HUSSEIN ARBAOUI

Aydi d yi$es

Tamâayt n yiwen weydi
Yiwen wass ad yaf i$es
Ikker yeqqim-as ihi
Yebda yettkeddid deg-s
Ad yenîeq yi$es yin-as :
Yehwa-yak kan qqure$ !
Ismezher weydi yerra-as
Yin-as : ula nekk stafe$ !

A. Hanoteau, Essai de Grammaire De La
Langue Tamachek’, Alger, 1896.

Ajennad d wasif

Yiwen ujennad i k-nnan
£er Äemrawa yessawev-d
Deg ubrid i t-id yefkan
Ad n-yaf asif iêmel-d
Iger deg-s wwin-t waman
Ugeswaê yettâeggiv-d
Mi akken ittna$ d leêmali
Kkes-d acu deg ur yeîîif
S asif ijbed-d ajenwi
A medden yewâer wurrif
Yin-as : d tidet akkagi ?
Ad teççev ajennad ay asif !

A. Hanoteau, Essai de grammaire kabyle,
Alger, 1906.

Tarzeft n Ugawa

Tamâayt-iw tenna u tenna
A kra da$-d-ismuzguten
Yella zik yiwen n Ugawa
£ur-s yiwen n wemdakel akken
Yettili deg Merkalla1
£ef akken d-ttâawaden
Yiwen wass yeânu-t $er din
Deg ufus s terzeft yegla
Deg uxxam yaf tulawin
Netta yeffe$ $er lexla
At uxxam ad t-snubgin
Gar-asen içça yeswa
Mi akken i d-yu$al si lexla
Tin-as yelli-s t-immugren :
Amdakel-nni-inek a baba
Ilêeq-d seg Yigawawen
Yewwi-ya$-d tarzeft telha
Gar tazart d yiêbuben

1

Merkella : Lâerc n Yigawawen n yidis n
wadda n Oeroer, tama n Tubiret.

S yes-s argaz yennufli
£ur-s mi akken i la yleêêu
Yenîeq yin-as : a yelli
I terzeft ma di-te$nu
Ïîef-n ax rnu-n wagi
D kra n lemêibba i d-trennu

A. Hanoteau, Essai de grammaire kabyle,
Alger, 1906.

Awal $ef nzant t$eîîen

Yiwen um$ar zik-nni
Yesâa sebâa warraw-is
Yeqqim armi d ass-nni
Ad as temmet tmeîîut-is
Yiwen wass qqimen akka
Warraw-is la ttmeslayen
Yenîeq umecîuê yenna :
Yyaw zi$ ay atmaten
Nezzenzet ti$eîîen-agi
I baba-tne$ nerret axxam
Ulamek i t-neooet akkagi
Ne$ init d acu tennam
Acemma akka ad wwten
Wwten deg wawal âeddin
Beddlen s awal nniven
Am akken kra ur t-nnin
Deg um$ar yenîeq yenna :
I lehdur-nni n t$eîîen
U$alet-a$-d $er dinna
A tarwa g leânaya-nnwen
A. Hanoteau, Essai de grammaire kabyle,
Alger, 1906.

Tamâayt n yivudan ufus

Tamâayt n yivudan n ufus
Ad qqimen akka yiwwas
Teqqeêqeê d lêal ixuû
Aseggas d yir seggas
Ad tenîeq tleîîavt2 tin-as :
A$rum a baba lluée$
Yendeh warisem3 yerr-as :
Yelli êaca ma ad d-akre$ !
Yin-as ulemmas : amek ?!
I Rebbi da$ d-ittwalin
Inîeq-d yimle$4 : êerrek !
Anwa akka ara s-yinin ?
Yin-as igemz5 : d nekki !
Ad t-kkaten armi yettfuê
Yid-sen ad yebvu ass-nni
Ad yeffe$ tamurt iruê

L. Justinard, Manuel de Berbère Marocain
( Dialecte Chleuh), Paris, 1914.
2
3
4
5

Taleîîavt : Tavadect n ufus.
Warisem : Avad n txatemt n lexvubegga.
Imle$ :
Avad mu qqaren ccahed.
Igemz : Avad ameqqran ne$ adebbuz.

Uccen

Yiwen wass yiwen wuccen
D axennuû6 ideg d-ye$li
Deg yiwen n umada$ akken
Irwel yes-s yawi-t deg yimi
Mi akkenni i t-id yewwi
Yemlil yes-s yiwen yizem
Iâeddi yekkes-as-t seg yimi
D netta akken yessusem
D$a g ul-is kan yin-as :
Abbuh ! yyaw ad teérem
Ittwakkes-a$ wayen i d-nessas
A yir d tuzert n wudem !

R. Basset, Loqman Berbère, Paris, 1890.

6

Axennuû : Amecîuê n tileft.

Ay$ef aqur ur yeggan ara

Yiwwas ad tevru yid-s
Tevru-yas yiwet n taluft
Iruê r ddalya ad yeîîes
Yebrir lawan n tefsut
I ddalya igen f iman-is
Alarmi i d-yekker ûûbeê
Yaf-d tettel f uvar-is
Ad yewêel yebdu aqlileê
Deg yiwet n teqcict tawev-d
Taf-it-id yeâreq yixf-is
Ad tâeddi tefsi-yas-ed
Ssin terr-it r iciwi-s
Nettat attayen a tleêêu
Di netta deg yiciwi-ynes
Yuêmad ugeswaê yettu
Tin akken yevran yid-es
Acemma akka ad d-iwali
Deg yidmaren-is d-irefden
Ccac n tmelêeft-nni
Yaâu-d tafat gar-asen

D$a yeffe$-d yefferfer
Deg yixf-is ig-d asefru
Ad iruê yawi s yifer
Deg yigenni iteddu icennu :
La tamen tara bezberbur
La zegzawet la teqqur
£ef nekk iwalan sin sin
Rri$-d ul-iw d amuvin
Seg wass-nni ad yerr avar
Ur yeggan am yiv am wass
Cennun ala f wayen-nni
Yerêa-ten ttewwten fell-as

A. Mouliéras, Légendes Et Contes
Merveilleux De La Grande Kabylie,
Paris, 1895.

Aqcic ye$ran

Tamâayt n yiwen n yileméi
£er taddart i d-yu$alen
D leqraya yessali
Di temdint anda qqaren
Ass-agi d ass n tmegra
Yin-as baba-s ad txedmev
Ddem-n a mmi tazzert-a
Teyyav-d ad iyi-tâiwnev
Mmi-k a baba ye$ra
Ur d-tegri tfellaêt-nni
Ttu$ kra ma yella
Bitta d$a d acu-t wagi ?
Iwehhi-yas $er umger
Iâellqen dihin $ lêiv
A yemma amek yeâwer !
A baba d acu tesâiv !
S afrag yeffe$-d iâeddi-d
Yennal tazzert ad tt-iâfes
Targe$t-is temmager-it-id
S anyir ad as-tt-id tessers

D$a am win d-immektan
Ad yeîîef iêukk anyir-is
Ya$-itt metkemda ufuêan
Ikmes-itt akken g ul-is
Ad yu$al yenîeq yin-as :
Anwa akka aâejgur-agi
Anwa akka-t ddin yemmas
Yessersen tazzert dagi !

L. Tolstoï

Adaptation : Hussein Arbaoui