These are the tales of a certain man who has just enrolled in a rural university... a certain college student, who has just moved into a new apartment... and  a certain office worker who is visiting his parent's house on the occasion of the anniversary of his mother's death...
and a red string was tied around my hand.
.ووجدتُ خيطًا أحمر مربوطًا على يدي
Ein rotes Band war
um meine Hand gebunden.
E um fio vermelho estava 
amarrado na minha mão.