Albert Camus aberrani. tasuqilt n Ait Kaci Mohamed arab

Abeṛṛani
Abeṛṛani
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L’Etranger)

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Albert CAMUS

Abeṛṛani
Abeṛṛani
(L’Etranger)

Ungal
Tasuqilt
Mohamed Arab Ait Kaci

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AḤRIC 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 yid6

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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belli 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 dyeqqucmen 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 d12

fɣen, yufa-d lḥal yuli wass irkkelli. Igenni yeččuṛ d tezweɣ
nnig tɣaltin yellan ger Marengo akked yillel, aḍu i dyettasen 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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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 ger19

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 dtenna. 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 daɣeɣ.
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 dtṛuḥeḍ 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. Yenna28

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 dtuɣal, 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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IV

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 dnḍeggeṛ 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 tefka35

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 tyexdem 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 tyesteqsa 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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bɣan, 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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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 ki&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 dyessuturen 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 tt40

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 dtekcem 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 dyettmeslayen 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 tsneɣ, 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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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 dyemdel 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 dnniɣ. 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 dyesseḍsay 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 annect47

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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