Asmi nettḥuffu ɣef tlelliyin, teğğa-yaɣ tmagit-nneɣ. Mačči d tayemmat i d aɣbel, d tutlayt n tyemmat-is. Tameslayt d tira am waman d yiṭij. ꓩef waya dɣa i msefqaεent tlelli d tmagit mi tent-yeğğa uḥulfu n tira-nsent. Zik neqqar: ″ Win yebɣan tamaziɣt, ad yissin tira-s″; tura, d axeṣṣar d tawaɣit! Ula d tameslayt-nni tṛuḥ teṭukket tunag deffir taddart, akin i yillel. Anda-kun a tagersa, ay azaglu, ay afeggag, a tirigli? I tira-nni-nneɣ yessnen tasekla-s? Anṣuf ay asgunfu: tasusmi-nneɣ teslalay-d tamussni…
Anef-as tura i tira; xerṣum ad nutlay ad nessenflali s tmeslayt-nneɣ: s teqbaylit, s tmaziɣt. Tutlayt-nneɣ tennerna. Amek i neqqim d igujilen n wawal? Tisent n tutlayt: d ameslay-ines, d tira-ines. D tamagit-is i d amezruy-is. Yal ifer yessen aẓar-is ɣas leqrar d leqwiεan-is, maca ttlalen-d watmaten-is mi d-terza tefsut-nsen. Ah lemmer nlul-d d imɣan, ad neṭṭef deg uẓar-nneɣ, ad d-testeqsii fell-aɣ tegnawt-nneɣ! Amek i d-yegra ddel utlayen nesbur-as-t i talsa? D acu-t wemdan yessuturen temlel deg ussebrek-ines? Iwumi-ten yiṭij d waman ma ttun taddart-nneɣ? Ay nessaram kan ad mlilen ṣṣwab d tlelli; yal iles d ul n wallaɣ…ahat ad nemmager amaḍal-nneɣ alsan.
Asirem-nneɣ d tafat ma tessen iṭij-is. Amek i teffeɣ tugdut taɣdemt-is deg talsa-ya-nneɣ? Amek i d-yennulfa mmi-s n ddel? Ayɣer i yuɣal ukukru d tabɣest? Ah lemmer akal d awal, tasusmi d tamussni! D ayen kan i tettaddam tidet deg tilawt-a i ɣ-d-yegran. Akken i d-qqaren: ibeddel zzman, yal lweqt s lweqt-is. Aya, d ayen yellan lemmer nessen nezmer ad t-nessenfali ad t-naru s tutlayt-nneɣ. D wid yemmuten i d-nemmekta; yes-sen ara nkemmel amecwaṛ amsaddar ameɣradan aseklan.
Akud yelḥa, tisutiwin ttnernint. Amzun d tilelli i iceɣben amaḍal, mačči d tamagit-is. Ar tent-nissin dɣa tmiḍranin-a i ɣ-d-yennulfan, i ɣ-d-snulfan: tugdut, tilelli, azref, tamagit, atg. Ayen-nni-nniḍen-nneɣ, nesteqsay fell-as, nettḥulfu yes-s, nettḥuffu ad t-nissin ma yerza-d. Akken nra nettu-t, nettuɣal ɣer ɣur-s mi d-irezzu ɣur-neɣ. Ulac aɣilif ma mlalen tidet d ṣṣwab. Ayen nniḍen d asteqsi ara yutlay usekkil amedyazan:
Ameslay, awal yeffeɣ-it;
Yezdel tawalit:
Imɣi n yitri-w d tasusmi…
Anda-kem a tallit n talwit ur nessin amezruy aseklan? Amek i ɣ-d-yegra umaḍal-a aṛehbani anemgal d iriz i talsa-nneɣ? Ayen akken yesḥazgel umezruy, ad t-tessiwel tsekla. Taneggarut-a, teslalay-aɣ-d tudert i ɣ-yehwan, iɣef nessaram ad tili; tudert tamezrayant taseklant. Mačči d ayen yezrin kan i d amezruy; d ayen i d-teddun daɣen ara yemmden izri-ines. Mačči d tira tahuskant kan i d tasekla, d tudert-nni- nniḍen… d axemmem neɣ d tidmi.
MohLaid Deflaoui