربًا أعمق، وحرمانًا أعظم، وخيبات أمل أشد فتكًا مما عرفناه نحن بأنفسنا؟ حتى لو وضع أغنياء العالم وأقوياؤه أنفسهم مكان البقية، فكم سيفهمون حقًا الملايين البائسة التي تعاني من حولهم؟ وهكذا الحال عندما يتأمل أورهان الروائي الزوايا المظلمة من حياة صديقه الشاعر الصعبة والمؤلمة: فكم يستطيع أن يرى حقًا؟"
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"Contrary to what the West seems to think, it is not poverty that brings people like us so close to God. It's the fact that no one is more curious than we are to learn why we are here on earth and what will happen to us in the next world."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction"
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"...every life is like a snowflake: individual existences might look identical from afar, but to understand one´s own eternally mysterious uniqueness one had only to plot the mysteries of one´s own snowflake."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"Women kill themselves because they hope to gain something," said Kadife. "Men kill themselves because they've lost hope of gaining anything."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"Despite the loss they were suffering, they'd both relaxed - as people do when they realize they've run out of chances for happiness"
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"A man could be at the coffee-house every evening laughing and playing cards with his friends, he could have so much fun with his classmates that there is never a moment they arent´t exploding into laughter, he could spend every hour of the day chatting with his intimates, but if that man has been abandoned by God, he´d still be the loneliest man on earth."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and more crushing disappointments than we ourselves have known?"
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
"Ka found it very soothing: for the first time in years, he felt part of a family. In spite of the trials and responsibilities of what was called 'family', he saw now the joys of its unyielding togetherness, and was sorry not to have known more of it in his life."
Orhan Pamuk, Snow
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