Men beɛd 50 ɛam ntaɛ jehd beš nḥḥeydu el-ḥrub ɛla jiha,

bqa swal waḥed, ɛummer ma ġab men texmami

Kifeš netɛamlu mɛa el-teɛnaf, elli zayed ɛla ḥeddu,

bla ma nzidu netɛenfu, ḥna tanik?

Ki yqabluk b el-ḥogra,

tkun ma tkun: Ki bezz yetbellaweh f blaṣa ntaɛ leɛb

wella el-teɛnaf f el-dar -

wella, f el-ṭerqan ntaɛ Surya, ḍerwek,

ki el-waḥed yqabel el-ṭnuga w el-hebheb,

weš elli yfid kter beš tdiru?

Tdabez nta tanik? Tesmeḥ?

Tetɛennef kter?

Had el-swal: "Kifeš tetɛmal mɛa ɛdaysi

bla ma twelli deɛwa't šerr nta tanik?"

kber mɛaya melli kunt bezza.

Rani ɛaqla ki kan ɛendi qrib 13 ɛam,

tsemmert quddam tilivizyon kḥel w byeḍ, tṣawiru mnemšin, f bit el-ḍyaf f dar waldiya

ki el-ṭnuga ntaɛ el-Sovyet dexlu l Budapest,

w el-drari, elli ma kanuš bezzaf kbar ɛliya,

kanu yetramu quddam el-ṭnuga

elli kanu yeɛɛefsu ɛlihum.

Zrebt l el-fuq w bdit nlemm f el-valiza ntaɛi.

W jat mma w qalet-li, "Ya mḥaynek, weš raki tdiri?"

Qult: "Rani rayḥa l Budapest."

Qaletli: "L weš men sebba?"

Wajebt: "Rahum yeqqetlu f el-bzuza temmatik.

Tešnaɛ kbir rahu waqeɛ temma."

Qalet: "Ma tṭenḥiš ruḥek gaɛ kima n' hak."

'Eyya w bdit nebki.

Temma tkaket w qaletli,

"Ṣeḥḥa, rani nšuf belli el-ḥala ma rahiš zɛaqa.

Raki ɛad ṣġira bezzaf beš tnejmi tɛawni.

Yliq tkewni ruḥek w 'ana nɛawnek.

Beṣṣaḥ ġir ɛawdi xewwi el-valiza ntaɛek."

W hakka, dert waḥed el-qraya

w ruḥt xdemt f Friqya el-kutriya ntaɛ ɛamat el-ɛešrin dyawli.

Beṣṣaḥ tkakit belli weš rani meḥtaja neɛerfu, b ṣeḥḥ w ṣḥiḥ,

Ma nnejjemš neddih m el-qrayat.

Kunt baġya nefhem

kifeš el-teɛnaf, kifeš el-ḥogra, yexxedmu.

W elli fhemtu men dak el-weqt l ḍerwek huwa belli:

El-ɛdaysiya yesteɛmlu el-teɛnaf b telt sirat.

Yesteɛmlu el-teɛnaf f el-siyasa beš yxawfu

el-teɛnaf b el-ḍerb beš yrehbu

w el-teɛnaf fi ɛqel w ruḥ el-bnadem beš ykkesruh.

W qlil qlil, f ši ḥalat,

win el-teɛnaf kter saɛed.

Nelson Mandela raḥ l el-ḥebs w huwa y'emmen b el-teɛnaf,

w men beɛd 27 sna

huwa w ṣḥabu

b el-šwiya w b el-mḥadra,

tɛelmu ṣenɛat haylin, kanu meḥtajinhum

beš ybbedlu waḥda, gaɛ meɛfuna, m el-ḥukumat elli ɛerfetha el-denya

w redduha dimoqraṭiya.

W frawha w huma šadin mliḥ f fekra't bla-teɛnaf.

Tkakaw belli el-teɛnaf mɛa el-teɛnaf

ma yfidš.

'Ammala weš huwa elli yfid?

Mɛa el-weqt, lemmit waḥed el-ṭnaš n' sira

tfid - bayna belli kayen tanik waḥduxrin-:

tfid w ɛendha ma tɛawen ṣeḥḥ.

el-'ewwel huwa:

el-tebdal elli lazem yeṣra

lazem yeṣra hna, fi dati.

Hada huwa jwabi w sirti mɛa el-ḥogra

elli lazem netḥekkem fihum,

w elli nnejjem ndir keš ḥaja lihum.

W elli nestḥeq nkkebru huwa el-meɛrifa ntaɛ dati beš nḥeqqu.

