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‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٦٨٣٢ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٠٢٨ ٢ :‬‬ ‫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 :‬ورود اﻟﺼﺎوي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪Cover Artwork and Design Copyright © 2011 Hindawi‬‬ ‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪All other rights related to this work are in the public domain.‬‬

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‫ﺗﻤﻬﻴﺪ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

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‫)‪ (1‬ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ ﻋَ ﺠُ ٍ‬ ‫ﺪاث ُ‬ ‫وﺧ ُ‬ ‫ني وَﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻮادِ ُ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ »إﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﻠﱰ َة« — ﺣ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ — ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ﺑﺄَﺣْ ٍ‬ ‫ث ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮب‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َت( َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﺠﻮ ٌز ﻧَﻴ َﱠﻔ ْﺖ )زاد ْ‬ ‫)ﻣَ ﺼﺎﺋِﺐَ (‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ َﻟﻬﺎ ﺑﺄَﻣْ ﺜﺎﻟِﻬﺎ ِﻣﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬وإ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟﻌَ ﺠﻮ ُز‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﻋِ ْﺸ ُﺖ أ ْﻛﺜ َﺮ ِﻣﻦ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫وﺧﻤْ ﺴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ‬ ‫َﺧﻤْ ﺴ َ‬ ‫ني َوﻣِﺎﺋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ني ﻋﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ .‬و َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﻮار ِث وا ْﻟ ِﻤﺤَ ِﻦ — ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻹﻧﺴﺎن َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎل‪ .‬وﻻ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ أذْ ُﻛﺮ ﺗﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃﻔﻮ َﻟﺘﻲ — ِﻣﻦ اﻟ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر؛ ْ‬ ‫ﻮاﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﭐ ْﻟﻬُ ﻮجَ ﺣ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ني ﭐ ْﻛﺘَ َﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺄﻏ َﺮ َق ِﻣﻦ اﻟﺒﻼدِ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺤﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺎت‪ ،‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ أﻋْ ﻘﺒَﻬﺎ َﻓﻴَﻀﺎ ُن اﻷَﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫أﻏ َﺮ َق‪ ،‬وأ ْﻫﻠ َﻚ ِﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِث )اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْرع( واﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺴ ِﻞ )اﻷَوْﻻدِ ( ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫أﻫ َﻠ َﻚ! ﻻ أزا ُل أذ ُﻛ ُﺮ — إﱃ اﻟﻴَﻮْم‬ ‫ﺼ ﱠﻮ ُر( ﺣَ ﻮادِ ﺛ َ ُﻪ اﻟﺒﻌﻴ َﺪ َة‪ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫— ٰذﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻌﻬْ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬي َﺷ ِﻬ ْﺪﺗُﻪ ﰲ ُ‬ ‫وﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻔﻮ َﻟﺘﻲ‪ ،‬وأَﺗﻤﺜ ﱠ ُﻞ )أﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻌﺖ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌْ َ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪ .‬و ٰﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣﺎ ﺣﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻦ اﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫َث ﰲ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟﻌﺎ ِم‪ ،‬ﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺤﺎ — أ ْو ﻛﺎ َد — ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺪاث‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﺗﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺼﺎﺋِﺐُ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺑﺒﻼدِ ﻧﺎ — ﰲ ٰذﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ اﻟﺒَﻌﻴ ِﺪ — ﱠإﻻ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ْﺖ ِﺑﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫وﻗ َﻊ ﰲ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟﻌﺎ ِم‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺴريًا ﺗَﻔِ ﻬً ﺎ )ﻻ ﻗﻴﻤَ َﺔ ﻟﻪُ(‪ ،‬إذا ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘ ْﺪ ﺗﺄ ﱠﻟﺒ َْﺖ )ﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ ﻌَ ْﺖ( ُﻗﻮَى‬ ‫وﺗﻔﻨﱠﻨ َ ِﺖ اﻷَﺑﺎﻟ َِﺴ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﺪاث‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َﻌﺖ اﻷَﺣْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮار ُ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﻴﺎﻃ ُ‬ ‫ث‪ ،‬وﺗَﺘﺎﺑ ِ‬ ‫إﻏﺮاءِ اﻟﻨﱠﺎس‬ ‫ﱠ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ‪ ،‬وﭐﺟْ ﺘَﻤﻌَ ِﺖ اﻟ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﻠ ِﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻨﺎف( ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫واﻟﻘ ْﺴ َﻮ ِة واﻷَﻧﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ )ﺣُ ﺐﱢ اﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫)أﺻ ٍ‬ ‫وب ْ‬ ‫ﻮان‬ ‫ُ ُ‬ ‫ﺑﴬ ٍ‬ ‫ات(‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ إﱃ ٰذﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﻦ أ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫وأﻓﺎﻧني ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮاع ﱢ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل »إﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠﱰ َة« َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻐ ْﺖ أَﻣْ ﻮا ُه اﻟﺒُﺤَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ات‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴪ(‪ .‬وﰲ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة واﻟﻌُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘﺎءِ )أﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫آﻻﻓﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ّﻢ ﺟﺎء ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن وا َملﺴﺎﻛ ِ​ِﻦ ً‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫وأﺻ ُ‬ ‫وأﻏ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘﺎءُ؛ َﻓ َﺨﺮﺟَ ِﺖ اﻟﺬﱢﺋﺎبُ‬ ‫ﻗﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُﺣﻮش‬ ‫ﻨﺎف ﭐ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺒﺎﱄ َ ﻛﺎ ِﺋﻨًﺎ َ‬ ‫ُون ْ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِﺎرﻳ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‪ .‬وﻋﺎﺛ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫أن ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ﻜﺎﻣﻨﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﭐ ْﻟﺘَﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺖ اﻷ َ ْﻏﻨﺎ َم ﰲ راﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫)ﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ(‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﱪﻳ ُﱠﺔ ﰲ أ َ ِز ﱠﻗ ِﺔ ُ‬ ‫ﻤﻸ َ ِت ﭐ ْﻟ ُﻘﻠﻮبَ ذُﻋْ ًﺮا َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ َﺮى؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ ،‬وﻧَﻤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﻨﺎزﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫وﻗ َﺴ ْﺖ ُﻗﻠﻮبُ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ ﺑُﺬُو ُر ﱢ‬ ‫وﴎى ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﻒﺑ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻓﺎق(‪َ َ .‬‬ ‫ﻘﺎق واﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﺮ َﻗ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وﺣَ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﺨِ ﺼﺎ ُم ﻣَ ﺤ ﱠﻞ ﭐ ْﻟ ِﻮﺋﺎ ِم )ا ْﻟ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺤﺖ ﭐ ْﻟ ِﺒﻼ ُد ﺟَ ﺤﻴﻤً ﺎ ﻻ ﻳ ُ‬ ‫واج‪ ،‬ﺛ ّﻢ ﭐﻧْﺘﻘ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﺪْوا ُه إِﱃ ْﭐﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻔﺎل؛ ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻄﺎق‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (2‬ﻣﻬْ َﺮﺟﺎ ُن ٱ ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ٰﻫﺬا ﺑﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ْت( ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ )ﺗَﻌَ ﻤﱠ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن‪ .‬وﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻣﺎ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫أن‬ ‫ﻣﺎن‪ ،‬و َرأﺗ ُﻪ ُر ْؤﻳ َ​َﺔ ٱ ْﻟﻌِ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺘ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﺠﻮ ُز ٰذ ِﻟ ُﻜﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺖ ﺣﻮادِ ُ‬ ‫ﻣﺘﻰ و َ​َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ث ٰﻫﺬ ِه اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫أُﺛ ْ ِﺒﺘَ ُﻪ ﻟ ُﻜﻢ — أﻳﱡﻬﺎ ْٱﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ؟ وﰲ أيﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻗﺎءُ اﻷَﻋِ ﱠﺰاءُ — ﻟﺘَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻮا َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮﻟُﻬﺎ ا ُملﺤْ ِﺰ ُ‬ ‫ﻋﻬْ ٍﺪ — ِﻣﻦ ﻋُ ﻬﻮ ِد ِٱﻻ ْ‬ ‫ﺮاب — ُﻣﺜ ﱢ َﻠ ْﺖ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻧﺔ؟‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺪاث ٱ ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱢﺰ ِ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ﺑَ ْﺪءُ ٰﻫﺬ ِه اﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه‬ ‫ﺟﺎن ا ّﻟﺬِي أﻗﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ٱ ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« ﰲ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺔ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم ٱ ْﻟ ِﻤﻬْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ري‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻲ ﻋﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ َﻜﺒ ِ‬ ‫وﻗ ِﺪ ٱﻋْ ﺘَ َﺰ َم ٱ ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﻈﻴ َﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﺑني ﺑَﻨﺎﺗِﻪ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻼث‪ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ﻋَ ﻦ ﻛﺎﻫِ ِﻠﻪ أَﻋْ ﺒﺎءَ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺴ َﻢ ﻣُﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ‬ ‫ا ُمل ْﻠﻚِ )أﺛْﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻜ ِﻢ(‪ ،‬وﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺢَ َﺷﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﴤ أﻳﱠﺎﻣ ُﻪ اﻷَﺧري َة ﰲ أﻣْ ٍﻦ َ‬ ‫وﺳﻼ ٍم‪ ،‬وادِ َع ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻠ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﻮﺧﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬وﻳ َْﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫)ﻣ ُْﺴﱰﻳﺢَ اﻟﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ(‪ ،‬ﻧﺎﻋِ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫أﺿﻮا ُؤﻫﺎ ٱ ْﻟﺒ َِﻬﻴﺠَ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫ِﺲ ْ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻷَﻧﻮا ُر ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ٱ ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨْﻌَ ﻜ ُ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻃﻌَ ًﺔ ﰲ ﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﻣﻜﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫وﺗﺼﺎوﻳﺮ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺪَﻋَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫أَﻋْ ِﻤ َﺪ ِة َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ .