Abeṛṛani

Abeṛṛani 

(L’Etranger 

L’Etranger) 

Ungal 

Editions Internet 

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Albert CAMUS 

Abeṛṛani 

(L’Etranger) 

Ungal 

Tasuqilt 

Mohamed Arab Ait Kaci 

Editions Internet 

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AḤRIC I 

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IXEF I 

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ss-agi temmut yemma neɣ ahat yezmer iḍelli, ur 

ẓriɣ ara. Yewweḍ-iyi-d utiligṛam seg waxxam n 

yemɣaren : « yemma-k temmut. Tanṭelt azekka. 

Ad ak-ye&ḍem Ṛebbi lajeṛ ». Annect-agi yark ur yes&i 

yara lma&na, ahat yezmer iḍelli. 

Axxam n yemɣaren yezga-d di Marengo azal n 80 

ikilumitriyen ɣef Lezzayer. Ad ṭfeɣ lkaṛ n zzuǧ, ad awḍaɣ 

tameddit. Akka zemreɣ ad &iwzeɣ fell-as iḍ n wass-a akken 

ad d-uɣaleɣ tameddit uzekka. Ssutreɣ sin wussan n tesriḥ i 

um&alem, ur walaɣ ara amek ara yagi s sseba am tagi. Acu 

kan iban-iyi-d ur t-ye&ǧib ara lḥal. Rniɣ nniɣ-as : « mači s 

ɣur-i i d-tekka ». Ur d iyi-d-yerra yara. Nniɣ-as ger-i d 

yiman-iw ahat ur ilaq ara ad as-iniɣ akka. Yerna mači d nek 

ara yessutren asuref. Ittulef d netta ara yi-d-i&eḍmen lajeṛ. 

Ahat ad iyi-t-id-yini sell azekka, mara d iyi-wali s leḥzen. 

Tura akka, am akken mazal temmut yemma. Umba&d tanṭelt 

ad tuɣal temsalt dayen i&eddan, ad teṣfu u kullec ad d-iban d 

unṣib. 

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Ṭṭfeɣ lkaṛ n zzuǧ. Lḥal d aẓɣal. Ččiɣ di beṛṛa, deg 

usečču n Celeste, akken uɣeɣ tannumi. Ɣaḍeɣ-ten meṛṛa u 

Celeste yenna-yi-d : « ḥala yiwet n yemmat-nneɣ i nes&a di 

ddunit .» Ddan-ed yidi armi d tawwurt. Lliɣ &erqent-iyi 

cwiya imi ilaq-iyi ad aliɣ ɣer Emmanuel akken ad iyi-dyerḍel 

takkrabaṭ taberkant akked ubeḥnuq n tayett. Ula d 

netta yemmut &emi-s meqbel akka s kra n wagguren. 

Uzleɣ akken ur d iyi-tettaǧa yara lkaṛ. Aɣiwel akked 

tazla, ma terniḍ-asen ddḥis, rriḥa n liṣunṣ d umecbaṛṛeq 

ttmecbaṛṛiqen webrid akked yigenni, ahat ɣef annect-agi 

yark i ɣef ṭṭsaɣ di lkaṛ. Gneɣ yark ayen yeqqim webrid. U 

makken i d-ukiɣ, ufiɣ-ed iman- iw sendeɣ ɣef yiwen userdas 

i d iyi-d-yeḍsan. Dɣa yesteqsa-yi-d ma yella yeb&ed ansegga 

i d-usiɣ. Nniɣ-as « ih » akken ur nesseɣzaf ara ameslay. 

Axxam n yemɣaren yezga-d azal n sin ikilumitriyen 

ɣef taddart. Lḥiɣ ɣer din ɣef uḍar. Bɣiɣ imiren ad waliɣ 

yemma. Acu kan a&essas yenna-yi-d ilaq ad waliɣ meqbel 

anemhal. Netta yufa-t-id lḥal yes&a cɣel. Ṛǧiɣ cwiṭ. Ayen 

akken qqimeɣ la ttṛaǧuɣ, a&essas yella ad iyi-d-iheddeṛ, syin 

kecmaɣ ad waliɣ anemhal di lbiru-ines. D yiwen akkenni n 

wemɣar i i&elqen ɣef yiri-s yiwet n cci&a. Imuqel-iyi-d s 

wallen-is tizemṛaqin. Syin yefka-yi-d afus-is, u yeṭṭef afusiw 

yiwen umecwaṛ meqqren armi ur ẓriɣ ara amek ara t-idkkseɣ. 

Imuqel ɣer lekwaɣeḍ-is dɣa yenna-yi-d : « massa 

Meursault, hatt-an qrib qrad (3) isseggasen segmi i d-tekcem 

ɣer dagi. Ḥala keč i tes&a ». Ǧa&leɣ yebɣa ad iyi-nnaɣ, dɣa 

bɣiɣ as-ed-sfehmeɣ. Acu kan igzem-iyi awal : « ur k-terri 

yara tmara ad d-tesfehmeḍ. A mmi, ɣriɣ lekwaɣeḍ n yemmak, 

ufiɣ ur tezmireḍ ara ad teṭhellaḍ deg-s, ilaq-as win ara ttyett&assan. 

Taxriṭ-ik ur tt-tettqaḍa& ara. Ternuḍ tufa iman-is 

dagi aṭas ». Nniɣ-as : « tes&iḍ lḥeq ». Yenna-d : « tezriḍ, 

aṭas imeddukkal i tes&a si tezyiwin-is. Tezmer ad tecrek yid- 

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sen aṭas n tɣawsiwin ye&nan ḥala imɣaren. Keč meẓẓiyeḍ u 

ḥala addiguti ara teddiguti yid-ek ». 

D tidett wayen akka i d-yenna. Makken tella yemma 

deg uxxam ɣuri tes&eday akud-is deg umuqel deg-i di 

tsusmi. Deg wussan imezwura i tekcem s axxam n yemɣaren 

terra-tt ḥala i imeṭṭi. Wannect-a yekka-d si tannumi. Kra n 

wagguren umba&d tezmer ad tru lemmer i tt-id-kksen syin. U 

dima si tannumi. Ɣef ayagi, mači aṭas i ṛuḥeɣ ɣur-es 

asseggas-agi aneggaru. Akk daɣen annect-agi yettawi-iyi ass 

lḥed i deg-i ste&fuyeɣ. Mebla ma seddaɣ-ed &eggu n lkaṛ, 

tiɣin itikkiyen akked snat n swaye& n webrid. 

Yerna-yi-d unemhal lehduṛ. Acukan uɣaleɣ ur d asselleɣ 

ara yark. Syin yenna-yi-d : « iwerra-yi-d Ṛebbi tebɣiḍ 

ad tezreḍ yemma-k » kkreɣ-ed seg ukersi mebla ma nniɣ-ed 

kra, dɣa yezwar-iyi ɣer tewwurt. Di tseddaṛin, yessefhemiyi-d 

: « newwi-tt ɣer texxamt tamectuḥt anda nesrusuy 

lmeggtin-nneɣ akken ur nessagad ara wiyaḍ. Imi yal mara 

yemmet yiwen dagi, wiyaḍ tqelliqen cwiya azal n sin neɣ 

qrad (3) n wussan u annect-a yettara liḥala teqbeṛ ». N&edda 

seg yiwet n lḥaṛa anda llan aṭas n yemɣaren yellan ttqessiṛen 

d tirebuya& timecṭaḥ. Susmen makken i n&edda ger-asen. 

Dɣa akken nfut, yuɣal-ed uqesseṛ-nni, ad as-tiniḍ d 

asčewčew n temṛeqmin deg alba&ḍ iɣezṛawen. Akken 

newweḍ ɣer tewwurt n yiwen ubaṭimut, yenna unemhal : « 

ad k-ǧǧeɣ da a mass Meursault, ma yella kra i teḥwaǧeḍ 

aqli di lbiru. Nennum tanṭelt tettili-d ɣef mraw (10) n ṣbeḥ. 

Nenna-yas akka ad tizmireḍ ad t&iwzeḍ fell-as ». Awal 

aneggaru yenna-yak : « waqila tenna-d acḥal d tikkal i 

yimeddukkal-is belli tebɣa ad tettwanṭel s le&wayed n ddin 

iṛumyen. Nek xedmeɣ ayen ilaqen. Acu kan bɣiɣ ad k-ed- 

&eggneɣ ». Nniɣ-as tanemmirt. Yemma, ɣas ma yella mači d 

tin ur nettamen ara, werǧin txemmem asmi tedder ɣef ddin. 

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Kecmeɣ ɣer zdaxel. D yiwet n texxamt yes&an tafat, 

tettwasleɣ s tumlilt tamellalt syin ɣumen-tt s zǧaǧ. Llan degs 

aṭas ikkersiyen akked lelwaḥ n ṣbiɣa yes&an talɣa am X. 

Sin seg-sen, si tlemmast, refden yiwen usenduq yes&an 

lɣum. Nezmer kan ad nwali timesmaṛin yettmecbeṛṛiqen, i 

ikecmen kan cwiṭ di lluḥ yettwasebɣen. Ar tamma usenduq 

teqqim yiwet n tefremlit ta&ṛabt s tqendduṛt tamellalt akked 

tfunaṛt taberqaqact ɣef uqarru-yis. 

Imiren, ikcem-ed u&essas deffir-i. Izmer ahat yuzzeled. 

Yesqewqew-ed cwiṭ : « nemdel asenduq fell-as, acu kan 

ilaq ad d-fsiɣ imesmaṛen akken ad tt-twaliḍ ». Yuẓa-d s 

asenduq makken i t-id-ḥebsaɣ. Yenna-yi-d : « ur tebɣiḍ 

ara?». Nniɣ as : « ala ». Yeḥbes, dɣa nneḥcameɣ cwiṭ imi 

ḥulfaɣ am akken ur ilaq ara ad d-iniɣ annect-a. Amecwaṛ 

akka cwiṭ, immuqel-ed dɣa yesteqsa-yi-d : « ayɣer? » acu 

kan mači am win ara yi-ḥasben, yebɣa kan ad iẓer. Nniɣ as : 

« ur ẓriɣ ara ayɣer » dɣa imiren, umba&d mi yebren claɣemis 

i icaben, yenna-yi-d mebla ma imuqel-ed ɣur-i : « fehmeɣk 

». Cebḥit wallen-is tizeṛqaqin, akked weglim-is azeggaɣ. 

Yefka-yi-d akkersi, netta yeqqim cwiṭ ɣer deffir. Tekker-ed 

tefremlit dɣa tṛuḥ metwal tawwurt ad teffeɣ. Imiren yennayi-d 

u&essas : « d aṭan n weglim i tes&a ». Seg makken ur 

fhimeɣ ara, muqleɣ ɣer tefremlit dɣa walaɣ belli tes&a 

abeḥnuq amellal seddaw n wallen-is i d-yezzin yark i 

uqerru-yis. Ya&del wunuḍ-nni ɣer tama n yanzaren-is. Ḥala 

temlel ubeḥnuq i d-yettbanen ɣef udem-is. 

Makken teffeɣ, yenna-d u&essas : « ad k-ǧǧeɣ tura ma 

yehwa-yak weḥdek ». Ur ẓriɣ ara acu i s-wehhaɣ s ufus-iw, 

dɣa yeqqim s ibeddi deffir-i. Taxxamt teččuṛ d tafat n 

tmeddit n wass. Sin warduzen zenzunen deffir lemri. Ḥulfaɣ 

i naddam. Nniɣ-as i u&essas mebla ma zziɣ ɣur-es : « aṭas 

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ayagi i txeddmeḍ dagi?» Yerra-d imiren : « semmus (5) 

isseggasen » am win yuṛǧan si zik asteqsi-inu. 

Syin, aṭas i yemmeslay. Ad t-swehmen lemmer i d asnnan 

asmi meẓẓi belli ad yekfu d a&essas n wexxam n 

yemɣaren n Marengo. Is&a (64) isseggasen di le&meṛ-is u 

yekka-d si « Paris ». Imiren ḥebseɣ-t : « ah! keč ihi mači n 

da? » dɣa mmektaɣ-ed belli meqbel ad iyi-yawi s anemhal 

ihdeṛ-iyi-d ɣef yemma. Yenna-yi-d ilaq ad nɣiwel ad ttnenṭel, 

imi deg uzaɣar yeḥma lḥal ladɣa di tmurt-agi. Dɣa 

imiren swaswa i yi-d-yenna belli yella yezdeɣ di « Paris » u 

yew&eṛ fell-as tura ad tt-yettu. Di « Paris » nettɣimi d 

lmegget qrad (3) n wussan, tikkwal Kuẓ (4). Dagi akud 

yettazal u yew&eṛ ad aɣ-tekcem tikti belli d lawan ad neddu 

deffir usenduq. Tenna-yas-d tmeṭṭut-is imiren : « susem tura 

keč, mači d tiɣawsiwin-agi ara d-teḥkuḍ i wergaz ». Yuɣal 

wemɣar d azeggaɣ dɣa yessuter-ed deg-i ad as-ssurfeɣ. Dɣa 

skecmeɣ-d iman-iw ger-asen akken ad as-iniɣ : « ala, ala 

tezemreḍ ». Ufiɣ ayen akken i d-yenna d tidett u dayen i 

iggerzen. 

Di texxamt-nni n lmegget, yenna-yi-d belli yewweḍed 

d ameɣbun s axxam-agi n yemɣaren. Segmi i iwala imanis 

yezmer, yuɣal yessuter ad as-fken amḍiq-agi u&essas. 

Nniɣ-as belli akken d as-yehwu yella, ula d netta d 

amezdaɣ dagi. Yenna-yi-d ala. Yeswhem-iyi meqbel ɣef 

ayɣer i d-yeqqar : « nitni », « wiyaḍ », akk tikkwal kan « 

imɣaren », ma iheddeṛ ɣef imɣaren n wexxam anda kra segsen 

d tizyiwin-is. Acu kan ɣur-es mgaraden lecɣal. Netta d 

a&essas, tzemreḍ ad d-tiniḍ yes&a kra izerfan fell-asen. 

Tekcem-ed tefremlit imiren. Amecwaṛ kan yeɣli-d 

yiḍ. Yeɣli-d butellis deffir lemri deg yiwet n tegnitt. Issaɣ 

u&essas taftilt dɣa testulles-iyi tafat-is i yi-d-yewten s allen. 

I&reḍ-iyi ad dduɣ s aḥanu n wučči. Acu kan nek ur lluẓeɣ 

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ara. Dɣa yenna-yi-d ma yella yezmer ad iyi-d-yawi lqahwa s 

uyefki; Segmi akken ḥemleɣ lqahwa s uyefki, qebleɣ ad iyitt-id-yawi. 

Amecwaṛ yuɣal-ed s sniwa deg ufus. Swiɣ-tt. 

Dɣa tusa-yi-d nnefḥa n ddexxan. Acu kan kukraɣ cwiṭ imi ur 

ẓriɣ ara ma yella zemreɣ ad tt-xedmeɣ zdat yemma. Meyzeɣ 

cwiṭ, ufiɣ annecta ur yes&i yara lma&na. Fkiɣ-as yiwen iggiṛu 

i u&essas, dɣa nkkeyef di sin. 

Cwiṭ akka, yenna-yi-d : « tezriḍ, imeddukkal n 

yemma-k ad d-ṛuḥen ula d nitni ad &iwzen fell-as. Akka i 

nnumen. Ilaq-iyi ad ṛuḥeɣ ad d-heggiɣ ikkersiyen akked 

lqahwa taberkant. Ssutreɣ-as ma yezmer ad yessexsi yiwet si 

teftilin-nni yuɣen. Aca&ce& n tafat ɣef leḥyuḍ imellalen 

yettqaṛṛiḥ-iyi allen-iw. Yenna-yi-d d awezɣi. Imi akka i 

tettwaxdem trisiti dagi. Ad aɣent yark tiftilin deg yiwen 

ubrid neɣ ulac yark. Uɣaleɣ ttuɣ-t. Yeffeɣ, yuɣal-ed, 

iṣṣeggem ikkersiyen. U ɣef yiwen sseg-sen, isers taḥemmayt 

n lqahwa akked ifenǧalen yessembab wa ɣef wa. Syin 

yeqqim-ed zdat-i, udem-is iweha-t-id ɣur-i, si tama nniḍen n 

yemma. Tafremlit teqqim ula d nettat di tesga n texxamt, 

tezzi s uzagur. Ur walaɣ ara acu txeddem. Acu kan seg 

umbbiwel n ifassen-is, iban d tin i iẓeṭṭen. Lḥal yebbuḥra, 

lqahwa tesseḥma-yi idmaren-iw u si tewwurt yellin tkečemed 

rriḥa n yiḍ akked tin ijeǧǧigen. Qrib ur d iyi-tewwi tnafa. 

D asami afessas i d iyi-d-yessakin. Segmi akken 

bel&eɣ allen-iw tban-iyi-d texxamt tettmecbaṛṛiq tura kteṛ si 

tafat tamellalt. Zdat-i ulac tili dɣa yal taɣawsa u yal tiɣmert 

akked talɣiwin n leḥwayeǧ irkelli, ttbanent-ed armi i 

ttqeriḥent wallen-iw. Imiren swaswa i d-kecmen imeddukkal 

n yemma. Wwḍen azal n mraw (10) yidsen, u kečmen di 

tafat-agi yesderɣilen. Qqimen meṛṛa mebla ma yujjaq yiwen 

ukersi. Ttwaliɣ deg iqudam-nsen akken werǧin walaɣ yiwen, 

ulac aḥebbuy i d iyi-ṛuḥen seg udmawen-nsen neɣ si 

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timmelsa-nsen. Ɣas akken ur asen-selleɣ ara ttbanen-iyi-d 

am akken d lexyalat kan. 

Tugti si tlawin lsant iṭabliten akked waggus i sentizemḍen 

ammas i d-yessufuɣen a&ebbuḍ-nsent i icufen. 

Werǧin greɣ tamawt acḥal meqqer u&ebbuḍ n temɣarin. 

Irgazen d imej&uden meṛṛa u s&an yark ti&ekkzatin ger 

ifassen-nsen. Ayen i d iyi-swehmen deg udmawen-nsen d 

akken ur da ttwaliɣ ara allen-nsen; Ttwaliɣ ḥala yiwet n tafat 

tacenneltaḥt di tlemmast n yiwen n wannar ukmic. Makken 

qqimen, tugti seg-sen muqlen-iyi-d dɣa huccen-d aqerrunsen 

ɣur-i s useḍḥi, s kra akken icenfuren yečča uxenfuc 

mebla tuɣmas, mebla ma ẓriɣ ma d slam i d-selmen felli neɣ 

akkenni kan i gan. Iban-yi-d d slam. Imiren i faqeɣ belli 

qqimen-d meṛṛa qbala s udem-iw, ɣer tama u&essas, s 

naddam yeṭfen iqerra-nsen yettṣubbun. Yiwen umecwaṛ 

mecṭuḥen ḥulfaɣ am akken llan din akken kan ad iyi-ḥasben. 

Cwiṭ umba&d, tebda yiwet n tmeṭṭut imeṭṭi. Tella 

teqqim di ṣṣef wis sin, teffer-itt yiwet si tmeddukkal-is, ur ttwalaɣ 

ara akken yelha. Tettru s ssuɣat timectaḥ yugin ad 

ḥebsent. Iban-iyi-d am akken mači d tin ara yessusmen 

yark.Wiyaḍ ttbanen-d am akken ur as-slan ara. Senden s 

leḥzen akked tsusmi ɣef ikkersiyen. Ttmuqqulen kan s 

asenduq neɣ ar t&ekkazin-nsen neɣ s ayen nniḍen, allen-nsen 

am tidak i isebken ɣef tɣawsiwin-nni kan. Tameṭṭut-nni 

mazal-itt tettru. Wehmeɣ deg-s imi ur tt-sineɣ ara. Lemmer 

ttafeɣ dayen ur as-selleɣ ara. Ɣas akken ur zmireɣ ara ad as 

t-iniɣ. Iṭṭanez u&essas ɣur-es, ihdeṛ-as, dɣa thuc aqerruy-is, 

tesxartem-as-ed kra imeslayen, syin tuɣal ar imeṭṭi-s. Yuɣaled 

dɣa imiren u&essas ɣer tama-w, yeqqim-ed ɣur-i. Umba&d 

yiwen umecwaṛ meqqren yenna-yi-d s usbesbec mebla ma 

imuqel-ed ɣuri : « te&del aṭas nettat d yemma-k. Tenna-yi-d 

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elli ḥala nettat i d tameddakkelt-is dagi, u tura weḥdes ara 

d-tegri ». 

Neqqim akken ddeqs. Nnehtat akked imeṭṭawen n 

tmeṭṭut-nni segmi i neqsen. Aṭas i tnetter. Taggara teḥbes. 

Nek ur nuddmeɣ ara, acu kan a&yiɣ u qeṛḥen-iyi ibeṛdiyeniw.Tura 

tuɣal d tasusmi n lɣaci-yagi i yeẓẓayen fell-i. 

Tikkwal akka selleɣ i yiwen akken n ṣṣut ur nban ara, ur 

ssawḍeɣ ara ad d-fehmeɣ d acu-t. Ddeqs umba&d, faqeɣ belli 

d kra seg imɣaren-nni i imečḥen tiddmujin-nsen si zdaxel n 

yimi u yettban-ed am usṭarḍeq. Ula d nitni s yiman-nsen ur 

faqen ara s wanect-en imi zren deg ixemmimen-nsen. Armi 

ḥulfaɣ belli lmegget, yellan yeẓẓel zdat-nsen, ur yes&i abruy 

n lma&na. Acu kan tura iban-iyi-d belli ayen akka ḥulfaɣ 

ɣelṭeɣ deg-s. 

Neswa yark lqahwa i ɣ-ed-yesserba u&essas. Syin, ur 

ẓriɣ ara acu yeḍran. I&edda yiḍ. Cfiɣ belli yiwet n tikkelt, 

lliɣ-ed allen-iw, walaɣ imɣaren-nni wa yeṭṭes ɣef tayett n 

wayeḍ, kkes-ed ḥala yiwen, aɣesmaṛ-is ɣef ifassen 

ickenteḍen ɣef t&ekkazt-is, yettmuqel-ed ɣur-i am win 

yettṛaǧun kan ad d-akiɣ. Syin uɣaleɣ s iḍes. Ukiɣ-ed seg 

uqraḥ ibeṛdiyen-iw. Tafat n wass tkeččem-ed s la&qel si 

lemri n ṭwiqan. Cwiṭ akka yekker-ed yiwen seg imɣaren-nni, 

teṭṭef-it tusut. Syin yessusef deg yiwet n tmacwaṛt 

taberqaqact u yal asusef yettban-ed am akken d lḥaǧa i d- 

yeqqucmen seg idmaren-is. Yessaki-d wiyaḍ dɣa yennayasen 

u&essas belli d lawan ad ṛuḥen. Kkren-d. A&waz-agi 

amezlagu yerra udmawen-nsen am iɣiɣden. Swehmen-iyi 

makken ṛuḥen ad fɣen akked makken i yi-d-fkan labas am 

akken iḍ-agi nes&edda mebla ma yuli-yaɣ-ed umeslay 

isnerna tamusni ger-aneɣ. 

Ɛyiɣ. Yewwi-yi u&essas s axxam-is anda ssardaɣ cwiṭ. 

Rniɣ daɣen swiɣ-ed lqahwa s uyefki ẓiden aṭas. Makken i d- 

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fɣen, yufa-d lḥal yuli wass irkkelli. Igenni yeččuṛ d tezweɣ 

nnig tɣaltin yellan ger Marengo akked yillel, aḍu i d- 

yettasen s nnig-sent yettaw-id yides rriḥa n lemlaḥ. Ass-a d 

ass iggerzen, yelha lḥal. Aṭas Ayagi ur ḥewṣeɣ di tmurt, 

ḥulfaɣ ad iggerez uḥeweṣ lemmer ulac yemma. 

Ṛǧiɣ di lḥaṛa seddaw yiwen useklu. Bdiɣ la sraḥayeɣ 

rriḥa n wakal aleqqaq armi i d iyi-kkes naddam. Mmektaɣed 

imiren immeddukkal n lbiru anda xeddmeɣ. Di lawan-agi 

i d-tekkren akken ad ṛuḥen s ixeddim : d sa&a-yagi i iwe&ṛen 

deg wass. Rniɣ meyzeɣ cwiṭ ɣef tɣawsiwin-agi, yewwi-yi 

ddehn-iw yiwen n naqus iṭenṭunen zdaxel ubaṭimut. Yekkeritt 

yiwen uhetwir deffir ṭwiqan, umba&d cwiṭ kullec 

yessusem. Yuli-d yiṭij cwiya deg igenni : yebda ad 

yesseḥmay iḍaren-iw. Igzem-ed ɣur-i u&essas lḥaṛa-nni 

taɣezfant dɣa yenna-yi-d belli yeḥwaǧ-iyi unemhal. Ṛuḥeɣ 

ɣer lbiru-ines. Yefka-yi-d stenyaɣ tameqqunt n lekwaɣeḍ. 

Sneqdaɣ belli yelsa yiwen utriku aberkan s yiwen userwal 

bu-ijardan. Yeddem-ed tilifun deg ufus-is dɣa yenna-yi-d : 

ixeddamen n tkebbanit iẓekwan si zgelli i d-wwḍen. Ad 

kkreɣ ad asen-iniɣ ad ṛuḥen ad semṛen asenduq. Neɣ ahat 

tebɣiḍ ad twaliḍ yemma-k tikkelt taneggarut? Nniɣ as ala. 

Yenna-yasen di tilifun s la&qel : « Figeac, ini-asen belli 

zemren ». 

Syin yenna-yi-d belli ad yeḥdeṛ i uẓekka, nniɣ-as 

tanemmirt. Yuɣal ɣer deffir lbiru-s yeqqim, yessemlal 

tiqejaṛṛin-is timecṭaḥ. I&eggen-iyi-d belli ḥala netta akked 

nek ara yilin, akked tefremlit. Imi imezdaɣ n wexxam ur ilaq 

ara ad ḥedṛen i tenṭelt. Yettanef-asen kan ad &iwzen : « tagi 

d tamsalt n wul », i d-yenna. Acu kan di tilawt yekfa tesriḥ i 

yiwen wemɣar yellan d tamusni taqdimt n yemma, ad yeddu 

deffir usenduq : « Thomas Pérez ». Yecmumeḥ unemhal mi 

d-yuder isem-agi. Yenna-yi-d : « twalaḍ amek, wagi ẓriɣ d 

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aḥulfu n warac imecṭah. Acu kan netta akked yemma-k ur 

ttemfaṛaqen ara yark. Deg uxxam tmesxiṛen fell-asen, 

qqarnen-as : « Pérez, tagi d taxḍibt-ik. Netta yettaḍsa. I&ǧebiten 

lḥal ataṣ. U lmut n massa Meursault tḥuza-t aṭas. 

Xemmeɣ am akken ur ilaq ara ad as-agiɣ ad yeddu ɣer 

tenṭelt. Acu kan ugiɣ-as ad ye&wez iḍelli imi d amejjay ur 

as-nunif ara ». 

Neqqim akka aṭas i nessusem. Yekker-ed unemhal 

imuqel si ṭṭaq n lbiru-s. Amecwaṛ yenna-d : « hatan 

yewweḍ-ed umṛabeḍ n teglizt n Marengo. Zik i d-yewweḍ 

ass-a». I&eggen-iyi-d belli ma drus ad neqqim qrad (3) 

taṛba&tin n ssa&a di tikli ɣer teglizt i d-yezgan di tlemmast n 

taddart. Nṣub-ed ɣer zdat ubaṭimut, nufa-d limam akked d 

sin warrac imectaḥ. Yiwen sseg-sen yeṭṭef taqedduḥt n 

ttbaxuṛ, limam yeṭṭanez akken ad issa&del teɣzi n sensla n 

lfeṭṭa yetteqluqulen ɣer wammas-is. Makken newweḍ ɣursen, 

yekker-ed umṛabeḍ iṛumyen. Yessawel-iyi-d «a mmi» u 

yenna-yi-d kra imeslayen. Syin yekcem, ḍefreɣ-t si deffir. 

Walaɣ belli imesmaṛen usenduq ttwassemṛen u llan 

kuẓ (4) n yergazen iberkanen di texxamt-nni. Sliɣ imiren i 

unemhal mi la s-yeqqar ad aɣ-tettṛaǧu tkeṛṛust akked limam 

iṛumyen mi yebda ttedkiṛ-ines. Seg imiren kullec yedda s 

tazla. Uẓan yergazen-nni s asenduq s yiwet n tduli. Limam d 

warrac-is, anemhal akked nek neffeɣ-ed ɣer beṛṛa. Zdat 

tewwurt tella yiwet n tmeṭṭut ur ssineɣ ara : «a mass 

Meursault», i d-yenna unemhal. Ur sliɣ ara i yisem n 

tmeṭṭut-nni. Fehmeɣ-d kan d nettat i d tameqrant n 

tefremliyin. Tesṭannez udem-nni-ines aɣezfan yeqquṛen 

mebla ula d azmumeg, syin nṣeggem iman-nneɣ ɣer yiwet n 

tama akken ad as-nanef i usenduq ad i&eddi. Nedda-d deffir 

widak i irefden asenduq dɣa neffeɣ-ed seg ubatimut. 

Takeṛṛust tella zdat tewwurt, ɣezzifet, zeddiget u 

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tettemecbeṛṛiq, ad as-tiniḍ d tajuxriṭ n rrica n tira. Ɣer tamas 

yella unehhaṛ-is temsal n ddin, yiwen wergaz amectuḥ s 

timelsiwt yesseḍsayen, akked yiwen n wemɣar iṭṭhellayen 

aṭas deg yiman-is : fehmaɣ belli d netta i d mass « Pérez». 

Yes&a yiwet n lemḍella mm-tqerruct ibernen akked yiran 

icaṛqen aṭas (yekkes-itt-id seg uqerru-yis makken i i&edda 

usenduq si tewwurt), yelsa yiwen ukustim yenḍen seg 

ukessar d asawen deg iḍarren akked yiwet n tyerrist n 

ubeḥnuq aberkan i d-yezgan mecṭuḥet aṭas i tebluzt-is mmlkull 

amellal ameqṛan. Ticenfurin-is ttargigint seddaw 

wanzaren yeččuṛen d tiḥebbuyin tiberkanin. Ma d acebbubis 

amellal arqiqan yunef i sin imeẓẓaɣ iɣezfanen ad d-fɣen u 

taglimt-nsen zeggaɣen am idammen tessewham mara 

temmuqleḍ s udem-is awṛaɣ. Anehhar n temsal n ddin iṛuḥed 

iṣṣeggem-aɣ, yal yiwen deg-nneɣ yefka-yas amkan-is. 

Yezwar limam ɣer zdat, syin tarna-d tkeṛṛust uɣur llan qus 

(4) n yergazen ɣer tama. Deffir-nsen nerna-d nek d unemhal, 

u ɣer zdeffir meṛṛa tella tefremlit akked mass Pérez. 

Yufa-d lḥal iṭij yeččuṛ igenni d tafat. Ifeṭṭiwjen-ines 

bdan la ttaẓayen ɣef akal u aẓɣal segmi i irennu. Ur ẓriɣ ara 

ayɣer neṛǧa aṭas akken ad nebdu tikli. Yenɣa-yi lɣeṭ seddaw 

leḥwayeǧ-agi-inu tiberkanin. Amɣar-nni yellan yersa 

ačabbun-is, yekkes-it-id tura. Zziɣ allen-iw ɣer tama-s akken 

ad t-mmuqleɣ makken i yi-d-yemmeslay fell-as unemhal. 

Yenna-yi-d belli yemma akked mass Pérez uɣen tannumi 

ttḥewwiṣen timeddiyin arma d taddart, nitni akked tefremlit. 

Muqleɣ lexlawi i yi-d yezzin. Fehmeɣ imiren yemma s 

uẓeṭṭa-yagi isekla yettawin ɣer tɣaltin yettsamin igenni, s 

wakal azeggaɣ izgezwen, s kra-nni kan n yexxamen 

yettwabnan akken yelha. Timeddiyin, di tmurt-agi banent d 

tidak yettilin am tirga tifessasin. Ass-a iṭij i izaden, 

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yettciriwen tamuɣli, tamurt tuɣal teḥzen u d tamarẓagut i 

wemdan. 

Nebda tikli. Faqeɣ Imiren i Pérez belli yesḥarejdil 

cwiṭ. Takkeṛṛust segmi trennu aɣiwel, ma d amɣar segmi i 

yessegray aḍar ɣer deffir. Yiwen seg irgazen yellan yedda 

ɣer tama n tkkeṛust, yuɣal ula d netta teǧǧa-t, u tura yuɣal ad 

d-ileḥḥu ɣer tama-w. Ttwehimeɣ deg iṭij yettalin s tazla deg 

igenni. Greɣ tamawt belli ddeqs-aya segmi tebda tmurt 

tezunzun s ccna ibe&ac akked uṭerḍeq n uṣaɣuṛ iḥeḍmen. 

Tidi tebda tecceṛcuṛ-ed ɣef ddmuj-iw. Segmi akken ur s&iɣ 

ara ačappun, bdiɣ ad sbuḥruyaɣ s tmacwaṛt-iw. Axeddam n 

tkebbanit i iqqazen iẓekwan yenna-yi-d yiwen akken n 

wawal i wumi ur sliɣ ara. Di lawan i deg isfeḍ tamelɣiɣt-is s 

tmacwart yeṭṭef s ufus azelmaḍ, afus ayeffus irfed takaskiṭ. 

Nniɣ as : « amek ?» yales-iyi-d s uwehhi s igenni : «a 

yekkat s aqerru ». Nniɣ as : «ih». Amecwaṛ akka yesteqsayi-d 

: «d yemma-k i yellan da? ». Nniɣ-as : « ih » « meqret 

aṭas di la&meṛ?» Rriɣ-as : « akka i d ddunit», imi ur ẓriɣ ara 

acḥal di la&meṛ-is swaswa. Syin yessusem. Zziɣ udem-iw 

ɣer deffir, walaɣ Pérez, yellan yeb&ed s wazal n semmus n 

tmerwin (50) n lmitrat fell-aɣ, yettɣawal-ed, s lemḍella 

yejelwaḥ s ufus-is. Muqlaɣ daɣen s anemhal yellan ileḥḥu s 

la&qel, Mebla ma izad tikli. Kra n tmeqwa n tidi banent-ed 

ɣef unyir-is, yerna ur tent-isfiḍ ara. 

Iban iyi-d belli tarba&t i nga deffir usenduq segmi 

tettɣawal. Mazal zzin-aɣ-ed lexlawi yettfeǧiǧen, yeččuṛen d 

iṭij. 

Tafat igenni tekkat s allen,yew&er wemdan ad asyesbeṛ. 

Yiwet n tikkelt n&edda seg yiwen weḥric n webrid 

yettwa&awden. Iṭij yesṭarḍeq-as aggudṛun. Kečmen isebaḍen 

deg-s u lateṛ-nneɣ itelli-yas iqcer-is yettmecbaṛṛiqen. Nnig 

tcariṭ, ačapun unehhar ittwaxedmen s weglim ifuṛṛen, 

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yettban-ed yettwaggwa deg aluḍ-agi aberkan. Lliɣ &erqentiyi 

ger igenni-yagi ajenjaṛi mellulen akked lenwal-agi 

iḥeznen, tebrek ugudṛun yettmentaḍen ifezqen, tebrek 

tacenneltaḥt n ikustimen, tebrek taqurant n tkeṛṛust. Annectagi 

yark, rnu-yas iṭij, rriḥa n weglim akked imuzzuren n 

tcariṭ, tin n sbiɣa akked tin n ttbaxuṛ, &eggu n wa&waz n yiḍ, 

annect-a yark sxeṛben-iyi iẓri-w akked d tiktiwin-iw. Zziɣ s 

wudem tikkelt nniḍen ɣer deffir : iban-iyi-d Pérez yeb&ed 

ugar, ye&ṛeq deg yiwen wagu n weẓɣal, syin iɣab ɣef alleniw. 