Meɛnatu, nestḥeqq neɛref kifeš netwasa,

ki nefšel,

win rahum xṣayli el-mxeyrin,

win rani naqeṣ.

Winta nesmeḥ?

Weš huwa elli ndafeɛ ɛlih?

W el-mkakya wella texmam el-bnadem fi datu

hiya waḥda m el-sirat – ma kayenš ġir sira waḥda --

hiya waḥda m el-sirat

Beš el-waḥed ynal dik el-ṭaqa el-dexlaniya fi datu

W el-mtel ntaɛi hnaya -- kima ɛend Satiš –

hiya Aung San Suu Kyi fi Burma.

Kanet tseyyer f waḥed el-mejmuɛa ntaɛ nas yeqru

F waḥed el-muḍahara f el-ṭerqan ntaɛ Rangun.

ḥetta elli lqaw rwaḥtihum fi qent mqablin ṣeff ntaɛ mitrayat

W temmatik tkaket

belli el-ɛesker b ṣbaɛtihum terjef fuq el-znad

kanu xayfin kter men haduk el-nas, muraha, elli yeqraw w jaw yetḍahru.

Beṣṣaḥ qalet l el-ṭalaba beš yeqqaɛdu.

W tmešat nišan w hiya ratba w ṣafya

w bla ḥetta xuf

ḥetta elli nejmet tewṣel l ɛend el-slaḥ el-‘ewwel,

ḥeṭṭet yeddiha fuqu w hewdatu.

W hakda ḥetta waḥed ma tneqtel.

Hada weš yeqder ykun ki el-waḥed yetḥekkem b el-xuf ntaɛu –

mši ġir ki el-waḥed ykun mqabel mitrayat,

Tanik ida tlaqit mɛa keš debza b el-xdama f el-ṭriq.

Beṣṣaḥ, lazem el-waḥed yetderreb.

Weš nnejmu nqulu ɛla el-xuf ntaɛna?

Ɛendi waḥed el-mantra ṣġir.

El-xuf ntaɛi yzid yekber

ɛla ḥsab el-jehd elli neɛṭihulu.

W 'ida kber b el-bezzaf

Yeqder yɛud kayen.

Rana gaɛ neɛɛerfu el-sendrom ntaɛ el-tlata ntaɛ el-ṣbaḥ,

ki tkun mehmum b keš ḥayya w tnewḍek –

Rani nšuf bezzaf nas –

w l zid men saɛa teqɛed tdur w tetqelleb,

yzid yešyan el-ḥal ɛla ḥalu,

w men jiha’t el-rebɛa telqa ruḥek msemmer mɛa el-mxedda ntaɛek

Mɛa keš ġul kbir.

Kayen ġir ḥayya weḥda teqder tdirha

tnuḍ w twejjed keš kwiyes ‘atey

W teqɛed mɛa el-xuf w huwa msamik, kima keš bezz.

Nta el-šaref.

W el-xuf huwa el-bezz.

W tehḍer mɛa el-xuf

W tseqsih weš rahu baġi, weš rahu mestḥeqq.

Kifeš tdir had el-xedma xir?

Kifeš el-bezz ynejjem yḥes ruḥu yeqwa?

W tdir keš xuṭṭa.

W tqul, “Ṣeḥḥa, ḍerwek nɛawdu nwellu nreqdu.

Tji el-sebɛa w nuṣṣ, nnuḍu w hada huwa elli ġadi ndiruh.”

Waḥed el-nhar ntaɛ el-ḥedd, ṣratli dalti ntaɛ el-tlata –

Ybest b el-xuf qbel ma nji nehḍer mɛakum.

(Ḍeḥk)

‘Amala, weš dert?

Nnuḍt, wejjedt kwiyes ‘atey, jemmeɛt, tebbeɛt el-sira kima yelzem el-ḥal

W rani hna – mazali šwiya yabsa, beṣṣaḥ rani hna.

(Teṣfaq)

Hada huwa el-xuf. Weš nqulu ɛla-zɛaf?

Winemma ykun el-ḍolm, ykun el-zɛaf.

Beṣṣaḥ, el-zɛaf ṣarilu kima el-zit,

w ‘ida reššitu men jihtek w keš waḥed šɛel zalamit,

Twelli ɛendek jahanama.

Beṣṣaḥ el-zɛaf ki el-motör – fi keš motor – fih jehd.

‘Ida qderna ndiru el-zɛaf ntaɛna f keš motör,

yeqder yedmerna qbala,

ynejjem yxellina nfewtu el-mḥayen

W ynejjem yeɛṭina ṭaqa ḥeqqaniya fi datna.