‬وﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﻤﺜ ﱢ ُﻞ ٱﻧْﺘﺼﺎ َر ا َملﻠﻚِ »ﻟِري« ﻋﲆ‬ ‫ﴫ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ِﺻﺒﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﻋْ ﺪاﺋِﻪ‪ ،‬ﰲ َز ِ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ ٰﻫﺬا ٱ ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ َ‬ ‫ﴪ ِة واﻷ َ َﺳﻒ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ وَﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎ ُه َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ِﻮيﱢ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ا ُملﺘﺄﻣﱢ ُﻞ ﻻ ﻳَﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫» ِﻟريَ«‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺮيءِ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎﻃ ِﺶ )اﻵﺧِ ﺬ ﺑﻌُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ(‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُﻤﺜﱢﻠُ ُﻪ ﺗِﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺘّﺼﺎوﻳ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﺠﺒ َُﺔ‪ ،‬وﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠﻬﺎ ﺑﻬٰ ﺬا‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﺐُ رأ ْ َﺳﻪُ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ »ﻟِري«‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻤﺎﺛ ِ​ِﻞ )اﻟﻮاﻗِ ﻒ( ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪ ،‬وﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫وﻗﻮ َﱠﺳ ْﺖ َﻗﻨﺎﺗَ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﻇﻬ َﺮهُ(؛ ﻓﭑﻧْﺘﻈﻤَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻋْ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ إﱃ َ‬ ‫)ﺣَ ﻨ َ ِﺖ اﻷَﻋْ ﻮا ُم َ‬ ‫ﺸﺔ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺣِ َﻠ ْﺘني‪ ،‬وأ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻨﺎءِ )ا َملﻮ ِْت(‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮات َﴎﻳﻌَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺷﻴ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤﻠﻚِ ُ‬ ‫وﻗﻮﱠا ُد ُه َ‬ ‫ﺟﺎن ِ‬ ‫وﴎا ُة اﻟ ِﺒﻼدِ ) ُر َؤﺳﺎ ُؤﻫﺎ(‪،‬‬ ‫وَﻗ ِﺪ ٱﺟْ ﺘﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﰲ ٰذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻬْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﺺ اﻷَﻣ ُ‬ ‫وﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ إﱃ ﺟﺎﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ وزﻳ ُﺮ ُه ا ُمل ْﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ » :‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ«‪ ،‬وﻧَﺪِﻳﻤُﻪ )ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻪُ( ا ُمل ْﺨﺘﺎ ُر‪» :‬ﺑُﻬْ ﻠُﻮ ٌل«‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻋَ ﻬْ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨﻮﺧﺔ‬ ‫ني ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« اﻟﺜّﻤﺎﻧ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ ﺣ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺪَأ ُ ٰﻫﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﻣﻦ ﻋُ ﻤُﺮهِ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫وأﺻﺒَﺢَ َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ ﻳَﺠْ ﻤَ ُﻊ — إِﱃ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ي َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ — َﺧ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري(‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫وﺳﻮءَ اﻟﺘﱠﺪْﺑ ِ‬ ‫)ﻓﺴﺎ َد اﻟﺘّ ْﻔﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟِري« — ﰲ ٰﻫﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺣَ ِﻠﺔ اﻷَﺧري ِة ِﻣﻦ ِﺳﻨﻴ ِﻪ — َﺷﺪﻳ َﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﻀﺠَ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺂﻣﺔ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫وﻗﺪ َز ﱠﻫﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣﻦ ﻣَ ﺒﺎﻫِ ِﺞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؛ ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣﻦ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴّ ٍﺔ ) َر ْﻏﺒ ٍﺔ( ﻳَ ْﺮﺟﻮﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ‬ ‫ْﺨﻮﺧﺔ ﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫وﻳَﺄْﻧ َ ُﺲ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤﻴﺎ ِة ّإﻻ ﺑﻨﺎﺗُﻪ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻼث‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺒﻨﺎت ﺣُ ﺒٍّﺎ َﺷﺪﻳﺪًا‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُﻄﻴﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻋﲆ ِﺑﻌﺎدِ ﻫِ ﱠﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﻤﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ٰﻫ ُﺆﻻءِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﻨﺎت املﻠﻚ »ﻟِري«‬ ‫ﻼث — ﻗﺪ ُزوﱢﺟَ ﺘﺎ أَﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ‪ .‬أﻣﱠ ﺎ اﻟﺜ ّ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺘﺎﺗﺎن — ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻐ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻨﺎﺗﻪ اﻟﺜ ّ ِ‬ ‫وﻫﻲ ُ‬ ‫ﺮاﻫ ﱠﻦ —‬ ‫ﻣﻦ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧﺖ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺜﺔ — َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻵن ﻣﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻓ َﺮﻧْﺴﺎ« وأَﺣَ ُﺪ أُﻣﺮاءِ »إﻧﺠﻠﱰة«‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﺰﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘ ْﺪ ﺟﺎءَ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋﲆ ا ْﻟﻤﻠﻚ »ﻟِري« وأَﻗﺎﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َْﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫه‪ ،‬وﻛﺎن ﻛ ُ‬ ‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ راﻏِ ﺒًﺎ ﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺰوﱠجَ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻐ َﺮى ﺑﻨﺎﺗِﻪ‪ .‬وَأﻣ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري«‬ ‫ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻼث‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬُ ﱠﻦ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺰﻳﺰات — أَن أ َ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳﺘﺪﻋﺎء ﺑﻨﺎﺗِﻪ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫»ﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﱠﻦ ﱄ — ﻳﺎ ﺑﻨﺎﺗ َِﻲ اﻟﻌَ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻗﺴ َﻢ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜِﻲ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْﻨ ُﻜ ﱠﻦ‪ .‬و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أﺣِ ﺐﱡ أن أَﺗﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ — ﻣَ ﺪَى ) ُﻣﻨْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ( ﺣُ ﺒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻜﻦ إِﻳﱠﺎيَ ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ َ َرى‬ ‫ف — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َرأْﻳﻲ‪«.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ »ﺟُ ﻨْﺮﻳ َﻞ«‬ ‫اﻟﺤﻘﻴﻘﺔ — اﻣﺮأ َة َﺳ ْﻮءٍ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫)ﺧ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ًﺔ(‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ْﱪَى ﺑﻨﺎﺗِﻪ‪ ،‬واﺳﻤُﻬﺎ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ ُﻞ«؛ وﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ — ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺎدر — ﻟُ ْﺆﻣً ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وﻟﻢ ﺗﻜﻦ ﺗُ ْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ﻷﺑﻴﻬﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺐﱢ ‪،‬‬ ‫وﺧﺒْﺜًﺎ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺠْ ﻤَ ُﻊ — إﱃ ِرﻳﺎﺋِﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﺳﺎﻧِﺤَ ًﺔ ِﻟﺘَﻤْ ﻠِﻴﻘِﻪ )ﻣُﺨﺎدَﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ( واﻟﺘﱠ َﻮدﱡدِ إﻟﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻃﻤَ ﻌً ﺎ ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ َرأ َ ْت أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫رياث ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﻟﻮﱠحَ )أَﺷﺎ َر( َﻟﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗﺘﻈﺎﻫ ُﺮ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ﺐﱢ واﻟﻮﻓﺎءِ وا ْﻟﺤُ ﻨُﻮﱢ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»إن ﺣُ ﺒﱢﻴ َﻚ )ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺒﱠﺘِﻲ َﻟ َﻚ( — ﻳﺎ أَﺑﻲ‬ ‫وﻫﻲ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻋﻨﻪ اﻷَﻟﻔﺎ ُ‬ ‫ظ‪َ .‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫— َﻷَﺟَ ﱡﻞ وأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻧﺴﺎن ﻋَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫)ﺳﻮادِ ﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻢ ﻣﻦ أَن ﺗُﻌَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻻ‪ ،‬وأﻧ ْ َﺖ أﻋَ ﱡﺰ ﻋَ ﲇ ﱠ ﻣﻦ إ ِ ِ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺪ َ​َﻗﺘﻬﺎ(‪ ،‬وأَﺛْﻤَ ُﻦ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻣﻦ ﻧﻔﴘ‪ ،‬وﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠﺘﻲ وﺟَ ﻤﺎﱄ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫وﺻﺤﱠ ﺘِﻲ!«‬ ‫ﻤﺎع ﻫﺬا اﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪» :‬ﻣﺎ‬ ‫اﺋﻒ )ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻐ ُﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻮش(‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺑﺘﻬﺞَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« ِﺑ َﺴ ِ‬ ‫دُﻣْ ِﺖ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱢﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ٰﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺮ ﺑﺄن أَﻣْ ﻨَﺤَ ﻚِ ﺛُﻠُ َﺚ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜﻲ‪ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ ِﺖ — ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ أ َرى —‬ ‫ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻘﻴﻘ ٌﺔ ﺑﻬٰ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤُﻜﺎﻓﺄةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﺠﺎن«‬ ‫»ر‬ ‫)‪(4‬‬ ‫ﺣﺪﻳﺚ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺘﻔﺖ إﱃ ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻪ اﻟﻮ ُْﺳ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺑﻠﻐﺖ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺒﱠﺘُﻚِ أﺑﺎكِ ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ِرﻳﺠﺎ ُن؟«‬ ‫»إﱃ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ﱟﺪ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ ﻟﻪ ﻣُﺮا ِﺋﻴ ًَﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢد َد ًة ) ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺧﻼف ﻣﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ(‪» :‬إﻧﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ َﺮ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤﺒﱠ ِﺔ وا ْﻟﻤَ َﻮ ﱠد ِة‬ ‫أُﺣِ ﺒﱡ َﻚ — ﻳﺎ أﺑَﺘﺎه — َﻗ ْﺪ َر ﻣﺎ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒّ َﻚ أ ُ ْﺧﺘﻲ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ ُﻞ« ْ‬ ‫إن َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ِز ْد ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ؛ ﻓﻠﻴ َْﺲ ﱄ ﰲ ٰﻫﺬِه اﻟﺪﱡﻧﻴﺎ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬﺎ ُﺷ ْﻐ ٌﻞ ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐﻠُﻨﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذِ ْﻛﺮا َك‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻮﻟُﻨﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣُ ﺒﱢﻴ َﻚ‪ ،‬أ ْو ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺴﻴﻨﻲ ِﺑ ﱠﺮ َك ِﺑﻲ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ أذ ُﻛﺮ أﻧﱠﻨﻲ‬ ‫ري ﻓﻴ َﻚ — ﻳﺎ أَﺑ َِﺖ — َﻟﺤْ ً‬ ‫ﻈﺔ واﺣﺪ ًة‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻏ َﻔ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﻔﺮحَ ا ْﻟﻤﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري«‪ ،‬وﺗﻤ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ ُﻮ واﻹﻋﺠﺎبُ ‪ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺳﺎرﻳ ُﺮ ُه )ﺗَﻬَ ﱠﻠ َﻞ واﻧْﻔ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ أ َ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺴﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻳﺠﺎن« أﺣْ َ‬ ‫»ر َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺠﺎﻋِ ﻴ ُﺪهُ( ﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ وﺣُ ﺒﻮ ًرا ﺑﻤﺎ ِ‬ ‫وﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ﻟﻬﺎ ٰﻫﺬا‬ ‫ﺳﻤﻊَ‪ ،‬وأﺛْﻨَﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺑﻨﺘِﻪ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺒﻨﺖ اﻟﺒﺎ ﱠر ُة‬ ‫اﻹﺧﻼص اﻟﻨﱠﺎد َر‪ ،‬وأﻛﱪَ ﻓﻴﻬﺎ وﻓﺎءَﻫﺎ اﻟﻌﺠﻴﺐَ ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎل ﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻟﻚِ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫— ﺛُﻠُ ُﺚ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﭑﻫﻨﺌِﻲ ﺑﻪ؛ ﻓﺄ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺖ ﺑﻬٰ ﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤُﻜﺎﻓﺄ ِة ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺮ ٌة‪«.‬‬ ‫وأ َ ْﻛﱪَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ ٰذﻟﻚ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻨُﻮﱠ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ إﻋﺠﺎﺑُ ُﻪ ﺑﻤﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊ‪ ،‬وﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِﻻﺑْﻨَﺘﻴْ ِﻪ ٰﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺐﱠ اﻟﻨﱠﺎد َر‪،‬‬ ‫واﻟﻮﻓﺎءَ اﻟﻌﺠﻴﺐَ ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫ُ‬ ‫ﺣﺪﻳﺚ » ُﻛ ْﺮدِ ْﻟﻴﺎ«‬ ‫)‪(5‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﻔﺖ ا ْﻟﻤﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« إﱃ َﻓﺘﺎﺗِﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻐ َﺮى‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ ،‬وﻗﺎل َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻟﻘﺪ ﺟﺎء َد ْو ُركِ — ﻳﺎ ﻧُﻮ َر‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺣُ ﺐﱢ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻚِ ‪َ .‬‬ ‫وﻗ ِﺪ ٱد َ‬ ‫ﱠﺧ ْﺮ ُت )اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻠﺒﻲ — و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ﰲ أ َ ﱠن ﺣُ ﺒﱠﻚِ إﻳﱠﺎيَ أَﻋﻈ ُﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ( َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫أﺧﺼﺐُ ﺑ ُْﻘﻌَ ٍﺔ ﰲ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜﺘِﻲ و ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َأﻏﻨﺎﻫﺎ َﻓﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛِﻴﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻘﺪار ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ْﻀ ِﻤ ِﺮﻳﻨَﻪ ِﱄ )ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺛُﻠُ َﺚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْﺨﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﻪ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤريكِ ( ﻣﻦ ﺣُ ﺐﱟ َووَﻻءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ ﻟﻪ » ُﻛ ْﺮدِﻟﻴﺎ«‪» :‬ﻟﻴﺲ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ﻣﺎ أُﺣ ﱢﺪﺛ ُ َﻚ ﺑﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ أﺑَﺘﺎهُ!«‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎل ﻟﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ﺗَﻘﻮﻟ َ‬ ‫ني؟ أﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ ﻣﺎ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛِﻴﻨَﻨﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ؟«‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ ﻟﻪ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪» :‬ﻻ َﳾءَ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ أﺑﺘﺎهُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎل ﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري«‪» :‬ﻛﺄﻧﱠﻚِ ﻻ ﺗُﺤﺒﱢﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬أﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة! أَﻋﻴﺪِي ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌَ ﱠﻲ ﺟَ ﻮاﺑَﻚِ‬ ‫اﻷَﺧريَ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻘﺪار ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﺘ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ اﻟﻮاﺟﺐُ اﻷﺑ َِﻮيﱡ ‪ ،‬ﻻ أ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪» :‬إﻧﱢﻲ أُﺣِ ﺐﱡ ﺟَ ﻼ َﻟﺘَ َﻚ ِﺑﻤِ ِ‬ ‫وﻻ َأﻗ ﱠﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﻧُﺒْ ُﻞ » ُﻛ ْﺮدِ ْﻟﻴﺎ«‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻎ ﻷﺑﻴﻬﺎ ﻋِ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﻟﺖ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ٰذﻟﻚ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﻼﺑ َ​َﺔ — ﻛﻤﺎ َﻓﻌ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫املﺪﻳﺢ واﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎرات‬ ‫وإﻧﱠﻤﺎ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻨﻔﺴﻬﺎ ﻋﻦ ْ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧﺘﺎﻫﺎ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫أن‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﻗﺒ ُﻞ — ﻷَﻧﱠﻬﺎ أﻧ َِﻔ ْﺖ ) َﻛ ِﺮ َﻫ ْﺖ( أن ﺗَ ْﺴﻠُ َﻚ ﻣﺴﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺗﻜﻮن ﻣُﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ ًﺔ ﻣُﻤَ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﺗﻘﻮ َل ﺑﻠﺴﺎﻧِﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﰲ ﻗﻠﺒﻬﺎ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻘني ﻣﻦ ﻟُ ْﺆ ِم أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ ُ‬ ‫وﺧﺒ ِْﺚ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳﱠﺘﻬﻤﺎ ) ِﻧﻴ ِﱠﺘﻬﻤﺎ(؛ ﻓﺎﺣﺘَ َﻘ َﺮ ْت ﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ٰذﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻘﻴﻘﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬ر ْﻏ ً‬ ‫اﺋﻒ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫أن ﺗ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﺰ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺔ ﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻘﺘﺎ ﺑﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَ ْﺨﺪَﻋﺎ ُ‬ ‫أﺑﺎﻫﻤﺎ ﻋﻦ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮا‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﻤ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻜﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋﺎر َﻓ ًﺔ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺎن اﻟﻐ ْﺪ َر ﺑﺄﺑﻴﻬﻤﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ‪ ،‬وأﻧﱠﻬﻤﺎ ﻻ ﺗَﻤْ ﺤَ‬ ‫ﻀﺎﻧﻪ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧﺖ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ِ‬ ‫أن أ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫واﺟ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت اﻷُﺑُ ﱠﻮ ِة ﻋَ ﻠﻴْﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وإن‬ ‫ﱢﻳﺎن ﻟﻪ َﺷﻴﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﺮان َﻟ ُﻪ ﺻﺎدِ َق امل َﻮ ﱠدةِ(‪ ،‬وﻻ ﺗُ َﺆد ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ُﻮ ﱠد )ﻻ ﺗُ ْﻀ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺢ واﻟﺜﻨﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﻻ ﻃﺎﺋ َﻞ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻬﺎ )ﻻ ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ(‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺮا‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻧَﺘﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ َﻗﺘﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﺑﻌﺒﺎرات ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﻐري ﻣَ ْﺨ َ ِﱪﻫِ ﻤﺎ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫)ﺑﺎﻃﻨِﻬﻤﺎ( اﻟﺤﻘِ ﻴﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻔﺔ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أَﻧﺎ ﱠإﻻ ِﺑﻨْﺘُ َﻚ‪َ ..‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎﻟﺖ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺄْﻧ ً‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ أَوْﺟَ ْﺪﺗَﻨﻲ ﻣﻦ ٱ ْﻟﻌَ َﺪ ِم‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫وﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَﻨﻲ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ﻚ‪ .‬و َﻟﻴْﺲ ﱄ ﱠإﻻ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ ُﺪ َر ٰذﻟِﻚ َﻟ َﻚ؛ ﻓﺄُﺑﺎدِ َﻟ َﻚ ﺣُ ﺒٍّﺎ ِﺑﺤُ ﺐﱟ ‪ ،‬وﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ﺒﱢ َﻚ وﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﺑﺮﻋﺎﻳ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ ِ‬ ‫‪11‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫وَاﺟﺐَ أُﺑُﻮّﺗ َﻚ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ ﻋﲇ ّ أَن أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻛﻮن وَﻓﻴ ًﱠﺔ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑﺎ ّر ًة ِﺑ َﻚ‪ ،‬وأ َ ْن أ ُ ِﻃﻴ َﻊ أَواﻣ َﺮ َك‪ ،‬وأُﺣِ ﺒﱠ َﻚ وأ ُ ِﺟ ﱠﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ا ِﻹﺟْ ﻼ َل ﻛ ﱠﻠﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻏﻀﺐُ »ﻟِري«‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟري« ﻳ ُْﻔ ِﺮ ُد ُ‬ ‫ﺺ( ِﺑﻨْﺘَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫)ﻳﺨ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐري َة » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ِﺑﺤُ ﺐﱟ ﻋﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬وﻳُ ْﺆﺛ ُﺮﻫﺎ )ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻀﻠُﻬﺎ(‬ ‫ﺮاﻗﻬﺎ‪ .‬وﻛﺎن ﻳُ ْﺮﻫِ ُ ُ‬ ‫ُﻄﻴﻖ ﻓِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ اﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَى واﻟﻮ ُْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎع ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺠﺎب‬ ‫آﻳﺎت ا ِﻹ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻒ أذُﻧَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻟ َِﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻪ‪ ،‬واﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺤْ َﺴﺒﻬﺎ ﻣُﺘﻔﻨ ﱢ ً‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْغ ﻋِ‬ ‫ﻨﺔ ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎرات ٱﻟﻮَﻻءِ )ا ِﻹﺧﻼص(‪ ،‬أﻛﺜ َﺮ ﻣﻦ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻧﻔﺴ ُﻪ ُﺳ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫واﻣﺘﻸت ُ‬ ‫)ﻏ َﻀﺒًﺎ( ﻋﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻓﻠﻤﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻣﻨﻬﺎ ٰذﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻜﻼ َم اﻟﻔﺎ ِﺗ َﺮ‪ ،‬ﺧﺎبَ أَﻣَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ﻓﻴﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫وﺗﱪﱡﻣً ﺎ )ﺗَ َﻀﺠﱡ ًﺮا( ﺑﻬﺎ؛ ﻷﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أ َ ﱠن ﺣُ ﺒﱠﻬﺎ إﻳﱠﺎ ُه أ َ َﻗ ﱡﻞ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺣُ ﺐﱢ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺤﻘﻴﻘﺔ(‪ ،‬ﻷﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أ ﱠن » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« أ ْﺧ َﻠ ُ‬ ‫إﻧﺴﺎن ﻟﻪ‪ ،‬وأﺑَ ﱡﺮ ٱﺑ ٍْﻨﺔ‬ ‫ﺺ‬ ‫ﱪ )ﻟ ْﻮ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫وَﻟ ْﻮ ﻋَ َﺮف ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وأَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺸﺄ ْ أَن ﺗَﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﺮ ِﺑﺤُ ﺒﱢﻬﺎ أَﺑﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ أ ُ ْﺧﺘﺎﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻮﻗﺖ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻷﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ إﻟﻴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وﻟ ْﻮ أ َ ﱠن أَﺑﺎﻫﺎ َﺳﺄَﻟﻬﺎ ِﻣﺜ َﻞ ٰﻫﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫)ﴏﱠﺣَ ﺖ ﻟﻪُ(‬ ‫ري ٰﻫﺬا‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺆال‪ ،‬ﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻤﺎ ﺗُ ْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ﻟﻪ ﻣﻦ وﻓﺎءٍ و ِﺑ ﱟﺮ ﻻ ﻣﺜﻴ َﻞ ﻟﻬﻤﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﺎ وﻗ ْﺪ َﺳﺄَﻟﻬﺎ ﰲ ٰذﻟﻚ اﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬي ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻓﻴﻪ ِﻣرياﺛ َ ُﻪ ﺑني ﺑﻨَﺎﺗِﻪ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻼث‪َ ،‬و َرأ َ ْت ِﻣﻦ ِرﻳﺎءِ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ َرأ َ ْت؛ ﻓﻘﺪ َﺳﻤَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﻋِ ﱠﺰ ُة ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وأﺑَﻰ ﻟﻬﺎ إﺑﺎ ُؤﻫﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺠﺎرﻳَﻬُ ﻤﺎ‬ ‫وﺳ ُﻤ ﱡﻮ أ َ ْﺧﻼﻗِ ﻬﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻤﻠﻴﻖ‪ ،‬وﺗَﻨْﺪَﻓِ َﻊ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﰲ ٰذﻟﻚ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻠﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﰲ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﺑﻮﻫﺎ »ﻟِري« َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧ ْ َﺴﺘْ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫)ﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺰ ِم‪ ،‬وَدﻓﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻬُ ْﱰُ َ‬ ‫واﺟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﻘﻞ(‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻞ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻘﺪِﻳﺮ َ‬ ‫ي‪َ ،‬‬ ‫)ﺧ َ‬ ‫وﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺌ ِ​ِﻪ(؛ ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ﰲ ﻛﻼ ِم » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ﱠإﻻ َز ْﻫﻮًا وﻛ ِْﱪًا وﺗَﻌﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‬ ‫إﱃ ُﺳﻮءِ ٱﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻏ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﺳ ًﺔ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ — ﻣﻦ ﳾءٍ — ﻣﻦ ٰﻫﺬه املﻌﺎﻧﻲ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻨﺎن )ﺗَ َﺮ َك ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺨﻄﻪ اﻟﻌِ َ‬ ‫وَﺗﻤﺎدَى )اﺳﺘَﻤ ﱠﺮ( »ﻟِري« ﰲ َﻏﻀﺒ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﻠﻢ ﻟ ُِﺴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻐﻀ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱢﺰﻣﺎمَ(؛‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺨﻔﺎءِ ﻋﻦ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎل‪ ،‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َﺴﻢ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُ َﺚ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪ ﰲ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻧْﺘﻬ َﺮ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ) َزﺟَ ﺮﻫﺎ(‪ ،‬وَأﻣ َﺮﻫﺎ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻜﻪ — ا ﱠﻟﺬي ﻛﺎن ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ ُﺮه ﻟﻬﺎ — ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺒﺎﻗﻲ ﻣﻦ ُﻣ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺑني أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ اﻟﻐﺎدِ رﺗَ ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫)‪ِ (8‬ﻣﻬْ َﺮﺟﺎ ُن ا َملﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫وَأﻗﺎ َم ا َمل ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟري« ِﻣﻬْ َﺮﺟﺎﻧًﺎ ﻋَ ﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻤَ َﻊ ﻓﻴﻪ َﴎا َة اﻟ ﱠﺪو ِ‬ ‫ْﻟﺔ وَأَﻋْ ﻴﺎﻧَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وأﻋْ َﻠ َﻦ أﻣﺎﻣﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ُه‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ْ‬ ‫ﱰ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫﺮ ﱠإﻻ ﺑ َﻠ َﻘ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ‪ ،‬و ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻆﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻜﻮﻧﻮن ﻟﻪ‬ ‫ﻓﺎرس‬ ‫واﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﺋﺔ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻨﻔﺴﻪ ِﺑﴚءٍ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َمل ِ‬ ‫ﴤ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ ً‬ ‫أن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل َ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺷﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋﲆ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﴫ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧﻴ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ إﺣْ ﺪَى ِﺑﻨْﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ َﺷﻬْ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ َﺮ اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َ ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫وﱃ‪ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ﺟﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﻳُﻘﻴ َﻢ — ﰲ ّ‬ ‫ﴫ اﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬﺮ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬ ُﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺑ ُﻊ ﻋﺎد إﱃ اﻷﺧ َﺮى‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺚ — ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫وﻫﻜﺬا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺘﻬ َﻲ أﺟَ ﻠُﻪُ‪.‬‬