Nudaɣ-t s wallen, walaɣ-t iffeɣ i webrid u yegzem ger 

lexlawi. Daɣen faqaɣ belli abrid yellan zdat-nneɣ d abrid 

ubrin. Fehmeɣ imiren belli Pérez yesnen tamurt, yegzem 

ger lexlawi akken ad aɣ-ed-yeqḍe&. Dɣa di ṭṭurna yeqḍe&-aɣed. 

Syin iṛuḥ-aɣ si ger wallen. Igzem daɣen ger lexlawi u 

ikemmel akka acḥal n tikkal. Ma d nek ḥulfaɣ i yidamen mi 

d-sṭebṭuben ɣef tiwwura uqerru-yiw. 

Syin kulec ikemmel s lemɣawla, s tannumi akked 

le&wayed, armi ur cfiɣ i kra yeḍran. Yiwet n tɣawsa kan : 

akken nṛuḥ ad nekcem ɣer taddart, temmeslay-id tefremlit i 

iddan yid-nneɣ. Tes&a akken yiwet n taɣect yemgaraden aṭas 

nettat d tqadumt-is, taɣect-is ḥninet u d targagayt. Tenna-yid 

: « lemmer ad nkemmel akka tikli s la&qel ad aɣ-yesra& 

yiṭij. U lemmer ad nɣiwel, ad aɣ-teccef tidi, u zdaxel n 

teglizt ad aɣ-yewwet ubeḥri si ḥamu akked tesmeḍ ». Ufiɣ 

tes&a lḥaq. Ulac tifrat. Seg wass-nni mazal-iyi-d kra n cfayat 

: amedya, udem n Pérez makken i ɣ-en-yeqḍa& qrib ɣer 

taddart. Timeqwa tizuranin imeṭṭawen n utqeleq akked 

leḥzen la d-neggint ɣef ddmuj-is acu kan, imi yekmec, ur ad 

d-ɣellint ara. Ttnernint, ttemlilint armi gant tamda n waman 

ɣef udem-nni-ines wesren. Cfiɣ daɣen i teglizt akked 

imezdaɣ n taddart ɣef utṛutwaṛ, ijeǧǧigen izeggaɣen ɣef 

iẓekwan, anexsuf n Pérez (ad as-tiniḍ d ajeɣlal yulwan), akal 

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zeggaɣen am idammen yettrusun ɣef usenduq n yemma, 

iẓuran imellalen i ixelḍen d wakal, ternuḍ-as lɣaci, ssuɣat, 

taddart, aṛaǧu zdat yiwet n lqahwa, acexeṛ umutur yugin ad 

yekfu, akked lfeṛḥ-iw makken i yekcem lkaṛ di tesga n 

teftilin n Lezzayer akked uxemmem imiren belli ad kecmeɣ 

ad ṭṭseɣ xeṛsum tnac n swaya&. 

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IXEF II 

Akken d-ukiɣ si tguni, fehmeɣ ayɣer yesxenfeṛ 

um&ellem-inu mi d as-ssutreɣ sin wussan n tesriḥ : ass-a 

d ass n ssebt. Tzemreḍ ad d-tinniḍ amzun ttuɣ-t, acu kan 

mi d-kkreɣ, tusa-yi-d tikti-yagi. Am&ellem-inu ixemmem 

belli akka ad awiɣ qus (4) n wussan ma tsseddaḍ-ed lḥed 

u annect-a mači dayen ara t-isfeṛḥen. Acu kan si tama 

nniḍen, mači sɣur-i i d-tekka imi tettwanṭel yemma iḍelli, 

mači ass-a. Daɣen si tama-nniḍen ad awiɣ ssebt akked 

lḥed-inu akken d as-yehwa yella lḥal. Mebla ma nniɣ-ed, 

annect-a mači dayen ara yi-iǧǧen ur fehmmeɣ ara 

am&ellem-inu. 

Ɛegzeɣ yark amek ara d-kkreɣ imi lliɣ a&yiɣ aṭas 

seg iḍelli. Makken i ttseṭileɣ tamart-iw xemmeɣ acu 

zemreɣ ad xedmeɣ ass-a, dɣa nniɣ-as ittif ad ṛuḥeɣ ɣer 

tefsit ad &awmaɣ. Ṭṭfeɣ letṛam armi d lmina. Din neggzeɣ 

ger teẓra deg waman. Aṭas n yelmeẓyen i yellan din. 

Mlaleɣ-ed deg waman Marie Cardona, d yiwet akken i 

ixedmen yid-nneɣ yiwen zman d taddakktilutt (tekkat 

ddaktilu), u di tallit-nni tella te&ǧeb-iyi cwiya. Ula d nettat 

waqila lliɣ &eǧbeɣ-tt. Acu kan cwiṭ kan tetaxeṛ seg 

ixeddim dɣa ur nes&i yara akud akken ad yili kra ger- 

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aneɣ. Ɛiwnaɣ-tt tuli ɣef ṛṛuda i icuffen, sumaɣ-ed imiren 

tidmarin-is. Mazal-iyi deg waman makken teẓẓel s 

u&ebbuḍ ɣef tcuffett. Tezzi-d ɣur-i, acebbub deg allen-is, 

dɣa teḍsa-yi-d. Uliɣ ar tama-s, ɣef tcufett. Yelha lḥal u, 

am akken s uqesseṛ, rriɣ aqerruy-iw ɣer deffir, serseɣ-t 

ɣef u&ebbuḍ-is. Tessusem, ur d-tenni kra. dɣa unfeɣ-as 

akken. Yewwet-iyi-d igenni ajenjaṛi yettmecbaṛṛiqen s 

allen-iw. Ḥulfaɣ seddaw temggaṛṭ-iw i u&ebbuḍ n Marie 

mi yessebraq s la&qel. Neqqim akken deqqs s ufella n 

tcufett, am widak yeṭṭsen. Akken tḥulfa yerɣa yiṭij, 

teɣmes deg waman dɣa ḍefreɣ-tt. Qeḍ&aɣ-tt, dɣa s&eddaɣ 

afus-iw deffir wammas-is syin nkkemmel a&ummu akken 

di sin. Tettaḍsa aṭas. Ɣef yiri n lmina, makken neqqim ad 

nettkaw, tenna-yi-d : « berrikeɣ ugar-ik ». Nniɣ-as ma ad 

teddu ɣer ssinima tameddit-a . Terna taḍsa u tenna-yi-d 

belli tebɣa ad twali asaru n « Fernandel ». Mi nelsa 

leḥwayeǧ-nneɣ, tewhem mi yi-d-twala lsiɣ takkrabaṭ 

taberkant dɣa testeqsa-yi-d ma yella kra id iyi-ḍran. Nniɣas 

belli temmut yemma. Tebɣa ad tẓer si melmi, nniɣ-as 

seg iḍelli. Tuɣal ɣer deffir cwiṭ, acu kan ur tes&iḍ acu i d- 

tenna. Bɣiɣ ad as-iniɣ belli mači d lɣelṭa-inu acu kan ṭṭfeɣ 

iman-iw imi yufa-d lḥal nniɣ-t meqbel i um&ellem-iw. 

Annect-a ẓriɣ, ur yes&i yara anamek. Akken d as-yehwa 

tella liḥala dima neɣleḍ cwiṭ. 

Tameddit-nni, Marie tettu kullec. Asaru yella anda 

yesseḍsay tikkwal, acu kan yeqeṛs u yessexcawat. 

Amessaḍ-is isuma-d amessaḍ-iw. Sselfeɣ-as i tedmarin-is. 

Taggara usaru, ssudneɣ-tt-id, acu kan tasudent ur nban ara 

amek akken. Mi d-neffeɣ, tedda-d yidi s axxam. 

Makken i d-ukiɣ, ufiɣ-ed Marie tṛuḥ. Tenna-yi-d 

belli ad tṛuḥ ad d-tẓer nanna-s. Mmektaɣ-ed belli d lḥed 

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dɣa ddiggutiɣ : ur ḥmileɣ ara lḥed. Dɣa, zziɣ ar tguni, 

nudaɣ rriḥa n lemlaḥ i d-yeǧǧa ucekkuḥ n Marie deg 

wusu syin kemleɣ taguni armi d mraw (10). keyfeɣ kra 

iggiṛa, dima deg wusu, armi d ṭnac. Ur bɣiɣ ara ad fetreɣ 

ɣer Celeste akken uɣeɣ tannumi, imi iban ad iyi-dyesteqsi 

ɣef lǧanaza, u nek ur ḥmileɣ ara annect-a. 

Ssewweɣ-d timellalin di zzit, ččiɣ-tent-id si tmeqlitt 

mebla aɣrum imi yekfa-yi u nek ur bɣiɣ ad ṣubbeɣ ad d- 

aɣeɣ. 

Umba&d leftuṛ, lḥiɣ akk culaɣ cwiṭ deg uxxam seg 

uddiguti. Axxam yella iggerez asmi tella yemma. Tura 

meqqeṛ aṭas fell-i weḥdi, u terra-yi tmara wwiɣ-ed ṭṭabla 

n wučči ɣer texxamt-iw. Ḥala di texxamt-agi i ddreɣ tura, 

ger ikkersiyen uqeccuc yeṭṭuṭcen, taxzant i wumi 

icennelteḥ lemri, ṭṭabla n tarda akked umetṛeḥ n wuzzal. 

Ayen-nniḍen unfeɣ-as di ṭṭerf. Amecwaṛ umba&d, akken 

ur ttɣimiɣ ara, ddemɣ-ed yiwen weɣmis aqdim, ɣriɣ-t. 

Gezmeɣ-ed sseg-s yiwet n teswiṛa deg yiwen umagrad i d 

yettmeslayen ɣef lemlaḥ n kruschen, syin snetḍaɣ-tt deg 

yiwet uttafttar aqdim anda srusuyaɣ ayen i d iyi-tte&ǧaben 

deg iɣmisen. Ssardeɣ daɣen ifassen-iw, u syin ṛuḥeɣ 

qimeɣ deg ubbalkun. 

Taxxamt-iw tettak ɣer webrid ameqran n temnaṭnni. 

Ɣas akken azal n wass-a d win yelhan, abrid mazal-it 

yeččuṛ d aluḍ, lɣaci drus u ḥaren aṭas. 

Tazwara d tiwaculin i d-yusan ad ḥewṣent, sin 

warrac s ikustimen ibeḥriyen, takilluṭ nnig tigucrar am 

widak i iḥeṣlen di leḥwayeǧ-nsen tiquṛanin, akked yiwet n 

teḥdayt tamecṭuḥt s yiwen uqerddun adehbi meqqṛen 

akked tisebbaḍin tiberkanin yettwasirǧen. deffir-nsen, 

yemmat-nsen annectillatt s tqendduṛt n leḥrir taqehwit, 

akked babat-nsen, yiwen urgaz amecṭuḥ afessas i yuɣeɣ 

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tannumi ttwaliɣ. Yelsa lemḍella, takkrabaṭ uferṭeṭṭu akked 

t&ekkazt deg ufus. Mi t-walaɣ yedda-d netta d tmeṭṭut-is, 

fehmeɣ imiren ayɣer i s-qqaren di tezniqt-nneɣ belli d 

argaz i iṭṭhellan deg iman-is. Cwiṭ umba&d &eddan-ed 

ilmeẓyen n temnaṭ-nneɣ s icebbuben yettwaḍelḥen akked 

tekkrabaḍin tizeggaɣin, lbistat iḥerṣen, s leǧyub 

yettwabbṛuddin fell-asent akked isebbaḍen yes&an 

tiqerwac i&edlen. Nniɣ-as ger-i d yiman-iw ahat ar 

ssinima alemmas ara ṛuḥen. Ɣef ayagi i ṛuḥen zik u 

ttɣawalen akken ad qeḍ&en letṛam, u nutni ttaḍsan. 

Akken ɣaben, yuɣal wezniq cwiya cwiya d ilem. 

Yark imukan anda zehhun lɣaci, ahat tura bdan zzehwannseb. 

Deg webrid, i d-yeggran tura ḥala at-tḥuna akked 

yemcac. Igenni zeddig ɣas d acenneltaḥ, yewweḍ-ed tura 

nnig isekla yellan ɣef yiri n webrid. Ɣef tṛutwaṛ i yi-diqublen, 

azenzay n ddexan yessufeɣ-ed akkersi zdat n 

tewwurt-is, yeqqim fell-as mezlagu s usenned n sin 

iɣalen-is ɣef tzagurt ukkersi. Letṛamat yellan ččuṛen 

zgelli uɣalen tura d ilmawen. Di lqahwa-nni tamectuḥt : « 

chez Pierrot », ɣer tama n tḥanutt n ddexan, aggarṣun 

yella iferreḍ iḍuman deg uḥanu yellan d ilem. Ass-a ziɣ d 

lḥed swaswa. 

Berneɣ akkersi-w u sersaɣ-t am bab n tḥanutt n 

ddexan imi ufiɣ tiɣimit-nni telha. Keyfeɣ sin igeṛṛa, 

uɣaleɣ kecmeɣ s axxam ad d-awiɣ tiḥdert n cakula, bdiɣ 

ad tt-tettaɣ ɣer ṭṭaq. Cwiṭ akka ixseṛ-ed igenni armi ɣileɣ 

ad d-wwten igefran unebdu. Acu kan cwiya cwiya armi i 

d-yuzdag lḥal. A&eddi n wagu yeǧǧa-d di tezniqt yiwen 

usirem ugeffur i tt-yerran tetules cwiya. Qimeɣ aṭas akken 

la ttmuquleɣ s igenni. 

Tameddit, ɣef lxemsa, yuɣal-d letṛam s umaṛmeɣ 

akked ssuɣat. Yewwi-d seg wannar n ddabex igelfan n 

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lɣaci yeckenṭeḍen akken ufan ɣef tseddaṛin-is. Ma d 

letṛamat i d-yernan umba&d wwin-ed imyuraren i &eqleɣ s 

tbalizin-nsen timectaḥ. Ttɣenin cennun s lqedd ugerjumnsen 

belli tarba&t-nsen ur tettmettat ara. Aṭas seg-sen i yid-iwehan 

s ufus. Yiwen seg-sen isuɣ-iy-d : « ass-a 

newwi-d lqeḍ-nsen». Rriɣ-as : «ih», s uhuzzu uqerru-yiw. 

Seg imiren bdant tkkeṛwas ad d-ttawḍent. 

Yerna yuẓa wass cwiṭ. Nnig yexxamen, yuɣal 

igenni d abuzeggaɣ u akken i d-tettrusu tmeddit, bdan 

iberdan la ttaččaṛen. Iḥewaṣṣen bdan la d-ttuɣalen cwiya 

cwiya. Ɛeqleɣ argaz-nni aḥlawan ger wiyaḍ. Tugett n 

warrac ttrun neɣ ttwazzuɣren. Ticki , ssinimat n tezniqt ad 

feggḍent ar webrid igelfan n lɣaci. Ger-asen ilmeẓyen 

yetteḥriṭiwen ugar n wayen uɣen tannumi u xemmeɣ belli 

izmer walan-d asaru n tmerẓi. Widak i d-yuɣalen si 

ssinma n temdint wwḍen-d cwiya umba&d. Ttbanen-d 

ẓẓayit. Ɣas mazal-iten ddessen, acu kan tikkwal ttbanen-d 

&yan u s&an inneẓma. Qimen deg webrid, ttṛuḥun ttuɣalen 

deg tṛutwaṛ i yi-d-iqublen. Tullas n tezniqt-nneɣ am 

inneẓden, teddunt iɣil deg wayeḍ. Ilmeẓyen xeddmen 

kullec akken ad tent-id-mlilen, ṭṭegiren-asent kra 

imeslayen s wacu ttaḍsant makken ara zzint s wudmawennsent. 

Aṭas i ssneɣ seg-sent, wehhant-iyi-d. 

Tiftilin n tezniqt uɣent-ed deg yiwen umecwaṛ, 

sweṛɣent itran imenza i d-ibanen deg igenni-yagi n yiḍ. 

Qarḥent-iyi wallen-iw si tmuɣli si tṛutwaṛen yeččuṛen d 

lɣaci akked teftilin. Tilambbulin smecbeṛṛiqent islaḍen n 

webrid yellexsen ; letṛamat, sya ɣer da, si tegnitt ɣer 

tayeḍ, tettuɣal-ed tafat-nsen seg icebbuben yettemca&len, 

neɣ seg ucmumeḥ n tuɣmas neɣ deg ibezgan n lfeṭṭa. 

Cwiya umba&d, letṛamat neɣsen, iḍ ilsa tebrek nnig isekla 

akked tiftilin, tefṛeɣ tezniqt s la&qel, armi d-i&eda wemcic 

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amezwaru deg webrid yexlan. Xemmeɣ imiren belli d 

lawan imensi. Iqerḥ-iyi umggarḍ-iw mi qqimeɣ akken 

aṭas sendeɣ ɣef tzagurt ukkersi. Ṣubbeɣ-d uɣeɣ-d aɣrum 

akked sbagiṭi, syin ssewweɣ-d u ččiɣ ayen i d-sewweɣ s 

ibeddi. Lliɣ bɣiɣ ad keyfeɣ yiwen ugeṛṛu ɣer ṭṭaq, acu kan 

yuɣal lḥal yebbuḥra cwiṭ u yenɣa-yi-d usemmiḍ. Medlaɣed 

ṭṭwiqan-iw, u mi d-uɣaleɣ walaɣ di lemri aḥric si ṭṭabla 

anda tella ters llambba n lalkul ɣer tama iḥedren n 

weɣrum. Nniɣ-as ger-i d yiman-iw ass-a d yiwen n lḥed 

i&eddan, yemma dayen tenṭel tura, daɣen ad uɣaleɣ s 

ixeddim am zik, am wakken acemma ur yeḍri. 

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IXEF III 

Ass-a xedmeɣ aṭas di lbiru. Am&ellem yelha ar ɣuri 

ass-agi. Yesteqsa-yi-d ma yella ur &yiɣ ara aṭas. Yebɣa 

daɣen ad iẓer la&meṛ n yemma. Nniɣ-as « azal n 60 

iseggasen », akken ur tta&raqeɣ ara. Ur zṛiɣ ara ayɣer i yid 

iban am win yeṛtaḥen u amek yeḥseb tamsalt-agi d tin 

yekfan dayen. 

Llan aṭas n lekwaɣeḍ yembbabben ɣef ṭṭabla-inu, 

dɣa friɣ-ten yiwen yiwen. Meqbel ad d-fɣeɣ si lbiru 

akken ad fetṛeɣ, ssardeɣ-ed ifassen-iw. Ɣef ṭnac, ḥemleɣ 

aṭas ad ssirdeɣ ifassen-iw lawan-agi, tameddit, mači aṭas i 

tt-ḥemleɣ imi yettaf-ed lḥal tebzeg tṣerbiṭ-agi s wacu 

nsseffeḍ : tettwasexdem teɣzi n wass. Nniɣ-as yewwas i 

wem&elem. Yerra-yi-d belli d tidett, acu kan mači d lḥaǧa 

i is&an azal meqqren. Mači zik i d-fɣeɣ, tewweḍ d ṭnac d 

wezgen mi d-nsuhel nek d Emanuel i ixeddmen di lbiru 

ucegga&. Lbiru yettak tamuɣli s illel u neqqim ddeqs n 

wakud nettmuqul ɣer lembbabeṛ yellan rɣan di lmina 

seddaw yiṭij. Imiren yewweḍ-ed yiwen akkenni ukamyun 

deg yiwen uṭenṭen n snasel akked uṭerḍeq. Yenna-yi-d 

Emanuel « ma yella ad nṛuḥ » dɣa bdiɣ tazla. Yeǧǧa-yaɣ 

ukamyun dɣa neḍfer-it s tazla. Zreɣ deg yiwen z&aḍ 

akked uɣebaṛ. Ur walaɣ kra, ur ḥulfaɣ i kra ḥala 

ambbiwel izelgen ger tmacinin akked itṛaktuṛen n werfad, 

ger tigejda n iɣerruba iceṭṭḥen deg igenni akked iɣerruba 

yeṭsen d wumi nemṣaraf. Ckentḍeɣ deg-s d amezwaru dɣa 

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neggzeɣ ɣer zdaxel ukamyun netta mazal-it da ileḥḥu. 

Syin &awneɣ-d Emmanuel akken ad d-yali. Iqemḍaɣ 

nnefs, akamyun yettneggiz ɣef yeblaḍen izelgen n webrid, 

deg uɣebaṛ akked yiṭij. yeḍsa Emmanuel armi qrib 

yemmut. 

Newweḍ ɣer Celeste deg yiwet n temda n tidi. 

Mazal-it dima din s u&ebbuḍ annectilat, s uṭablyi-s akked 

claɣem-is imellalen. Yesteqsa-yi-d « ma yella labas ». 

Nniɣ-as : « ih » akk daɣen lluẓeɣ. Ɣawleɣ učči u swiɣ 

lqahwa. Syin kecmeɣ s axxam, ṭṭseɣ cwiṭ imi aṭas i swiɣ n 

cṛab, u makken i d-ukiɣ tusa-yi-d nnefḥa ad keyfaɣ. Yella 

ifut lḥal dɣa uzleɣ akken ad qeḍ&eɣ letṛam. Kemleɣ 

ixeddim armi d tameddit. Yeḥma aṭas di lbiru, u tameddit 

mi d-fɣeɣ, feṛḥeɣ mi d-uɣaleɣ ɣef uḍar s la&qel ɣef yiri n 

yillel. Ɣas akken, uɣaleɣ-d srid s axxam imi bɣiɣ ad 

sewweɣ lbaṭaṭa deg waman. 

Mi yuliɣ s axxam, di tseddaṛin yetulsen, ḥuzaɣ 

amɣar-nni n Salamano, lǧaṛ-iw yellan netta d weqjun-is. 

Hatan ṭam (8) isseggasen-ayagi segmi i ten-nettwali 

ddukkulen akken di sin. Aqjun-nni yes&a aṭan n weglim, d 

tabuzeggaɣt waqila, i s-yecencawen inneẓden-is u tettaǧayas 

iḥbuben deg uglim-is akked kra akken ixenfuṛen 

iqehwiyen. Skud ttidiren akken di sin deg yiwet n 

texxamt, amɣar n Salamano yewweḍ armi yettcabi s 

aqjun-is. Is&a ula d netta iḥbbuyen izeggaɣen deg udem-is 

akked inneẓden iwraɣen yefruza&en. Ma d aqjun yewwi-d 

si bab-is tikli nni s uzagur ibernen, anzaren ar zdat akked 

umggarḍ yennejbaden am tjiṛaft. Ttbanen-d am akken seg 

yiwet n ccetla i d-ufraren ɣas akken msekṛahen. Snat n 

tikkal deg wass, ɣef leḥdac n wass akked setta n tmeddit, 

amɣar yettawi aqjun-is ad iḥewes. Ṭam (8) isseggasen aya 

ur beddlen ara abrid. Tzemreḍ ad-ten-twaliḍ teɣzi n 

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tezniqt n Lyon, aqjun yezzuɣuren argaz arma yewet 

wugur amɣar-nni n Salamano. Dɣa ad yezzi imiren s 

aqjun ad t-yewet akk ad t-yerggem. Aqjun ad yemṛiṛeɣ si 

tagdi dɣa ad yanef i yiman-is ad yettwazuɣer. Imiren d 

amɣar ara t-yezzuɣṛen. Amecwaṛ kan aqjun ad yettu dɣa 

ad yebdu daɣen ad yezzuɣuṛ bab-is, u tikkelt nniḍen ad 

yettewet u ad yettwarggem. Dɣa ad ḥebsen ɣef tṛutwaṛ, 

wa yettmuqul wayeḍ, aqjun s tagdi, argaz s uɣuccu. Akka 

i tḍeṛru yid-sen yal ass. Yal mara yebɣu weqjun ad ibec, 

amɣar ur as yettaǧa yara akud, ad t yezzuɣer, yeṭṭegir 

imiren weqjun deffir-s azrar n tmeqwa. Ma yella akka 

yewwas teḍra ibec weqjun di texxamt dɣa kan imiren ara 

yaɣ ṭriḥa iggerzen. Attah ṭam (8) isseggasen i tettkkemil 

akka tedyant-nsen. Yeqqar-ed dima Celeste « meskin 

weqjun-ina » acu kan tidett ur tes&iḍ anwa i tt-yeẓran. 

Makken i t-id mlaleɣ di tseddaṛin, Salamano yella 

ireggem aqjun-is. Yeqqar-as : « Afuḥan! amurḍus! » Ma d 

aqjun yella ad yettinẓif. Nniɣ-as : « azul », acu kan amɣar 

mazal-it irreggem. Syin steqsaɣ-t acu i s-yexdem weqjun. 

Ur d iyi-d-yerra yara. Yeqqar kan : « Afuḥan! amurḍus! » 

Cikkeɣ-t am win yeṭṭanzen ɣef uqjun-is, ad as-yettṣeggim 

lḥaǧa di teqlaṭṭ-is. Hedṛeɣ-as s ṣṣut a&layan. Imiren ihi, 

mebla ma yezzi-d ɣuri, yerra-yi-d s yiwen n z&af i 

iqemḍen « mazal-it dima di ddunit-a » dɣa iṛuḥ s wejbad 

n ixten yellan yeẓẓel ɣef tqejaṛṛin-is, yettinẓif. 

Imiren swaswa yewweḍ-ed lǧaṛ-iw wis sin. Di 

tezniqt-nneɣ, qqaren-d medden belli yettidir s usexdem n 

tlawin ifuḥen. Mkul mara testeqsin acu i ixeddem, 

yettarra-d : « d axeznaǧi ». Sumata ulac anwa i t-iḥemlen. 

Acu kan nek iheddeṛ yid-i aṭas u tikkwal yes&edday cwiṭ 

n wakud ɣur-i imi ttḥessiseɣ-as. Ttafeɣ ayen i d-yeqqar d 

ayen yellan. Yerna ur s&iɣ ula d yiwet n sseba akken ur as 

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heddeṛɣ ara. Ssawalen-as Raymond Sintès. D yiwen 

wezzilen s tuyat hrawen akked wanzaren n win yetturaren 

amennuɣ s lbbunya. Yettlusu dima akken ilaq. Ula d 

netta yenna-yi-d ɣef Salamano : « muqel kan ɣur-es 

meskin! ». Yesteqsa-yi-d ma yella ttɣanfuɣ-t, rriɣ-as ala. 

Nuli akken di sin u makken ṛuḥeɣ ad t-ǧǧeɣ, yennayi-d 

: « s&iɣ cwiṭ n weksum akked cṛab. Ma tebɣiḍ ad d- 

tṛuḥeḍ ad teččeḍ cwiṭ yid-i?... » Xemmeɣ belli annect-a 

ad iyi-ssukkes seg sewwi dɣa qebleɣ imiren. Ula d netta 

yes&a kan yiwet n texxamt akked d yiwet n tkuzint ur 

nes&i ṭṭaq. Nnig wussu-s tella yiwet n temsilt (statue) n 

lmalayek s umellal akked udehbi, teswiṛat n isaḍen 

(champions) n lbbunya akked snat neɣ qrad n teswiṛat n 

tilawin tibbu&eryanin. Taxxamt tella tumes, ussu yexṛeb. 

Yessaɣ meqbel taftilt n zzit, syin issufeɣ-ed lfaṣma 

taqdimt si lǧib-is dɣa icudd yess afus-is ayeffus. Steqsaɣ-t 

acu i t-yuɣen. Yenna-yi-d belli yennuɣ netta d yiwen 

akken i s-ed-yettnadin tillicin anda ulac-itent. 

«Tfehmeḍ, a mass Meursault, i yi-d-yenna, ɣas nek 

mači d win iwe&ṛen, acu kan d win izemren. Yenna-yi-d 

winna : « ṣubb-ed si letṛam ma yella keč dɣa d argaz ». 

Nniɣ-as : « aha sers iman-ik ». Yerra-yi-d belli nek mači 

d argaz. Dɣa ṣubbeɣ-d imiren ar ɣur-es nniɣ-as : « barkak 

ittifxiṛ-ak, neɣ tura ad k-sewweɣ. Yerra-yi-d : « seg 

acu? » Syin fkiɣ-as yiwet n tiyta. Yeɣli menṭaq. Nek 

ṛuḥeɣ ad t-id-ssekraɣ. Acu kan netta yefka-yi-d 

iqeddamen si tegnitt anda yeẓẓel. Dɣa imiren fkiɣ-as 

yiwet n tiyta s tgucrart akked sin ibeqqayen imṣaṣayen. 

Yeččuṛ wudem-is d idammen. steqsaɣ-t ma yella yufa acu 

yettnadi. Yenna-yi-d : « ih» ». 

Makken i d-iḥekku Sintès tadyant-is, yella netta 

yettcuddu lfaṣma-s. Lliɣ qimeɣ ɣef yiri n wussu-s. Yenna- 

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yi-d : « twalaḍ amek, mači d nek i tt-id-nudan. D netta i 

yi-d-ilaǧen ». Ayen akka i d-yenna d tidett u dayen s 

wacu sta&eṛfeɣ. Dɣa yenna-yi-d belli yebɣa ad iyi-ciweṛ 

ɣef temsalt-agi, imi nek d argaz yesnen d acu i d tudert, u 

zemreɣ ad as-fkeɣ afus, syin ad yuɣal d ameddakkel-iw. 

Ur tes&iḍ acu i s-nniɣ, yesteqsa-yi-d daɣen ma bɣiɣ ad 

uɣaleɣ d ameddakkel-is. Nniɣ-as ur cli&eɣ ara : iban-ed 

am win ifeṛḥen. Yessufeɣ-ed amerggaz, yeqla-t-id di 

tmeqlitt, dɣa isers-ed lkisan, tiḍebsiyin, tiferciḍin d 

lemwwas akked snat n tquṛaṛ n cṛab. Annect-a yark s 

tsusmi. Dɣa neqqim di sin. Mi nella ntett, ibda ad iyi-diḥekku 

tamacahutt-is. Yella yekukra cwiṭ « sneɣ yiwet n 

tmeṭṭut… Tzemreḍ ad d-tiniḍ d tameddakkelt-iw ». Argaz 

ukkud yennuɣ d gma-s n tmeṭṭut-agi. Yenna-yi-d belli d 

netta i yeṭḥellan deg-s. Ur tes&iḍ acu i s-nniɣ u ɣas akken 

ssusmeɣ-as yerna-d imiren belli yeẓra acu heddṛen fell-as 

di tezniq-nneɣ, acu kan netta ul-is yeṛtaḥ u netta d 

axeddam kan ɣef yiman-is. 

« Akken ad d-nuɣal ɣer tmacahutt-iw, i yi-d yenna, 

faqeɣ belli tettkkellix-iyi ». Yettak-as kan s wacu tezmer 

ad tedder. D netta s yiman-is i s-yettxelliṣen taxxamt degi 

teggan. U yettak-as 20 n frank s wacu ara tečč yal ass. « 

300 n fṛank n texxamt, 600 n fṛank n wučči, tayuga n 

ttqaciṛ sya ɣer da, tettaweḍ lḥaṣun ɣer 1000 fṛank. U lalla 

ur txeddem ara, ut tṛeddem. Yernu teqqar-iyi-d belli 

idrimen-agi ttqadan-tt s lḥeṛs, ur tessaweḍ s iqiḥ s wayen 

akka i s-ttakeɣ. Yerna dima qqareɣ-as : ayɣer ur 

txeddmeḍ ara xeṛsum azgen n wass? Ad iyi-tekkseḍ 

ta&kkemt xeṛsum si tɣawsiwin timectaḥ. Uɣeɣ-am-ed 

yiwet n tqenduṛt agur-agi kan, ttakeɣ-am 20 frank yal ass, 

ttxelliṣeɣ-am taxxamt, ma d kem tettesseḍ lqahwa yal 

tameddit kem d timeddukkal-im . Tesewwayeḍ-asent 

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lqahwa s skkeṛ. Nek sserbayeɣ-am-ed adrim. Xedmeɣ-am 

lxiṛ, terriḍ-iyi-t-id d ixmiṛ. Ɣas akka ur txeddem ara, 

dima teqqar-ed belli ur tessaweḍ ara, u akka i faqeɣ belli 

llant tkkellax dagi ». 

Yenna-yi-d imiren belli yufa di ṣṣak-is tawriqt n 

lluṭu, ur tufi yara amek ara s-ed-tessefhem amek i tt-idtuɣ. 

Cwiṭ umba&d, yufa icer n lkaɣeḍ belli teṛhen sin 

izebgan ɣer « Mont-de-Piété ». Armi d imiren, ur yeẓri 

yara belli llan izebgan-nni. « Faqeɣ belli llant tkellax. 

Dɣa ǧǧiɣ-tt. Acu kan, meqbel xelṣeɣ-tt. Yerna-nniɣ-as 

tidett qeṛḥen. Nniɣ-as belli ayen yark tebɣa d zehwan s 

tɣawsa-s. Akken i s-nniɣ, tfehmeḍ a mass Meursault : ur 

twalaḍ ara belli aṭas i yettasmen si lehna-nni i d amttakkeɣ. 

Ad d-yaweḍ wass, ɣer zdat, ad tfaqeḍ s lehna i 

deg-i telliḍ tura ». 

Iwwet-itt armi i d-tfeggeḍ d idammen. Yella 

meqbel ur tt-yekkat ara. « ttbeqiḍeɣ-tt akka tikkwal, acu 

kan s leḥnana. Ad tru cwiṭ. Syin ad zemmeɣ ṭṭwiqan dɣa 

tkeffu akken tkeffu dima. Acu kan tikkelt-agi tew&aṛ 

temsalt. U nek ar ɣur-i maci aṭas i tt-xelṣeɣ ». 

Yessefhem-iyi-d imiren belli ɣef annect-a i yeḥwaǧ 

ad iyi-ciweṛ. Yeḥbes ameslay akken ad iṣṣeggem taxicant 

ireqqen n lamba ucaṛbun. Nek mazal-iyi sellaɣ-as. Swiɣ 

azal n ritla n cṛab, ḥulfaɣ rɣant tewwura uqerruy-iw. 

Ttkeyifeɣ seg ubbaki n ddexan n Raymond imi yekfa-yi 

wayla-w. Letṛamat ineggura &eddan tura, wwin le&yaḍnsen 

d ssuɣat beṛṛa n temdint. Ikkemmel Raymond 

lehduṛ-is. Ayen i t-yesddigutiyen, « imi mazal iḥemmel 

taguni yides ». Acu kan yebɣa kan ad tt-ixelleṣ. Ixemmem 

niqal ad tt-yawi s alba&ḍ issensuyen syin ad yessiwel i 

yiǧadeṛmiyen akken ad tt-yefḍeḥ u ad as-xedmen lkarṭa. 

Syin inuda imeddukkal yessen ger ibanddiyen. Ur tes&iḍ 

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anwa i yufa. Akken i k-yeqqar Raymond tmusni-nsen 

dima tes&a lfayda. Mi sen-yenna, rran-as-d belli zemren 

ad « tt-wecmen ». Acu kan netta mači dayen i yebɣa. 

Yenna-yasen ad ixemmem. Meqbel yella yebɣa ad iyi-dyessuter 

yiwet lḥaǧa. Acu kan yebɣa ad iẓer meqbel acu 

ttxemimeɣ di temsalt-agi. Rriɣ-as belli ur tes&iḍ acu 

ttxemimeɣ, acu kan tadyant-agi d tin iggerzen. Yesteqsayi-d 

ma yella dɣa llant tkellax di temsalt-agi, ma yella ar 

ɣur-i ilaq ad ttettuxelleṣ neɣ ala akked acu ara xedmeɣ 

lemmer lliɣ deg wemḍiq-is. Rriɣ-as belli ur nezmir ara ad 

nẓer acu ara xedmeɣ nek deg wemkan-is, acu kan fehmeɣ 

ayɣer i yebɣa ad tt-ixelleṣ. Rniɣ swiɣ cwiṭ n cṛab. Yessaɣas 

yiwen ugeṛṛu dɣa yemla-yi-d tikti yellan deg wallaɣ-is. 

