the soldier calmly regarded the youthنظر الجندي بهدوء إلى الشابnazar al-jandi bahdoua elly chabb"I've had my wishes," he said, quietly"لقد حصلت على أمنياتي" ، قال بهدوء"luqud hoslat ola amniati", qal bahdouaand his blotchy face turned a grave whiteوتحول وجهه المبقع إلى قبر أبيضwathol wajha al-mubaqa elly qabar abid"And did you really have the three wishes granted?""وهل حصلت حقا على الأمنيات الثلاث؟""wahl hoslat haka ola al-amniat el-thulath""I had my wishes granted," confirmed the sergeant-major"لقد تحققت رغباتي" ، أكد الرقيب الرائد"luqud tahaqat raghabati", akad al-raqib al-raed"And has anybody else wished?" asked the old lady"وهل رغب أي شخص آخر؟" سألت السيدة العجوز"wahl raghab ei shakhs akhrej" salt sayedah al-ajwaz"The first man had his three wishes," was the reply"الرجل الأول كان لديه أمنياته الثلاث" ، كان الرد"al-rajel al-awal can ladih amnyate al-thalath", can al-rad"I don't know what the first two wishes were""لا أعرف ما هي أول أمنيتين""la aaraf ma he ol amnitin""but the third wish was for death""لكن الأمنية الثالثة كانت للموت""lakin al-omaniya al-thaltha kant lemout""That's how I got the monkey's paw""هكذا حصلت على مخلب القرد""hekida hoslat ola makhlab al-qard"His tones had gotten very graveأصبحت نغماته خطيرة للغايةasbaht naghmath khatira leghayaa dark hush fell upon the groupسقط صمت مظلم على المجموعة