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‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺷ ُ‬ ‫ﺮار َودَﻫِ ُﺸﻮا ﻟﻪ‪ .‬و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺠْ ُﺮ ُؤا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺨﺎ َﻟ ِ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﺠﺒ َِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻔﺘﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻴﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ٰﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ُﻌﺎر َ‬ ‫ﺘﻄ ْﻊ ﻛﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴ ِ‬ ‫ض ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ ﰲ َرأﻳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ ﺧﻼ وزﻳ َﺮ ُه اﻟﺤﻜﻴ َﻢ اﻟ ّﺮاﺷﺪ » َﻛﻨْﺖ«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬي‬ ‫ﻛﺎن أن ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻼع ْ‬ ‫ﻋﻦ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗ َﺪ َم ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﻓﻜﺎن ﻧَﺼﻴﺒَ ُﻪ — ﻋﲆ ِﺻﺪ ِْق‬ ‫ﺗﻪ اﻟﺨﺎﻃﺌَ ِﺔ )ﺗَ ْﺮﻛِﻬﺎ(؛‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺢ ﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﺎ ِﻹ ْﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﺼﻴﺤَ ِﺘﻪ — اﻟﺘﱠﻬْ ﺪِﻳ ُﺪ واﻟ َﻮﻋِﻴﺪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ َﺶ اﻟﻮزﻳ ُﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﺻﺢُ ﺗﻬْ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ »ﻟِري«‪ ،‬وﻟﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋﻴ َﺪهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴬ ٌة‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ظ ﱠ‬ ‫»إن َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻏﺘﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟري«‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌ َﻞ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل ﻟﻪُ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ أُﻋِ ﱠﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ﻢُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻮ َْس ﻣُﺤْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺗﻜﻮن َﻫ ً‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ﱠإﻻ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ُﻢ اﻟﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ ﻣﻨﻬﺎ‪ .‬ﻓﺎﺣْ ﺬَ ْر ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ َِﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺪﻓﺎ ﻟ ُﻪ ﻓﺘَﻬْ ِﻠ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫أن‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺸﺪ‪ ،‬ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺬ ُر ُه وﻳﺘﻮﻋﱠ ُﺪهُ‪:‬‬ ‫اﻧﺤَ ﻨ َ ِﺖ اﻟ َﻘﻮ ُْس‪ ،‬وﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﻣﻲ‬ ‫و َُﻓ ﻮ َﱢق اﻟ ﱠﺴ ﻬْ ﻢُ‪ ،‬وَﻛ ﺎ َد ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻤ ﻲ‬ ‫َﻓ ﻼ أَﺟ ْﺪ َك َﻫ ﺪ ًَﻓ ﺎ ِﻟ َﺴ ﻬْ ِﻤ ﻲ‬ ‫ﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮَزﻳ ُﺮ اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‪» :‬إذا اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓ َﻊ َﺳﻬْ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت إﱃ َﻗ ْﻠﺒﻲ ﻓﻤ ﱠﺰ َﻗﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ﻻ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬و ْﻟﺘَ ْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ ِﺑﻲ ْأﻗﺪا ُر اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ِﺮ وأَﺣْ ﻮا ُل اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ﻦ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺸﺪَ‪:‬‬ ‫إ ِ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻠ ْﻖ َﺳﻬْ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮدَى‪ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ اﻟ َﻮﺗَ ْﺮ‬ ‫إﻟ ﻰ ُﻓ َﺆادِي ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻤ ﻴً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓ ﻴَ ﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﻄ ْﺮ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ َﻫ ﻴﱠ ﺎﺑً ﺎ ﺗَ ﺼ ﺎرﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ْر‬ ‫ﻓﺼﺎحَ ﻓﻴ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟِري«‪َ » :‬وﻳْ َﻠ َﻚ أﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ‪َ .‬أﻻ ﺗُﻘ ِﻠ ُﻊ ﻋﻦ َﻟﺠﺎﺟَ ِﺘ َﻚ وﻋِﻨﺎدِ َك؟« ﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑ ُﻪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﻗﺒﺔ أﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬وﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬ ُﺮ ُه ﻋﲆ َﻫﻮ ِْل ﻣﺎ ﻳَﻌﺘَ ِﺰ ُم إﻧﻔﺎذَهُ‪» :‬إﻧﱠﻚ ﺗَ ْﺮﻣِﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﻮزﻳ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ ﻳُﺤَ ﺬﱢ ُر ُه‬ ‫ﰲ ﺣُ ْﻔﺮ ِة اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫وإن اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﻠ ِﻢ واﻻﻋْ ﺘِﺪاءِ‪َ ..‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻌﲆ ﻣَ ﻬ ِﻠ َﻚ‪ .‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ﻋَ ﻈﻴﻢٌ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﻠ َﻢ آﺧِ َﺮﺗُ ُﻪ َﺳﻴﱢﺌَ ٌﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫إن ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌﻠُ ُﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ُه ﺟَ ِﺴﻴﻢٌ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أﻧ ْ َﺸﺪَ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻲ و َْﻫ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ ﺒَ ْﻐ ِﻲ أَرا َك ﺗَ ﻨ ْﺤَ ِﺪ ْر‬ ‫ﻓ ﻼ ﺗُﺴ ِﺎر ْع‪ ،‬إِﻧ ﱠﻬ ﺎ إﺣْ ﺪَى اﻟ ُﻜ ﺒَ ْﺮ‬ ‫‪14‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫إن ﻃﺮﻳ َﻖ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻐ ِﻲ ﻣَ ْﺨ ِﺸ ﱡﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ‬ ‫وﺳﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘ ﱠﺪ ﻏﻀﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ ﻋﲆ وزﻳﺮهِ‪ ،‬وأﻣﺮ ﺑﻄﺮدِه وﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﻴﻪ ﻣﻦ املﺪﻳﻨﺔ‪ ،‬وﺗﻮَﻋﱠ ﺪ ُه‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﻘﺘﻞ إذا ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ﰲ ﻣَ ﻤْ ِ‬ ‫ﻠﻜﺘﻪ ﺑﻌﺪ اﻟﻴ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎل اﻟﻮَزﻳ ُﺮ‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻟ َﻚ ﰲ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘِﻲ؛ َﻓ ْﻠﺘَﺘﱠﻌِ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﻤﺎ أﻗﻮ ُل‪ .‬واﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫أﺧ َﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺢُ أﺛْﻤَ ُﻦ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ْﻗﺎت ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤْ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺧﻼص ﰲ أو ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة وَﺣﻮادِ ِث اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪ «.‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺸﺪَ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻆ‪ ،‬وﻫ َﻮ دَﻟﻴ ٌﻞ ﻋﲆ ا ْﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ وا ِﻹ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤَ ْﻀﺘُ َﻚ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺢَ ؛ َﻓﺤﺎذِ ْر‪ ،‬واﻋْ ﺘَ ِﺒ ْﺮ‬ ‫ﺼ ﺢَ ْ‬ ‫أﻏ َﻠ ﻰ ُﻣ ﺪ َ‬ ‫واﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺑ ﺄ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﱠﺧ ْﺮ‬ ‫ِﻣﻦ ﺻﺎدِ ِق اﻟ ُﻮدﱢ‪ ،‬إِذا اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ُﺮ َﻏ َﺪ ْر‬ ‫أن آﺧِ َﺮ َة ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﻜِﻪ ﻗﺪ ﻗ ُﺮﺑ َْﺖ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺧﺮجَ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ ﻣَ ْﻘﻬﻮ ًرا‪ ،‬وﻗﺪ أ ْد َر َك ﱠ‬ ‫وأن ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋَ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫وﺷﻴ ٌﻚ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﴪ ٌع إِﻟﻴ ِﻪ(‪.‬‬ ‫)ﻫﻼ َﻛ ُﻪ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (9‬وَدا ُع » ُﻛ ْﺮدِ ْﻟﻴﺎ«‬ ‫َني ﻗﺪ ﺟﺎءَا َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫واج ِﺑﺎﻷَﻣري ِة » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ ،‬وﻫﻤﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‬ ‫ُﻗ ْﻠﻨﺎ — آﻧ ًِﻔﺎ — إ ِ ﱠن‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻃﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن ﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱰ َة«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧﺠ ْﻠ ِ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ َﺮﻧﺴﺎ«‪ ،‬وأﺣ ُﺪ أُﻣَ ﺮاءِ »إ ِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺰيﱡ ‪ ،‬ﻓﻘﺪ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ )اﻣﺘﻨﻊ( ﻋﻦ ﻃﻠﺐ اﻟ ﱠﺰواج ْ‬ ‫ﺑﭑﻷَﻣري ِة » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ ،‬ﺑﻌﺪ أن‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺠﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺄﻣﱠ ﺎ اﻷَﻣريُ ْ ِ‬ ‫َت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺣﻘﻬﺎ ﰲ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫رياث أﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻫﻨﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ َﻪ ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫واج ﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑﻌﺪ‬ ‫»ﻓ َﺮﻧ ْ َﺴﺎ« إِﱃ اﻷﻣري ِة » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ ،‬وأﴏﱠ )ﻋَ َﺰمَ( ﻋﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫أن َﺧﺬَﻟﻬﺎ أﺑﻮﻫﺎ وﺧﻄﻴﺒُﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻵﺧﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻗﺪ أُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻓﺮﻧْﺴﺎ« ِﺑﴫاﺣَ ِﺔ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ ،‬وأﻛﱪَ ﻓﻴﻬﺎ اﻟﻌ ﱠﺰ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬ َﺮﺗْﻬﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺰول ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒﻬﺎ ﰲ ٱ ْﻟﻤُﻠﻚِ ‪ ،‬ورأ َ ْت أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺗِﻠﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ًة‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ ﻓﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻋﺔ‪ ،‬إ ِ ْذ َر ِﺿﻴ َْﺖ ﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﻣُﻌْ ﺪِﻣَ ًﺔ )ﻻ ﺗَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﺷﻴﺌًﺎ(‪ُ ،‬ﻣ ْﺆﺛِ َﺮ ًة )ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻀ َﻠ ًﺔ( ٰذﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﺮ ِﺑﺤُ ﺐﱢ أَﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗَﺘﱠﺨِ ﺬَ ُه ُﺳ ﱠﻠﻤً ﺎ إِﱃ‬ ‫ﻣُﺸﺎ َر َﻛ ِﺔ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫رياث‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﺼري َرأى ﻣَ ﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ َﺮﻧْﺴﺎ« أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌﻮ َد ِﺑ َﺰوْﺟَ ِﺘﻪ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« إِﱃ َو َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻨﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﭑﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧَﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫داﻣ َ‬ ‫وﻧﺔ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰ َ‬ ‫َداع أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻓﺎ َر َﻗﺘْﻬﻤﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻠﺐ‪ ،‬وَأَو َ‬ ‫ْﺻﺘْﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﺧ ْريًا ِﺑﺄﺑﻴﻬﻤﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻌﺔ اﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ٱﻟﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﰲو ِ‬ ‫‪15‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ِﻳﺚ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫وﺧﺎﺷﻨَﺘﺎﻫﺎ ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺄ َ ْﻏ َﻠﻈﺘﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ ٱ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮ َل‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠت ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻼ ِم(‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َﻟﺘﺎ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺟﺔ إِﱃ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺻﻴَﺘِﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﺴ ِﺖ ِﺑﺄَﺑَ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛ ْﻠﺘَﻴْﻨﺎ ﺑﻪ‪ ،‬وﻣﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺑﺄ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم‬ ‫ني‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴﻨﺎ ﰲ‬ ‫َﻟﻬﺎ ﺳﺎﺧِ َﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻠﻴْﻚِ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻠﻴْﻨﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪» :‬اذْ َﻫﺐْ ِﺑﻬﺎ إﱃ ﺣَ ُ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﺑُﻮﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري«‪ ،‬ﻓﻘ ْﺪ ﻗﺎ َل ِﻟ َﺰوْﺟﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ؛ َﻓﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ُر َ‬ ‫أ ُ ِﻃ ُ‬ ‫ؤﻳﺔ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻵن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻓﺮﻧْﺴﺎ«‪ِ » :‬ﻟﻴَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَداﻋً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴﺦ »ﻟِري« — ﻣَ َﻊ َزو ِْﺟﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐ َﺮى ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻓ َﺮ ْت » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« — ُ‬ ‫»ﻓﺮﻧْﺴﺎ« إِﱃ‬ ‫َﻨﺎت‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ُ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ اﺗﱠﺨﺬَﺗْ ُﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣُﻘﺎﻣً ﺎ )ﻣﻜﺎﻧًﺎ ﺗُﻘﻴ ُﻢ ﻓِ ﻴﻪ( ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ٰذﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﲏ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﰲ ﻗﴫ »ﺟُ ﻨْﺮﻳ َﻞ«‬ ‫َﻫﺪأ َ ْت ﺛﺎﺋﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻟِري«‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ َﴡ )أَﺑْﻌَ ﺪَ( ِﺑﻨﺘَﻪ ا ْﻟﻤﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺔ اﻟﻮﻓﻴ َﱠﺔ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻤﻠ َﻜ ِﺘﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮاﺟ ِﺐ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ أ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ( وا ْﻟ َﻐﺪ ِْر واﻟﻜﱪﻳﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮق )ﻋَ َﺪ ِم ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴﺎ ِم ﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺤْ َﺴﺒُﻬﺎ ِﻣﺜﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻌُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻨﺘﻪ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ َﻞ«‪ .