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ain al hasoud feeha oud عين الحسود فيها عُود

English translation: May envious eye be poked

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Arabic term or phrase:عين الحسود فيها عُود
English translation:May envious eye be poked
Entered by: ALWALEED

16:11 Aug 12, 2001
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: ain al hasoud feeha oud عين الحسود فيها عُود
Arabic proverb.the equivlant please.
ALWALEED
Local time: 11:52
May the envious eye be poked!
Explanation:
The envious eye is most commonly known in English as the “evil eye,” but is also called the “invidious eye.”

I chose the verb "to poke" because it is implied by the phrase FEEHA 'OOD, which, in Arabic, provides a rhyming effect. In translation, one is not bound to reproduce the rhyming effect or the exact words making the rhyming effect. In addition, English tends to be a verb-driven language, whereas Arabic (like Romance languages) tends to be noun-driven. This is called the "nominal preference."

Fuad
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May the envious eye be poked.
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Summary of answers provided
na +2May the envious eye be poked!
Fuad Yahya
na -1"An eye of envy is full of faults"
Yaqoob


  

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2 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
May the envious eye be poked!


Explanation:
The envious eye is most commonly known in English as the “evil eye,” but is also called the “invidious eye.”

I chose the verb "to poke" because it is implied by the phrase FEEHA 'OOD, which, in Arabic, provides a rhyming effect. In translation, one is not bound to reproduce the rhyming effect or the exact words making the rhyming effect. In addition, English tends to be a verb-driven language, whereas Arabic (like Romance languages) tends to be noun-driven. This is called the "nominal preference."

Fuad


Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2811
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May the envious eye be poked.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alaa Zeineldine
14 hrs
agree  AhmedAMS
24 days
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2 hrs peer agreement (net): -1
"An eye of envy is full of faults"


Explanation:
The proverb possible refers back to the Bible, which states over and over again the evil manifested in envy. The literal translation would be "The eye of envy, in it is a stick", I'm most certain that the "stick" is considered to be a fault or evil of some sort. Envy here is considered an evil think, like spiteful jealousy. It could also be thought of as "The envious is blind", meaning that one who envies is ignorant, and only superficial, concerned only with material possessions and the power (political, etc.) that others have, instead of focusing on the spiritual life (God).

Yaqoob

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Alaa Zeineldine: This well-known Egyptian proverb is considered an expression of a wish rather than a statement.
13 hrs
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