The Rope Bridge | جِسْرُ الحِبالِ
"A man builds a dangerous rope bridge to connect two isolated mountain villages"
جِسْرُ الحِبالِ
The Rope Bridge
الفصلُ الأَوَّلُ: القَرْيَتانِ المَعْزُولَتانِ
Chapter One: The Two Isolated Villages
قَرْيَتانِ صَغِيرَتانِ تَقَعانِ عَلى جانِبَيْ وادٍ عَمِيقٍ. لِلْوُصُولِ مِنْ إِحْداهُما إِلى الأُخْرَى، كانَ يَجِبُ المَشْيُ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ عَبْرَ الجِبالِ.
Two small villages lay on either side of a deep valley. To reach from one to the other, one had to walk three days through the mountains.
كانَ حَمَدٌ مِنَ القَرْيَةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ، وَقَدْ أَحَبَّ فاطِمَةَ مِنَ القَرْيَةِ الغَرْبِيَّةِ. لَكِنَّ المَسافَةَ جَعَلَتْ زَواجَهُما مُسْتَحِيلاً.
Hamad was from the eastern village and had loved Fatima from the western village. But the distance made their marriage impossible.
الفصلُ الثَّانِي: المَشْرُوعُ الجُنُونِيُّ
Chapter Two: The Crazy Project
قَرَّرَ حَمَدٌ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ جِسْرًا مِنَ الحِبالِ يَعْبُرُ الوادِي! ضَحِكَ النَّاسُ: «هَذا جُنُونٌ! سَتَسْقُطُ وَتَمُوتُ!»
Hamad decided to build a rope bridge crossing the valley! People laughed: "This is madness! You will fall and die!"
لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ. عَمِلَ سَنَتَيْنِ كامِلَتَيْنِ: يَجْمَعُ الحِبالَ وَيَضْفُرُها وَيُثَبِّتُها بَيْنَ الصُّخُورِ.
But he did not listen. He worked for two full years: gathering ropes, braiding them, and securing them between rocks.
سَقَطَ مَرَّاتٍ وَجُرِحَ، لَكِنَّهُ اسْتَمَرَّ. الحُبُّ أَعْطاهُ قُوَّةً خارِقَةً.
He fell many times and was injured, but he continued. Love gave him extraordinary strength.
الفصلُ الثَّالِثُ: الجِسْرُ وَالزَّواجُ
Chapter Three: The Bridge and the Marriage
اكْتَمَلَ الجِسْرُ. عَبَرَهُ حَمَدٌ أَوَّلاً، وَالنَّاسُ يَنْظُرُونَ بِرُعْبٍ. وَصَلَ إِلى الجانِبِ الآخَرِ سالِمًا!
The bridge was completed. Hamad crossed it first, while people watched in terror. He reached the other side safely!
تَزَوَّجَ فاطِمَةَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ. وَالجِسْرُ أَصْبَحَ طَرِيقًا يَرْبِطُ القَرْيَتَيْنِ، يَعْبُرُهُ النَّاسُ لِلتِّجارَةِ وَالزِّيارَةِ.
He married Fatima that day. And the bridge became a path connecting the two villages, crossed by people for trade and visits.
قالَ حَمَدٌ: «الحُبُّ يَبْنِي جُسُورًا حَيْثُ يَرَى الآخَرُونَ هاوِيَةً.»
Hamad said: "Love builds bridges where others see an abyss."
تَمَّتِ القِصَّةُ | The End