‬و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ﺘﱠ َﻢ )ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻟﺒﺚ( ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ِ‬ ‫أن أ َ ْد َر َك‬ ‫وذَﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر إﱃ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻘﺎﺋ َِﻖ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺎءُ واﻟﻨ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫اﻷﺷﻴﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻔﺎق ﻳ َْﺴ ُﱰاﻧِﻬﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻳَﺤْ ﺠُ ﺒﺎﻧِﻬﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ظ ا َملﻌْ ُﺴﻮ َﻟﺔ‪ ،‬وا َملﺪاﺋﺢَ ا ُملﻨَﻤﱠ َﻘ َﺔ )ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ْﺧ َﺮ َﻓ َﺔ( اﻟ ﱠﺰاﺋ َِﻔ َﺔ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﺗُ ْﻐﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫أن اﻷ ْﻟﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫وَﻋ َﺮف ﱠ‬ ‫ﺤﻖ‬ ‫َﺷﻴﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻜﺖ ا ْﻟﺒﻼ َد — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ — َو َ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ ْت )ﻓﺎ َز ْت( ِﺑﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻣَ ﻨَﺤﻬﺎ إﻳﱠﺎ ُه ْ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻠﻄﺎن‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ُﺳ ٍ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫)ﺗﺘﻐري( ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ أَﺣْ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻜﺎن أ ﱠو َل ﻫﻤﱢ ﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫وﻗ ﱠﻮةٍ‪ ،‬واﺳﺘَﺘَﺐﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺴﻦ إﻟﻴﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫أن ﺗَﺘَﻨ ﱠﻜ َﺮ‬ ‫)اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ( ﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﻠ ُﻚ؛‬ ‫ﺣﺴﺎن‪ ،‬وﻋُ ُﻘ ً‬ ‫ﻮﻗﺎ ِﺑﱪﱟ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫وﺗَﺠْ ِﺰﻳَﻪ ﻋﲆ َ‬ ‫وﻏ ْﺪ ًرا‬ ‫ﻜﻮر أﻗﺒَﺢَ ﺟَ ﺰاءٍ‪ ،‬وﺗﻜﺎﻓِ ﺌَ ُﻪ إﺳﺎءَ ًة ﺑ ِﺈ‬ ‫ﻨﻴﻌﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﺑﻮﻓﺎءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ُ (2‬‬ ‫ﺧﺒ ُ‬ ‫ْﺚ »ﺟُ ﻨﺮﻳ َﻞ«‬ ‫ﺛﻘﻴﻼ ﻻ ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﻠﻴﻠﺔ — ﻣ ُِﻤ ٍّﻼ ً‬ ‫ورأ َ ْت »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ ُﻞ« ﱠ‬ ‫أﺻﺒﺢَ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻄﺎق‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫أن أﺑﺎﻫﺎ ﻗﺪ ْ‬ ‫وٱﺳﺘ ْﻜﺜ َﺮ ْت‬ ‫ﺒﻘﺎﻫﻢ ﻟ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻠﻴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ٱﺳﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ﺴﻪ‪ُ ،‬ﻟرياﻓِ ﻘﻮ ُه ﰲ ﺣَ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ وﺗَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻨﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻟﻪ )ﰲ إﻗﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺎرس ا ﱠﻟﺬِﻳﻦ ْ‬ ‫وﺳ َﻔﺮهِ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﺎﺋﺔ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺮﻳ ُﻞ« ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ أﺑﺎﻫﺎ — ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﻮس‪ ،‬وﺗَﻘِ ﻄﺐُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫وﻗ َﻊ ﻧﻈ ُﺮﻫﺎ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ — ﺑﻮﺟْ ٍﻪ ﻋَ ﺒ ٍ‬ ‫وأﺻﺒﺤَ ْﺖ »ﺟُ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺟﺒﻴْﻬﺎ )ﺗَﻌْ ِﺒﺲ( ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ ﻧﺎداﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﺗُ َﻠﺒﱢﻲ )ﻻ ﺗُ ِﺠﻴﺐُ ( ﻟﻪ َرﺟﺎءً‪ ،‬وﻻ ﺗُﻨ َ ﱢﻔﺬُ ﻟﻪ ﻣَ ِﺸ ً‬ ‫ﻴﺌﺔ‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ُﻌﺎﻣﻠﺔ ٰﻫﺬا ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ؛ ﻓﺄﺻﺒﺤﻮا ﻻ ﻳُ َﻠﺒ َ‬ ‫واﻗﺘﺪَى ِﺑﻬﺎ َﺧ َﺪﻣُﻬﺎ ﰲ ﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﻮن ﻟﻪ أﻣ ًﺮا‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ُﻌﺎﻣﻠﻮﻧ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺘﻘﺎر و ِﻗ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ اﻻﻛﱰاث‪.‬‬ ‫ﻫﻤﺎل ِ‬ ‫ري ا ِﻹ ِ‬ ‫واﻻﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬وﻓﺎء اﻟﻮَزﻳﺮ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮد ُه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻮﰲ ﱡ » َﻛﻨْﺖ«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬي َ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ »ﻟري« ﻣُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة ﻟﻪ ﻋﲆ ِﺻﺪ ِْق وَﻓﺎﺋﻪ‪ ،‬وأَﻣَ َﺮ‬ ‫أﻣﱠ ﺎ اﻟﻮزﻳ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺧﻼﺻ ُﻪ َملﻠِﻴﻜﻪ أن ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋﺐ واﻷﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻳﱰُ َﻛ ُﻪ ﻧﻬْ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﻤَ‬ ‫ﺪاث )ﺗَﻨْﻬَ ﺒُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺑﻨ َ ْﻔﻴ ِﻪ ﻣﻦ ﻣَ ﺪﻳﻨ َ ِﺘﻪ‪ ،‬ﻓﻘﺪ أﺑَﻰ ﻋَ ﻠﻴ ِﻪ إ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫واﻟﻜﻮار ِث ُ‬ ‫وﺗَ ْﻔ َ ِﱰ ُﺳﻪُ(‪ ،‬وﻧُﻬْ َﺰ َة ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت(‪ .‬ﻓﻠﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجْ ﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﻟﻠﺒَﻼﻳﺎ واﻟﻨ ّ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫)ﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﻨﺔ؛‬ ‫ﻮب‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣﻦ َﻫﻴْﺌﺘﻪ‪ ،‬وﺑ ﱠﺪ َل ﻣﻦ ﺷ ْﻜ ِﻠﻪ‪ ،‬وﺗَ َﺰﻳﱠﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰيﱢ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺪَم‪ ،‬ﺛﻢ ﻋﺎ َد إﱃ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻠﻴﻜﻪ ﺧﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ أَﻣﻴﻨًﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫و ٰﻟﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ّ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮﻋﺎ ُه وﻳَﺤْ ُﺮ ُﺳﻪ‪ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻗﺒُ ُﻪ ﻋﻦ َﻛﺜ َ ٍﺐ )ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻗ ْﺮ ٍب(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻌﺮ ُﻓﻪُ‪ .‬وﻟﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻨﻘ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋﻮْدﺗِﻪ إﱃ‬ ‫و َر ِ َ‬ ‫ﴈ املﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« ﺑﻬٰ ﺬا ٱﻟﺨﺎدم ا ْﻟﺠﺪﻳﺪِ‪ ،‬وﻫﻮ ﻻ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻠﻴﻜِﻪ ﻳﻮ ٌم ﻛﺎﻣ ٌﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘّﻰ َرأى ﺧﺎدﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﻦ َﺧ َﺪ ِم »ﺟُ ﻨﺮﻳ َﻞ« ﻳُﺠﺎدِ ُل ا َمل ِﻠ َﻚ »ﻟري«‪ ،‬وﻳَﺴﺘﻬ ُ‬ ‫ني ﺑﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ْﴈ ﺑ ٰﺬﻟﻚ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗَﻪ »ﺟُ ﻨْﺮﻳﻞ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟ ُِري ِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﺮيءِ‪ ،‬وﺛﺎ َر ْت ﺛﺎﺋِﺮﺗُﻪ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﻏ ِﻀﺐَ (‬ ‫وﻗﺎﺣﺔ ٰذﻟﻚ اﻟﺨﺎد ِم‬ ‫ﻓﻐ ِﻀﺐَ اﻟﻮزﻳ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وﻟﻢ ﻳَﺤﺘَ ِﻤ ْﻞ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﻌَ ًﺔ ﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻔﻌﻪ )ﴐَ ﺑَﻪُ( َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻠﻴ ِﻪ‪َ :‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫َت ﺗُﺬْﻫِ ﻠُﻪ )ﺗُﺬْﻫِ ﺐُ ﻋَ ْﻘ َﻠﻪُ( وﺗُ ْﺮدِﻳﻪ )ﺗُﻬْ ﻠ ُﻜﻪ(‪ ،‬ﺟﺰاءً ﻟ ُﻪ ﻋﲆ‬ ‫ﻔﺎﻫﺘِﻪ وﺗَﻄﺎ ُوﻟِ ِﻪ ﻋﲆ َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪهِ‪ .‬ﻓﺎﺑﺘَﻬﺞ ا َملﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟري« ِﺑﻮﻓﺎءِ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟﺨﺎد ِم ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ َو ْ‬ ‫َﺳ َ‬ ‫إﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﺻﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫وﻫ َﻮ ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫وزﻳﺮ ُه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺢُ » َﻛﻨْﺖ«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻟﻢ ﻳﺄ ْ ُل ) َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺒ ِْﻖ( ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ﰲ ﺗَﺤْ ﺬﻳﺮه ﻋَ ﻮاﻗﺐَ‬ ‫ﺮف أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ِع واﻟﺒ َْﻐ ِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َ ﱡ‬ ‫)‪» (4‬اﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠُﻮ ُل«‬ ‫أﺻﺤﺎبُ »ﻟِري«‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أن زا َل ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ُﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎﻧُﻪُ‪ ،‬ودا َﻟ ْﺖ َدوْﻟﺘُﻪ )اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠ ْ‬ ‫و َﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻔ ﱠﺮ َق ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺖ رأ ْ ًﺳﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ِﻳﻤﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫ﻏريُ ﻧَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻣني — ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻳُ َﻠ ﱢﻘﺒُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻘِ ٍﺐ(‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ إﱃ ﺟﺎﻧِﺒ ِﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫وزﻳﺮ ِه اﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺮﻓﻪ ُ‬ ‫ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠﻮل؛ ﻟِﺨِ ّﻔ ِﺘﻪ ودُﻋﺎﺑ َِﺘﻪ ) َ‬ ‫ﻇ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن؛ ﻟِﻤﺎ‬ ‫وﻓﻜﺎﻫﺘﻪ(‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳُ َﻠ ﱢﻘﺒُﻪ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ْﺧ َﺮى — ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎس ا ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎﻃﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن )ﻋَ َﺪ ِم ا ُملﺒﺎﻻةِ(‪ ،‬وإ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﻘﻴﻘ ِﺔ ﺛَﻮْبَ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ٱﻋْ ﺘﺎ َد ُه ِﻣﻦ َﺧ ْﻠ ِﻂ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﺪ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ ْﺰ ِل وا ْﻟﻤُﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ُﺤﺎو ُل ﺟﺎﻫﺪًا ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﴪو َر وا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ َﺔ ﻋﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ ﻣَ ﻠﻴﻜِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َﻔﻨ ّ ُﻦ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﺪْﺧِ َﻞ ﱡ ُ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن »ا ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠُﻮ ُل« ﻳ ِ‬ ‫وﺳ ٍ‬ ‫ﰲ ﺗَ ْﺴ ِﻠﻴ َِﺘﻪ ﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻠﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪18‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﻠﻮل«‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ذَﻛﺎءُ »ا ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ِ‬ ‫ُﺤﺎو ُل ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﴫ ِه‬ ‫أن ﻳُﺒ ﱢ َ‬ ‫َﴫ » ِﻟريَ« ﺑﻌﺎﻗِ ﺒَ ِﺔ ﻣﺎ َﻓﻌﻞ‪ .