معالجة الجبل | The Mountain Healer
"A hiker discovers healing and passion with a Berber herbalist in the Atlas Mountains."
معالجة الجبل
The Mountain Healer
الفصل الأول | Chapter One
سَقَطْتُ فِي جِبَالِ الأَطْلَسِ وَجُرِحَتْ رِجْلِي.
I fell in the Atlas Mountains and injured my leg.
حَمَلُونِي إِلَى قَرْيَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ.
They carried me to a small village.
"المُعَالِجَةُ سَتُعَالِجُكَ،" قَالُوا.
"The healer will treat you," they said.
الفصل الثاني | Chapter Two
كَانَتْ فِي الخَمْسِينَ، بِعُيُونٍ خَضْرَاءَ كَالنَّعْنَاعِ.
She was in her fifties, with eyes green as mint.
جَسَدُهَا مُمْتَلِئٌ وَيَدَاهَا قَوِيَّتَانِ.
Her body full and her hands strong.
"أَنَا فَاطِمَةُ، مُعَالِجَةُ القَرْيَةِ."
"I am Fatima, the village healer."
الفصل الثالث | Chapter Three
أَخَذَتْنِي إِلَى بَيْتِهَا المَلِيءِ بِالأَعْشَابِ.
She took me to her house full of herbs.
"سَأَصْنَعُ لَكَ دَوَاءً مِنَ الجَبَلِ."
"I will make you medicine from the mountain."
رَائِحَةُ الأَعْشَابِ مَلَأَتْ أَنْفِي.
The scent of herbs filled my nose.
الفصل الرابع | Chapter Four
وَضَعَتْ يَدَيْهَا عَلَى رِجْلِي وَبَدَأَتْ تُدَلِّكُ.
She placed her hands on my leg and began to massage.
"الأَلَمُ فِي الجَسَدِ يَأْتِي مِنَ الرُّوحِ أَحْيَانًا."
"Pain in the body sometimes comes from the soul."
"كَيْفَ عَرَفْتِ؟"
"How did you know?"
الفصل الخامس | Chapter Five
"عُيُونُكَ تَحْكِي... أَنْتَ وَحِيدٌ."
"Your eyes speak... you are lonely."
"زَوْجَتِي مَاتَتْ قَبْلَ سَنَتَيْنِ."
"My wife died two years ago."
"وَزَوْجِي مَاتَ قَبْلَ عَشْرٍ... نَحْنُ مُتَشَابِهَانِ."
"And my husband died ten years ago... we are alike."
الفصل السادس | Chapter Six
قَضَيْتُ أُسْبُوعًا فِي القَرْيَةِ.
I spent a week in the village.
كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تُعَالِجُنِي بِالأَعْشَابِ وَاللَّمْسَةِ.
Every day she treated me with herbs and touch.
"رِجْلُكَ تَتَحَسَّنُ... وَقَلْبُكَ أَيْضًا."
"Your leg is improving... and your heart too."
الفصل السابع | Chapter Seven
فِي آخِرِ لَيْلَةٍ، تَحْتَ نُجُومِ الأَطْلَسِ.
On the last night, under the Atlas stars.
اكْتَشَفْنَا أَنَّ العِلَاجَ الحَقِيقِيَّ هُوَ الحُبُّ.
We discovered that the true healing is love.
"جَسَدُكِ أَفْضَلُ دَوَاءٍ عَرَفْتُهُ."
"Your body is the best medicine I've known."
الفصل الثامن | Chapter Eight
عُدْتُ إِلَى المَدِينَةِ لَكِنَّنِي أَعُودُ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ.
I returned to the city but I come back every month.
أَصْعَدُ الجَبَلَ لِأَرَاهَا.
I climb the mountain to see her.
المُعَالِجَةُ الَّتِي شَفَتْ جَسَدِي وَرُوحِي.
The healer who cured my body and soul.
الخاتمة | Conclusion
الجَبَلُ يَحْمِلُ أَسْرَارَ الشِّفَاءِ.
The mountain holds secrets of healing.
لَيْسَ فِي الأَعْشَابِ فَقَطْ.
Not just in herbs.
بَلْ فِي قَلْبِ امْرَأَةٍ تَعْرِفُ كَيْفَ تَلْمُسُ.
But in the heart of a woman who knows how to touch.
من حكايات جبال الأطلس From the Tales of the Atlas Mountains