Il-kamra tal-bejt

The room on the roof

Your goalI can say whose things are and when they went missing.

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Your suitcase is in the room on the roof, where Marija put it. You take the old key from the raincoat ("Keep it," she said; now you know why) and climb the ladder from the top landing, past Ġorġ's door; Ella follows. This is the X on her map, and there is a small round window, just big enough for a cat. Under the roof: buttons, a spare key, the computer mouse from the office, Tonio's pen, the candle "10", the toy thermometer, the mouthpiece. Whose is what, and when did it go? "Your flat was empty for a long time," says Ella. "It was his flat. And his things."

Friday afternoon. Lucía wants your answer today. Your suitcase is up in the room on the roof: Maltese houses have flat roofs, and old things go up there.
Marija poġġiet il-bagalja tiegħi fil-kamra tal-bejt tliet xhur ilu. U ċ-ċavetta... iċ-ċavetta fil-but tal-kowt tax-xita!
Marija put my suitcase in the room on the roof three months ago. And the key... the key's in the raincoat pocket!
Marija poġġiet il-bagalja tiegħi fil-kamra tal-bejt tliet xhur ilu. U ċ-ċavetta... iċ-ċavetta fil-but tal-kowt tax-xita!
Marija put my suitcase in the room on the roof three months ago. And the key... the key's in the raincoat pocket!
Ella is suddenly on the stairs, as if from nowhere.
Ella
Għall-kamra tal-bejt? Niġi miegħek!
To the room on the roof? I'm coming with you!
Ella! X'qed tagħmel hawn?
Ella! What are you doing here?
Ella! X'qed tagħmel hawn?
Ella! What are you doing here?
Ella
Jien dejjem hawn. In-nanna tgħid li se titlaq dalwaqt, ix-xahar id-dieħel. Veru?
I'm always here. Grandma says you're leaving soon, next month. Is it true?
Għadni ma nafx. Illum irrid inwieġeb.
I don't know yet. I have to answer today.
Għadni ma nafx. Illum irrid inwieġeb.
I don't know yet. I have to answer today.
You climb the ladder from the top landing, past Ġorġ's door. The old key turns in the lock.
Ella
Dan is-salib tal-mappa tiegħi! Is-salib l-aħmar! U għamilt il-mappa xahrejn ilu!
This is the cross on my map! The red cross! And I made the map two months ago!
U tieqa żgħira u tonda. Għal qattus biss.
And a little round window. Just big enough for a cat.
U tieqa żgħira u tonda. Għal qattus biss.
And a little round window. Just big enough for a cat.
Ella
Ara! Hawn hi ċ-ċavetta tiegħek. Mill-ewwel jum!
Look! Here's your key. From the first day!
Iċ-ċavetta tiegħi! Sparixxiet darbtejn, l-ewwel darba fl-ewwel lejl.
My key! It went missing twice, the first time on the very first night.
Iċ-ċavetta tiegħi! Sparixxiet darbtejn, l-ewwel darba fl-ewwel lejl.
My key! It went missing twice, the first time on the very first night.
Ella
U hawn: il-pinna ta' Tonio. Sparixxiet il-ġimgħa l-oħra! U l-ġurdien tal-uffiċċju!
And here: Tonio's pen. It went missing last week! And the mouse from the office!
U x-xemgħa numru għaxra, mill-kejk ta' għeluq sninek!
And the number 10 candle, from your birthday cake!
U x-xemgħa numru għaxra, mill-kejk ta' għeluq sninek!
And the number 10 candle, from your birthday cake!
Ella
U t-termometru tiegħi! Sparixxa xahrejn ilu, meta int kont marid.
And my thermometer! It went missing two months ago, when you were ill.
Ella
U t-termometru tiegħi! Sparixxa xahrejn ilu, meta int kont marida.
And my thermometer! It went missing two months ago, when you were ill.
U hawn, il-bokkin ta' Ġorġ! Ilu jfittxu mill-festa.
And here's Ġorġ's mouthpiece! He's been looking for it since the festa.
U hawn, il-bokkin ta' Ġorġ! Ilu jfittxu mill-festa.
And here's Ġorġ's mouthpiece! He's been looking for it since the festa.
Għaliex dawn l-affarijiet kollha hawn?
Why are all these things here?
Għaliex dawn l-affarijiet kollha hawn?
Why are all these things here?
Ella
Il-flat tiegħek kien battal għal żmien twil. Kien il-flat ta' Ċikku, u l-affarijiet tiegħu.
Your flat was empty for a long time. It was Ċikku's flat, and his things.
Il-flat tiegħu... U issa hu l-flat tiegħi.
His flat... And now it's my flat.
Il-flat tiegħu... U issa hu l-flat tiegħi.
His flat... And now it's my flat.
Ella
Il-flat tiegħek, jgħid Ċikku. Imma l-affarijiet tiegħu.
Your flat, says Ċikku. But his things.
In the middle of the room lies your suitcase, open. Ċikku is asleep inside.
Ċikku! Dik il-bagalja tiegħi!
Ċikku! That's my suitcase!
Ċikku! Dik il-bagalja tiegħi!
Ċikku! That's my suitcase!
Ella
Ara fuq xiex qed jorqod.
Look what he's sleeping on.
Ir-ritratt tiegħi, mill-festa! U hu qed jorqod fuqu.
My photo, from the festa! And he's sleeping on it.
Ir-ritratt tiegħi, mill-festa! U hu qed jorqod fuqu.
My photo, from the festa! And he's sleeping on it.
Ella
Hu jieħu biss l-affarijiet li jħobb.
He only takes the things he loves.

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