معالج التوابل | The Spice Healer of Essaouira
"A traditional spice healer discovers passion with a pharmacologist studying Moroccan remedies."
معالج التوابل
The Spice Healer of Essaouira
الفصل الأول | Chapter One
أَشْفِي النَّاسَ بِالتَّوَابِلِ وَالأَعْشَابِ.
I heal people with spices and herbs.
عِلْمٌ وَرِثْتُهُ عَنْ أُمِّي.
Knowledge I inherited from my mother.
جَاءَتْ عَالِمَةُ صَيْدَلَةٍ تَدْرُسُ وَصَفَاتِي.
A pharmacologist came studying my remedies.
الفصل الثاني | Chapter Two
كَانَتْ فِي الخَمْسِينَ، فُضُولِيَّةً وَمُحْتَرِمَةً.
She was in her fifties, curious and respectful.
"هَذِهِ الوَصَفَاتُ عِلْمٌ حَقِيقِيٌّ!"
"These remedies are real science!"
"عِلْمُ الجَدَّاتِ."
"The science of grandmothers."
الفصل الثالث | Chapter Three
أَرَيْتُهَا مَخْزَنِي السِّرِّيَّ.
I showed her my secret storehouse.
"مِائَةُ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الأَعْشَابِ!"
"A hundred types of herbs!"
"كُلٌّ مِنْهَا لَهُ قُوَّةٌ."
"Each has its power."
الفصل الرابع | Chapter Four
"عَلِّمْنِي وَاحِدَةً."
"Teach me one."
"الزَّعْفَرَانُ لِلسَّعَادَةِ."
"Saffron for happiness."
"أَحْتَاجُهُ كَثِيرًا."
"I need it greatly."
الفصل الخامس | Chapter Five
"لِمَاذَا؟ مَاذَا يُحْزِنُكِ؟"
"Why? What saddens you?"
"زَوْجِي تَرَكَنِي... بَعْدَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً."
"My husband left me... after twenty years."
"بَعْضُ الجِرَاحِ لَا تَشْفِيهَا الأَعْشَابُ."
"Some wounds herbs don't heal."
الفصل السادس | Chapter Six
"مَاذَا يَشْفِيهَا إِذَنْ؟"
"What heals them then?"
"الوَقْتُ... وَالحُبُّ الجَدِيدُ."
"Time... and new love."
"هَلْ تَعْرِفُ وَصْفَةً لِذَلِكَ؟"
"Do you know a recipe for that?"
الفصل السابع | Chapter Seven
تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ، بَيْنَ رَائِحَةِ الأَعْشَابِ.
That night, among the scent of herbs.
"جَسَدُكِ يَحْتَاجُ عِلَاجِي."
"Your body needs my treatment."
"عَالِجْنِي... مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ."
"Heal me... from everything."
الفصل الثامن | Chapter Eight
نَشَرَتْ بَحْثًا عَنِ الطِّبِّ المَغْرِبِيِّ التَّقْلِيدِيِّ.
She published research on traditional Moroccan medicine.
وَاعْتَرَفَتْ بِفَضْلِي.
And acknowledged my contribution.
"شِفَاؤُكِ كَانَ شِفَائِي أَيْضًا."
"Healing you was my healing too."
الخاتمة | Conclusion
الأَعْشَابُ تَشْفِي الجَسَدَ.
Herbs heal the body.
وَالحُبُّ يَشْفِي الرُّوحَ.
And love heals the soul.
وَصْفَةٌ لَا تُبَاعُ.
A remedy not for sale.
من حكايات الصويرة From the Tales of Essaouira