Ikker idjen n wuday tuɣ irettcel. Yiwey tameṭṭut tamezwart. I xfes yutef, ikker ad iqqen taflewt n tzeqqa nnes. Netta tuɣ iteqqn it s yict tɣunt tameqqṛant. Iqqim qaε maykk illa yiḍ illa iteqqen. l uyetca, illef i tmeṭṭut nnes. Ikker mullu nniḍen ircel. Yutef f tmeṭṭut nnes, ikker ad iqqen taflewt s tɣunt. Iqqim al dd yaley wass day ireddza a tt iqqen ul izmir. Ikker illef i tussent. Yiwey tenn nniḍen. Am umezwar, day yutef tazeqqa, ikker ad iqqen taflewt. Netta day irza ad issuyur taɣunt yawkan tekker teslit nnes agids teqqen. Inna-y-as : “ Cemm d tameṭṭut inuɣ ! D cemm ay tuɣ reddziɣ”. Anday.

Vvu d idjen n uwessar, tuɣ iteffeɣ cṛa-d ass l Taɣit al iqqaṛ ikk At Taɣit "Uct i-dd ! Uct i-dd day afuḥ ! Ay At Taɣit ! Ad uceɣ qaε i wikk ul neεlim !" Iwa iqqim ammen aṭṭaṣ n wussan, al idjen n umullu, xsen a t ssnen ; ucn as aṭṭaṣ n wuṛeɣ. Itcuṛ aselham nnes. Iẓwa ‘l tezdeɣt nnes. Ukk brid, yus dd ɣres idjen n ubeẓẓiw. Iqqim iqqaṛ as :
– Uc i-dd afuḥ si may d ac ucen At Taɣit, a Vvu !
– Afey rza ɣer sen ad ac ucen ula-d cekk !
– Iwa uc i-dd day abell a Vvu !
– Mar di tneṭṭed ammu ! Lley xfi ! Madza yus as dd d ufusey, madza d uẓelmaḍ, qaε u d as yuci cṛa. Iẓwa ubeẓẓiw. Vvu, yiweḍ l at tiddart nnes. Inna-y-asen belli illa yiwy asen dd aṭṭaṣ n wuṛeɣ. Ijjuṛṛef xfes qa wikk itla. Iṛẓem aselham nnes, yaf dis aḥecluf, ixsan d iqelwaε. Anday.

Iffeɣ yict tikkelt, idjen n urgaz si tiddart nnes yuf aydi iqeṛḍen itett ixsan. Yisi t l tiddart nnes. Inna i tmeṭṭut nnes : " Ax am aydi yu ! Ttheḷḷa dis al-d ijjey !" Ixṭeṛ. I dd idwel, issten tameṭṭut nnes f uydi. Issiwel uydi : –Cekk, u-lli sad ttiɣ taṣebḥi nnec ! Nettata, atan llant sent n tidrin ! Ibheḍ urgaz :
– Mar cekk u-lli cay d aydi ? Irru xfes uydi :
– Nettc d ajenney ! Ɣarec mi cekk yuɣ cṛa, metta tettwaṭṭfed i beṛṛa, telluẓed niɣ tettuḍayqed i cṛa, ẓga "Knuz" ! Metta lliɣ din ad ac rreɣ awal, metta u yi tufid, ad tafed yemma. Mi dd ɣrec teffeɣ, ul tett may d ac tucu ! Ini-y-as ad ac tuc ad tessinegled s tẓult nnes ! Ẓwan wussan al idjen n umullu d azell, tuɣ illuẓ, iffud, yuḥel. Immitey d may d as inna uydi. Day iẓga Knuz, yawka teṛẓem tmurt. Teffeɣ dd zzis tmeṭṭut tessiwel agids :
– Man ayen texsed ?
– Xseɣ Knuz.
– Atef dd ad tetced cṛa !
– U-lli sad tceɣ ! Xseɣ taẓult nnem ad ssingleɣ.
– Ca yemmet Knuz iqqaṛen may neεlem i midden ! Aɣ ac ! Issingel. Idwel dd ula-d netta m yxes cṛa, ittaf i. Anday.

