Idjen n wass, iffeɣ idjen n urgaz l wurtu nnes. Tuɣ ikkur s uḍaṛ. Yutf as uɣatir. Iqqim i tmurt. Ixes a t ikkes, ul izmir. Iqqim ammen al-d iḍεen idjen n uterras zzats :
– May cekk yuɣen ?
– Yutf i-dd uɣatir a tawmatt !
– Ha may teyyid ?
– Ul zmireɣ a t kkseɣ
– Ad ac t kkseɣ ! Ikks as t, issenḍw i l yidjen n iyṛan. Day izerr ayen n uɣatir yawkan inna-y-as urgaz amezwar :
– Maɣer tettzerrid ɣatir inuɣ ? Maɣer nniɣ ac a t id tekksed ? Iqqim uyen n uterras ireddza. Ul yufi. Inna-y-as :
– May sad ac yyeɣ ?
– Rza yi-dd ɣatir inuɣ !
– U t ufiɣ !
– Tessend ! Nettc, xseɣ day ɣatir inuɣ niɣ uc i-dd ibawen nnec.
Mmenɣen. Ukk nekkaṛu, yuc as ten uterras. Netta, tuɣ yisi ten ammen a ten iẓẓa. Bab n uɣatir, yisi ibawen, iṭṭef abrid nnes. Iyur al-d yaweḍ tiddart n umeddukel nnes. Yutef ɣres, inna-y-as :
– Aɣ ac ayu n ibawen, ffr in ɣrec maxef dd dekkwleɣ ! Iẓwa ittmenqeṛ al-d yaḥel. Idwel l umeddukel nnes ammen ad yisi ibawen nnes. Ikk yutef tiddart, yuf in ttwatcen s at tiddart. Netta, am umezwar, ixes ibawen nnes. Itnin, tuɣ tcen ten. Ul ufin may gids ala yyen. Ucn as taqbuct nsen. Yisi tt, iẓwa ittawel al zzat tiddart n iḍewlan nnes. Yutef ɣer sen, yuc asen taqbuct nnes ammen ad as tt ffren. Iffeɣ.
Ẓwan wussan, usen dd wussan. Idwel l iḍewlan nnes ammen ad yisi taqbuct nnes. I ten issten, nnan as :
– Iṛṛẓ it wufric nneɣ ! Irru xefsen :
– Nettc, ssneɣ taqbuct inuɣ, anday. Mzehharen. Ukk nekkaṛu, ucn as ufric iṛṛẓen taqbuct. Yisi t, iẓwa. Yiweḍ yict tiddart, isqubqeb. Ṛẓemn as taflewt at tiddart. Inna-y-asen :
– Ax awim, ḥḍat i-dd ufric-u, metta texsem ! Nettc, sad xeṭṛeɣ. Ṭṭfen t. Netta, iffeɣ ittmunnuḍ al yiḍ. Immuter tallest tabercant, inḍew s tufra l tiddart deg iffer ufric nnes. Inɣu t, iṛwel. I dd yuley wass, idwel ad irza ufric nnes. At tiddart, utfen a t rzan. Ufen t ittwanɣu.
Nnan as :
– Ufric nnec, immut ! Axemma d taserdunt ay t inɣen ! Inna-y-asen :
– Uct i-dd ufric inuɣ niɣ ad isiɣ taserdunt nwem ! Ucn as tt. Inyu tt, iẓwa yḍeṣṣ. Iffeɣ beṛṛa n uɣṛem nnes iqqaṛ :
– Ṣaḥḥak a hala Tucid i-dd ɣatir Ṣaḥḥak a ɣatir Tucid i-dd babu Ṣaḥḥak a babu Tucid i-dd qbuca Ṣaḥḥak a qbuca Tucid i-dd baεεa Ṣaḥḥak a baεεa Tucid i-dd cetta. Anday.

Ikker Yemlul d Tyemlult, tuɣ εelmen tiwetmin d idjen n ubeẓẓiw. Yessi tsen, reclent ; ffɣen tamurt agd irgazen nsent. Idjen n wass, xsen ad xeṭṛen l yessi tsen. Isin lferd n lkettan d tεukkatin n wudi. Ẓwan a tent ẓṛen. Ukk brid, ufen ajellid n tzizwa iẓẓaḍ. Yern as mmi tsen ad iɣeṛ : ɣillen d axerbic. Iqqim iẓekka al iṛekkwel . Itnin, tuɣ terran t al qqaṛen i tzizwa :
– Sseɣṛ i, a dadda ! Sseɣṛ i ! Djen t din. Ṭṭfen abrid al-d awḍen yict tmurt. Tuɣ txeṛṛeq s tɣaṛt. Itnin, ɣillen an tuɣ tḍeṣṣ asen. Yern as udi nsen.
