Dda Aâli U Mensur, d lamin n taddart, issen taqbaylit, d amussnaw ameqqran, isem-is idda akkin i laârac.
D netta i d amezwaru di yal leǧmaε iferrun tilufa gar medden.
Yiwen wass, terza ɣur-s terbaât akken ad t-awin, ad asen-ifru yiwet taluft. Mi wḍen sdat uxxam-is, wehmen s wayen ẓerren. Ufan axxam-nni yefferčečči, ur ifri d axxam neɣ d ixerban, aqermud irreẓ, tassara-s teffeɣ-d zun d ineccaben, ad yili ineggi, yugar i yekkaten ɣer uxxam, ayen iteddun ɣer berra.
Wid-nni bedden kan, ttmeslayen gar-asen, inna yiwen,
– Ẓer kan ! Wagi wuɣur d-nusa, axxam-is ur as-izmir, lǧamaε yeṭṭef-as amezzir ! Amek dɣa ara aɣ-d-ifru taluft-nneɣ urgaz-agi ?
Kecmen ɣer uxxam yergazen-nni, ufan-t diɣ yettwaɣ ugar. Yiwen seg-sen, inna-yas :
– A Dda Aâli, aql-aɣ nusa-d ad k-nawi, ad aɣ-tefruḍ yiwet taluft neḥsel deg-s, ur as-nufi tabburt. Acu kan a Dda Aâli, ma ulac uɣilif, bɣiɣ ad ak d-inniɣ yiwen wawal !
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Amɣar-nni yerra-yas,
– Ini-d a mmi, ini-d ayen tebɣiḍ ! Dadda-k Aâli mačči yiwen wawal iwumi yesla di tudert-is.
– Ihi a Dda Aâli, ayen i bɣiɣ ad ẓreɣ, amek yiwen urgaz am keč, mechureḍ di laârac, d amussnaw i ttcawaren medden, tferruḍ tilufa timeqqranin, amek teǧǧiḍ axxam-ik yettwaɣ akka, iteddu ad yertem ?
Amɣar izmumeg, syin imummi wudem-is, irra-yas :
– A mmi, asmi yella Dadda-k Aâli s tezmert-is ur yewεa ara, asmi yewεa ur izmir ara...
Ahmed Aït Bachir
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