Yict tmeṭṭut, tuɣ teqqim ikk idis n yict tmuc̣c̣eyt ittaṛwen. Tenna-y-as : "Aεla wi yufen ad am inkeḍ timiṭṭ mi tuṛwed !" Yuden i tuyel asɣun, usent dd cṛa-n tjennay l uyen n tmeṭṭut, nnant as ad tenkeḍ timiṭṭ i tmuc̣c̣eyt. Tnekḍ as tt. Yyent uyen n tjennay urif. Tcent. Ul ucint cay i tmeṭṭut ammen u dd tdekkwel d tajenneyt. I sad teẓwa, tekker agids yict tjenneyt ammen a tt tessiweḍ l tiddart nnes. Ucent as tjennay tandunt itcuṛen s yilmawen n ṛṛemman. Teyr it ukk cu nnes, teffeɣ. Ayen n tmeṭṭut, teẓwa. Ukk brid, cṛa-d mi tyur afuḥ, ad tessitef fus nnes ukk cu tzerr ilem. Tajenneyt, teqqim ttebbey ayen n ilmawen. Iwa qqiment ammen al-d taweḍ zzat tiddart nnes. Tuɣ iqqim as day idjen n yilem ukk cu. Teqqel dis ; tuf i d uṛeɣ. Tenna : "Mar d ammu !" Terza l uyen n tjenneyt ad as terr may tzerr. Tenna-y-as tjenneyt :
– Wim uciɣ ul iṭṭif Ad εad irza ul ittif. Anday.

Idjen n ujellid yuɣ iεlem sent tsednan. Ikker ircel ; yiwey tenn nniḍen. Iwa tekker tettaṛew. Timezwar, usment zzis. qqiment teqqlent may-d as ala yyent. Ayen n tmeṭṭut, tuṛew idjen n ujeṛṛuḍ ; iffeɣ dd dis uyur i tenyert. Kkrent uyen n tsednan samant ayen n temẓuṛt al-d teṭṭeṣ, isint as mmis nekḍent as tileṭṭett nnes, yrent t i tejṛa, zerrent t ikk iɣẓeṛ. Isint afuḥ n idammen, Ṭlant ten ikk imi n yemmas. Ssitfent as tileṭṭett n mmis ikk imi nnes. I yutef ujellid l tiddart nnes, nnant as uyen n tsednan : Atan tetcu mmis, tedju dd day tileṭṭett nnes. Atef ad teqqled, tella i tzeqqa nnes. Ikker ujellid ad iqqel, yaf idammen d tleṭṭett ikk imi n uyen n temẓuṛt. Tekker dd uyen n tmeṭṭut ul tufi maykk ala tini.
Ajellid idjull teqqim ɣres tmeṭṭut itetten arra nnes. Inna "u tt tekkeɣ day d tayya, ad tṣeṛṛeḥ ileɣman, ad as ttitceɣ day abetbat am nettat am iyḍan." Ikker ikks as aseṛḍ nnes, issufɣ it ad teṣṛeḥ. Ayen tejṛa deg tuɣ ajeṛṛuḍ yisi tt yiɣẓeṛ wahli. Tekker yict twessart tuɣ teḍεen, temmater ayen n tejṛa. Tisi tt, taf dis ajeṛṛuḍ. Tisi t, tesseym i. Nettata d tamengurt. Iwa teqqim tesseyma t al-d imɣeṛ. Idjen n umullu, iffeɣ ittmunnuḍ al-d immater yict twessart. Tenna-y-as : Ruḥ manayen ssya tellid ttekked a wenn tetcu yemmas ! Manayen ? Yemmac, qqaṛen midden tetcu mmis ! Mani tella ? Tella wahli. Day ssten midden ad tafed ! Ikker idwel l tmeṭṭut t isseymen, inna-y-as qa may-d as tenna uyen n twessart. Tenna-y-as : Nettc ufiɣ cekk i tejṛa, yisi cekk yiɣẓeṛ !
Ukk nqeṛ n tfuyt, yisi yis nnes, iẓwa ad irza yemmas. Iẓwa isstun al-d yaweḍ yict tmurt. Immuter cṛa-n irgazen. Inna-y-asen : Ul tessinem cṛa n tmeṭṭut itcen mmis ay irgazen ? Nnan as ad iyur aṭṭaṣ, wahli al mi yiweḍ cṛa n iḍuṛaṛ, a di sen yaf yict tmeṭṭut tṣerreḥ ileɣman. Iẓwa ikkur, ikkur al-d yaweḍ. Immater yict tmeṭṭut tessikkwid, teccucen, qa teqquṛ. Issetn it : D cemm aykk itcen mmim a tameṭṭut ? A mmi ! mar illa w itetten taṛwa nnes ? Day d tisednan n ujellid ay zzi yusmen, nnant i midden d ujellid tciɣ mmi. Itninti d timengurin. Ha mani tzedɣed ? Iwa teccn as tazdeɣt nnes. Ikker ad as iseɣ aseṛḍ. I yutef l uyen n tiddart, yuf it n ujellid. Iqqim d ujellid ssawalen al dd tedwel twessart sikk ḍuṛaṛ.