Ẓwan, kkuren, kkuren al-d mmatren yict tenqelt ittuṛaṛ zzis waḍu. Nnan an tuɣ tennesɣa danis temmutr in. Ssiṛedn as lkettan nsen. Ẓwan. Iwḍen l yelli tsen tamezwart. Nnan as qa maykk yyen ukk brid nsen. Yelli tsen, tuɣ tẓeṭṭ acḍif amellal. Txes ad tekker ad asen teyy amecli, tenna i yemmas :
– Yer tayetti nnem l ucḍif inuɣ si cṛa n yizi ! Day teffeɣ s ufuḥ, irsu idjen n yizi ukk cḍif nnes. Tekker Tyemlult tisi-y-aziwa tettcat i al-d tessenser ayen n ucḍif. Qa tnekḍ i. I dd tedwel yellis, tenna-y-as :
– Atan a yelli, tuɣ irsu dis yizi. Nɣiɣ t s uziwa ! Teqqel l ucḍif nnes. Tuf i qaε inkeḍ.
Tenna-y-as :
– Mar a yemma tnekkḍed acḍif inuɣ ! Teqqel Tyemlult l urgaz nnes : –Yemlul !
– Man ayen a Tayemlult ?
– Kker ad neẓwa, middn-u yren anaɣ ! Ẓwan l yelli tsen tussent. Nnan as belli tuɣ iweyn as dd udi d lkettan saεa ucen ten i tmurt d tenqelt. Iwa mmuneswen ɣres. Xsen ad ṭṭṣen. Tessa-y-asen yelli tsen i tẓeqqa nṛṛẓeq. Tenna-y-asen :
– Ɣar wim si cṛa-n uceffaṛ ! Tziri, tuɣ tutef l tzeqqa agd yiri. Tekker Tyemlult tettcat it al-d teṛṛeẓ qaε iqellalen n wudi n yellis. l uyetca nnes i dd kkren sikk iṭeṣ, tenna i yellis :
– Atan tuɣ usen dd iceffaṛen ! Qaε nɣiɣ ten s teɣrit !
Afey ad teqqled i tzeqqa ! Tella tetcuṛ s idammen nsen ! Tutef l tzeqqa ; temmuter udi nnes qaε ifser i tmurt. Teẓga :
– Mar a yemma teṛṛẓed iqellalen inuɣ ! Teqqel Tyemlult l urgaz nnes : –Yemlul !
– Man ayen a Tayemlult ?
– Kker ad neẓwa, middn-u yren anaɣ ! Ẓwan l yelli tsen nniḍen. Teyy asen amecli. Tcen. Txes yelli tsen ad teffeɣ ammen ad tessired ilalan nnes i terga. Tenna i yemmas :
– Ax am, a yemma, ṭṭef i-dd mmi ad ssirdeɣ ! Teffeɣ. Teḥḍa-y-as ajeṛṛuḍ nnes. Tekker tnebby as. Tesfuttc as i tmelɣiɣt. Tuf it tettaley al thekkwa .
Tenna " Mar ttadjan midden ixef n ujeṛṛuḍ issuṛṣuḍ !" Tisi tissineft, tfeqṛ as ixef nnes. Tfeẓẓg as alli nnes. Immut. Nettata, tɣill an ijjey. Tedj i l yidis nnes ad iṭṭes. Tedwel dd yellis si terga. Tekkwr it yemmas. Tenna-y-as :
– Maɣer tettadjid mmim ammu ! Ixef nnes, tuɣ issuṛṣuḍ. Atan jjujyeɣ t. yudu illa iṭṭes. Teqqel tmeṭṭut l mmis, tuf i immut. Tenna i Tyemlult :
– Mar a yemma tenɣid mmi ! Teqqel Tyemlult l urgaz nnes : –Yemlul !
– Man ayen a Tayemlult ?
– Kker ad neẓwa, middn-u yren anaɣ ! Ẓwan l yelli tsen nniḍen. Teyy asen amensi. Ṭṭṣen.
Ukk zgen n yiḍ, ikker Yemlul iṭṭef ixef nnes.
– May cekk yuɣen ?
– D ixef inuɣ a Tayemlult. Tekker tnekḍ as dd may zzeg t ala yasses sukk cḍif n yellis. l uyetca nnes tenna t i yellis. Teẓga yellis :
– Mar a yemma d i-dd tnekkḍed acḍif inuɣ ! Ac anday εelmeɣ day wenn ! Teqqel Tyemlult l urgaz nnes :
– Yemlul !
– Man ayen a Tayemlult ?
– Kker ad neẓwa, middn-u yren anaɣ ! Ẓwan l tewtemt nniḍen. Clen ɣres. Yuden ṭṭṣen s ufuḥ, ikker Yemlul : tuɣ tezzizzel tdist nnes.
– May cekk yuɣen a Yemlul ? tadist inuɣ, tella tezzizzel.
– Tayen dd aherkus n uḍekkwal nnec ! Yer dis !
L uyetca nnes, ikker uḍekkwal nsen ad iẓẓall. Day yiṛed iherkas nnes, yawkan lebbḍen ( leppḍen ) iḍaṛen nnes. Qa yelles s yiẓẓan n Yemlul. Iqqim ittmenzeɣ. Inna i Tyemlult :
– Mar d aɣ dd teyyem ammu ? Teqqel Tyemlult l urgaz nnes :
– Yemlul !
– Man ayen a Tayemlult ?
