Fiancée malgré elle à un ami d'enfance, la douce Yamilé, jeune chrétienne maronite, tombe amoureuse du beau Osman de religion musulmane. Ils se marient et s'enfuient...
Rose is a young factory worker, seduced and abandoned by her lover. She feels compelled to abandon her baby, who will grow up in a rich family, with problems of its own. Rose lives through plenty of adventures, always repenting for leaving her child, until one day.