Tutef l tiddart, tessitef ileɣman. Kkrent tsednan n ujellid ttcatent-ett al xefs ttmenzɣent. Nettata, ul tufi mala teyy : day ad telmeẓ. D amensi, illa ujellid d unuji nnes. Sad tcen. Inna-y-as uyen n unuji : Belleh ad tedjed ayen n twessart agid neɣ temmunsew. Inna-y-as ujellid : U xfes icni day ad ttec agd iyḍan. Maɣer w itcen taṛwa nnes itett d iwdan ! Inna-y-as unuji : Nettc u-lli sad i-dd ihwa umensi nnec day metta teqqim agid neɣ agd metta tedjid tett a gidi teṭṭeṣ ayu n yiḍ ! Idj it ujellid tetcu agid sen. I tetcu issitf it teṭṭeṣ agd unuji. I llan day s senn iyet sen, irza ɣres ad as tessiwel f wussan nnes. Iwa tenna-y-as qa may teẓṛu d may xfes ssekkent tsednan n ujellid sukk mezwar al unekkaṛu. Issetn it metta temmuter mmis ad tezmer a t tagez.
Tenna-y-as : Mmi ! ssneɣ t, iεlem yur i tenyert d ufus nnes ul iεlim tileṭṭett. Tella εad tessawal yawkan tagz i ; tenna-y-as : Cekk d mmi ! Teqqim till. Netta, ikker ittεawad as maykk iẓṛu. Ukk nqeṛ n tfuyt, inna-y-as ad tessired iman nnes, tiṛed aseṛḍ d as dd isɣu. Netta issiwel d ujellid, issetn i f uyen n tmeṭṭut. Inna-y-as metta ad izmer ad yagez mmis. Inna-y-as : Mmi, iεlem yur i tenyert. Ikker immater it zzats :
– Cekk d mmi ! Man ayu ? Manis dd tusid ? Mar tellid teddred ? Iqqim sad immet s lfeṛḥ . Idjull ad ineɣ tisednan nnes. Ikker issufɣ int, issufeɣ iyysan nnes, yass int ḍaṛ ukk yis, ḍaṛ ukk yis nniḍen, yacem in, azzlen, ttwaxeṛṛqent, mmant. Irru tameṭṭut nnes, yemmas n unuji. Yawey dd tameṭṭut tamezwart, tenn yufen tajṛa. Qqimen i tiddart n ujellid. Anday.

Idjen n urgaz, ircel. Tuɣ izdeɣ d yemmas. Tameṭṭut nnes, ul teḥmil yemmas. Cṛa-d ass, tuɣ teqqaṛ as : Zerr xef neɣ yemmac ! Tella day tettcat iyi. Yemmac d tulyict. Netta, tuɣ iterra xfes : Ha may sad yyeɣ i yemma ? A tt zerreɣ ? Tenna-y-as : Wah ! Zerr it l beṛṛa ! Ikker s tufra, issufɣ it beṛṛa n tiddart. Yuley l ujenna n tiddart. Yisi taẓyeṭṭ, issiṛḍ as aseṛḍ n tmeṭṭut, issregb it d itelli amzun d yemmas. Inna i tmeṭṭut nnes : Atan zerreɣ tt l ujenna n tiddart ! Iffeɣ si tiddart. Mukud, isell i ẓẓga : "Ya wakk ! Ya wakk !" Uzzlen dd midden l uyen n tmeṭṭut. Teccn asen ṣaray nnes day d iquba : "Qqelt a midden, i may d i-dd teyyu !" Yutef urgaz nnes l tiddart : "Man ayu !" Nnan as : "Ha d yemmac !" Inna-y-asen : "Manec ! Ad awim djalleɣ a dd zerreɣ l uṣaray yemma ittemṛaṛan !" Yuley. Ixebḍ it l uṣaray. Behḍen midden i mmutren taẓyeṭṭ. Iffeɣ urgaz yiwey dd yemmas. Iḥref tameṭṭut nnes. Anday.

Ikker idjen n wass, yict tmeṭṭut tercel i mmis. Taslit, tus dd agids yemmas. Iwa qaε zedɣen i tiddart d yict. Ẓwan wussan, teqqim teslit day tettmenzeɣ f temɣaṛt nnes. Cṛa-d ass ad tini ukk rgaz nnes : "Yemmac, tella tessuḥul iyi ! Yemmac, tella tenker iyi ! Yemmac, tella ..., yemmac, tella... " I yuḥel, inna-y-as : Man ayen sad yyeɣ i yemma ? Ad as ɣerseɣ ? Tenna-y-as ad as iɣres. Issetn it f may deg tteṭṭeṣ ammen ad as iɣres. Teccn as. D iḍ, ikker issenfel imucan i temɣaṛt d tḍekkwalt. Idjen n ufuḥ, ikker iɣres i tḍekkwalt nnes. Tameṭṭut nnes, tuɣ teẓẓaḍ imendi. Inna-y-as : Atan ɣersɣ as ! Teqqim uyen n teslit tessehruruy al teqqaṛ : Lḥemdu llillah si temmud a Ɣibuba ! Argaz nnes, iqqim iterra-y-as : Ssya al dd yaley wass ad tban yemma si yemmam a lmeḥḥṛuqa ! Anday.