– Kker ad neẓwa, middn-u yren anaɣ ! Ẓwan l yelli tsen tanekkaṛut . Ikk iwḍen, nnan as qaε maykk ẓṛen ukk brid nsen. Clen ɣres. Txes yelli tsen ad teffeɣ ; tenna i yemmas ad teqqel l wulli nnes. Tekker tili tesmaεε. Iḥeny it Yemlul ; tessusem. I dd tedwel yelli tsen l tiddart. Inna-y-as babas maykk iyyu.
Temmuter tili nnes temmut ; tenna-y-as :
– Mar a baba tenɣid tili inuɣ ! Teqqel Tyemlult l urgaz nnes :
– Yemlul !
– Man ayen a Tayemlult ?
– Kker ad neẓwa, middn-u yren anaɣ ! Kkren ad dewlen l tmurt nsen. Ḍeεnen f tenqelt n umezwar ad isin lkettan nsen ; ufen t iẓwa. Ḍeεnen f wudi ; ufen tesw i tmurt. Ḍeεnen f mmi tsen ; ufen t iqquṛ. Immut. Iwḍen l tiddart nsen. Iffeɣ Yemlul isɣu dd aqelqul n wufric. Maxef tettenwa teqbuct nsen, yisi Yemlul axedmi ad iḥessen i Tyemlult. Iwa ibedd yizi i teqbunt-n ijiman n Tyemlult. Iherd i s uxedmi. Inɣ it. Iqqim day iman nnes al-d immet ula-d netta. Anday.

Idjen n urgaz, immut idju dd tameṭṭut d senn n warra : Aṛḍel d Uzgen n Uṛḍel. Ayen n ibeẓẓiwen, tuɣ tettren danis ul ufin maykk ala tcen. Idjen n wass, tuɣ tettren l yict tmeṭṭut ; tenna-y-asen :
– Afeyt ad teyyem maykk tuɣ itekk babatwem ! Ssetnen yemma tsen f maykk tuɣ itekk. Tuyyey ad asen tini. Kkren ssibeɣn as iḍuḍan nnes ukk ẓɣal iteqqden. Tenna-y-asen :
– Baba twem, tuɣ ittacer si tiddart n ujellid ! Kkren tekken qa maykk iyyu baba tsen. Cṛa-d ass tuɣ ttacern ukk jellid. Ass amezwar, inna wuday ukk jellid :
– Cidi, a cidi ! Nella nettwacar !
Rzan may zzeg ɣer sen utfen iceffaṛen ; ul ufin. Iqqel wuday i tzeqqa n ujellid, yuf. Yyen din tameddayt. L yiḍ, ittwaṭṭef uṛḍel i tmeddayt. Issten yumas :
– May sad neyy ?
– Ul ssineɣ a yuma.
– Metta qqimeɣ da, sad nettwaṭṭef s senn iyt-neɣ. Iwa, day nekḍ i-dd ixf inuɣ ! Ikker Uzgen inekḍ as t ; iẓwa. Day iẓwa, yawkan yutef wuday l tzeqqa n ujellid ; iẓga :
– Cidi, a cidi ! Neṭṭef aceffaṛ nneɣ !
– Mani ⵢⴻ lla,
– Ha netta !
– Ha may sad neyy s wikk ul neεlim aqelqul ?
– A t nessufeɣ, nayl i. Ad nberreḥ ; tameṭṭut yillen d yemmas.
Ssufɣen t, uylen t. Berrḥen ikk at uɣṛem qaε ad ffɣen. Yemmas n Uṛḍel, tekkwed ala neffeɣ. Tessen belli sad till mi temmuter mmis. Iwa teqqel maykk ala teyy. Inna-y-as mmis ad teffeɣ, tisi iqlilen i tserdunt amani tezznuz in. Netta ad iḍεen ikk idis nnes. Iṛṛẓ in. Nettat, ad till s iqlilen nnes. Yyen maykk nnan. Immuter it ujellid till, yuc as ad tseɣ iqlilen nniḍen ammen a t tdej ad irza s iceffaṛen nnes. Qqlen ikk at uɣṛem ; ula-d idjen ul yill. Isin t al wass nniḍen. Ukk zgen n yiḍ, iffeɣ Uzgen-n-Uṛḍel ad yisi yumas si tiddart n ujellid.
Yisi iɣayden, iyy asen ccemεat ikk qelwaε nsen. Iεessasen n ujellid, day mmutren ammen, ṛewlen s tiwdi. Azgen ibbub yumas, iṛwel. Ikker imeḍl i, issercem qa timeḍlin. l uyetca nnes i dd tenqeṛ tfuyt, rzan iεessasen Aṛḍel ; ufen ittwayessi, ittwamḍel. Ssetnen uday f mala yyen ammen ad afen tamḍelt nnes. Inna-y-asen ad qqlen l temḍelt turcimt. Qaε timeḍlin, tuɣ recment. Nnan ad aznen ticmejt ad terza timellalin n usid ammen ad afen wi ten yucren. Teffeɣ tettawel si tiddart l tiddart al-d taweḍ tiddart n Uzgen. Terza timellalin n usid a zzi sent teyy talbiɣt.