Yebɣa ad as-yaru tabṛatt « anda llan iqeddamen akk diɣen 

kra n tɣawsiwin ara tt-isneddmen ». Syin makken ara d- 

tuɣal, ad yeṭṭes yides u meqbel « ad yekfu yid-es » Ad ttissusef 

s udem dɣa ad tt-id-yessufeɣ ɣer beṛṛa. Ufiɣ ula d 

nek belli akka ad ttettuxelleṣ. Acu kan Raymond yennayi-d 

belli ur yezmir ara ad yaru tabṛatt ilaqen u ɣef waya i 

ixemmem fell-i ad as-tt-aruɣ. Seg makken ur d-nniɣ kra, 

yesteqsa-yi-d ma yella ur bɣiɣ ara ad as-tt-aruɣ tura kan, 

rriɣ-as belli ur cli&eɣ ara. 

Dɣa yekker imiren umba&d mi yeswa yiwen lkas n 

cṛab. Iḍegger tiḍebṣiyin akked tisigert-nneɣ ɣer deffir. 

Yesfeḍ-ed akken yelha ṭṭabla. Iddem-ed, seg yiwen leqjeṛ 

n ṭṭabla yellan ɣer tama umetṛeḥ-is, yiwet n tewṛiqt, 

tajellabt tawraɣt, aɣanib igan s wesɣar azeggaɣ akked 

yiwet n tquṭitt yeččuṛen d sbiɣa n tira taxuxit. Akken i yid-yenna 

isem n tmeṭṭut, fehmeɣ belli mači d taṛumit. 

Uriɣ-as tabṛatt. Uriɣ-tt kan akka, acu kan ḥeṛseɣ iman-iw 

ad as-dduɣ di lebɣi i Raymond imi ur s&iɣ ara ssebba 

akken ur as-tedduɣ ara di lebɣi. Syin ɣriɣ-as-ed tabṛatt s 

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ṣṣut a&layan. Yesla-yi-d s ukkeyef akk s uhuzzu uqerruyis, 

dɣa yessuter-iyi-d ad as-ed-&iwdaɣ leqraya. Aṭas i 

Yefṛeḥ yes-s. Yenna-yi-d : « ẓriɣ belli keč d win yesnen 

ddunit ». Tazwara ur faqeɣ ara belli ihedeṛ-iyi-d am 

umeddakkel-is armi d makken i yi-d-yenna : « tura keč d 

ameddakkel-iw n ṣṣaḥ ». Din i faqaɣ. Yules-as-ed i 

wawal-is dɣa nniɣ-as « ih ». Nek ur d iyi-tewqi& ara ma d 

ameddakkel-iw neɣ ala, u yettban-iyi-d d win yebɣan 

tadukli. Izemmem tabṛatt dɣa isggergger ayen i d-mazal n 

cṛab. Syin neqqim akken ddeqs nettkkeyif mebla ma yuliyaɣ-ed 

wawal. Di beṛṛa, kulec yessusem, nesla i 

unezrureb n yiwet n tkkeṛṛust. Nniɣ-as : « iṛuḥ lḥal ». Ula 

d Raymond d ayen i yettxemmim. Ifaq belli akud 

yett&eddi bihfih u, nezmer ad d-nini, belli d tidett. Ɣas 

akken nnuddmeɣ, yew&eṛ-iyi ad d-kkreɣ. Iban imiren belli 

baneɣ-ed a&yiɣ imi yenna-yi-d Raymond ur ilaq ad sarḥeɣ 

i yiman-iw. Tazwara ur fhimeɣ ara. Dɣa yessefhem-iyi-d 

imiren belli nnan-as-ed ɣef lmut n yemma u dayen i 

ilaqen ad yeḍru ass-a neɣ azekka. Ula d nek akka i 

ttxemmimeɣ. 

Kkreɣ-ed, yefka-yi-d Raymond labas, izemeḍ afusiw 

nezzeh dɣa yenna-yi-d belli nekkni s yergazen 

nettemsefham. Makken i d-fɣeɣ s ɣur-es, medleɣ tawwurt 

dɣa qqimeɣ akken amecwaṛ di ṭlam, ger zdat n snat 

tewwura. Taxxamt tella tessusem, si tseddaṛin yettal-id 

yiwen usuḍu aberkan semḍen. Ḥala tiyita idammen 

yezenzunen deg imeẓẓaɣ-iw i wumi selleɣ. Qqimeɣ akken 

mebla aḥṛiṛet. Di texxamt n umɣar-nni n Salamano, sliɣ i 

yiẓẓif iqebṛen n weqjun-is. 

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IXEF IV 

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Xedmeɣ akken i ilaq smana-yagi, iṛuḥ-ed Raymond ar 

ɣur-i, yenna-yi-d belli icegge& tabṛatt-nni. Ruḥeɣ snat n 

tikkal ɣer ssinima nek d « Emmanuel », mači dima i yefhem 

acu i iḍerrun deg usaru. Ilaq-iyi imiren ad as-t-sfehmeɣ. 

iḍelli d ssebt u Marie truḥ-ed akken i nemsefham. Bɣiɣ-tt 

aṭas imi telsa-d yiwet n tqendduṛt mm-ijerdan izeggaɣen 

akked imellalen akked tiṣandalin n weglim. Tefsa am tfirest, 

iṭij aḥmayan yefka-yas udem n tjeǧǧigt. Neṭṭef lkaṛ, neffeɣ si 

temdint n Lezzayer s kra ikilumitriyen, ɣer yiwet n teftist 

yettwaḥeṛsen ger teẓra u yettwafren s uɣanim si tama n 

wakal. Iṭij n kuẓ (4) n tmeddit ur qessiḥ ara, acu kan aman 

llan semmeḍ-it cwiṭ s kra n tingga tiɣezfanin ye&yan. Marie 

tesselmed-iyi yiwen wurar. Ilaq-aɣ, makken ara nett&ummu, 

ad d-nsew si tqacuct n tengga, ad d-nelqeḍ deg imawen-nneɣ 

yark akkefta nezmer, syin ad nuɣal ɣef uzagur akken ad d- 

nḍeggeṛ aman-nni seg imawen-nneɣ s igenni. Annect-a 

yettak-ed yiwen akken n uzeṭṭa ikefta yettṛuḥun deg igenni 

neɣ i d-yettuɣalen am ugeffur aḥmayan ɣef udem-iw. Acu 

kan, amecwaṛ umbe&d, yuɣal yewwa yimmi-w s lemlaḥ 

rẓagen. Dɣa tṛuḥ-ed imiren Marie ar ɣur-i, tḥennec-iyi, 

tessuden-iyi-d. Iles-is yesbbuḥra icenfuren-iw syin aṭas i 

netti ger tenggiwin. 

Makken nelsa leḥwayeǧ-nneɣ di tefsit, temmuqel-iyid 

Marie s wallen yerɣan. Ssudneɣ-tt-id, dɣa seg imiren ur 

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aɣ-d-yuli wawal. Ḥenceɣ-tt-id ar ɣur-i u nḥar ad d-neṭṭef 

lkaṛ akken ad d-nuɣal s axxam. Nṛuḥ ɣur-i akken ad nekcem 

s usu. Ǧǧiɣ ṭṭaq-iw yelli. Ḥemleɣ mara ḥalfuɣ i yiḍ unebdu 

yeslufuy i tfekkiwin-nneɣ tixemriyin. 

Ass-a, teqqim Marie ur truḥ ara, u nniɣ-as ihi ad nefteṛ 

di sin. Dɣa ṣubbeɣ-d akken ad d-aɣeɣ aksum. Mi d-uɣaleɣ 

sliɣ i ṣṣut n tmeṭṭut ɣer zdaxel n texxamt n Raymond. 

Amecwaṛ, amɣar-nni n Salamano irggem aqjun-is, nesla i 

ṣṣut n lḥafer usebbaḍ akked uxbac n tuccar ɣef tṣeddaṛin n 

wesɣar syin nesla i : « bu-isellufen, lefrisa», taggara ffɣen s 

abrid. Ḥkiɣ-as-d i Marie tamacahutt n wemɣar-nni syin 

teḍṣa. Tella telsa apijama-inu iwumi tcemmeṛ i iɣallen. U 

makken i d-teḍṣa, yennerna lebɣi-w ɣur-es. Cwiṭ umb&d 

testeqsa-yi-d ma yella ḥemmelleɣ-tt. Rriɣ-as belli annect-a 

ur yes&i yara lma&na, acu kan yettban-iyi-d ala. Tuɣal tban-d 

am tin iḥeznen. Acu kan makken i d-tettheggi leftur, u ɣef 

ulac akked ulaḥed, terna daɣen teterḍeq d taḍsa, ayen i 

yewwin armi i tt-ssudneɣ. Imiren swaswa i d-fɣent ssuɣat si 

texxamt n Raymond. 

Tikkelt tamenzut nesla i ṣṣut ṛqiqen n tmeṭṭut syin 

nesla i Raymond i s-yeqqaren : « ctaqeɣ-kem, ctaqeɣ-kem. 

Ass-a ad am-mleɣ actiqi ». Kra n umbbiwel iqebṛen dɣa 

tsuɣ tmeṭṭut s kra akken n ssuɣat armi deg yiwet n dqiqa 

kan yeččuṛ-ed wefrag n tewwurt. Ula d Marie akked nek 

neffeɣ-ed. Tameṭṭut mazal-itt tettsuɣu, Raymond mazal 

yekkat-itt. Tenna-yi-d Marie belli d l&ib, nek ur tes&iḍ acu i 

s-rriɣ. Tenna-yi-d ṛuḥ awi-d aǧadeṛmi, nniɣ-as ur ḥmileɣ ara 

iǧadeṛmiyen. Ɣas akken, yewweḍ-ed yiwen uǧadeṛmi, 

yewwi-t-id uplumbbyi izedɣen di ṛṛef wi sin. Yesṭebṭeb di 

tewwurt syin dɣa yeqmeḍ lḥes. Yerna-yas tiyta ugar, 

amecwaṛ tru tmeṭṭut. Raymond yelli-d tawwurt, agaṛṛu deg 

yimi-s, s yiwen wudem yennecṛaḥen. Tuzzel-ed teqcict ɣer 

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tewwurt u tenna-yas i uǧadeṛmi belli yewet-iṭṭ Raymond. « 

Isem-ik », i s-yenna uǧadeṛmi. Yerra-yas-ed Raymond. « 

kkes agaṛṛu seg yimi mara d-thedreḍ », i s-yenna uǧadeṛmi. 

Ya&weq Raymond cwiṭ akka, immuqel-iyi-d dɣa issum deg 

ugiṛru-s. Imiren yefka-yas uǧadeṛmi yiwen ubeqqa ẓẓayen 

am umaddaz, di tlemmast n teddmujt-is. Yeɣli-d ugaṛṛu iṛuḥ 

kra lmitrat akkin. Acu kan ur tes&iḍ acu i d-yenna imiren dɣa 

yessuter s la&qel ma yezmer ad d-yerfed lbunta-s n ddexxan. 

Yerra-yas uǧadarmi belli yezmer u yerna-yas-ed : « akka ad 

teẓreḍ i tikkelt-nniḍen belli aǧadarmi mači d aqeṣṣar ». Di 

lawan-nni yark, taqcict tella tettru u t&awed-d : « yewwetiyi. 

yernu wagi d aqewwad ». « A mass aǧadarmi, i s-yenna 

Raymond, wagi dɣa yella di lqanun, ad s-t-iniḍ aqewwad i 

wergaz ? ». Acu kan aǧadeṛmi-nni yenna-yas i Raymond ad 

izemmem immi-s. Dɣa yezzi imiren Raymond ɣer teqcict 

yenna-yas : « aṛǧu kan, annaɣ ad nemlil ». Yenna-yas-ed 

uǧadeṛmi ad yemdel axenfuc-is, u taqcict ilaq ad truḥ sya, 

ma d netta ad yeqqim di texxamt-is simma ad as-d-ssiwlen 

ɣer lkumiṣarya. Yerna-yas-ed belli ilaq ɣef Raymond ad 

yenneḥcam ɣef yiman-is imi yeswa cṛab am tcekkart armi 

yuɣal yettergigi. Imiren yessefhem-as-d Raymond : « ur 

skkiṛeɣ ara. Acu kan aqla-k dag-i zdat-i, u d aya i yissergagayen, 

mebla lebɣi-w ». Imdel-ed tawwurt-is, lɣaci 

yark ṛuḥen. Marie akked nek nekkfa aheggi leftuṛ. Nettat ur 

telluẓ ara, qrib d nek i yeččan kullec. Truḥ ɣef leǧwahi n 

lweḥda syin ṭṭseɣ cwiṭ. 

Ɣef tsa&ett tis qrad (3) n tmeddit isṭebṭeb-ed Raymond 

di tewwurt dɣa ikcem-ed. Nek lliɣ qimeɣ zdaxel n wusu. 

Netta yeqqim-d ɣef yiri-s. Yeqqim akken ddeqs mebla ma 

yuli-t-id wawal dɣa steqsaɣ-t amek teḍra temsalt-is. Yeḥkayi-d 

belli ixdem-as ayen akken yark yebɣa acu kan tefka- 

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yas-d abeqqa dɣa izzi imiren yewwet-itt. Ayen i d-yegran si 

tmacahutt, walaɣ-t nek s yiman-iw. Nniɣ-as belli tura ibaniyi-d 

dayen txelleṣ, ilaq-as ad yefṛeḥ. Ula d netta dayen i 

yettxemim, u akken d as-yehwa yexdem umsaltu, ur tes&iḍ 

acu yezmer ad ibeddel di titiwin tuɣ temcumt. Yerna-d belli 

yessen akken ilha imsulta u yeẓra amek ilaq ad sen-yelḥu 

wemdan. Yesteqsa-yi-d imiren ma yella kra i yuṛǧaɣ ad t- 

yexdem umba&d mi s-ed-yefka uǧadeṛmi-nni abeqqa. Rriɣ as 

belli ur tes&iḍ acu i yurǧiɣ, yernu nek ur ḥmileɣ ara imsulta. 

Raymond iban-ed yefṛeḥ. Yessuter-iyi-d ma yella bɣiɣ ad 

fɣeɣ ad ḥewṣeɣ yides. Dɣa kkreɣ-ed, bdiɣ amcaḍ ucebbubiw. 

Yenna-yi-d belli ilaq ad iliɣ d anagi-s. Nek ur iyi-dtewqi& 

ara lma&na, acu kan ur ẓriɣ ara acu ilaqen ad t-idiniɣ. 

Raymond, akken yettwali, ɣures ilaq kan ad sen-iniɣ i 

imsulta belli yectaq taqcict-nni. Dɣa qeblaɣ ad iliɣ d anagi-s. 

Neffeɣ-ed seg wexxam, ifka-yi-d Raymond yiwen 

ugaṛṛu. Syin nurar-as yiwen ubbiyaṛ u xesṛeɣ s cwiṭ. Yebɣa 

ad nṛuḥ s axxam ameqran, acu kan ugiɣ imi ur ḥmileɣ ara 

anect-nni. Dɣa nuɣal-ed s axxam s la&qel u yenna-yi-d deg 

webrid acḥal yefṛeḥ segmi yessaweḍ ad as-yefk ṭriḥa-nni i 

tmeddakkelt-is. Ufiɣ Raymond d yiwen yelhan yidi, akk 

xemmeɣ belli yelha wakud s&eddaɣ yides. 

Si leb&id i walaɣ, ɣer wefrag, amɣar-nni n Salamano 

mi yetteḥriṭiw. Akken newweḍ ar ɣur-es walaɣ belli ulac 

aqjun-is yides. Yella yettmuqul ɣer yal tama, ittezi ɣef 

yiman-is, yetta&raḍ ad icerreg tillas ukkulwaṛ, yesxartim-ed 

kra imeslayen ur nettwafḥam ara. Syin ad i&iwed anadi di 

tzenqatin s wallen-is timecṭaḥ tizeggaɣin. Makken i t- 

yesteqsa Raymond acu i t-yuɣen, ur d-yerri yara awal imiren 

kan. Sliɣ akka kan i wesbecbec : « mmis n leḥram, lefrisa», 

ikkemel arqiqes. Steqsaɣ-t anida yella weqjun-is. Yerra-yi-d 

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s uɣiwel belli iṛuḥ-as. Ticki cwiṭ yemmeslay-ed s wawalen 

ifeṛzen : « wwiɣ-t ɣer Camanubr, akken nuɣ tannumi 

nxeddem. Aṭas n lɣaci i yellan ɣer tbbeṛṛakin n ssirk. 

Ḥebseɣ ad mmuqleɣ “agellid n trewla ”. U makken kkreɣ ad 

d-ṛuḥeɣ, ufiɣ-t ulac-it. Acḥal-ayagi i bɣiɣ ad s-d-aɣeɣ taqlaṭ 

meẓẓiyen. Acu kan werǧin xemmeɣ ad iṛuḥ akka bu lefrisatnni 

». 

Ya&reḍ Raymond ad as-yessefhem belli yezmer d 

a&raq kan i ye&ṛeq, u yezmer ad d-yuɣal. Iḥka-yas-d aṭas 

imedyaten n yeqjan lḥan-ed acḥal n temrawin ikkilumitriyen 

akken ad d-bernen s axxam n imawlan-nsen. Ɣas s wanecten 

n teqṣiḍin amɣar-nni yennerna deg-s wetqelleq. « Awwah 

ad t-ṭṭfen, tfehmeḍ. Xeṛsum lemmer yella walba&ḍ ad t-yafen 

deg webrid, ad t-yejme&. D awezɣi, ttɣanfun yark medden 

iḥbuben-is. Awwah, ad t-ṭṭfen ixeddamen n tɣiwant ». Nniɣas 

imiren ad iṛuḥ ɣer wexxam n yeqjan i&erqen u din ad ast-id-rren, 

ilaq kan ad ixelleṣ yiwet n tebzert. Yesteqsa-yi-d 

ma yella meqqret tebzert-nni. Nek ur ẓriɣ ara. Dɣa ikcem-it 

z&af : « ad fkeɣ idrimen i bu tsellufin-nni. Ahah ! izmer ad 

t-yečč yeɣẓer ! » Syin yekkmaṣa ireggem deg-s. Yeḍṣa 

Raymond dɣa yekcem s axxam, ḍefreɣ-t ula d nek nemfaraq 

mi newweḍ ar wefrag n tewwura-nneɣ. Amecwaṛ akka 

umbe&d, sliɣ i tikli n wemɣar-nni, isṭebṭeb-ed ɣer tewwurtiw. 

Makken i s-tt-id-lliɣ, yeqqim deqqs ɣef umnaṛ n tewwurt 

yessusem yuɣal yenna-yi-d : « semmeḥ-iyi, semmeḥ-iyi ». 

Ɛerḍeɣ-t-id ad d-yekcem, yugi. Yella yettmuqul kan ɣer 

yixef isebbaḍen-is, ifasen-is yeččuṛen d iḥebbuyen, llan 

ttergigin. Mebla ma imuqel-ed s udem-iw, yesteqsa-yi-d : 

« Neɣ ur iyi-tneqqen ara, a mass Meursault. Neɣ ad iyi-t-idrren 

? Acu ara yeḍrun yid-es tura ? ». Nniɣ-as belli ttaǧǧanten 

qrad (3) n wussan deg wexxam n yeqjan i&eṛqen akken 

ad d-nadin fell-asen imawlan-nsen, ad ten-id-awin ma yella 

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ɣan, mulac iqjan yark ɣef wumi ur d-steqsan ara imawlan 

xeddmen yessen akken d asen-yehwa. Imuqel-iyi-d di 

tsusmi. Syin yenna-yi-d : « qim di lehna ». Ibelle&-ed 

tawwurt-is, ticki sliɣ-as yettawi yettarra zdaxel n texxamt-is. 

Di ṣṣut-nni ur nban ara amek-it akken, mekkneɣ tameẓẓuɣtiw 

ar lḥiḍ fehmeɣ belli d imeṭṭawen i la yettru. Ur ẓriɣ ayɣer 

i d-mmektaɣ yemma. Acu kan ilaq ad d-kkreɣ zik azekkanni. 

Lliɣ ur lluẓeɣ ara dɣa tṣeɣ akken mebla imensi. 

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IXEF V 

Yessawel-iyi Raymond di ttilifun ɣer lbiru. Yenna-yid 

belli yiwen seg imeddukkal-is (yella iheddeṛ-as felli) 

i&reḍ-iyi yides ad s&eddiɣ ass n lḥed di texxamt-is, ɣef yiri n 

yillel, tama n Lezzayer. Nniɣ-as mači dayen ugiɣ d acu kan 

ṛeggmeɣ-as i yiwet n tmeddakkelt-iw ad ẓreɣ ass-a. Yennayi-d 

imiren belli ula d nettat tettwa&reḍ. Akkagi ihi, tameṭṭut 

umeddakel-is ad tefreḥ imi ur tettili yara weḥdes deg 

wegraw n yergazen. 

Bɣiɣ ad as-gezmeɣ imiren kan ameslay imi ẓriɣ 

am&alem-iw ur yeḥmil ara mara ɣ-d-ssiwlen di ttilifun si 

temdint. Acu kan Raymond yessuter-iyi-d ad aṛǧuɣ cwiṭ u 

yenna-yi-id yezmer ad iyi-d-yessiweḍ izen-agi tameddit, acu 

kan yebɣa ad iyi-d-i&eggen ɣef yiwet n tɣawsa nniḍen. Imi, 

teɣzi n wass meṛṛa teṭṭaffaṛ-it yiwet n tarba&t ilmeẓyen n 

wa&ṛaben deg-i i d-yedda gma-s n tmeddakelt-is taqdimt. 

Yenna-yi-d : « ma yella twalaḍ-t tameddit-agi alba&ḍ itezzin 

i wexxam, ɣas &eggen-iyi-d ». Nniɣ-as ṛuḥ dayen sliɣ-ak. 

Amecwaṛ umba&d, yessawel-iyi-d um&ellem-inu, 

imiren lliɣ ddigutiɣ imi xemmeɣ belli ad iyi-d-yini ad 

sneɣseɣ deg usiwel s tilifun akk daɣen ad sggerzeɣ ixeddimiw. 

Ziɣemma, mači yark d annect-agi i yebɣa. Yenna-yi-d 

belli yebɣa ad-iyi-d-yehdeṛ ɣef yiwen akken n cɣel ur as-dnban 

ara ar tura amek ara yettwaxdem. Yebɣa kan ad iẓer 

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ṛṛay-iw di tamsalt-agi. Yebɣa ad yesbedd yiwen n lbiru di 

Paris ara yeṭhelan di lecɣal-is din, srid netta d tkabbaniyin 

timeqranin u yebɣa ad iẓer ma yella zemreɣ nek ad ṛuḥeɣ ar 

din ad qableɣ lecɣal. U annect-a ad iyi-yawi ad zedɣeɣ di 

Paris, yernu ad aṛwuɣ inig teɣzi usseggas. « Mazal-ik 

meẓẓiyeḍ, u yettban-iyi-d belli tudert di Paris d tin ara k- 

i&eǧben aṭas ». Nniɣ-as ih, acu kan nek ur d iyi-d-tewqi& ara. 

Dɣa yesteqsa-yi-d ma yella ur bɣiɣ ara ad beddleɣ tudert-iw. 

Rriɣ-as belli d awezɣi ur nezmir ara ad nbeddel tudert, 

akken d as-yehwa llant kifkif-itent yark. U tudert-iw dagi ur 

diri-tt ara. Iban-ed am win i wumi ur ye&ǧib ara lḥal. Yennayi-d 

belli dima tiririt-iw tettṛuḥu s iɣẓer, diɣen nek d win ur 

nes&i yara tirga u annect-a diri-t i wesfuskar. Uɣaleɣ imiren 

s ixeddim. Lemmer ttafeɣ ur tesnuɣnuyeɣ ara, acu kan ur 

walaɣ ara ayɣer ara beddleɣ tudert-iw. Mara ixemmem 

wemdan ad yaf belli nek mači d win yettuɣaḍen. Asmi lliɣ d 

anelmad di tseddawit, aṭas usirem am wagi i yes&iɣ. Acu kan 

mi yi-teḥṛeṣ teswi&t, ǧǧiɣ taɣuri-inu, faqeɣ biffih belli 

annect-agi yark ur yes&i yara lma&na. 

Tameddit-nni tṛuḥ-ed Marie ad teglu yess-i u testeqsayi-d 

ma yella bɣiɣ ad tt-aɣeɣ. Nniɣ-as ur d iyi-tewqi& ara 

lma&na seg wannect-a, u ma yella tebɣa nezmer ad nezweǧ. 

Tebɣa imiren ad tẓer ma yella ḥemleɣ-tt. Rriɣ-as akken i d 

as-rriɣ meqbel, belli annect-a ur yes&i yara lma&na ɣuri, acu 

kan mebla ccek ur tt-ḥmileɣ ara. « Ihi ayɣer ara yi-taɣeḍ ? », 

i yi-d tenna. Sfehmeɣ-as belli annect-agi yark d wer azal ? u 

nezmer ad nezweǧ ma yella tebɣa-t. Yernu d nettat i d- 

yessuturen annect-a, nek nniɣ-d kan ih. Tenna-d imiren belli 

zwaǧ d yiwet n temsalt iwa&ṛen. Rriɣ-as : « ala .» Teggugem 

cwiṭ u temmuqel-iyi-d di tsusmi. Syin tenṭeq-ed. Tebɣa kan 

ad tẓer ma yella ad qebleɣ annect-a lemmer d yiwet n 

tmeṭṭut-nniḍen i&edlen yidi am nettat, i yi-d-yessutren ad tt- 

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aɣeɣ. Nniɣ as : « ih ad tt-aɣeɣ ». Dɣa testeqsa ɣef yiman-is 

nettat ma yella tḥemmel-iyi, nniɣ-as annect-a dayen ur 

zmireɣ ad ẓreɣ. Umba&d yiwen umecwaṛ nniḍen n tsusmi, 

tenna-yi-d s usbecbec belli nek d yiwen ur nga yara am 

wiyaḍ, ahat ɣef annect-agi i d iyi-tḥemmel u balak ɣef 

annect-a swaswa ad d-yass wass ad teddiguti seg-i. Makken 

lliɣ ssusmeɣ, ur s&iɣ acu ara d-rnuɣ, nettat teṭṭef-iyi-d seg 

ufus s wecmumeḥ. Dɣa tenna-d belli tebɣa ad tezweǧ yidi. 

Rriɣ-as ad nezweǧ melmi d as-yehwa. Ḥkiɣ-as-ed imiren 

acu iyi-d-yenna wem&ellem dɣa tenna-yi-d Marie belli ad ttte&ǧeb 

tudert n Paris. Nniɣ-as belli ddreɣ dinn-a yiwet n 

tallit akken dɣa tessuter-iyi-d amek tella liḥala dinn-a. Rriɣas 

: « terka. ggten yetbiren akked leḥwaṛi yetulsen. taglimt n 

lɣaci mellulet aṭas ». 

Syin nelḥa u negzem tamdint s iberdan imeqranen. 

Tilawin cebḥent aṭas u steqsaɣ Marie ma yella tger tamawt i 

wannect-en. Tenna-yi-id ih u tenna-yi-d fehmeɣ-k. Ddeqs n 

wakud, ur aɣ-d-yuli yara wawal. Acu kan bɣiɣ ad ternu 

tiɣimit yidi dɣa nniɣ-as belli nezmer ad nefteṛ akken ɣer 

Celeste. Ula d nettat tebɣa acu kan tes&a aṭas n cɣel. Nella 

neqreb s axxam dɣa nniɣ-as ǧǧiɣ-am slam. Tḥekkeṛ-iyi-d « 

ur tebɣiḍ ara ad tezreḍ acu n cɣel i yes&iɣ?» Lemmer ttafeɣ 

ad ẓreɣ, acu kan iffeɣ aqerruy-iw u daya waqila seg wacu i 

tettcetki seg-i. Dɣa, mi twala amek yexseṛ wudem-iw am 

win iweq&en ger iɣuraf, terna teḍsa u tessembbawel-ed yark 

tafekka-s ɣer tama-w, tweha-yi-d taddmujt-is s icenfuren-iw. 

Ččiɣ ɣer Celeste. Yufa-yi-d lḥal bdiɣ učči makken i d- 

tekcem yiwet akken n tmeṭṭut mecṭuḥen di lqedd i yi-dyessutren 

ma tezmer ad d-teqqim ɣer ṭṭabla-w. Ayen tezmer 

ad texdem deg usečču-nni mebla ma tcaweṛ-iyi-d. 

Tetteḥriṭiw yark , tes&a kra n wallen ittemcbeṛṛiqen, inetḍen 

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deg yiwen wudem mecṭuḥen annect n tteffaḥt. Tekkes 

tajakkiṭ-is, tessenqed lkaṛṭa n wučči s uɣiwel. Tessawel-as i 

Celeste dɣa tessuter-as imiren ayen yark ara tečč s yiwet n 

taɣect akken iferẓen ɣas akken tɣawel deg umesli. U 

makken tella tettṛaǧu claḍa, telli-d ṣṣak-is, tessufeɣ-d tawriqt 

akked ukkeryun, tessuli leḥsab n wayen ara tečč, syin 

tessufeɣ-d si texriṭ tamectuḥt ssuma swaswa akked kra n 

iṣurdiyen n zzayed i uqeddac, syin tsers-iten zdat-es. Imiren 

wwin-as-ed claḍa teskef-itt d askaf. Deg lawan deg-i tettṛaǧu 

taqedduḥt i d-iteddun, teddem-d daɣen si ṣṣak-s yiwen 

ukkeryun ajenjaṛi akked yiwet n tesɣunt i d-yettmeslayen 

ɣef ahilen n smana di ṛṛadyu. S la&qel tjerred qrib meṛṛa 

tidwilin. U seg wakken tasɣunt tes&a teẓẓina isebtaren 

tkemmel cɣel-nni ayen yark teqqim tetett. Kfiɣ učči-w u 

nettat mazal-itt tettjerrid s la&qel-is. Syin tebedd, telsa 

tajakkiṭ-is s uḥriret-nni n tmacint dɣa teffeɣ. Seg makken ur 

s&iɣ ara acu ara xedmeɣ, fɣeɣ-d ula d nek dɣa ḍefreɣ-tt 

amecwaṛ. Tleḥḥu swaswa ɣef yiri utṛutwaṛ u s yiwen akken 

uɣiwel akked wettkal. Teṭṭef abrid-is qbala ar zdat u mebla 

ma tezzi-d ɣer deffir. Cwiṭ akka te&ṛeq-iyi dɣa uɣaleɣ-d d 

timenddeffirt. Xemmeɣ belli tameṭṭut-nni d yiwet i 

issewhamen, acu kan cwiṭ kan akka ttuɣ-tt. 

Ɣef wefrag n tewwurt-iw, ufiɣ-en amɣar-nni 

n Salamano. Kreɣ skecmeɣ-t ɣur-i, yenna-yi-d belli aqjun-is 

dayen iṛuḥ, imi ur t-yufi yara deg wexxam n yeqjan n 

tɣiwant. Ixeddamen, nnan-as-d belli yezmer tewet-it 

walba&ḍ n tkkeṛwas. Yenna-yasen dinn-a ma yella yezmer 

ad yesteqsi ɣef tɣawsiwin-agi di lkumiṣaṛya. Nnan-as-d ala, 

imi deṛṛunt yal ass timsal am tigi. Nniɣ-as i wemɣar-nni n 

Salamano yezmer ad d-yawi aqjun nniḍen, acu kan fkiɣ-as 

lḥeq mi yi-d-yessefhem belli yuɣ tannumi d winna. 

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Lliɣ qimeɣ ɣef umetreḥ-inu, Salamano yeqqim ɣef 

ukkersi yellan zdat n ṭṭabla. Yella iqubel-iyi-d, ifassen-is 

rrsen ɣef tgecrar-is. Lemḍella-nni-ines taqdimt mazal-itt ɣef 

tmelɣiɣt-is. Yella iteffeẓ imeslayen seddaw claɣem-is 

weṛṛiɣen. Ɣas yesddiguti-yi cwiya, acu kan ur s&iɣ acu ara 

xedmeɣ akk daɣen ur nuddmeɣ ara. Akken ad t-id-sneṭṭqeɣ 

steqsaɣ-t ɣef weqjun-is. Yenna-yi-d belli yewwi-t-id seg 

wasmi temmut tmeṭṭut-is. Daɣen yufa-t-id lḥal meqqeṛ di 

la&meṛ asmi yezweǧ. Asmi yella meẓẓi yebɣa ad yurar deg 

mezgun. Di l&eskeṛ yurar ticeqqufin umezgun i d- 

yettmeslayen ɣef tudert iserdasen. Acu kan taggara, yekcem 

d axeddam deg tmacinin u dayen ɣef ur yendim ara, imi tura 

yes&a yiwet n lentrit yelhan. Ɣas akken ur yefṛiḥ ara aṭas 

netta d tmettut-is, acu kan yewweḍ armi yuɣ tannumi yides. 

Asmi temmut iḥulfa belli yeggra-d weḥdes. Dɣa yessuter 

yiwen weqjun seg yiwen umeddakkel-is deg ixeddim u 

yefka-yas-d wagi meẓẓi. Ass amezwaru, alarmi i t-yessuṭeḍ 

s ubbibṛun. Acu kan imi iqjan ur teddern ara annect i ttidiren 

yergazen, uɣalen akken di sin d imɣaren. « Ṭṭbi&a-s n diri, i 

yi-d-yenna Salamano. Tikkwal akka nettnaɣ. Acu kan 

zemreɣ ad d-iniɣ d aqjun yelhan ». Nniɣ-as telha ccetla-s 

dɣa iban-ed Salamano am win ifeṛḥen. « Yernu, i d-yerna, ur 

t-tessineḍ ara meqbel ad yaḍen. D acebbub-is yark i izaden 

deg-s ». Yal tameddit d yal tasebḥit, seg wasmi yuḍen 

weqjun-is aṭan-agi n weglim, Salamano ziɣ yeddehhin-it s 

zzit. Acu kan, ar ɣures, aṭan yuḍen s tidett weqjun-is d 

ticurreft u ticurreft mači d ayen iḥellun. 

Imiren ffaɣ-d, dɣa yenna-yi-d wemɣar-nni belli 

yewweḍ-d lawan ad iṛuḥ. Nniɣ-as belli yezmer ad yernu 

cwiṭ, akk daɣen iɣaḍ-iyi aṭas wayen yeḍran d waqjun-is : 

Yenna-yi-d tanemmirt. Yenna-yi-d daɣen belli yemma 

tḥemmel aṭas aqjun-is. Yal mara tt-id-yadder, yeqqar-iyi-d 

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«yemma-k meskint». Yenna-yi-d ahat ḥezneɣ aṭas seg 

wasmi temmut yemma, ur tes&iḍ acu i s-rriɣ. Yenna-yi-d 

daɣen s ukukru akk s lemɣawla belli di tezniqt-nneɣ aṭas n 

lɣaci i d iyi-d-ittmuqulen s yir tiṭṭ seg wasmi i rriɣ yemma 

deg wexxam n yemɣaren, acu kan yessen-iyi akken ilha u 

yeẓra belli ḥemleɣ aṭas yemma. Rriɣ-as ur ẓriɣ ara ayɣer ur 

d iyi-d-iban ara ar tura belli lɣaci ttmuqulen-iyi-d s yir tiṭṭ 

ɣef temsalt agi, acu kan axxam n yemɣaren iban-iyi-d d 

tifrat iwulmen imi ur s&iɣ ara ddeqs n wedrim s wacu ara 

qableɣ yemma deg wexxam. «Yernu, i s-rniɣ, aṭas ayagi 

segmi ur tes&i acu ara yi-d-tini u teddiguti weḥdes dagi ». 

« D tidett, i yi-d-yenna, u deg wexxam n yemɣaren, xeṛsum, 

tezmer ad d-taf imeddukkal ». Syin issuter-iyi-d smaḥ. 

