It-Tnax -il Appostlu Is-Sena tal-Fidi A Martyr's Letter Extraordinary ...
It-Tnax -il Appostlu Is-Sena tal-Fidi A Martyr's Letter Extraordinary ...
It-Tnax -il Appostlu Is-Sena tal-Fidi A Martyr's Letter Extraordinary ...
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ninsewha.”<br />
“Jien m’g˙edtlekx biex nitg˙arrsu l-lejla,<br />
nistg˙u intawlu jekk trid …”<br />
“ Moira … Ma xtaqtx nid˙ol g˙al risponsabb<strong>il</strong>tà<br />
b˙al dik ming˙ajr ma nkun Ωgur minni nnifsi.”<br />
“ Din ©dida! Daqs kemm <strong>il</strong>ek tg˙idli li t˙obbni!<br />
Li jien kollox g˙alik … li ming˙ajri l-˙ajja ma tfisser<br />
xejn … x’qed tivvinta issa? Taf li <strong>il</strong>na ‘steady’ g˙al<br />
kwaΩi sena?”<br />
“G˙andek ra©un! …Kull ma g˙edtlek kien<br />
kollu minnu, hekk ˙assejt u nista’ ng˙id li hekk<br />
g˙adni n˙oss g˙alik, imma … çerti çirkustanzi qed<br />
irossuni biex nie˙u din id-deçiΩjoni …”<br />
“Kemm ©ej b’misteri l-lejla! Ma nistax nifhmek.”<br />
Skiet g˙al ftit sekondi. “Kompli, g˙aliex waqaft?<br />
M’g˙andekx kura©© tkompli? Ma nag˙mlux kaΩ li<br />
ser tg˙idli li hemm xi ˙add ie˙or, hux ?”<br />
“Ne˙˙ieha minn mo˙˙ok! La kien hemm … u<br />
lanqas ikun hemm. Ara, nibqg˙u ˙bieb kemm trid<br />
… imma Ωwie© qatt!”<br />
“Dawn x’affarijiet huma?”<br />
“Ja˙asra ifhem dak li qed nipprova ng˙idlek<br />
… <strong>il</strong>i li ssuspettajt, imma issa n˙ossni Ωgur … ma<br />
rridx inqarraq bik … A˙jar ma niΩΩewwi©x … u forsi<br />
ma na˙sibx aktar f’nisa!”<br />
Ma’ dik l-a˙˙ar kelma Moira ˙arset çass lejh<br />
qisha mhix temmen dak li semg˙et, imbag˙ad<br />
qabditlu idu li kellha ©o jdejha u sabtit<strong>il</strong>u fuq <strong>il</strong>maqbad<br />
<strong>tal</strong>-pultruna f<strong>il</strong>waqt li qaltlu: “Eh, iva, sur<br />
galantom! Domt biex indunajt … Qatt ma kont<br />
nistennieha minnek! Ara, x’qed ng˙idlek, ara biss<br />
ifett<strong>il</strong>lek tersaq lejja jew t˙ares lejn wiççi!”<br />
Dak <strong>il</strong>-˙in stess ©abret <strong>il</strong>-basket, libset iΩ-<br />
Ωarbun u telqet ti©ri wa˙edha biex tirkeb <strong>tal</strong>linja<br />
u tin©abar id-dar. Qam warajha jipprova<br />
jkellimha, jg˙id<strong>il</strong>ha li lest iwassalha, imma bdiet<br />
twarrbu u tkeççieh bi kliem li qatt ma basret li ser<br />
tindirizzahom l<strong>il</strong> ˙add. Xorta wa˙da, x˙in waslet<br />
id-dar sabitu hemm qrib jistennieha. Lanqas biss<br />
indenjat tkellmu, warrbitu bi drieg˙ha waqt li<br />
Hajja Salesjana<br />
b<strong>il</strong>©iri da˙let ©ewwa.<br />
Din ix-xena baqg˙et ddur quddiem g˙ajnejha<br />
tul <strong>il</strong>-lejl kollu, waqt li titqalleb min-na˙a g˙allo˙ra<br />
tas-sodda.<br />
L-ewwel reazzjoni tag˙ha kienet li tit˙assar<br />
l<strong>il</strong>ha nnifisha. X’ser tg˙id<strong>il</strong>hom l<strong>il</strong> tad-dar, l<strong>il</strong><br />
s˙abha <strong>tal</strong>-grupp? Kif ser tag˙mel biex tinsieh?<br />
L-o˙rajn kienu jafu bl-istorja? Imma wara li ˙liet<br />
ir-rabja kollha fuq dawn <strong>il</strong>-˙sibijiet, bdiet ti©i<br />
quddiemha stampa ta’ wiçç Maurice. Bdiet ter©a’<br />
tara l-espressjoni ta’ w©ig˙ g˙all-kliem xejn<br />
xieraq li bih bdiet toffendih. X’fettl<strong>il</strong>ha? L-aktar<br />
kliem iebes li qaltlu kien meta bdiet ti©ri biex<br />
ta˙rab minnu fuq ir-ramel, waqt li hu jsej˙<strong>il</strong>ha<br />
biex jwassalha d-dar. Kull kelma li qaltlu bdiet<br />
tirbombja ©o mo˙˙ha. Possibli li kellha kura©©<br />
tkellmu hekk? Ipprova jkun sinçier mag˙ha, qal<strong>il</strong>ha<br />
çar u tond li jirrispettaha kien u jibqa’, imma li ma<br />
xtaqx iqarraq biha. U jekk tab<strong>il</strong>˙aqq kien g˙adu<br />
kif inteba˙ bl-orjentazzjoni tieg˙u, xi ˙tija kellu?<br />
Kien xi diΩunur? Min jaf x’kien qed i˙oss issa li<br />
jinsab g˙al kollox wa˙du ming˙ajr biss <strong>il</strong>-˙biberija<br />
tag˙ha? Wa˙du, b<strong>il</strong>-fakra <strong>tal</strong>-kliem iebes li qaltlu.<br />
Kien jafdaha biΩΩejjed biex feta˙ qalbu mag˙ha …<br />
b’riΩultat li warrbitu u offenditu.<br />
Ma fel˙itx aktar. Hemm fuq dak ir-ramel kiesa˙,<br />
f’salt wie˙ed infaqg˙et tolfoq. Bdiet tolfoq mhux<br />
g˙ax issa tinsab ming˙ajr sie˙eb, imma aktar g˙ax<br />
kienet Ωgura kemm offendietu, farrkitlu d-dinjità<br />
tieg˙u. Kull ma g˙amlet g˙amlitu biex tpatt<strong>il</strong>u <strong>tal</strong>li<br />
ddiΩappuntha. M<strong>il</strong>l-banda l-o˙ra, hu xi ˙tija kellu?<br />
Baqg˙et hemm bla tag˙ti kaΩ ta’ xi koppji turisti<br />
g˙addejjin minn quddiemha j˙arsu lejha. Lanqas<br />
ma kienet taf jew jimpurtaha x’˙in sar. Baqg˙et<br />
hemm sserra˙ qalbha bla ma taf x’kellha tag˙mel<br />
biex issewwi s-sitwazzjoni. Wara ˙afna ˙in, m<strong>il</strong>lbasket<br />
tag˙ha semg˙et ç-çemp<strong>il</strong>a fam<strong>il</strong>jari <strong>tal</strong>mowbajl.<br />
Gerfxet qalb l-affarijiet <strong>tal</strong>-basket sa ma<br />
sabitu. Kien hu, Maurice. Wie©bet m<strong>il</strong>l-ewwel bla<br />
qag˙det ta˙sibha.<br />
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