W hada rani tɛellemtu fi xedmati

Mɛa el-fuqaha ntaɛ el-slaḥ el-nawawi.

Laxaṭerš, f el-bedya, tleggit b el-bezzaf

ɛla jal weš kanu mxelyina nqabluh

ḥetta wellit nebġi ġir nzid f el-heḍra mɛahum, nlumhum w nbeyyen lihum belli rahum ġalṭin.

Bla-fayda, b el-kamel.

Beš el-waḥed yeqder yetḥawer b neyya’t el-tebḍal

Lazem ɛlina netɛamlu mɛa el-zɛaf ntaɛna.

Ma fiha ḥetta bas beš el-waḥed ykun zeɛfan mɛa keš ḥaja –

f had el-ḥala, mɛa el-slaḥ el-nawawi –

Beṣṣaḥ ma fiha ḥetta fayda beš teɛzef ɛla el-nas.

Huma tanik bniyadem, ġir kima ḥna.

W rahum ydiru weš rahu yban lihum xir.

W hada huwa el-sas elli ɛlih lazem nehheḍru mɛahum.

‘Amala, hadi hiya el-sira el-talta: el-zɛaf.

W hada yweṣelni l el-sebba

ntaɛ weš rahu ṣari, wella weš rani metxeylatu ṣari,

f el-ɛalem ntaɛ ḍerwek,

W elli menu kan el-ḥukm yemši m el-fuq l el-teḥt

ḥetta elli wellat el-ḥukumat tqul l el-nas weš ydiru.

F had el-qern, ṣra tebdal.

Wella el-ḥukm yemši m el-teḥt l el-fuq: ḥukm m el-sas.

Ġir kima el-fuggaɛ elli yenbet weṣt el-sima.

Win, kima qal Bundy, yetlaqaw el-ġaši mɛa beɛḍ ḥetta lukan kanet tefṣel binathum el-myal

Beš ybedlu mɛa beɛḍ.

W “Peace Direct” tkaket m el-bedya

belli el-šeɛbiyin f el-blayeṣ el-meblya b zerda ḥrub

ɛla balhum weš ydiru.

Huma elli ɛla balhum xir weš yliq yendar.

‘Amala “Peace Direct” rahi tesned fihum beš ydiru had el-ši.

W men bin el-ṣwaleḥ elli rahum ydiru

huwa el-tefkak ntaɛ el-milišyat;

el-mɛawda ntaɛ el-benyan dyal el-qtiṣad,

yɛawdu ysseknu el-mhejrin,

Weṣlu ḥetta yɛawdu yeṭṭelqu sraḥ el-ɛesker el-drari.

W qrib kul yum, kan melzum ɛlihum ysseblu rwaḥtihum

Beš ydiru had el-ši.

W elli tkakaw lih

huwa belli el-teɛnaf b el-blayeṣ, elli yexxedmu fiha,

mši ġir naqeṣ ‘insaniya,

beṣṣaḥ tanik naqeṣ fayda

ɛla ki yexxedmu b el-sira elli tejmeɛ nas b nas waḥduxrin beš yɛawdu el-benyan.

W ybanli belli el-ɛesker ntaɛ el-Marikan

Bdaw yeffaḥmu had el-ši.

ḥetta l ḍerwek el-siyasa ntaɛhum beš yḥarbu el-‘irhab

kanet qayma ɛla el-qtila ntaɛ el-ɛedyan, šḥalemma stqam

w ‘ida ḥeslu el-šeɛbiyin f el-weṣṭ,

Yetsemma hada b el-ktiba “collateral damage - ḍyaɛa meḥtuma”

W hadi ḥaja theyyej w tdell

ɛend el-šeɛb ntaɛ ‘Afġanistan,

el-ši elli sehhel b el-bezzaf el-tejnid ɛend el-Qaɛida,

weṣlet el-ḥala, b el-mtel, win el-nas tdemret b el-bezzaf,

Mɛa el-ḥrig ntaɛ el-Qurɛan.

ɛla biha, kan lazem yetbeddel el-tedrab ntaɛ el-ɛesker.

W ybanli belli kayen fal ntaɛ xir ɛla el-bedya ntaɛ had el-tebdal.

El-jiš ntaɛ Briṭanya kan dima xir f had el-ši.

Beṣṣaḥ kayen ɛendhum mtel hayel beš yaxdu menu el-ɛebra,

w huwa waḥed el-lyötnan kolonel marikani hayel

Semmuh “Chris Hughes”.

