‫اﻟﺴ ْﻨ ِﺪ َﺑ ُﺎد اﻟ َﺒ ْﺤ ِﺮ ﱡ‬

‫ي‬ ‫ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْﻨ ِﺪ َﺑ ُﺎد اﻟ َﺒ ْﺤ ِﺮ ﱡ‬
‫ي‬ ‫ﱢ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
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‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٦٤٠٨ / ٢٠١٢‬‬

‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٠٠٩ ١ :‬‬
‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬
‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬
‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ٨٨٦٢‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٢ / ٨ / ٢٦‬‬
‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‬
‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‬
‫‪ ٥٤‬ﻋﻤﺎرات اﻟﻔﺘﺢ‪ ،‬ﺣﻲ اﻟﺴﻔﺎرات‪ ،‬ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﻧﴫ ‪ ،١١٤٧١‬اﻟﻘﺎﻫﺮة‬
‫ﺟﻤﻬﻮرﻳﺔ ﻣﴫ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬
‫ﻓﺎﻛﺲ‪+ ٢٠٢ ٣٥٣٦٥٨٥٣ :‬‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٢٠٢ ٢٢٧٠٦٣٥٢ :‬‬
‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪hindawi@hindawi.org :‬‬
‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬

‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ﺣﻨﺎن ﺑﻐﺪادي‪.‬‬

‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬
‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ‬
‫اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬
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‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬
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‫‪9‬‬ ‫ﻣﻘﺪﻣﺔ‬
‫‪11‬‬ ‫ﺗﻤﻬﻴﺪ‬
‫‪15‬‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻷوﱃ‬
‫‪23‬‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬
‫‪31‬‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺜﺔ‬
‫‪41‬‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬
‫‪53‬‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺴﺔ‬
‫‪61‬‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎدﺳﺔ‬
‫‪71‬‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻌﺔ‬
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‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ‪:‬‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﺪِي ﻣ ْ‬

‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َك َﻓﺄَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﺘْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و ُرﺣْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻘ ِﺒ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َم ﱠ‬‫َﻗ َﺮأ ْ ُت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ذَا ِﻛ َﺮﺗِﻲ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻋَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر ِﻟﻴ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُﻛﻮ َك ِﰲ ا ِﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮا ِﻧ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘ ﱡ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ ِﺑ َﺸﻮ ٍْق و ََﺷ َﻐ ٍﻒ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻣْ ﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻔﻮ َﻟﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ﺒُﻮبَ ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺎ َم ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎل إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﺘُ ٍﺐ َﺳﻬْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺗُﺤَ ﺒﱢﺐُ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة‬ ‫َوذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت — إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا — ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬
‫ﺼ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ َﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﻘ َﺮأ َ َﻫﺎ ِﻛﺒَﺎ ُر ُﻫﻢ‬ ‫ْت َﻟﻬُ ﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬‫َوﺗَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ ِﱃ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ َﺰا َد ِة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َﴩ ُ‬
‫ﺼﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵﺑَﺎءُ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺻ َﻐ ِﺎرﻫِ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﻳ َُﻘ ﱠ‬

‫ﻮﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ َ‬
‫ﺼ ٍﺺ!‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ إِذَ ْن َوإ ِ َﱃ أَﺗْ َﺮا ِﺑ َﻚ أ ُ ْﻫﺪِي َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ َﺔ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘْﻠُ َ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬
‫دﻳﺴﻤﱪ ﺳﻨﺔ ‪١٩٢٨‬‬
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‫ﺑﻘﻠﻢ ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫دﻳﺴﻤﱪ ﺳﻨﺔ ‪١٩٢٨‬‬

‫ﻳﻦ‬‫ري َ‬ ‫ِﻛﺘَﺎبُ »أ َ ْﻟ ِﻒ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ« ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِﺲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﺧﺎﺋ ِِﺮ ْاﻷ َ َد ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ُﻪ أَﺛ َ ٌﺮ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﰲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻤﻴَ ِﺔ َﺧﻴ ِ‬
‫َﺎل ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِِﻪ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِق وَا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮي ﱠ ْ‬
‫َﺎب ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ٍﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫اﺟ ٌﻊ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﱠ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴩ ِق‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ إ ِ ْﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪﻧَﺎ َر ِ‬

‫ﺼ ِﺼ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮب ِﰲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ِﺮ ﻗِ َ‬

‫)‪َ (١‬ر َﻛﺎ َﻛ ُﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺳﻠُ ِ‬
‫َﺎل و َُﺳ ْﺨ ُﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫)‪َ (٢‬‬
‫ﺎﻟﺼﻮ َِر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُﺠَ ﱢﲇ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ َ‬
‫اﺿ ُﻪ وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِﺮﻧْﺠَ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (٣‬ﻋَ َﺪ ُم ﺗَﺤْ ِﻠﻴَﺘ ِِﻪ ِﺑ ﱡ‬

‫ﻄﺎ َﻟﻌَ َﺔ َوﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﻘ ِﺒﻠُ َ‬

‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔﺎﻟُﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﺘُ ٍﺐ ﻋَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﺗُﺤَ ﺒﱢﺐُ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ٍﺔ‬‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺺ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﴩَﻋْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺎع ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ِ‬
‫ﻳﺰيﱢ َﻫﺬَا إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻣَ ﻴْﻠ ِِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬‫ِﺑ َﺸ َﻐ ٍﻒ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺰ ُت ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِر‬‫ﺎﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎر ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ »أ َ ْﻟ ِﻒ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ« و ََﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ري َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻋُ ﻨ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺺ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎذِ ًﻻ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ ِﰲ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎءِ أ َ ْﺳﻬَ ِﻞ ْاﻷ َ َﺳﺎﻟ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﺐ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘِﻲ ِﺑ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎر ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
‫ني أ َ ِو ْاﻵﺑَﺎءِ‪.‬‬‫ات ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻤ َ‬
‫ﴬ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِح ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ َ ِﻜﻠُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳ ْﻔﻬَ ﻤُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَ ِﺪئ ُ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻣَ َﻊ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
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‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺸﺎءِ — أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘﱠﺨِ ﺬَ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬‫ﻄﺎﻟِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَﺪِيءِ — ِﻟﺘَ ْﻘ ِﻮﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪ ﱢر ُس ﻟِﻠ ﱠ‬
‫َو َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ َﺧ ْ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ُمل َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َدﺛ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎت ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﻠ َﻐ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﺨﺘِﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻜﻠ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ﺜ َ ِ‬
‫َاﺿﺤَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬‫ْغ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ِﻬﻤَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋِ ﺒَﺎ َر ٍة ﻋَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ٍﺔ و ِ‬‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِِﺐ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬

‫ﺼ ِﺺ ﻋِ َﱪٌ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ َﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻠ َ‬

‫ِﺼﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺸﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻣَ َﺮاﺗ ِِﺐ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ني‪،‬‬‫ﺼ ِﺺ ِﺑﺄ َ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨِ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺘَ َﻼ ِﻣﻴ ِﺬهِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎت إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﻮ ِْع ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
‫ري وَأ ْﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷ َﺪ و ﱠ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﺪَادَ‪.‬‬ ‫و ﱠَﻓ َﻘﻨَﺎ ﷲ ُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬

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‫)‪ (1‬ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل‬

‫ﺎرون اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ« — ﺣَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ٌل َﻓﻘِ ريٌ‪ْ ،‬‬

‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ«‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻫ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« — ِﰲ َزﻣَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ٌﺔ‬
‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ‪ ،‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َﻗ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻳﱠﺎ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻔِ ﻲ ذَ ِ‬
‫َﺿ َﻊ — إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳﺪُ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﻬَ َﻜ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءِ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬
‫— ﺣِ ﻤْ َﻠ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﻘِ ﻴ َﻞ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﻒ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َراﺋِﺤَ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫﺎر ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻄ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ ٌﻢ َﻟ ِﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﴪى إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬
‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ِﻬﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮَاءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬِ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﺤﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴫ — َراﺋ ُ‬ ‫— ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬
‫ف أَﻧْﻮَاﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ — َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ‬ ‫اﺧﺘ َِﻼ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻴُﻮ َر ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢﺮ ُد — ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫و ََﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋُ ُﺮ ٍس‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻘﻰ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻐِ ﻨَﺎءِ وَأﻧ ْ َﻐﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬

‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬
‫ﴫ‬ ‫)‪َ (2‬‬

‫َوذَ َﻫﺐَ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« إ ِ َﱃ أﺣَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم َﻓ َﺮآ ُه َﻻ ِﺑ ًﺴﺎ أَﺑْﻬَ ﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ وَأَﺣْ َﺴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬
‫اﺳ ِﻢ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﺆا َل؟ أ َ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‬‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ ُل َﻫﺬَا ﱡ‬‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ُم ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎق‪،‬‬‫ﴫ — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻣَ َﻸ َ ْت ُﺷﻬْ َﺮﺗ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐَ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱠ « — َ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺠْ ﻬَ ُﻞ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄﺎ َر َو َرأَى ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐَ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ؟«‬ ‫وَا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرﻛِﺐَ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎبَ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗ َ‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪َ (3‬ﺷ ْﻜﻮَى اﻟﻬﻨﺪﺑﺎدِ اﻟﺤﻤﱠ ِ‬

‫ﺎل‬
‫ﺎس ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬
‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِِﻪ َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﻌِ ﻴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬

‫ﴫ َوو َْﻓ َﺮ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ و ََﻓ َﺨﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬

‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل« إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬‫َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫»ﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻚ َرﺑﱢﻲ ﺗُ ْﻐﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ َﻏﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﻏِ ﻨًﻰ َوﻧِﻌْ ﻤَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُ ْﺆ ٍس و ََﺷ َﻘﺎءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬
‫ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﻔﻘِ ُﺮ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻌِ ﱡﺰ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ِﺬ ﱡل ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﻤُﻮ َم و َْاﻵ َﻻمَ‪،‬‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا‬
‫ﻮت ﻋِ ﻴ َِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﻌَ ُﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻗﻮﺗِﻲ و َُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﳼ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ و َْاﻷ َ ْﻫﻮَا َل ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬ ‫وَأ ُ َﻗ ِ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ«‬
‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ ﱢ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻜﺒﱠ َﺪ أَيﱠ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ! َﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا َ‬
‫ﴫ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨ ِﻢ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة َوﻧَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱢﻌْ ﻤَ َﺔ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءُ؟‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬

‫أَﻋِ ﻴ ُﺶ َﺷ ﻘِ ﻴٍّ ﺎ و ََﻗ ْﺪ َزا َد ﺣِ ﻤْ ِﻠ ﻲ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒ ﺢُ ﻓِ ﻲ ﺗَ ﻌَ ٍﺐ دَا ِﺋ ٍﻢ‬ ‫أَأ ُ ْ‬

‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺮ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َﻛﺤِ ﻤْ ِﻠﻲ؟«‬ ‫و ََﻏﻴْ ِﺮي َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ — ِﺑ َﻼ ِﺷ ْﻘ َﻮ ٍة —‬

‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺘﱠﺄَﻣﱡ َﻼ ِت إِذْ َﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬

‫ﴫ َﺧﺎدِ ٌم ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮه إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ِﺔ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدَ« َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ — ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل ﻋَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ ََﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك أ َ ﱠن ﱢ‬
‫َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ ِ َ‬

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‫َﻗﺎ َل‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَﺬَ َر إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ِم ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو ًﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﻔﻠ َِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬
‫ﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺐَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ‬
‫َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ ﱠ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﴩ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺪﺑﺎدِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫ﴬ ِة ﱢ‬

‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َت ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺬﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬

‫ﻃﻴ َِﺐ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫و ََﺳﺎ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ًﺔ َﻓ ْﺨﻤَ ًﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ و ََﺳ ِﻄﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة ﺣَ ﻮ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻠ ِِﺲ‬ ‫ﴎا ِة ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َرأَى ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﴍﺑَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ وَاﻟﻨ ﱡ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ َ‬ ‫و َْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬
‫ف أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﺐُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠﻌَ ِﺔ و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَا ِﰲ ﻟِﺤْ ﻴَﺘ ِِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر ِة ﺟَ ﻠِﻴ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ ِْر ﻣَ ِﻬﻴﺐَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﺣَ َﺴ َﻦ ﱡ‬
‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣﻨ َ ﱢﻜ ٌﺲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ — َﻓﻬَ ﱠﺶ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« َ‬ ‫ﱢ‬
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‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم َﻓﺄ َﻛ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻊَ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« و ََﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ْذ َﻫﺐَ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺧﻮ َْﻓﻪُ‪َ ،‬ودَﻋَ ﺎ ُه إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﱢ‬
‫اﺳ ِﻤ ِﻪ و َِﺻﻨَﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻋِ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ْاﻵ َن ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ « ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬
‫ﴫ!«‬ ‫ري — ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ﻳ َِﺴ ٍ‬

‫ريةِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺬ َر ًة ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪،‬‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ د ََﻻ ِﺋ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬
‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْرﺗَﺒَ َﻚ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬
‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ د ََﻓﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ أُﻋَ ﺎﻧِﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻛﺎﺑ ُﺪ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻔ ﱡﻮ ِه ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺠَ ﺎ َو ْز‬
‫ط ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ!«‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ إ ِ َﺳﺎءَﺗِﻲ و ََﻻ ﺗُ َﺆاﺧِ ﺬْﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َ‬
‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ َﺖ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺷ َﻔ ْﻘ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ«‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ َﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ ُ َؤاﺧِ ﺬَ َك ِﺑ َ ْ‬‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ‬‫َني َﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬‫ِﻳﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أُﺑ ﱢ َ‬
‫َﺻﺪ ً‬ ‫ْت ِﱄ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — أ َ ًﺧﺎ و َ‬ ‫َو َرﺛَﻴ ُْﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ِﴏ َ‬
‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ َﺖ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﺮ َو َة اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﻏﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ِزﻳ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠ َِﻖ ِﺑﺬ ِْﻫ ِﻨ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻫ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬
‫ﺼﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗ َ‬‫ُون ﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ٍﺔ أ َ ْو ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺣْ ُ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎءَﺗْﻨِﻲ د َ‬
‫ﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻ ُ‬ ‫و ََﻻ َﻗﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬
‫َال ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺠ ُﺰ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬

‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ‬‫ﺿ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎﻟِﻚِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺴﺒْﻌَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫و ََﺳﺄ َ ُﻗ ﱡ‬
‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ِﺸﻴﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ْﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻮ ْﻟﺪَا ُن‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُﺪ ِْر َك ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪَا َر ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎﻧَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬
‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬
‫اﻫﺎ وﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫أﺳﺌﻠﺔ‬

‫أﺗﻴﻨﺎ ﺑﻬﺬه اﻷﺳﺌﻠﺔ ﻟﺘﻜﻮن ﻧﻤﻮذﺟﺎ ﻟﺤﴬات املﺪرﺳني ﻳﻨﺴﺠﻮن ﻋﲆ ﻣﻨﻮاﻟﻪ ﻓﻴﻤﺎ ﻳﲇ‪:‬‬
‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎ اﺳﻢ اﻟﺤﻤﺎل؟‬
‫)س‪ (2‬ﰲ أي ﺑﻠﺪ ﻛﺎن ﻳﻘﻴﻢ؟‬
‫)س‪ (3‬ﰲ زﻣﻦ أي ﺧﻠﻴﻔﺔ؟‬
‫)س‪ (4‬ﻣﺎ اﺳﻢ ﺻﺎﺣﺐ اﻟﻘﴫ؟‬
‫)س‪ (5‬ﻣﺎذا ﻗﺎل اﻟﺨﺎدم ﺣني ﺳﺄﻟﻪ اﻟﺤﻤﺎل ﻋﻦ اﺳﻢ ﺻﺎﺣﺐ اﻟﻘﴫ؟‬
‫)س‪ (6‬ﻣﺎذا ﻗﺎل اﻟﺤﻤﺎل ﺣني رأى ﻓﺨﺎﻣﺔ اﻟﻘﴫ وﺟﻤﺎل اﻟﺤﺪﻳﻘﺔ؟‬
‫)س‪ (7‬ﻣﺎذا رأى اﻟﺤﻤﺎل ﰲ ﻏﺮﻓﺔ اﻟﺴﻨﺪﺑﺎد؟‬
‫)س‪ (8‬ﻛﻴﻒ ﺳﻠﻢ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ اﻟﺤﻤﺎل؟‬
‫)س‪ (9‬ﻛﻴﻒ ﻗﺎﺑﻠﻪ اﻟﺴﻨﺪﺑﺎد؟‬
‫)س‪ (10‬ﻫﻞ وﺻﻞ اﻟﺴﻨﺪﺑﺎد إﱃ ﻫﺬه اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﻄﺎﺋﻠﺔ ﺑﻼ ﻋﻨﺎء؟‬
‫)س‪ (11‬ﻣﻦ اﻟﺬي ﻇﻦ ذﻟﻚ؟‬
‫)س‪ (12‬وﻣﻦ اﻟﺬي ﺑني ﻫﺬا اﻟﺨﻄﺄ؟‬
‫)س‪ (13‬اﻛﺘﺐ ﺧﻼﺻﺔ وﺟﻴﺰة ﻟﻬﺬه اﻟﻘﺼﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻇﻬﺮ ﺣُ ﻮت‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و ََﻓﺎ ِة ِ‬