‬وﻗ ْﺪ أ ْد َر َك — ِﺑﺜﺎﻗِ ِﺐ ﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن »ا ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠُﻮ ُل« ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺮﻳ ُﻞ« ِﻷَﺑﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻜﺎﻳﺪِ‪ ،‬وﻋَ َﺮف أﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗ َﻮ ﱡد ﺟﺎﻫِ َﺪ ًة أ ْنَ‬ ‫) ِﺑﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮه اﻟﻨّﺎﻓِ ﺬِ( — ﻣﺎ ﺗُﺪﺑﱢ ُﺮه »ﺟُ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠﺺ ﻣﻨﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ »اﻟﺒُﻬﻠُﻮ ُل« أ َ ﱠن »ﺟُ ﻨْﺮﻳ َﻞ« َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻐﻔِ َﺮ ِﻷَﺑﻴﻬﺎ وﺧﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻪ ﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ﻣﻨْﻬﻤﺎ ﺧﺎدِ ﻣُﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫وﻫﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ أَوْﻋَ َﺰ ْت )أﺷﺎ َر ْت( إﻟﻴ ِﻪ — ﻛﻤﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﴢ أَﻣْ َﺮ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻳُ َﻠﺒ َﱢﻲ ﻟﻪ‬ ‫أﺳ َﻠ ْﻔﻨﺎ — ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻠﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻔﻮر ُ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ اﻟﻌُ ْ‬ ‫واﻟﻐﺮاب‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫)ﻗﺎﺻﺪًا( ْ‬ ‫ﻜﺎر ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺛﺔ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ »اﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠﻮ ُل« ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ ﻣُﺪاﻋِ ﺒًﺎ )ﻣُﻤﺎزﺣً ﺎ( َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪهُ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺧﻴًﺎ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺬ َر ُه ﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﻗﺒَﻴْ َﻞ و ُ​ُﻗﻮﻋِﻬﺎ؛ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﻛﺎن ﻳُ َﻠﻤﱢ ﺢُ ﻟﻪ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪُ‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫وﻳﻘﻮل‪ْ :‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻨﺎ اﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺺ‬ ‫»أﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ُر ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﻧﻘ َﻠﺘْﻬﺎ إﻟﻴْﻨﺎ اﻟﻌُ ُ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﺿﻴ َُﺔ‪ :‬أ َ ﱠن ﻋُ ْ‬ ‫ْﴫ ُﻏﺮاﺑًﺎ وَﻟﻴﺪًا ﰲ ﻋُ ﱢﺸ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳَﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻚ؛‬ ‫ﺼﻔﻮ ًرا أَﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱢفءَ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻘﺎ ُه ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺸﻔﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻤﻪ اﻟﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻓﻘ ﱠﺮبَ ﻣﻨ ُﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺒْﻌَ ُﺚ ﰲ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺮابُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐريُ‪،‬‬ ‫‪19‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫وﺗﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ ﺑﻪ اﻷَﻳﱠﺎمُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻠﻎ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠﻎ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮ ُة إِﱃ ْ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َْﻘﺘُ َﻞ اﻟﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻔﻮ َر ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﺒﺎب‪ ،‬د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫وأﺳﺪَى إﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫َﻗ ﱠﺪ َم ﻟ ُﻪ َﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻼ؛ و ٰذﻟ َﻚ ُﺳﻮءُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰاء‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺸﺪُ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ﺘْ ﻨ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫أﺻ ﺪ َُق اﻷﻣْ ﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﺑ ﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ْﺮوَى ﻋ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ﺼﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺮاب ُﻣ ْﺸ ِﺮ ًﻓ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠ ﻰ اﻟ ﺘﱠ َﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫َﻓ ْﺮ َخ ُﻏ ٍ‬ ‫وَأَدْﻓ ﺄ َ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ َخ‪ ،‬وَداواهُ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫وﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َه اﻟ ﻌ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ا ْﻟ ﻐ ﺎ ِﻟ ﻲ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘّ ﻰ إِذا ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ ُخ َﻏ ﺪا ُﻏ ﺮاﺑ ﺎ‬ ‫وأ َ ْﻫ ﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ﺮابُ ﻣَ ْﻦ َرﺑﱠ ﺎ ُه‬

‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ﺨ ﺎ ِﻟ ﻲ‬ ‫ﻓ ﻴ ﻤ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻀ ﻰ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﻮر —‬ ‫ﺼ َﺮ — ﻓِ ﻲ َو ْﻛ ٍﺮ ﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻮُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ﻤَ ِﺌ ﱠﻦ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ َﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﻓ ﻘ ﺎ َل ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔ ْﺮ ِخ‪ :‬ا ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﻳ َﺰ ْل ﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣ ﺘّ ﻰ َﺷ ﻔ ﺎ ُه ﻣ ﻦ أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم اﻷَﺑْ ﻨ ﺎءِ واﻟ ﻌِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ — َﻏ ﻴْ َﺮ َﻗ ﺘْ ﻠ ِﻪ — ﺛ َ ﻮاﺑ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺰاءَ ﻣ ﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺪ َم ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ﻨ ﺎ ُه‬

‫ﺼﻴّﺢَ » ِﻟريُ« ﻣُﺘﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬وﻣﺎذا ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ ﺑﻬٰ ﺬ ِه اﻟﻘِ ّ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻬْ ﻠُﻮل؟«‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟﺎﺑ ُﻪ ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫وﺳﻮف ﺗُﺠْ َﺰى ﻓﻲ ا ْﻟﺤﻴﺎ ِة ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ ُﻪ‬ ‫أَرا َك — ﻳﺎ ﻋَ ﱢﻢ — َﻓﻌ ْﻠ َﺖ ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻠ ُﻪ‬ ‫أﻧ َﺖ َﺷ ِﺒ ﻴ ُﻪ ٰذﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ﺼﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺬاب وا ْﻟﻬﻼكِ (‪ ،‬إذا ﺗَﻤﺎدَى ﰲ دُﻋﺎﺑ َِﺘﻪ )ﻣ ِ‬ ‫ُﺰاﺣﻪ(‪ .‬ﻓﻘﺎل‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﻓﴫ َخ » ِﻟريُ« ﻳﺘﻮَﻋﱠ ُﺪ ُه ﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻮﻳ ِْﻞ )ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫»اﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠﻮ ُل« ﺿﺎﺣِ ًﻜﺎ‪» :‬أُﻋْ ﻄﻴ َﻚ — إن َﻛ ﱠﺬﺑْﺘﻨِﻲ — ُ‬ ‫ﻮري!«‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﺣﺎﺷﻴَﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ‬ ‫ﺒﻴﺜﺔ ا ْﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺈن »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ َﻞ«‪ :‬ﺗﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨ ْ َﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺮاﺳﺔ »ا ْﻟﺒُﻬﻠﻮل«؛ ﱠ‬ ‫أﴎ َع ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ّﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻘﺖ ﻓِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﻗ َﺔ )ا ّﻟﺘﻲ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺮاع ﺣَ ﱠﻖ اﻷُﺑُ ﱠﻮةِ(‪َ ،‬ﻟﻢ ﺗَ َﺸﺄ ْ أن ﺗَ ْﱰُ َك أﺑﺎﻫﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َّﺔ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﺗﻪ وادِ ﻋً ﺎ ﻫﺎﻧﺌًﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴ َﱰﻳﺢَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫وأَﺑَﻰ ﻋﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ُﺧﺒْﺜُﻬﺎ وﻟُ ْﺆ ُم َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﻮ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻴ َْﺸﻪُ‪ ،‬وﺗُ َﻜ ﱢﺪ َر ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺒْﻌﻬﺎ ّإﻻ أن ﺗُﻨ َ ﱢﻐ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﺗﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﻟﺖ ﻟﻪ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻘﺪ ﻣَ َﻸ َ ْت ِ‬ ‫وَﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺷﻴﺘُ َﻚ — ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة ﻋَ ﺪَدﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻗﻠﻴﻠﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛُﻢ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﺘْ ُﻪ إِﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﺑﻌْ َﺪ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‬ ‫)أﺻﻮاﺗَﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ﻻ أ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﻖ ﺟَ ﻠﺒَﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ َ‬ ‫وﺿﻮْﺿﺎء َُﻫﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﴫي‪ ،‬وأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﻟﻴﺔ( ﺑﻌ َﺪ ٰﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫— َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫‪20‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ً‬ ‫)ﺧ ً‬ ‫ﺘﺨريَ ﻧ ُ ْﺨﺒ ًَﺔ ُ‬ ‫وأَرا َك ﺟَ ﺪﻳ ًﺮا أ َ ْن ﺗَ ّ‬ ‫ﻗﻠﻴﻠﺔ — ﻋﲆ ﻧ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﺳﻨ ﱢ َﻚ )ﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َك( —‬ ‫ﻼﺻﺔ(‬ ‫ِﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺮاﻓﻘ ِﺘ َﻚ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫إن ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬دَﻋْ َﻮ ُة »ﻟريَ«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﻐ ِﻀﺐَ ا َمل ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨْﺘُﻪ‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫»إن ِ‬ ‫ﺎس أ َدﺑًﺎ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺷﻴَﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣﻦ ﺧِ ريَ ِة اﻟﻨ ّ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺮ ً‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺔ‪ ،‬وﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﺘﻄﺎﻋﺔ أﺣ ٍﺪ أن ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﻬﻤَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ ٰﻫﺬ ِه اﻟﺘﱡﻬﻤَ ِﺔ اﻟﻜﺎذِ ﺑ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ٱﺳ‬ ‫وﻣَ ِ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﻐﺎدِ َر ِﺑﻨْﺘَ ُﻪ ﻋﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋﺎءِ ِﺟﻴﺎدِ ه َ‬ ‫اﺟﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺰﻣً ﺎ ْ‬ ‫)ﺧﻴْﻠِﻪ( ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ أﻣ َﺮ املﻠ ُﻚ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻮ ِْر‪،‬‬ ‫وإﴎ ِ‬ ‫وا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إﻟﻴﻬﺎ ﻋﺎ ِﺑ ًﺴﺎ‪ ،‬وﻗﺎل‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪُوري أن ْ‬ ‫أﺻ ِﱪَ ﻋﲆ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟﺘﱠﺠَ ﻨﱢﻲ )ادﱢﻋﺎءِ اﻟﺘﱡﻬَ ﻢ(‪،‬‬ ‫ريكِ ‪ ،‬ﺗُ ْﻜ ِﺮ ُم ِوﻓﺎدﺗﻲ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺎ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ ُﻞ«‪ .‬وإﻧﱢﻲ ﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺪ ﷲ َ ﻋﲆ ْ‬ ‫)ﻗﺪُوﻣﻲ‬ ‫أن َر َز َﻗﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻨْﺘًﺎ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺣﻘﻲ ﻋﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ أﻧ َﻜ ْﺮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ أﻧ ْ ِﺖ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ف ﻣﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻋﻠﻴْﻬﺎ(‪ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻘ ُﺪ ُر أُﺑُ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ َﻟﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﻗ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠﺎﺣِ ﺪ ُة‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ دﻋَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻪ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ َﻞ« أن ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﻬﺎ ﷲ ُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌُ ْﻘ ِﻢ؛ ﻓﻼ ﺗَ ِﻠ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺪَى ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬أ ْو ﻳﺮ ُز َﻗﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺑﴩ اﻷﺑﻨﺎءِ؛ ِﻟﻴَﺠْ ِﺰﻳَﻬﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ٰﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰاءِ ا ْﻟﻐﺎدِ ِر‪ ،‬وأن ﺗﻤ َ‬ ‫ﴍ ِﻣﻴﺘَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮت َ ّ‬ ‫َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻠﻮل«‬ ‫)‪ (9‬دُﻋﺎﺑﺔ »اﻟﺒُﻬْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴚ »ا ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠﻮ ُل« أن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻐﻰ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ » ِﻟريَ« َﻓﻴُﻬﻠ َﻜﻪ؛ َﻓﺠَ َﺮى — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋﺎدﺗِﻪ — ﰲ‬ ‫وﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻣُﺪاﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺘﻪ )ﻣُﻤﺎ َزﺣَ ﺘِﻪ(‪ ،‬وَراح ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻴ ِﻪ ُﻣﻨ ْ ِﺸﺪًا‪:‬‬ ‫ﻳﺎ َﻟﻴْ َﺖ ﻟﻲ — ﻳﺎ ﻋ ﱢﻢ — ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮﻃﻮ َرﻳْ ِﻦ! أُﻋْ ِﻄ ﻴ َﻚ ُ‬ ‫اﻹﺛ ْ ﻨ َ ﻴْ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻃ ﻮ ًرا ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫وأَﺟْ ﻌَ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ َﺮ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ﺐَ ﻋَ ﻴْ ﻨ ﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫أﺻﻨ َ ُﻊ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻮر َك‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ »ﺑُﻬْ ﻠﻮ ُل«؟ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬وﻣﺎذا ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺐَ ﻋﻴْﻨِ َﻚ )أﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ(!«‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫»إن ﺑﻨﺘَﻴْ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗُﻌْ ِﻄﻴﺎ ِﻧ َﻚ ﺷﻴﺌًﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟﺎﺑ ُﻪ ﺿﺎﺣ ًﻜﺎ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒْﺘَﻪُ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ أﺣَ ﱠﻘ َﻚ ﺑﺄن ﺗُ َﺮوﱢيَ َﺧ ﱠﺪﻳْ َﻚ‬ ‫)ﺗَﺒُ ﱠﻠﻬُ ﻤﺎ( ﺑﺪَﻣْ ﻌَ ْﺘني‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺰاءَ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺌ َﻚ ﰲ ﻧ ُ ُﺰو ِﻟ َﻚ ﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻋَ ﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أﻧْﺸ َﺪهُ‪:‬‬ ‫أﺳ َﻜ ﻨ ْ ﺘَ ﻬُ ﻤ ﺎ َﻗ ْ‬ ‫أ َﻟ ْﺴ َﺖ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺮﻳْ ِﻦ؟‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫وﻫ ﺒْ َﺖ ٱ ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠ َﻚ ذِ ﺋْ ﺒَ ﺘَ ﻴْ ِﻦ؟‬