Idjen n urgaz, tuɣ izdeɣ day netta d yemmas. Nettat d taḍeṛɣalt. Temɣeṛ qbala. Tiɣmas nnes qaε ufyent. Ikker uyen n mmis ircel. Iwa taslit, ul teḥmil ula-d azeɣbib tamɣaṛt nnes. Cṛa-d ass, tuɣ teqqaṛ as : Yemmac tella day tteffeẓ. Sad aɣ tdej i laẓ ! Netta iterra xfes : Axemma day tessehmumuc ! Nettat d tawessart, ul teεlim tiɣmas. Tenn, txes day a tt tzerr. Yict tikkelt, yiwy it l yidjen n uxuc. Yuc as tacellutt n tiyni, iẓwa. Iqqim wahli, yiweḍ ɣres. Issiwel agids : Man ayen da tellid ttekked a tameṭṭut ? Iyru yi da mmi ! Maɣer ? Ul ssineɣ ! Man ayen tellid tteffẓed ? D tiyni. Wi d am tt yucen ? D mmi. Iẓwa l tiddart nnes. Ussan, idwel l yemmas. Man ayen tellid ttetted a tameṭṭut ? D tiyni. Ukkin tt ? N mmi ! Atan mmim immut ! Tekker, meskina, till al treddza ad taley sukk xuc. Ul tezmir. Mar tilled ? Ac mmim, iḥref cemm ! Ih, a mmi ! Tsa ul teεlim tuta ula teyru yi da. Kker, a yemma, ad neẓwa ! Atan mmim d nettc. Issily it sukk xuc. Ẓwan l tiddart nsen. Illef i tmeṭṭut nnes. Anday.

Idjen n umullu, idjen n urgaz tuɣ iεlem tisednan. Ula-d yict ul tuṛiw. Iɣill d timengar. Ikker issten idjen n Wuday ammen ad issen maɣer ul ttiṛwent. Inna-y-as uyen n wuday ad iseɣ tteffaḥat yuc yict i ca-d tameṭṭut. Iyyu may d as inna. Qa yuc asent yict, yict. Yuden i tcent, isint arra. Yict si tsednan nnes, tetcu day idjen n yimi. Wenn nniḍen, teffẓ i tili. Ẓwan wussan, qqiment ttaṛwent. Iwa qaε uṛwent id kuddan icnen ; day ayen n tenn itcen idjen n yimi aykk yuṛwen ajeṛṛuḍ ul nemdi : d ameẓẓyan f yinsi. Nnan as Yenṣiṣ.
I ymen uyen n ijeṛṛuḍen, isɣ asen baba tsen tiymarin. Inna-y-asen :
– Lliɣ iweyɣ awim dd tiymarin ! Kkert a di sent teqqlem ! Ca-d idjen, tenn ixes, tella nnes ! Yenṣiṣ, tuɣ yren zzis ayetmas. Ikker i tallest. Iqqel l teymart tuṣbiḥt. Irekz as tissineft i tensett ammen mi rzan ayetmas, ad inin tenn d tulyict ad isin tinniḍnin. Ammen ay teffeɣ : ayetmas, qaε ḥaṛṛan tuṣbiḥin. Djen taridalt i Yenṣiṣ. Idjen n wass, xsen uyen n wawmaten ad ffɣen ad zedmen. Ffɣen ttafyen, ttafyen, ... Yenṣiṣ, iqqim d anekkaṛu danis taymart nnes, tuɣ tesridul. Itnin, ẓwan ttɣaṛan, ttɣaṛan... Djen t l deffer. Iqqim iqqaṛ asen :
– Ha rεat iyi, ay ayetma !
Itnin, nnan as :
– Ad texxid yittsin taymart taridalt ! Uyyen a t rεan. Day mi-d asen iεeyyeḍ, ssusmen. Ẓwan ammen al i yuḥel Yenṣiṣ. Ihwa si teymart nnes. Ikks as tissineft si tensett. Inyu. Iṭṭef abrid ittɣaṛa, ittɣaṛa al ten yaweḍ. Izzar in. Idj in l deffer. Ul mmutren day tizikkwayin zzat sen. I t mmutren, ac itnin d imekkwden, qqimen qqaṛn as a ten iṛεa. Ula-d netta iεaf in. Al-d yaḥel, inna-y-asen :
– U-lli sa cnim ṛεiɣ ! Day afyet ! Ammen ad ssnen maneswen Yenṣiṣ ! Ẓwan ttazzlen, ttazzlen ; tiwdi teṭṭf in, abrid, u t ssinen. Yenṣiṣ, izzar ; itnin s deffer, ttafyen, ttafyen. Hemlen ; iwḍen zzat tiddart n temẓa.