‫أﺑﻴﻪ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﱢ‬

‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ — َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َﺷﺎﺑٍّﺎ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺗَ َﺮ َك ِﱄ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ًة َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛﺒ َِﺎر ﺗُﺠﱠ ِﺎر »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ — ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ ًِﺸﺎ — َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أُﻧْﻔِ ﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ وَﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن أَﺗَ َﺪﺑﱠ َﺮ ﻋَ ﻮَاﻗِ ﺐَ‬
‫ﻳﻠﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة َ‬‫أَﺗَ َﻜﺒﱠ ْﺪ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻌِ ِﻪ أَيﱠ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫اف‪.‬‬‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ِﻹ ْ َ‬
‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ِﺎﱄ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ ُﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ — ذَ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻋَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘِﻲ ا ِﻹ ْﻓ َﻼ ُس وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺮابُ ‪َ .‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َع ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬‫ﺎل — َ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫— إ ِ َذا َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺌَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ َﺮ —‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ ِﺰﻋْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ال اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْر ُت إ ِ َﱃ ُﺳ َﺆ ِ‬
‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺿﺎ ُه ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺴ َﻞ‬ ‫ال‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬‫ﺎن — وَاﺣْ ﺘِﻤﺎ َل ذُ ﱢل ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ أﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ِﻹﻧ ْ َﺴ ِ‬
‫ﺎس‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ اﻷ َ ْﻫﻮَا َل‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻔﺘَﺎحُ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ ِﺮ« َو َذ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ َﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎع‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻌْ ُﺖ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ َ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﻏﺎﺋِﺐَ « َﻓﻌَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬
‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ‬‫ﺑ ََﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ أَﺗﱠ ِﺠ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت — ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬
‫ﳼ‪.‬‬‫ِﻴﺞ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ ِ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أ َ ْﻗ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻛﺒريَ ٌة‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫إِﱃ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪ُ (2‬دوَا ُر ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬

‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ﱠو َل ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أ َ ْر َﻛﺐُ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻋْ َﱰَاﻧِﻲ ُدوَا ٌر أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬
‫َت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﺻﺤﱠ ﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻟ ِْﻔ ُﺖ َﻫﻮَاءَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — وَﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪٍ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫َوﻧ َ ْﺸ َ ِﱰي ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن ﺣَ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﺣُ ٍ‬
‫ﻮت‬

‫ﻄ ِﺢ‬ ‫ري ٌة ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬ ‫ون ِﰲ ﻋُ َﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬إ ِ ْذ َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٌة َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ َ‬
‫ﺾ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر — َوﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ — َوﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﱰﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﺰ َل ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َﻓ ْﺎﻗ َ َ‬
‫َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻠﻬُ ﻮ َوﻧ َ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺗَﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ُﺨ ُﺸ ٍﺐ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ وَأَو َْﻗ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‬
‫ِﻴﻔﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻫ ِﺘ َﺰا ًزا ﻋَ ﻨ ً‬
‫اﻫﺘَ ﱠﺰ ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ْ‬‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻧُﻮ ِﻗ ُﺪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َُﺦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﻟﻨ َ ْ‬
‫أن ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ُﻜ ُﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪» :‬اُﻧْﺠُ ﻮا ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴ ُﻜ ْﻢ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ْ‬
‫َﺻﺎحَ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ُرﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع وَاﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ و َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﴫ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼ ُك!«‬
‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎﺻ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏ َ‬
‫ﻮن‪.‬‬‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﻨَﺠَ ﺎ و ََﻏ ِﺮ َق ا ْﻟﺒ َُﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛ َ‬‫ﱠ‬

‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬

‫ﺎن ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬

‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ًة — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ِﺴﺒْﻨَﺎ — ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺣُ ﻮﺗًﺎ َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ ﻴﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﺎص ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬‫ﻆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِِﻪ و ََﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أَو َْﻗ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر أَﺣَ ﱠﺲ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮا َر َة َﻓ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َﺳ ْ‬
‫َﻓﻨَﺠَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ و ََﻏ ِﺮ َق ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻏ ِﺮ َق‪.‬‬

‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‬
‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬
‫)‪َ (5‬ﻛﻴ َ‬

‫أﻏ َﺮ ُق َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ و ََﻗ ْﺪ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬

‫ْت ْ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬
‫ُﺻ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮ َُﻗﻮدِ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺎ َدﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫أﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ْﻖ ِﺑ َﻠﻮ ٍْح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أﺗَﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻲ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻟ ِِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻟﺤِ َﻘﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪.‬‬‫َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻷوﱃ‬

‫َاج ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎﺋِﺠَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫أﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮي‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻔِ ﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫َو َرأﻳ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬‫وَا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ُق ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪ ُدﻧِﻲ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻟﺤْ َ‬
‫ﻇ َﻠ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ أَﻳ َْﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻳْﺌَ ْﺲ َر ْﻏ َﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨِﻲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫أﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬
‫ﻈﻲ — َﻓ ْﺮ َع‬ ‫ْت — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫أﺷﺠَ ﺎ ٌر ﻣ ُِﻄ ﱠﻠ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫َﺷ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ َﺷﺪﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ُﻣﺘَ َﺪ ﱢﻟﻴًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬

‫أﺻﻌَ ُﺪ إ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ْر ِﺿﻬَ ﺎ — وَأﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻮ ُك ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻮَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َﻛ ْﺪ ْ‬
‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪،‬‬
‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ — َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫َﻟﻘِ ُ‬
‫ﺼﺎ َﻗ َ‬
‫ﻄﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﺎيَ َﻗ ْﺪ و َِرﻣَ ﺘَﺎ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ﺒَﺄ ْ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢﻛﺌًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ً‬
‫َﴎ ُت أَﺑْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٍم آ ُﻛﻠُ ُﻪ و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳُﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻜﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻦ َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬و ِ ْ‬ ‫ُﻏ ْ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫ﺎﺿﺠَ ِﺔ َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‬

‫ﻮل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ْت ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ُُﻘ ِ‬
‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْرﺗَ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ!‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌْ ُﺖ‪ ،‬و َ ِ‬

‫)‪َ (6‬‬
‫ﺧ َﺪ ُم ا َملﻬَ َﺮاﺟﺎ‬

‫ﺎﻃﻲ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل َﻓ ُﺮﺣْ ُﺖ أَﻣْ ِﴚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ٍﻒ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻧ َ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗﻠﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ َزا َل ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﱰﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﺈذَا ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺮ ٌس‬ ‫ﴪ ُت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬إِذْ َﻻحَ ِﱄ َﺷﺒَﺢٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِ ْ‬
‫َاب ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﴎد ٍ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫َات ِرﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺸﺐَ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠ َﺪ ٌة — و ََﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬
‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َﻓﺪُﻫِ ْﺸ ُﺖ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ َﻟﻔِ ﻲ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ إِذْ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َﻻ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ‬
‫َاب ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺧ َﺮجَ‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬‫ِﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﺪُﻫِ َﺶ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻲ إِﱃ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬‫ﻣَ ِﺠﻴﺌِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ و ََﴍَاﺑًﺎ َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ﱠﺪﻣُﻮا إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ﱠ‬
‫َاب‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫َاﺧﺘ َِﻔﺎﺋ ِِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ ْ‬ ‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ﻣَ ِﺠﻴﺌِﻬ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة و ْ‬ ‫وَ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻮ ِﻓﺪ ُُﻫ ْﻢ — ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َﱪُوﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺧ َﺪ ُم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ا ْﻟﻤﻬَ َﺮاﺟَ ﺎ« َ‬
‫اﺳ ِﻪ ﻟ َِﱰْﻋَ ﻰ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجَ‬ ‫ﺾ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم — وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬
‫َاب َﻓﻴَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َﺮﺟُ ﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣِ َ‬
‫ﺎل!‬ ‫ُون ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﻫِ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَ ِﻠ ُﺪ ﻣُﻬْ ًﺮا أ َ ِﺻ ً‬
‫ﻴﻼ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َﻫ ِﺎرﺑًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬

‫ﺼﺎ ُن اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬

‫)‪ (7‬ﺣِ َ‬

‫أﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِس‬
‫َاب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأﻳْﻨَﺎ ُه ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ ُ ْﻘ ِﺐ ﱢ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِ‬‫َاخ ﺣِ َ‬‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ُﴏ َ‬
‫َاب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َر ُ‬
‫آﻫ ْﻢ و ﱠَﱃ َﻫ ِﺎرﺑًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻊ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ ْ‬

‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ َﺮاﺟَ ﺎ‬‫)‪ِ (8‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ‬

‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻗ ﱠﺪﻣُﻮﻧِﻲ‬

‫ﻳﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ أ ْر َﻛﺒُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِِﺮ َ‬
‫َث ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬
‫أﺷ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ِﻠﻜ ِِﻬ ُﻢ »ا َملﻬَ َﺮاﺟَ ﺎ« َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﴎو ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ ْﻛ َﺮﻣَ ﻨِﻲ و ََﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬‫َﴎ ِﺑﻲ ُ ُ‬ ‫د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و ُ ﱠ‬

‫‪18‬‬
 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻷوﱃ‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬

‫ُﺨﺘَ َﻠ ِﻒ ِﺑ َﻼدِ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻓـﺄ ٌ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﺳﻮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ُﻦ اﻟﺘﱢﺠَ ِﺎرﻳ ُﱠﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ َ‬‫أن أ ْ‬ ‫ُون ْ‬ ‫أﺧﺒ َِﺎر »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« د َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻋَ ْﻦ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﱰدﱡدِ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻓِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﻛ ِﺜ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻃﻨِﻲ و ْ‬
‫َأﻫ ِﲇ‪.‬‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َو َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ِﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮﺑ ََﺔ ْ‬
‫وَﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َ‬

‫)‪ (10‬ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐُ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ‬

‫أﺧ ُﺮجُ أﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰاﺋ ِِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ َﻓﺄ َ َرى َﻓﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐَ و ََﻏ َﺮاﺋِﺐَ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ْ‬
‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ُﻪ وَﺟْ ٌﻪ َﻛﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ‬ ‫اع إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﺎﺋَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوﻣ ِْﻦ أﻋْ ﺠَ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ َﺳﻤَ ٌﻚ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ُ‬
‫ﻃﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ ذِ َر ٍ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒُﻮ ِم‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﻔ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْرﺗَﺎ َع ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ا ْرﺗَﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪ (11‬اَﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءُ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬

‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َر َﺳ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬
‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻲءِ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻀﺎﺋ ِِﻊ َرأﻳ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬
‫اﺳ َﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺎل َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄَﺛ ﱢ ًﺮا ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ُرﺑﱠﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄ ْﻟﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫أﻧْﻌَ ﻤْ ُﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ — ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﺒَﺐَ َﻏ َﺮﻗ ِِﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻏ ِﺮ َق أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻧَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫»وَا أ َ َﺳ َﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ! إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎص ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬
‫ﻮت‬ ‫ري‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﺴﺒُ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻏ َ‬
‫ﻮت َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﺣُ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر — ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﷲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت‬
‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫َﻏ ِﺮ ُﻗﻮا َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺞُ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛ َ‬
‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ﺑ ََﻀﺎﺋِﻌَ ُﻪ وَأُﻋْ ِﻄ َﻲ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺛَﻤَ ﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ﱢ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ ُه و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﺑﻀﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻲ!«‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟ ُﺮﺑ ِ‬
‫ﱠﺎن ﱠ‬

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‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪» :‬أَﻣَ ﺎ َو ِ‬
‫ﷲ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ َﺴﺪ َِت اﻟﺬﱢﻣَ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« و ََﻗ ْﺪ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻐ َﺮ ُق ِﰲ‬
‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺪﱠﻋِ ﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎس! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺿﺎﻋَ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻧ َ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬‫و َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ؟«‬
‫ِﻳﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل‪«.‬‬‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻐ َﻀﺐْ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ْﻞ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻜﺬ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬

‫َث ِﱄ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﻣَ ﺎ دَا َر ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ‬

‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َ‬
‫ﻈﻬَ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺻﺪ ُْق َﻗﻮ ِْﱄ‪ ،‬و ََﻓ ِﺮحَ ِﺑﻨَﺠَ ﺎﺗِﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮت — َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن َﻏ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا وَﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ﻳُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌُﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼﻣَ ﺘِﻲ َوﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺷ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت‬
‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﺾ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ْﻞ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﱠﺎن أَﻣَ ﺎﻧَﺘَ ُﻪ وَأ َ َرد ُ‬
‫ﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮﺑ ِ‬

‫)‪ (12‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة َ‬

‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬

‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ‬‫ﴬﺗَﻬَ ﺎ؟« َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ َﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ َﺮاﺟَ ﺎ« َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ‪ِ :‬‬
‫َﻓﺘَ َﺨ ﱠري ُْت َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬
‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﱄ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﺛَﻤﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َني َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺻﺪ ُْق َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ و ََﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘِﻲ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫َث‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺒ ﱠ َ‬
‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِﱄ أ َ َﺳ َﻔ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ َﺮاﻗِ ﻲ — َﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ أَذِ َن ِﱄ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬
‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﺑَ َﺪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﺪ ِه ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻀﺎﺋ ِِﻊ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َﲆ ﺛَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫َاﺷ َ َ‬
‫ﺑ ََﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ‬ ‫َال َﻛ ِﺜريَةٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑﻼدِي ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ﻮ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻠ َﻖ أَيﱠ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ ِﰲ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫َﴫ َة«‪.‬‬ ‫وَاﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ َ‬

‫)‪ِ (13‬ﰲ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬

‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ‬‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬

‫ني ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺒْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ أ َ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴَﺎءِ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ًرا َﻓ ْﺨﻤَ ًﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺒﻴﺪًا َو ِﻏ ْﻠﻤَ ﺎﻧًﺎ َﻛ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫ُﻗ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَأ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬
‫َال ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬‫اﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ِ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺳﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ و َْاﻷ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬
‫َال‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎل ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫وَأَﻧ ْ َﺴﺘْﻨِﻲ َراﺣَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫َﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬

‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫)‪ (14‬د ْ‬

‫ﺎل و ََﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬

‫»ﻫﺬَا‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬
‫وﱃ و ََﺳﺄ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ َك َﻏﺪًا ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪَث ِﱄ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻴ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِِﺐ!«‬

‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌُ ﻮا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺪُﻫِ َﺶ ِ‬

‫»اﻟﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل« وَﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬
‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ و ََﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه‬‫ﺎل و َﻛ َﺴﺎ ُه ﺣُ ﱠﻠ ًﺔ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮ ﱢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﺑﻤِ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪.‬‬
‫أن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬و ََﺧ َﺮجَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬
‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻣَ ْ ُ‬

‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬ ْﻢ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ ََﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬

