Tella yiwet n temɛayt ttawin-tt-id IHendiyen ɣef lqella n lefhama d lqella n tegmatt.
Tamɛayt-a tecba tudert Imaziɣen d yegduden i ten-yecban. Tamɛayt tebna ɣef sin iɣilasen yettidiren lwaḥid. Akken i d kkren, di yiwet n tɛebbuṭ i d ffɣen. Maca tudert-nsen d tinna “ur nennuɣ ur nettemlaɛi”, wa ur yesraḥay wayeḍ. ɣef ẓzkara d leḥsed i tt-bnan, yerna ur ḥṣin d acu i d ssebba. Mi yekker yiwen ad yexdem kra ad d yaf gma-s d axṣim, ɣas akken ur yeẓri neɣ ur yessin tiqqiḥt di temsalt-nni, yeẓra kan ilaq a s-yeddu di ẓzkara, daya !
Yerna akka i yessibnin tudert-is mi ara yesseɛweq gma-s, mi ara s yessali aman d asawen, akken i yettili bxir.
Iɣilasen-a s kra n ccɣel i kkren a t-xedmen ilaq ad azlen idammen, ad myerkacen, ssawaḍen-tt ar lmut. Cwi, tikwal yettas-d yizem neɣ uɣersiw-nniḍen i ferru-yasen tamsalt, tineggura-ya yettas-d weɣyul iferru-ten, tili msengaren acḥal-aya!
Tikkelt yiwen deg-sen yebɣa ad yefhem, iruḥ yesteqsa awessar-nsen: amek akka nekk d gma seg wasmi i d neldi allen-nneɣ wa ur iɛeqqel wayeḍ ? Ahat teẓriḍ neɣ yella kra iwumi i d tecfiḍ yeḍra zik!
Yerra-yas-d uwessar: ula d nekk d wayetma akka i d nekker am kunwi tura, ugaɣ d ccetla neɣ newwi daɛwessu! Ur d ccfiɣ i kra.
Yeqqel-d uɣilas amcum yeskeḥkuḥ, yeqqar-as deg wul-is: ahat akka i nga, ulac fell-as. Nemgarad ɣef iɣersiwen nniḍen; yerna ula d bu sin iḍarren am nekni merra, neɣ ugaren-aɣ cwiṭ. Qqaren-d zaɛma ifen-aɣ sɛan lefhama, sɛan laɛqel d lmeɛqul. Akka i yettsebbiṛ ul-is.
Yiwet n tikkelt, sin iɣilasen-a, teddun wa deffir n wa, tiɣilt tettak-iten i tayeḍ, ttnadin taleqqimt. Ufan deg webrid-nsen tawaract ufeṛmaj. Amzwaru-nni am wakken yennum ixeddem, mebla ma ixemmem, yenṭeg a tt-yečč, werɛad yessaweḍ axenfuc-is, yefka-yas-d gma-s tiyita n lmut. Yeɣli ɣef yidis, iwala-d ifeṭtiwejen. Ah iwacu akka, d nekk i tt-id yeẓran d amezwaru.
Yerra-yas-d wayeḍ, ala d nekk i d amezwaru i tt-id yeẓran, iǧelleb a tt-yečč. Yekker-d gma-s ɣas akken yeṣreɛ, iceyyeɛ-as-tt s uxabbaz ar wudem. Lḥasun am yal tikkelt, sekren herwel. Ttceṛcuren d idammen, win iwumi leqqaq wul awer yeḥḍer. Sreɣruɣen, iɣezrawen akk ttarran ṣṣut. Ulac anda ur d slin. Rray amcum!
Yettnezzih deg-sen wuccen, dɣa yuẓa-d ɣur-sen. Nutni mazal skaren aɣebbar deg waluḍ. Yeẓra ɣef wučči i yettnaɣen neɣ anwa ara iḥeqqren wayeḍ. Netta yelluẓ, ur yelli i s-iger i tɛebbuṭ-is ass kamel. Yeqqar-as: arǧu ass-a d nnuba-w a ten-fruɣ, yerna a sen-sfehmeɣ ddunit, ahat seg wass-a ad cbun iɣersiwen, lfahmin. Neɛya di leḥkem n yizem, ahat wiyi ad awin ṣswab.
Uccen, Iǧelleb-asen-d ar tlemmast. Ah, ah, ah, acu i d leɛǧeb-a, sɛut laɛqel, yal aɣbel yesɛa tifrat. Kunwi d iɣilasen, tcebḥem, tǧehdem almi dayen, tesɛim lhiba, teṭṭfem di nnif d lḥerma, lḥasun akka i ɣ-d nnan. Lemmer ulac izem d kunwi ara neg d zzuɛama n teẓgi. Acu yellan akka? Aql-i da a wen-fruɣ tamsalt-nwen. Teẓrim qqaren-iyi Mḥand Uccen, ferruɣ yal tamsalt. D nekk akk i yettcawaren iɣersiwen.
