فأخدته في حضني جامد زي العيل الصغير، وبالرغم من كده كان بيتهيألي إنه بيقع مني في بير مالوش قرار وإن أنا مش قادر الحقه
I was holding him close in my arms as if he were a little child; and yet it seemed to me that he was rushing headlong toward an abyss from which I could do nothing to restrain him.