Tuc as yemmas n Uṛḍel afuḥ i tɣellust. Yuden i teffeɣ si tiddart, immutr it Uzgen. Netta, day yuden ay tuɣ sad yatef. Issten yemmas f tmeṭṭut iffɣen si tiddart nsen. Tenna-y-as :
– Day d tameṭṭut tuɣ treddza timellalin n usid.
– Ha tucid as ?
– Day afuḥ a mmi !
– Ac tenɣid anaɣ a yemma ! Iffeɣ s tazzla. Iṭṭef ayen n tmeṭṭut, ikks as iles nnes. Nettata, teɣmu idammen i teflewt n tiddart n Uzgen. Teẓwa l ujellid ad as tini may teẓṛu. Teqqim teshemhum cṛa-n iwalen. Ul yugiz may d as tenna. Yuzn it d senn n iεessasen ad asen teccen wi teẓṛu. Azgen, immuter idammen i teflewt nnes.
Ikker iɣres ikk iɣid, iɣmu idammen qaε i tfelwin n uɣṛem nnes. Teffeɣ tecmejt d iεessasen n ujellid ad ẓṛen mani teɣmu idammen, ufen qaε tifelwin zewɣent s idammen. Dewlen l ujellid ul ufin maykk ala yyen. Azgen, iqqim d yemmas. Anday.

Idjen n urgaz, ircel d yict tmeṭṭut. Uṛwen yict twacunt. Teqqim day tetteyma al dd tdekkwel d tunjirt, d tuṣbiḥt. Tuɣ tif qa tiwetmin n uɣṛem nnes. Idjen n umullu, temmut yemmas. Teqqim d tayujilt. Ikker ppas yiwey tameṭṭut nniḍen. Tuṛew taɣd nettat yict twacunt. Yellis d tazdatt d tulyict. Ul tessin qa i cṛa. Teymu uyen n tewtemt. Yemmas, temmuter belli tayujilt, tif it ; tusem zzis. Sukk uyen n wass, tella tessuṭuṣ it day ikk lemsi, an d may xef d as qqaṛen Timefṛett-n-Yiɣed.
Tuɣ tettazn it, tettcat it al d as tettitec day yaluz nnes. Nettat, tuɣ teεlem yict tjenneyt d as ittitcen day maykk icnen. Tameṭṭut, temmuter Timefṛett d tuṣbiḥt tecnu, teqqn it ukk qbun. Ammen ul tettif yellis. Tuɣ tettadja tt i laẓ, fad d yinjan. Ikk tenna ad tili teqquṛ, tṛeẓm as. Ha tuf it am tziri : tif manec texleq ukk mezwar. Tɣill uyen n tmeṭṭut an d aqbun, saεa qa d tajenneyt ay dis tuɣ ittheḷḷan. Tekker teqqen yellis ukk qbun. Tuɣ tekkar as day maykk icnen metta laɣna tif Timefṛett -n-Yiɣed.
Tedj it din aṭṭaṣ n wussan. Tekker ad as teṛẓem. Day tekkes tuṭṭubt tamezwart yawkan tnekkez dd l beṛṛa. Tuf it day d ixsan. Qa teqquṛ sad temmet. Tuɣ tessikkwid. Teqqim yemmas tṛeqq s yisam. Cṛa-d ass, tuɣ treddza may zzeg ala tesselyec Timefṛett. Ul tufi. Qqiment ammen al idjen n wass iberreḥ ujellid ikk at tmurt nnes ad ssufɣen yessi tsen danis mmis tuɣ sad ircel. Ixs ad irza tunjirt n uyen n tmurt. Iwa qaε at uɣṛem ssiṛḍen yessi tsen. Qa tiqeyyarin, tuɣ ttqisqisent : ca-d yict may tiṛed d may tesseylulu, ticerjlin, tiwinas, ixelxalen...
Timefṛett, ul teεlim yemmas d as ala nessiṛed may zzeg ala teffeɣ. Teqqim till ikk lemsi al dd ɣres tus tjenneyt. Tessusm it, tessiṛḍ as qa maykk ul εliment ula-d tijellidin. Teffeɣ. Iḍεen mmis n ujellid. Immutr it, ibedd. Ul izmir ad iyur. Issiwel ɣres, u d as terri-y-awal. Yuẓẓeḍ l uḍaṛ nnes ad iqqel ukk xelxal ; teṛwel. Iqqim uxelxal ikk fassen n ujellid ameẓẓyan. Iẓwa l tiddart nnes. Inna i babas maykk iẓṛu. Issekker ujellid inen ala nerza Timefṛett n Yiɣed. Isin axelxal, utfen tiddart, tiddart ad rzan tenn deg dd ittas uyen n uxelxal. Ufen tt.
Ukk ass deg tuɣ sad ircel mmis n ujellid, tekker tmeṭṭut n ppas n Tmefṛett tessiṛid yellis. Tuzn it ukk sley amzun d tenn irza. D iḍ, immuter it usley. Iqqel ukk ḍaṛ nnes, yuf it tiṛed axelxal n Tmefṛett. Iqqel ukk ɣensu nnes ; yuf it d aqebqub, d tulyict qbala, qbala. Issekker ujellid irgazen nnes iwyen dd Timefṛett -n-Yiɣed. Wetnas, iɣers as ujellid, yuzn it i ccwari l tiddart n yemmas. Timefṛett, tercel d ujellid, teqqim agids. Anday.