Yebɣa ad iṛuḥ ad yeṭṭes. Tura tbeddel tudert-is u ye&req-as 

yark acu ara yexdem. D tin i tikkelt tamenzut, seg wasmi i t- 

sneɣ, i d iyi-d-yefka labas, ɣas s uɣiwel, u ḥulfaɣ i tiḥeṛcewt 

n weglim-is. Yecmumeḥ cwiṭ meqbel ad d-yeffeɣ. Dɣa 

yenna-yi-d : « ssarameɣ iḍ-agi ur sseglafen ara yeqjan. Dima 

ttɣiliɣ d aqjun-iw ». 

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IXEF VI 

Ass n lḥed, ggummaɣ yark ad d-akiɣ. Armi i yi-d 

tessawel Marie thuc-iyi yark. Ur nečči iqiḥ imi nebɣa ad 

n&um zik. Ḥulfaɣ i yiman-iw d ilem u daɣen iqreḥ-iyi 

uqerruy-iw. Rẓag igiṛṛu deg yimmi-w. Teḍsa aṭas felli Marie 

imi akken i d-tenna : « udem-ik iga am win n lmegget ». 

Telsa yiwet n tqendduṛt tamellalt u tserreḥ i yimezran-is. 

Nniɣ-as tcebḥeḍ, dɣa teterḍeq d taḍṣa si lfeṛḥ. 

Mi nṣub, nesṭebṭeb ɣef tewwurt n Raymond. Yerrayaɣ-ed 

belli tura ad d-iṣubb. Deg webrid, imi &yiɣ cwiṭ akk 

daɣen imi nemdel leḍwaq, iṭij n wass-a yerɣan, yefka-yi-d 

tiyita am tbeqqact s udem. Marie tettneggiz si lfeṛḥ, ur teḥbis 

ara timenna belli yelha lḥal kra i nekka deg webrid. Ḥulfaɣ i 

yiman-iw xiṛ cwiya u daɣen ḥulfaɣ i laẓ. Nniɣ-as-t i Marie i 

yi-d-yezakknen ṣṣak-is anda i d-tewwi sin imayuten-nneɣ 

akked tṣarbiṭ. Ilaq-aɣ ad narǧu armi i nesla i Raymond mi d- 

yemdel tawwurt-is. Yelsa-d yiwen userwal ajenjaṛi akked 

tebluzt mm-yekmamen imecṭaḥ. Acu kan yelsa-d atriku n 

ibeḥriyen, ayen i d-yesseḍsen Marie aṭas; iɣallen-is d 

imellalen aṭas seddaw ineẓden iberkanen. Ddigutiɣ cwiṭ segs. 

Iṣubb-ed netta yettseffiṛ, iban-ed yefṛeḥ aṭas yenna-yi-d : 

« azul, ay ameddakel » u yessawel i Marie «Mademoiselle». 

Iḍelli-nni nṛuḥ ɣer lkumiṣarya anda i d-cehdeɣ belli 

taqcict-nni « yectaq-itt » Raymond. Ifeɣ-ed syin s yiwen 

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u&eggen. Ur muqlen ara yark ma yella d tidett wayen i d- 

nniɣ. Zdat tewwurt, nehdeṛ nek d Raymond ɣef annect-en, 

syin neqsed ad neṭṭef lkaṛ. Taftist ur teb&id ara, acu kan 

akken a xir, ad naweḍ meqqar zik. yenna-d Raymond ad 

yefṛeḥ umeddakkel-is ma newweḍ zik. Mi nekker ad nali ɣer 

lkaṛ iwehha-yi-d Raymond akken ad muqleɣ ɣer zdat. 

walaɣ yiwet n terba&t n wa&ṛaben isenden ɣer tewwurt n 

tḥanutt n ddexan. Llan ttmuqulen-d ɣur-nneɣ di tsusmi, acu 

kan mara ten-mmuqleɣ, la ttfaqeɣ belli ttwalinaɣ-d amzun d 

izṛa neɣ d isekla yeqquren. Yenna-yi-d Raymond belli wis 

sin mara d-tebduḍ seg uzelmaḍ d win i d ameddakkel-nniines, 

yettban-ed am win iceɣlen. Yerna-d imiren belli dayen 

tura, ayen yeḍṛan ɣur-es d tamacahutt yezrin. Marie ur 

tefhim acemma testeqsa-yaɣ-d acu yellan. Nniɣ-as belli d 

a&ṛaben i tt-yettalasen i Raymond. Tebɣa ad nṛuḥ imiren. 

Ibbed-ed Raymond dɣa yeḍsa makken i d-tenna belli ilaq ad 

nɣiwel. 

Nṛuḥ sanda iḥebbes lkaṛ yellan yeb&ed cwiṭ. yennad 

Raymond belli a&ṛaben ur aɣ-d-ḍfiren ara. Muqleɣ syin ɣer 

deffir. Ufiɣ mazal-iten deg wemḍiq-nni-nsen, ttmuqulen 

dima s amḍiq anda akken nella neqqim. Nekni neṭṭef 

lkaṛ. Raymond i d-ibanen yekkes-as utqeleq, yebda ad d- 

yesseḍsay Marie . Ḥulfaɣ am wakken te&ǧeb-as, acu kan 

mači d tin i s-d-yettarran. Sya ɣer da, ad t-id-temmuqel s 

teḍsa. 

Nṣubb beṛṛa n temdint n Lezzayer. Taftist ur teb&id 

ara ɣef wemḍiq anda yeḥbes lkaṛ. Acu kan ilaq-aɣ ad 

negzem yiwen akken n wayla yulin cwiya ɣef yillel syin kan 

i nezmer ad nṣubb ɣer teftist. Yeččuṛ wayla-nni d iẓra 

iwraɣen akked twedcin timellalin yesseḥmeq ujenjaṛi aẓayan 

igenni. Marie tezha deg wurar s ijeǧǧigen i tella tekkat s 

ṣṣak-is. Nelḥa ger yexxamen imecṭaḥ yes&an tisemmiyin 

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tizegzawin neɣ timellalin, kra seg-sent, s leḥwaṛi-nsent frentent 

isekla n uzumbi, kra nniḍen d tibu&eryanin ger yeẓra. 

Meqbel ad naweḍ ɣer yiri n tiɣilt, nwala illel zeddigen akked 

yiwen uɣenjuṛ n wakal yettnuddumen di tlemmast n waman 

izeddganen. Yiwen akken n ṣṣut afessas umutur yuli-d armi 

d ɣur-nneɣ. U nwala meb&id yiwen uɣerrabu ileḥḥun deg 

waman amzun d abburebbut. Tekkes-ed Marie kra ijeǧǧigen. 

Si tiɣilt yettṣubbun s illel nwala belli llan kra yett&ummun. 

Ameddakel n Raymond yezdeɣ deg yiwen n wexxam 

yettwaxedmen s wesɣar deg yiwen n yixef n teftist. Axxam 

isenned ɣer teẓra timeqranin, ijga i t-irefden si zdat kecmen 

deg waman. Yessemyusan Raymond ger-aneɣ. Ameddakkelis 

isem-is Masson. D yiwen akken uterras meqqren di teɣzi i 

wumi hrawit tuyat, yuɣen yiwet akken n tmuṭṭut ibernen, 

yelhan, s tameslayt-is taparizyant. Yenna-yaɣ-ed imiren 

arret iman-nwen am akken deg ixxamen-nwen i tellam, Akk 

eččet seg iselman-nni yecwan, widak i d-yeṭṭef tafrara yagi. 

Nniɣ-as acḥal yecbeḥ wexxam-is. Yenna-yi-d belli din i da 

yes&edday ussan n ssebt akked lḥed akked wussan yark 

usta&fu. « Nek d tmeṭṭut-agi-inu, nettemsefham akken 

yelha», i d-yerna. Di lawan-nni, tella tmeṭṭut-is tettaḍsa 

nettat d Marie. D tin ahaqel i tikkelt tamezwarut i deg-i 

xemmeɣ s tidett belli zemreɣ ad tt-aɣeɣ. 

Masson yebɣa ad i&um, acu kan tameṭṭut-is akked 

Raymond ugin ad ddun. Nṣubb-ed di tlata yid-nneɣ, u 

Marie tneggez imiren kan deg waman. Masson akked nek, 

neṛǧa cwiṭ. Netta d win yettmeslayen s la&qel, sneqdeɣ 

belli yes&a tannumi irennu tawinest-agi i kra n wayen yark i 

d-yeqqar : «u zemreɣ ad d-iniɣ ugar n wannect-a», ɣas ma 

yella, di tilawt, ur tes&id acu i d-irennu i umeslay-is. Yennayi-d 

ɣef Marie : « tzad,u zemreɣ ad d-arnuɣ ɣef annect- 

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a,tes&a aṭas n sser» Syin d asawen ur rriɣ ara ddhen-iw ɣer 

umeslay-agi id-irennu dima imi lhiɣ-ed deg uḥalfu aẓidan n 

yiṭij yebdan ad iyi-yesluffuy. Ijdi yebda yesseḥmay iḍareniw. 

Wexreɣ cwiya lebɣi-nni s&iɣ n uneggez s aman. Acu kan 

taggara nniɣ-as i Masson : « ad nekcem? » Nek d aneggez i 

negzaɣ, netta yekcem kan s la&qel deg waman armi yebda 

ttɣumunt waman dɣa yeɣmes. Yett&ummu ɣef yedmaren u 

ixuṣ, dɣa ǧǧiɣ-t akken ad qeḍ&eɣ Marie. Aman semḍit u 

ferḥeɣ mi tt&ummuɣ. Nesseb&ed nek d Marie, neḥḥulfa 

imiren nemye&del deg &umu akk di tiktiwin. 

Akkin aggemaḍ deg waman, nuɣal nett&ummu ɣef 

uzagur, u ɣef udem-iw yezzin s igenni, iṭij itekkes-iyi-d 

aman i d-mazal ttmaren-ed seg yimmi-w. Nwala-d imiren 

Masson mi d-yuɣal ɣer teftist akken ad yeẓẓel i yiṭij. Si 

mba&id yettban-ed annectillat. Marie tebɣa ad n&um di sin. 

Uɣaleɣ deffir-es akken ad tt-id-ṭṭfeɣ seg wammas. Nettat 

tekkat s ifassen di lawan i tt-id-tt&awaneɣ s tyita iḍaren. 

Ṣṣut-nni amectuḥ n tiyta deg waman yedda-d deffir-nneɣ di 

tṣebḥit-nni armi ḥulfaɣ i yiman-iw a&yiɣ. Dɣa ǧǧiɣ-en 

Marie, uɣaleɣ-ed s u&ummu s la&qel akk s tririt n nnefs 

yelhan. Di teftist, ẓleɣ ɣef wudem ar tama n Masson ; rriɣ 

udem-iw deg ijdi. Nniɣ-as belli «telha». Ula d netta d ayen i 

yettxemmim. Amecwaṛ akka, tewweḍ-ed Marie. Zziɣ ad ttwaliɣ 

makken i d-tleḥḥu tettban-ed am tin yettwadehnen seg 

waman imelḥen, acebbub-is terra-t ɣer deffir. Teẓel-ed ɣer 

tama-w, ḥamu n yiṭij d ḥamu n teksumt-is segnen-iyi. 

Thuc-iyi-d Marie, tenna-yi-d belli Masson yenejma& s 

axxam imi d lawan n leftuṛ. Kkreɣ-d imiren imi lliɣ lluẓeɣ 

aṭas, acu kan Marie tenna-yi-d belli mazal ur tt-ssudneɣ ara 

si tṣebḥit ar tura. D tidett u yernu dayen bɣiɣ. « Yyaɣ s 

aman » i yi-d tenna. Nuzzel akken ad neẓẓel di tangiwin 

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timectaḥ. Nuẓa cwiṭ kan deg waman dɣa tenteḍ-ed ar ɣuri. 

Ḥulfaɣ i tfekka-s dɣa bɣiɣ-tt. 

Makken i d-nuɣal, yufa-d lḥal Masson ad aɣ-edissawal. 

Nniɣ-as lluẓeɣ aṭas dɣa yenna-yas imiren i tmeṭṭutis 

belli &eǧbeɣ-as. Aɣrum ẓid, ssebblaɣ-as aylaw iselman i 

yi-d-mudden. Syin yers-ed weksum akked lbaṭaṭa yeqlan. 

Nečča yark mebla ma yuli-yaɣ-d wawal. Masson ites cṛab 

am tesraft, yesserbay-iyi-d mebla cceḥa. Mi d-newweḍ ɣer 

lqahwa, ḥulfaɣ i uqerruy-iw icuf akk aṭas i keyfeɣ. Di 

qrad(3) yid-nneɣ, Masson, Raymond akked nek, nemsefham 

ad nes&eddi akken aggur n ɣuct di teftist; ad nebḍu ameṣruf 

ger-aneɣ. Amecwaṛ akka, tenna-yaɣ-d Marie : «teẓram acḥal 

tewweḍ ssa&a tura? Hatt-an d leḥdac d wezgen. « Newhem 

meṛṛa, acu kan Masson yenna-d belli zik i nečča, u annect-a 

ma&lic imi ssa&a n leftuṛ d ss&a-nni i deg ara yellaẓ wemdan. 

Ur ẓriɣ ara ayɣer annect-a yesseḍs-ed Marie. Iban-yi-d belli 

teswa cwiṭ. Yesteqsa-yi-d imiren Masson ma yella bɣiɣ ad 

ḥewsaɣ yid-es di teftist. « tameṭṭut-iw dima tettqeggil 

umba&d leftuṛ. Nek, ur ḥmileɣ ara annect-a. Ilaq-iyi ad lḥuɣ 

cwiṭ. Dima qqareɣ-as tikli telha i ṣṣeḥa. acu kan ayen d asyehwan 

texdem-it. « Tenna-d Marie ad teqqim d massa 

Masson akken ad tt-t&iwen deg usired n leḥwal. Taparizyant 

tamectuḥt tenna-d ilaq ad fɣen yergazen akken ad d-nelhu d 

cɣel. Nṣubb-ed di qrad yid-nneɣ. 

Yeɣli-d yiṭij ɣef yejdi am bubarak, tafat-is i d-ttarran 

waman tettqerriḥ. Ulac anwa yellan di teftist. Deg ixxamen n 

wesɣar yellan ɣef tiɣilt i d-yezgan nnig yillel, ara tesleḍ ḥala 

aṭenṭen n tḍebsiyin akked tjeɣlin. Ula d nnefs yuɣal yew&eṛ 

deg weẓɣal-nni n teẓra i d-yettalin si tegnitt. Tazwara 

Raymond akked Masson, mmeslayen ɣef kra n tɣawsiwin 

akked kra n yemdanen ur ssineɣ ara. Fehmeɣ belli aṭas-ayagi 

segmi i myussanen u ddren akken ddeqs n wakud di yiwet n 

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tallit. Syin nṛuḥ qbala s aman dɣa nebda tikli ɣef yiri. 

Tikkwal akka, yiwet n tengga tamectuḥt, ɣezzifen cwiya ɣef 

tiyaḍ tettaweḍ-ed tesselxas-aɣ isebbaḍen-nneɣ ubeḥnuq. Ur 

s&iɣ ɣef acu i ttxemmimeɣ imi ṛuḥeɣ am win yesgen yiṭij 

yekkaten ɣer uqerruy-iw aḥarfi. 

Imiren, yenna-yas Raymond i Masson yiwet n lḥaǧa i 

wumi ur sliɣ ara. Acu kan walaɣ agemmaḍ akin di teftist, 

sin wa&ṛaben i d-yelsan ajenjaṛi, ad d-leḥḥun ɣur-nneɣ. 

Muqleɣ ɣer Raymond dɣa yenna-yi-d : «d netta» Nkemmel 

tikli. yewhem Masson i d-yesteqsan amek i ɣ-ed-ufan da. 

Xemmeɣ belli yezmer walan-aɣ-d mi d-neṭṭef lkaṛ s weqrab 

n teftist, acu kan ssusmeɣ ur d-nniɣ kra. 

A&ṛaben-nni ad d-leḥḥun s la&qel ɣur-nneɣ, u mači 

aṭas i sen-d-mazal ad d-awḍen ɣer-nneɣ. Ur nbeddel ara 

tikli, acu kan Raymond yenna-yaɣ-d : «ma yella umesčew, 

keč a Masson, ṭṭef wis sin. Nek, ad d-lhuɣ d umeddakkel-iw. 

Ma d keč, a Meursault, ma yella yusa-d wayeḍnin, hatan 

ɣur-ek ». Nniɣ-as : «ih»; Masson yerra ifassen-is di lǧib. Ijdi 

yeḥman yettban-iyi-d amzun yuɣal d azeggaɣ tura. 

Nkemmel tikli metwal a&ṛaben-nni. Abendu n wakal yellan 

ger-aneɣ, segmi ineqqes. U makken i d-mazal kra iɣallen 

ger-aɣ yid-sen, ḥebsen wa&ṛaben tikli. Masson akked nek 

nessenɣes cwiṭ tikli. Wannag Raymond iṛuḥ qbala izḍem s 

acengu. Ur fhimeɣ ara acu i s-yenna, armi wayeḍ yexdem 

amzun d win yebɣan ad t-id-yewwet s uqerru. Raymond 

akken yefka tiyita tamezwarut, yessawel-ed i Masson. Iṛuḥ 

imiren Masson qbala ar win i s-d-yezzaken meqbel, yefkayas 

snat tiytiwin ẓẓayen am netta. Yeẓẓel wa&ṛab deg 

waman, udem ar zdaxel, u yeqqim akken kra umecwaṛ, 

ticuftin n waman ṭṭerḍiqent-ed s ufella n waman, s nnig 

uqerru-yis. Imiren ula d Raymond yefka tiyita i wayeḍ i 

wumi d-yeččuṛ wudem d idammen. Yezzi-d ɣur-i Raymond, 

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yenna-yi-d : « tura ad twaliḍ acḥal ara yaɣ ». Ssuɣeɣ ɣur-es, 

nniɣ-as : «ɣur-ek yes&a lmus». Mazal i d-kfiɣ awal-iw, mi d- 

yufa lḥal Raymond yettwagzem-as ufus-is akk yettucelleḥ 

ucenfur-is. 

Ineggez-ed Masson ɣer zdat. Acu kan a&ṛab-nninniḍen 

yekker-ed tura, yuɣal ar deffir win akken yes&an 

lmus. Negguma amek ara nembbiwel, teṭṭfaɣ tcalawt. 

Uɣalen s la&qel ɣer deffir, mebla ma kksen allen-nsen fell-aɣ 

akk mazal wehhan-ed lmus ɣur-neɣ. U makken walan ddeqs 

iɣallen i yellan ger-aneɣ, rewlen s lemɣawla. Nekni negra-d 

neqqim nenta am imesmaṛen ddaw yiṭij. Raymond izmeḍ 

ufus-is i d-ineggin d idammen s wayeḍ. 

Yenna-d imiren Masson belli yella yiwen umejjay 

yes&eddayen ussan n lḥed di tiɣilt. Raymond ibɣa ad iṛuḥ 

imiren. Acu kan yal mara yebɣu ad d-yehdeṛ, idammen 

ifeddix-is xeddmen-ed ticuftin deg yimmi-s. Nsenned-it-id 

ɣer tuyat-nneɣ di sin, newwi-t-id s uḥaref s axxam. Yenna-d 

Raymond belli ifeddixen-is mači d wid lqayen u yezmer ad 

iṛuḥ weḥdes s amejjay. Iṛuḥ netta d Masson ma d nek 

qqimeɣ ad d-sfehmaɣ i tilawin acu yeḍran. Massa Masson 

tettru, Marie tuɣal d tawraɣt. Nek ddigutiɣ deg ussefhem. 

Taggara ssusmeɣ, dɣa keyfeɣ-as yiwen ugeṛṛu s tmuɣli deg 

illel. 

Di leǧwahi n lweḥda d wezgen, yuɣal-ed Raymond 

akked Masson s axxam. Yewwi-d afus-is icudd, akked 

lfasma di teɣmert n yimi-s. Yenna-yas-d umejjay belli mači 

dayen iwe&ṛen, acu kan Raymond ḥulfaɣ-as am akken ibaned 

itɣebben. Ya&reḍ Masson ad t-id yesseḍs. Netta mazal-it 

yessusem. U makken i ɣ-ed-yenna ad iṣubb ɣer teftist, steqsaɣ-t 

sani. Nek d Masson nenna-yas ad neddukkel yid-es dɣa 

yez&ef u yerggem-aɣ-d. Yenna-d Masson ur ilaq ara ad t- 

nesnuɣnu. Ɣas akken ddiɣ deffir-es. 

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Nelḥa aṭas di teftist. Yuɣal yiṭij tura d amaẓay. 

Yetterḍeq d iceqfan deg ijdi akk deg waman. Ḥulfaɣ amzun 

Raymond yeẓra sani i ileḥḥu, ahat izmer ɣelṭṭeɣ. Deg ixef n 

teftist, newweḍ ɣer yiwet n ta&wint yettmaren deg ijdi. Din 

nufa-n sin wa&ṛaben-nneɣ. Llan ẓlen s leḥwayeǧ-nsen 

yeččuṛen d tidi. Banen-d tṛankil amzun feṛḥen. Aggaḍ-nneɣ 

ur ibeddel acemma seg-sen.Win akken i d-yewten Raymond 

yella ad t-id-yettmuqul mebla ma yuli-t-id wawal. Wayeḍ 

yella yejjewiq deg yiwet n tɣanimt i d-yessufuɣen ḥala qrad 

n tneqiḍin n lmuziga i wumi i d-yett&awad dima, yella 

yettmuqul-ed deg-nneɣ seg yiri n tiṭ. 

Amecwaṛ-nni yark, ur tes&iḍ acu yellan ḥala iṭij akked 

tsusmi-nni, ternuḍ-as axeṛxeṛ n te&wint akked qrad n 

tneqiḍin n lmuziga. Syin yewwi Raymond afus-is ɣer tjuxriṭ 

n tmeẓyant. Ɣas akkenni, wayeḍ ur yembbawel ara u mazaliten 

di sin ttmesmuqulen. Sneqdeɣ belli win akken 

yetturaren s tjewaqt yes&a tifednin iceṛqen aṭas. Mebla ma 

yekkes-ed allen-is seg ucengu-ines, yenna-yi-d Raymond : « 

ad d-awiɣ lqeḍ-is? » Xemmeɣ lemmer ad as-iniɣ ala izmer 

ad yeḥmu weḥdes kan, u iban ad t-iwet. Nniɣ-as kan : 

«mazal i k-ed-yehdeṛ. Mači dayen yelhan tiyta akkagi kan ». 

Nesla daɣen ṣṣut-nni amecṭuḥ n te&wint yesxaṛxiṛen akked 

tjewwaqt di tlemmast n tsusmi akked weẓɣal. Dɣa yenna-d 

Raymond : « ihi ad t-reggmeɣ u makken ad d-yerr, ad d- 

awiɣ lqeḍ-is ». Nniɣ-as : «ihi akken, acu kan ma yella ur d- 

yessufeɣ ara lmus-is ur tezmireḍ ara ad tewted ». Yebda 

Raymond la yetteḥriṭiw cwiṭ. Wayeḍnin mazal-it yettsuḍu di 

tɣanimt-is u di sin tt&assan-ed acu yark i ixeddem Raymond. 

« ffeɣ-as argaz s argaz i s-nniɣ i Raymond u efk-iyi-d 

tameẓyant-ik. Ma yella issekcem-ed wayeḍ iman-is, neɣ ma 

yessufeɣ-ed lmus, d nek ara d-yawin lqeḍ-is ». 

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Makken i yi-d-yefka tameẓyant-is, iṭij iwet-ed deg-s. 

Ɣas akken, neqqim mebla aḥriret am akken kullec imdel-ed 

fell-aɣ. Nella nettemsmuqul mebla ma nṣubb allen-nneɣ, 

kullec yeḥbes din ger yillel, ijdi d yiṭij, tasusmi yeddukklen 

n tjewaqt akked waman. Xemmeɣ imiren belli nezmer ad 

newet a&baṛ akken i nezmer ur t-nekkat ara. Acu kan 

amecwaṛ kan, a&ṛaben-nni s tikli ɣer deffir, nezraben ger 

teẓra. Raymond akked nek nebren-ed ɣer deffir. Netta ibaned 

xiṛ u yemmeslay-d ɣef lkaṛ n tuɣalin. 

Ddiɣ yides armi d axxam u makken yettali tiseddaṛin 

n wesɣar, nek ḥebseɣ di tmezwarut, aqerruy-iw yeṭenṭun seg 

iṭij, yekcem-iyi layas di lǧehd i yi-laqen akken ad aliɣ 

ddṛuǧ-nni yettawin i usawen akked d tagdi n lehduṛ-nni 

yessexcawaten n tilawin. Acu kan azɣal yessaweḍ-iyi alarmi 

yuɣal yew&eṛ fell-i ad qqimeɣ akken mebla aḥriret seddaw 

ugeffur-nni yesdderɣilen i d-yettmaren akka seg igenni. 

Tiɣimit din neɣ ṛwaḥ, kifkif-iten ar ɣur-i. Umba&d cwiya 

uɣaleɣ ɣer teftist, dɣa bdiɣ tikli. 

Mazal tafat-nni zeggaɣen. Ɣef yejdi, illel yettarra-d 

nnefs iqemḍen akk yettɣawalen s tingga timecṭah. Lḥiɣ s 

la&qel ɣer teẓra, u ḥulfaɣ i wenyir-iw yettcuffu seddaw yiṭij. 

Aẓɣal-agi meṛṛa yeɣli-d fell-i, ijebbed-iyi ɣer deffir. Yal 

mara ḥulfuɣ i usuḍu-ines meqren deg wudem-iw, tẓemiḍeɣ 

tuɣmas-iw, kemseɣ lbunyat-iw zdaxel n lǧyub userwal, 

tẓemmiḍeɣ yark iman-iw akken ad ɣelbeɣ iṭij-agi akked d 

tuzya n wallaɣ i d-yessenɣal fell-i. Yal ajenwi d-itefɣen seg 

ijdi neɣ seg ujeɣlal amellal, neɣ si jǧaǧ yerẓen, iɣesmaṛeniw 

ttemcuddun. Aṭas i lḥiɣ. 

Ttwaliɣ si leb&id tafekka-nni tamecṭuḥt n tezṛutt 

taberkant i wumi yezzi ubeḥnuq yesdderɣilen n tafat akked 

uɣebbar n yillel. Xemmeɣ ar ta&wint yellan deffir tezṛutt. 

Bɣiɣ ad sleɣ tikkelt-nniḍen i usxeṛxeṛ n waman-is, bɣiɣ 

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tarewla seg yiṭij, si &eggu akked imeṭṭawen n tilawin akken 

ad afeɣ taggara tili akked westa&fu. Acu kan mi qrib ad 

awḍeɣ, walaɣ ameddakkel-nni n Raymond ziɣ yuɣal-ed ɣer 

din. 

Yella weḥdes. Yella yeẓẓel ɣef uzagur, ifassen-is 

seddaw temgart, anyir-is yeffer deffir tili n tezṛutt, tafekka-s 

teffeɣ-ed ɣer yiṭij. Leḥwayeǧ-is ttruggutent seg yiṭij. 

wehmeɣ cwiṭ. Ɣuri tadyant-nni i&eddan dayen t&edda, 

uɣaleɣ-ed ɣer din mebla ma meyzeɣ i wannect-en. 

Akken i d iyi-d-iwala, yessekker-ed iman-is cwiṭ dɣa 

yerra afus-is ɣer lǧib. Ula d nek, mebla axemmem, zemḍeɣ 

tameẓyant-nni n Raymond yellan di lbista-w. Dɣa yuɣal 

yeẓẓel, acu kan mebla ma yekkes-ed afus-is si lǧib. Lliɣ 

ddeqs i ba&deɣ fell-as, s wazal n mraw (10) n lmitrat. Ferẓeɣ 

tikkwal tamuɣli-s, ger walen-is qrib imedlen. Acu kan 

tuggett n wakud, lexyal-is iceṭṭeḥ ger wallen-iw deg ubeḥrinni 

yerɣan. Ṣṣut xeddment tenggawin yuɣal d afessas ugar n 

wakken yella yettnejbad ɣef ṭnac-nni i i&eddan. D yiwen 

yiṭij, d yiwet n tafat ɣef yiwen n yejdi i la yettkemmilen tura 

dagi. Hat-an snat n swaye& segmi yeḥbes wass, snat swaye& 

segmi tḍegger iɣuraf deg ugaraw n wuzzal yeṛɣan. Mba&id 

deg illel i&edda-d yiwen akken n lbabuṛ n iraggten u &eqlaɣ-t 

s tacamiṭ-nni taberkant ɣef yiri n tiṭ-iw, imi mazal-iyi dima 

la ttmuqulaɣ s a&ṛab-nni. 

Xemmeɣ imiren belli ɣur-i ḥala ad zziɣ akken dɣa 

kullec ad yekfu. Acu kan tella yiwet n teftist ɣezzifen, 

yessenququl yiṭij, teḥṛes-iyi-d si zdeffir. Lḥiɣ cwiṭ ar 

te&wint. A&rab-nni ur yembbawel ara. Ɣas akken mazal-it 

yeb&ed cwiṭ. Yettban-ed amzun yettaḍsa, ahat si tili i 

iɣummen udem-is. Tirɣi n yiṭij Tewweḍ-d ɣer teddmujin-iw 

ḥulfaɣ daɣen i tidi mi tennejma& ɣef timmi-w. Iṭij-agi icuba 

iṭij-nni n wass i deg-i neṭṭleɣ yemma u, am tikkelt-nni, 

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anyir-iw yettqeṛṛiḥ-iyi aṭas, yark iẓuran-is kkaten seddaw 

weglim. Ur zmireɣ ara ad sebṛeɣ i wuṛɣu-yagi dɣa uẓeɣ cwiṭ 

ar zdat. Ẓriɣ belli annect-en d tiɣyulit imi ur reggleɣ ara 

akka i yiṭij ma yella uẓeɣ kan s yiwen usurrif. Acu kan rniɣ 

yiwen usurrif, yiwen kan ɣer zdat. U tikkelt-agi mebla ma 

yekker-ed, yessufɣ-ed we&ṛab-nni lmus-is i yi-d-iwehha 

seddaw tafat n yiṭij. Tafat-is tewet deg uzzal, syin tewet-iyid 

s anyir am leqḍe& ujenwi; imiren swaswa, tidi yellan 

teddukkel di timi-inu tuɣal temmar-ed deg yiwen webrid ɣef 

allen-iw; Tuɣal tɣum-itent s yiwen n lḥaf azuran yeḥman. 

Ddreɣlent wallen-iw deffir riddu-yagi n imeṭṭi akked lemleḥ. 

Uɣaleɣ ur selleɣ i kra ḥala ṭbel yeddubbzen n yiṭij ɣef 

wenyir-iw u mazal tafat ujenwi-nni amcum d-tekken si 

lmus. Tewweḍ-iyi-d am ujenwi iɣeẓẓen timmi-w akk 

ixebbcen deg wallen-iw yesseḍwayen. Syin imiren 

temdekwal yiss-i ddunit. Illel yezzuɣer-ed yid-es aḍu azuran 

yerɣan. Iban-iyi-d yigenni am win yellin yark idmaren-is 

akken ad d-yessureg ageffur n tmes. Tafekka-w yark 

tennezmaḍ imiren, u ḥarseɣ iḍudan-iw ɣef tmezyant. Znad 

issereḥ, sumaɣ-ed taddemujt leggaɣen n tfettust n tmeẓyant. 

Seg imiren, deg yiwen n ṣṣut iqebṛen meqqren i yebda 

kullec. Fehmeɣ imiren belli rẓiɣ lmizan n wass akked tsusmi 

ifazen n teftist i deg-i lliɣ meqbel cwiṭ feṛḥaɣ. Dɣa rniɣ 

tiyita s kuẓ (4) n we&baren di tfekka-nni yeqquren anda 

kecment terṣasin mebla ma banent-ed. Am akken d kuẓ (4) n 

titiwin di tewwurt ubaxix. 

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AḤRIC II 

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IXEF I 

Akken kan ttwaṭfeɣ, ttwasteqsaɣ aṭas iberdan. Acu 

kan isteqsiyen-agi ḥala ɣef nnekwa-inu, ur la ttɣimin ara 

aṭas. Tikkelt tamezwarut di lkumiṣarya, tamsalt-iw tban-ed 

am akken yiwen ur icli& seg-s. Ṭam (8) n wussan umba&d, 

asestan (le juge d instruction) imuqel-ed ɣur-i s lewhayem. 

Tazwara, yesteqsa-yi-d ɣef yisem-iw akk ɣef anda zedɣeɣ, 

acu xeddmeɣ, anda u melmi i d-luleɣ. Syin yebɣa ad iẓer 

ma yella ṭṭfeɣ abbuggaṭu neɣ mazal. Nniɣ-as belli ala u 

steqsaɣ-t ma yella dɣa ilaq ad s&uɣ yiwen. yenna-yi-d 

«ayɣer ?» Nniɣ-as belli ɣur-i tamsalt-iw teshel. yezmumeg 

mi d- yenna : « wagi d ṛṛay-ik kan weḥdek. Yernu lqanun d 

lqanun. Ma yella ur tefrineḍ ara yiwen ubugaṭu, ad ak-ed 

nefren yiwen s uḥettem ». Ufiɣ belli d lemziya mi d taɣdemt 

(La justice) i yeṭhellayen di lecɣal-agi. Nniɣ-as ṛṛay-agi-inu. 

Yesta&ref s wacu i d-nniɣ u yessegra-yi-d belli lqanun yelha 

akken yettwaxdem. 

Tikkelt tamezwarut, ǧa&leɣ-t d aqessaṛ. Yessekcem-iyi 

ɣer yiwet n texxamt yeččuṛen d rriduwat, yes&a yiwet n 

teftilt ɣef lbiru-s s wacu i d-yeḍwa afutay-nni ɣef wacu i d 

iyi-sɣim makken netta yeqqim yeffer di tillas. Ɣriɣ zikenni, 

ayen icuban annect-a deg wadlisen u tura yettban-iyi-d am 

akken d urar neɣ d aqeṣṣaṛ. Umba&d mi nekfa lehduṛ, 

muqleɣ s udem-is u wallaɣ deg-s yiwen wergaz yes&an zzin 

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ṛqiqen, allen tizemṛaqin iddexmen cwiya, meqqer, s claɣem 

imellalen iɣezfanen akked ucekkuḥ yeččuṛen u yebdan tura 

yettuɣal am iɣiɣden. Iban-iyi-d d ufhim u, nezmer ad d-nini, 

yeḥdeq, ɣas ma yella tikkwal izemmeḍ deg yimmi-s am win 

iza&fen. Mi kkreɣ ad d-fɣeɣ ṛuḥeɣ ad as-fkeɣ labas, dɣa 

ḥebseɣ mi d-mmektaɣ belli nɣiɣ argaz. 

Azekka-nni, iṛuḥ-ed yiwen akken ubugaṭu ad iyi-iẓer 

di lḥebs. D yiwen wergaz mectuḥen di teɣzi u daɣen d 

aqebbani, meẓẓi cwiṭ di la&meṛ, acebbub-is yenteḍ si zzit. 

Ɣas akken d aẓɣal (nek lliɣ lsiɣ taqemǧett i wumi yuɣalen 

ikumma seg iɣil), netta yelsa-d yiwen ukustim aberkan, s 

lkkul yettwaṛefjen akked yiwet n tekṛabaṭ ur nban ara amek 

akken tes&a ijerdan izuranen berriken akk mellulen. Isers ɣef 

wusu-inu aqrab-nni-ines i d-yewwi seddaw teɣruṭ, yenna-yid 

isem-is u yenna-yi-d belli yeɣra tamsalt-agi-inu. Ɣas 

tew&eṛ cwiṭ, ulac ccek di rbeḥ-ines, ma yella ttekleɣ fell-as. 