‫اُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺒْ ُﻪ — ْ‬ ‫إن ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ — ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨ ْﺘَﻴْ ِﻦ!‬ ‫أ َﻟ ْﺴ َﺖ أﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﻴْ ﺘَ ﻬُ ﻤ ﺎ ﺗ ﺎﺟَ ﻴْ ِﻦ؟‬ ‫‪21‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ﻓ ﺎ ْﻟ ﻴَ ْﻮ َم ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻘ ﻰ أ ﱠو َل اﻟ ﻨ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﻠ ﻴ َﻚ ﻣ ﻦ ﺑَ ﻴْ ٍﺖ ِﻣ ﻦ ا ْﻟ ﺒَ ﻴْ ﺘَ ﻴْ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻔ ﻴْ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺰاءَ ﻣ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫أﺧ َ‬ ‫وﻓ ﻲ َﻏ ٍﺪ ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻘ ﻰ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﺄ ْ َت ﻓ ﻲ ﺣُ ْﻜ ﻤَ ﻴْ ﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮدَﺗ ﻴْ ِﻦ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱢو َﺧ ﱠﺪﻳْ َﻚ ِﺑ ﺪَﻣْ ﻌَ ﺘَ ﻴْ ِﻦ‬ ‫إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻗ ﺪ ُﺧ ﺪِﻋْ َﺖ ُﺧ ﺪْﻋَ ﺘَ ﻴْ ِﻦ‬ ‫واﺑْ ﻚِ ﻋَ َﻠ ﻰ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ﻴْ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻓﺎت ْ‬ ‫أﺻﺪ َ​َق ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻘﻮ ُل‪ ،‬أﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨﻮ ُن اﻟﻌﺎﻗِ ُﻞ! و ٰﻟ ْ‬ ‫ﻜﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟ ُﻪ » ِﻟريُ«‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫وﻗ ُﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ ِم‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻴﺔ ﻃﻴ ُ‬ ‫أن ِﺑﻨْﺘ َِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎت‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻟﻨﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺣﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﰲ َر ﱢد ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﻲ(‬ ‫ﱢﺒﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺪّﺧِ َﺮ ) َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُﺒْﻘ َ‬ ‫ري ﺟﺎﻟ ِ‬ ‫ور( ﱄ‪َ .‬‬ ‫وﺳ ُ ِﱰﻳ َﻚ اﻷﻳﱠﺎ ُم ِﺻﺪ َْق ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ِﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ‬ ‫)أﺳﺒﺎب ﱡ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ﰲ إ ِ ْﺳﻌﺎدي‪ ،‬وﺗﻮْﻓ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫أﻗﻮ ُل‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ﻋﻨ َﺪ »رﻳﺠﺎن«‬ ‫»رﻳﺠﺎن«؛ َﻓﺒَﻌَ َﺚ إﻟﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫واﻋْ ﺘَ َﺰ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« أن ﻳ َْﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴤ ﺑﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮه ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻪ اﻟﺜﺎ ِﻧﻴَﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻜﺘﺎب ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺒﺌُﻬﺎ )ﻳ ُْﺨﱪُﻫﺎ( ﻓﻴﻪ ﺑﻤﺎ اﻋْ ﺘﺰﻣَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻫﺎب‬ ‫وﻗ ﱠﺮ َرهُ‪ ،‬وَﻳﻌِ ﺪُﻫﺎ ﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫َرﺳﻮ َﻟﻪ اﻟﻮ َِزﻳﺮ » َﻛﻨْﺖ«‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫إﻟﻴﻬﺎ ﺑﻌﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻗﻠﻴﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻗﺖ ٍ‬ ‫»ر َ‬ ‫ﻳﺠﺎن«‪ ،‬وﻳ ُْﻔ ِﴤ إﻟﻴﻬﺎ )ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪُﻫﺎ( ﺑﻤﺎ َﻟﻘﻴَ ُﻪ أﺑﻮﻫﺎ‬ ‫وَﻟﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ِﺪ اﻟﻮزﻳ ُﺮ » َﻛﻨْﺖ« ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ﻗﴫَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻜﺎر ﻟِﺤَ ﱢﻘ ِﻪ(‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺟﺎءَ َرﺳﻮ ٌل ﻣﻦ أ ُ ْﺧﺘﻬﺎ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ َﻞ«‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤَ ﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻘﻮق )إﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟِري« ِﻣﻦ ﻋُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻛِﺘﺎﺑَﻬﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬي ﺑ ْ‬ ‫َﻌﺜﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ إﻟﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺻﻴﻬﺎ ﺑﺄَﺑﻴﻬﺎ ﴍٍّا‪ ،‬وﺗُﻮ ِﻏ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َرﻫﺎ )ﺗُ ِﺜريُ َﻏ َﻀﺒﻬﺎ( ﻋﻠﻴﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ َﺧ ً‬ ‫وﺗُﺪﺑﱢ ُﺮ ﻟﻬﺎ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وﺣﺎﺷﻴَﺘﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺒﻴﺜﺔ ﻟِﻠﺨﻼص ﻣﻨ ُﻪ وﻣﻦ أﺗْﺒﺎﻋِ ﻪ‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﺣَ ﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‬ ‫ْﺲ اﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫»رﻳﺠﺎ ُن« ﻛِﺘﺎبَ أ ُ ْﺧﺘِﻬﺎ ﻗِ ﺮاءَ ًة ﺣﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻮل أﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣﺎ َو َل أن‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْﻮ َل ِﻟ َﺮ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ أَﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﻮق‪ ،‬ﺛﺎ َر ْت ﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻪ ﻣ ُْﻐ َﻀﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣ َﺮ ْت ﺑﺤَ ﺒ ِْﺴ ِﻪ ﰲ‬ ‫ﻳُﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮﻫﺎ ﺑﻤﺎ ِﻷَﺑﻴﻬﺎ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣﻦ ُﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ﺮوض وﺣُ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺳﺠْ ٍﻦ ﻣُﻈ ِﻠ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬ﺟﺰاءً ﻟﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟُ ْﺮأَﺗِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫)‪ (12‬ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺪ ُم »ﻟري«‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﻣﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ َﻗ ِﺪ َم ﻋَ ﻠﻴﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟِري«‪ .‬وﻣﺎ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫أن َرﺳﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻗﺪ ُﺳ ِﺠﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ِﺑﻨﺘَ ُﻪ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫»ر َ‬ ‫ﻳﺠﺎن« ﻫِ َﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أﻣَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﺤَ ﺒ ِْﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ زا َد ﻫِ ﻴﺎﺟُ ﻪُ‪ ،‬واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﻏ َﻀﺒُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ ُﻪ »رﻳﺠﺎ ُن«‪» :‬ﺧﻔﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺨ ِﻄ َﻚ — أﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟﻮا ِﻟ ُﺪ اﻟﺸﻴْﺦ — ﻓﻤﺎ أﻇ ﱡﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫أن أﺧﺘﻲ‬ ‫ﴫﻫﺎ ّإﻻ ﺑَﻌ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪُﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺠﺎﺟَ ِﺔ أﺗْﺒﺎﻋِ َﻚ )ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﺻ ِﻤ ِﻬﻢْ( َ‬ ‫أن ﻧَﻔِ َﺪ َ‬ ‫وﺻ َﺨ ِﺒﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻗﺪ أﺧ َﺮﺟَ ﺘْ َﻚ ِﻣﻦ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫وﺿﺎق ذَ ْرﻋُ ﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُور وآﺛﺎ ٍم‪ .‬وﻫِ َﻲ—‬ ‫)ﺻﻴْﺤﺎﺗِﻬﻢ(‪،‬‬ ‫)ﺿ ِﺠ َﺮ ْت( ِﺑﻤﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰ َُﻓﻮ ُه )ارﺗﻜﺒُﻮهُ( ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﴍ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َر ا ْﻟﻤﻠُﻮك ﺟَ ﺪﻳ َﺮ ٌة ْ‬ ‫ِﺑﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — ﰲ َﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻦ اﻟﻌُ ﺬْ ِر‪ِ ،‬ﻷ َ ﱠن ُﻗ ُ‬ ‫أن ﺗُﻨ َ ﱠﺰ َه )ﺗُ َﱪﱠأ َ وﺗُﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺺ( ﻣﻦ‬ ‫)اﻟﺴﺎﺧِ ﺮﻳﻦ ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺒ َِﺚ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِﺑﺜني‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻬْ ِﻮ ا ْﻟﻬﺎذِ ِرﻳﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻮ ِْل(‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (13‬ﺣُ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻮق اﻟﻮا ِﻟ َﺪﻳْﻦ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ »ﻟري« ْ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻘﻮق ِﺑﻨﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ َﱢق ﻣﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌﺘْ ُﻪ أذُﻧﺎ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺑﻨﺘ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣﺎ َرآ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ؛ َﻓ ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إِﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أﻧﱠﻪ ﺣﺎ ِﻟﻢٌ‪ ،‬وﻛﺎ َد ﻳ ُْﻐﻤَ ﻰ ﻋﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط َ‬ ‫اﻷﳻ وا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‪ .‬و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫)ﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن( ﻓﺎﺋﺪ ًة؛ ﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺼﱪ ) َﻟﺠَ ﺄ َ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ( — ﻣﺎ و َِﺳﻌَ ﻪ ﺣِ ْﻠ ُﻤ ُﻪ — وﻗﺎل‬ ‫ﺼ َﻢ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أﻧﱠﻚِ — ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﻋَ َﻘ ْﻘ ِﺖ أَﺑﺎكِ — َ‬ ‫وﻫ َﻮ ﻳُﻐﺎﻟِﺐُ اﻟﺪﱠﻣْ َﻊ ﺟﺎﻫِ ﺪًا‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻟ ِﺒﻨْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫ﺑﻌﺾ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﻐ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐﺘْ ُﻪ أُﺧﺘُﻚِ ﻣﻦ ﺟُ ﺤﻮ ٍد و ُ‬ ‫ﻮق!‬ ‫َﻋﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻔﺎق ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ ِﺑﺄَﺑﻴﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْدﻧَﻰ إِﱃ اﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ وا ْﻟﺤُ ﻨ ُ ﱢﻮ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َوإِﻧﱢﻲ ِﻹﺧﺎ ُل أَﻧﻚِ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮبُ إِﱃ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫واﻹﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻴ ُْﺨﻮﺧﺘِﻪ‪ .‬ﻓﺤﺎذِ ِري أَن ﺗَﻨْﻬَ ِﺠﻲ ﻧﻬْ ﺞَ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ َﻞ« )ﺗَﺘﱠ ِﺒﻌﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬﺎ(‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘُﺨﻴﱢ ِﺒﻲ ﺗَﺄْﻣﻴ َﻞ أَﺑﻴﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤْ َﻠﺌِﻲ َﻗﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻳَﺄ ْ ًﺳﺎ؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن و َ​َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ أﺛْﻤَ َﻦ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﻀ ﱠﻦ ) َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﺨ ْﻞ( ﻋﻠﻴﻚِ ﺑﺄَﻋَ ﱢﺰ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫َﻣﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻟﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣﻦ ُﻣ ْﻠﻚٍ وَﺟﺎ ٍه و ٍ‬ ‫ﻨﺮﻳ َﻞ«‬ ‫)‪ (14‬ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺪ ُم »ﺟُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺠﺎن«‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫»ر َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُﻮ ِﻏ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻨﺮﻳ ُﻞ«؛ ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻀﻤﱠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أ ُ ْﺧﺘِﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺪِﻣَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨﺘُﻪ »ﺟُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َرﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺑﻴﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻌﻘﻮق إِﱃ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ؛ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺴﺎ ﻋَ ﻠﻴﻪ َﻗﻠﺒُﻬﺎ ﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أُﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وﺳﺎ َر ْت ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﰲ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑْﻌَ ِﺪ ﻣَ ﺪًى‪.‬‬ ‫‪23‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫»رﻳﺠﺎ ُن«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺷﻴَﺘُ َﻚ ﻣُﺆ ﱠﻟ َﻔ ًﺔ ﻣﻦ ﺧﻤﺴ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺗﻜﻮن ِ‬ ‫»ﻟﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻜﺜ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ ﻠﻴْ َﻚ أُﺧﺘِﻲ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ ِ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎر ًﺳﺎ‪ .