Yenṣiṣ, izdem. Iqqim ittnehhej. Immuter ayetmas u dd ɣres usin, inna a ten irza. Ikker ittmunnuḍ al-d immater tiymarin nsen i tiddart n temẓa. Yutef ɣres.
– Slama nnem a nanna, Slama nnem ! Tenna-y-as :
– Aεlak u dd izzar sslam nnec wi nuɣ, Ad ac yyeɣ idammen nnec d tasekkift, Aysum nnec d tayeḷḷimt, Ixsan nnec d tazdemt ! Iqqim agd ayetmas ad mmuneswen l temẓa. Tamẓa, tuɣ teεlem yessis. I ten temmuter, tenna izedm as dd waḍu. Tuf maykk ala ttec, nettata d yessis. Iwa teyy asen amensi s uysum n uɣyul d uberda immuden. Ikk inwu umensi, tuc asen ad mmuneswen.
Yenṣiṣ, tuɣ ittṛaṛa tamẓa. Issen may teyyu. Yussew ccayet nnes. Iqqim itekk iman nnes itett : tuɣ ikkar i ccayet. Ayetmas, ul ssinen cay. Tcen aberda al-d djawnen. Ikk itcuṛ Yenṣiṣ ccayet nnes, issten f uḍeṛṛaṣ ammen ad izerr ayen n ucall d asen tessnew temẓa. I t din iyru, tsell as temẓa. Tenna-y-as :
– Man ayu a Yenṣiṣ ?
– Ha d amensi nnem aykk icnen. Tciɣ zzis aṭṭaṣ, a nanna ! Yuden i mmuneswen inujiwen n temẓa, tenna-y-asen :
– Kkert ad teṭṭṣem ! Atan lliɣ ssiɣ awim ! Tiwy in l tzeqqa n yiṭeṣ. Teqqen xef sen. Tenna, jaṛ as d yiman nnes : "Maxef teṭṭṣen, ad zzewɣeɣ id yissen a ten nɣeɣ !"
Yenṣiṣ, tuɣ issen sa ten ttec temẓa ; ul iṭṭiṣ. Iqqim ca-d mullu ireddza-y-aman ad isew : tuɣ iyyu iman nnes iffud. Iwa ca-d mi-d as tucu temẓa ad isew, izerr ayen n waman f tmasext, yini-y-as :
– Yenṣiṣ, u-lli sad iṭṭeṣ ! U-lli sad iṭṭeṣ ! Uc as dd ad isew, Ammen ad iṭṭeṣ ! Iwa day mi-d as tucu-y-aman, issiny in i tmasext, iɣez. Yuden ikk idjiwen, inna i temẓa : - Djiwneɣ, a nanna ! Day isama tamẓa, yawkan issekker ayetmas. Issufɣ in agd uqbun tuɣ iɣzu. Yisi yessis n temẓa, iyy int i tusut n ayetmas. Tamẓa, tuɣ tessuṭṣ in qaε i tzeqqa d yict. Iyyu tiẓiḍin i tusut n tmeẓwin timeẓẓyanin. Iṛwel.
I tenna temẓa ad ilin ṭṭṣen inujiwen nnes, teṛẓem tazeqqa ammen a ten tneɣ. D iḍ, tuɣ tessulles tẓeqqa. Tutef ; tɣill an Yenṣiṣ d ayetmas llan mani ten tedju. Iwa teqqim day mi tezzweɣ idjen n yissen, tatef l tzeqqa, tefqeṛ yict si yessis, tini : "Iqqes waṛuḍ n yikken !" Ammen, ammen al sad tneɣ tanekkaṛut, ha tessiwel. Tenna-y-as :
– Man ayu teyyid a yemma !
– Manec ! Mar d cnimti ? Iyy it Yenṣiṣ ! Metta u t nɣiɣ, nettc u-lli d tamẓa. Teqqim as day yict si yessis : d tafeṛḍaṣt. Yenṣiṣ d ayetmas ẓwan l baba tsen. Yuden iwḍen, nnan as qa maykk mmutren agd may d asen teyyu temẓa.
Nnan as belli d itnin ay dd issufɣen iman nsen si temẓa. Idjen n ufuḥ, yutef dd Yenṣiṣ l tiddart. Yiwey dd iqecḍan nnes. Issetn i ppas f wi ten dd issufɣen si tiddart n temẓa. Inna-y-as belli d netta. Iwa, ammen ala issen tidett, inna ukk arra nnes :
– Wenn innan d netta, ad iffeɣ a dd iṭṭef tamẓa ! Qa ssusmen, day Yenṣiṣ ay d as innan :
– Nettc ad zemreɣ a baba ! Iffeɣ. Irza aseṛḍ n tmeṭṭut. Iyyu iman nnes d tudayt. Yisi tiwinas d isuneqqa i teɣṛaṛt. Iẓwa, ikkur, ikkur al-d yaweḍ zzat tiddart n nanna tamẓa. Temmutr i. Tessiwel agids :
– Mm ! Cekk, d Yenṣiṣ !