Nniɣ-as imiren tanemmirt dɣa yenna-yi-d : « fiḥel aḍeggeṛ 

n lweqt, ad nekcem kan di cɣel ɣef yiman-nneɣ ». 

Yeqqim ɣef wusu-w dɣa yessefhem-iyi-d belli nudan 

aṭas ɣef tudert-iw. Ssawḍen alarmi ẓran belli temmut yemma 

melmi kan, deg wexxam n yemɣaren. Steqsan fell-i di 

Marengo. Nnan-asen-d widak inudan belli « ur ḥzineɣ ara 

asmi tettwanṭel yemma, baneɣ-ed ass-nni am win i wumi 

yeqqur wul ». «Yak tfehmeḍ, i yi-d yenna ubugaṭu-inu, 

iw&eṛ fell-i ad k-steqsiɣ ɣef tɣawsiwin-agi acu kan d ayen 

yes&an azal aṭas. U ad yili d awal s wacu ara ɣ-ed-wten ma 

yella ur ufiɣ ara s wacu ara sen-d-arreɣ ». Netta yebɣa ad t- 

&iwneɣ. Yesteqsa-yi-d ma yella ḥezneɣ dɣa ass-nni. 

Yessewhem-iyi aṭas s usteqsi-yagi u iban-iyi-d belli ad 

tew&eṛ fell-i lemmer yewwas ad iyi-terr tmara d nek ara t- 

yinin anect-a i walba&ḍ nniḍen. Rriɣ-as imir belli dayen 

tṛuḥ-iyi tnumi n usteqsi n yiman-iw u ɣef waya tew&eṛ-iyi 

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tiririt ɣef westeqsi-ines. Mebla ccek, ḥemleɣ yemma, 

annect-a ur yes&i yara lma&na. Imdanen irkkelli ur nemxil 

ara ssarmen xeṛṣum yiwet n tikkelt lmut n widak ḥemlen. 

Dagi iḥbes-iyi ubugaṭu, iban-ed yeḥdaqeṛ aṭas. Yerra-yi armi 

i s-ṛeggmeɣ ur d-ttaddreɣ ara annect-a deg wexxam n cṛe& 

neɣ zdat Usestan (le magistrat instructeur). Imiren sfehmeɣas-ed 

belli s&iɣ ṭṭbi&a i-deg lebɣi n tfekka-inu yettemgarad u 

yettemxallaf aṭas netta d wayen ttḥulfuɣ. Ass i deg-i neḍleɣ 

yemma lliɣ a&yiɣ akk lliɣ nnuddmeɣ, armi ur ẓriɣ ara acu 

iḍeṛṛun yid-i? Ayen zemreɣ ad d-iniɣ mebla ma skadbeɣ, 

dakken lemmer ufiɣ ur tettmettat ara yemma. Acu kan 

abugaṭu-inu iban-ed ur t-ye&ǧib ara lḥal. yenna-yi-d : « drus 

wannect-a ». 

Ixemmem cwiṭ. Yesteqsa-yi-d ma yezmer ad d-yini 

belli ass-nni rniɣ ṭṭbi&a-inu ». nniɣ-as : « ala, imi d tikkerkas 

». Imuqel-iyi-d yiwen umuqel n win i d iyi-ɣunfan. Yuɣal 

yenna-yi-d am win i d iyi-ɣuccen belli akken d as-yehwa 

tella liḥala, anemhal akked ixeddamen n wexxam n 

yemɣaren ad ilin d inagan u annect-a « yezmer ad iyi-ssufeɣ 

tirga mxalfa». Nniɣ-as imiren belli tadyant-agi n lmut n 

yemma ur tettekka yara di temsalt-agi-inu. Yerra-yi-d kan 

belli iban werǧin s&iɣ taluft ɣer cṛe&. 

Iffeɣ iṛuḥ s yiwen wudem iza&fen. Lemmer ttafeɣ ad 

t-id-ṭṭfeɣ, akken ad as-sfehmeɣ belli bɣiɣ ad yuɣal d 

ameddakkel, mači akken ad iḥareb fell-i akken yelha, acu 

kan ma zemreɣ ad t-id-iniɣ, akkagi kan. Ladɣa, mi ttwaliɣ 

belli ssetqelliqeɣ-t .Ur d iyi-fhim ara, dɣa yuɣal am win i d 

iyi-tt-ittalasen. Bɣiɣ ad as-iniɣ belli nek am medden meṛṛa, 

giɣ di kullec am medden. Acu kan annect-agi yark ulac degs 

aṭas n lfayda dɣa unfeɣ-as si tiffenyent. 

Amecwaṛ cwiṭ umbe&d, wwin-iyi daɣen zdat Usestan. 

Yufa-d lḥal d zuǧ n tmeddit u tikkelt-agi, lbiru-ines iččuṛ d 

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tafat i d-itt&eddin seg yiwen n rriddu ṛqiqen. D azɣal. Yennayi-d 

qim s waṭas n leḥdaqa, issefhem-iyi-d imiren belli 

abugaṭu-inu, « imi iban-as-d cɣel», ur yezmir ara ad d-yass. 

Acu kan s&iɣ lḥeq ma yella ugiɣ ad d-rreɣ ɣef isteqsiyen-is u 

zemreɣ ad aṛǧuɣ sima ara yeḥder ubugaṭu-inu.Nniɣ-as belli 

zemreɣ ad d-rreɣ weḥdi. Isuma yiwet n tqeffalt yellan ɣef 

ṭṭabla. Yiwen uggrifyi meẓẓiyen ikcem-ed yeqqim zdeffir-i, 

qrib ad d-isami azagur-iw. 

Nsenned di sin deg ifutayen-nneɣ. Yebda westeqsi. 

Yenna-yi-d tazwara belli nnan-as-ed, nek d win yes&an ṭṭbi&a 

tasusamt u daɣen nek d uffir. Netta yebɣa ad iẓer acu 

ttxemmimeɣ ɣef wannect-a. Rriɣ-as : « ur da se&uɣ ara acu 

ara d-iniɣ. Ɣef aya kan i ssusumaɣ ». Yecmumeḥ am tikkeltnni 

tamezwarut, u yesta&ṛef belli tagi d ssebba yelhan dɣa 

yerna-d : «yernu annect-a ur yes&i yara lma&na ». Yessusem, 

imuqel-iyi-d dɣa yekker-ed s uḥaṛef akken ad iyi-d-yini s 

lemɣawla : « ayen i d iyi-isweḥlen d keč ». Ur fhimeɣ ara 

acu i d-yeqṣed s wawal-agi dɣa ur d as-rriɣ ara. « Llant kra n 

tɣawsiwin, i d-yerna, ur fhimeɣ ara deg wayen akka 

txedmeḍ. ẓriɣ keč ad iyi-t&iwneḍ akken ad tent- fehmeɣ ». 

Nniɣ-as kullec iban . Iḥers-iyi ad as-d-ḥkuɣ amek s&eddaɣ 

ass-nni. Ḥkiɣ-as-ed ayen i s-d-ḥkiɣ meqbel : Raymond, 

taftist, a&wam, amennuɣ, daɣen taftist, ta&wint, iṭij akked 

semmus (5) n terṣasin n tmeẓyant. Di yal ameslay yeqqar-ed 

: « yelha, yelha ». Makken i d-wwḍeɣ ɣer tfekka yeẓlen, 

yeqbel acu i d-nniɣ s tmenna n : « yelha » wannag nek a&yiɣ 

deg wales n yiwet n tmacahutt. Tban-iyi-d amzun werǧin 

mmeslayeɣ annect-nni yark. 

Umbe&d yiwet n tsusmi, yekker seg wemḍiq-is dɣa 

yenna-yi-d belli yebɣa ad iyi-&iwen, u daɣen tceɣb-it 

temsalt-agi-inu u ma yebɣa Ṛebbi, ad iyi-&iwen cwiṭ. Acu 

kan yebɣa ad iyi-d-yefk kra isteqsiyen nniḍen meqbel. 

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Mebla ma yeḥbes, yesteqsa-yi-d ma ḥemleɣ yemma. Nniɣ-as 

: « ih, am nek am wiyaḍ ». Aggrifyi-nni yellan yekkat di 

ddaktilu yettarun ayen akk d-qqareɣ, i&ṛeq-as yiwen seg 

yeskkilen, imi yuɣal yenneḥcam u terra-t tmara ad d-yuɣal 

ɣer zdeffir. Dima mebla ma iban-ed westeqsi d bu-yixef, 

anezraf yenna-yi-d ma yella ɣef yiwet n tikkelt, ta zdeffir 

tayeḍ, i wteɣ tirṣasin-nni. Xemmeɣ cwiṭ dɣa nniɣ-as belli 

wteɣ tarṣaṣt tamezwarut syin ṛǧiɣ cwiya, rniɣ kuẓ-nni (4) 

nniḍen. « Ayɣer terǧiḍ ger tiyta tamezwarut akked tis snat? » 

i d-yenna imiren. I tikkelt nniḍen, &awdeɣ ddreɣ ass-nni, 

walaɣ taftist-nni tazeggaɣt dɣa ḥulfaɣ times n yiṭij ɣef 

wenyir-iw. Tikkelt-agi, ssusmeɣ ur d-nniɣ kra. Ayen yark i 

d-yernan n tsusmi iban-iyi-d usestan am win yeḥdaqren. 

Yeqqim, ikemmez deg ucebbub-is, isers iɣallen-is ɣef lbiru 

dɣa imal-ed ar ɣur-i s yiwen wudem yessewhamen : « ayɣer, 

ayɣer tewteḍ ɣef tfekka-nni yeẓlen? » Di tagi daɣen ur ufiɣ 

acu ara d-rreɣ. Is&edda unezraf afus-is ɣef wenyir-is dɣa 

yules-ed i westeqsi-ines s yiwet n taɣect izelgen cwiṭ: « 

ayɣer ? ilaq ad iyi-d-iniḍ ayɣer ? ». Nek ssusmeɣ. 

Amecwaṛ kan, yekker yelḥa s ijaquṛen armi d ixef n 

lbiru dɣa yelli-d yiwen n leqjar. yessufeɣ-ed yiwen uṣlib 

(crucifix) n nḥas i d-iwehha ar ɣur-i makken i d-yebren. S 

yiwet n taɣect, yettergigin cwiṭ, iz&aḍ-ed ɣur-i : « i wagi 

tesneḍ-t ? » nniɣ-as : « ih, sneɣ-t ». Dɣa yenna-yi-d s uɣiwel 

akk s ḥamu belli netta d yiwen yettamnen s Ṛebbi, u zdaxelis 

yeẓra belli ulac amdan n diri maḍi i wumi ur ittsemmiḥ 

ara Ṛebbi. U akken ad yili smaḥ-agi ilaq i wemdan ad itub 

alamma yuɣal am llufan yes&an taṛwiḥt d tilemt, tin akken 

yettwaheggan akken ad teqbel kullec. Yella yesmal akka 

yark tafekka-s ɣef ṭṭabla. Mazal-it yesseḥṛiṛit aṣlib-ines qrib 

nnig uqerruy-iw. Di tilawt, ur fhimeɣ ara aṭas acu i d- 

yeqṣed. Tamezwarut imi yenɣa-yi weẓɣal akk llan daɣen 

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yizan d imeqṛanen di lbiru-ines ttezzin ttrusun-d ɣef wudemiw, 

u daɣen ugadeɣ-t cwiṭ. Imiren kan, faqeɣ d yiman-iw 

belli nek d ameqqarṣu imi akken d as-yehwa yella lḥal d nek 

i d aqettal. Ɣas akken ikkemmel. Fehmeɣ akka cwiṭ belli 

ɣur-es ayen mazal berrik ur nban ara deg umeslay-iw, d 

akken ṛǧiɣ cwiṭ akken ad ssufɣeɣ a&baṛ wis sin s tmeẓyant. 

Ma yella dayen nniḍen, kullec ifhem-it, acu kan tamsalt-agi 

ur tt-yefhim ara. 

Ṛuḥeɣ ad as-iniɣ belli yehwa-yas kan yettṛuẓu 

aqerruy-is : tineqqiṭ-agi taneggarut ur tes&i yara lma&na. 

Acu kan igzem-iyi awal dɣa iḥellel-iyi-d tikkelt taneggarut, 

yezdi lqed-is, yesteqsa-yi-d ma yella ttamneɣ s Ṛebbi. Rriɣas 

ala. Yuɣal yeqqim s lemɣiḍat. Yenna-yi-d d awezɣi, yark 

imdanen ttamnen s Ṛebbi, Ɣas ula d widak i yezzin 

udmawen-nsen ɣef wudem-is. Akka i da yettamen u, lemmer 

yewwas ad t-yekcem ccek, tudert-is ad tuɣal ur tes&i yara 

yark lma&na : «Tebɣiḍ ad tuɣal tudert-iw mebla lma&na? » i 

d-yenna. Ɣur-i annect-agi mači d cɣel-iw, yerna nniɣ-as-t. 

Imiren yessuẓa-d tamsilt (statue) n lmasiḥ yellan ɣef ṭṭabla, 

ibbeher-itt-id armi d udem-iw dɣa yebda am win ara d- 

isuɣen fell-i : « nek, d amaṣaḥi. Ad ssutreɣ smaḥ deg umurik 

ɣef wayen i txedmeḍ ɣer wagi. Amek ur tettamneḍ ara 

belli yessufri d iddra-k ? » Sneqdeɣ belli yettmeslay-iyi-d 

am win yessen, acu kan dayen &yiɣ seg wannect-en. Aɣamac 

segmi irennu. Akken uɣeɣ tannumi, yal mara bɣuɣ ad 

jewqeɣ alba&ḍ i wumi ur da selleɣ ara, tthuzzuɣ-as aqerruyiw 

am win iqeblen acu yark i d-yeqqar. Issewhem-iyi, 

makken d-iban am win irebḥen : « twalaḍ, twalaḍ, i d-yenna, 

yakk nniɣ-ak belli tettamneḍ u tettekleḍ fell-as, ad as-teḥkuḍ 

leɣbayen-ik ? ». Mebla ccek, rriɣ-as-ed ala, i tikkelt tis-snat. 

Yuɣal yeɣli ɣer zdeffir, ɣef ufutay-ines. 

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Iban-ed ye&ya aṭas. Iqqim akken ddeqs yessusem 

makken tamacint-nni n tira, ur neḥbis ara aḍfaṛ umeslay, 

tettkemil awalen ineggura. Syin imuqel-iyi-d s usenqed 

akked cwiṭ n leḥzen. yenna-d s la&qel : « werǧin walaɣ ul 

yeqquṛen am wul-ik. Yark iqettalen d-i&ddan zdat-i run mi 

walan teswiṛa-yagi usufri ». Ṛuḥeɣ ad as-iniɣ belli run imi d 

iqettalen. Acu kan xemmeɣ ula d nek d yiwen seg-sen. D 

yiwet n tikti i d iyi-we&ṛen ad tekcem s allaɣ-iw. Dɣa yekker 

imiren usestan, am win yebɣan ad iyi-d-yini belli yekfa 

westeqsi. Yessuter-iyi-d kan ma yella neddmeɣ ɣef ayen 

xedmeɣ. Meyzeɣ cwiṭ dɣa nniɣ-as, deg umur n ndama n 

ṣṣeḥ, ḥulfaɣ kra akka uxenčew deg iman-iw. Iban iyi-d am 

win ur d iyi-nefhim ara. Ass-nni tiɣawsiwin ger-aneɣ ur 

kkemlent ara nnig wannect-a. 

Syin umbe&d, aṭas iberdan i deg-i ẓriɣ Asestan. Acu 

kan yettili yid-i ubugaṭu-inu. Dima qqaren-iyi-d kan ad d- 

sfehmeɣ kra imeslayen i d-nniɣ meqbel. Neɣ anezraf 

yettemsefham netta d ubugaṭu-inu ɣef acu ara ttewcaṛ&eɣ. 

Tidett kan ur d-lehhun yara yark deg-i di tegnatin-nni. 

Cwiya cwiya yuɣal imbaddel wamek i iteddu westeqsi-inu. 

Yettban-ed am akken Asestan yuɣal ur yecli& ara seg-i am 

akken dayen tamsalt-iw iṭṭebeq-itt, yerra-tt ɣer leqjaṛ. Yuɣal 

ur iyi-d-ibedder ara awal ɣef Ṛebbi akk ur t-walaɣ ara yark 

yeḥma akken yeḥma tikkelt-nni tamezwarut. Dɣa uɣalent 

tidiwnin-nneɣ am uqesseṛ. Kra n isteqsiyen, cwiṭ umeslay 

netta d ubugaṭu-inu, timlilit tekfa. Tikkwal mara yili 

umeslay d aqeṣṣaṛ s umata ssekcamen-iyi-d. Bdiɣ ad d- 

ttarraɣ nnefs. Ula d yiwen ur yelli dirit yid-i di teswi&in-nni. 

Kullec yettban-ed deg wemḍiq-is u tamsalt-iw yelha akken i 

tetteddu armi ḥulfaɣ s yiman-iw am ungif n «yiwen si 

tawacult ». Mrawyan (11) n wagguren umba&d, ayen yeṭṭef 

uheggi n taluft-inu ar cṛe&, zemreɣ ad d-iniɣ belli ttwehimeɣ 

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cwiṭ imi werǧin fṛiḥeɣ ula d yiwen webrid ḥala di kra-nni n 

dqayeq kan makken ara d-iddu Usestan yid-i ar tewwurt n 

lbiru-s, ad-iyi-d-yefk tiyita tafessast ɣer tayett u ad iyi-d-yini 

: «dayen i wass-a, ay amasiḥ ddeǧǧal ». Dɣa ad iyi-yawin 

imiren iǧaddeṛmiyen. 

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IXEF II 

Llant kra n tɣawsiwin werǧin bɣiɣ ad hedṛeɣ fellasent. 

Makken kecmeɣ ɣer lḥebs, fehmeɣ di cwiṭ n wussannni 

imezwura belli ur beqquɣ ara ad d-mmeslayeɣ ɣef 

weḥric-agi n tudert-iw. 

Umba&d, ur fkiɣ ara azal meqqren i lecɣal-agi 

yellufḍen. Di tilawt, mači di lḥebs i lliɣ ussan imezwura : 

lliɣ am win yettṛaǧun ad d-yeḍru kra. Akka armi d timeẓriwt 

tamezwarut u d taneggarut i d-terza ɣur-i Marie i d-yebda 

kullec. Seg wasmi i d-ṭṭfeɣ tabṛatt-is (anda i d-teqqar belli ur 

as-&emden ara ad d-terzu ɣur-i imi nettat mači d tameṭṭut 

iw); Seg imiren i ḥulfaɣ belli taxibuṭ-agi tuɣal dayen d nettat 

i d axxam-iw u tudert-iw deg-s i teḥbes. Ass-nni deg-i 

ttwaṭṭfeɣ, rran-iyi ɣer yiwet n texxamt anda yufa-d lḥal llan 

aṭas imeḥbas, tuggett deg-sen d a&ṛaben. Ḍṣan mi yi-dwalan. 

Syin steqsan-iyi-d acu xedmeɣ. Nniɣ-asen nɣiɣ 

yiwen we&ṛab dɣa ssusmen. Acu kan amecwaṛ akka umba&d, 

mi d-yeɣli yiḍ, mlan-iyi-d amek ara ṣegmeɣ taduli-inu akk 

anda ara ṭṭseɣ. Ma tenḍeḍ cwiṭ seg yiwen n yixef n 

tferṣaddit, tzemreḍ ad t-tarreḍ d tasumta. Teɣẓi n yiḍ a 

ttazalent tillicin ɣef wudem-iw. Kra n wussan umba&d, rraniyi 

wehdi deg yiwet n texxamt deg-i yella yiwen umetṛeḥ n 

wesɣar i tguni. S&iɣ yiwet n tḥibust n yiẓi akked yiwet n 

tbaqit n wuzzal. Lḥebs yezga-d iwsawen di temdint u, seg 

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yiwet n teḍwiqt, ttwaliɣ-ed illel. Deg yiwen wass anda lliɣ 

ckentḍeɣ deg uzlan n ṭṭaq, udem-iw wehhaɣ-t ar tafat, mi d- 

yekcem yiwen u&essas, yenna-yi-d tes&iḍ zyaṛa. Xemmeɣ 

yezmer d Marie. Dɣa d ṣṣeḥ izga-d d nettat. 

Ddiɣ deg yiwen ukulwaṛ akken ad ṛuḥeɣ s aḥanu n 

tmeẓriwt, syin uliɣ kra n tiseddaṛin, taggara iqubel-iyi-d 

yiwen ukulwaṛ nniḍen. Kecmeɣ deg yiwen uḥanu meqqren 

yeččuṛen d tafat. Taxxamt-nni tebḍa ɣef qrad (3) n yeḥricen 

s sin iggeryajen imeqranen i tt-igezmen s teɣzi. Ger sin 

igeryajen-nni llant azal n ṭam (8) ar mraw (10) n lmitrat 

yebḍan imẓuṛen akked imeḥbas. Walaɣ Marie ɣer zdat, 

qbala s udem-iw s tqendduṛt-is mm-ijerdan akked wudem-is 

axemri. Si tama-inu anda qqimeɣ llan azal n mraw (10) 

imeḥbas, tugett deg-sen d a&ṛaben. Marie tella ger 

tezwawiyin, tufa-d iman-is ger snat temẓurin : yiwet d 

tamɣart iwumi kemcen icenfuren, yelsan aberkan, akked 

yiwet n tmeṭṭut taqebbanit yeččuṛen d acebbub, i 

yettmeslayen tettwehi s ifasen-is, taɣect-is d tazurant. Seg 

makken yeb&ed ger sin leḥyuḍ-nni ugaryaǧ, imeḥbas akked 

imẓuṛen-nsen ttuḥetmen ad mmeslayen s ṣṣut a&layan. Mi 

kecmeɣ nek, ẓ&aḍ n lehdur i d-ttarran leḥyuḍ iḥarfiyen uḥanu 

akked tafat d-ittmirin seg igenni ɣef lemrayat akk i d- 

yetteftutusen di tzeqqa, cuffen-iyi aqerruy-iw. Taxibuṭ-iw 

teččur d tasusmi u tetulles. Ilaq-iyi kra n wakud akken ad 

aɣeɣ tannumi dagi. Ɣas akken, ssawḍaɣ armi &eqlaɣ yark 

udmawen yellan din akken yelha, banen-iyi-d di tafat n 

wass. Walaɣ yiwen u&essas iqqim di teɣmert ukulwaṛ-nni 

yellan ger sin leḥyuḍ ugeryaj. Ṭṭaqa neɣ tugett imeḥbas d 

a&ṛaben akked twaculin-nsen qqimen ɣer lqa&a, wa iqubel-ed 

wayeḍ. Widak-agi ur da ttsuɣun ara. Ɣas akken yella lhaṛaǧ, 

ssawḍen ad myeslen i lehduṛ-nni-nsen yellan s la&qel. 

Asbecbec-nsen iqebṛen, mara yettali si swadda, ixeddem 

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iwsawen am lmuziga yefren di lehduṛ yellan nnig iqerransen. 

Annect-a yark, zik i t-sneqdeɣ mi yuẓeɣ ad hedṛeɣ i 

Marie. Tenteḍ s ageryaǧ, tettecmumuḥ-iyi-d s wayen tes&a n 

tezmert. Ufiɣ-tt d tin i icebḥen aṭas, acu kan ur ssawḍeɣ ara 

ad as-t-iniɣ. 

« Ihi amek? i yi-d-tenna s ṣṣut &layen ». «Ihi, akka ». 

« Ur tes&iḍ acu i k-yuɣen, ahat yella kra i teḥwaǧeḍ ? » «ih , 

kulec ». 

Nessusem. Mazal Marie ad tettecmumuḥ. Tameṭṭutnni 

tabbelbult tettsuɣu-d ɣer lǧaṛ-iw, ahat d argaz-is, yiwen 

akken uterras acebḥan yes&an iẓri aquran. D lehduṛ i 

ttkemmilen. 

«Jeanne tugi ad t-tawi yides, tessuɣ-as s lqed ugerjumis 

» « ih,ih, i s-ed yeqqar wergaz-nni ». « Nniɣ-as ad t-tarreḍ 

asmi ara ad d-tefɣeḍ, u ɣas akken tugi ad t-tawi ». 

Marie si tama-s, tenna-d s ssuɣat belli Raymond ad 

iyi-d-yessawaḍ slam, nniɣ-as : « tanemmirt ». Acu kan 

taɣect-iw iɣum-itt lǧaṛ-iw i s-yennan : « ma yella bxir i 

yella». teḍṣa tmeṭṭut-is mi s-ed-terra tmeṭṭut-nni belli : « 

werǧin yeḥla am akka yeḥla tuṛa». Lǧaṛ-iw yellan si tama 

tazelmaṭ, yiwen ilemẓi amecṭuḥ bu-tfetusin tirqaqin, 

yessusem, ur tes&iḍ acu i d-yeqqar. Walaɣ-t yeqqim qbala 

ɣer yiwet n temɣart, ttmesmuqulen s ifeṭṭiwjen deg wallen. 

Acu kan ur s&iɣ ara akud akken ad ten-sneqdeɣ imi Marie 

tsuɣ-iyi-d belli ilaq ad ṭṭfeɣ deg usirem. Nniɣ-as : « ih ». Di 

lawan i deg-i i tt-ttmuquleɣ riɣ ad zemḍeɣ tayett-is i tɣum s 

tqendduṛt. Bɣiɣ abeḥnuq-nni aṛqaq, ur walaɣ acu zemreɣ ad 

ssirmeɣ nnig-s. Ahat dayen i d-teqṣed Marie imi mazal-itt 

dima tettecmumuḥ. Ḥala temlel n tuɣmas-is i ttwaliɣ akked 

unekmuc n wallen-is. Terna-d tsuɣ-ed : « ad d-teffɣeḍ, syin 

ad nezweǧ! ». Rriɣ-as : « tumneḍ ad d-fɣeɣ ? ». Nniɣ-d akka 

akken kan ad d-iniɣ kra. Dɣa tenna-d s uɣiwel akk dima s 

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ṣṣut a&layan, ad iyi-d-serḥen u ad nernu ad n&um daɣen di 

sin. Ula d ttameṭṭut-nni nniḍen yellan ɣer tama n Marie 

tettsuɣu, u tenna-yas-d acu yellan zdaxel n tḍella&t i n-teǧǧa 

zdat tewwurt. Ilaq ad t-inadi, imi ɣlay wacḥal yeswa. Lǧaṛnni 

nniḍen akked yemma-s mazal ttmesmuqalen. Asbecbec 

n wa&ṛaben yettkemmil ddawat-nneɣ. Di beṛṛa tafat tuɣal am 

tin icuffen deg teftist. 

Ḥulfaɣ i yiman-iw uḍneɣ u lemmer ttafeɣ ad 

nnejma&eɣ ɣer tsilult-iw. Ṣṣut iqeṛṛeḥ-iyi. Si tama nniḍen 

bɣiɣ ad zhuɣ s tmuɣli di Marie. Ur ẓriɣ ara acḥal n wakud i 

i&eddan. Temmeslay-iyi-d Marie ɣef ixeddim-is u dima 

tettecmumuḥ mebla aḥbas. Asbecbec, issixen, lehduṛ 

ttemyegzamen am ijewwiyen deg igenni. Taḥnact n tsusmi 

yark yellan din, tella ɣer tama-w anda yella ilemẓi-nni 

amecṭuḥ akked temɣart-nni yettmesmuqalen. Cwiya cwiya 

wwin a&ṛaben. Akken iffeɣ umezwaru ters-ed tsusmi. 

Tamɣart-nni taqurant tuẓa-d s uzlan, di lawan-nni yiwen 

u&essas iwehha-yas i mmis. yenna-yas-d : « ṛuḥ di lehna, a 

yemma». U nettat tes&edda afus-is ger wuzlan-nni akken ad 

as-twehhi. 

Teffeɣ temɣart makken i d-ikcem yiwen wergaz, 

ačappun deg ufus-is, iṛuḥ-d yeṭṭef amḍiq-is. Skecmen-ed 

imiren yiwen umeḥbus ukud yehdeṛ s ḥamu acu kan s la&qel, 

imi tuɣal teɣli-d tsusmi deg uḥanu-nni n tmeẓriwt. Usan-d, 

wwin lǧaṛ-iw ayeffus dɣa tenna-yas tmeṭṭut-is mebla ma 

tessenɣes di taɣect-is am akken ur tfaq ara belli fiḥel ssuɣat: 

« ɣur-ek, ṭhella u ḥader iman-ik ». Syin tewweḍ-ed nnuba-w. 

Twehha-d ar ɣur-i Marie s tḍudacin, amzun akken d 

tasudent. Zziɣ-d udem-iw ɣur-es meqbel ad d-fɣeɣ. Nettat 

mazal-itt teqqim, udem yenteḍ ɣef ugeryaǧ, tettecmumuḥ-d 

dima s icenfuren-is iceṛqen akk yeqquṛen. 

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U terni yara aṭas tura-yi-d tabṛatt. U seg imiren i bdant 

tɣawsiwin ɣef wacu ur bɣiɣ ara ad d-addreɣ ula d yiwen n 

wawal. Yernu mebla ma zeggdeɣ ameslay imi llan aṭas n 

widak i wumi ur teshil ara liḥala am nek. Ussan imezwura n 

twaṭṭfa-inu i tew&eṛ fell-i ; Ayen i yi-we&ṛen dakken mazal 

deg-i tikta n wergaz yes&an tilleli. Amedya, beqquɣ ad iliɣ di 

teftist akk ad kecmeɣ s illel. Asmekti n tengga (Vague) 

timenza seddaw iḍarren, anekcum n tfekka s aman akked 

westa&fu ttafeɣ deg-sen, yerra-yi deg yiwen umecwaṛ ḥulfaɣ 

i wacḥal mqaraben laḥyuḍ-agi n lḥebs. Annect-a ḥulfaɣ-as 

kra kan n wagguren. Syin akkin ḥala tikta n yiwen umeḥbus 

i d-mazal ttmurudent deg wallaɣ-iw. Ttṛaǧǧuɣ tufɣa n yal 

ass deg-i ttḥewiseɣ di lḥaṛa n lḥebs neɣ zyaṛa-nni ubugaṭuinu. 

Ayen i d-mazal n wakud ttafeɣ-as-d amek i s-xeddmeɣ. 

Xemmeɣ acḥal d abrid lemmer di d-kkreɣ di lǧedra useklu 

yeqquren, mebla ccek tili ur se&uɣ ara acu ara xedmeɣ ḥala 

tamuɣli ar tjeǧǧigt igenni, cwiya cwiya ahat ad uɣaleɣ ad 

aɣeɣ tannumi din. Ahat ad ttṛaǧuɣ igelfan n yefṛax melmi 

ara d-&eddin neɣ tijlibin n wagu am wakken ttṛaǧuɣ akka 

tura di lḥebs-agi tikkrabaḍin izelgen ubugaṭu-inu u am akken 

lliɣ daɣen a ttraǧuɣ deg yiwet akken n tudert nniḍen, ass n 

ssebt akken ad d-zemḍeɣ ger iɣallen-iw am tɣumdin taksumt 

taleggaɣt n Marie. Tidett kan, mara immeyez wemdan akken 

iwata, nek mači di lǧedra useklu i yelliɣ. Aṭas n lɣaci i 

yettuɣaḍen ugar-iw. Dɣa tikti-yagi d tikti n yemma, u dima 

tettales-as-d, belli nezmer ad nnaɣ tannumi di kulci. 

Daɣen, ur da sseb&adeɣ ara dima annect-agi yark deg 

uxemmem. Agguren imezwura we&ṛit fell-i aṭas. Acu kan 

lḥeṛs i ḥeṛseɣ iman-iw i&awen-iyi ad ṣebṛeɣ akken ad &eddin 

wussan. Amedya, icɣeb-iyi beqqu n tilawin. Lliɣ meẓẓiyeɣ. 

werǧin xemmeɣ ɣef Marie s timmad-is. Acu kan 

ttxemmimeɣ ɣef tmeṭṭut, ɣef tilawin, ɣef tidak yark sneɣ, ɣef 

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tegnatin yark i deg i tent-ḥemleɣ, armi tuɣal tsilult-iw teččur 

d udmawen akk izdeɣ-itt lebɣi-inu meqqren. Si tama, 

annect-a icɣeb-iyi aṭas. Si tama-nniḍen annect-agi inneq 

akud u yes&edday-it. Ssawḍeɣ armi i &edleɣ nek d umeqran 

i&essasen i d-iteddun d weqcic n tkuzint lawan n leftuṛ. D 

netta i d amezwaru i d iyi-d-ihedṛen ɣef tlawin. Yenna-yi-d 

belli d tinna i d taɣawsa tamenzut seg wacu i d-ttcetkin 

wiyaḍ. Nniɣ-as ula d nek am wiyaḍ u annect-a mači d lḥeq. 

« Acu kan, i d-yenna, ɣef annect-a i ken-ttarran ɣer lḥebs — 

amek akka ɣef annect-a?— ih, tilleli, d annect-a. ttakkasenawen 

tilleli, daya ». Werǧin xemmeɣ i wannect-a. Qebleɣ 

acu i d-yenna : « d tidett, i s-nniɣ, mulac anida-t lexlaṣ ih, 

tfehmeḍ keč ziɣ. Wiyaḍ ala. Acu kan taggara ttafen amek 

ara kksen lxiq i yiman-nsen ». Syin iṛuḥ u&essas. 

Daɣen yella weɣbel akked taluft n ddexxan. Makken 

kecmeɣ ɣer lḥebs, kksen-iyi ta&eggaṭ-iw akked tnelwa 

usebbaḍ-iw akked tekkrabaṭ-iw akked wayen yark yellan di 

leǧyubat-iw, ladɣa ddexxan. Akken kecmeɣ ɣer ssilul, 

sutreɣ ad iyi-d-rren ddexan; Acu kan nnan-iyi-d d lmuḥal. 

We&ṛit fell-i wussan imezwura. Ahat d annect-a i yi-fkan 

tiyta tameqrant. Wwḍeɣ armi tsummuɣ iqecaḍen n wesɣar i 

d-teksaɣ seg wusu. Ass meṛṛa ttḥalfuɣ-as i tuzya uqerru. Ur 

fhimeɣ ara amek i d iyi-kksen annect-a ɣas ma yella ur 

yettḍuṛu yiwen. Umba&d fehmeɣ belli annect-a yettekka di 

lexlaṣ. Acu kan uɣaleɣ imiren, dayen uɣeɣ tannumi, dɣa 

yuɣal lexlaṣ-nni ur yes&i yara azal ar ɣur-i. 

Ma tekkseḍ iɣeblan am wigi, nek mači d win i 

yetɣebnen aṭas. Tamsalt yark tuɣal d amek ara nɣeɣ akudiw. 

Uɣaleɣ ur tes&iḍ acu yesseḥzanen segmi bdiɣ a lemdeɣ 

amekti. Uɣaleɣ tikkwal ttxemmimeɣ ɣer texxamt-iw u, deg 

wallaɣ-iw, ttṛuḥuɣ si teɣmert ar tayeḍ, ḥettbeɣ-d tiɣawsiwin 

i d-ttemliliɣ deg webrid-iw. Tikkelt tamenzut ttɣawaleɣ deg- 

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s aṭas. Syin tuɣal-iyi yal mara s-d-&iwdeɣ ssiɣzifeɣ-t. Imi 

ttmektayeɣ-d yal agerwaz (meuble) u deg yal yiwen deg-sen, 

ttmektayeɣ-d tiɣawsiwin yersen fell-as, u yal taɣawsa 

ttmektayeɣ-d amek i tga. Ttmektayeɣ-d di yal yiwet ma 

yella deg-s tṛuẓi neɣ yella uqeccem, nwel-nsent neɣ amus 

yellan deg-sent. Di lawan-nni tta&raḍeɣ akken ur d iy-ittṛuḥu 

yara lxiḍ n leḥsab akken ad yemmed yark leḥsab-iw. Armi 

kra n smanat umba&d i ssawḍeɣ zemreɣ ad s&eddiɣ swaye& 

ḥala di leḥsab n legrawez yellan di texxamt-iw. Segmi 

rennuɣ ttmeyyizeɣ segmi i d-ssuffuɣeɣ seg wallaɣ-iw 

tiɣawsiwin yefren neɣ yettwattun. Fehmeɣ imiren belli argaz 

yeddren ḥala yiwen wass izmer ad yedder lqern di lḥebs. Ad 

yes&u ddeqs n imektiyen akken ur i&eggu yara deg yiman-is. 