Idjen n ubeẓẓiw, tuɣ izdeɣ d babas. Yemmas, temmut. Ppas, yiwey tameṭṭut nniḍen. Ammu idjen n wass ayen n urgaz, ixes ad issew. Inna i mmis :
– Nettc sad ssweɣ ; cekk ruḥ l yiɣẓeṛ ad tzedmed iqecḍan zzeg ala nessnew. Iwa ɣar’ec ! Iffeɣ urgaz. Mmis, yutef ukk adday n tbarda, ittṛaṛa tameṭṭut n ppas. Tuɣ issen may sad teyy. Tekker tmeṭṭut, teffeɣ, tesɣu timellalin d tyaẓiṭṭ. Tekkw, tḍelleε. Tessnew aɣṛum. Teffr i ukk ylim. Tessnew timellalin. Tedj int i seksu. Teccencef tyaẓiṭṭ. Tessenw it.
I tessnew amecli nnes, iffeɣ uyujil si tbarda. Ixbeḍ taflewt amani yutef dd si beṛṛa n tiddart. Idjen n ufuḥ yatef dd ppas. Irza-y-amecli. Tenna-y-as tmeṭṭut nnes :
– May zzeg sad ssenweɣ amecli, niɣ s iḍaṛen inuɣ ? Ikker itekkwer mmis :
– Mar ay aqemmum n uydi u dd tiwiyed iqecḍan ?
– Rεa ad ac iniɣ a baba !
– May sad i-dd tinid ay amcum ?
– Rεa ukan ad ac iniɣ a baba !
– Ini !
– Tuɣ ffɣeɣ. Uḍan dd xfi isenfas anectin n tmellalin illan i seksu.
Ameεlak ul ɣbireɣ i tɣunt anectin n teṛḍunt n uɣṛem illan ukk ylim, ad iliɣ necfeɣ am tyaẓiṭṭ illan i teqbuct.
– Man ayen teqqaṛed ay aɣicum ?
– Ul ssɣad l uyujil. Iyujilen d izeffanen !
– Ad ac djalleɣ a ppa, day tuɣ...
– Susem ! Ikker babas isxummer ukk ylim. Yaf dis taṛḍunt tenwu. Iqqel l seksu, yaf dis tyaẓiṭṭ. Inna i mmis :
– Iwa, wah a mmi ; tella tettacer anaɣ ! Ikker illef i tmeṭṭut nnes ; iqqim netta d mmis ad zerden. Anday.

Ikker urgaz d tmeṭṭut reclen. Uṛwen yict tewtemt. Sseymen tt. Ikk tiweḍ mraw (εecṛa) n isekkwasen, temmut yemmas. Ppas, ircel d tmeṭṭut nniḍen. Teqqim tettemḥewt i tmeṭṭut n babas amzun d tayya nnes. Idjen n umullu, teffeɣ d babas l yiɣẓeṛ ammen ad ṭṭfen iselman. Ṭṭefn aṭṭaṣ n iselman. Nnan ad dewlen l tiddart nsen. Tekker tyujilt ad teẓwa ; inna-y-as babas :
– Aɣ (ax) am tazgawt ! Ssiwḍ it l tiddart ! Zzar !
Yuc as iselman a ten tisi. Netta, iqqim din. Tisi tazgawt n iselman agd idjen n uslem ameqqṛan ukk fus ; teẓwa. Ukk brid, tessiwel agid’es yict tjenneyt.
– Uc i-dd ayen n uslem !
– Ul zemmreɣ, kkwdeɣ i baba d tmeṭṭut nnes. - Ul tekkwed ! A cemm ḥerzeɣ ! Tuc as t, teẓwa l tiddart n babas. Yuden ikk yutef ppas l tiddart nnes, ul yufi-y-aslem ameqqṛan. Inna i yellis : - Mani t teyrid ?
Tenna-y-as :
– Tuɣ kkureɣ, inekkez si tezgawt iṛwel l yiɣẓeṛ. Iṭṭf it babas, yut it al-d yaḥel. Iqqn it i tzeqqa. Teqqim din. Mi terza ad ttec, tettitc as tmeṭṭut n ppas day yaluz metta ilzen cṛa. Ayen n tjenneyt, tuɣ tettawy as cṛa-d ass utcu uṣbiḥ. Senn n isekkwasen, tella i tẓeqqa tettwaqqen. Idjen n wass, teymu yellis n uyen n tmeṭṭut. Ajellid n tmurt nsen, ixes ad ircel i mmis ; yuzen ticemjin nnes ad as rzant tameṭṭut tunjirt.