‫ﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴬوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬

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 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬
‫ﰲ وَادي اﻷﻓﺎﻋﻲ‬

‫ْﻒ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَﻨِﻲ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ‬

‫)‪َ (1‬ﻛﻴ َ‬

‫َﺎل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ َﻫﺎدِ ئ َ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ ُﻜ ْﻢ أَﻣْ ِﺲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ —‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎوﻓ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ض ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻟِﻤَ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫أُﻋَ ﱢﺮ َ‬
‫ﻮب ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َو ُر ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ْﻘ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺴ ِﻞ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎدِ ﺋَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ِﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﴫةِ« ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ْ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﺑ ََﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة‪ ،‬و ََﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َ َ‬‫َﻓ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗُﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر و ََﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠﻠُﻬَ ﺎ‬
‫ﺤﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ًة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫َرا ِﺑ ً‬
‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪ َِاو ُل و َْاﻷَﻧْﻬَ ﺎ ُر‪.‬‬

‫َﴍﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ و َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ِﺠ ْﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ﻮن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮدًا ِﰲ ِﻇ ﱢﻞ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ ِﺎﻣﻲ ﺟَ ْﺪ َو ٌل‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﻳَﺠُ ﻮﻟُ َ‬ ‫ذَ َﻫﺐَ أ َ ْ‬
‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒَﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫﺎ ُر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَﺗْﻨِﻲ ِﺳﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم — َو َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﻧِﻤْ ُﺖ — وَﻣَ ﺎ‬
‫ﻆ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨِﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﺤَ ﺜ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ﺜ ُ ْﺮ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺛ َ ٍﺮ!‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬
‫ِﻛﺪ ُ‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺒ َﻪ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻗ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ د َ‬
‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﺗَﻐِ ﻴﺐُ‬‫ﻮن ﻟ ِِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع وَا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس — َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ — وَأﻧَﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻌﺖ‬‫َﺧ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع َﻓﻮ ََﻗ ُ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮي َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ أ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أَﻟُﻮ ُم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﻣَ ْﻐ ِﺸﻴٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬
‫ِﻴﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َ‬
‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸ ُﺆوﻣَ ِﺔ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ِم وَأَﻧ ْ َﺪ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮي أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ ِم ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ ُﻊ َﻟ ْﻮ ٌم و ََﻻ ﻧ َ َﺪمٌ!‬

‫ْﻀ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‬
‫)‪ (2‬ﺑَﻴ َ‬

‫َﴫي ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔ ﱡﺖ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ أَﺣَ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ًة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ َو َرﻣَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ —‬ ‫َﴫي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ُ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و ُد ْر ُت ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ و ﱠ‬‫ﻧَﻮَاﺣِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ٍﺪ — ُﻗﺒ ًﱠﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺎءَ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ﺗَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ َﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ﺎﻧًﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﰲ َ‬
‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﺎﻫِ َﻘ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤَ ْﺴﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻴَﺪِي َﻓ ِﺈذَا ﻫِ ﻲ ﻣَ ْﻠ َﺴﺎءُ‬
‫وَﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َدﻧَﻮ ُ‬

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 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُد ْر ُت ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎﺑًﺎ و ََﻻ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻗِ ْﺴ ُﺖ دَا ِﺋ َﺮﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‬
‫َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﱡ‬
‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة‪.‬‬‫ني ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َﺧﻤْ ِﺴ َ‬

‫ﻃ ْريُ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‬
‫)‪َ (3‬‬

‫ﻇ َﻠﻤَ ْﺖ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺳﻮَا ٌد ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٌﻢ ﺣَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‬ ‫ْت اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَﺄَﻣﱠ ﻠُﻬَ ﺎ إِذْ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﺎل ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺬَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﺈذَا ُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءَ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ري َة ﻫِ َﻲ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘُﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ وَاﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﻃْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻃ ْريُ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘ ِِﻪ َﻓﺎﺣْ ﺘَ َﻀﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻧَﺎ َم َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل َ‬
‫ﻄ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ ﺪَى‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻤ ِﻪ — َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺟﺬْ ُع َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ َﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋِ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻲ َو َرﺑَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ — ﻟِﻌِ َ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ري َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ﻣُﺤْ َﻜﻤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬رﺟَ ﺎءَ أ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻠﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ِرﺟْ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َرﺑْ ً‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳَﻌْ ﻠُﻮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺠْ ُﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ ْ‬‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺋﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ َ‬
‫ﻂ ِﺑﻲ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة إِﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻲ ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ض ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬
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‫َﺎﻃﻲ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ َﻜ ْﻜ ُﺖ ِرﺑ ِ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ َﻗ ْﺪ و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ َ‬
‫ﻃْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﻓ َﺮأ َ ُ‬
‫ﺎل‪ ،‬و ََﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻘﻔِ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ وَادِي اﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ‬

‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﰲ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ِﺪ اﻧ ْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ َو َ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ َ‬

‫ﻃْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأ َ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻓ َﺮﺣِ ﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َ‬
‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺪِﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة وَا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺠﻲءِ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻨ َ َ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — إ ِ َﱃ وَادٍ ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱡخ — ﻟ ُِﺴﻮءِ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ُﺔ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ و َ‬
‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ ﱠ‬
‫ِﻠﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد و ََﻻ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬٌ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺴﺎ ُن‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﺟﺒَﺎ ٌل َﺷﺎﻫِ َﻘ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِﺟﻬَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ٌن ﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﴍ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ و ََﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻣ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ َ ﱟ‬ ‫ﻮن! ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫اﺟﻌُ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﺎ هلل ِ َوإِﻧﱠﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َر ِ‬
‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ!«‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﺣِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬

‫ﺎس‬

‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻮَادِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺣِ ﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻳﻼ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺘَ ِﻠ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬‫َﻓ َﺮﺣِ ﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺪ ْم َ‬
‫ﻈﻲ — ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻔِ ﻲ‬ ‫ِﱪ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ — َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻀ َﺨﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوﻛ َ ِ‬‫ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ — ﻟ َ‬
‫ري اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ ُﺪو َﱡﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺪُو ُد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ِﺒﺘَﻠِﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ات أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر َﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬
‫ﻃْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮف وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﻐﺎ َر ِ‬
‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻬُ ِ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت — َﻓ ِﺈذَا أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻇ َﻠ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴُ ُﻞ َﺧ َﺮﺟَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َ‬

‫)‪ِ (6‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ‬

‫ري َﻓﺪ َ‬
‫َﺧ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻬْ ٍﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي ُ‬
‫ﴬﺗُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺣْ َ ْ‬
‫ﴍ ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠ ِ‬‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ آﻣَ َﻦ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬَ ُه ِﺑﺤَ ﺠَ ٍﺮ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬
‫و ََﺳ َﺪد ُ‬
‫ﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺢَ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أَﻧَﺎ َم َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬
‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ‬‫ﻒ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ — َﻓﻴَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺊ ُ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ُرﻋْ ﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﺰﺣَ ُ‬
‫اﻟﴩ‪.‬‬‫أَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ ﱠ ﱠ‬

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‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‬

‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬‫)‪ِ (7‬ﰲ َ‬

‫َت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﺑﺌِﻬَ ﺎ َو ُﻛﻬُ ﻮﻓِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺢُ ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ َﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َ‬‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬
‫ْت ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ وَﻣَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي — وَأَﻧَﺎ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ِﻤﺪ ُ‬
‫ﺎس اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ — َﻻ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ — َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺰﻧ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ و َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي — ﺑَ َﺪ َل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ —‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺴ ِﺎوي ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬
‫َاب‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم أ َ ْو ﱠ‬
‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ ْ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ًة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﻓﺠَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ — وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤُﻮ ٌم َﻻ أَﻣَ َﻞ ِﱄ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص — َﻓ َﻐ َﻠﺒَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻗِ َ‬
‫ﻄﻌً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ ﺗَﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬‫ﺎس َﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫اﻟﻨﱡﻌَ ُ‬
‫— إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻲ — ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻮَادِي ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬

‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎس‬ ‫)‪َ (8‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ْﻒ ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬

‫ﻮن‬‫ﺼﻠ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎس وَﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻋَ ْﻦ وَادِي ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫اف َوﻳ َْﺴ َﻠ ُﺨﻮا ﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺟ ْﻠﺪ ََﻫﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳُ ْﻠ ُﻘﻮا ِﺑ َﻠﺤْ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮيﱢ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎرهِ‪ .‬وَﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺬْﺑَﺤُ ﻮا ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺮ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ .‬وﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴﻮ ُر — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ ُر ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْر ِض َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي َﻓﺘَ ْﻠ َ‬
‫ﻄ ُﻔ ُﻪ َوﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر َﻓﺘَﻬْ ُﺮبُ ِﻣﻨﻬُ ْﻢ َﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ﺗَ ِﺎر َﻛ ًﺔ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫— َﻓﺘَ ْﺨ َ‬
‫ﺎس ﺗَ ِﺎر ًﻛﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َﻢ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺘ ِِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠ َِﻖ ِﺑ ِﻘ ْ‬
‫— ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱡ ُﺴ ِ‬
‫ﻮر ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫ ِﺔ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم أَﺣْ َﺴﺐُ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ َم ُﺧ َﺮ َاﻓ ًﺔ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِوﻳﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬
‫ﺎس — ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﺴ ِﻠﻴَ ِﺔ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ وَاﻗِ ﻌَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ِﻣ ْﻦ وَادِي ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ‬

‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ﱢ‬
‫)‪َ (9‬ﻛﻴ َ‬

‫َﺿﻌْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي َوو َ‬ ‫ﺎس أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧِﻤْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺒَﺪَا ِﱄ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨ ﱠري ُْت ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎءت اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴﻮ ُر‬ ‫اف ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺬْﺑُﻮﺣَ ِﺔ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ ْﻜﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَﺪَيﱠ — ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ْﻮﻗِﻲ أَﺣَ َﺪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا‬‫ﴪ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ َﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﻊ اﻟﺬﱠ ِﺑﻴﺤَ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢﻠ ًﻘﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ْل َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡﻠﺤُ ﻮمَ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻧ َ ْ ٌ‬
‫ﺎﻓ ْﺖ و ََﻫ َﺮﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻓ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻓﻮ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ اﻟﺬﱠ ِﺑﻴﺤَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺎر َﻛ ًﺔ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ ََﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻢ‬‫ﴫ َخ َو َﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ .‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﺑﻴﺤَ ﺘ ِِﻪ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ْف وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع‪َ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬
‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ َ ﱠن‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ َ‬
‫ﻄﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓﺎ ْ‬
‫َﺿﻴَﺎ َع ﺗَﻌَ ِﺒ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻼ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺪﻧَﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ و َ‬‫وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ﻧَﺎدِ ﺑًﺎ ُﺳﻮءَ ﺣَ ﱢ‬
‫َث ِﱄ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫َﴎو ًرا‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪ َل ﺣُ ْﺰﻧ ُ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ و ُ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫َﻓﺪُﻫِ َﺶ‪َ ،‬ودُﻫِ َﺶ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ (10‬ا َ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬

‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺤَ ﺎ ُر ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑﻼدِي‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﳾءٌ‬ ‫ﺎس َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِِﺮ َ‬
‫َﻛ ِﺜريٌ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُر ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻟﻨ َ َﻔ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ني ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪،‬‬ ‫َأﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ و ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أد ُ‬
‫ِني ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َ‬
‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤِ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ و َ‬
‫َأﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ﱠﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬
‫ﴬوا‬ ‫أن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫َف ُﻫ َﻮ وَﺟَ ﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬
‫َث َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬

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‫ﰲ َ‬
‫ﺑﻼدِ اﻷﻗﺰام وَاﻟﻌَ ﻤﺎﻟﻘﺔ‬

‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‬
‫)‪ُ (1‬ﻫﺒُﻮبُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬

‫َﺎل ﻣ ُْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ َﻻ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ أ َ َﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺒ َْﻐﺪَا َد ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ َﻫﺎدِ ئ َ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ ِﻮي أَيﱡ َﻛﺪ ٍَر‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﺳﺌِﻤَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺴ ِﻞ وَاﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ و ْ‬ ‫ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َ‬
‫َﴫةِ«‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻀﺎﺋ ِِﻊ و ََﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺢ َو ِﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِر ٍ‬
‫ﺾ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا أ َ ْﻗ َﻠ َﻊ ِﺑﻨَﺎ و ََﺳﺎ َر ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْل‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ أَﻧَﺎ َوﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ا ْﻛ َ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‬‫ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إِﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ َوﻧ َ ْﺸ َ ِﱰي َوﻧ َ ْﺮﺑَﺢُ أ َ ْرﺑَﺎﺣً ﺎ َ‬
‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ َوﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪ ُدﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ُق ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ﺗَﺘَ َﻘﺎذَ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ِرﻳﺢٌ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة َﻓ َ‬
‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻻ ﻳ ََﻘ ﱡﺮ َﻟﻨَﺎ َﻗ َﺮا ٌر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ وَﻣَ َﻜﺜْﻨَﺎ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺗَﺎﺋِﻬ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬‫ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻢ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑﻌِ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ﺘ ِِﻪ إِﱃ‬
‫اﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟ َ‬ ‫َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٌة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬
‫َﺿﺎ َع ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أَﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ«‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ ْﻜﻨَﺎ و َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض و َ‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗ َﺰا ِم‬

‫ﻄﻨُﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﻮ ٌم‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﻨَﺎ ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺠَ ِﺎو ُر َﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰاﺋ ِِﺮ ﻳ َْﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬‫ﴫ َﻗﺎﻣَ ﺎﺗ ِِﻬ ْﻢ — َﻛ ِﺜريُو ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪَدِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ني و َُﻫ ْﻢ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗ َﺰا ِم ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮَﺣﱢ ِﺸ َ‬
‫أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﻘ ِﺎوﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ«‪.‬‬
‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺎض إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءَ أُو َﻟ ِﺌ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ﺞُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮَﺣﱢ ُﺸ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺧ َ‬
‫ﻮﻣﻬ ْﻢ ﻓِ َﺮاءٌ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﺟُ ُﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُل ُﻛ ﱟﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳ َِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫وَأَﺣَ ﺎ ُ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ني إِﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋِ َ‬ ‫َان َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮا ِﺑ َﻜ َﻼ ٍم َﻻ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻬَ ُﻤﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎدُوا ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﻤْ ُﺮ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣ َُﻘﺎوَﻣَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ﻋَ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺟ ِﺰ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟﺪ َﱢﻓﺎ َع ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة ﻋَ ﺪَدِ ﻫِ ﻢْ‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮﻧَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﻧَﺠْ ﻬَ ﻠُ ُﻪ َوﺗَ َﺮ ُﻛﻮﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة وَأ ْﻗ َﻠﻌُ ﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ْﻒ ﻧَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َرى َﻻ ﻧَﺪ ِْري َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﴎ‪.‬‬‫َﺎل َﻻ أَﻣَ َﻞ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻛ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِ ْ‬

‫)‪َ (3‬ﻗ ْ ُ‬
‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ َﻼ ِق‬

‫ﺼ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴫ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة — َﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫و ََﻻحَ َﻟﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْ ٌ‬
‫َﺧ ْﻠﻨَﺎ‬‫ري‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ د َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ُه َﻗ ْﻠﻌَ ًﺔ َﺷﺎﻫِ َﻘ ًﺔ ﻣُﺤْ َﻜﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒﻨَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﺎ َوﻧﱠﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓﺘْ ِﺢ ﺑَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ وَاﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ُﻗﻠُﻮﺑُﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِم ا ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬
‫َﴩﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻨَﺎءَهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﻛﻮْﻣَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ َ‬
‫ني‬‫ُرﻋْ ﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ْﻖ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة — ﻟ ِِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ِﺮ — َوﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ َﺧﺎﺋِﻔ َ‬
‫َﺎب ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِﺟ ﱢﻲ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ُْﻘ َﻔ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬و َرأﻳْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﴏﻳ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َﻏ َﺮﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ني وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺨ َﻠ ِﺔ — أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْ ٌ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ — ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻤْ َﻼ ًﻗﺎ َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ﻳَﺪ ُ‬
‫اﻟﴩ ُر‪ ،‬وَأَﻧْﻴَﺎبٌ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺎ ﱠد ٌة ُﻣ َﺮوﱢﻋَ ٌﺔ!‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻳَ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﺘَ َ‬

‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ِق‬
‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫ﻈ ُﺮ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻠ ُﻊ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع و ِ ْ‬

‫َﴏﻧَﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﺮا ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ و ْ‬
‫ﻮر ِﰲ ﻳَﺪ ِه — َﻓ َﺮآﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻔ ِ‬‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻲ — وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ات ﻣُﺨِ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍ‬
‫ﻴﻔﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳُﻌْ ِﺠﺒْ ُﻪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ريي َﻓ َﺮآ ُه ﻧَﺤِ ً‬ ‫ﱰ َﻛﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺤﻴﻔﺎ َﻫﺰﻳ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ ً‬

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‫ْﻒ َﺷﻮَى اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ َ‬

‫ﱠﺎن‬ ‫)‪َ (5‬ﻛﻴ َ‬

‫ﱠﺎن َﻓ َﺮآ ُه َﺳ ِﻤﻴﻨًﺎ َﻓﺄَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ َو َﻟﻮَى َر َﻗﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ُق إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ ِ‬
‫َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﻮَا ُه‬ ‫ﻳﻞ َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﻔﺬَ ُه ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَو َْﻗ َﺪ ﻧَﺎ ًرا ﺣَ ِﺎﻣﻴ ًَﺔ َوو َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴ ﱡﻔﻮ ٍد َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬
‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ َﻞ َﻟﺤْ ﻤَ ُﻪ َو َرﻣَ ﻰ ﻋِ َ‬
‫ﻈﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎ َم َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺷﺨِ ريًا ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ِ (6‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‬

‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫ﴫ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻳَﺎﺋ ِِﺴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ َﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ُق ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻮن‬‫ﻴﻒ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﻤُﺨِ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ َﻏ ِﺮ ْﻗﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻘ ْﻊ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ِ‬
‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ ٍ‬
‫َﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨْﻌَ ﺎءُ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒَﻨَﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﴫ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ْﺮ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻧ َ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺤَ ﺜْﻨَﺎ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ —‬ ‫ﱠﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ َﻓ َﺸﻮَى أَﺣَ َﺪﻧَﺎ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﺷﻮَى ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ ُرﺑ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ُق ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺋِﻔِ َ‬
‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﺮجَ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻧَﺪ ِْري‪ ،‬و ََﺧ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ َﻫﺎﺋ ِِﻤ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬‫وَأ َ َﻛ َﻠ ُﻪ َوﻧَﺎ َم إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬
‫ﺾ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ ْﻠﻘِ َﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﻨْﺠُ َﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮوﱢﻋَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬
‫ون أ َ ْن ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎ َل ﻟ َِﻘﺘْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ِق‪.‬‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ َﺷﺎ َر َ‬

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‫)‪ُ (7‬ﻓ ْﻠ ُﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة‬

‫ْت ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺌُﻮا ُﻓ ْﻠ ًﻜﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َﺸ ِﺐ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﻨْﺠَ ﺢْ ِﰲ َﻗﺘْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ َﻼ ِق‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﴍ ُ‬
‫ي‪ ،‬و ََﴍَﻋْ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫َﻫ َﺮﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﻠﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣُ ﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺊ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎط ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ﺗَﻤﱠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﻠ ُﻚ و َ‬
‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ َو َرﺑَ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻨ َ َ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َﺸ ٍ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (8‬ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴﺬُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆاﻣَ َﺮ ِة‬

‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ُق َﻓ َﻔﻌَ َﻞ ِﺑﺜَﺎﻟ ٍِﺚ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﻴْ ِﻪ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎ َم َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗ ِِﻪ وَﻋَ َﻼ‬ ‫وَﻋُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ ِِﻪ — و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َﺳ ﱡﻔﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺣْ ﻤَ ﱠﺮا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَد َ‬
‫ْﺧ ْﻠﻨ َ ُ‬ ‫َﺷﺨِ ريُهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬
‫ﻮن ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َم َﻫﺎﺋِﺠً ﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﴫ َخ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻢ — َﻓ َ َ‬
‫َﺎب َﻓ َﻔﺘَﺤَ ُﻪ و ََﺧ َﺮجَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَﺣَ ِﺴﺒْﻨَﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻤﻴ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَ ِﺪ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺎ َر إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺄْﻣَ ٍﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬
‫ﴍهِ!‬ ‫أَ ْ‬

‫)‪ (9‬اِﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ‬

‫ِﻴﻞ — ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ ﻳ َُﻐﺎ ِﻳ ُﺮوﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻓ َﺮﺣَ ﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﻠﻚِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬
‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋِ َ‬‫ﻇ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ َﺮﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻈﺎ َ‬‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ وَﺣْ ِﺸﻴ ًﱠﺔ و ََﻓ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ وَﻻ ﻳَ ِﻘ ﱡﻠ َ‬‫ﱠ‬
‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأ َ ْوﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا ﻳَ ْﺮﺟُ ﻤُﻮﻧَﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة َﻓ َﻘﺘَﻠُﻮا ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺞُ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ ﱠﻻ‬
‫اﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ (10‬ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮا ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻃﻮ َل‬ ‫َاج ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎﺋِﺠَ ِﺔ — ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﴍ أُو َﻟ ِﺌ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺊ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﻬَ ِﺎرﻧَﺎ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ِﺘﻨَﺎ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫َﴍﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﱢﺒَ ِﺔ و َ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَأ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ني ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ‪.‬‬‫َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬

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‫)‪ِ (11‬ﰲ َﻓ ِﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﻰ‬

‫ني َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻠﺔ َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻤَ ْﺖ‬

‫ﻈﻨَﺎ َﻓ ِﺰ ِﻋ َ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ ﻧِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ و ْ‬
‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﺧﻮ ُْﻓﻨَﺎ و ََﻫﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ‬‫ﴪ ِﰲ ﺟَ ْﻮﻓِﻬَ ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌُ ُﻪ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﻓ َ‬
‫»ﻻ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل و ََﻻ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ َة إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑﺎهلل ِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﲇ ﱢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ و ََﻗﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ‬‫ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ و َُﻗ ْﻠﻨَﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﴍ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ«‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ َ ﱞ‬

‫ﺻﻌِ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ‬

‫َﴍﺑْﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ َ‬‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ أ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ و َ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ ﺟَ ﺎء َِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻤَ ْﺖ َرﻓِﻴﻘِﻲ َﻛﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻤَ ْﺖ‬‫ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﻼ َﻫﺎ َوﻧَﺎ َم َرﻓِﻴﻘِﻲ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ!‬
‫َ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﻰ‬

‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ﱢ‬
‫)‪َ (12‬ﻛﻴ َ‬

‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ َﻫﻤَ ﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻟﻘِ ﻲ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓﻤَ ﻨَﻌَ ﻨِﻲ‬

‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬
‫َﻓﻤَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ُ‬
‫ﴬ ُت أ َ ْﻟﻮَاﺣً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ و ََﺷ َﺪد ُ‬
‫ْت‬ ‫ْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ أَﺣْ َ ْ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣُ ﺐﱡ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة َﻓﺘَﺠَ ﱠﻠﺪ ُ‬
‫ِﻴﻘﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎء َِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ — َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻬَ ﺎ — ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌَ ﻨِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ اﺑْﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﺪٍّا َوﺛ ً‬

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‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن‬

‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮَاحُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺪُو َد ُة ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ د َ‬
‫ُون ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َرﻓ َ‬
‫َت ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَا ﱠ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬
‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َاح — د َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺠ َﺪ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬًا إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬
‫َني ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺸ ِﺐ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺪ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ط و ََﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَ ْﺖ َﻓﺤَ َﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺑَﺎ َ‬

‫)‪ْ (13‬اﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬

‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻳَﺎﺋ ًِﺴﺎ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤُﻮﻣً ﺎ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬
‫ﴏ ُخ وَأ َ ِﺻﻴﺢُ — ﻣ ُِﺸريًا ِﺑﻴَﺪِي ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة َو ُﻣ َﻠﻮﱢﺣً ﺎ ِﺑﻌِ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻲ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒريًا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َز ْل أ َ ْ ُ‬
‫ﱰﺑُﻮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َو َر َﺳﻮْا ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻓ ِﻄ َﻦ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻼمَ‪ ،‬و ََﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻬ ْﻢ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﻤَ ﻠُﻮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺌﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ َﻓ َﺮدﱡوا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺷ ِ‬
‫َث ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒُﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ و ََﺳﺄَﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِﺮي َﻓ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ﻤُﻮﻧِﻲ و ََﺳ َﻘ ْﻮﻧِﻲ وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮﻣُﻮﻧِﻲ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ إ ِ ْﻛ َﺮا ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‬
‫)‪ُ (14‬رﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﱠ‬

‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ِل ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺑَ َﻠﺪًا َﻛ ِﺒريًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ِﺑ َﻀﺎﻋَ ًﺔ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴﻨَﺎه ِﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ َﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ«‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ « َﻛ َ‬‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﺮﺟُ ٍﻞ ْ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ُﺼﺪ ْﱢﻗﻨِﻲ أ ﱠو َل ْاﻷﻣْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ « َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أﻧَﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ َ‬
‫ﱠﺎن َﻓﻌَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُ ُﻪ وَأ ْﺧ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‬
‫ﺎﺟ ُﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﺑﻴﺤَ ﺘ ِِﻪ — ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴْﻨ ِِﻬﻢ اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫وَاﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ َو َﻛ َ‬
‫َث ِﱄ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓﻨِﻲ و ََﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜ ْﻢ — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﻨْﻌِ ُﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ َ‬
‫ﴪو ًرا‪.‬‬‫ﻈ َﺮ ُه ِﰲ ﱠ َﻓﻌَ َﺮ َﻓﻨِﻲ َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ ِﺻﺪ َْق َﻗﻮ ِْﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘﻨِﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣً ﺎ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﺪ َﱠق اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﻧ َ َ‬

‫)‪ِ (15‬ﰲ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬

‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة — َوﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗُﻨَﺎ َرا ِﺑﺤَ ٌﺔ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬
‫َﴫةِ« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ أَﻣْ ﻮَا ٌل َﻻ ﺗُﺤْ َﴡ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ‬
‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫و َ‬
‫ﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﻳُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌُﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ُﺮﺟُ ﻮﻋِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﺮﺣُ ﻮا ِﺑﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬
‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬

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‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ و ََﺧ َﺮجَ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ‬
‫ﴬوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬
‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬
‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬

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 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬
‫ﺑ َ‬
‫ني ﺟﻤﺎﺟﻢ املﻮﺗﻰ‬

‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ‬ ‫)‪َ (1‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫َﺎل ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻐ ِﻤ ًﺴﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬْ ِﻮ و ﱠ‬
‫َاﻟﱰ َِف ُﻣ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬
‫ﻴﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َﻫﺎدِ ئ َ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻘ ُ‬
‫ِﻠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — َ‬
‫ﻃﻤَ ﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪَا ِﺋ ِﺪ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ َوﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ َ‬
‫ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﺴ ِﺐ‪.‬‬

‫ُﻮﻻ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة‪ ،‬و ََﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑ َﻀﺎﻋَ ًﺔ وَﺣُ ﻤ ً‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻢ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ إِﻣْ َﻀﺎءِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫َاﺷ َ َ‬
‫ﴍاﻋِ ﻴٍّﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا‬‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﺟَ ْﺮ ُت أَﻧَﺎ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ ِ َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ْ‬ ‫»ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻨَﺎ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷُﻣُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْل ﻧَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﺮ َوﻧ َ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ‬
‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ وَﻣَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة ﺣَ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﺣَ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ ْﺸ َ ِﱰي ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ِﴍَاﻋَ ُﻪ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺰ ً‬
‫ﻳﻘﺎ‪.‬‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫ِﻴﺖ أَﻧَﺎ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻐ ِﺮ َق ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻀﺎﺋ ِِﻊ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻏ ِﺮ َق َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻠﻮ ٍْح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ َﻓ َﺮ ِﻛﺒْﻨَﺎهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﻧَﻬَ ٍﺎر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر َﺳﺎ ِﺑﺤِ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎﺑ َِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ َو َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ْل َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻫﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺊ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﺑَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨَﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ِ‬

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‫)‪ (2‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬

‫ﻴﻼ ِن‬

‫َﴍﺑْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َﺎت وَا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺸ ِﺐ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ و َ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﺸﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺒ ِ‬
‫ﴫ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ َﻼحَ َﻟﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْ ٌ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ ْﻔﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُر ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ُ‬
‫ني و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﺣُ َﻔﺎ ُة ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ِم ﻋُ َﺮا ُة‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ُه َﺧ َﺮجَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻧ َ َﻔ ٌﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮَﺣﱢ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻓ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﻋَ ٍ‬
‫ﻮس‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺟْ َﺴﺎ ِم وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎدُوا ﻳُﺒ ِْﴫُوﻧَﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺒ َُﻀﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺎ ُروا ِﺑﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ِﻠﻜ ِِﻬ ْﻢ َﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﺠﻠُ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ وَﻋَ َﺎﻓﺘْ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ آ ُﻛ ْﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ — َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ َﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْ‬‫ﴬ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻬُ ﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻛ َﻠﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ِﺳ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﻒ وَأ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﻛﻠُﻮ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟ َﺨﺒ َِﻞ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨ ُ ِ‬‫أَﻣَ ﺎ َر ُ‬
‫ﻮل‪.‬‬‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺒَﺐُ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِِﻊ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻆ َوﻧ َ َﻜ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻬ ْﻢ ُﺳﻮءُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮﻣ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻋَ ﺎ َد َة ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬
‫ﴩ ٍه َوﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒُﻬُ ُﻢ اﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫﻮ ُل‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ َ َ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ َﻓﻴ ُْﻘ ِﺒﻠُ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬إِذْ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪﻣ َ‬
‫ُﻮن إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻼ ُن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻨُﻮا َﻓﻴَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻠﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُ َ‬ ‫و ََﻻ ﻳَ َﺰاﻟُ َ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ ُﻣ ْﻜﺘَﻔِ ﻴًﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻗﺘَﺎﺗُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ َﻓ ِﺰﻋْ ُﺖ َﻓ َﺰﻋً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا وَاﻣْ ﺘَﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ و ََﻻ ﻳُﻌْ ﻨَﻮ َْن ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ُﻫ َﺰا ٌل َﺷﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻬ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ﺘُ َ‬ ‫ﺎب‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬
‫ْاﻷَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨَﻢُ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﻼ ِن ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أُو َﻟ ِﺌ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬

‫ﻴﻼ ِن‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﻫ َﺮبُ ﱢ‬

‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — َﻓﻬَ َﺮﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻋِ ﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ أَﺟْ ِﺮي — ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ —‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ — ذَ َ‬ ‫و ََﺳﻨَﺤَ ْﺖ ِﱄ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺖ‬
‫ْف‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ْاﻷ َ َر ُق ﻟ ِِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َ‬
‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ﻴﻞ »ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِْز‬‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫ري وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا َﺳﺒْﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم وَأَﻧَﺎ آ َ ُﻛ ُﻞ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ُه ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬
‫ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن ﻏِ ﺬَاﺋِﻲ و ََﴍَا ِﺑﻲ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ — َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ِﺳريُ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر وَأَﻧَﺎ ُم ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِيﱢ « — ا ﱢﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬
‫ﺎﻃﺊَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﻳَﺠْ ﻤَ ﻌُ َ‬
‫ﻮن ﺣَ ﺐﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﻠ ُﻔ ِﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ ََﻘ ُﻊ ﺑ ََﴫ ُُﻫﻢ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ َﺷ ِ‬
‫»ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ ْﻠ َﺖ؟«‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﺪءُوﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ و ََﺳﺄﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ — ِﺑﻠ َِﺴ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﺮ ِﺑ ﱟﻲ —‪ِ :‬‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻼَﻣَ ِﺔ و ََﻗ ﱠﺪﻣُﻮا ِﱄ َ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﺷ ِﻬﻴٍّﺎ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﻴﻼَ ِن َﻓﻬَ ﻨﱠﺄُوﻧﻲ ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﺼ ْ‬
‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌْ ُﺖ‪.‬‬

‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬
‫)‪ِ (5‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫ِﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮﻣَ ﻨِﻲ وَآوَاﻧِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ِﻠﻜ ِِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬
‫َ‬
‫و ََﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ — إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ ُﻣ ْﺰدَﺣﻤَ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻮ ِ‬
‫َاق‪.‬‬

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‫ﴎوجُ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِْﻞ‬

‫)‪ُ ُ (6‬‬

‫َﺻﻐِ ٍ‬
‫ري‬ ‫ري و َ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍج و ََﻻ ﻟِﺠَ ﺎ ٍم — ﻻ َ َﻓ ْﺮ َق ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮن ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َﻞ ِﺑﻼَ َ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ َ‬
‫— َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ وَأَﺑْ َﺪﻳ ُْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﳾءٍ ﻻ َ‬
‫ﴎﺟً ﺎ َوﻟِﺠَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻓﺠَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ ﻟ َِﻔ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬‫ﻂ« َو َ‬ ‫أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ َو َﻟﻢ أ َ َر ُه ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ َﻗ ﱡ‬
‫ﺎل ْاﻷَذْﻛِﻴﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َر َﺳﻤْ ُﺖ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻼَ ِﺋ ُﻢ ﺣِ ْﺮ َﻓﺘَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﴪجُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫ﺎب وَاﻟ ﱢﻠﺠَ ﺎ ِم َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻛ ِ‬‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬‫ْت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪﱠا َد إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْر َﺷﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ﱠﻠﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻄ َﺮ ٍاز ذَ َﻫ ِﺒ ﱟﻲ ﻧَﻔِ ٍ‬
‫ﴎجٌ َوﻟِﺠَ ﺎ ٌم و َِر َﻛﺎبٌ — َوذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة ُﻛ ﱟﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﻌَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ — وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َ ْ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ﴎو ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﴪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﺟْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْﻟﺠَ ﻤْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر ِﻛﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻓ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻓﺄﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َﻓﺄ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎﻓﺄَةٍ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﺴ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺎﻓﺄَﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ُﻣ َﻜ َ‬ ‫و ََﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒُﻮا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻐﻤَ ُﺮوﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ إِﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أَﻋْ ﻴَﺎ ُن اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴَﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َاﻳﺎﻫ ُﻢ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬
‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺪ ُ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ‬
‫)‪َ (7‬زوَاجُ ﱢ‬

‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘِﻲ ﻧُﺤِ ﺒﱡ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ِﺳﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ﺣُ ﺒٍّﺎ ﻻ ﻣَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬
‫ﻳﺠ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻔ ِﺎر َﻗﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠري ُْت َﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫َوﻧ ُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ُ‬
‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َك و ََﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺰ ِو ِ‬
‫َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻏ ِﻨﻴ ًﱠﺔ ِﻟﺘَﺘَ َﺰوﱠجَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻞ؟«‬

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‫ات ﺟَ ﻤَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎل‬ ‫َاج ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة — َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ذَ َ‬
‫ﻴﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬و َر ِﺿ ُ‬
‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻣ َ‬
‫َﺎل‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ — ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺐُ‬ ‫ﺎل وَأ َ ْﻫ َﺪإ ِ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫وَأَد ٍَب — َﻓﻌِ ْﺸﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣْ َﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ٍ‬
‫ِﻠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي ِﰲ أَو ِﱠل َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬
‫صﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﺮ َ‬

‫)‪ (8‬د َْﻓ ُﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴَﺎءِ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬

‫َات‬

‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ﺐﱢ‬ ‫َث — ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم — ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌُ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ َزوْﺟَ ُﺔ ﺟَ ِﺎري َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻒ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع وَا ْﻟ َﻐ ﱢﻢ —‬ ‫ﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻻ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ أُﻋَ ﱢﺰﻳ ِﻪ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ‬
‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﺗَ َﺸﺠﱠ ْﻊ ﻳَﺎ أَﺧِ ﻲ و ََﻻ ﺗَﺤْ َﺰ ْن«‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﻮ ُل ﺑ ََﻘﺎﺋِﻲ َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﴪا‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ ً‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ْت َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫َودَﻋَ ﻮ ُ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة«‬
‫ُﺼﺎﺑَ َﻚ َﻫﺬَا‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن آﺧِ َﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﻴ ُِﻄﻴ ُﻞ ﷲ ُ ﻋُ ﻤْ َﺮ َك َوﺗَﻨ ْ َﴗ ﻣ َ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺮو ٍه ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻘ َﻚ!«‬
‫ﻄﻤَ ﻊٌ‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻨﻲ َﺳﺄُد َْﻓ ُﻦ ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﺣَ ﻴٍّﺎ —‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُل ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ُ‬
‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة — و ََﻗ ْﺪ َودﱠﻋْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ْﻒ ﺗُﺪ َْﻓ ُﻦ ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ِﺘ َﻚ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ ْﺸ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ُﻮت َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺪ َْﻓ َﻦ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻴٍّﺎ‪،‬‬
‫ﴍﻳﻌَ َﺔ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﻧَﺎ ﺗُﺤَ ﺘﱢ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ ﺗَﻤ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱞﻲ؟«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َ ِ‬
‫ُﻮت َزوْﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺪ َْﻓ َﻦ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٍة ﻳَﻤ ُ‬
‫ﺎﺳﻴ ََﺔ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳﻌَ َﺔ َ‬
‫اﻟﻘ ِ‬ ‫ري َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ِة أَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰاد ْ‬
‫َﴪي ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻬﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎﺋ ًِﺴﺎ‪» :‬ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ ٌل‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧ ُ َ‬
‫ﺻ َﻐ ِﺮ َﻓ ْﺮ ٍد ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﻋﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْ‬
‫َﺿﻌُ ﻮا َزوْﺟَ ﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﻔ ُﺮ ُغ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻫﻠُ ُﻪ وَﻋَ ِﺎر ُﻓﻮهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎءَ ُه‬ ‫َﺿﻌُ ﻮا ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﺣُ َﻼ َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺎ ُروا ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟُ ﺐﱟ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺸ ُﻔﻮا ﻏِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﻌْ ِﺶ َوو َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َو َودﱠﻋُ ﻮهُ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺎل َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮا َزوْﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤِ ﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ٌة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة — وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻮا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺰوْﺟَ ِﺔ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﺑَ ُ‬ ‫— و َُﻫ َﻮ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎءَ ُه‬ ‫َﺿﻌُ ﻮا — إِﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ — ُﻗ ﱠﻠ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎءٍ و ََﺳﺒْﻌَ َﺔ أ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ أَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻏِ َ‬ ‫َوو َ‬
‫َو َرﺟَ ﻌُ ﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻮْا؟‬

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‫)‪ (9‬ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜﻮَى إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤﻠِﻚِ‬

‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ْف ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺻ َ‬
‫ري َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺌَ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﻫﺎ ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْت َﻟ ُﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َد َة ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ َﺸ َﻜﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎب َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻊ َر ِﻋﻴﱠﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﴍﻳﻌَ ُﺔ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ َﺳ ِﺎرﻳ ٌَﺔ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ َ ِ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬
‫َﻓ ِﺈ َذا ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ َﻗﺒ ِْﲇ دُﻓِ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َذا ِﻣ ﱡﺖ َﻗﺒْ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ دُﻓِ ﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ؟«‬
‫ﺎﳼ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءِ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﴪي َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧُﻮ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰا َد ﻋﺠَ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬و ََﻫ ْﻞ ﻳ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ِﺟﻨ ْ ُﺴﻪُ!«‬ ‫َﴪي ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ أَﻳٍّﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻳ ْ ِ‬
‫ْت أَﺟْ َﺰ ُع ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻖ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ أ َ َﻗ ﱡﻞ أَذًى‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﺟَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤُﻮﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬و َِﴏ ُ‬
‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﺳﺎﻫِ ًﺮا َﺧ ْﺸﻴ ََﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤ َ‬
‫ُﻮت‪.‬‬ ‫إﺻﺒَﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ﱡﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ إِذَا ﺟُ ِﺮﺣَ ْﺖ ْ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬

‫)‪ (10‬و ََﻓﺎ ُة َزوْﺟَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ‬

‫ﺿ ْﺖ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ ﻳ َِﺴريٌ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺧِ ْﻔ ُﺖ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َوﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﻋِ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗَ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ث و ُُﻗﻮ َع ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ ََﻗ َﻊ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدِ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻫﻮ ََن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن أُد َْﻓ َﻦ ﺣَ ﻴٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬
‫َﴎ ُت َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‬‫َﺿﻌُ ﻮا ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱢﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ِ ْ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺎءُوا َﻓ َﻜ ﱠﻔﻨُﻮا َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ِﰲ أَﺑْﻬَ ﻰ أَﺛْﻮَا ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َوو َ‬
‫وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻛﺒَﺎ ُر اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ وَأَﻋْ ﻴَﺎ ُن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪﻣُﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮمَ‪،‬‬
‫َﺧ ُﺖ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ‬‫ﻄﺎءَ ُه وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮا َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ و َْاﻷَﻋْ ﻴَﺎ ُن ﻳُ َﻮدﱢﻋُ ﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜ َﺸ ُﻔﻮا ﻏِ َ‬
‫ﴎاﺣِ ﻲ — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘﻮا َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْ‬‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﻮ ِْل ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻗﺎدِ ٌم ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ — َ‬
‫ُﺼ ِﻎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳ ْ‬

‫ﺎﺟﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﺑ ْ َ‬

‫َني ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﴪا وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮا ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ُﻗ ﱠﻠ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎءٍ و ََﺳﺒْﻌَ َﺔ أ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻏِ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎءَ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ َﻗ ْ ً‬
‫وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َُﻓﻮا‪.‬‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫ﺎﺟ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ — ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗﺒًﺎ َﺳﺎﻋَ ﺘ َِﻲ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ َة‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ — ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪِي ِﰲ ُ‬
‫َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬
‫َني ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم و َ‬
‫َآﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑْ َ‬

‫ﻈﺎ ِم‬‫َاﺳﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َ‬‫ﻮر َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ أ َ ْﻛﺪ ً‬ ‫ﺿﺌِﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺺ َ‬‫ﻈﻠِﻤَ ِﺔ ﺑ َِﺼ ٌ‬ ‫و ََﻻحَ ِﱄ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺟ ِﻤ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْزدَا َد ُرﻋْ ِﺒﻲ وَأ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أَﻟُﻮ ُم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ َوﻧَﺪِﻣْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫ْب‬ ‫ﷲ وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻗﺘَ ِﺼ ُﺪ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ و ﱡ‬
‫َاﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﺑ َﻘ َﻀﺎءِ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ ُﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪمُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر ِﺿ ُ‬
‫ْت‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم — ْ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﻨ ْ َﻔﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ِﰲ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎءُ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻏِ َ‬ ‫َزادِي ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ وَأَﻳ َْﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ َﻜ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ ْذ ُﻛ ِﺸ َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫ﻄﺎءَ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒْﻌَ ُﺔ و َُﻗ ﱠﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻏِ َ‬
‫ﻣَ ﻴ ٌﱢﺖ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ ُﻪ — وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ُﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ْف وَاﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎد َِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻏِ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎءَ ُه ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬
‫َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ آ ُﻛ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﴍَبُ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَ ِﺼﺪًا أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬
‫ِﻴﺖ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َل‬‫ﺂﺧﺬُ َزاد َُﻫ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ َﻓ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻤُﻮﺗُ َ‬ ‫أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺐُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪْﻓِ ﻨُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬
‫ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ُﻦ و ََﺳﺌِﻤْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ َة ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬
‫ﻈ ِﻠ ِﻢ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (12‬اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ُة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ‬

‫ﻈﻲ — َﺷﺒَﺤً ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺪﻧُﻮ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺗَﻤْ ِﻴﻴ َﺰ ُه ِﻟ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻗ ْﺮ ٍب َﻓ ُﻘﻤْ ُﺖ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺰ َع ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ َﺴ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ري ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔ ٍﺬ َ‬‫وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻰ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ِﺒﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻷَﻋْ ِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻴﻊ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺬ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ِﱄ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼحَ ِﱄ أﻣَ ٌﻞ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي ِﰲ ﺗَﻮ ِْﺳ ِ‬
‫ْت‬‫ﻒ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬
‫ﻮﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ د ََﻓﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ َﻓﺠَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ َﺪ ْر ُت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻌِ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇ ﱢ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮَاﻫِ ِﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬
‫ِﻴﺖ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻓﺄَﺣْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أَﺛْﻮَا ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ وَأ َ ْﻛ َﻔﺎﻧ ِِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗﺒًﺎ ُﻗﺪُو َم أَيﱢ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ٍﺐ‬ ‫ﻮز َوﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋُ ﻮ ُد إِﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ُ ٍ‬
‫ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻨِﻲ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي أ َ ْو ﻳُﺒْﻌِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (13‬ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة‬

‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ — إِذْ َﻻحَ ِﱄ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أ َ َرا ُه‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ﺔ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻲ وَأ ُ ِﺷريُ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑﻴَﺪِي‪ ،‬وَأَﻣْ َﺴ ْﻜ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﻬَ ْﻀ ُﺖ َﻗﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ وَأ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أُﻧَﺎدِي ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ُﻐﻮهُ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬‫َﺎب َﻓ َﻠﻮﱠﺣْ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻓ ِﻄﻨُﻮا إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﱠﻮﻟُﻮا ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﻬُ ْﻢ إِﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬
‫َﱰ ﱠددُوا ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُوﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ َ‬‫ﺎﻟﺴ َﻼ ِم َﻓ َﺮدﱡوا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ َردﱟ‪َ ،‬و َ‬
‫َﻓﺒَﺪَأْﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ﻮن ﻓِ ِﻴﻬ ْﻢ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪ َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺌَ ﱠﻼ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓ َﺨ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄَﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ْت ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺮ و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻏ ِﺮ َق ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻲ َﻓﻨَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓﺘَ ُﺴﻮءَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ َُﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ﺗَ ِ‬
‫َﺎب ﻋَ َﲆ َﻟﻮ ٍْح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠﻨِﻲ إِﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬

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‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ ِﻪ — َﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﺾ و ََﻗﺎ َل‬‫ﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬

‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ — ُﻣ َﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬
‫ﱠﺎن ﱠ‬‫ﺿ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُرﺑ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﺮ ْ‬
‫وف أَﺟْ ًﺮا و ََﻻ ﺟَ َﺰاءً« َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ!‬ ‫ِﱄ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻻ ُ‬
‫آﺧﺬُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ٍ‬

‫)‪ (14‬ا َ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬

‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬

‫َﴫةِ« َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ِل ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ‬ ‫ون إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ُﺮ َ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ و ََﻻ‬ ‫ﻄﻌِ ﻤُﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إِﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪٍ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْ‬
‫َﴫةِ« َﻓﺄ َ َﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬
‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑ َ ْ‬
‫ﻳَﺒ َْﺨﻠُ َ‬
‫ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ إِﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪.‬‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وو ََﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءَ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‬‫ﻒ و ََﻫﻨﱠﺄُوﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ِﺎﱄ وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ و ﱠ‬
‫َاﻟﺸﺪَا ِﺋﺪِ‪.‬‬

‫َف ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻳﻨﺎر َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬

‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ٍ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎﴐ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬
‫َث َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِِﺐ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ‬
‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ ﱢ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ (1‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة اﻟ ﱡﺮخ‬

