في أول أربعين كان فيه ولد صغير بيطلع معاه، بس بعد أربعين يوم من غير ولا سمكه واحده أبو الولد وأمه قالوله الراجل ده أكيد حظه نحس فالولد سمع كلامهم وطلع مع مركب تاني اصطاد تلت سمكات كبار في أول أسبوع. 
In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy's parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week. 