Nezmer ad d-nini belli dayen yelhan. 

Tella daɣen tguni. Tazwara ur gganeɣ ara akken i ilaq 

deg iḍ akk ur da gganeɣ ara maḍi deg wass. Cwiya cwiya 

uɣalen armi ṣeggmen wuḍan-iw akk uɣaleɣ gganeɣ deg 

wass. Zemreɣ ad d-iniɣ belli, deg wagguren-agi ineggura, 

uɣaleɣ gganeɣ ger 16 ɣer 18 n swaye& deg wass. Ttɣimintiyi-d 

imiren ḥala seddis (6) n swaye& neqqeɣ-tent di leftuṛ, 

deg usired, akked imektiyen-iw d umezruy n 

Tchécoslovaquie. 

Ger umetṛeḥ-iw akked wesɣar-is ufiɣ yiwen lkaɣeḍ 

uǧeṛnan i wumi mazal cwiṭ ad yenṭeḍ s abeḥnuq, yuɣal d 

awraɣ u d aceneltaḥ. Iḥekku-d ɣef yiwet n tmacahutt i wumi 

tṛuḥ tazwara, iban mebla ccek teḍra di tmurt n 

Tchécoslovaquie. Yiwen wergaz iǧǧa taddart-is di tmurt n 

Tchécoslovaquie akken ad inadi ɣef uɣrum-is. 25 isseggasen 

umba&d, yuqel d ameṛkanti i d-yuɣalen ɣer tmurt-is s 

temeṭṭut akked weqcic mecṭuḥen. Yemma-s teṭṭef yiwen 

usensu nettat d yelli-s di taddart-nsen. Akken ad tentyessefṛeḥ 

mebla ma faqent, iǧǧa tameṭṭut-is akked mmi-s 

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deg yiwen usensu-nniḍen, dɣa iṛuḥ ɣer yemma-s ur t-ne&qil 

ara mi yekcem ɣur-es. Akken ad yeḍs cwiṭ yid-sent, yekra 

taxxamt i yiḍ-nni. Daɣen yezzaken-asent adrim i d-yewwi 

yides. Deg yiḍ-nni, nɣant-tt, yemma-s akked weltma-s, s 

yiwet n tiyta n tefḍist s aqerru akken ad t-akrent, syin 

ḍeqrent tafekka-s s asif. Taṣebḥit n wass-nni, tṛuḥ-d tmeṭṭutis, 

tenna-yasent anwa-t meqbel ad tẓer acu i t-yuɣen. Dɣa 

yemma-s t&elleq iman-is imiren. weltma-s tḍegger iman-is 

ɣer zdaxel n lbir. Ahat ɣriɣ tadyant-agi ugar n alef iberdan. 

Si yiwet n tama mači d ayen ara yamen wemdan. Si tamanniḍen, 

tezmer ad teḍru. Akken d as-yehwa tella, ɣur-i 

argaz-nni yuklal-itt cwiṭ imi ur ilaq ara ad yurar akken. 

Akka ihi, s swaye& n tguni, akk s imektiyen, s tɣuri n 

tedyant-agi akked ubeddel ger tili akked tafat i&edda wakud. 

Ɣriɣ meqbel belli yettṛuḥu uḥalfu n wakud di lḥebs. Acu kan 

tikti-yagi ur tes&iḍ acu n lma&na tes&a deg wallaɣ-iw. Ur 

fhimeɣ ara amek zemren ad ilin wussan ɣezzifit akk wezzilit 

deg yiwen lawan. Ɣezzifit akken ad ten-yedder wemdan d 

ayen i deg-i ulac ccek, acu kan zelgen u &ewǧen aṭas armi 

wa ikeččem deg wayeḍ. Ttṛuḥun-asen yismawen-nsen. ḥala 

awalen n yiḍelli akked uzekka i d-yegran s&an azal ɣur-i. 

Yewwas makken iyi-d-yenna u&essas belli ssawḍeɣ 

semmus (5) n wagguren dagi, ɣas umneɣ-t ur t-fhimeɣ ara. 

Ɣur-i ḥala yiwen wass i yett&eddin deg tsilult-iw akked 

yiwen kan ixeddim i wumi tt&awadeɣ. Ass-nni, umba&d mi 

yeffeɣ u&essas, muqleɣ udem-iw di tgamilt-iw n wuzzal. 

Tban-iyi-d teswiṛa-w am tin izemḍen ɣas ma yella tta&raḍeɣ 

ad as-cmumḥeɣ. Ssembbawleɣ-tt zdat-i, ḍsiɣ- as. U ɣas 

akken teqqim teqqur u teḥzen. Ass akken yebda ad ikfu u d 

tagi i d ssa&a ɣef ur bɣiɣ ara ad d-mmeslayeɣ, d ttagnitt-agi 

n war isem, deg-i zhir d ssuɣat n tmeddit ttalint-ed si yal ixef 

n lḥebs deg yiwet n terba&t yessusmen. Uẓaɣ ɣer teḍwiqt u, 

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di tafat taneggarut, muqleɣ i tikkelt-nniḍen teswiṛa-w. Ar 

tura mazal-itt tesxenfeṛ. Ulac acu yessewhamen deg-s imi, 

imiren, ula d nek akkenni i lliɣ ? di lawan-nni dɣa, u d tin i 

tikkelt tamezwarut deg wagguren-agi yezrin, i deg-i sliɣ 

akken ilha i taɣect-iw. Ɛeqleɣ-tt d tin yeṭenṭunen seg 

wacḥal-aya n wussan deg imeẓẓaɣ-iw dɣa din i fehmeɣ belli 

annect-nni n wussan i&eddan, ziɣ lliɣ ttmeslayeɣ weḥdi. 

Mmektaɣ-d imiren acu i d-tenna tefremlit-nni asmi 

tettwanṭel yemma. Ala, ulac tifrat, yiwen ur yezmir ad 

ixemmem amek gant tmeddiyin di lḥebs. 

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IXEF III 

Zemmreɣ ad d-iniɣ belli anebdu yuɣal-ed zik deg 

umur unebdu. Ẓriɣ belli makka i d yewweḍ weẓɣal amenzu, 

iban yella walba&ḍ n tɣawsiwin ara d-yennunten di temsaltiw. 

Tamsalt-iw tettujared di teglellit (la session) taneggarut n 

cṛe& n tikkelt-agi u taglellit (session) n tikkelt-agi ad tekfu 

deg waggur n yunyu. Ameslay yekmaṣa deg wexxam n cṛe&, 

makken di beṛṛa, iṭij isserɣ igenni. Abugaṭu-inu yenna-yi-d 

ur tettɣim ara nnig sin neɣ qrad (3) n wussan . « Yernu, i d- 

yerna deg awal-is, inezrafen (les juges) ad ɣiwlen imi 

tamsalt-ik mači d tin i yes&an azal s waṭas di teglellit (la 

session). Tella yiwet n temsalt n yiwen ubabat yenɣa mmi-s, 

d nettat ara i&eddin umba&d mara t&eddi temsalt-ik.» 

Ɣef tẓa (7) d wezgen n tṣebḥit, ṛuḥen-d wwin-iyi di 

tkkeṛṛust n lḥebs s axxam n cṛe&. Sin iǧadeṛmiyen-nni 

skecmen-iyi ɣer yiwet n texxamt yettraḥen d tidi. Neqqim 

din nettṛaǧu deffir yiwet n tewwurt nselle-d syin i lehduṛ, i 

usiwel, i uzuɣeṛ ikkersiyen akked usggerwez i yi-dyesmektan 

timeɣriwin n tezniqt-nneɣ anda, umba&d ccna 

nettara ikkersiyen di ṭṭerf akken ad neg taqa&ett i cḍeḥ. 

Nnan-iyi-d iǧadeṛmiyen belli ilaq ad neṛǧu inezrafen(les 

juges), dɣa yiwen seg-sen yefka-yi-d ageṛṛu i yugiɣ. 

Yesteqsa-yi-d cwiṭ umba&d « ma tqelqeɣ ». Rriɣ-as ala. 

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Tzemreḍ ad d-tiniḍ belli bɣiɣ ad ẓreɣ amek i tḍeṛṛu deg 

wexxam n cṛe&. Werǧin i d-teɣli tegnitt akken ad ḥeḍreɣ : 

« ih, id-yenna uǧadeṛmi wis sin, acu kan taggara yettili-d 

&eggu ». 

Cwiṭ umba&d, teṭṭenṭṭen yiwet n tnaqust tamecṭuḥt di 

texxamt-nni. Kksen-iyi-d imiren rrebg n wuzzal s wacu 

ttwaqnen ifassen-iw. Llin-d tawwurt dɣa skecmen-iyi ɣer 

tekwatt n imerdiyen (les accusés). Tazeqqa-nni n cra& teččuṛ 

d lɣaci. Ɣas akken, ṭwiqan ttwamedlen, mazal iṭij ikeččemed 

si ger cqayeq-nsen armi tuɣal liḥala teqbeṛ zdaxel. Ula d 

lmeryat-nsen ǧǧan-ten medlen. Qqimeɣ, iǧadeṛmiyen 

qimen-d s idisan-iw. Dɣa imiren i walaɣ yiwen n ṣṣef n 

wudmawen zdat-i. La d-ttmuqulen meṛṛa ɣuri : fehmeɣ belli 

d nutni i d imggaliyen (les jurés). Acu kan ur zmireɣ ara ad 

d-iniɣ acu i ten-yessemgaraden seg-wa ɣer wayeḍ ḥala yiwet 

n tɣawsa i wumi ḥulfaɣ : lliɣ zdat n tbbankiṭ n utṛamway u 

yark iminigen-nni s wer-isem ssenqaden-d amaynut-agi i d- 

yusan ma yella n wayen icemten deg-s. Ẓriɣ mači d ayen i 

icemten i ttnadin imi ayen ttnadin d anwa i yenɣan. Akken d 

as-yehwa yella wemgarad ger-asen, mači dayen meqqren; 

Nek ɣur-i d tikti-yagi i d-yemɣin deg allaɣ-iw. 

Daɣen anect-en yark n lɣaci, yellan di tzeqqa-agi 

imedlen am tbbewaṭ, yessufeɣ-iyi cwiṭ la&qel. Muqleɣ daɣen 

s imnezhen, ur &qileɣ ula d yiwen n wudem. Tikkelt 

tamezwarut ur faqeɣ ara belli lɣaci-yagi yark yettemddeḥas 

akken kan ad iyi-walin. Uɣeɣ tannumi, lɣaci ur cli&en ara 

seg-i. Ilaq-iyi aṭas n tezmert akked wexbac deg wallaɣ-iw 

akken ad fehmeɣ belli d nek i d ssebba uherwel-agi yekkren. 

Nniɣ-as i uǧadaṛmi : « aṭas n lɣaci ! » Yenna-yi-d, ssebba d 

iɣmisen dɣa iwehha-yi-d yiwet akken n terba&t yeqqimen 

ɣer yiwet n ṭṭabla ddaw uqejmuṛ n imggaliyen (jurés), 

yenna-yi-d : « hat-iten ». Nniɣ-as : « anwi ?» Dɣa yules-as-d 

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: « iɣmisen». Yessen yiwen seg ineɣmasen i t-id-iwalan 

imiren dɣa iṛuḥ-ed qbala ɣur-neɣ. D yiwen akken n wergaz 

meqqren cwiya di la&meṛ, d uḥdiq, s yiwen wudem icenfen 

cwiṭ. yefka-yas labbas i uǧadaṛmi s leqddeṛ, izmeḍ-as afus-is 

s leḥṛaṛa. Sneqdeɣ imiren belli yark lɣaci-nni ttemlilin, 

ttemsawalen u ttqessiṛen ger-asen, am di tarba&t anda 

nḥemmel ad d-nemlil widak igan am nekkni. Fehmeɣ belli 

nek am wakken d yiwen imjenteḍ i d yernan sufella. Ɣas 

akken aneɣmas-nni yemmeslay-iyi-d s wecmumeḥ. 

Yessarem-iyi ad i&eddi cṛe&-inu akken yelha. Nniɣ-as 

tanemmirt dɣa yerna-d : « teẓriḍ, ncuf cwiṭ tamsalt-agi-inek. 

Deg unebdu ulac ɣef wacu ara hedṛen iǧeṛnanen. Ḥala 

tamsalt-agi-inek akked tin n win yenɣan baba-s i yes&an azal 

cwiṭ.» Syin yezzaken-iyi-d, di terba&t-nni ansi i d-iṛuḥ, 

yiwen akken n wergaz yettcabin s amergu iqebban, yelsan 

nwaḍer timeqranin yes&an leḍruf iberkanen. Yenna-yi-d belli 

netta d imcegge& n yiwen weɣmis n "Paris" : « mači di 

ddra-k i d-iṛuḥ. Yussa-d ad yeḍfer tamsalt-nni n wergaz 

yenɣan baba-s, dɣa ssutren-as-d ad ixeggel kra imeslayen 

ɣef temsalt-ik ». Dagi daɣen, qrib i s-nniɣ tanemmirt. Acu 

kan ugadeɣ ad d-tban d smaṭa. Iwehha-d ɣur-i, netta s 

wezmumeg, s ufus-is dɣa iṛuḥ. Syin neṛǧa kra n dqayeq. 

Abugaṭu-inu yusa-d s tqendduṛt-is, zzin-as-d 

ibugaṭuyen nniḍen, imeddukkal-is. Iṛuḥ s ineɣmasen, 

ixemmes d kra ifassen. Qeṣren cwiṭ, ḍsan kra u banen-d 

zhan armi d lawan i deg-i teṭṭenṭṭen tnaqust di tesga. Uɣalen 

yark s imeḍqan-nsen. Iṛuḥ-d ɣuri, yefka-yi-d labas, iweṣṣayi-d 

ad d-rreɣ i yesteqsiyen s kra kan imeslayen, ur ilaq ara 

ad sɣezfeɣ awal, ur ilaq ara ad d-rnuɣ s ɣur-i akk ilaq ad 

tteklaɣ fell-as deg wayen i d-yegran. 

Si tama-w tazelmaṭ, sliɣ i weḥnunef n ukkersi yuɣalen 

ɣer deffir dɣa walaɣ yiwen wergaz meqqren u rqiqen, yelsa- 

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d s nwel azegzaw, ijme&-ed akk ijufaṛ n tqendduṛt-is yeqqim 

isers iman-is s lemḥadra. D netta i d Lewkkil n tegduda (le 

procureur). Yiwen n Llusi (le huissier) issuɣ-d ad d-i&eggen 

s unekcum n inezrafen. imiren swaswa, sin yesbbuḥruyen n 

trisiti bdan acexxeṛ-nsen. Qrad(3) n inezraf, sin lsan-ed 

aberkan, wis qrad yelsa-d s uzeggaɣ, wwin-ed yidsen 

ddussiwat mi d-kecmen. Ɣawlen tikli ɣer udekkan i d- 

yezgan iwsawen n tzeqqa. Argaz-nni i d-yelsan taqendduṛt 

tazeggaɣt yeqqim deg ufutay alemmas, isers tacacit-is zdates, 

yesfeḍ tabelɣust-is s yiwet n tmacwaṛt dɣa yenna-d belli 

agraw hat-an yelli. 

Yufa-d lḥal ineɣmasen ṭṭfen istiluyen deg ifassennsen. 

Ttbanen-d maṛṛa amzun ur cli&en ara akk amzun 

tmesxiṛen. Ɣas akken, yiwen seg-sen, win akken i d-yelsan 

akustim aberkan s tekkrabaṭ tajenjaṛit, isers astilu-s zdat-es u 

yebda ad iyi-d-yettmuqul. Deg wudem-nni-ines deg-i 

temxallaf cwiṭ tama tazelmaṭ akked tyeffust, ḥala allen-is i 

yi-d-ittbanen d tizemṛaqin, ad iyi-d-ssenqadent, mebla ma 

tzemreḍ ad d-teɣreḍ deg-sent acemma yettwasnen. Ḥulfaɣ-as 

am wakken d nek i d-yettmuqulen iman-iw. Ahat ɣef annecta 

akk daɣen imi ur uɣeɣ ara tannumi d wemḍiq-agi, degmi 

ur fhimeɣ ara acu yeḍran syin : Taseqqaṛt n imggaliyen (les 

jurés), isteqsiyen uselway n cra& yefka i ubugaṭu-inu, i 

lewkkil n tegduda (procureur) akked imggaliyen (les jurés) ( 

di mkul tikkelt tezzin iqerra-nsen ɣef yiwen webrid ɣer tama 

unezraf), ɣran-d yiwen usebtar deg-i &eqleɣ kra n yiswawen 

imukan akked yemdanen, akked kra isteqsiyen-nniḍen i 

ubugaṭu-inu. 

Aselway yenna-d belli ad yessiwel i yinagan. Llussi 

(huissier) yeɣra-d kra n yismawen i yewwin ddehn-iw. Si 

tlemmast n yemnezhen yellan meqbel ttban-iyi-d kifkif-iten 

yark, walaɣ-ten mi d-tekkren yiwen yiwen akken ad ɣaben 

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syin seg yiwet n tewwurt i d-yezgan di teɣmert n tzeqqa, 

anemhal n wexxam n yemɣaren akked u&essas-is, amɣar-nni 

n Thomas Pérez, Raymond, Masson, Salamano, Marie. 

Taneggarut-agi twehha-yi-d s ufus-is am tin itqelqen cwiṭ. 

Wehmeɣ deg-i amek ur ten-&qileɣ ara meqbel aya, di lawannni 

i d-ssawlen i yisem aneggaru, Celeste, i d-yekkren 

yeffeɣ. Ɛeqleɣ ar tama-s tameṭṭut-nni tamectuḥt n usečču i d- 

yelsan tajakiṭ-nni-ines, tettban-ed teqqur u teḥḍem. 

Tettmuqul-iyi s yiwen n ḥamu deg wallen-is. Acu kan ur 

ufiɣ ara akud akken ad xemmeɣ ayɣer i yi-d-tefka tamuɣlinni 

imi aselway yebda ameslay-is. Yenna-d tura ara yebdu 

umeslay n ṣṣeḥ u fiḥel ad d-i&eggen belli tlaq tsusmi. Ar ɣures 

netta yella dagi akken kan ad iwehhi ameslay di temsaltagi 

mebla ma immal ɣer yiwen. U yebɣa daɣen ad yeddu 

cṛe& s tin la&qel d lma&qul. Jjijma ara d-terr tarba&t n 

yemeggaliyen (les jurés) ad d-yettwaṭef s wudem n lḥaq u, 

akken d as-yehwa teffeɣ, yeggul ad d-yessufeɣ imnezhen si 

tzeqqa di cwal amezwaru ara yeḍrun. 

Azɣal yebda yettali u ttmuquleɣ ɣer imnezhen mi la 

sbbuḥruyen s iǧeṛnanen. Annect-a yettak-ed yiwen n ṣṣut n 

lkaɣeḍ ikkṛefẓen. Aselway iwehha-yas i Llussi i d-yewwin 

qrad (3)n tsebbuḥray n lḥelfa yettwaẓḍen i yinezrafen i tenyesxedmen 

imiren kan. 

Bdan asteqsi-inu imiren. Aselway yesteqsa-yi-d s 

la&qel, iban-iyi-d amzun yella acemma akka n leḥdaqa di 

taɣect-is. Steqsan-iyi-d daɣen ɣef yisem-iw u ɣas ma yella 

cenfeɣ cwiṭ, xemmeɣ belli dayen ilaqen, imi dayen n diri 

aṭas ma yella yettucaṛa& walba&ḍ n yergazen deg umur n 

wayeḍ. Syin yebda uselway yettales-d tadyant-nni i xedmeɣ, 

yettmuqul-ed ɣur-i umba&d yal sin neɣ qrad(3) n wawalen 

akken ad yi-d-yini : «neɣ akka ? ». Yal tikkelt ttarraɣ-as : 

«ih, ad mass aselway», akken iyi-d-iweṣṣa ubugaṭu-inu ad 

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xedmeɣ. Annect-a yeṭṭef aṭas n wakud imi aselway iḥekkutent-id 

yiwet yiwet. Di lawan-nni llan ineɣmasen ttarun. 

Ḥulfaɣ i tmuɣli n umaẓuz ineɣmasen akked tin n ttmeṭṭutnni 

tamecṭuḥt taqurant. Tabbankiṭ utṛamway tezzi meṛṛa ɣer 

tama uselway. Aneggaru-yagi ineḥneḥ cwiṭ, inuda ger 

isebtar n ddusyi-ines dɣa yezzi-d ɣuri u netta mazal-it 

yesbbuḥruy i yiman-is. 

Yenna-yi-d belli ilaq tura ad yebder kra n tneqiḍin i d- 

yettbanen ba&dent ɣef temsalt-agi-inu, acu kan ahat d nutenti 

i d ṣṣeḥ. Fehmeɣ imiren belli ad d-yuɣal s ameslay ɣef 

yemma dɣa ḥulfaɣ din acḥal tteddiggutiɣ seg wanect-en. 

Yesteqsa-yi-d ayɣer rriɣ yemma s axxam n yemɣaren. Rriɣas 

belli xuṣṣeɣ idrimen akken ad tt-tt&asseɣ, neɣ akken ad ttdawiɣ 

deg wexxam. U rniɣ-as belli ula d yiwen sseg-nneɣ, 

la yemma la nek, ur yettṛaǧu kra seg wayeḍ, wala seg 

walba&ḍ-nniḍen, u nniɣ-as dayen newweḍ armi nuɣ tannumi 

di tudert-agi-nneɣ tajḍiṭ, akken i d-tusa, tusa-d. Aselway 

yenna-d belli ur yebɣi yara ad isemmeṭ aṭas di temsalt-agi n 

yemma dɣa yessuter di lewkkil (le procureur) ma yella yes&a 

kra isteqsiyen nniḍen. 

Aneggaru-yagi yezzi-yi-d s wezgen uzagur-is u, 

mebla ma yemuqel-ed ar ɣur-i, yenna-d ma yebɣa uselway 

ad as-isemmeḥ netta ad iyi-steqsi ma yella uɣaleɣ ar te&wint 

weḥdi kan s nniya ad nɣeɣ a&ṛab-nni. « Ala» i d as-d-rriɣ. « 

Ihi, ayɣer tella tmeẓyant yides u ayɣer i d-yuɣal s amḍiq-nni 

swaswa? » Nniɣ-as d zheṛ kan. Dɣa lewkkil yekfa awal-is s 

yiwet n taɣect n diri : « daya i bɣiɣ ad ẓreɣ tikkelt-agi ». 

Ayen akk i d-yernan yark umeslay d abunexluḍ, ladɣa i nek. 

Acu kan umba&d ubeddel n kra imeslayen, yenna-d uselway 

belli yekfa wegraw, ad ikemmel tameddit akken ad isel i 

yinagan. 

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Ur ufiɣ ara yark akud akken ad xemmeɣ. Wwin-iyi, 

ssulin-iyi di tkkeṛṛust i yi-ssawḍen ɣer lḥebs anda i d-ččiɣ. 

cwiṭ kan akken mi bdiɣ ad ttfaqeɣ belli a&yiɣ, ṛuḥen-d ad 

iyi-rren; Kulec yetta&wad-ed, ufiɣ-d iman-iw di tzeqqa-nni, 

dima zdat d wudmawen-nni. Acu kan yuɣal yerna weẓɣal 

akk am akken d la&ǧeb yal yiwen seg imggaliyen , lewkkil, 

abugaṭu-inu akked kra n ineɣmasen s&an yark deg ifassennsen 

tisbbuḥruyin. Aneɣmas-nni ameẓyan akked d tmeṭṭutnni 

tamecṭuḥt llan ula d nutni din. Ɣas ur da sbbuḥruyen ara, 

u daɣen llan ad iyi-d-ttmuqulen mebla ma nnan-d acemma. 

Cerweɣ-d tidi iɣumen udem-iw. Ur d-rriɣ ara s lewhi 

n wemḍiq anda lliɣ akk s yiman-iw armi i sliɣ ssawlen-as i 

unemhal n wexxam n yemɣaren. Steqsan-t ma yella 

tettcetki-d yemma seg-i dɣa yerra-yasen-d belli ih acu kan 

akken yark ittcetkin yemɣaren n wexxam-nni. Yenna-yas 

uselway ma yella tettcetki-d swaswa mi tt-rriɣ s axxam n 

yemɣaren dɣa yerra-yas-d : « ih » unemhal. Acu kan tikkeltagi 

ur tes&iḍ acu i d-yerna. Deg yiwen usteqsi nniḍen, yerrayas-d 

belli yewhem di la&qel s&iɣ ass n tenṭelt n yemma. 

Imuqel unemhal s ixef isebaḍen-is, syin yenna-d belli nek 

ass-nni ur bɣiɣ ara ad waliɣ udem n yemma, daɣen ur ruɣ 

ara ula d yiwen webrid akk ṛuḥeɣ-ed imiren kan umba&d 

tanṭelt mebla ma qimeɣ cwiṭ ar uẓekka-s akken ad as-d&uɣ. 

Yiwet n tɣawsa nniḍen i t-yeswehmen cwiṭ : yiwen seg 

ixeddamen n tkebbanit iẓekwan yenna-yas-ed belli ur ẓriɣ 

ara acḥal di la&meṛ n yemma. Ters-ed tsusmi yiwen 

umecwaṛ akken, u aselway yessuter deg-s ma yella d nek i 

d-yeqsed. Seg makken ur yefhim ara unemhal asteqsi-yagi 

yerra-yas-d : « d wagi i d lqanun ». Syin yessuter uselway di 

lewkkil (le procureur) ma yella kra usteqsi yes&a, issuɣ-ed 

wagi : « uhuh! Annect-a beṛka-t » s yiwen akken n lfeṛḥ di 

taɣect akk s yiwet n tmuɣli n win irebḥen i yi-d-yefka armi, i 

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tikkelt tamezwarut seg waṭas isseggasen-aya, i riɣ ad ruɣ imi 

ḥulfaɣ acḥal ttwaɣucceɣ s lɣaci-yinna. 

Umba&d mi yesteqsa imggaliyen akked ubugaṭu-inu 

ma yella kra isteqsiyen i yes&an, aselway yessawel i u&essas 

n wexxam n yemɣaren akken ad t-yesteqsi. Mi d-yewweḍ 

imuqel-iyi-d syin yezzi udem-is. Ula d netta am wiyaḍ, 

kullec yules-as-d. Yerra-d yark ɣef isteqsiyen i d as-ssutren. 

Yenna-d belli ur bɣiɣ ara ad waliɣ udem n yemma, keyfeɣ, 

ṭṭseɣ akk swiɣ lqahwa s uyefk. Ḥulfaɣ imiren i yiwet akken 

n lḥaǧa yeṭṭfen widak yellan di tzeqqa. Din, i tikkelt 

tamenzut, fehmeɣ belli ɣelṭeɣ. Ssutren-as i u&essas ad d- 

i&iwed tamacahutt n lqahwa d uyefk akked tin n ddexan. 

Asestan (l’avocat général) imuqel-ed ɣur-i s yiwet n tmuɣli 

n nzul deg wallen. Imiren, abugaṭu-inu yesteqsa a&essas-nni 

ma yella ikkeyef yid-i. Acu kan lewkkil yekker-ed s ucennef 

mgal asteqsi-yagi : « anwa i yenɣan dagi u d acu-tent 

texnanasin-agi usimes n inagan i wumi ccada ẓran yark 

medden belli d tin iǧehden u d tin ẓẓayen ! » Ɣas akkenni, 

aselway yessuter deg u&essas ad yerr i westeqsi. Amɣar-nni 

yerra-d s wudem yenneḥcamen : « zriɣ belli ɣelteɣ aṭas. Acu 

kan seḍḥaɣ amek ara yagiɣ agaṛṛu i yi-d-yefka wergaz.» 

Taggara steqsan-iyi-d ma yella kra i s&iɣ ad t-id-arnuɣ. « 

Ulac, i sen-d-nniɣ. D tidett, d ṣṣeḥ fkiɣ-as agerru ». Imuqeliyi-d 

u&essas s wudem akken n win iwehmen akk n win 

ittcekkiṛen. Yekukra cwiṭ, syin yenna-d belli d netta i yi- 

&erḍen ɣer lqahwa s uyefk. Yekker-ed ubugaṭu-inu s lfeṛḥ 

akk s ḥamu di taɣect-is, yenna-d ad yanef i yemggaliyen ad 

muqlen weḥedsen anda tella tidett. Acu kan lewkkil 

yebba&zaq-ed nnig iqerra-nneɣ : « ih, imggaliyen (les jurés) 

ad muqlen. U ad siwḍen taggara ɣer tikti belli yiwen 

ubeṛṛani izmer ad ya&reḍ win i s-yehwan ɣer lqahwa, acu 

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kan mmi-s n tfamilt ilaq ad tt-yagi zdat nna&c n tin i t-idyurwen 

». Yuɣal u&essas s amkan-is. 

Mi d-tewweḍ nnuba n Thomas Pérez, iṭṭef-as-ed 

Llussi afus armi d tasga n tzeqqa. Pérez yenna-yas belli 

netta yessen kan ḥala yemma akk iwala-yi ḥala yiwet n 

tikkelt, ass-nni n tenṭelt-is. Steqsan-t acu xedmeɣ ass-nni 

dɣa yerra-yasen-d : « muqlet kan, ula d nek lliɣ aṭas i 

ḥezneɣ. Dɣa, ur tes&iḍ acu i walaɣ. D leḥzen i d iyiisdderɣlen 

allen-iw. Imi ɣur-i xesṛeɣ imiren ameddakkul 

ɣlayen. Armi xesfeɣ yiwen webrid. Dɣa argaz-agi ur t-walaɣ 

akken yelha » Asestan (l’avocat general) yesteqsa-t ma yella 

xeṛsum tella tikkelt anda i d iyi-d-iwala ttruɣ. Yerra-yas-d 

Pérez ala. 

Lewkkil yenna-d imiren : « massat imeggalliyen ad 

as-meyzen akken ilaq ». Dɣa yez&ef ubugaṭu-inu. Yesteqsa 

Pérez s yiwet n taɣect i yi-d-ibanen bezzaf teḥmeq cwiṭ, « 

ma yella iwala-yi ur ruɣ ara ». Yenna-yas-d Pérez : « ala ». 

Ḍsan yemnezhen. Dɣa abugaṭu-inu, icemmeṛ i yiwen n 

yiɣil-is, yenna-d s taɣect n win yetteklen : « d wagi i d cra&. 

Kullec d tidett akk acemma mači d tidett ». Lewkkil (le 

procureur) yesseqmeḍ udem-is u inebbec s ukaryun 

izwal(les titres) n ddussiwat yersen zdat-es. 

Umba&d semmus (5) n dqayeq n weḥbas deg-i i yi-dyenna 

ubugaṭu-inu belli kullec iteddu akken ilaq, nuɣal 

nesla-yas-ed i Celeste i wumi yessawel ubugaṭu-inu akken 

ad yili d anagi. Yettmuqul-ed Celeste tikkwal ar tama-w u 

yella iberren yiwet n tcacit ger ifassen-is. Yella yelsa-d 

akustim-nni amaynut yuɣ tannumi yettlusu makken ara 

yeddu yidi, tikkwal deg wass n lḥed, ɣer wannar n tazliwin 

i&ewdiwen. Waqila ur yufi yara amek ara yels lkull n 

tebluzt-is imi ḥala yiwet n teqfalt n nḥas s wacu i tt-yeqfel. 

Nnan-as ma yella nek d akkelyan-ines dɣa yerra-d : « ih , 

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yernu daɣen d ameddakkel-iw »; acu yettxemim fell-i dɣa 

yerra-yas-ed belli nek d argaz ; acu i d-yeqsed, yerra-yasend 

belli medden yark ẓran acu i d-yeqṣed; ma yella ifaq belli 

nek d yiwen n wemdan izemḍen aṭas ɣef yiman-is dɣa iqbel 

kan belli nek d yiwen ur nheddeṛ ara akken ur d-yeqqar kra. 

Yesteqsa-t lewkkil ma yella ttxelliṣeɣ lekkra-inu. 

Yeḍsa Celeste u yenna-d : « tigi d leḥwayeǧ timecṭaḥ n way 

garaneɣ ». Steqsan-t daɣen acu yettxemmim ɣef wayen 

xedmeɣ. Dɣa isers ifassen-is ɣef tesɣart-nni yellan di 

tlemmast n tzeqqa n cṛe& u iban-ed belli d win i d-iheggan 

lḥaǧa ad tt-id-yini. Yenna-d : « ɣur-i d amxix. D abaxix; 

medden yark ẓran d acu-t. Dayen yekfa wawal. Ihi ! ɣur-i d 

amxix ». Iṛuḥ ad d-ikkemel awal-is, dɣa igezem-as-t 

uselway, yenna-yas tanemmirt u annect-a yelha. Syin 

yeqqim din Celeste yeḥṣel. Acu kan yenna-d belli yebɣa ad 

d-yernu lehduṛ. Ssutren deg-s ad iɣiwel. Dɣa i&awed-ed belli 

annect-nni d amxix. yenna-yas-ed imiren uselway : «ih, 

nesla-yak-d. Acu kan nekkni aqlaɣ dagi akken ad nefru 

imxixen am wagi. Tanemmirt-ik ». Amzun akken yewweḍ 

ɣer taggara n tmusni-ines akked tezmert-is, yezzi-d Celeste 

imiren ɣur-i. Iban-iyi-d am akken allen-is ttemcbeṛṛiqent akk 

icenfuren-is ttergigin. Yettban-ed am win i d-yessuturen 

deg-i acu yezmer daɣen ad t-yexdem. Nek, ur d-nniɣ kra, ur 

d as-wehhaɣ ara u d tin i tikkelt tamezwarut di tudert-iw 

irkelli i deg-i bɣiɣ ad sudneɣ amdan. Syin yessuter uselway 

ad yuɣal s amkan-is. Celeste yuɣal ad yeqqim ger lɣaci. 

Ayen yark yeqqim cra&, yeqqim din, ismal cwiṭ iman-is ɣer 

zdat, isers iɣallen-is ɣef tgecrar. Tacacit ger ifassen-is, 

yettḥessis acu yark i d-yettunebdaren din. Tekcem-ed 

Marie. Telsa-d ačappun u mazal-itt tecbeḥ aṭas. Acu kan nek 

ḥemleɣ-tt ugar makken ara tserreḥ i ucebbub-is. Seg wemḍiq 

anda lliɣ, &eqleɣ-ed tefses n tedmarin-is akked tcenfurt-is n 

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wadda icuffen dima cwiṭ. Tettban-ed tetqelleq. Imiren kan 

steqsan-tt seg melmi i yi-tessen. Tenna-yas-en-d seg tallitnni 

i texdem ɣur-neɣ. Aselway yebɣa ad iẓer acu unamek n 

tdukli-nneɣ. Tenna-yas d imeddukkal. Deg yiwen usteqsinniḍen, 

Tenna-yas-d belli d tidett niqal ad iyi-taɣ. Lewkkil 

yellan yettnadi ger tewṛiqin-is yesteqsa-tt s uɣiwel si melmi i 

tebda tdukli-agi-nneɣ. Tenna-yas-d melmi. Lewkkil yennad 

imiren s ustehzi belli ass-nni ma yella ur ye&ṛiq ara d 

azekka-nni n ṭentelt n yemma. Syin yenna-d s cwiṭ n nzul 

belli ur yebɣa yara ad yernu atekki deg yiwet n liḥala rqiqen 

am tagi, belli yefhem Marie acukan (u dagi tbeddel taɣectis, 

tuɣal qerriḥet) lwaǧeb-is iḥettem-it ad i&eddi nnig n 

leḥdaqa dɣa yessuter i Marie ad-as-d-ssiwzel di kra 

imeslayen ass-nni i deg-i i tt-sneɣ. Tegguma Marie ad 

tehdeṛ, acu kan seg wakken iḥettem-itt lewkkil, tebda 

ameslay ɣef u&umu-nneɣ, ɣef tufɣa-nneɣ ɣer ssinima akked 

tuɣalin s axxam-iw. Asestan (l’avocat général) yenna-d belli 

umba&d timenna n Marie deg isteqsiyen i s-yettunfken mi la 

ttheggin cra&, inuda ahilen (programmes) n ssinima n wassnni. 