‫ف ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺜ ْ ِﻦ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ َر ِﻛﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ و َِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ِﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ — َو َر ِﻏﺒ َْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬
‫ﱠ‬
‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺑ َﻀﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ﺘْﺠَ ٍﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ ْﺳﺘَﺄ ِﺟ ْﺮ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻋْ َﺪد ُ‬
‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﻟﻴَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ — ﺑ َِﻞ ْ‬
‫اﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ﱠ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫َﺎن اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫أ ِرﻳﺪُ‪ ،‬و ََﺳ َﺎﻓ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻋْ ﻴ ِ‬
‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ و َْاﻷُﻣُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣْ َﺴ ِﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َر َﺳﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة ﻣ ُْﻘﻔِ َﺮ ٍة‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻟﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻨ ُ َﺮوﱢحَ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ُﺔ ُر ﱟخ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻢ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻧَﻤْ ِﴚ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫َﺻ ْﻔﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ!‬ ‫و َ‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪َ (2‬ﻓ ْﺮ ُخ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‬

‫ﻃ ﱠﻞ َﻓ ْﺮ ُخ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮا ُه ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻔ ِﺮ َخ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَأُﺣَ ﺬﱢ ُر ُﻫ ْﻢ و ََﺧﺎﻣَ َﺔ‬
‫ﴪوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎوﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢ و َُﻓ ُﺆ ِﺳ ِﻬ ْﻢ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﻧْﻬَ ُ‬ ‫اﻧْﺪ ََﻓﻌُ ﻮا إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﻳَ ْﻜ ﱢ ُ‬
‫ﻄﻤ َ‬
‫ُﻮﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﱄ َﻗﻮ ًْﻻ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزاﻟُﻮا ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺤِ ﻲ و ََﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إِﱃ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ُﻐ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳ ْ‬
‫ﺗَﺤْ ِﻄﻴﻤً ﺎ و ََﻗﺘَﻠُﻮا ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ َخ وَأ َ َﺧﺬُوا َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺤْ ِﻤ ِﻪ ﻳ َْﺸﻮُوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪ َ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬
‫أ َﻛﻠُﻮهُ؟‬

‫)‪َ (3‬‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮا اﻟ ﱡﺮخ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‬‫ﺿ ْﻮءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺠ ﱡﻮ وَﺣَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬
‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎدُوا ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻬُ َ‬
‫ﺼﺎحَ ‪:‬‬‫ﻄ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺪ َِق ِﺑﻨَﺎ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮا اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬‫ان َﻛ ِﺒري َِان َﻓﻌَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ِ‬‫َ‬
‫ني‪،‬‬‫ُﴪﻋ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋُ ﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ُﻜ ْﻢ َﻏ َﻀﺒُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َوﻧ َ ْﻘﻤَ ﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ« َﻓﺠَ َﺮﻳْﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا َمل ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫»أ َ ْ ِ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬‫وَأ َ ْر َﺧﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﴍَاﻋَ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺴﺎ َر ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬

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‫)‪ (4‬اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم اﻟ ﱡﺮخ‬

‫ﺼﺎﺣَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع‪،‬‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ َﻮﻟِﻴﺪِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮا اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺄْﻣَ ٍﻦ‬‫ْﺼ ِﺎرﻧَﺎ َﻓﺤَ ِﺴﺒْﻨَﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﺎﺑَﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺑ َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ٌة ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ٌﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — و َِﰲ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺒ َْﻲ ُﻛ ﱟﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴍﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎدَا إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎن ُرﺑﱠﺎﻧُﻨَﺎ َذ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ ﻣَ ﺎﻫِ ًﺮا‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ أُﻧْﺜَﻰ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ َﻓﺄ ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ َﺮ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ َ‬
‫َت إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ و ََﺷ ﱠﻘ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءَ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ َﺮ ِة َﻓﻬَ ﻮ ْ‬
‫ف ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺤَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ُﺳ ﱠﻜ َ‬‫َﻓﺄَدَا َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬
‫ْﴫ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼﻟ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ َﺮا َرهُ‪.‬‬‫ني ِﻛ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻧُﺒ ِ ُ‬‫ِﺼ َﻔ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻧ ْ‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﺗَﺤْ ِﻄﻴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‬

‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮﺗَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬

‫ﺻﺎﺑ َْﺖ‬ ‫ﻃ ْريُ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺮحُ ِﺑ َﺰو ِ‬
‫َال َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬
‫ﺎس َو ِﻛﺪ ُ‬
‫ْت‬ ‫ﺎع وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒَ ُﻪ و ََﻫ ﱠﺸﻤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺗَﻬْ ِﺸﻴﻤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﻮَى ا ْﻟﻤ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ إِﱃ ﺟَ ﻮ ِ‬
‫ْف ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَ ِ‬
‫ْت َﻟﻮْﺣً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ ُق ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ْﻦ َﻏ ِﺮ َق َﻟﻮ َْﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬

‫ف أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳ َِﺴريُ ِﺑﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨ َِﻲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮْحُ َﺳﺎﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ﻮر وَا ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎرةِ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺌُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫— ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬
‫ْت أَﺑْﻠُ ُﻐ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ — وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬
‫ﻣَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻮَى‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أَﻣْ ِﴚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريَ َة ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر و َْاﻷَﻧْﻬَ ِﺎر‪،‬‬
‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ِﻇ ﱢﻞ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬
‫ري ٍة‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَ ِة و َ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻒ وَأ ُ َروﱢحُ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫أَﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﺴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻄ َ‬
‫َﺎح‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬‫ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻃﻲ َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أَﻣْ ِﴚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫و َُﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻧ َ َﺸ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪َ (7‬ﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬

‫ﻒ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِم و َ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا ِﺑ ِﻪ َﺷﻴ ٌْﺦ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ُ‬ ‫و ََﻻحَ ِﱄ َﺷﺒَﺢٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌﻴﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َ َ‬
‫ﻆ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ُﺳﻮءُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﻬْ ٍﺮ َﻓﺤَ ِﺴﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ َرﻣَ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬
‫و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَ ُﻪ َﻏ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻏ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َرﻣَ ﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْجُ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺋﻴَ ِﺔ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬
‫َرﻣَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‪.‬‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻓﺒَﺪَأﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ — وَأﻧَﺎ َﻓ ِﺮحٌ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻪ — َﻓﻬَ ﱠﺰ ِﱄ َرأ َﺳﻪ َردٍّا ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذا‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫َﺼﻨ َ ُﻊ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ؟« َﻓﺄ َ َﺷﺎ َر إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْن أَﺣْ ِﻤ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﻳ ْ‬
‫ِﱪ ِﺳﻨ ﱢ ِﻪ — وَﺣَ ﻤَ ْﻠﺘ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﻀﻌْ ﻔﻪ َوﻛ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻔ َﻘ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ — ﻟ َ‬‫ﻒ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَﺗْﻨِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴ َْﻘ ِﻄ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷﺎءَ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺤَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻷُﻧ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ ٍﻖ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ْل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬

‫اﻟﻀﺤِ ﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﺧﺪِﻋْ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬إِذْ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ َﻻ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻗ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺴ َﻮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ﻋَ َﲆ‬
‫َت ِﱄ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ َﻓﺎ ِﻧﻴًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ ً‬ ‫َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ َ‬
‫ْت أ َ ْﺧﺘَﻨ ُِﻖ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻓﻬَ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ﻲ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺘ َِﻔ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ﱠ‬
‫َار ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﳼ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﺘ َِﻔ ﱠﻲ و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﺮجَ َﺳ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ْت َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ َ‬‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫َﺎت ُﻣﺘَﻮَا ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻊ‬
‫ﴐﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﴐﺑَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺴ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤَ ﱢﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻨ َ ﱡﻔ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآﻧِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ َ َ‬
‫َﴎ ُت إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أ َ َﺷﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ وَاﻟﺜﱠﻤَ ِﺮ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬و ِ ْ‬
‫ﻣ َ‬
‫ﺿﻌُ َﻔ ْﺖ ُﻗﻮَايَ َﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرض — وَأَﻧَﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم وَﺟُ ْﺰءًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺒْﺢُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧِﻤْ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت — ﻟ ِِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ َﻓ َﻔ َﺮجَ َﺳ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫ﻈﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ﻳَ ْﻮﻣِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ‬ ‫َﴬﺑُﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺴ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛﻠُﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َز ْل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫ﺎل‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ أ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ْاﻷَﻟ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺴﺒ ِ‬
‫ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ِ (8‬اﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬

‫ﺎﺿ ِﺞ َوإ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ َﻗ ْﺮ ٌع ﻳَﺎ ِﺑ ٌﺲ َﻛ ِﺒريُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠْ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫ْت َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬
‫َﺿﻌْ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ َوﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺎﻓﺎ و ََﻏ َﺴ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﺗَﺎﻣﱠ ٍﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َﺴﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ أَﻧ ْ َ‬
‫َت ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ ﻧ َ ْﺸ َﻮ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺷﺎ َر‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ َﻓﺒَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫اﺧﺘَﻤَ َﺮ‪ ،‬و َ ِ‬‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳ َْﴩَبُ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻠﻌُ ﻮ ُن أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺳﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﱠ‬
‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠُ ُﻪ وَا ْرﺗَ َﺨ ْﺖ َﺳ َﺎﻗﺎهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض وَأ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت ﺣَ ﺠَ ًﺮا َﻛ ِﺒريًا َﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬
‫ﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬و ََﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْز َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬
‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة َﻓ َﻘﺘَ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫ﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج‬
‫ﻈ ِ‬‫)‪ِ (9‬ﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬

‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ ﺒًﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَذِ َن ﷲ ُ ِﱄ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ُد ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬
‫ِﻴﺲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼﺣَ ْﺖ ِﱄ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ أَﻧ َ‬
‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَﻠُﻮا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َوﺑَﺪَأُوﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َد ْدﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓﺄ َ َﴍ ُ‬
‫َث ِﱄ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒُﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬
‫َردﱟ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄَﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻪُ«‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻚ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ﷲ َوﻟُ ْ‬ ‫ِﱄ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُُﻫﻢْ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ و ََﻗﻌْ َﺖ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ َُﺔ ِ‬
‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ﻣَ ْﺸﻬُ ﻮ َر ًة ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَﺐُ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ُﺔ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (10‬ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺮو ِد‬

‫ﻴﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُرﺑﱠﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ ًَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪،‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻜﺜْﻨَﺎ ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة َﻗ ِﺼريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻗ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻟﻘِ ُ‬
‫ﱠﺎن ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْل َﺳﺎﺋ ِِﺮ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻼ ًة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺮودِ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬‫ْ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻼ ٌة ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺎ ُروا — وَأﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ — َﻓﻤَ َﻸ َ ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻼﺗَ ُﻪ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‬‫ﻳﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ َﻏﺎﺑ ًَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ِﺑ َﺸﺠَ ِﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة و ََﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻠﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِِﺮ َ‬
‫»ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِْز ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِي« وَﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮ َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر ﻳَ ْﺮﺟﻤُﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة‬
‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌُ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﺎﺟَ ْﺖ و ََﻏﺎ َ‬ ‫َاﻗﺘَ َﺪﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮ َد َة َﻗ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫—و ْ‬
‫ﻴﻞ — َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧَﺠْ ﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ َﻸ َ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻼﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إِﱃ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮﻣِﻴﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ُه ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َﺻﻨَﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ذَ َﻫﺒْﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ و َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪَا ًرا َﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬
‫ﱰﻳْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َﲆ ﺛَﻤَ ٍﻦ و ْ‬
‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ري َﻓ ِﺒﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َِل‪.‬‬‫ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨ ِِﻪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻮَا ِﺑ ِﻞ و ََﺧ َﺸ ِﺐ ﱠ‬

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‫)‪َ (11‬ﻏﻮ ُ‬
‫ﱠاﺻﻮ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ‬

‫ري ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬‫ﺎن ﻧَﺤُ ﱡﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َوﻧَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﺮ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺣَ ِﺪ‬‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺎق ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َر ْﻏﺒ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻮن ِﰲ أﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬‫ﻮﺻ َ‬ ‫ﱠاﴆ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ ﻳ َُﻐ ُ‬ ‫َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ َﻏﻮ ِ‬
‫ﻄﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ أَﺟْ َﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ َﺮ ِار ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َوﻳَﺠْ ﻤَ َﻊ ِﱄ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﱠاﺻ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﻮ ِ‬
‫ﻈﻲ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا َﻓ َﺨ َﺮجَ وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ َﳾءٌ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﻔﻌَ َﻞ َو َﻛ َ‬

‫)‪ (12‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة َ‬

‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬

‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫ﺎل وَاﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ و ََﺧ َﺸ ِﺐ ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َِل ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٌة َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َﻓ َﻠﻘِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ِﻣ َﻦ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ري وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ُ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬
‫ِني ِﺑﻤَ ٍ‬

‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤِ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ دَاﻋِ ﻴًﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬
‫َف‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا إِﱃ ﱢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا و ََﺧ َﺮجَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻣَ ْ ُ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ َﺳ َﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬
‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬

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‫ﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮة اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم‬

‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ُﻮن أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗُﺐْ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺒ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎﻟِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺬْ ُر ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨِﻲ — أَﻧَﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤْ َﺴ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬
‫ﷲ َﻻ ﻣَ َﻔ ﱠﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ْاﻷَﻣﱠ ﺎ َر ُة‬ ‫— أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻣﺜْﻠ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ﺎ َز َﻓ ِﺔ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻗ َﻀﺎءَ ِ‬
‫ف َﻓﻮ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ اﺣْ ﺘَﻤَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻮءِ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺷ َﻘﻰ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ وَأَﺣْ ﺘَ ِﻤ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻶﻻ ِم وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‬‫ِﻴﺖ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َﺳﻨ َ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﻤً ﺎ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎحَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َو َدﻧِﻲ َﺷﻮ ٌْق َﺷﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن ﺑَﻘ ُ‬
‫ﺼ ٍﺢ ِﻟﻴَﺜْﻨُﻮا ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘِﻲ َوﻳُﻌَ ﻮ ُﱢﻗﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫و َِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَ َل أ َ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﻔﻠِﺤُ ﻮا‪.‬‬
‫ﱠ‬

‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‬
‫)‪ُ (2‬ﻫﺒُﻮبُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬

‫َﴫ ِة ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻀﺎﺋ ِِﻊ َﺳ َ‬
‫ﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻋُ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ و ْ‬
‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻋْ َﺪد ُ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ إِﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِِﺮ َ‬‫ﺎﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر َﻗ ِ‬
‫ﻈ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ﺗَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‬‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬
‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ — ذَ َ‬
‫َني َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَأ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻜﺜْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎل ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ﻣُﻬَ ﺪﱠدِ َ‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫ﺎن ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ و ََﻻ إِﱃ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ‬

‫ف ِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ َﻻ ﻧَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘُﻨَﺎ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َ‬
‫َﻫﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬
‫ﴏ َخ‬ ‫ِﺟﻬَ ٍﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﺼﺪُ‪ ،‬و ََﻻحَ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ﺒَ ٌﻞ َﺷﺎﻫِ ٌﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَﺘَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ ُ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ َ‬
‫َث؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄﺛ ﱢ ًﺮا ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ اﻟﻬَ َﻼ ُك‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع َوﺑَ َﻜﻰ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﻨَﺎهُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ َﻟﻨَﺎ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎدْﻋُ ﻮا ﷲ َ و ْ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻐﻔِ ُﺮوا ِﻟﺬُﻧُﻮ ِﺑ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺪ ُم — َﻻ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺔ —‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼ ُك َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨَﺎ َﺳﺘَ ْ‬ ‫َو ْﻟﻴُ َﻮ ﱢد ْع ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬
‫ﺎن!«‬‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮ ْوﻧَﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺞُ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐٌ و َ‬

‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجَ ﺗَﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺮ َﻛﺐَ د َْﻓﻌً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟﻨَﺎ‬
‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻧُﺤَ ﱢﻮ َل ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ِﺟﻬَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ ُ ْﻔﻠِﺢْ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ِﺑ ُ ْ‬
‫ﴎ َع‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻄﻴﻤً ﺎ و ََﻓ ﱠﻜ َﻜ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻟﻮَاﺣَ ﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْ َ‬‫ِﻴﻔ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﱠ‬‫ﺻﺪْﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺪَﻣَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻓ ْ‬‫و َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ أﻧْﻔ َﺲ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ إِﱃ َﻟﻮ ٍْح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺸ ِﺐ ِﻟﻴَﻨْﺠُ َﻮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐ َﺮق ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن أ َﺧ ْﺬﻧَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد‬‫ﻼص ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨﱠﺎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺟَ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ﺟَ ِﻬﻴ ٍﺪ — ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬‫ﱢﻳﻦ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻣ ُِﺠﺪ َ‬
‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻤَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ و َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ُﺔ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻧَﺤْ ﻔِ َﺮ ُﻗﺒُﻮ َرﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺄَﻳْﺪِﻳﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ َﻟﻨَﺎ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ ﱠ‬
‫ِﻷَيﱢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ و َ‬
‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ«‬

‫ﻈﺎ ُم ا َمل ْﻮﺗَﻰ‬

‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ — ﻋِ َ‬

‫ﻄﻤَ ٍﺔ و ََﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺒ ﱠَني َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺻﺪ ُْق َﻗ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ََﻘﺎﻳَﺎ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈﺎ ِم ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ َﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ أن ﻣَ ِﺼريَﻧَﺎ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن — ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﻨَﺎ َﻛﻮﻣَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َ‬
‫ﻄﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧ َ َﺮى ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ريﻫﻢ وَأَﻳ َْﻘﻨﱠﺎ أ َ ﱠن أَﻳﱠﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪُو َد ٌة‪ ،‬و ََﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ِﺼ ِ‬
‫ﻮر َﻓﻨ َ ْﺬ ُﻛ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮوﺣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ — ﺑ ََﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ َو َذ َﺧﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤَ َ‬‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎر َع أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ َ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻣﺎ َو َراءَ‬‫ﻈ ِﻠ ٍﻢ د َ‬ ‫َووَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻧَﻬْ ًﺮا ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻬْ ٍﻒ ُﻣ ْ‬
‫ﺎس وَا ْﻟﻴ َُﺎﻗ ِ‬
‫ﻮت وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ِد — ُﻣﺒَﻌْ ﺜ َ َﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﻳﻤﺔ — َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺎن َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋُ ﻨ َِﻲ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ﻤْ ﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
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‫ني ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﻮﺣِ َﺸ ِﺔ َﻻ أَﻣَ َﻞ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻷ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ٍﺐ ﻧ َ َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ و ُ‬

‫ُﺻﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎﺋ ِِﺴ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻢ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒُﻨَﺎ َوﻳَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣُ ﱢ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒَ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱠ‬
‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ َﺴ َﻢ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ ﻗِ ْﺴﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﺎدِ َﻟ ًﺔ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ َﺮ ِ‬
‫اغ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ‬

‫ﺎل ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﻔِ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ِرﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ َﻓﻤَ ﺎﺗُﻮا ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ —‬ ‫َوﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬
‫ْت‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻗﺘَ ِﺼ ُﺪ‬‫ِﻴﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪِي ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ — َود ََﻓﻨْﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬
‫ني ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَو َْﺷ َﻚ َزادِي أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔﺪَ‪،‬‬ ‫َار ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻌ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻲ َﻓ َﻼ أ َ ْﻗﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬
‫وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗِﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺰﻧ َ ِﺔ وَأَﻟُﻮ ُم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ (5‬اﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬

‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ْﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَﺄ ْ ِس َﻓﻤَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أ ُ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَﺄَﻣﱠ ﻠُﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ‬
‫ﻒ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ﱠﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ آﻫِ ٍﻞ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫آت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ؟ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ٍ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ُﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﺘَﺎ َز ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ َ‬
‫ِﻴﺖ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ َز ْو َر ًﻗﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨﻲ إ ِ ْن ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ!« و ََﺧ َ‬
‫ﴪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻫﺎ ِﻟ ٌﻚ َﻻ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈذَا َر ِﻛﺒ ُْﺖ َز ْو َر ًﻗﺎ و ََﻫ َﻠ ْﻜ ُﺖ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ ِْري َﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ َﻗ ﱢ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻮ ََﺳﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ«‪.‬‬

‫)‪َ (6‬ز ْو َر ُق اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة‬

‫َاح ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﻟ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ِﺼﻨ ْ ِﻊ َز ْو َر ٍق‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ َﻔﺎذِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ِﺔ َﻓﺠَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬
‫ري‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗْﻤَ ﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ أَﻧ ْ َﺰ ْﻟﺘُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ وَﻣَ َﻸْﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﺧﺎﺋ ِِﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬
‫ﻴﺴ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬
‫َ‬
‫َﺻﺤﱠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫َﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣﺠْ ﺪ َ‬
‫َاﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَﻌْ ﺜ َ َﺮ ِة ِﰲ أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﻮل ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ ﻟِﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ َو َراءَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ د ُ‬

‫)‪ِ (7‬ﰲ ُ‬
‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ اﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ‬

‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬‫ﱢف َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر َق ﻳ َِﺴريُ ِﺑﻲ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬‫ري وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أُﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ِﻛﺒ ُْﺖ َز ْو َرﻗِﻲ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺣَ ِﺴﺒْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ — ﻟِﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ‬
‫ﺎل ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة َ‬
‫ِﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻼ ٍم د َِاﻣ ٍﺲ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫َووَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻨِﻲ ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﻄﻢُ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﻘﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻛﺎ َد َز ْو َرﻗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺰدَا ُد ِﺿ ً‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ — أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ‪ ،‬و ََﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺟْ ﻬَ َﺪﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬‫ﻄ ِﺪ َم َرأ ْ ِﳼ ِﺑ َﺴ ْﻘ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫و ََﺧ ِﺸ ُ‬
‫ﻴﻘﺎ‪.‬‬‫ﺎس َﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫وَاﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ و ََﻏ َﻠﺒَﻨِﻲ اﻟﻨﱡﻌَ ُ‬

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‫)‪ (8‬ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ُ‬
‫ص ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ‬

‫ﻴﺢ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َز ْو َرﻗِﻲ‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ إِﱃ َﺳﻬْ ٍﻞ َﻓ ِﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻨِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬
‫ﻄ ِﻒ وَاﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ‬ ‫ون إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ وَﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺮﺑُﻮ ً‬
‫اﻹ ْﺧ َﻼ ِص وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﻮ ﱠد ِة َﻓ َﺮدﱡوا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﺑﻜﻼ ٍم‬ ‫َﻓﻨَﻬَ ْﻀ ُﺖ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣُ ْﺴﻦ ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ ِﻬ ْﻢ وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﻴْﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﺘﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬
‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‬ ‫َني أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬‫َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ﻤْ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أَﺗَﺒ ﱠ ُ‬
‫ْت َﻗ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻞ‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺸﺪ ُ‬

‫ﻳُ َﻐﻴﱢ ُﺮ اﻟﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ٍ‬

‫ﺎل إ ِ َﻟﻰ ﺣَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎل«‬ ‫»ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْ َﻦ َﻏﻤْ َﻀ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﻴْ ٍﻦ وَاﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫ ِﺘﻬَ ﺎ‬

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‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬
‫)‪ِ (9‬ﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َ َ‬

‫ف أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﺮ ِﺑ ﱞﻲ َﻓ ْﺎﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪:‬‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴ َﱠﺔ َﻓ َﻔ ِﻬ َﻢ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ وَﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫»ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐْ ﻳَﺎ أَﺧِ ﻲ و ََﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﺶ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﰲ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َرأﻳْﻨَﺎ َك ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر ِق‬ ‫َ‬
‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬
‫ﻈ َﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ِﻣ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻜﺜْﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻨَﺎ ُه إِﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ ِﺸﻴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ َق َو َرﺑَ ْ‬
‫ﺎن ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺼﺪُ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻞ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﺎن أﺗَﻴ َْﺖ َوإِﱃ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ٍ‬
‫اﻵن؟«‬‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬وَأﻳ َْﻦ أﻧَﺎ َ‬
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‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َ َ‬
‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َﻛﺎ ُد أ َ ْﻫ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓ َﱰْﺟَ ﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ ْ‬‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌْ ُﺖ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﺼﺘَ َﻚ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ و ََﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ َﻫﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ إِﱃ‬‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒُﻮا أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ و ََﻗﺎﻟُﻮا ِﱄ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْ‬
‫ﺼﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ«‪.‬‬‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻘ ﱠ‬

‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫)‪ِ (10‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫ﴬ ِة ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْر َﻛﺒُﻮﻧِﻲ ﺟَ ﻮَادًا وَﺣَ ﻤَ ﻠُﻮا َز ْو َرﻗِﻲ — ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ — ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻛﺘَﺎﻓِ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْل َﺳﺎﺋ ِِﺮ َ‬
‫َي ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓﻬَ ﱠﺶ ِﻟﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻲ َو َر ﱠد ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ اﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺜ َ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺑ َ‬‫و َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ‬‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد َوﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮﻧِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫»اﺳ ِﻤﻲ ﱢ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ َر ﱟد و ََﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱢ ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري َو ُر ُﻛﻮ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ﺎ َر‪«.‬‬
‫َﺻ ْﻠ َﺖ إِﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫ْﻒ و َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫َث ِﱄ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻛﺘُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﺼﺘِﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ﺪَادٍ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ ﻟ َِﻐ َﺮاﺑَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َو ِﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ َ ِﱪ‪.‬‬ ‫و ََﻓ ِﺮحَ ِﺑﻨَﺠَ ﺎﺗِﻲ وَأَﻣَ َﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَﺐَ ﻗِ ﱠ‬

‫ﺎن وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ِد‬‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺟَ ِ‬‫ﻮز َوﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرأَى ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر ِق ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ُ ٍ‬
‫َاﺳﺎ َﻓﻮَﺟَ َﺪ ُه أَﺛْﻤَ َﻦ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ِﰲ َﺧ َﺰا ِﺋﻨ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْﺪَى د َْﻫ َﺸﺘَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱠس أ َ ْﻛﺪ ً‬ ‫ﺎس و َُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣ َﻜﺪ ٌ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺿ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ََﺸﺎءُ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻮز ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱠﻮ ُم ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ٍﻦ ﻋَ َﺮ ْ‬‫َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻣُﻌْ ﺠَ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑﺘِ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﻃ ْﻮ ُع أَﻣْ ِﺮ َك‪«.‬‬
‫َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬

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‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻼﱠ ﻳَﺎ ِﺳﻨْﺪﺑَﺎدُ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ُﻛﻨُﻮ َز َك ِﻣ ْﻠ ٌﻚ َﻟ َﻚ َﻻ ﻳُﻨ َ ِﺎزﻋُ َﻚ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ‬
‫آﺧﺬَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺑَ ْﻞ أ َ ِزﻳﺪ َُﻫﺎ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎ َر َك ﷲ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ وَﻣَ ﺘﱠﻌَ َﻚ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ!«‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺎﻣﻌً ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ُ‬
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‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮﺗُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ﺟَ ِﺰ ً‬
‫ﻳﻼ‪.‬‬

‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫)‪ِ (11‬ﰲ ِﺿﻴ ِ‬

‫َﺎﻓﺔ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬
‫ﻮزي َوذَ َﺧﺎﺋ ِِﺮي و ََﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ ِﱄ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ‬ ‫وَأَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ِﱄ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ًﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِﺎز ِﻟ ِﻪ َوﻧ َ َﻘ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ِﺺ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ِﻠ ٌﻚ ﻋَ ﺎدِ ٌل ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱡ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﻋﻴ ُﱠﺔ َوﺗُﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ِﺒﻴ ٍﺪ و ََﺧ َﺪ ٍم و ََﻏﻤَ َﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ َﻜ َﺮﻣ ِِﻪ وَﻋَ ْ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﺻﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﻋَ ﺎ َدﺗ ِِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴ َﻞ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻮﻛ ٍِﺐ ﺣَ ﺎﻓِ ٍﻞ أَﻳﱠﺎ َم ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻴَﺎدِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻣﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫إ ِ ْﺧ َﻼ ً‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ ُﺮجَ إِﱃ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن أ َ ُزو َر ُه وَأ ُ َﻛ ﱢﺮ َر َﻟ ُﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٌم د َ‬
‫ﺎﺟﻴﺐَ َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺻ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻓﺄ َ َرى ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ َﺮاﺋِﺐَ وَأَﻋَ ِ‬

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‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬
‫)‪ (12‬ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐُ َ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َوﻣِﻤﱠ ﺎ أَذْ ُﻛ ُﺮ ُه َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ — ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ َ ِ‬
‫َﺎن ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎل — أ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻞ وَاﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َر ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﺴ ِﺎوﻳ ِ‬
‫ﻂ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﻮَاءِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺒ ًَﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﲆ ِﺟﺒ ِ‬
‫َﺎل اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻮل دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ و ُُﻗﻮﻋِﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺗ ِِﻦ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ﺎل اﻟ ﱠ‬‫ﺻﻌَ ُﺪ إِﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘ ِِﻪ أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ِﻷُﻣَ ﺘﱢ َﻊ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﺑﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬
‫ني ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺮﺟُ َ‬
‫ﻮن ا ﱡﻟﻠ ْﺆﻟُ َﺆ!‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓﺄ َ َرى ا ْﻟ َﻐﻮ ِ‬
‫ﱠاﺻ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم إِﱃ َﺷ ِ‬

‫)‪ِ (13‬ﻛﺘَﺎبُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬

‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻃﻨِﻲ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إِﱃ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إِﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َو َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬
‫ﺎﻹذْ ِن ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﱄ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬
‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َﻓﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻀ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻼدِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬
‫ون‬‫»ﻫﺎ ُر َ‬‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َودﱠﻋَ ﻨِﻲ وَﺣَ ﻤﱠ َﻠﻨِﻲ ِﻛﺘَﺎﺑًﺎ َرﻗ ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱠﻮ ُم ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪.‬‬‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ« و ََﻫﺪَاﻳَﺎ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬

‫)‪ (14‬ا َ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إِﱃ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬

‫َﴫةِ«‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِي‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺰ ْل َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑ َﻲ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ‬‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َﻓ َﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَ وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬وَأَﺟْ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ َ‬
‫وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬
‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ف ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬‫ض ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ أُﻋَ ﱢﺮ َ‬

‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫)‪ِ (15‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺼﺘِﻲ و ََﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ ْ‬‫ني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ و ََﻗ َ‬‫ون اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ« َﻓﻤَ ﺜ َ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُر َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إِﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬
‫ﻴﺴ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺒًﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ َ‬
‫َاﻹ ْﺧ َﻼ ِص‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ِﱄ‬ ‫ِﻴﺾ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ ﱠﻗ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﻮ ﱠد ِة و ْ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻗ َﺮأ َ ِﻛﺘَﺎبَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َﻓ َﺮآ ُه ﻳَﻔ ُ‬
‫ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ٍة ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ٍﺔ و ََﺷﻤَ َﻠﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻌَ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻔِ ِﻪ وَﺣُ ﺒﱢ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎدﺳﺔ‬

‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤِ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬
‫َف‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َغ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎﴐ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬
‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﱢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬

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 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻌﺔ‬
‫ﻣﻊ اﻷﻓﻴَﺎل‬

‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔ ِﺮ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﺗَ ْﻮﺑ َُﺔ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬

‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ َﺳ ِﺔ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﴤ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬
‫ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ ﻬْ ﺪًا َوﺛ ً‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ِﺸﻴﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ْﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻮ ْﻟﺪَا ُن‪ .‬وَﻋَ َ‬ ‫ف و َْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫املﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ِﺮ َﻫ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻴ ََﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي ِﰲ َراﺣَ ٍﺔ َو ُ‬
‫ﺻﺎدِ َﻗ ًﺔ و َ‬
‫َﺻﺢﱠ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮﺑ ََﺔ وَا ْﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ َﺮ و ََﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻤَ ﻴ ٍْﻞ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ َﻓﺘُﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﺗَ ْﻮﺑ ًَﺔ َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻔ ِﻮي أَيﱡ َﻛﺪ ٍَر‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎل َﻻ ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﺰﻣِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﻤً ﺎ َﻫﺎدِ ئ َ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬

