The Picture of Dorian Gray
Read The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde in Arabic and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, B2, and C2.
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In a studio thick with rose scent and laburnum blossom, the distant hum of London sounding like an organ note, a painter named Basil Hallward finishes the finest portrait of his life. Its subject is Dorian Gray, a young man so beautiful that Basil has poured his own soul into the canvas. Into this hushed room drifts Lord Henry Wotton, languid and cynical, armed with a philosophy that treats youth as the only thing worth having. "Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth!" he declares, and Dorian, listening, feels a new dread crash over the joy of first beholding his own beauty.
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كان المرسم مليئًا برائحة الورد الغنية.
The studio was full of the rich smell of roses.
عندما كانت ريح الصيف الخفيفة تتحرك بين الأشجار في الحديقة، كانت رائحة قوية من الليلك تدخل من الباب المفتوح.
When the light summer wind moved through the trees in the garden, a heavy scent of lilac came through the open door.
وأحيانًا كانت تدخل أيضًا رائحة أخف وألطف، هي رائحة الشوك ذي الزهور الوردية.
Sometimes a lighter, more delicate smell of pink-flowering thorn came through too.
كان اللورد هنري ووتون مستلقيًا على أريكة مغطاة بحقائب سرج فارسية، في زاوية الغرفة.
Lord Henry Wotton was lying on a sofa covered with Persian saddlebags, in the corner of the room.
وكعادته، كان يدخّن سجائر كثيرة.
As always, he was smoking many cigarettes.
من المكان الذي كان مستلقيًا فيه، كان يرى بالكاد الأزهار الصفراء الذهبية لشجرة الخيزران الذهبي.
From where he lay, he could just see the golden-yellow flowers of a laburnum tree.
كانت الأغصان تهتز، وبدت أضعف من أن تحمل أزهارًا جميلة كهذه.
The branches shook, looking too weak for such beautiful flowers.
History
- Written by Oscar Wilde in English
- Adapted by Line by Line Publishing in 2026