Kan yseyyer el-ɛesker ntaɛu f el-ṭerqan ntaɛ el-Najaf –

yeɛni f el-Ɛiraq –

w ḍerba waḥda, bdaw el-nas yetdefgu m el-dyar, m el-zuj jihat ntaɛ el-ṭriq,

yzzegu, yɛayru w huma mefguɛin b el-zɛaf,

w ḥawṭu b had el-ɛesker el-meṣġer elli kanu merɛubin b el-kamel,

Ma kanuš fahmin weš rahu ṣari, w ma kanuš yeɛɛerfu el-ɛerbiya.

‘Amala temmatik, tqeddem Chris Hughes weṣṭ el-ġaši

b slaḥu fuq rasu w huwa mṣewweb l el-‘erḍ,

W qal, “Ɛla rkabikum.”

W temmatik, had el-ɛesker el-metxunin

b el-mzawed ntaɛhum w el-lebsa ntaɛ el-mḥamya,

Rekɛu w huma yrejfu.

Temmatik, ṭaḥ waḥed el-skat ygeṭṭeɛ.

W men beɛd waḥed el-zuj dqayeq,

Tferktu gaɛ el-ġaši w kul waḥed raḥ l daru.

Ḍerwek, ‘ana ɛendi: hadi hiya el-rzana f el-midan.

F dak el-weqt, hadak weš dar.

W ḍerwek, rahi ṣarya f kul muḍeɛ.

Ma 'emmentuniš?

Seqsitu rwaḥtikum

ɛlaš w kifeš šḥal men diktaturiya tzeɛzɛet

f had el-30 ɛam el-twala?

Diktaturiyat f Čikoslovakya, el-'alman el-šerq,

'Estonya, Latvya, Litwanya,

Mali, Madaġašqer,

Polonya, el-Filipin,

Ṣerbya, Slovenya, w nzid,

w ḍerwek f Tunes w Maṣer.

W hada ma ṣraš ġir hak.

El-kutriya b sebba’t waḥed el-ktab

Ketbu waḥed el-šibani ɛumru 80 ɛam, men Boston w semmuh Gene Sharp.

Kteb ktab semmuh “From Dictatorship to Democracy – M el-Diktaturiya l el-Dimoqraṭiya”

Fih waḥed el-81 ṣifa ntaɛ el-muqawama bla-teɛnaf.

W tterjem l waḥed el-26 luġa.

Ntašer f el-ɛalem b kmalu.

W yexxedmu bih ṣġar w kbar winemma,

ɛla jal beyyen belli fih fayda w yɛawen ṣeḥḥ.

W hada elli yxellini nšuf fal el-xir –

W mši ġir fal el-xir, hada elli yxellini nzid nšuf el-xir ḍerwek.

Laxaṭerš, fi kmalu, el-nas rahum bdaw yffehmu el-ši.

Bdina neffehmu el-ṣifat elli huma ḥeqqaniyin w neqqedru nexxedmu bihum

Beš nwajeb ɛla el-swal ntaɛi:

Kifeš netɛamlu mɛa ɛdaysi bla ma nwellu daɛwa’t šerr?

Rana nesteɛmlu had el-ṣenɛat elli ḥkina ɛlihum:

el-ṭaqa el-dexlaniya elli fi datna -- nwesɛu el-ṭaqa elli fi datna – ki neɛɛerfu rwaḥtina,

nestɛarfu w nexxedmu b el-xuf ntaɛna,

w ḥna dayrin el-zɛaf b mqam el-zit,

nexxedmu mɛa ġirna,

netlemmu mɛa ġirna,

netšejɛu,

W el-muhhim gaɛ, nezzeɛmu beš nexxedmu bla-teɛnaf.

Ḍerwek, ma raniš ġir n’emmen b el-bla-teɛnaf.

Maniš meḥtaja n'emmen bih.

Rani nšuf ṣeḥḥ kifeš rahu yexdem f kul muḍeɛ.

W rani nšuf, belli ḥnaya, el-nas el-šeɛbiyin,

neqqedru ndiru waš daret Aung San Suu Kyi, Ġandi w Mandela.

Neqqedru nefriwha mɛa

Had el-qern, elli f tarix el-bniyadem, huwa elli mɛemmer gaɛ b el-dmuyat .

W neqqedru netneḍmu beš nefriwha mɛa el-ḥogra

ki el-waḥed yefteḥ qelbu

W tanik ki nqewwiw had el-ɛazima el-hayla.

W had el-šruḥiya hiya elli ḥessit biha, b el-dat,

F gaɛ el-tenḍam ntaɛ had el-mejmeɛ, melli jit hnaya, el-bareḥ.

Ṣeḥḥitu!

(Tesfaq)