‫ﺾ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﺑ َِﺔ‬ ‫)‪ْ (2‬‬

‫ﻧﻘ ُ‬

‫َاب‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮءُ ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُﻛﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ و َْاﻻ ْﻏ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ َدوَاﻋِ ﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َ ِ‬
‫ون اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ«‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُر َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬‫َﺎن إِذْ ﺟَ ﺎءَﻧِﻲ َر ُﺳﻮ ٌل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ض ِﱄ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺴﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬
‫َﺎل — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﱧ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ ُﻣ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻤَ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫َني أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻴﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ — َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬
 ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬
‫ﱢ‬

‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫ﱰﺗُ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺮﺣﱠ ﺐَ ِﺑ ُﻘﺪُوﻣِﻲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬

‫اﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫َي ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَﺪ ِ‬‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺜ َ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « َوﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﺎس — ِﻟﺘَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬ ‫ُون ِﺳﻮَا َك ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﺳﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد — د َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺎﻋِ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ ﺒْ ُﺪ َك‬ ‫َوﺗُﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ َﺳ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ َوﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺎﺗِﻲ« َﻓﻮ ََﻗ َﻊ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﱪُ و ُُﻗﻮ َع ﱠ‬
‫ﴢ َﻟ َﻚ أَﻣْ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ُﻊ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﻣريَ ا ْﻟﻤُﺆ ِﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺎدِ َﻗ ًﺔ وَأ َ ْﻗ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ ﱠأﻻ أ ُ َﻓ ِﺎر َق‬ ‫ﺗُﻌْ ﻔِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗُﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﺗَ ْﻮﺑ ًَﺔ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ َﻻ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر َة ِﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺒ ِﻪ!«‬ ‫ري ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ْاﻵ َن َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ َﻛﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬
‫ف‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬‫َث ِﱄ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َ‬
‫ﺼﺘَ َﻚ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ إ ِ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻠ ُﻔ َﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ‬
‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻻ ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﻌُ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ﻬَ َﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َرد ُ‬
‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « َوﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘِﻲ َوﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮوءَ ِة أ َ ْن‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜﺮ وَاﻟﺜﱠﻨَﺎءِ؟«‬‫َاﻹ ْﺧ َﻼص َﻓ َﻼ أ ُ ِﺟﻴﺒُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻫ ٌﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺪَأَﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻮ ﱢد و ْ ِ‬

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 ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ إِﱃ ﺟَ ﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َ َ‬
‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﱠ‬

‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا وَﻣَ ﻨَﺤَ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬وَأَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻤْ ِﻊ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻣ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ — ِﻷُﻧْﻔِ َﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ري — َﻓﻮ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة ِﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﱄ ِﺑﻤَ ٍ‬
‫ﺎل َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر — ُﻣ َﻜ َ‬
‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﻃﺎﺑ َْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬
‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « َو َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘ ِِﻪ َو ِﻛﺘَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ إِﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َ َ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺎﻟ ِِﻤ َ‬
‫و َ‬

‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫)‪ِ (5‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫ﴬ ِة ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬
‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ و ََﻓﺮحَ ِﺑ ُﻘﺪُوﻣِﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪:‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬
‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َﺷﻮ ٍْق َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ِﺳﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ أُﺛْﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ وَأُﻋﺠَ ﺐُ ِﺑ ِﺼﺪ ِْق‬
‫ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪«.‬‬
‫ﴎو ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴪ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ُ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻛﺘَﺎبَ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ و ََﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘَ ُﻪ َﻓ ُ ﱠ‬
‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ‬‫اﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي َﻓﺄ َ ِﺳ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ِﺿﻴ ََﺎﻓﺘ ِِﻪ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺟَ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ ﻟ ِِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠﻘِ ِﻪ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻫﺪَاﻧِﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄْذَ ْن ِﱄ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ َﺮاﻗِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫آﺳ ٌ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺲ وَاﻟﺘﱡﺤَ ِﻒ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺒ ْﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َودﱠﻋْ ﺘُ ُﻪ وَأَﻧَﺎ ِ‬

‫ﻮص ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬

‫ﺼ ُ‬‫)‪ (6‬ﻟُ ُ‬

‫َﴫةِ« َﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ و ََﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ‬‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ًَﺔ إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﱡ‬
‫ني ِﺑ ُﻘ ْﺮب ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ و َْاﻷُﻣُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم َﻓﺒَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﻧ َ ْﻠﻬُ ﻮ َوﻧ َ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ َوﻧ ُ َﻐﻨﱢﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﴍ ﻗِ ﺘْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻮص ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﻘﺘَﻠُﻮا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗﺎوَﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ ِﺲ َﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄَﻧَﺎ ﻟُ ُ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬
‫ِﻲ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ َوو ََﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺳريًا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﴎوا ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎع وَأ َ َ ُ‬
‫و ََﺳ َﻠﺒُﻮا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة وَﻣَ ﺘَ ٍ‬
‫ﻃﻌَ ﻤَ ﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺮ َﻏﻨ ﱞِﻲ وَأ ْ‬‫ﺎﺷ َﱰَاﻧِﻲ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ذﻫﺒُﻮا ِﺑﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة َﻓﺒَﺎﻋُ ﻮﻧَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺒﻴﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َو َﻛ َﺴﺎﻧِﻲ وَآوَاﻧِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ أُﺣْ ِﺴﻨ ُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ‬
‫ﻮص ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أ َ ِﺳريًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺮ َﻏﻨ ﱞِﻲ َﻻ أُﺣْ ِﺴ ُﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ًﻼ َﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ري اﻟﺘﱢﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة و ََﻗ ْﺪ و ََﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﻟُ ُ‬
‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪَ؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِﺻﺒَﺎيَ ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن أُﺣْ ِﺴﻨ َ ُﻪ‬
‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ ﱠ‬
‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮاﻧ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬

‫ﺻﻴْ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫)‪َ (7‬‬

‫ﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ َﻗﻮ ًْﺳﺎ َوﻧِﺒ ًَﺎﻻ وَأ َ ْر َﻛﺒَﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻓِ ً‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻋْ َ‬
‫ﻃﻠُﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊَ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ وَﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ ََﺔ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻟﺘُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻼ ﻋُ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻓِ ً‬ ‫ﻄﺪ َ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬‫َﻗﻮ ُْﺳ َﻚ َوﻧِﺒَﺎﻟُ َﻚ َﻓ ِﺈذَا ْ‬
‫ﻃﻮ َل‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﺟَ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻰ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻨِﻲ وَﺣْ ﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺳﻬَ ِﺎﻣﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﴍ ََﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﴪ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻓ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ َﻓ َﻘﺘَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ و ََﻫ َﺮبَ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي وَأ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‬‫ﻳﻼ وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َﻓﺤَ َﻔ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣُ ْﻔ َﺮ ًة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة وَا َرﻳْﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫و ََﺷ َﻜ َﺮﻧِﻲ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ﺟَ ِﺰ ً‬
‫ﻈﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َﲆ ﺛَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻋِ َ‬‫ﺣَ ﺘّﻰ إِذَا ﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َ‬

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‫)‪ (8‬ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻴ ِ‬

‫َﺎل‬

‫ان‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻘ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬

‫ﻴﻼ وَأدْﻓِ ﻨ ُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺷﻬْ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ُد ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮم ﻓِ ً َ‬
‫ٍ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬
‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬‫ﻃ ْﺖ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﺟَ ﺎء َِت ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻴَﺎ ُل َﻓﺄَﺣَ ﺎ َ‬
‫اﻟﴩ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َوﺗُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ِﰲ ﱠ — َﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ُرﻋْ ﺒًﺎ‬
‫اﻃﻴﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻌُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ و َِﺷ ﱠﺪ ٍة — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺮ ُك َﺧ َﺮ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻃﻮﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺟﺬْ ِع ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﺧ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻮ ُْس وَاﻟﻨﱢﺒَﺎ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪِي‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻓِ ﻴ ٌﻞ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ َﻓ َﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫و ََﺳ َﻘ َ‬
‫ور َﻫﺎ و ََﻫ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺟَ ﺬْﺑ ًَﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟﺬُ ِ‬

‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ِه وَأَﻧَﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻃﻮﻣ ِِﻪ وَأَﺟْ َﻠ َﺴﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫و ْ‬
‫َاﻗ َﱰَبَ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﻓ َﺮ َﻓﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ُﺨ ْﺮ ُ‬
‫ﻳﺐ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ْف‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻲ َوﻣ ِْﻦ َﺧ ْﻠﻔِ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻴَﺎ ُل ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺄ َ ًذى‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﻟﻢٌ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰ َﻟﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض وَﻋَ ﺎد َِت ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ُﺔ د َ‬‫و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ْت َﻻ أ ُ َ‬
‫ﺻﺪ ُﱢق ﻣَ ﺎ أ َراهُ‪.‬‬ ‫َو ِﻛﺪ ُ‬

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‫ﱢ‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﻣَ ْﻘ َﱪ ُة ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ِﺔ‬

‫ﴬﻧِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﺎل وأﻧْﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺄ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺤْ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِم ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻴ ِ‬‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ َﻓ َﺮأﻳ ُْﺖ َﻛﻮْﻣَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﺎج‬‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗﺘْﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺄﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻻ ْأﻗﺘُﻠُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑ ُْﻐﻴ ََﺔ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﻷ َ ُﻛ ﱠ‬
‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬
‫َﻓﺠَ ﺎء َْت ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘ َﱪَ ِة ِﻷﺣْ ِﻤ َﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻳُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌُﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ِﺔ و ََﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ْت ﻣ ْ ِ‬‫وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻣَ َﺮ ْر ُت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻗﻮ َْﺳ َﻚ َوﻧِﺒَﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻘﺎ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ ْر ِض إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِِﺐ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬

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‫ري َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ِﺒﻴ ِﺪﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒ ِْﻞ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬

‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ َ‬
‫ْت؟«‬ ‫ور َﻫﺎ َﻓﺄَﻳ َْﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﱠ‬
‫أن ْاﻷ ْﻓﻴَﺎ َل َﻗﺘَ َﻠﺘْ َﻚ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺘَ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺟُ ﺬُ ِ‬
‫َث ِﱄ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ و ََﺳﺎ َر ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى ِﺻﺪ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﺼ ْ‬‫َﻓ َﻘ َ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬

‫ﴎ‬ ‫ص ﱢ‬ ‫)‪َ (10‬‬
‫ﺧ َﻼ ُ‬

‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﺪﻳْﺘﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا و ََﺷ َﻜ َﺮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ َﻛﺎﺋِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﱡ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﻷَﺣْ ﻠُ َﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أﻋْ ﺘَ ْﻘﺘُ َﻚ وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠﺘُ َﻚ ﺣُ ٍّﺮا«‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ‬
‫ﻳﻖ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ًﺎﻻ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ َﻓﺄﻋْ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إِﱃ َو َ‬
‫ﴎ وَا ْﻟﻌُ ﺒُﻮ ِدﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ و ََﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﺨ َﻼ ِﴆ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎج ِﺑﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ — ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ُﺪ — ِﺑ ْ‬
‫ﺄﻏ َﲆ ﺛَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ‪َ .‬وﻣ ِْﻘﺪَا ًرا وَاﻓِ ًﺮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريًا و ََﻫﺪَاﻳَﺎ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬

‫)‪ (11‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬

‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬

‫َﴫةِ« َﻓ َﺴﺎ َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬

‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ًﺮا إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ٍﺐ َﻛ َ‬
‫ول وَأﻧَﺎ أﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺪ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﻼﻣَ ﺘِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻗﺎﻓِ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ َ‬
‫ﺄﴎﻋْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬
‫ﱪ أﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬
‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِِﺮ َ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬

‫)‪ِ (12‬ﰲ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬

‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬
‫ني ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ‬ ‫أﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬
‫ْﺧ ُﻞ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎﺑَﻠﻨِﻲ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َﻛ ْﺪ أد ُ‬
‫أﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح و ََﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪:‬‬
‫ون اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ« َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠﻨِﻲ أﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺔ و ََﻓ ِﺮحَ ِﺑ ُﻘﺪُوﻣِﻲ َ‬
‫»ﻫﺎ ُر َ‬ ‫إِﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬
‫أﺻﺎﺑَ َﻚ ُﺳﻮءٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ ﻮ َﱠﻗ َﻚ؟«‬‫ﻮن َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ْأﻗ َﻠ َﻘﻨﻲ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎﺑُ َﻚ و ََﺧ ِﺸ ُ‬
‫ﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ْ‬
‫أن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬

‫ﺼﺘِﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ﺪَادٍ‬ ‫أن ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَﺐَ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫أﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬‫َﻓ َﻘ َ‬
‫أﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺎﻓﺄَﻧِﻲ أَﺟْ َﺰ َل ُﻣ َﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ٍة َﻓﻌُ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪.‬‬ ‫ﱪ ًة ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ َﻫ ٍﺐ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ﻮن ﻋِ ْ َ‬
‫َأﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫أﻫ ِﲇ و ْ‬ ‫َو ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم وَأﻧَﺎ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« أﻧْﻌَ ُﻢ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني ْ‬
‫ف و َْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬

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‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ‬

‫َاﻵن ﻣَ ﺎ َرأْﻳُ َﻚ‬‫ﺎل و ََﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إِﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬
‫ض أﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻟ ِِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ؟ و ََﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ َﺖ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ ْ‬
‫أﻏ َﺮبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫أﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎر؟ أ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱢﻘﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎﻟِﻚِ و َْاﻷ ْﺧ َ‬‫ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬
‫أن أ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬
‫ﴤ اﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻴ ََﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ ُﻣ ْ‬
‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨٍّﺎ؟«‬ ‫َال — ْ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫واﻷﻫﻮ ِ‬

‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َم إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل و ََﻗﺒﱠ َﻞ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه — ﰲ اﺣْ ِﱰَا ٍم وأد ٍَب — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﻖ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ِﻷﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أ ْد َر ْﻛﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱢﺪ َك‬
‫ﺼ ِﺘ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َرى أﺣَ ﺪًا أﺟْ َﺪ َر ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫أﻏ َﺮبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ْﻊ ْ‬
‫ﻴﺴ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة‬ ‫وَاﺟْ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎدِ َك‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺒﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أﺣْ ﺘَ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْ ُﻛﻮ ًرا إِذَا ﻗِ َ‬
‫اﻷﻫﻮَا َل َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ َ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﻏﺎﺋِﺐَ «‬
‫ﺻﺪ ََق ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻼ ِﺗ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ! َو َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬
‫ﺎت ﻧَﺎدِ َرةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ — َﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺘ َﻚ وَﺟُ ْﺮأ ِﺗ َﻚ — ﻣُﺤْ ِﺴ ٌﻦ ﺑَﺎ ﱞر‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﱠﻼ َك ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﺼ َﻔ ٍ‬
‫ِني‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟﺜﱠﻨَﺎءِ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ اﻟﺪﱡﻋَ ﺎءَ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎ َر َك‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ َﺮ َك وَﻣَ ﺘﱠﻌَ َﻚ ِﺑﺜ َ ْﺮ َوﺗِ َﻚ و َِﺻﺤﱠ ﺘَ َﻚ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﷲ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ وَأ َ َ‬

‫أن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫وﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ وﻣَ ﻨَﺤَ ُﻪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« َ‬
‫َﻓﻬُ ﱠﺶ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪.‬‬
‫وأﺻﺒَﺢَ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« — ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻏﻨَﺎ ُه ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْﻘ ِﺮهِ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺗﺨ َﺬ ُه ﱢ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « َوﻧُﺪَﻣَ ﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫أﺻﻔِ ﻴَﺎءِ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ريَ ِة ْ‬

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