قبو النبيذ | The Wine Cellar of Meknes
"A vineyard owner discovers passion with a sommelier exploring Morocco's wine heritage."
قبو النبيذ
The Wine Cellar of Meknes
الفصل الأول | Chapter One
عَائِلَتِي تَزْرَعُ العِنَبَ فِي مِكْنَاسَ مُنْذُ أَجْيَالٍ.
My family has grown grapes in Meknes for generations.
نَصْنَعُ نَبِيذًا مَغْرِبِيًّا أَصِيلًا.
We make authentic Moroccan wine.
جَاءَتْ خَبِيرَةُ نَبِيذٍ مِنْ فَرَنْسَا.
A sommelier came from France.
الفصل الثاني | Chapter Two
كَانَتْ فِي الخَمْسِينَ، ذَوَّاقَةً مَاهِرَةً.
She was in her fifties, a skilled taster.
"سَمِعْتُ أَنَّ نَبِيذَكُمْ يُنَافِسُ الفَرَنْسِيَّ!"
"I heard your wine rivals the French!"
"تَعَالَيْ وَاحْكُمِي بِنَفْسِكِ."
"Come and judge for yourself."
الفصل الثالث | Chapter Three
أَخَذْتُهَا إِلَى القَبْوِ القَدِيمِ.
I took her to the old cellar.
"هَذِهِ البَرَامِيلُ عُمْرُهَا مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ!"
"These barrels are a hundred years old!"
"يَا لَلْجَمَالِ! التَّارِيخُ فِي كُلِّ قَطْرَةٍ."
"How beautiful! History in every drop."
الفصل الرابع | Chapter Four
ذَاقَتْ نَبِيذَنَا الأَحْمَرَ.
She tasted our red wine.
"مُدْهِشٌ! طَعْمُ الشَّمْسِ المَغْرِبِيَّةِ."
"Amazing! The taste of Moroccan sun."
"الشَّمْسُ... وَالحُبُّ."
"Sun... and love."
الفصل الخامس | Chapter Five
"الحُبُّ؟"
"Love?"
"نَعَمْ... أُحِبُّ كُلَّ عُنْقُودٍ كَأَنَّهُ طِفْلِي."
"Yes... I love every cluster like my child."
"وَأَطْفَالُكَ الحَقِيقِيُّونَ؟"
"And your real children?"
الفصل السادس | Chapter Six
"لَمْ أَتَزَوَّجْ... الكَرْمُ زَوْجِي."
"I never married... the vineyard is my spouse."
"رُبَّمَا تَحْتَاجُ شَرِيكًا."
"Perhaps it needs a partner."
"أَوْ أَنَا أَحْتَاجُ."
"Or I need one."
الفصل السابع | Chapter Seven
تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ، فِي القَبْوِ عَلَى ضَوْءِ الشُّمُوعِ.
That night, in the cellar by candlelight.
"طَعْمُكِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَيِّ نَبِيذٍ."
"You taste better than any wine."
"وَأَنْتَ تُسْكِرُنِي."
"And you intoxicate me."
الفصل الثامن | Chapter Eight
كَتَبَتْ عَنْ نَبِيذِنَا فِي مَجَلَّاتٍ عَالَمِيَّةٍ.
She wrote about our wine in international magazines.
وَعَادَتْ كُلَّ مَوْسِمِ قَطْفٍ.
And returned every harvest season.
"الحَصَادُ أَفْضَلُ مَعَكِ."
"Harvest is better with you."
الخاتمة | Conclusion
النَّبِيذُ يَتَحَسَّنُ مَعَ العُمْرِ.
Wine improves with age.
وَحُبُّنَا أَعْتَقَ وَأَغْنَى.
And our love is older and richer.
سَكْرَةٌ لَا تَنْتَهِي.
An intoxication without end.
من حكايات مكناس From the Tales of Meknes