Yenna belli Marie s yiman-is ara d-yinin isem usaru i d- 

i&eddan ass-nni. S yiwet n taɣect ẓiden, tenna-d belli d asaru 

n Fernandel. Ters-ed tsusmi meṛṛa di tzeqqa makken i tfukk. 

Yekker-ed imiren lewkkil (le procureur), s taẓayt akked 

yiwet n taɣect yesruyen iblaḍen, aḍad-is iwehha-t-id ɣuri, 

yenna s la&qel, s wawalen ifeṛzen : « ay Imggaliyen (les 

jurés), azekka-nni kan n lmut n yemma-s, argaz-agi zdatnwen 

iṛuḥ ad i&um, yebda tadukli ur nlaq ara, u yernu iṛuḥ 

ad yezhu s unezzeh di ssinima i usaru yesseḍsayen. Ur tes&iḍ 

acu ara d-arnuɣ nnig wannect-a ». Yeqqim, dima s tsusmi. 

Amecwaṛ kan teṭṭerḍeq Marie d imeṭṭi, tenna-yas belli mači 

akka i teḍra, u yella wayen nniḍen. U dagi ad tt-ttḥetimen ad 

d-tini ayen ur tettxemmim ara. Tenna-d nettat tessen-iyi 

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akken yelha, akk ur tes&iḍ acu xedmeɣ n dir. Imiren Llussi, 

iwumi d-iwehha uselway, yewwi-tt. Dɣa ikkemmel cṛe&. 

Tzemreḍ ad d-tiniḍ am akken ur slan ara umba&d i 

Masson mi d-yenna belli nek d argaz yelhan : « zemreɣ ad 

d-rnuɣ belli wagi d argaz irruggzen». Ma yella dɣa d 

Salamano, netta ur as-slan ara yark makken i d-yesmekta 

belli nek d yiwen i yelhan s aqjun-is, ma yella d asteqsi-nni i 

s-d-fkan ɣef yemma akked nek, yenna-yasen-d belli ur tes&iḍ 

acu i yi-d-mazal ad as-t-iniɣ i yemma u ɣef waya i ttskecmeɣ 

s axxam n yemɣaren. « ilaq medden ad fehmen, i 

d-yenna Salamano, ilaq medden ad fehmen ». Acu kan ulac 

anwa i d-ibanen din yefhem. Syin wwin-t. 

Syin tewweḍ-d nnuba n Raymond, i yellan d anagi 

aneggaru. Iwehha-d Raymond ɣur-i s ufus-is dɣa yenna-d 

imiren belli nek mači d aqettal. Dɣa yesmektay-as-d uselway 

belli ur as-ssutren ara ad d-yefk ṛṛay-is, bɣan kan ad d-yini 

acu yeḍran. Issuter deg-s ad yeṛǧu isteqsiyen akken ad d- 

yerr fell-asen. Smektan-as-d ta&dawt yellan netta d win 

immuten. dɣa Raymond iḥuref tagnitt akken ad d-yini belli d 

netta yark i iɣuc uneggaru-yagi seg wasmi iwet weltma-s. 

Aselway yessuter deg-s ma yella win yemmuten ur yes&i 

yara ssebbat akken ad iyi-ɣuc. Yenna-yas Raymond belli 

tilin-inu di teftist ur bniɣ ara fell-as d zheṛ kan. Syin 

yesteqsa-t lewkkil (le procureur) amek armi ihi tabṛatt yellan 

d aẓar i seg-i d-yekka wemxix-agi d nek i ttyuran. 

Raymond yerra-yas-d belli d zheṛ kan. Lewkkil 

yerra-yas belli zheṛ-agi aṭas n tfelquqin i ibbib di tmacahuttagi. 

Yebɣa ad iẓer ma yella diɣen d zheṛ imi ur d-yenḥil ara 

ɣef teqcict-nni makken i tt-iṣebbeḍ Raymond, ma yella 

daɣen d zheṛ kan makken i ddiɣ d anagi ɣer lkumiṣarya, ma 

yella daɣen d zheṛ kan mi ccada-inu teffeɣ-ed umba&d mi 

nudan d ccada n lekdeb. Taggara yessuter di Raymond 

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amek irebbeḥ tudert-is, u seg makken aneggaru-yagi yerrad 

: « d axeznaǧi (Magazinier) », Asestan (l’avocat général) 

yenna i yemggaliyen (les jurés) belli anagi-yagi cɣel-is d 

aqewwad n tlawin. U nek ihi d acrik-is akked ameddakkulis. 

Abaxix-agi d ucmit, si nwel iqebḥen, ternuḍ-as i wayen 

yeḍran, aqlaɣ zdat yiwen i wumi yeqquṛ wul. Raymond 

yebɣa ad d-yerr ɣef yiman-is, abugaṭu-inu ikker-ed ad d- 

isbeggen belli yugi imeslayen-agi, acu kan ssusmen-ten 

akken ad d-yekfu lewkkil lehduṛ-is. Wagi yenna-d : « mači 

aṭas iyi-d-mazal ad t-id-arnuɣ. Wagi tura d ameddakkel-ik 

neɣ ala ? » « Ih, i s-d-yerra wagi, ih d ameddakkel-iw » 

Asestan yefka-yi-d imiren yiwen usteqsi dɣa muqleɣ ɣer 

Raymond yeǧǧan allen-is ur tent-yekkis ara fell-i. Rriɣ-as : « 

ih ». Lewkkil yezzi imiren ɣer Imggaliyen dɣa yennayasen 

: « d yiwen wemdan, azekka-nni n lmut n yemma-s, 

yessekcem iman-is di tucmitin i icemten, yenɣa mebla 

ssebba i iṣṣehan akken ad yefru yiwet n temsalt n tilawin i 

ifɣen i webrid ». 

Dɣa yuɣal yeqqim. Acu kan abugaṭu-inu, yečča wulis, 

isuɣ-ed s werfad ifassen deg igenni, armi, makken i d-ɣlin 

ikmamen, sbeggenen-d axenčew n tebluzt-is n daxel : « d 

acu-t wagi, tura argaz-agi yettuḥasab dagi imi yenṭel 

yemma-s neɣ imi yenɣa argaz ? » ḍṣan yemnezhen. Acu kan 

lewkkil yekker-ed daɣen, izemmeḍ iman-is di tqendduṛt-is 

dɣa yenna-d belli ilaq ad yes&u wemdan aṭas n tiḥerci akked 

lefhama n mass abugaṭu yettuqaddaṛen, akken ur yettḥulfu 

yara belli yella rrebg iǧehden akk i yesruyen ger snat n 

temsal-agi. « Ih ,i isuɣ s la&qel ugerjum-is, nek berraɣ deg 

wergaz-agi imeḍlen yemma-s s wul aseṭṭaf ». Awal-agi 

iḥuza imnezhen. Ihuz ubugaṭu-inu tuyat-is u yesfeḍ tidi i d- 

yeččuṛen anyir-is. Ula d netta yettban-ed amzun ihudd dɣa 

fehmeɣ belli tebda liḥala tẓemmek fell-i. 

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Yekfa wegraw i wass-nni. Mi d-fɣeɣ seg wexxam n 

cṛe& akken ad aliɣ ɣer tkkeṛṛust, ḥulfaɣ deg yiwet n tegnitt 

mecṭuḥen i rriḥa akked tafat n tmeddit unebdu. Di ṭlam 

akked tillas n lḥebs ileḥḥun, &eqleɣ yiwen yiwen, di &eggunni 

i d i-yerẓan, yark ssuɣat sneɣ n temdint i ḥemleɣ; Ḥulfaɣ 

daɣen i teswi&t-nni anda tikkwal ttḥalfuɣ amzun ferḥeɣ. 

Ssuɣat n warrac yeznuzuyen iɣmisen yettawi ubeḥri afessas, 

ifṛax ineggura di tebḥirin ujeǧǧig n temdint asekkwaṛ (le 

square), aberreḥ n widak yeznuzen iṣundwičen, ajijeq n 

utṛamway di tsawent yenḍen n temdint akked imsigman 

igenni meqbel ad d-yeɣli di lmina. Annect-agi yark 

yesmektay-iyi-d tabriṭ uderɣal, i sneɣ meqbel ad kecmeɣ ɣer 

lḥebs. D tidett , d tagi i d taswi&t-nni i deg-i yiwen akken n 

zman lliɣ ferḥeɣ deg-s cwiṭ. Ayen i yi-ttṛaǧun imiren, dima 

d yiwet n tguni tafessast, mebla tirga. Ass-a, tella tɣawsa 

ibeddlen imi yerna-d uṛaǧu uzekka. Ass-a ɣer texxamt-iw 

kan n lḥebs ara yuɣaleɣ. Am akken tibriḍin i nettǧǧerriḍ deg 

igenwan unebdu akken zemrent ad awint ɣer leḥbus i 

zemrent ad awint ɣer tguni tazedgant. 

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IXEF IV 

Ɣas akken ɣef ukersi n win yenɣan i qqimeɣ, dima 

dayen yessedhuyen mara tesleḍ wiyaḍ heddṛen fell-ak. Deg 

lsaragen n Lewkkil akked ubugaṭu, zemreɣ ad d-iniɣ belli 

aṭas ihedṛen fell-i wala ɣef ubaxix-nni xedmeɣ. Ur ẓriɣ ara 

ma yella mxalafen isurag-nni? Abugaṭu ireffed ifassen-is 

deg igenni u yeqqar-as ɣelṭeɣ, acu kan s&iɣ ssebbat. Lewkkil 

yettwehhi s ifassen-is u yeqqar-as ula d netta belli nek d 

aɣellaḍ ameqran, acu kan mebla ssebbat. Tella yiwet n 

tɣawsa i yi-qqimen di tyersi, ur tt-ẓriɣ ara amek akken tga. 

Ɣas ulamma lliɣ ceɣleɣ, acḥal n tikkal i yi-d-yusa beqqu ad 

d-skecmeɣ iman-iw di lehduṛ acu kan abugaṭu-inu yeqqariyi-d 

dima : « ɣas ssusem, akka i ttif i temsalt-ik ». Zemreɣ 

ad d-tiniḍ belli tamsalt-agi tetteddu akka mebla yess-i. 

Kullec ileḥḥu mebla ma skecmeɣ-d iman-iw. Tturaren s 

zheṛ-iw mebla ma fkan azal i wayen ttxemmimeɣ nekkini. 

Seg umecwaṛ ɣer wayeḍ, beqquɣ ad gezmeɣ awal i medden 

irkelli akken ad asen-iniɣ : « ihuh, anwa i d aqettal? Dayen i 

yes&an azal meqren win ara yilin d aqettal. U s&iɣ yiwet n 

lḥaǧa ad tt-id-iniɣ ». Acu kan umba&d cwiṭ uxemmem, 

ttafeɣ-d iman-iw ulac acu i s&iɣ ad t-id-iniɣ. Yernu, zemreɣ 

ad d-iniɣ belli lebɣi nettaf akken ad d-lhun lɣaci yes-nneɣ 

mači aṭas i yittɣimi. Amedya asarag i d-yewwi Lewkkil, 

amecwaṛ kan yesdigguti-yi. Ahat ḥala kra n tukkisin seg-s 

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neɣ seg uḥriret ifassen yesseḥṛirit neɣ kra imeslayen, ur 

neddi yara d wayen-nniḍen, i d iyi-&eǧben cwiṭ akk i d iyiswehmen 

. 

Acu yettxemmim zdaxel-is, ma yella dɣa fehmeɣ-d 

akken ilaq, dakken heggaɣ iman-iw i timenɣiwt-nni. 

Xeṛsum, dayen ya&reḍ ad t-id-yesbeggen. Akken i d-yeqqar 

s yiman-is : « ad t-id-sbeggneɣ i yergazen, u ad t-idsbeggneɣ 

si snat tamiwin. Tamezwarut, si tama n tafat 

yesdderɣilen n wayen yeḍran, syin si tafat taberkant yefren 

di ṛṛuḥ-agi tazefrant n wagi ». I&awed-ed yark ayen yeḍran 

segmi akken temmut yemma. Yesmekta-d taɣaṛt n wul-iw, 

timeẓriwt-nni ur zṛiɣ ara acḥal yewweḍ la&meṛ n yemma, 

a&ummu-nni azekka-nni n tenṭelt nek d yiwet n tmeṭṭut, 

ssinima, Fernandel u taggara anekcum s axxam nek d Marie. 

Aṭas i qqimeɣ akken ad t-fehmeɣ imi dima yeqqar-ed “ 

tameddakult-is” u ɣur-i, nettat d Marie. Syin yuɣal-ed ɣer 

tmacahutt n Raymond. Ufiɣ belli tamuɣli-s ɣer wayen 

yeḍran ur txuṣ ara di tidett. Ayen i d-yeqqar yem&en. D nek i 

yuran tabṛatt n ussemla&i ger-asen, akken ad d-rreɣ 

tameddakkelt-is i yiwen wergaz amcum i wumi “yemmut 

wul”. Di tefsist d nek i ilaǧen icenga n Raymond. Aneggaruyagi 

yuɣal yejreḥ. Kkreɣ ssutreɣ-as tameẓyant-is. Uɣaleɣ-d 

weḥḍi akken ad tt-sxedmeɣ. Nɣiɣ a&ṛab-nni akken i t-heggaɣ 

deg allaɣ-iw. U “akken ad ttekleɣ belli cɣel yettwaxdem”, 

rniɣ wwteɣ kuẓ (4) n terṣaṣin nniḍen, s la&qel, s ufus 

iwehhan, tzemreḍ ad d-tiniḍ tga am temsalt yettwaheggan 

akken ilaq. 

«Twalam tura ay irgazen l&ali, i d-yenna Usestan 

(l’avocat général), Aqli nejṛeɣ-awen-d asalu n tedyant 

yewwin argaz-agi ad ineɣ u netta yeẓra acu i ixeddem. Ad 

wekkdeɣ nezzeh ɣef annect-a, i s-yenna. Imi tagi mači d 

timenɣiwt am tiyaḍ, am win i wumi iṛuḥ la&qel akken ad as- 

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ed-tafem ssebbat i ussenɣes n taẓayt n t&ekkumt-is. Argazagi, 

ay irgazen, d argaz iḥeṛcen aṭas. Twalam-t u teslam-as, 

neɣ ala? Yessen ad d-yerr. Yessen ad yewzen ameslay. ur 

nezmir ara ad d-nini belli d yiwen iteddun am win yegnen 

mebla ma ifaq acu ixeddem ». 

Nek, lliɣ selleɣ i lehduṛ-nni dɣa fehmeɣ belli ḥesbeniyi 

d uḥric. Acu kan ur fhimeɣ ara amek ayen yelhan deg 

wergaz n menwala yettuɣal d tirint ẓẓayen mgal win 

yesxeṣren. Dayagi xeṛsum i d-yewten deg wallaɣ-iw dɣa seg 

imiren ur sliɣ ara i lewkkil armi d makken i d-yenna : « ula d 

nddama ur yenddim ara ? ar tura mazal. Ula d yiwen webrid 

ayen yark yeṭṭef cṛe& d uheggi-ines argaz-agi ur d-iban iɣaḍit 

lḥal seg wemxix yexdem ». Imiren dɣa, yezzi-d ar ɣur-i, 

iwehha-d s uḍad-is makken yettkkemmil tiyta deg-i mebla 

ma zṛiɣ ssebba ayɣer. Mebla ccek, ur zmireɣ ara ad d-iniɣ 

belli d win ur nes&i yara lḥeq deg wayen i d-yeqqar. D tidett 

ur nddimeɣ ara aṭas deg wayen xedmeɣ. Acu kan anect-en 

uɣuccu yessewhem-iyi. Lemmer ttafeɣ ad &erḍeɣ ad assfehmeɣ 

s la&qel akk s cwiṭ n leḥnana belli werǧin ssawḍeɣ 

ad neddmeɣ di lḥaǧa xedmeɣ. Dima ttiliɣ d win yezren 

irkkeli deg wayen ara yeḍrun ass-a neɣ azekka. Acu kan 

dayen ibanen, deg wemḍiq-agi anda i yi-sersen, ur tes&iḍ i 

wumi zemreɣ ad hedṛeɣ akkagi. Ur s&iɣ ara azref neɣ lḥeq 

ad d-beggneɣ iman-iw ḥnineɣ, neɣ s&iɣ ul yeččuṛen d beqqu 

akked lebɣi. Dɣa kemleɣ tta&raḍeɣ ad sleɣ i wayen i d- 

yeqqar Lewkkil imi yebda yettmeslay ɣef ṛṛuḥ-iw. 

Yeqqar-as belli imuqel taneffuṭ-iw, ur yufa deg-s kra, 

ay irgazen. Yeqqar-as belli di tilawt ur tt-s&iɣ ara, akk ur 

s&iɣ ara deg-i rriḥa n wemdan, akk ulac abruy n tmuɣli n 

lḥeq deg-i s wacu yezmer wergaz ad iḥader ɣef wul-is. « D 

tidett, i d-yenna, tagi mači taɣawsa ɣef wacu nezmer ad t- 

nlum. Dayen ur yezmir ad d-yesnunnet deg yiman-is. 

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Nezmer kan ad d-nini iɣaḍ-aɣ imi ur tt-yes&i yara. Acu kan 

di cṛe&, lehhu rẓigen usemmeḥ akked usuref ilaq ad yuɣal d 

lehhu iwa&ṛen, i t-yugaren ḥala lḥeq. Ladɣa mara mlilen 

yilem akked tebrek n wul am widak nufa deg wergaz-agi, 

yettuɣal d axjiḍ izemren ad yesebla& timetti i meṛṛa ». Dɣa 

imiren i d-yemmeslay ɣef amek akken xedmeɣ i yemma. 

Yules-ed i wayen akken i d-yenna deg isteqsiyen. Acu kan 

tikkelt-agi yesseɣzef deg wawal-is ugar n makken i d- 

yemmeslay ɣef tmenɣiwt s yiman-is. Yesseɣzef akken awal 

acḥal armi taggara ur ḥulfaɣ i wacemma ḥala i weẓɣal n 

tsebḥit-nni. Ma drus xeṛsum armi d makken anda yeḥbes 

Usestan (l’avocat général), syin, umba&d yiwen umecwaṛ n 

tsusmi, ikkemmel awal-is s yiwet n taɣect tafessast lqayen : 

« agraw-agi n cṛe&, ay irgazen n l&ali, azekka ad yeḥkem ɣef 

yiwen ubaxix azefran : d timenɣiwt n wergaz i baba-s ». 

Ɣures, allaɣ n wemdan ireggel ɣef yemxixen yellufḍen am 

wigi. yessarem inezrafen ad ḥekkmen fell-as mebla ṛṛeḥma. 

Yernu, ur yekukra yara ad d-yini belli aɣuccu yes&a i 

tmenɣiwt-nni iɣleb-itt aṭas uɣuccu yes&a i wul-iw yeqquren. 

Ar ɣur-es win ara yenɣen leḥnana n tyematt am win ara d- 

icelxen iman-is si tmetti n yemdanen u kifkif-it netta d win 

ara yenɣen win yellan d ssebba n tlalit-is. Akken d as-yehwa 

yella, amezwaru yettheggi cɣel i wis sin, yettberriḥ akk 

yessawal-as, u ternuḍ-as iqbel-it. « Nek ttuqen&eɣ, ay 

irgazen l&ali, i d-yerna deg awal-is s yiwet n taɣect &layen, 

belli ad tafem tikti-inu mači dayen izaden ma nniɣ-d belli 

argaz-agi yeqqimen tura akka zdat-nneɣ ittekka deg waṭas di 

tmenɣiwt ara t-caṛ&em azekka. Ɣef waya, ilaq ad yettuḥaseb 

ula ɣef temsalt ara yettucara&en azekka .» Dagi, yeddem-ed 

Lewkkil yesfeḍ udem-is yettemca&len si tidi. Taggara yennad 

belli lwaǧeb-is yew&eṛ acu kan ilaq fell-as ad t-yexdem 

akken iwata. Yenna-d belli ur yella acu i s&iɣ di tɣimit deg 

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yiwet n tmetti i wumi ur ssineɣ ara leqwanen imeqranen ɣef 

wacu tleḥḥu akk daɣen, ur ilaq ara ad ssirmeɣ leḥnana yellan 

deg wul n wemdan imi nek ur ẓriɣ d acu-t wul s yiman-is. « 

Nek, ass-a ad awen-ssutreɣ tamgerṭ n wergaz-agi, i d-yenna, 

u s wul-iw fessusen i d awen-tt-ssutreɣ. imi teḍra-yi aṭas n 

tikkal di tudert-iw anda ssutreɣ tamgerṭ, acu kan werǧin 

ḥulfaɣ am ass-a s lwaǧeb-agi ẓẓayen i wumi i d-yessawal 

wallaɣ-iw s yiwen lǧehd meqqren akked uɣanfu s&iɣ zdat 

wudem n lweḥc-agi ». 

Mi yuɣal Lewkkil yeqqim, ters-ed ddeqs n tsusmi. 

Nek iṛuh wallaɣ-iw seg weẓɣal akked lwehma. Aselway 

yusu-d cwiṭ, u s yiwet n taɣect meẓẓiyen cwiṭ, yesteqsa-yi-d 

ma yella kra i s&iɣ ad t-id-arnuɣ. Kkreɣ-d seg wemkan-iw u 

segmi akken bɣiɣ aṭas ad d-hedṛeɣ, nniɣ-d, akka kan, belli ur 

yelli yara yark di lbal-iw ad nɣeɣ a&ṛab-nni. Aselway yerra-d 

belli annect-agi ad yeqqim d ṛṛay, u ar tura ur yefhim ara 

amek bniɣ abrid uḥareb ɣef yiman-iw di cṛe&-agi, u ad 

yefṛeḥ lemmer, meqbel ad d-isel i ubugaṭu-inu, ad as-dsfehmaɣ 

nek s yiman-iw ssebbat i d iyi-wwin s ayen akken 

xedmeɣ. Nniɣ-as s uɣiwel, s imeslayen irekcen, di lawan i 

deg-I faqeɣ i tizelgi n yiles-iw, belli ssebba d iṭij. Teterḍeq 

cwiya n teḍsa di tzeqqa-nni. Abugaṭu-inu ihuz tuyat-is dɣa 

cwiya kan, fkan-as ameslay. Acu kan yenna-d belli ifut lḥal 

cwiṭ imi laqent-as aṭas n swaya&. Ɣef waya yessuter ad 

idegger cṛe& ar umba&d leftuṛ. Qeblen inezrafen. 

Tameddit-nni, deg uzal, mazal isebbuḥruyen n trisiti 

jebbden deg ubeḥri aẓayan n tzeqqa, akk tisebbuḥruyin ufus 

n Imggaliyen ttembbiwilent yark ɣer yiwet n lǧiha. Asarag n 

ubugaṭu-inu am win n wer taggara. Yiwen akken umecwaṛ, 

sliɣ-as makken i s-yenna : « d tidett nek nɣiɣ ». Syin 

ikkemmel s yiwet n taɣect-nni u dima awal “nek” yal mara 

ad yehdeṛ fell-i. Wehmeɣ ayɣer. Ṭṭanzaɣ imiren ɣer yiwen 

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uǧadeṛmi steqsaɣ-t ayɣer. Yenna-yi-d: “susem” u, amecwaṛ 

kan, yerna-d : « akka yark i xeddmen ibugaṭuten ». Nek, 

ḥulfaɣ am akken yebɣa ad iyi-ssufeɣ si temsalt-iw, ad i-yerr 

d ulac u, tzemreḍ ad d-tiniḍ, yebɣa ad yuɣal deg wemkaniw. 

Ɣur-i ḥulfaɣ dayen be&deɣ ɣef tzeqqa-yagi n cṛe&. 

Ternuḍ-as abugaṭu-inu ad yi-d-yettban iqqers irkkeli. 

Immeslay-ed ɣef waggaḍ syin yemmeslay-ed ula d netta ɣef 

teṛwiḥt-iw. Acu kan iban-iyi-d ixus aṭas n leḥṛara zdat 

Lewkkil. « Ula d nek, i d-yenna ubugaṭu-inu, ṭṭanẓeɣ ɣef 

ṛṛuḥ-agi, acu kan, mači am umcegge& n weɣraf, nek ufiɣ-en 

kra u zemreɣ ad d-iniɣ ɣriɣ-d deg-s am wedlis yellin ». 

Yeɣra-d deg-s belli nek d argaz yelhan, d axeddam ɣef 

yiman-iw, ur &egguɣ ara, qimeɣ deg yiwen wemḍiq ixeddim, 

ḥemlen-iyi yark medden u d win yettḥalfun i leḥzen n wiyaḍ. 

Nek ɣur-es d aqcic iggerzen, irefden yemma-s ayen yark 

yezmer n lwaqt. Taggara nek d win yessarmen dakken 

axxam n yemɣaren ad as-ed-yawi ṛṛaḥa d westa&fu i 

temɣart-nni n yemma ugar n wayen i zemreɣ ad as-d-awiɣ 

nek s yiman-iw. « Wehmeɣ, ay irgazen l&ali, i d-yerna, amek 

i d-yella wannect-a yark n lehduṛ ɣef wexxam-agi n 

yemɣaren. U ma yella ilaq ad d-nesbeggen lfayda akked 

ccan n yexxamen-agi, ihi ilaq ad d-nini belli d adabu s 

yiman-is ara iṣerfen cwiṭ n tedrimt fell-asen ». Acu kan, ur 

d-yuddir ara ass n tenṭelt dɣa ḥulfaɣ-as am akken ixuṣ 

wannect-a deg usarag-is. Dɣa seg imeslayen-agi ɣezzifen, 

useg ussan-agi akked d wannect-agi yark n swaye& 

yettnejbaden, anda akka hedṛen ɣef teṛwiḥt-iw, iban-iyi-d 

kullec yuɣal am aman izedganen n temduct deg-i tezzer s 

tuzya wallaɣ-iw. 

Taggara, ur cfiɣ acemma seg webrid akked tehri n 

tzeqqa akked ikulwaṛen, u di lawan i deg-i yesseḥmuy 

ubugaṭu-inu tageṛjujt-is s leduṛ fell-i, tewweḍ-iyi-d taɣect n 

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ujewwaq n win iznuzuyen timecaḥin lakṛim. ¨Ɣlint-ed fell-i 

cfayat n yiwet n tudert yuɣalen tura mači inu, deg anda ufiɣ 

zzehwan-nni i itɣebnen akk yeckenṭeḍen zdaxel-iw : rriḥat 

unebdu, tazniqt-nni ḥemleɣ, igenni n tmeddit, taḍsa akked 

tiqendyaṛ n Marie. Ayen xeddmeɣ tura deg wemḍiq-agi ur 

nem&in ara, yuli-yi-d yark an ucaḥuḍ ɣer tyersi. Dɣa ḥareɣ 

aṭas akken ad yekkfu kullec, syin ad zziɣ ɣer texxamt-iw di 

lḥebs anda ara yafeɣ taguni. Ur ẓriɣ amek i as-sliɣ i 

ubugaṭu-inu mi isuɣ meqbel ad yekfu, belli Imggaliyen (les 

jurés) ur ttceggi&en ara ɣer tmexneqt yiwen uxeddam 

zeddigen i wumi yeffeɣ la&qel azal kan n dqiqa, dɣa yessuter 

aḥebbeṛ di leḥkkem fell-i di tmenɣiwt i d-yufa lḥal bdiɣ 

zzuɣureɣ yid-i, d lexlaṣ i ibanen, am ndama n dima. 

Inezzurfa ḥebsen agraw n cṛe& u abugaṭu-inu yuɣal yeqqim, 

udem-is iban-ed ye&ya. Imeddukkal-is ṛuḥen-d ɣur-es akken 

ad as-fken labas. Sliɣ a s-qqaren : « dayen izaden, a gma ». 

Yiwen seg-sen yeṭṭef-iyi d anagi : «eh?» i yi-d-yenna. 

Huzzeɣ aqerruy-iw am win i iqeblen, acu kan mači seg wuliw, 

imi nek lliɣ a&yiɣ aṭas. 

Tewweḍ-ed tmeddit, yuɣal yenɣes azɣal. Di kra-nni n 

ssuɣat i yi-d-yettawḍen si beṛṛa, &eqleɣ-d leḥnana akked 

tizeṭ n tmeddit. Neqqim yark din nettṛaǧu. U ayen yark 

nettṛaǧu ḥala nek i ye&na. Muqleɣ diɣen ɣer tzeqqa. Kullec 

iqqim am ass amezwaru. Mlaleɣ-d tamuɣli umeɣnas-nni s 

lbista tabermellalt akked tmeṭṭut-nni taqurant. Annect-a 

yesmekta-yi-d belli ur nudaɣ ara ad waliɣ udem n Marie 

ayen yark yeṭṭef cṛe&. Mači d tatut i tt-ttuɣ acu kan lliɣ 

ceɣleɣ aṭas. Walaɣ-tt teqqim ger Raymond akked Celeste. 

Twehha-d ɣur-i Marie am tin i d-iqqaren : « dayen», u walaɣ 

udem-is yellan yetqelleq cwiṭ mi d-tecmumeḥ. Ḥulfaɣ i wuliw 

amzun yeqmec, ur ufiɣ ara amek ara s-rreɣ acmumeḥ. 

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Uɣalen-d imzurfa. Ɣran-d s uɣiwel yiwen wezrar n 

isteqsiyen i yemggaliyen. Sliɣ i yimeslayen-agi : « yuklal 

timenɣiwt» … « aheggi i tmenɣiwt»… « tignatin 

yessenɣasen di leḥkkem». Fɣen Imggaliyen dɣa ṛuḥen-d 

wwin-iyi ar texxamt-nni tamectuḥt anda ṛǧiɣ meqbel. Iṛuḥed 

ɣur-i ubugaṭu-inu : yella yeḥdaqer cwiṭ u yemeslay-ed 

yid-i am umeddakkel akk s yiwet n leḥnana werǧin 

yessexdem meqbel. Yettxemmim belli kullec iteddu akken 

ilaq u ad d-fɣeɣ s kra kan isseggasen n lḥebs. Steqsaɣ-t ma 

yella wamek ad yerẓ bnadem cṛe& ma yella diri akken 

tettwaḥkem. Yerra-yi-d ala. L&efsa-ines netta dakken ur 

yesrusu yara asebtar n tegrayt (conclusion) akken ur 

yesserfay ara Imggaliyen. Yessefhem-iyi-d belli ur nettruẓu 

yara cṛe& akkagi kan mebla ssebba. Iban-iyi-d wannect-a d 

ṣṣeḥ dɣa qebleɣ acu i d-yenna. Mara tmuqleḍ tamsalt s 

la&qel ad tafeḍ d ayen iweqmen. Imi, mulac ad ṭṭuqten 

lekwaɣeḍ ur nes&i yara lma&na. « Akken d as yehwa tella 

tifrat, i yi-d-yenna ubugaṭu-inu, nezmer ad tt-nesseɣzef s 

truẓi n cṛe&. Yernu ttekleɣ aṭas s ayen yelhan ara teffeɣ ». 

Aṭas i neṛǧa, azal n qrad (3) n terba&tin n ssa&a. 

taggara teṭṭenṭṭen-ed tnaqust. Yeǧǧa-yi ubugaṭu s tmenna : « 

aselway n imggaliyen (les jurés) yusa-d ad d-iɣer tiririyin 

ɣef isteqsiyen-nni i sen-fkan. Ad k-id-skecmen mara d- 

yaweḍ lawan n leqraya n leḥkem ». Tiwwura mṣeṛbakent. 

Lɣaci uzlen di tseddaṛin, ur zṛiɣ ma yella ba&dent neɣ 

qerbent. Syin sliɣ i yiwet n taɣect iqemḍen teɣra-d kra di 

tzeqqa-nni. U makken teṭṭenṭṭen tnaqust, telli-d tewwurt n 

texxamt, yewweḍ-ed ɣur-i ususem n tzeqqa. Asusem akked 

uḥalfu-nni ṛẓagen makken walaɣ ameɣnas-nni ameẓyan 

yezzi allen-is fell-i. Nek ur muqleɣ ara ɣer tama anda tella 

Marie. Ur s&iɣ ara ddeqs n wakud akken ad tt-mmuqleɣ imi 

yenna-yi-d uselway n cṛe& s yiwet n talɣa izelgen belli ad 

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iyi-ttwakkes uqerru deg wannar anda ara ḥedṛen lɣaci s 

yisem n wegdud aṛumi. Iban-iyi imiren fehmeɣ aḥulfu-nni i 

d-qqareɣ deg wudmawen n widak iḥedren din. Ɣur-i ibaniyi-d 

amzun d leqdeṛ. Iǧadeṛmiyen uɣalen ḥninit yid-i. 

Abugaṭu isers-ed afus-is ɣef tinnefṣelt ufus-iw. Ur s&iɣ ɣef 

wacu ttxemmimeɣ. Acu kan aselway yessuter-iyi-d ma yella 

kra bɣiɣ ad t-id-arnuɣ. Xemmeɣ cwiṭ, nniɣ-as : « ala». Dɣa 

wwin-iyi imiren. 

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IXEF V 

I tikkelt tis qrad (3), ugiɣ ad d-iṛuḥ ɣur-i wemṛabeḍ n 

teglizt ixeddmen di lḥebs. Ur s&iɣ acu ara s-iniɣ, ur bɣiɣ ara 

ad hedṛeɣ; yernu qrib ad t-ẓreɣ. Acu i d iyi-ceɣben tura akka 

d tarewla si tḥemmalt, bɣiɣ ad ẓreɣ ma tella tewwurt n tufɣa 

seg wayen yuran. Beddlen-iyi tasilult. Di tagi lliɣ tura, 

makken ara ẓleɣ, ttwaliɣ igenni u ḥala netta kan i ttwaliɣ. 

Yark ussan-iw, s&eddayeɣ-ten deg umuqel deg wudem-is, 

aɣelluy akked wenɣas n lenwal yettawin ass ar yiḍ. Mi ẓleɣ, 

ifassen seddaw temgaṛt dɣa ad bduɣ aṛaǧi. Ur ẓriɣ ara acḥal 

n tikkal i steqsaɣ iman-iw ma yella walba&ḍ imedyaten n 

imeḥbas ɣef wumi tettwaḥkem lmut syin rewlen si tamacintagi 

yettazalen, u ma yella llan widak iɣaben akka kan 

meqbel ass n tmenɣiwt-nsen, kksen rrebg n i&essasen. Dɣa 

zmeɣ imiren deg iman-iw imi ur rriɣ ara ddehn-iw i tmucuha 

n tmenɣiwin imeḥbas meqbel akkagi. Ilaq dima amdan ad 

iẓer timsal am tigi. Ulac anwa i yeẓran acu ara yeḍrun ɣer 

zdat. Am nek am wiyaḍ yufa-yi-d lḥal ɣriɣ acu i d-uran deg 

yeɣmisen ɣef wannect-a. Acu kan dayen ibanen llan 

yedlisen yettwuran ɣef annect-a swaswa, u nek werǧin 

yewwi-yi lebɣi ad ten- waliɣ. Ahat lemmer nudaɣ deg-sen, 

ad d-afeɣ tidyanin n trewla. Xeṛsum ad ẓreɣ belli yella 

yiwen webrid anda yeḥbes uɣṛaf-agi seg webran, u zdaxel 

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uheggi n lmut i d-yettazzalen, zheṛ, xeṛsum d yewwas, 

ibeddel ayen yuran. Xeṛsum yiwen n webrid! Zemreɣ ad d- 

iniɣ, beṛka-yi yiwen. Imi ul-iw d netta ara ikkemmelen ayen 

i d-yeggran. Iɣmisen heddṛen-d dima ɣef uttalas i ɣ-tettalas 

tmetti. Ɣur-es ilaq ad ittuxelleṣ. Acu kan annect-a mači 

dayen yettmeslayen i walaɣ. Ayen yes&an azal, d tazmert n 

trewla, d aneggez beṛṛa n waḍu yezzuɣuṛen, d tazla ɣer 

tmurt n tisselbi anda i yezdeɣ usirem. Ayen ibanen, asirem d 

aneɣluy menṭeq di teɣmeṛt n walba&ḍ n tezniqin, di tlemmast 

n tazla, s yiwet n terṣaṣt. Acu kan mara ttmuquleɣ tagnitt-agi 

deg-i lliɣ, ulac ansi tezmer ad d-tekk tizeṭ-agi, kullec 

yettakkas-iyi-tt, u taḥemmalt tettawi-yi kan. 

