Vaudou

Massa Decker teqqel-d seg Haïti – tunag iman-is – iswi n yinig-a fkan-as-t i nettat d urgaz-is, Mass Decker, ad xemmemen qbel ad msebrun.

Tallit n uxemmem ur tbeddel uma d acemma. Mi msagaren tikkelt-nniḍen, ufan-d iman-nsen msekrahen ugar n wakken llan yakan.

—Azgen! I tenna Massa Decker s taɣect d taḥninat. Ur qebbleɣ s kra, anagar azgen n ssɛaya-nneɣ!

—Aya d ttmesxir! I yenna Mass Decker.

—I tenwiḍ! Teẓriḍ, zemreɣ ad awiɣ kra yellan, mačči kan azgen.Yerna s sshala maḍi: ɣriɣ adlis n Vaudo asmi lliɣ deg Haïti.

—D aweqqet! I yenna Mass Decker. —S wul-iw i ak-d-ttmeslayeɣ. Dɛu i win i ak-d-yefkan tuɣeḍ tameṭṭut d taḥninant, acku zemreɣ ad k-nɣeɣ war uguren, ma yella bɣiɣ. Sakkin ad awiɣ akk idrimen d leqwaɛi, war ma yella wayen ara uggdeɣ. D awezɣi d ad d-afen later n wid  yemmuten s Vaudo.

—Atna imeslayen! I yenna Mass Decker.

—Ah! Tumneḍ! Ɣur-i kra n tcemmaɛin d tcacit. Ad iyi-d-tefkeḍ kra n wanẓaden, neɣ iccer? D aya kan i umi sriɣ. Sakkin ad teẓreḍ d acu ara yeḍrun yid-k.

—D askeɛrer waya! I yenna Mass Decker.

—Ihi, iwac i tuggadeḍ? Nekk ẓriɣ ad teḍru. Alih, ad ak-d-iniɣ: ma yella ur temmuteḍ ara, ad qebleɣ inebran yerna ur ttawiɣ uma d acemma. Ma yella tečča, d ayen i ibanen: ad awiɣ kra yellan.

—Yerbeḥ. I yenna Mass Decker. Ruḥ awi-d ticemmaɛin d tessegnit. Iṭall ɣer waccaren-is: —Accaren-iw meẓẓiyit, ad am-d-fkeɣ kra n wanẓaden deg umkan-nsen. Mi d-yeqqel, yeddem-d yid-s kra n wanẓaden seg ufaṛmasi…

Massa Decker tella tɛerrek ccmeɛ. Tewwi anẓaden-nni, tsexleḍ-it akked ccmeɛ, sakkin tga-d asebdad d ameẓyan iga am tfekka n umdan, yessewham! —Ad tendemmeḍ! Tekker, teggar tissegnit-nni deg yidmaren n usebdad n ccmeɛ… Mass Decker yewhem! Ur yumin tazwara s Vaudo, dacu iɛell leḥsab-is, ur yegri ara iman-is deg umihi ur nlaq. Yezga ifeqqeɛ ɣef tmeṭṭut-is i yettaǧǧan anẓaden-is deg temceṭṭ-is.

F. Brown, Vaudo, 1963, yerra-tt-id ɣer teqbaylit N. Mouaissi.