عاشقة الريح | The Wind Lover of Essaouira
"A fisherman discovers passion with a foreign woman who came to Essaouira seeking the wind and found love."
عاشقة الريح
The Wind Lover of Essaouira
الفصل الأول | Chapter One
جَاءَتْ إِلَى الصُّوَيْرَةِ تَبْحَثُ عَنِ الرِّيحِ.
She came to Essaouira searching for the wind.
قَالُوا لَهَا إِنَّ رِيَاحَنَا تَشْفِي القُلُوبَ المَكْسُورَةَ.
They told her our winds heal broken hearts.
وَجَدَتْنِي أَنَا عَلَى شَاطِئِ الصَّيَّادِينَ.
She found me on the fishermen's beach.
الفصل الثاني | Chapter Two
أَنَا يُوسُفُ، صَيَّادٌ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.
I am Youssef, a fisherman for forty years.
رَأَيْتُ البَحْرَ فِي كُلِّ حَالَاتِهِ.
I have seen the sea in all its moods.
لَكِنَّ عَيْنَيْهَا كَانَتَا أَعْمَقَ مِنَ المُحِيطِ.
But her eyes were deeper than the ocean.
الفصل الثالث | Chapter Three
"عَلِّمْنِي الصَّيْدَ،" قَالَتْ.
"Teach me fishing," she said.
"البَحْرُ خَطِيرٌ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ."
"The sea is dangerous for women."
"أَنَا لَسْتُ كَبَاقِي النِّسَاءِ."
"I am not like other women."
الفصل الرابع | Chapter Four
أَخَذْتُهَا فِي قَارِبِي عِنْدَ الفَجْرِ.
I took her in my boat at dawn.
كَانَتْ تَرْتَدِي فُسْتَانًا أَبْيَضَ يَتَطَايَرُ مَعَ الرِّيحِ.
She wore a white dress flying with the wind.
"أَنْتِ كَالشِّرَاعِ..." قُلْتُ لَهَا.
"You are like a sail..." I told her.
الفصل الخامس | Chapter Five
فِي وَسَطِ البَحْرِ، حَيْثُ لَا أَحَدَ يَرَانَا.
In the middle of the sea, where no one could see us.
"لِمَاذَا جِئْتِ إِلَى هُنَا حَقًّا؟"
"Why did you really come here?"
"هَرَبًا مِنْ زَوْجٍ لَا يَفْهَمُنِي."
"Escaping from a husband who doesn't understand me."
الفصل السادس | Chapter Six
"وَمَا الَّذِي تَبْحَثِينَ عَنْهُ؟"
"And what are you looking for?"
"رَجُلٌ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيَّ كَمَا تَنْظُرُ أَنْتَ."
"A man who looks at me the way you do."
أَلْقَيْتُ الشِّبَاكَ وَاقْتَرَبْتُ مِنْهَا.
I cast the nets and approached her.
الفصل السابع | Chapter Seven
فِي القَارِبِ المُتَأَرْجِحِ، عَلَى إِيقَاعِ المَوْجِ.
In the swaying boat, to the rhythm of the waves.
اكْتَشَفْنَا أَنَّ البَحْرَ لَيْسَ الوَحِيدَ العَمِيقَ.
We discovered that the sea is not the only deep thing.
"جَسَدُكَ كَالبَحْرِ... أُرِيدُ الغَرَقَ فِيهِ."
"Your body is like the sea... I want to drown in it."
الفصل الثامن | Chapter Eight
عَادَتْ كُلَّ صَيْفٍ مُنْذُ ذَلِكَ الحِينِ.
She has returned every summer since then.
تَقُولُ إِنَّهَا تَأْتِي لِلرِّيحِ.
She says she comes for the wind.
لَكِنَّنِي أَعْلَمُ الحَقِيقَةَ.
But I know the truth.
الخاتمة | Conclusion
الرِّيحُ تَحْمِلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فِي الصُّوَيْرَةِ.
The wind carries everything in Essaouira.
أَسْرَارَ العُشَّاقِ وَهَمَسَاتِ البَحْرِ.
Lovers' secrets and the sea's whispers.
وَقِصَّتَنَا الَّتِي لَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ.
And our story that will never end.
من حكايات الصويرة From the Tales of Essaouira