Akken i d iyi-hwa &erḍeɣ axemmem ɣef temsalt-agiinu, 

ur ṣṣawḍeɣ ara ad qebleɣ tidett-agi qeṛṛiḥen n leḥkem 

fell-i. Imi, yella uceqqiq meqren u yesseḍsayen ger cṛe& i ttisersen 

akked wamek tuɣal tleḥḥu mebla aḥbas segmi d-iffeɣ 

cṛe& deg-s. Amek akkenni i d-ɣran cṛe& ɣef ṭam (8) n yiḍ deg 

umur n semmus (5) n tmeddit, tazmert-nni tezmer ad teffeɣ 

akken nniḍen, daɣen tawaṭṭfa tettwaṭef sɣur yergazen 

yettbeddilen leḥwayeǧ, akk daɣen tawaṭṭfa tettwaṭṭef s yisem 

n wegdud aṛumi neɣ (alalmani, neɣ acinwazi), yesbanay-ittid 

yark wannect-a belli itekkes-as aṭas seg wazal-ines. Ɣas 

akka yark, terra-yi tmara set&eṛfeɣ belli segmi yettwaṭṭef 

ṛṛay-agi, timenɣiwt-iw tuɣal d tidett iṣṣeḥan, tella am akken 

yella lḥiḍ-agi ibedden ɣef wacu sendeɣ akka a&rur-inu. 

Mmektaɣ-d imiren yiwet n tmacahutt i d-tḥekku 

yemma ɣef baba. Ur as-d-cfiɣ ara. Ayen yark sneɣ iṣṣeḥa 

ɣef wergaz-agi, dayen akken ahat i d iyi-teqqar yemma : 

iṛuḥ yewwas ad iẓer timenɣiwt n yiwen uqettal. Yuḍen 

makken kan i s-d-tusa tekti. U ɣas akken iṛuḥ dɣa mi d- 

yuɣal s axxam yerra-d yark taṣebḥit-nni ayen yellan di 

taffaṭ-is. Dɣa yesdigguti-yi baba cwiṭ imiren. Tura fehmeɣ, d 

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ayen ibanen am yiṭij. Wehmeɣ amek ur faqeɣ ara belli ulac 

ayen yes&an azal am tmenɣiwt, u tzemreḍ ad d-tiniḍ ulac 

ayen ima&nen nnig-s i wergaz! Lemmer zemreɣ ad fɣeɣ 

yewwas si lḥebs-agi, ad ruḥeɣ ad ẓreɣ yark timenɣiwin. 

Waqila ɣelṭeɣ mi d-nniɣ akka. Imi axemmem kan weḥdes ad 

n tafin n iman-iw yewwas zdeffir tejlibt-nni i&essasen, si 

tama nniḍen ger lɣaci, d imnezzeh ara ad d-yassen ad iwali 

syin ad d-yerr tafaṭ-is, yessalay-iyi-d yiwen akken n lfeṛḥ 

rẓagen s ul. Acu kan annect-a mači dayen ara yeqbel 

wallaɣ. Ɣelṭeɣ aṭas imi serḥaɣ i wallaɣ-iw ad ixemmem i 

tɣawsiwin-agi imi, amecwaṛ kan, ad iyi-tekcem tesmeḍ arma 

skucebreɣ ɣef yiman-iw. Ṣekkṣakeɣ tuɣmas-iw mebla ma 

zemreɣ ad ḥebseɣ. 

Acu kan anwa izemren ad yili dima s la&qel-is. 

Amedya, tikkwal ssalayeɣ kan akka deg uqerruy-iw 

isenfaṛen (les projets) n leqwanen imaynuten. Beqquɣ ad 

&iwdaɣ amek neqqen. Ufiɣ-ed belli ṣṣeḥ yark d tulya n yiwet 

n tewwurt i win ɣef yettwaḥkem s tmettant. Yiwet seg ifeḍ 

(1000), beṛka-tt tikkwal akken ad ttuṣegment waṭas n 

tɣawsiwin. Xemmeɣ akka belli yezmer ad d-naf alba&ḍ n 

tissitin i nezmer ad nefk i umuḍin ad isew akken ad yemmet, 

azal n tẓa (9) si mraw (10) ad mmten, yiwen ad d- 

yessukkes. (Gret tamawt belli qqareɣ-ed dima : amuḍin). 

Netta ilaq ad iẓer umeḥbus, u d wagi i d ccerṭ. Imi umba&d 

cwiṭ kan umeyyez, makken ara nwali tiɣawsiwin s la&qel, 

ttafeɣ belli ayen izelgen d lmus n lfinga, dakken ulac yark 

isem usukkes, ulac yark. Lḥaṣun, yettwagzem ṛṛay n lmut 

umuḍin. Tagi d yiwet n temsalt yefran, d tawwurt iṣekkṛen, 

d amsefhem ibanen anda ulac anwa izemren ad d-yuɣal ɣer 

deffir. Ma yella dɣa kra ur nelḥa yara, ayen ur nḍeṛṛu yara, 

nett&awad-as. Ɣef waya, ayen yesdiggutiyen, dakken amuḍin 

s yiman-is yessarram ulac d acu ara ixesṛen di tmacint. 

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Nniɣ-d d ayagi i d tama izelgen. Annect-a d tidett seg yiwet 

n tama. Acu kan, si tama nniḍen, sta&eṛfeɣ belli lbaḍna 

uheggi iggerzen di temsalt-agi i teffer; Nezmer ad d-en-ini 

belli win akken ara yettwanɣen ittekka s lebɣi-s. Di lfayda-s 

ma yelḥa kullec akken iwulem. 

Terra-yi tmara daɣen ad sta&eṛfeɣ belli tiktiwin s&iɣ ar 

tura ɣef temsalt-agi ur ṣeḥḥant ara yark. Aṭas aya i ǧa&leɣ — 

yernu ur ẓriɣ ara ayɣer — belli akken ad iṛuḥ walba&ḍ ɣer 

lfinga, ilaq-as ad yali ɣef udekkan, ad yelḥu tiseddaṛin. 

Waqila ssebba uxemmem-agi ikka-d si tegrawla-nni n 1789, 

bɣiɣ ad d-iniɣ ssebba uxemmem-agi tekka-d seg wayen i d 

iyi-slemden neɣ i d iyi-mlan ɣef temsal-agi. Acu kan 

yewwas taṣebḥit mmektaɣ-d yiwet n teswiṛa i d-yeddan deg 

yiwen weɣmis deg yiwet akken n tedyant n tmenɣiwt 

yettwasnen imiren aṭas. Di tilawt, tamacint n lfingga 

tettwasers ɣef lqa&a taḥerfit. Mecṭuḥet u teḍyeq, mači dayen 

yark ttmeyizeɣ. Ayen i yi-sseḍsayen cwiṭ d amek ur rriɣ ara 

ddhen-iw meqbel akka s annect-a. Tamacint-nni yellan di 

teswiṛa tessewhem-iyi amek iṣṣeggem yixeddim-is izaden, 

zeddig u yettemca&l. Dima nettzaday i wayen nettxemmim 

deg wayen yark ur nessin ara. Ilaq-iyi imiren ad faqeɣ belli 

kullec iban u yeshel : tamacint tella deg yiwet n lqa&a anda 

ibedd wergaz ileḥḥun ɣur-es. Iteddu ɣur-es am akken ara 

yeddu s alba&ḍ yessen. Ula d annect-a irennu assexciwet, 

Imi alluy s adekkan neɣ alluy deg igenni, yezmer wallaɣ ad 

yezhu syes. Ma tura dagi, ibbulunen n tna&uṛt rẓan kullec : 

amdan yettwanɣa s tufra, s cwiṭ n leḥcayem akk s waṭas 

uḥebbeṛ. 

Llant daɣen snat n tɣawsiwin i ɣef ttmeyizeɣ dima : 

tafrara akked tṛuẓi n cṛe&. Ttnaɣeɣ iman-iw u tta&ṛaḍaɣ ur 

ttxemmimeɣ ara fell-asent. Teẓleɣ, ttmuquleɣ s igenni, u 

ttḥariṣeɣ deg allaɣ-iw ad d-yelhu kan deg tmuɣli ɣur-es. 

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Yebda yettuɣal d azegzaw, imi d tameddit. Ttḥerriseɣ imaniw 

akken ad beddleɣ axemmem, dɣa uɣaleɣ selleɣ i wul-iw. 

Ur zmireɣ ara ad xemmeɣ neɣ ad skecmeɣ deg wallaɣ-iw 

belli aṭenṭen-agi iteddun yid-i si zik-iw yezmer yewwas ad 

yeḥbes. La&meṛ s&iɣ axemmem fell-as s neṣṣeḥ. Ɣas akken 

&arḍeɣ ad mmuqleɣ xeṛsum yiwet n dqiqa amek ara yili 

weḥbas uṭṭenṭṭen-agi zdaxel uqerruy-iw. Acu kan mebla 

lfayda. Imi axemmem ɣef tafrara neɣ ɣef taṛuẓi n cṛe&-inu 

yettuɣal-d imiren kan. Taggara friɣ-tt ger-i d yiman-iw belli 

ur ilaq ad tt-cuddeɣ aṭas. 

Ẓriɣ di tafrara ara d-awḍen yewwas ad i-yawin. 

Tzemreḍ ad d-tiniḍ, s&eddaɣ uḍan-iw yark deg uṛaǧu n 

tafrara-yagi. Werǧin ḥemleɣ ad ttwasdduqseɣ. Yal mara yiteḍru 

lḥaǧa, beqquɣ ad iliɣ din. Ɣef aya i ssawḍeɣ ur gganeɣ 

ara siwa cwiṭ deg wass; teɣzi n yiḍ ttṛaǧuɣ kan melmi ara d- 

tennunet tafat di lemri igenni. Ayen iwe&ṛen fell-i s zyada, d 

imir-nni ara d-taweḍ ssa&a-nni cukkeɣ belli deg-s ixeddmen 

cɣel-nsen. Mi i&edda wezgen n yiḍ, ad bduɣ aṛaǧu akk 

t&essast. Werǧin tesla tmeẓẓuɣt-iw i wanect-en n 

usferfec,tuɣal te&eqqel yark leṣwat-nni yeffren. Zemreɣ ad 

d-iniɣ, s&iɣ zheṛ yark tallit-nni imi werǧin sliɣ deg-s i tikli 

usebbaḍ. Yemma dima teqqar-ed belli ulac win yekcem 

leḥzen s ul-is irkkeli. Ufiɣ di lḥebs belli ayen akken i d- 

teqqar d tidett, ladɣa makken ad d-yennecṛaḥ yigenni u ass 

amaynut yettnezrurub-ed ɣer texxamt-iw. Imi akken yezmer 

daɣen ad sleɣ i tikli usebbaḍ dɣa din kan ad yetterḍeq wuliw. 

Ɣas ma ula d aḥnucceḍ amectuḥ yettawi-yi ɣer tewwurt, 

ɣas ma, tameẓẓuɣt ɣef lluḥ, ttṛaǧuɣ akken alamma sliɣ i 

nnefs-iw, iteffeɣ-iyi la&qel makken ara t-afeɣ d azuran u 

yettcabi ɣer wenẓaf n weqjun; lḥaṣun taggara ul-iw ur 

yetterḍeq ara u mazal-iyi-d (24) n tsa&tin nniḍen. 

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Teɣzi n wass, tella tṛuẓi n cṛe&-inu ɣef acu i 

ttxemmimeɣ. Ẓriɣ belli ḥala ayen i yelhan i d-ttawiɣ si tektiyagi. 

Ḥettbeɣ, tt&awadeɣ u teẓgeɣ-d adif n tektiwin-iw. U 

dima srusuyeɣ-d zdat-i taggara n diri d nettat i tamenzut : 

qqareɣ-as ur d-qblin ara taṛuẓi n cṛe&-nni. « ihi, ad mmteɣ 

daya ». Ad zwireɣ kan kra s aẓekka, d aya. Yernu medden 

yark ẓran belli tudert-agi ur teswi yara tabruyt yerkan. 

Zdaxel-iw ẓriɣ lmut n tlatin neɣ n seb&in ulac deg-s amxallef 

imi, iban di snat-agi n tegnatin, aṭas n yemdanen, ama d 

irgazen neɣ d tilawin, ad ddren, u annect-a d luluf 

isseggasen. Lḥasun ur tes&iḍ acu ibanen. D nek dima ara 

yemten, ass-agi neɣ umba&d snat n tmerwin (20) 

isseggasen. I yi-ceɣben tura deg umeyyez-agi-inu, d 

aneggez-agi yessewḥacen i wumi tḥalfuɣ deg-i mara d- 

mmektiɣ snat n tmerwin (20) isseggasen n tudert ar zdat. 

Ulac acu i yi-d-mazal ḥala ad kkseɣ tikti-yagi seg allaɣ-iw s 

uxemmem n wamek ara yilint taktiwin-iw umba&d snat n 

tmerwin (20) isseggasen n tudert, makken ara d-taweḍ dɣa 

dqiqa-nni taneggarut. Imi lmut labbud ad nemmet; amek 

akked melmi, ur s&in ara azal s waṭas, d ayen ibanen. Ihi (u 

ayen iwe&ṛen d tuṭṭfa deg uzrar umeyyez acu yeswa wawalagi 

n « ihi »; ihi, ilaq-iyi ad qeblaɣ makken ara yi-d-agin 

taṛuẓi n cṛe&-inu. 

Imiren, u ḥala imiren kan i ttakkeɣ i yiman-iw azref, 

ma nezmer ad d-nini akka, i wakken ad yili umeyyez ɣef 

liḥala tis-snat : tin anida akken ara d iyi-semḥen. Ayen i yiceɣben 

s zayed, dakken ilaq ad qemḍeɣ neɣ ad ddeqmeɣ 

anṭaw akked tazla idammen di tfekka-inu, imi anect-a 

iteqqes allen-iw s yiwen akken n lfaṛḥ iselben. Ilaq-iyi ad 

lemdeɣ asenɣes n ssuɣat-agi, ilaq-iyi ad t-sbenseɣ. Ilaq-iyi 

ad qqimeɣ akken lliɣ ɣas d liḥala-yagi tis snat i yeḍran, 

akken ad yeǧhed weqbal-inu n uxemmem-nni amezwaru n 

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lmut. Yal mara ssiwḍeɣ s annect-a, rebbḥeɣ-d ssa&a n talwit. 

Annect-agi dayen is&an azal meqqren i win yellan di lḥebs 

am nek. 

Deg yiwen imir icuban wagi i yugiɣ ad ẓreɣ amrabeḍ 

iṛumyen. Lliɣ ẓleɣ u &eqlaɣ-d aggaḍ n tmeddit si nwel-nni 

amellal n yigenni. Wwḍeɣ-d s anda akken ugiɣ taṛuẓi n cṛe&- 

inu, makken bdiɣ a ttḥalfuɣ i weḥbak idammen ileḥḥun deg 

iẓuran-iw. I wumi sriɣ imiren i tmeẓriwt n wemṛabeḍ. D tin i 

tikkelt tamezwarut, seg wacḥal aya, i xemmeɣ ɣef Marie. 

Aṭas-ayagi n wussan segmi teḥbes ur d iyi-d-tettaru yara. 

Tameddit-nni, meyzeɣ cwiṭ dɣa nniɣ ger-i d yiman-iw belli 

ahat te&ya si tilin d taḥbibt n yiwen ɣef wumi yettwaḥkem s 

lmut. Xemmeɣ daɣen belli yezmer tuḍen neɣ ahat temmut. 

Akka i teddunt temsal. Amek zemreɣ dɣa ad t-ẓreɣ imi 

anagar tifekkiwin-nneɣ yemsebḍan tura akka, ulac acu i ɣ- 

yessemlalayen neɣ i d-yesmektayen wa i wayeḍ. Dɣa seg 

imiren uɣaleɣ ur cli&eɣ ara seg umekti n Marie. Ma yella 

temmut dɣa ur tes&iḍ acu ara xedmeɣ yess. Yettban-iyi-d d 

lḥeq mi fehmeɣ belli medden ad iyi-ttun umba&d tamettantiw. 

Ur tes&iḍ acu ara xedmen yess-i. Ur zmireɣ ara ad d-iniɣ 

ula d timenna belli iw&eṛ uxemmem deg annect-a. 

Imiren swaswa i d-yekcem umrabeḍ iṛumyen. Makken 

i t-walaɣ, rgagiɣ cwiṭ. Ifaq i tergagit-iw dɣa yenna-yi-d, ur 

ttagad. Nniɣ-as belli uɣeɣ tannumi mači di lawan-agi i d- 

yettas. Yerra-yi-d belli d zyaṛa kan n tmusni, ur tes&i yara 

kra n rrebg nettat d tṛuẓi n cṛe&-inu, win i ɣef ur yeẓri 

acemma. Yeqqim ɣef wusu-inu dɣa yessuter-yi-d ad qqimeɣ 

ɣer tama-s. Ugiɣ. Ufiɣ deg udem-is yiwen akken n wemdan 

ḥninen. 

Yeqqim ddeqs, iɣallen ɣef imesḍan-is, aqerru iṣubb, 

yettmuqul deg ifassen-is. Rqiqit u ǧehddit, ad iyi-dsmektayen 

sin iɣersiwen iqeṭben ɣef yiman-nsen. Islufuy- 

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iten s la&qel wa ɣer wa. Syin iqqim akken, s uqerru iṣubben 

yiwen akken umecwaṛ meqqren, armi ḥulfaɣ yiwen ubrid 

belli am akken ttuɣ-t. 

Yiwen umecwaṛ, irfed-ed aqerru-yis, imuqel-iyi-d srid 

s udem : « ayɣer, i yi-d-yesteqsa, tettagiḍ ad iyi-teẓreḍ? ». 

Rriɣ-as belli nek ur ttamneɣ ara s Ṛebbi. Yebɣa ad iẓer ma 

yella ttekleɣ deg wayen akka i d-qqareɣ u rriɣ-as belli ur d 

iyi-terri yara tmara ad steqsiɣ iman-iw : annect-a yettbaniyi-d 

d tamsalt ur nes&i yara azal ɣur-i; irfed azagur-is ɣer 

zdeffir, isenned ɣer lḥiḍ, ifassen dima ɣef iqeswaden-is. Am 

akken mači i nek i d-yettmeslay, yenna-d belli aṭas i 

yetteklen deg wayen i d-qqaren u tikkwal mači d tidett. Nek 

ssusmeɣ. Immuqel-d ɣuri dɣa yesteqsa-yi-d : « acu d ṛṛay-ik 

di temsalt-agi? ». Rriɣ-as belli yezmer lḥal. U akken d asyehwa 

yella lḥal, ɣas ur ẓriɣ acu id iyi-&nan s tidett, acu kan 

ttekleɣ ẓriɣ acu yark ur d i-ye&nin ara. Dɣa, annect-a ɣef acu 

i yi-d-iheddeṛ mači dayen i d i-yi&nan. 

Izzi allen-is fell-i u, dima mebla ma yembbawel seg 

umḍiq-is, yesteqsa-yi-d ma yella wayen akka ttmeslayeɣ 

ikka-d si layas meqqren. Sfehmeɣ-as belli ur d iyi-ṭṭif ara 

layas. D tagdi kan i yugadeɣ cwiṭ, u annect-a dayen yellan 

deg wemdan. « Ṛebbi ad yili yid-ek ihi, i d-yenna. Widak 

yark sneɣ llan deg wemḍiq-agi-inek zzin meṛṛa ɣur-es ». 

Nniɣ-as d lḥeq-nsen. Annect-a yesbeggan-ed belli ɣur-sen 

akud. Ma yella d nek, ur sriɣ ara i win ara yi-&iwnen u dɣa d 

akud i yi-xuṣṣen akken ad ceɣbeɣ iman-iw s wayen ur d i- 

ye&nin ara. 

Imiren swaswa, ifassen-is ḥrarten am win yerfan cwiṭ. 

Acu kan yekker-ed, iṣṣeggem ikmamen n uqendduṛ-is. Mi 

yekfa, ihdeṛ-iyi-d s wawal « a yameddakel-iw» : mi yi-dyemmeslay 

akka mači imi yettwaḥkem fell-i s tmettant; ɣures 

medden yark yettwaḥkem fell-asen s lmut, dɣa ḥebseɣ-t 

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din mi s-nniɣ belli yemxallaf, u annect-a ur yezmir ara ad 

yili d aṣebbeṛ. « D ṣṣeḥ, i d-yenna, acu kan yewwas labbudd 

ad temteḍ ma yella ur temmuteḍ ara tura. D aɣilif-nni kan 

ara d-yuɣalen imiren. Amek ara t-qazmeḍ imiren ugur-agi ? 

» Rriɣ-as belli ad t-qazmeɣ akken i t-ttqazamaɣ tura. 

Yekker ibbed mi d-nniɣ awal-agi, immuqel-iyi-d srid 

s allen. D yiwen wurar sneɣ akken yelha. Tturareɣ-t aṭas nek 

d Emmanuel neɣ d Celeste u, s umata d nitni i itezzin allennsen 

d imezwura. Ula d amrabeḍ-agi yessen akken ilha uraragi, 

fahmeɣ-t imiren kan : tamuɣli-s ur tergagi yara. Ula d 

taɣect-is daɣen ur tergagi yara makken i yi-d-yenna : « ur 

tes&iḍ ara yark isem usirem u ahat teddreḍ akka s tikti belli 

ad temteḍ irkelli ? ». « Ih », i s-rriɣ. 

Dɣa, iṣubb aqerru-yis, yeqqim. Yenna-yi-d belli 

ɣaḍeɣt. Ɣur-es annect-a d awezɣi ad as-yizmir wergaz. Nek, 

ḥulfaɣ kan belli wagi yebda ad iyi-ssexcawat. Zziɣ ula d nek 

allen-iw, syin ṛuḥeɣ ɣer teḍwiqt-iw. Sendeɣ tayett-iw ɣer 

lḥiḍ. Mebla ma ḍeffreɣ akken i yelha acu i d-yeqqar fehmeɣ 

belli yekmaṣa ad iyi-d-yesteqsay. Iheddeṛ s yiwet n taɣect 

iḥdaqṛen akk iḥerrṣen. Ɛeqleɣ belli netta d yiwen iḥeznen 

dɣa fkiɣ-as-d tameẓẓuɣt akken ad as-sleɣ akken ilaq. 

Yeqqar-iyi-d yettkel belli taṛuẓi n cṛe&-inu ad d- 

yettwaqbel, acu kan ilaq-iyi ad ṣefḍeɣ yiwen n ddnub i 

bbubbeɣ ɣef we&rur-iw. Ɣur-es cṛe& n yergazen ur d-yettban 

ara zdat win n Ṛebbi. Sneqdeɣ-as belli d tamezwarut 

iḥekkmen fell-i. Yerra-yi-d ɣas akken ur tesfiḍ acemma si 

ddnub-iw. Nniɣ-as ur ẓriɣ ara acu i d ddnub. Nnan-iyi-d kan 

belli lliɣ ɣelṭeɣ mi nɣiɣ. Lliɣ ɣelṭeɣ, tura aqli ttxelliṣeɣ, ur 

zmiren ara ad iyi-d-ssutren ugar n wannect-a. Imiren yekker 

daɣen seg umkan-is, u xemmeɣ belli di txibuṭ-agi-inu 

tamecṭuḥt ma yebɣa ad yembba&ẓel, ur yettizmir ara. Ilaq-as 

ad ibbed neɣ ad yeqqim. Ulac amek-nniḍen. 

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Allen-iw reṣṣant di tegnitt. Yuẓa-d ɣur-i s yiwen 

umejjaq dɣa yeḥbes, amzun yesseḍḥa ad d-ikemmel. Imuqel 

s igenni ger wuzlan. « Tɣelṭeḍ , a mmi, i yi-d yenna, zemren 

ad ak-d-ssutren ugar n wannect-a. Ahat ad ak-t-id-ssutren ». 

« D acu akka ad iyi-d-ssutren, ihi? » « Zemren ad ak-dssutren 

ad temmuqleḍ » « Acu ara muqleɣ?». 

Imuqel umrabeḍ acu i s-d-yezzin dɣa yerra-d s yiwet n 

taɣect i yi-d-ibanen am tin ye&yan cwiṭ : « yark iẓra-yagi s 

wacu bnan leḥyuḍ-agi tetteccef-iten tidi n lmeḥna, d ayen 

ẓriɣ. La&meṛ iten muqleɣ mebla atqelleq. Acu kan seg wul 

lqayen, ẓriɣ belli seg win yark itmezren seg-wen, walan 

yeffeɣ-ed si tillas anda zren yiwen wudem n lmalayek. D 

udem-agi i wen-d-ssuturen ad t-twalim ». 

Uɣaleɣ ḥmiɣ cwiṭ. Nniɣ-as aqli aṭas n wagguren-aya i 

ttmuquleɣ di laḥyuḍ-agi. Ulac yark kra neɣ alba&ḍ snaɣ di 

ddunit xiṛ-nsen. Ahat nudaɣ, zik, yiwen wudem deg-sen. 

Acu kan udem-nni nudaɣ d udem i yes&an nwel n yiṭij akk 

tmes n lebɣi : d udem n Marie. Nudaɣ-t ur t-ufiɣ ara. Tura 

dayen. Akken d as-yehwa yella lḥal, ur tes&iḍ acu walaɣ 

yeffeɣ-ed si tidi n yeẓra-yagi. 

Imuqel-iyi-d wemrabeḍ-nni s yiwen akken n leḥzen. 

Nek uɣaleɣ-d tura sendeɣ yark s uzagur-iw ɣer lḥiḍ u tafat n 

wass tneggi-d ɣef wenyir-iw. Yenna-d kra imeslayen i wumi 

ur sliɣ ara u yessuter-iyi-d s uɣiwel ma yezmer ad ad iyissuden, 

« ala » i s-rriɣ. Yuɣal yezzi d timmenddefirt, yelḥa 

armi d lḥiḍ i wumi yeslef s la&qel : « annect-agi yark 

ziɣemma i tḥemmleḍ akal-agi? », i d-yenna s la&qel, nek ur 

tes&iḍ acu i s-rriɣ. 

Iqqim akken aṭas yezzi ɣer lḥiḍ. Addud-is dagi 

yessexcawat-iyi u yuɣal-iyi d ta&ekkemt. Ṛuḥeɣ ad as-iniɣ 

ruḥ effeɣ, ad i-yeǧǧ, makken amecwaṛ isuɣ-ed s lqed 

ugarjum-is, mi d-yezzi ar ɣur-i : « ala, ur zmireɣ ara ad k- 

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amnaɣ. Ẓriɣ zdaxel-iw belli tessarameḍ tudert-nniḍen ». 

Rriɣ-as dayen ibanen, acu kan annect-a ur yes&i yara azal n 

wannect yes&a azal usirem n tuɣalin d ameṛkanti, neɣ lebɣi n 

tmusni u&ummu s uɣiwel neɣ asirem d txenfuct i i&edlen. 

Kifkif-iten yark. Dɣa iḥbes-iyi-d, yebɣa ad iẓer amek 

ssarameɣ tudert-agi nniḍen. Nniɣ-as imiren : « ssarameɣ 

tudert anda zemreɣ ad d-mmektiɣ tagi », syin rniɣ-as, imiren 

kan, belli dayen &yiɣ di lehduṛ. Yebɣa daɣen ad iyi-dyemmeslay 

ɣef Ṛebbi, acu kan uẓeɣ ar ɣur-es u &erḍeɣ ad 

as-sfehmeɣ i tikkelt taneggarut belli mači aṭas n lweqt i yi-d 

mazal, ur bɣiɣ ara ad t-sṛuḥeɣ. Ye&reḍ ad iyi-beddel ameslay 

mi yi-d-yesteqsa ayɣer ssawaleɣ-as ad “leflani ” deg umur i 

deg-i ilaq ad as-ssiwleɣ "baba". Annect-a ize&f-iyi u rriɣ-as 

belli netta mači d baba : ayen akken za&ma yella netta d 

wiyaḍ. 

«Ala, a mmi, i d-yenna makken d-isers afus-is ɣef 

tayett-iw. Aqli yid-k. Acu kan ur tezmireḍ ara ad teẓreḍ imi 

ul-ik yedderɣel. Ad ak-d&uɣ ». 

Dɣa,ur ẓriɣ ara ayɣer, amzun yella kra itterḍqen 

zdaxel-iw. Bdiɣ asuɣu s lqedd ugerjum-iw, reggmeɣ-t u 

nniɣ-as i wumi sriɣ i dda&wat-ines. Tṭfeɣ-t-id si lkull n 

tqenduṛt-is. Smareɣ-d fell-as ayen yark yeffer wul-iw, s nek 

yettneggizen s yiwen uneggez deg-i yemlal lferḥ akked z&af. 

Naɣ aṭas i yella yettkel ? Ɣas akken ulac yiwen si lettkal-is i 

yeswan ineẓd n tmeṭṭut. Ur yettkil ara ɣef yiman-is ula d 

tudert belli yedder imi netta yella yedder am win yemmuten. 

Nek, ttbaneɣ-d am win yes&an ifassen d ilmawen. Acu kan 

lliɣ ttekleɣ ɣef yiman-iw, di kullec, ugar-is, ttekleɣ di tudertagi 

wala di tmettant i d-ileḥḥun. Ih d tidett, ḥala ayagi i 

yes&iɣ. Xeṛṣum ṭṭfeɣ di tidett-agi akken teṭṭef ula d nettat 

deg-i. Lliɣ s&iɣ lḥeq, u tura s&iɣ lḥeq, u dima ad s&uɣ lḥeq. 

Ddreɣ akka ddreɣ, u zemreɣ ad idireɣ akken nniḍen. 

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Xedmeɣ ayagi, ur xdimeɣ ara ayen nniḍen. i yumba&d ? 

Amzun akken ṛǧiɣ annect-agi yark n wakud, ad taweḍ 

dqiqa-yagi akked tafrara-yagi anda ara s&uɣ lḥeq ? Ulac yark 

acu yes&an lma&na u nek ẓriɣ ayɣer. Netta daɣen yeẓra 

ayɣer. U seg wul uzekka-inu, ayen yark teṭṭef tudert-agi 

timheṛṛeft i ddreɣ, yiwen usuḍu aberkan yettaẓ-ed ɣur-i si 

ger isseggasen i mazal ur d-newwiḍ u asuḍu-yagi yettqeccim 

yark ayen i d-yufa zdat-es seg wayen i yi-d-fkan isseggasennni 

ddreɣ, i icuban ula d nutni lexyalat. Ur iyi-teḥṣil ara di 

tmettant n wiyaḍ, neɣ tayri n tyemmatt, ur cli&eɣ ara la di 

Ṛebbi-s, wala di tudert nfferen, imi yiwen imteddu ilaqen ad 

iyi-ffren nekkini akk ad yeffren yid-i kra imelyaṛen yes&an 

zheṛ, am netta, qqaren-d ula d nitni d atmaten-iw. Ahat 

yefhem, yefhem dɣa? Medden yark s&an azal. Ḥala widak 

yes&an azal i yelhan. Ula d nitni, ad yettwaḥkem yewwas 

fell-asen s lmut. Ma&lic, ma yella, deg umur ɣef tmenɣiwt 

inɣan, ad ten-nɣen imi ur run ara di tenṭelt n yemmat-nsen? 

Aqjun n Salamano yes&a azal annect n tmeṭṭut-is. Tameṭṭutnni 

taqurant teɣleḍ ula d nettat annect teɣleḍ tparizyant i yuɣ 

Masson neɣ Marie yellan tebɣa ad iyi-taɣ. Tewqa&-iyi-d ma 

yella Raymond d ameddakel-iw annect n Celeste i t-yifen s 

wacḥal? Tewqa&-iyi tura ma yella Marie tefka taxenfuct-is i 

Meursault nniḍen? Dɣa ur ẓriɣ ara ma yefhem wagi ɣef 

yettwaḥkem s lmut u seg ayen yeffer uzekka-inu… iqmeḍ 

deg-i nnefs makken i la d-ttsuɣuɣ annect-a. Acu kan, yufa-d 

lḥal, i&essasen kksen-iyi amrabeḍ si ger ifassen-iw u bdan la 

ttberrin seg-i. Netta issusem-iten, dɣa imuqel-ed ɣur-i yiwen 

akken umecwaṛ di tsusmi. Ččuṛent-ed wallen-is d 

imeṭṭawen. Yezzi udem-is syin yeffeɣ. 

Akken kan dɣa yeffeɣ yers-ed la&qel deg-i. Lliɣ &yiɣ 

dɣa ɣliɣ menṭeq deg usu. Waqila ṭṭseɣ imi ukiɣ-ed s yetran 

deg wudem-iw. Ssuɣat d weḥriret wwḍen-ed ɣur-i si 

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lexlawi. Rriḥa n yiḍ, d wakal akked lemleḥ sbbuḥran i 

tiwwura uqerru-yiw. Talwit taẓidant unebdu-yagi afenyan 

ikcem-ed deg-i am aman. Imiren, makken yewweḍ yiḍ ar 

tilisa-s ssuɣent-ed tnaqusin. La d-qqarent yewweḍ-ed lawan 

n yinigen ɣer tudert i wumi dayen tura zziɣ s uzagur. I 

tikkelt tamezwarut, seg acḥal-aya, mmektaɣ-d yemma. 

Fehmeɣ, waqila, ayɣer di taggara n tudert-is tufa-d yiwen 

«wexḍib », ayɣer turar a&iwed n tudert. Dahi, ula dahi, deg 

wexxam-nni n yemɣaṛen anda xettint teftilin n tudert, 

tameddit tettban-ed am talwit yesruyen. Deg rebbi n lmut, 

yemma tḥulfa s tilleli-nni belli tezmer ad t&iwed tameddurtnniḍen. 

Ulac, ulac win i yes&an azref ad iru fell-as. Ula d 

nek tura ḥulfaɣ zemreɣ ad &iwdeɣ tudert. Am akken z&af-agi 

d reffu ameqran seffin-d ayen n dir deg-i, s war asirem, zdat 

yiḍ-agi yeččuṛen d ifeṭiwjen akked yetran, lliɣ ul-iw i tikkelt 

tamezwarut i wecla& aẓidan n umaḍal. Ḥulfaɣ-as yettcabi ar 

ɣur-i, am gma, din i zṛiɣ belli ddreɣ deg-s d win ifeṛḥen, u 

mazal-iyi ferḥeɣ ar tura. Akken kullec ad yaweḍ s amkan-is, 

akken ur ttḥalfuɣ ara i yiman-iw d awḥid, yeggra-yi-d ad 

ssirmeɣ ad d-ṛuḥen aṭas n lɣaci asmi ara yi-gezmen aqerru. 

U ssarameɣ ad iyi-d-qablen lɣaci-nni s ssuɣat yeččuṛen d 

aɣuccu. 

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