Iger-ik-id Rebbi i s d-rran yiɣilasen-nni, salhaten. Ɛyan i sin. Yenna-yas-d yiwen deg-sen, nezzeh-d deg-neɣ, win iɣelben wayeḍ ini-d. Win iɣeḍlen wayeḍ ad yečč takmart-a uguglu. Yerra-yas wuccen: i nekk ara-d yefken rray-iw, ara inezhen deg-wen d acu ara iyi-d tefkem ma friɣ-tt? Yerra-yas-d uɣilas: Ulac. D wid yennuɣen, d win irebḥen ara yeččen. Uccen d uccen, yettmeslay i yiman-is, tura a wen-d ssekneɣ anwa nekk. Yenna-yasen: xzut cciṭan. Uɣalet-d ar laɛqul-nwen. Lemmer a wen-d ffkeɣ rray, ad yeffeɣ fell-awen i sin. Ula d nekk, ad ferḥeɣ, a s iniɣ friɣ iɣilasen. Serseɣ-d gar-asen talwit.
Iɣilasen: ihi a k-d nsel a Mḥand Uccen. Ayen i d tenniḍ a t-neqbel, ɣas ur neẓri d acu-t. Nekni d at wawal, a nemmet ɣef wawal, ɣas a ɣ-yawi ar nnger.
Uccen: Ala lxir ara-d yilin s ɣur-i, kkset aɣilif. Maɛna ayen i wen-d nniɣ a t-txedmem, a t-tqeblem?
Iɣilasen: yerbeḥ a Mḥand Uccen, nefka-yak laɛhed, fru-tt kan.
Uccen: ruḥet awit-d lmizan ternum-d lmus aqeṭɛan d twaract-nni ufeṛmaj ɣef i yekker lhem.
Iɣilasen: wwin-as-d ayen yebɣa.
Uccen: ihi tura ad d teqqimem akka zzat-i, a wen-bḍuɣ takmart-a ɣef sin yeḥricen, wa ur yettzid ɣef wayeḍ, ifuk lqis-nni s tiṭ. Akken i d yenna lmizan akken, yal yiwen ad yeddem amur-is yemmed, yečč-it, ifuk lhem. Tikkelt nniḍen xeddmet akka, ad tekfu fell-awen cedda, ad yeɛyu lhem. Daɛwessu n lejdud-nwen ad truḥ agemmaḍ.
Iɣilasen: ih a Mḥand Uccen ulac rray yifen wa, aql-aɣ zzat-k. Gzem, wzen.
Uccen bu tlufa, yeddem-d tawaract-nni, igzem-itt ɣef sin imuren. Isres-iten ɣef tqeslin n lmizan. D yiwen umur akter n wayeḍ. Yekkes-as-d i umeqqran-nni taḥedruct yečča-tt. Yuɣal d amur-nni nniḍen akter n wayeḍ. Iɣilasen-nni ttberriqen kan deg wallen-nsen, fkan awal dayen. Igzem-d daɣen taḥedruct yečča-tt, akken daɣen d yiwen umur akter n wayeḍ. Iḍfer-itt akken almi i d teqqim yiwet n telqimt tweḥḥel gar tuɣmas, yenna-yasen i iɣilasen-nni: tayi ad tkemmleɣ kan.
Ifuk-asen-tt-id s waya: axet lmizan d lmus-nwen. Tikkelt nniḍen ma yella kra i d tufim bḍut-t akken i telluẓem, ɣas izad cwiṭ ulac fell-as, yak d gma-k, d netta ara tafeḍ di teswiɛt n ddiq. Ilaq ad tawim abrid yessufuɣen. Ula d iɣersiwen ttagaden-ken, lemmer a s-ternum cwiṭ n lefhama d tdukkli d kunwi ara yeṭṭfen tiẓgi. Ad yuɣal rray d rray-nwen, ad teččem ad terwum, lxir ad yagar fell-awen. Diɣen, ma ur yeffiɣ ara fell-awen wayen akka i d awen-d nniɣ, kemmlet di daɛwessu-nwen, ttnaɣet, awer temsefhamem alama tnegrem akken negren waman di ṣseḥra. Nekk lḥasun d uccen anda ddiɣ yella umur-iw.
Farid Benmokhtar,
D aselmad di tesdawit n Paris VIII.