Xali Aḥmed At Lmehdi d Xali Nafaε At Hmidduc si taddart n Buεidel (ad sgunfun di talwit), d ineǧǧaren. Nneǧren tirbuyin, tiqedḥin, tikeckuyin, lemterdat… Yiwen wass uɣen yiwet n teslent di taddart n Tizi-Usamer, ruḥen ɣeḍlentt. Xedmen alarmi tameddit, dayen εyan, yedda fell-asen lḥal. Xali Aḥmed inṭṭeq ar Xali Nafaε, yenna-yas :
-Ruḥ ziɣ a Nafaε, inna-s i lamin n taddart-a ma ulac uɣilif, a nngen di lǧamaε agi nnsen iḍ agi.
Xali Nafaε, ssya ɣer da keččment-as s iger. Iṛuḥ ar Lamin, yerra fell-as slam, yenna-yas:
-Ma yehda-k Ṛebbi ad ɣ tanfeḍ a neṭṭes iḍ agi di lǧamaε agi nnwen.
Yemuql-it-id lamin-nni, yenna-yas-d :
-Tettẓalem?
-Bien sur nettẓalla!
S wudem-nni swayes i s-yerra Xali Nafaε, Lamin-nni ur iqenneε-ara, dɣa yesqsa-t-id:
-Acḥal n rrekεat yellan di lmeɣṛeb?
-Rrbaεṭṭac!
-Yah a yamskaddab! Trezem-iyi tkkuffaṛt ur t-sarsem idis-nnwen dagi.
Yuɣal-d ɣer Xali Aḥmed, yenna-yas :
-Awah, yugi!
-Amek akka yugi, si melmi akka taddart Leqbayel tettagi i wemsebrid, neɣ i waεṭṭaṛ ad ines di lǧamaε? D acu i s-tenniḍ εni?
-Ulac, d netta iyi d-yesteqsan, yenna-yi-d acḥal n rrekεat yellan di lmeɣṛeb, nniɣ-as rrbaεṭṭac!
-A k-icemmaε Ṛebbi a Nafaε! Yak lmeɣṛeb tlata rrekεat kan i tesεa!
-Ruḥ a Yezzi Ḥmed, ruḥ! Nekk nniɣ-as rrbaεṭac n rrekεat yugi, keččini tura s tlata a d-yeqbel! Wa ttannint-ak tsekkrin ay Zi Ḥmed!
Ahmed Aït Bachir