Nour and the Stars
نُورَ وَالنُّجُوم
A Letter Tale for noon: Nour cannot sleep, so she counts stars from her window — نافذة, نجوم, نوم — until a falling star grants her a very small, very perfect wish.
Ages 3–6 · 6 scenes · 3 min
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فِي اللَّيْلِ، لَمْ تَنَمْ نُور.
fi-l-layli, lam tanam nuur.
At night, Nour could not sleep.
قَالَتْ: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ النَّوْمَ!
qaalat: laa astatii'u-n-nawm!
She said: I cannot sleep!
نَظَرَتْ مِنَ النَّافِذَةِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ.
naZarat mina-n-naafidhati ila-s-samaa'.
She looked out of the window at the sky.
عَدَّتِ النُّجُومَ: وَاحِدَةٌ، اثْنَتَانِ، ثَلَاثَةٌ...
'addati-n-nujuuma: waaHidah, ithnataan, thalaathah...
She counted the stars: one, two, three...
رَأَتْ نَجْمَةً تَتَسَاقَطُ، فَتَمَنَّتْ تَمَنِّيَةً صَغِيرَةً.
ra'at najmatan tasaqaT, fa tamannat tamanniyyatan Saghiirah.
She saw a falling star and made a small wish.
أَغْمَضَتْ نُورُ عَيْنَيْهَا... وَنَامَتْ.
aghmaDat nuuru 'aynayhaa... wa naam.
Nour closed her eyes... and slept.
The lesson · الْعِبْرَة
A calm heart is where sleep begins.
الْقَلْبُ الْهَادِئُ بِدَايَةُ النَّوْمِ.
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