Rea and Mariam are leaving work early when Rea suggests that they get shawarma for lunch because she is craving meat after the end of the Christian fasting period. Mariam, who is a Muslim, reminds Rea that Ramadan has begun and she is fasting. The two colleagues and friends discuss Christian and Muslim fasting traditions in Lebanon.
Lebanese Arabic Transcript and English Contextual Translation
ريا: مريم. شو رأيك بما إنو خلصنا شغل بكير نروح ناكل شاورما بشي مطرح، لأن أنا كتير مشتهية عليا من وقت خلصنا صيام وعيدنا الأسبوع الماضي؟
Rea: Mariam. What do you say since we finished work early that we have shawarma somewhere because I am really craving it ever since we finished fasting and celebrated the holiday last week?
مريم:ههههه شو ريا؟ الهيئة نسيتي إنو إنتو خلصتو صيام ونحنا بلشنا شهر رمضان والصيام.
Mariam: Haha, what Rea? It appears you forgot that you have finished fasting, and we staring the month of Ramadan and fasting.
ريا: يا الله يا مريم. أكيد ما نسيت! بس راح عن بالي بهاللحظة. عفواً شهيتك يمكن، بس بعد ما عيدنا الفصح وقضينا تقريبا 50 يوم بدون لحومات، عم يجو عبالي كتير بوقت الغدا.
Rea: Oh my god Mariam. I surely did not forget! But it slipped my mind at the moment. Sorry, I made you crave it maybe, but after we celebrated Easter and had spent about 50 days without meats, I am craving them a lot at lunchtime.