Ffɣent si tiddart l tiddart al-d awḍen zzat tiddart n tyujilt. Squbeqbent ; teffeɣ ɣer sent tmeṭṭut n babas n tyujilt. Ssetnent tett metta teεlem cṛa-n tqeyyart yiwḍen rrcel. Teccn asent yellis. Nnant as metta teεlem tenn nniḍen. Ul ɣisent tamezwart. Tenna-y-asent : - Anday εelmeɣ. I tuɣ ssawalent, tuɣ tettsella-y-asent tjenneyt. Ikk ssussment, teẓga-y-asent :
– Lliɣ da ! Utfent ɣres, ssufɣent tett si tzeqqa deg tuɣ tettwaqqen. Ufent tett tif tziri.
Isint tett l tiddart n ujellid. Immutr it, ixs it ; ikker irza tt l babas. Yuc as tt. I dd tuɣ iqqim wass i rrcel n ujellid, yuzn as i tyujilt tixsayin l tiddart n ppas. Tameṭṭut n babas n tyujilt, teṭṭef tixsayin ; tessiṛed yellis. Tedju tayujilt. Tuzen yellis ukk jellid. Tayujilt, teqqim i tiddart n babas till al tekkar imeṭṭawen al dd tedwel d tatbirt tamellalt. Tefferfer al mani iṣerreḥ ujellid ileɣman nnes. Teqqim tessehruruy idjen n usehrurey inekkeḍ ulawen. Ileɣman bedden.
Ul zmiren ad tcen, qqimen illen. Aṣeṛṛaḥ, immuter ileɣman illen d tetbirt tessehruruy, iẓwa l ujellid, inna-y-as maykk illan. Iffeɣ ujellid d irgazen nnes ad rzan tatbirt tamellalt. Mdeyn as i tezdayt deg tettbedda. Ussan, tbedd tetbirt f ujenna n tezdayt am ḍaṛi. Teṭṭf it tmeddayt. Ul tezmir ad teṛwel. Yisi tt ujellid. Tameṭṭut nnes tugez manessen tatbirt tamellalt : d wetnas tayujilt. Ikk iffeɣ urgaz nnes, teṭṭef wetnas, tɣers as, tesseṛɣ it. Teffeɣ tzerr iɣed nnes ukk urtan.
Ayen n yiɣed, yuḍa f cṛa n tbuxxatin. Idwel ujellid l tiddart nnes. Yuf tatbirt ul telli. Issten tameṭṭut nnes. Tenna-y-as :
– Teṛwel llu ! Issusem. Ẓwan wussan. Idjen n umullu, terza yict tmeṭṭut sent tbuxxatin danis mmis tuɣ yuḍen. Uznen tt midden l tmeṭṭut n ujellid. Teẓṛ it. Tenna-y-as mani deg ala taf tibuxxatin. Teḍεen i mani d as tenna. Tuf sent : yict d tameqqṛant, yict d tameẓẓyant. Tisi tent. Teẓwa. Ikk tiweḍ tazdeɣt nnes, tuẓẓeḍ tameẓẓyant i mmis.
Tameqqṛant, tenna a sett tebḍa d izegnan. Teffeɣ dd zzis yict twacunt tekkar ifadden s uqisqes d tṣebḥi. Tameṭṭut, teqqim tetterjij s tiwdi d ubhaḍ. Teẓwa, tezzirref l ujellid, tenna-y-as may temmuter. Yuzn it ad as dd tawey tawtemt tbuxxatt. Tiwy as tt. Yugez tayujilt. Teqqim, tenna-y-as qa may teẓṛu d tmeṭṭut n ppas d wetnas ; manec al dd tedwel d tatbirt, d tbuxxatt... Issɣed ɣres ujellid. Idjull ad iɣres i tmeṭṭut n mmis, wetnas n tyujilt, yawy aysum nnes i yemmas. Ammen aykk iyyu. Ukk nekkaru, yiwey tayujilt i mmis. Anday.

Ikker idjen n wass senn iyet sen, mlaqan. Amezwar yus dd sikk ict tmurt, wussen si tmurt nniḍen. Iwa ikker idjen issten wenn nniḍen.
– May-d ac qqaṛen ?
– Nettc d bab n umɣu, ha i cekk ?
– Nettc d bab n udɣu. Kkren ffɣen beṛṛa n uɣṛem. Bab n umɣu, ul tuɣ iεlim leεwin. Bab n udɣu, tuɣ yisi maykk ala itec.
Ukk brid, bab n umɣu iqqim ireddza l wenn nniḍen ad as yuc ad itec. Yuc as. Ẓwan ammen, ammen al-d tcen qa maykk iεlem bab n udɣu. Ikker umàu, issufeɣ dd leεwin nnes. Ca-d mi yelluẓ, itec. Ameddukel nnes iqqim ireddza ɣres.
– Ha uc i-dd ad tceɣ.
– Aṛaḥ !
– Ha maɣer nettc d ac uciɣ mala tetced ?
– Cekk d bab n udɣu ; nettc d bab n umɣu.
– Iwa uc i-dd ukan day afuḥ ! lliɣ ttmettiɣ s laẓ
– Day mmet ! Sa cekk sḍiṛeɣleɣ !
– Maɣer ?
– Ac nniɣ ac nettc d bab n umɣu !
