مُزارِعُ المَدَرَّجاتِ

The Terrace Farmer

الفصلُ الأَوَّلُ: الحُلْمُ المُسْتَحِيلُ

Chapter One: The Impossible Dream

فِي قَرْيَةِ بِلادِ سَيْتٍ الجَبَلِيَّةِ، عاشَ مُزارِعٌ فَقِيرٌ يُدْعَى ناصِرًا. كانَتْ أَرْضُهُ صَخْرِيَّةً مُنْحَدِرَةً، لا تَصْلُحُ لِلزِّراعَةِ.

In the mountain village of Bilad Sayt, there lived a poor farmer called Nasir. His land was rocky and steep, unsuitable for farming.

قالَ لَهُ جِيرانُهُ: «بِعْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ يا ناصِرُ وَاشْتَرِ أَرْضًا فِي السَّهْلِ.»

His neighbors told him: "Sell this land, Nasir, and buy land in the plains."

لَكِنَّ ناصِرًا قالَ: «هَذِهِ أَرْضُ أَجْدادِي. سَأَجْعَلُها تُزْهِرُ.»

But Nasir said: "This is my ancestors' land. I shall make it bloom."

الفصلُ الثَّانِي: سَنَواتُ العَمَلِ

Chapter Two: Years of Work

بَدَأَ ناصِرٌ يَبْنِي جُدْرانًا حَجَرِيَّةً عَلى المُنْحَدَرِ. كانَ يَحْمِلُ الصُّخُورَ بِيَدَيْهِ، حَجَرًا حَجَرًا، صَيْفًا وَشِتاءً.

Nasir began building stone walls on the slope. He carried rocks with his hands, stone by stone, summer and winter.

مَرَّتْ خَمْسُ سَنَواتٍ. عَشْرُ سَنَواتٍ. وَالنَّاسُ يَضْحَكُونَ: «المِسْكِينُ يُضَيِّعُ عُمْرَهُ!»

Five years passed. Ten years. And people laughed: "The poor man is wasting his life!"

لَكِنَّهُ اسْتَمَرَّ. جَلَبَ التُّرْبَةَ مِنَ الوادِي، وَصَنَعَ قَنَواتٍ لِلْماءِ.

But he continued. He brought soil from the valley and made channels for water.

الفصلُ الثَّالِثُ: الحَصادُ العَظِيمُ

Chapter Three: The Great Harvest

بَعْدَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، تَحَوَّلَتِ الصُّخُورُ إِلى مَدَرَّجاتٍ خَضْراءَ! أَشْجارُ الفاكِهَةِ وَالخُضْراواتُ تُغَطِّي المُنْحَدَرَ بِأَكْمَلِهِ.

After fifteen years, the rocks had transformed into green terraces! Fruit trees and vegetables covered the entire slope.

جاءَ النَّاسُ لِيَرَوْا. قالُوا مُنْدَهِشِينَ: «هَذِهِ مُعْجِزَةٌ!»

People came to see. They said in amazement: "This is a miracle!"

ابْتَسَمَ ناصِرٌ وَقالَ: «لَيْسَتْ مُعْجِزَةً، بَلْ صَبْرٌ وَإِصْرارٌ. مَنْ يَزْرَعِ الجُهْدَ يَحْصُدِ النَّجاحَ.»

Nasir smiled and said: "It is not a miracle, but patience and determination. Whoever plants effort harvests success."

أَصْبَحَتْ مَدَرَّجاتُ ناصِرٍ نَمُوذَجًا لِكُلِّ قُرَى الجَبَلِ.

Nasir's terraces became a model for all mountain villages.

تَمَّتِ القِصَّةُ | The End