Nuɣ tanumi nettawi-d awal ɣef zman n zik. Awal ittawi-d wayeḍ, armi yi-d-ijbed Dda Saɛid yiwet tedyant teḍra di ssuq n Lǧemɛa ufella.
Iserraḥ-as i wawal :
– Zik-nni a mmi, ttakren tiyugwin n yezgaren, fettken ixxamen, gezzmen-d abrid, ttaârrin medden, dɣa imsewwqen deg ubrid ixlan !
– Akka ! I yas-nniɣ
– Akka ih ! Sber kan ad ak-tt-id-ḥkuɣ. Illa yiwen ufellaḥ ukren-as tayuga. Ameɣbun n rebbi, ittwet ur ibni, ur iẓri acu ara yexdem, itezzi irennu. Mi d-iwweḍ wass n lǧemɛa, isewweq ɣer Lǧemɛa Ufella.
– Anda yella ssuq n Lǧemaɛa Ufella a Dda !
– Keč meẓẓiyeḍ ! Ssuq n Lǧemɛa mačči d Ssuq Lḥed-a i d-innulfan akkin i wasif n Lǧemɛa. Ssuq n Lgemɛa yenger si lgirra-nni, illa di tama-ya n wasif.
– Acu yellan deg-s tura ?
– Ulac ! D amkan yexla rebbi ; zik illa d ssuq mechuren aṭas, ttewwiqen-d ɣur-s si yal tama n tmurt n Leqbayel ; ulac asafar ur tettafeḍ deg-s ! Ula d lmut tella !
Duqqseɣ i wawal-nni aneggaru i sliɣ, nniɣ-as,
– Amek akka ula d lmut tella din ? Tettnuz lmut ?
– Ih ! Tesliḍ i wayen d-nniɣ, akka, ula d lmut tella din !
– Ur tezzi deg wawal a Dda ! Sfehm-iyi-d di laânaya-k .
– Esber kan a mmi, ad ak-d-iniɣ amek.
– Ad ak-n-selleɣ ! Maâna ur tezzi deg wawal !
– Tella lmut din, xater/acku tezzin din iqettalen, wid ineqqen timegraḍ s tedrimt. Ma yebɣa yiwen ad yerr ttar, neɣ ad ineɣ yiwen ur izmir netta, ad as-iṭṭef aqettal, ad iwwet abarud deg ubdil-is. Mi msewwaqen, ad as-imel anwa ara ineɣ uqettal-nni. Ma din i yella, ad as-t-imel, neɣ ad as-yini isem-is. Akka i d awal-iw, mi yak-nniɣ tella lmut di ssuq n Lǧemɛa.
Issusem Dda Saɛid, zun immekta-d kra… Iruḥ uqerru-s ɣer tallit-nni n temẓi, ikmez aqerru-s aciban syin iduqqes, immekta-d ansi d-ibda awal,
– Ih ! Afellaḥ-nni iwumi ukren tayuga, iqqim itezzi di ssuq n Lǧemaɛa, udem-is ixreb, iteddu yettarra. Armi d-inṭeq ɣur-s yiwen umeddakel-is.
Mi t-iẓra umeddakel-nni di yir liḥala i yella, isteqsa-t
– Acu i k-yuɣen akka a leflani, tbeddel fell-ak ?
– D ayen illan ay ameddakel, tcudd tkersi, ur ẓriɣ amek ara xemdeɣ
– Acu i k-yuɣen ihi ?
– Ukren-iyi tayuga.
– Abbuh ! A tin yeḍran ! Iyya ad d-naf Azwaw Uxirdas, d netta kan ara tt-id-ifrun !
Zzin di ssuq, armi yufan Azwaw, ḥkan-as ayen illan, netta yenna-yasen :
– Alit ɣer taddart Ucekkir Uɛentar, steqsit din ɣef Waâmer Uɛentar, init-as d Azwaw i ken-id-yuznen ɣur-k !
Uɣen abrid i sin, ɣer taddart Ucekkir. Mi qrib ad awḍen taddart, afellaḥ-nni izra ddaw ubrid tayuga tkerrez. Issenqed, isḥerc allen-is, itebbet, d tayuga-s yettwakren. Inna-yas i umeddakel-is,
– Tayuga-ya ikerrzen, d tin-iw !
– Aw ? Tḥeqqeḍ ?
– Ulac akk din ccek ! Ssneɣ izggaren-iw!
– Ihi ma tḥeqqeḍ, Waamar ad aɣ-tt-id-ifru.
Rnan tikli, wḍen taddart, bedden di tejmaɛt, mi sellmen ɣef wid iqqimen din, steqsan-ten,
– Illa win ara aɣ-yessiwḍen ɣer Waamar Uεenṭar ?
Teɣli-d tsusmmi di tejmaεt, imdannen-nni temyixẓaṛen gar-asen. Inṭeq-d yiwen, inna-yasen :
– Ddut yid-i, ad ken-siwḍeɣ ɣuṛ-s !
Uɣen azrib n taddart, winna ibedd, inna-yasen :
– D nek i d Waamar Uεenṭar, yak d lxir i tebɣam ɣuṛ-i ?
Nutni ḥkan-as ayen i ten-iwwin ɣer din :
– D Azwaw Uxirdas i yaɣ-d-yuznen ɣur-k, ukren-as tayuga i umddakel-agi inu, Azwaw inna-yaɣ-d ruḥet kan ad teẓrem Waamar, d netta kan i izemren ad tt-ifru temsalt-a, umaâna argu !
– D lxir ? Acu ar arǧuɣ ?
Ḥkan-as ayen i ẓran :
– Mi d-nteddu, mi qrib ad d-naweḍ taddart, ameddakel iẓra tayuga tkerrez ddaw ubrid. Inna-d d tayuga-s.
– Aw ! Akka ! Iḥeqqeq d tayuga-s ?
– Ulac akk din ccek, d tayuga-w! I d-inna ufellaḥ-nni.
Waâmar ihuz aqerru-s, inna
– Ihi mi yeqḍaε ccek wergaz, ishel lḥal-is, tura ad tawi-m tayuga-nwen yid-wen.
Ddan armi d amkan anda tella tkerrez tyuga, inṭeq Waâmar, inna-yasen :
– D tagi i d tayuga-nwen ?
Afellaḥ-nni ibedd, ičča s wallen-is tayuga-nni yellan tkerrez sdat-s, iwhem deg wayen ẓerrent wallen-is : d tistan i yeqqnen ddaw uzaglu, teddunt kerrzent, ddaw-as, nnig-s.
Inṭeq ɣer umeddakel-is, inna-yas :
– Ekker fell-ak, ad nerwel si taddart anda ttarran izgaren d tistan !
Ahmed Aït Bachir