The Mountain Roses | وُرُودُ الجَبَلِ
"A family cultivates precious Damask roses on the mountain slopes of Jebel Akhdar"
وُرُودُ الجَبَلِ
The Mountain Roses
الفصلُ الأَوَّلُ: إِرْثُ الأَجْدادِ
Chapter One: The Ancestors' Legacy
فِي قَرْيَةِ سَيْقٍ عَلى جَبَلِ الأَخْضَرِ، عاشَتْ عائِلَةُ آلِ سَعِيدٍ. كانُوا يَزْرَعُونَ الوُرُودَ الدِّمَشْقِيَّةَ مُنْذُ ثَلاثِمِئَةِ عامٍ.
In the village of Sayq on the Green Mountain, the Al-Sa'id family lived. They had been cultivating Damask roses for three hundred years.
قالَ الجَدُّ لِحَفِيدِهِ عَبْدِاللهِ: «هَذِهِ الوُرُودُ أَمانَةٌ يا وَلَدِي. أَجْدادُنا جَلَبُوها مِنْ فارِسَ، وَعَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُحافِظَ عَلَيْها.»
The grandfather told his grandson Abdullah: "These roses are a trust, my child. Our ancestors brought them from Persia, and you must preserve them."
لَكِنَّ عَبْدَاللهِ كانَ يُرِيدُ السَّفَرَ إِلى المَدِينَةِ. قالَ: «الوُرُودُ لا تُطْعِمُ يا جَدِّي!»
But Abdullah wanted to travel to the city. He said: "Roses do not feed, grandfather!"
الفصلُ الثَّانِي: الجَفافُ القاتِلُ
Chapter Two: The Deadly Drought
جاءَ صَيْفٌ قاسٍ. جَفَّتْ مُعْظَمُ مَزارِعِ الجَبَلِ. لَكِنَّ وُرُودَ آلِ سَعِيدٍ بَقِيَتْ حَيَّةً بِفَضْلِ سِرٍّ قَدِيمٍ عَرَفَهُ الجَدُّ.
A harsh summer came. Most mountain farms dried up. But the Al-Sa'id roses stayed alive thanks to an ancient secret the grandfather knew.
مَرِضَ الجَدُّ فَجْأَةً. قالَ لِعَبْدِاللهِ: «السِّرُّ فِي عَيْنِ الماءِ الخَفِيَّةِ تَحْتَ الصَّخْرَةِ الكَبِيرَةِ. لا تَدَعِ الوُرُودَ تَمُوتُ!»
The grandfather suddenly fell ill. He told Abdullah: "The secret is in the hidden spring beneath the big rock. Do not let the roses die!"
ماتَ الجَدُّ، وَعَبْدُاللهِ وَحِيدٌ مَعَ الوُرُودِ.
The grandfather died, and Abdullah was alone with the roses.
الفصلُ الثَّالِثُ: الاِكْتِشافُ وَالوَفاءُ
Chapter Three: Discovery and Loyalty
وَجَدَ عَبْدُاللهِ العَيْنَ السِّرِّيَّةَ وَأَنْقَذَ الوُرُودَ. وَحِينَ رَأَى النَّاسَ يَأْتُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكانٍ لِشِراءِ ماءِ الوُرُودِ الثَّمِينِ، فَهِمَ قِيمَةَ إِرْثِ أَجْدادِهِ.
Abdullah found the secret spring and saved the roses. When he saw people coming from everywhere to buy the precious rose water, he understood the value of his ancestors' legacy.
تَزَوَّجَ وَأَنْجَبَ أَطْفالاً عَلَّمَهُمْ سِرَّ الوُرُودِ. وَحَتَّى اليَوْمِ، تُزْهِرُ وُرُودُ آلِ سَعِيدٍ عَلى جَبَلِ الأَخْضَرِ، شاهِدَةً عَلى وَفاءِ الأَجْيالِ.
He married and had children whom he taught the secret of the roses. To this day, the Al-Sa'id roses bloom on the Green Mountain, witnessing the loyalty of generations.
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