– Manec ?
– Nniɣ ac, cekk d Yenṣiṣ !
– Maneswen Yenṣiṣ ? Nettc, ul ssineɣ Yenṣiṣ.
Nettc d tudayt. Lliɣ zznuzeɣ. Ad tesɣed ? Ad tadejwed, a nanna ?
– May ɣrem illan ?
– Illa ɣri tiwinas n wuṛeɣ d isuneqqa n uẓeṛf. Aɣ (ax) am ! Qqel may texsed ! Day tessitef ixef nnes i teɣṛaṛt, yawkan iqqen xfes. Yisi tt i teymart nnes. Netta, tuɣ inna i teymart nnes : "Mi-d am nniɣ bedd, cemm azzel !" Ẓwan. Tamẓa, teqqim teqqaṛ as :
– Ssehwa-yi ! A Yenṣiṣ ! Mar may d ac yyiɣ ! Ca-d mi tessiwel temẓa, yini i teymart nnes :
– Bedd, ad tehwa nanna ! Taymart nnes, teṭṭef abrid tettɣaṛa al tiddart n Yenṣiṣ. Inna-y-as :
– Bedd, ad tehwa nanna ! Taymart nnes, teṭṭef abrid tettɣaṛa al tiddart n Yenṣiṣ. Inna-y-as :
– Bedd, ad tehwa nanna ! Taymart nnes, teṭṭef abrid tettɣaṛa al tiddart n Yenṣiṣ. Inna-y-as : "Azzel !" Nettata, tbedd. Yutef l tiddart inna i babas :
– Taw dd tamẓa a baba ! Issiwel babas, inna i taṛwa nnes :
– D Yenṣiṣ ay cnim issufɣen si tiddart n temẓa. Cnim, ul teqqiṛem tidett ! Ikker Yenṣiṣ d ayetmas agd babas ffɣen ad nɣen tamẓa. Ḍeṛn as idjen n umɣad ameqqṛan : nɣen tt. Anday.

Ikker idjen n urgaz d yict tmeṭṭut mwawayen, uṛwen yict tewtemt qqaṛn as Σica Hengaḷa. Tekker temmet yemmas. Ikker ppas ircel d tmeṭṭut nniḍen. Iεlem agids yict tewtemt. Iwa ayen n tmeṭṭut tlezz l yellis, tenker yellis n urgaz nnes danis d taṛbibt nnes d tunjirt aṭṭaṣ, d taẓekkwaɣt. Tusem uyen n tmeṭṭut, maɣer yellis teqqim day d aqebqub : d tazdatt, d tawṛaɣt. Tusem dex f teṛbibt itetten al tettezwir d yellis itetten al ttuqquṛ. Ammen al idjen n wass tutef aẓeṭṭa, teqqim teqqaṛ i tmeẓḍawin :
– Ul ssineɣ may sad yyeɣ ukk uyen n Σica : day nettat tekkur al teccan, yelli tekkur al tettelyic ! Nnant as :
– Hay azn it ikk iḍ ad tayem aman ad teqqled metta tuḍen !
Tenna-y-asent :
– Ha maɣer ! ad qqleɣ nnit ! Iwa idjen n umullu, d iḍ tṛaḥ uyen n tmeṭṭut l Σica tenna-y-as :
– Kker ad taymed aman ! Tenna-y-as Σica :
– Ac yudu d iḍ ! Al mi dd yuley wass a nanna ! Tzehher dis :
– Lliɣ qqaṛɣ am, kker ad taymed ! Iwa s tiwdi tekker tisi-y-aqlil ad tayem. I tella tettutcuṛ aqlil nnes sent n tselmin tuɣ ttatfent as ukk qlil nnes. Mukud qaε texwa t ḥumak ad ffɣent, tekker tetcaṛ i ; dex ad as dis atfent al yuden tuḥel, tenna-y-asent : Iwa djemt iyi xef cemt ! Yawkan nnant as uyen n tselmin :
– Day isi-y-anaɣ ! ad aɣ tafed idis nnem !