– Iwa ha sḍiṛɣel iyi ! Ikker yut i l uɣensu. Isdireɣl i. Teqqen yict tiṭṭ nnes. Iwa yuc as idjen n ufuḥ. Iqqim as jar tiɣmas. Inna-y-as bab n udɣu.
– Ha uc i-dd ad tceɣ ! Ac teqqend i-dd yict tiṭṭ yudu !
– Day metta ad ac qqneɣ tenn nniḍen !
– Iwa teqqend i-dd ya yict tiṭṭ, texsed ad i-dd teqqned ula-d tenn nniḍen ?
– Wah ! Metta texsed ad tetced, ad ac qqneɣ tiṭṭ nniḍen.
– Maɣer ul tekkwided i ṛebbi ?
– Lliɣ qqaṛɣ ac metta texsed, ad tetced ad ac qqneɣ tiṭṭ nniḍen !
– Iwa ha yy may texsed ! Ikker yuc as idjen n ulubbiz iqqn as tiṭṭ nniḍen. inna-y-as bab n umɣu
– Iwa ha uc i-dd ad tceɣ afuḥ !
– Aṛaḥ ! Ikker iṛwel. Idj i beṛṛa n uɣṛem, d aḍeṛɣal illuẓ. Iwa ihmel. Iẓwa ikkur, ikkur al-d iwwet iman nnes i tezdayt. Ineṭṭ dis. Yuley ajenna nnes, iqqim din. Ittɣeẓẓa tiṛedwin al iqqaṛ " Maɣer a ṛebbi, maykk yyiɣ ! Ac nettc d bab n umɣu !" Iqqim wahli illa day : ass, ittɣima adday n tezdayt, iḍ, iness ajenna nnes al idjen n wass isell ukk awal iqqaṛ as :
– Atan tiṛedwin tifusay n uyen n tezdayt ccanent ukk singel ! Wi zzisent issineglen idekkwel dd ittmatar ! Tiṛedwin nnes tiẓelmaḍin ccanent ukk sendu. Wi zzisent issendun itekkes aṭṭaṣ n tlussi ! Iɣill tuɣ ittirjit ! Iwa iqqim ittsella ukk uyen n wawal. Ikker ad iqqel. Day issingel s tṛeṭṭa tafuseyt, ṛeẓment tiṭṭawen nnes.
Ikk sad iẓwa, yisi akid s sent tṛedwin : tafuseyt d tẓelmaṭṭ. Iṭṭef abrid ikkur, ikkur al-d yaweḍ yict tmurt ajellid nnes d aḍeṛɣal. Inna-y-as ukk uyen n ujellid a t ijjujey. Ixes. Ikker issingl as s tṛeṭṭa tafuseyt, ṛeẓment tiṭṭawin nnes ; iyy as taṛeṭṭa taẓelmaṭṭ ukk sendu nnes ikkes aṭṭaṣ n tlussi. Qqimen ttasen dd ɣres midden si ca-d tamurt. Qaε tuɣ ijjujuyin. Ajellid immuter may d as iyyu unuji nnes, inna i tmeṭṭut nnes :
– Ass mi mmuɣ, ad tessilyem bab n umɣu i tma inuɣ ! Ussan, immet ujellid n uyen n tmurt. Kkren at tmurt rzan bab n umɣu ssilyen t d ajellid xef sen. Anday.

Ḍaṛi, mikk imɣeṛ niɣ iwser cṛa-n yiwden, ittwanɣa. D mmis ay t issufuɣen l uḍṛaṛ. Yittsi t ukk zgaw, mukud yawy i al tqiccewt n uḍṛaṛ ; iṛeẓm as ssyin, iẓwa. Babas, ittɣima din ad immet. Idjen n umullu, ikker idjen n uqeyyar ad issufeɣ babas. Yisi t. Ikk iwḍen zzat aḍṛaṛ, iqqim iḍeṣṣ uyen n uwessar.
Mmis, ibbexnuneḍ : "Manec ! Nettc sad nɣeɣ baba, netta, illa iḍeṣṣ !"
– Maɣer tḍeṣṣed a baba ? Nettc, sa cekk nɣeɣ ; cekk, tellid tḍeṣṣed ?
– Ih, a mmi ! Lliɣ ḍeṣṣeɣ xfec. Ammu aykk yyiɣ i baba. Cekk, tellid ttekked ammu i babac. Mmic sad ac iyy ula-d netta-y-ammu.
– Manec ?
– Wah, a mmi ! D ammu aykk illan. Assu d nettc, ayetca d cekk.
Iqqes mmis d imeṭṭawen. Yill al-d yaḥel. Ikkes babas sukk zgaw. Yiwy i l idjen n uqbun uṣbiḥ. Icn as may deg ala iqqim d may deg ala izdeɣ. Iẓwa uyen n umeẓẓyan. Cṛa-d ass, tuɣ ittawy as maykk ala itec d maykk ala isew s tufra danis ikkwed d ul tessnen warra n tmurt nnes maykk iyyu. Metta ssnen, an iffeɣ abrid : a t nɣen.