Ammen ay teyyu ! Tebbub aqlil nnes, teṭṭef abrid l tiddart n babas. Iwa temmutr tmeṭṭut n ppas qaε u d as iṭṛi cṛa, teffeɣ l uẓeṭṭa, tenna i tmeddukal nnes may teyyu. Nnant as :
– Iṛḍ as ccayet n yemas metta wala iɣɣull as dd lḥall teslaw ! Tenna-y-asent :
– Ad qqleɣ nnit ! Iwa tiṛḍ as tt saεa qaε u d as teyyi cṛa. Nnant as mullu nniḍen :
– Azn it l tiddart n imeẓwan ad am dd ucen tbuṣeyyart. Tekker tuzn it. Tṛaḥ Σica. I tiweḍ, tesqubqeb. Inna-y-as dadda mẓa :
– Wi din ? Tenna-y-as :
– D nettc ! Tenna-y-ac nanna uc as dd tbuṣeyyaṛt nnec ! Inna-y-as :
– Atef l tẓeqqa, maykk illan i tbuṣeyyart yr i ukk ferdu, tisid tbuṣeyyart !
Ammen ay teyyu. Tiwy as tt i tmeṭṭut n ppas. Ayen n tmeṭṭut, tenna jaṛ as d yiman nnes " Ha mar tṛaḥ al imeẓwan u tt tcin ! Axemma mi tt uzneɣ ad terr tbuṣeyyaṛt a tt tcen !" Idjen n ufuḥ, tekker tazn it, tenna-y-as :
– Kker aɣ am rr asen tbuṣeyyaṛt nsen ! Tṛaḥ, a tt terr. Yuden tiweḍ, inna-y-as umẓa :
– Atef l tzeqqa, maykk illan ukk ferdu yr i i tbuṣeyyart ! Tutef, teyyu may d as inna. Iɣṛu dis laman, ikker yuc as uṛeɣ. Tekker tedwel l nannas, tuc as ayen n wuṛeɣ. I temmuter ammen uyen n tmeṭṭut, tenna "Awey dd ad azneɣ yelli metta yuc as ula-d nettata uṛeɣ." Tuzn it. Tṛaḥ. Tenna ukk mẓa :
– Tenna-y-ac nanna uc as dd tbuṣeyyart nnec !
Inna-y-as :
– Atef l tẓeqqa, maykk illan i tbuṣeyyart yr i ukk ferdu, tisid tbuṣeyyart ! Tisi tt teẓwa, tiwy it i yemmas. Idjen n ufuḥ, tedwel l umẓa ad as tt terr. Terr as tt, inna-y-as :
– Atef l tẓeqqa, maykk illan ukk ferdu yr i i tbuṣeyyart ! Tutef. Isell as ttqeṛqec din amani sad tacer. Inna-y-as :
– Deɣya ! Aɣ am ayu ! Iyr as yict tɣawsa ukk cu nnes, inna-y-as :
– U dis teqqel al mi tiwḍed yemmam, tinid as "Aɣ am mayd am dd yucu dadda mẓa." Tekker yemmas tṛekkeḍ, tɣill an-d uṛeɣ ; tessitef fus nnes i teckart, tnetr it tlefsa. Teẓga. Teffeɣ l tmeddukal nnes, tenna-y-asent :
– Qaε ul ufiɣ may sad yyeɣ.
Nnant as :
– Ha qqn int ukk qbun ! Iwa teqqen ca-d yict ukk qbun. Teqqim tettitc i yellis day maykk iẓiḍen, d maykk icnen. Taṛbibt, tuɣ ttett day yaluz mi yella d waman iṛwayen deg ssirden ilalan nsen. Σica ul teẓṛi qaε cṛa si mayd as tuɣ ttitec nannas. Tuɣ ittawḍ it day maykk icnen. Yellis nettat, tuɣ ittawḍ it may tuɣ tettitc i Σica. An-d ayen n tselmin ay tuɣ issenfal asent ! Idjen n wass, tenna uyen n tmeṭṭut ad teṛẓem ukk uyen n twetmin ad teqqel manec llant. Iwa tenna ad tezzar f yellis. Day tekkes tuṭṭubt tamezwart yawkan tnekkez dd si tzeqqa am tebcirt : qaε teqquṛ teslaw.
Tenna jaṛ as d yiman nnes " I tella yelli-y-ammu, Σica ad tili temmut !" Iwa tekkes tuṭṭubt, d tenn nniḍen qaε ul tezmir ad teffeɣ. Iwa u dd teffiɣ al-d tekkes qaε tuṭṭubin. Day temmutr it tedder, d tazewwart, tecnu, yawkan ṭṭfen tt izɣuɣen f tewtemt deg teyyu-y-ammu εad teqqim tedder. Ẓwan wussan asen dd wussan, al idjen n umullu yas dd idjen n ujellid irza ad yawey ayen n teṛbibt. Ucn as tt yiwy it. Teẓwa d urgaz nnes. Ammen, ammen al idjen n wass, tekker taṛew idjen n ubeẓẓiw. Tekker tmeṭṭut n ppas, tenna i yellis ad ffɣen ad sbarcent i teṛbibt : nettata, tella tenna ad as teyy cṛa n tiyti tulyict.
Iwa ṛaḥent ɣres. Qqiment afuḥ, tenna-y-as uyen n tewtemt i wetnas :
– Kker neby i-dd, a Σica ! Tneby as. I tessekfa, tenna-y-as :
– Awey dd ad am nebyeɣ taɣed nettc ! Tenna-y-as :
– A lalla, nettc, aqcuc inuɣ illa ittbagaẓ ! Tenna-y-as :
– Day awey dd ad am rziɣ ukan ! Iwa day tinez Σica, yawkan trekz as wetnas tissineft ikk ixef nnes : ha tedwel dd d ajḍiḍ " qa, qa, qa, ... " Tekker tefferfer. Mmis yuc it xefsen din " Yemma, tefferfer ! Yemma tefferfer !" Ammen, ammen, al dd yatef urgaz n Σica. Inna-y-asen :
– Man ayu ? May da yuɣen ? May tella Σica ? Tenna-y-as uyen n tmeṭṭut :
– Tella da ! Inna-y-as :
– Maɣer dd tedwel ammu ? Ulli cay d nettat ! Ha i mmi, manayen illa iqqaṛ ?
Nnant as day tuɣ tus dd ɣel da yict tetbirt, tekker tefferfer, iqqim iqqaṛ " Yemma, tefferfer !" Iwa ibheḍ urgaz ! Mukud tekker tmeṭṭut teẓwa, tedju din yellis. Argaz iqqim dis lḥall. Immater idjen n ujḍiḍ, day ittas dd ca-d tameddit. Day ad ires jaṛ iqlilen, iḥlucem ɣres uyen n ujeṛṛuḍ, iṭṭed al-d idjawen, ifferfer ujḍiḍ. Argaz immuter ammen, iffeɣ l wuday. Inna-y-as qaε maykk iẓṛu d maykk immuter. Inna-y-as uyen n Wuday :
– Sad teṭṭfed ayen n ujḍiḍ, qql as ikk ixef nnes tella dis tissineft. Ekks as tt. Idwel urgaz l tiddart nnes, iclu, insu ittṛaṣ ayen n ujḍiḍ al-d illa ittifaw wass, iṭṭf i. Yuẓẓeḍ l yixef nnes.
Ikks as ayen tissineft idwel dd ujḍiḍ d tameṭṭut : d Σica Hengaḷa. Inna-y-as :
– Mar d cemm ? May kidem iḍṛan ? Tenna-y-as :
– Ha d wetna d yellis ay xfi yuṛaṛen ! Iwa ikker urgaz nnes, iṭṭef wetnas n Σica qaε inekḍ it, afuḥ, afuḥ : wu d fus, wu d ḍaṛ, wu d ixef... al yuden i tt inkeḍ qaε d abell, abell. Iyr it i ccwari, issekker tayya a tt yazen i yemmas. Iwa tekker a tt tessiweḍ. Ikk illa zzat tiddart n tmeṭṭut n ppas n Σica. Teffeɣ dd uyen n tmeṭṭut, teqqim teqqaṛ i siwt uɣir nnes :
– Hay aḍekkwal inuɣ, illa yuzn i-dd taḥenna ! Tuc as mayd as yucu ujellid. Tenna-y-as uyen n tmeṭṭut :
– Ha qqim ad tetced cṛa !
Nettat tekker ad as dd tawey maykk ala ttec ; nettat, texbeḍ ccwari, teẓwa. I tella tessenwa ukk qbun n useṛɣi, yutef ɣres umuc̣c̣ nnes, inna-y-as :
– Σṭini cweyya xliεa bac melli tebki dmiεa nebki mεak dmiεa . Tenna-y-as :
– Ṣṣepp ! Yeεε sukk muc̣c̣ ulyic ! Tus dd ɣres tyaẓiṭṭ, tenna-y-as :
– Σṭini cweyya m lgacuc bac melli tebki u tnuc, nebki mεak nnuc ! Tenna-y-as : - Ecc ! Aqbun ! Iwa, inwu may tuɣ temmeḥwet, tisi t ad as tuc i tnujiwt nnes ad ttec. Tekker taf it ul telli. Teẓwa ! Tenna-y-as :
– Ha mar teẓwid ? Tessers may tisi ikk fassen. Tenna ad teqqel i ccwari, tenna an illa yuzn as dd ujellid cṛa n wuṛeɣ. Teṛẓem ccwari, ha taf dis yellis qaε tbiṭeṛ. Teqqim tẓekka, tettqeddem al teccencaf iman nnes. Yas dd ɣres umuc̣c̣ inna-y-as :
– Xxi d i-dd ul nuci-y-afuḥ si texliεt ! Tas dd tyaẓiṭṭ, tenna-y-as :
– Xxi d i-dd ul nuci-y-afuḥ si lgacuc ! Anday.