Ẓwan wussan, usen dd wussan. Iqqim ammen al idjen n usekkwas teqquṛ tmurt n uyen yiwdan. Tbica, ul tuɣi. Tiẓnin, ṛɣent. Qqimen i laẓ d fad. Yus dd usekkwas nniḍen. Tuɣ tbica. Uzzlen iɣeẓṛan. Tamurt, teqqim d tawṛaɣt : lid d aylas, lid d tizzizewt. Xsen midden ad cerzen, ul ufin imendi.
Ayn uqeyyar, ul yufi ula-d maykk ala yawey i babas. Iffeɣ idjen n wass ; yuley aḍṛaṛ ad iẓṛ awessar nnes. Yiweḍ zzates, inna-y-as, d imeṭṭawen tcuṛen tiṭṭawin nnes :
– Baba ! Tbica, tuɣ. Midden xsen ad cerzen, ul ufin imendi. Nella nekkwed i laẓ. Nettc ul ufiɣ maykk ala tetced. Inna-y-as babas :
– A mmi, sad tezzirrfed al uɣṛem aqbur mani yi tuɣ teẓẓaṛed ; ɣez din ad tafed imendi. An d mani t tuɣ nteffer.
Iẓwa mmis ittafey al-d yaweḍ. Iɣzu tamurt, yuf imendi. Yisi t. Issiwḍ i ikk at tmurt nnes. Kkren midden cerzen. Ayen n uqeyyar, ul itti babas. Cṛa-d ass, tuɣ ittawy as may zzeg ala isellek maxef meddjren. Imendi, ikker ; urtan, zzizwen. Tedwel dd tmurt n uyen n yiwdan am umezwar. Mejren midden, sṛewten. Kksen aṭṭaṣ n imendi. Tamiṛa nsen, teffeɣ dd d tameqqṛant. Kksen maykk ul kkisen si tella tmurt nsen.
Yict tikkellt, nnan imezdaɣ n uyen n uɣṛem ad yyen tameɣṛa tameqqṛant ukk qeyyar ten issufɣen si laẓ. Nnan as t. Ixes. Ukk mezwar, sstnen t f manec iyyu al-d yaf imendi. Inna-y-asen :
– Ad awim iniɣ, metta ad iyi tedjem ddreɣ. Nnan as :
– Manec ! Cekk, tessufeɣd anaɣ si laẓ d ukeṛker, necni a cekk nneɣ ! Siwel ! Ul tekkwed ! May texsed, ad ac t neyy. Issiwel. Inna-y-asen qa maykk iyyu d babas. Ẓwan uyen n yiwdan l uḍṛaṛ. Ssehwan dd ayen n uwessar; yyn-as tameɣṛa taqeṛḍalt. Day yuden aykk ssnen man ayen awessar. Sukk uden, llan ḥerrzen wi wesren. Anday.

At ukeṛkeṛ d iwdan ul tuɣ nessin aṛeṭṭal. Wi di sen ul neεlim maykk ala itec, iqqaṛ i ikk at tmurt nnes mukud isek takeṛkaṛt iyer dd xfes adlas, ikkeṛkeṛ. Iwa qqimen ammen aṭṭaṣ n wussan. Sent twacunin, tuɣ mdukulent. Ca-d ass tuɣ kkurent a dd ayment aman. Itninti, tuɣ msexsant qbala.
Idjen n umullu yict sukk uyen n tbeẓẓiwin, teḍεen f tmeddukelt nnes am ḍaṛi. Tuf it till.
– May cemm yuɣen ?
– Ul zemmreɣ a gidem ffɣeɣ !
– Maɣer ?
– Sad nekkeṛkeṛ ! Necni, ul nufi maykk ala ntec ! Llan ssnen zzis midden.
– Ul tekkwed ! Rεa da !
Teẓwa uyen n tewtemt l tiddart nnes. Tisi dd imendi ; tiwy as t. Ayen n wass uyment dd. L uyetca nnes, ikk mmutren midden babas n uyen twacunt idder, behḍen. Ssetnen t. Ufen d aṛeṭṭal ay zzeg qqimen at tiddart nnes ddren. Day yuden aykk ssnen midden aṛeṭṭal. Anday.

Idjen n wass, yict tɣerdayt txes ad tẓeṛ beṛṛa d midden ; teffeɣ sukk qbun nnes. Tebheḍ ukk jenna-y-aziza d yiwdan. Tsell ukk yaẓiḍ itedden. Tenna-y-as :
– Manswen cekk ?
– Mm ! Nettc, d ajellid Yaẓiḍ ! Qqel ikk id jujju inuɣ manec yyen ! ay xfes irru uyaẓiḍ. Day issusem yawkan yus dd ɣres idjen n urgaz iɣers as, issenw i.
Teqqim tɣerdayt tḍeṣṣ al teqqaṛ :
– Nettc, ifeɣ ajellid. Ad yureɣ manec xseɣ, ul tekkwdeɣ. Qa ifeɣ midden ! Tutef l tiddart n idjen n urgaz, teqqim ttett as imendi nnes. Ikk tetcuṛ tadist nnes, teqqim tṛekked al dd yas umuc̣c̣ itc it. Ameqqṛan, ul iqqiṛ netta d ameqqṛan. Anday.