‬أﻣﱠ ﺎ أﻧﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﺳﺘﻜ ِﺜ ُﺮ ﻋﻠﻴ َﻚ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ٰﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪَدِ ‪ ،‬وأ َ َرى أن‬ ‫ﻓﺎر ًﺳﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ‬ ‫ﺧﻤﺴﺔ وﻋ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻠﻴْ َﻚ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أَد ِْري‪ :‬ﻣﺎ ﺣﺎﺟَ ُﺔ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻠ َﻚ — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺜﻞ ٰﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪَدِ َ‬ ‫اس‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ — إﱃ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﺎن؟ ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱢﻲ َﻷ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻜ ِﺜ ُﺮ ﻋ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ ًﺔ! َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ْﱢﻗﻨِﻲ إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪِ؟ ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺣﺎﺟَ ﺘُ َﻚ إِﱃ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ِة ُﻓ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﺎر ٍس واﺣِ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺳﺎن؟ ﱠ‬ ‫إن َﺧﺪ َِﻣﻲ َﻟﻴُ َﺆد َ‬ ‫ﱡون ﻟ َﻚ — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجَ إﱃ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ ِﺑﺠَ ﻤْ ٍﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺤﺎﺷﻴَ ِﺔ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ — ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ؛ َﻓﻤﺎ اﻧﺘِﻔﺎ ُع ِﻣﺜﻠِﻚ‬ ‫ﻀﺒ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫)‪َ (15‬ﻏ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ‬ ‫)ﻫﻨﺎ( أ َ ْد َر َك ﱠ‬ ‫وﱃ؛ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟِري« أ َ ﱠن اﺑﻨَﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﺎ ِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ أَﺑَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫َوﺛ َ ﱠﻢ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﻋَ ﲆ ِﺑﻨْﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ُﺳ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻪُ‪ ،‬ودﻋﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ ﺟﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫أن ﺗَ ْﻠﻘﻴﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰاءَ ا ْﻟﻌﺎدِ َل‪ ،‬وَأَﻧْﺬَ َر ُﻫﻤﺎ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫َني ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ ﲆ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﻏﺪ ِْر ِﺑﻨْﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﺑﺎل؛ َﻓﺼﺎحَ ﻣُﺘﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ ِﺮﺟﺎ ﻣَ ﻌﻲ َر ُﺳﻮﱄ َوﺑُﻬْ ﻠُﻮﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮﻳﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﲆ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم!«‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫َ‬ ‫)‪ُ (1‬ﻫﺒﻮبُ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﺻﻔﺔ‬ ‫ﱪدِ (‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ ْد َر َك ﱠ‬ ‫ﻗﺎر َﺳ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟِري« ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﺗني‬ ‫)ﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫أن ِﺑﻨْﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻐﺎدِ َر ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺻ َﻔ ًﺔ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ُون ْ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻬﺎﺋِﺠَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ُﻫﻤﺎ ﻓﻴ ِﻪ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ٌﺔ؛‬ ‫أﺳ َﻠﻤَ ﺘﺎ ُه إﱃ ِﺗ ْﻠﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺰوا ِﺑ ِﻊ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﺋ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و‬ ‫َاﻷﻋﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎن‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﻛﺎ َد ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس ﻳُ ْﺬﻫِ ﻠُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪا ﻋَ ﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺒﺎ ُل ْ‬ ‫)اﺧﺘِﻼ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺳ َﻠ َﻢ ﻟِﺠَ ﻮادِ ِه ا ْﻟﻌِ َ‬ ‫ط ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ(؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ُﺒﺎل اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣْ ﻬَ ِﺮﻳ َﺮ )ﺑُﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺧﺘِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤُﻬَ ﺪﱠﻣَ ِﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ ْﺆﺛِ ًﺮا )ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﱪدِ ْأﻗﺼﺎهُ(‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﺸﻔِ ْﻖ ﻋَ ﲆ َﺷﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘﺎ ًرا(‬ ‫ﻮغ ا ْﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﱪدُ‪ ،‬ﻋﲆ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫أن ﺗُ ِﺬ ﱠﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨْﺘﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫أن ﻳُﻬْ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َ ْ‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳُ َﻠﻮﱢحُ ِﺑﺬِراﻋَ ﻴْﻪ ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻀﺎءِ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻮَﻋﱠ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻤِ ﻴ ُﻞ رأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢُ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻣَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﻐ َﻀﺒًﺎ ﺣﺎﻧ ًِﻘﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻴَﺤْ َﺴﺐُ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳﺮا ُه أ َ ﱠن ﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ٍّﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﺦ »ﻟري«‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻏريُ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫— ﰲ ِﻣﺤْ ﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ » :‬ﻛﻨْﺖ« و»ا ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠُﻮل«‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺼ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬اﻷﻋﺎﺻريُ واﻟ ﱡﺮﻋﻮ ُد‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫)ﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َٱﺷﺘَﺪ ِﱠت اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْوﺑَﻌَ ُﺔ ﻋُ ﻨ ْ ًﻔﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪ َر ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻂ(‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ّﻢ َﻫﻤَ ﻰ )ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ِﺑ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮةٍ( ﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴْ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ‪َ ،‬و َدو ِﱠت اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺎحُ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِﺗﻴ َُﺔ )ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر ُ‬ ‫ف‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ْﻠﺠَ َﻠ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋُ ﻮ ُد ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ(‪ ،‬و َُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﺗﺴﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ(‪ّ ،‬‬ ‫ني اﻧ ْ َﻔﺠَ َﺮ ْت‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫أن ا ْﻟ َﱪاﻛ َ‬ ‫وأن ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺤِ ﻴ َﻢ ُﺳﻌﱢ َﺮ ْت )ا ْﻟﺘﻬَ ﺒ َْﺖ(‬ ‫َأن ا ْﻟ َﻜﻮاﻛِﺐَ اﻧﺘَﺜ َ َﺮ ْت‬ ‫وَﺑﺪا ٰذﻟ َﻚ ّ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟ ِﻬ ﱡﻢ )ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺮمُ(‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮّس َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺷﻌَ ُﺮ ُه )و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ(‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ُﺮهُ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻗﺎﻣَ ﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ٱ ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ُة‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﱠﻣﺎر )ﻣ َُﺴﺒ ُ‬ ‫أن أَﻟﺤﱠ ْﺖ ﻋﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺟﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺑ ِﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﺒﺎت ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ (‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻔﺎت‬ ‫ِﺒﺎت اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺪار‪.‬‬ ‫اﻷﻗ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﻧ َ ِﺸﻴ ُﺪ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﴫ ُخ ُﻣﺘَﺤ ﱢﺪﻳًﺎ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻮَى ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِﺗﻴ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﺒ َ​َﺔ )ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺠَ ﻤﱢ ﻌَ َﺔ( ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻴﱢﺤً ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟِري« ﻳ ْ ُ‬ ‫ْﺤﺎت ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﺰﻋَ ًﺔ ﻫﺎﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﺳﻴ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻮ ُل‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺒﱢﻲ أﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺎحُ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻚ‬ ‫ني‪ :‬ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْﺒ َِﺴ َ‬ ‫ور ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪاﺋ َِﻦ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﻔ ِﺴ ُﺪ اﻷ َر ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎﻻ‪ ،‬وا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻻ َز ْر َع ﻓﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ َة أﺣْ ﺠﺎ ًرا ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮكِ ‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻧﺒﺎت‪ .‬ﺛﻢ أَﻧ ْ ِﺰﱄ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻻ‬ ‫راﴈ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺰ ُروﻋَ َﺔ‪ «.‬ﺛﻢ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺸ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ ْاﻷَﺑْﻨِﻴ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌﺎﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ُْﻐ ِﺮ ُق ْاﻷ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﻮَﻋﱢ ﺪًا‪:‬‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺼ ِﺎر‬ ‫َزوا ِﺑ َﻊ اﻷﻣْ ﻄ ِﺎر‪:‬‬ ‫ُﻫ ﺒﱢﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ِﺎر‬ ‫ﻓ ﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ﻴْ ِﻞ واﻟ ﻨ ﱠﻬ ِﺎر‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺮ ُﻫ ﻮﺑ َﺔ اﻟ ﺪﱠﻣ ِﺎر‬ ‫ﺗﺄ ْ ِﺗﻲ ﻋَ ﻠﻰ ْاﻷﻣْ ﺼ ِﺎر‬ ‫واﻟ ﱠﺴ ﻬْ ِﻞ واﻟ ﻘِ ﻔ ِﺎر‬ ‫وَأَﻣْ ِﻄ ِﺮي ﺛ ُ ﻠُ ﻮﺟَ ﺎ ﺗُ ﺠَ ﱢﻠ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ﺒُ ﺮوﺟَ ﺎ‬ ‫وﺗُ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮوﺟَ ﺎ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﻌﺎﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﻠﺠ ًﻼ ِ‬ ‫وﺗَ ْﺸﺘ ﱡﺪ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺻ ًﻔﺎ‪ ،‬وﻳ َْﱪ ُ​ُق ا ْﻟ َﱪ ُْق‪ ،‬ﻳﻜﺎ ُد َﺳﻨﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻔﺔ ُﻫﺒﻮﺑًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺰأ َ ُر اﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ُﺪ ﻣُﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫)ﺿ ْﻮءُهُ( ﻳ َْﺨ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻷﺑﺼﺎ َر‪ ،‬وﻳُﻮﻫِ ُﻢ ﻣﻦ ﻳَﺮا ُه ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎرﻫﺎ )ﺟَ ﻮا ِﻧ ِﺒﻬﺎ(‪،‬‬ ‫أن اﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ َة اﻷ ْرﺿﻴ َّﺔ ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱡﺰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ْأﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻟﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ ِز ْﻟﺰا َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻴ َْﺸﺘ ﱡﺪ ِﺻﻴﺎحُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴﺦ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳﻘﻮل‪َ » :‬دوﱢي — أﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ —‬ ‫وأن اﻟﺪﱡﻧﻴﺎ ﻗﺪ ُز ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﻮﱢي‪َ ،‬ودَﻣﱢ ِﺮي ﺑَﻴْﺘَ ﱠﻲ َو ِﺑﻨْﺘَ ﱠﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫)ﻗ َ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ّﻢ ٱﻧْﺜَﻨِﻲ )ﻋُ ﻮدِي( إﱄ ّ‪ ،‬ﻓﺄﻣْ ِﻄ ِﺮﻳﻨﻲ‬ ‫ْت( اﻟﺬﱠﺋْﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺟﺎﺣِ ﻤَ ﻚِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺘ ﱠِﻲ )ﻧﺎ َركِ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻗ َﺪ َة(‪ ،‬ﻛِﻔﺎءَ َﺧﻴْﺒَﺘَ ﱠﻲ )ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪ ِْرﻫِ ﻤﺎ(‪ ،‬ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱢ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺴ ِﻦ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ «.‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫أﻧﺸﺪ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻳﺎ رﻳﺢُ ‪َ :‬دوﱢي‪َ ،‬دوﱢي وﻳ ﺎ ُرﻋُ ﻮ َد ا ْﻟ ﺠَ ﻮﱢ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻻ ﺗَ ﻬْ َﺪ ِﺋ ﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻮﱢي واﻧ ْ ﺘَ ِﺰ ِﻋ ﻲ ﺣُ ﻨ ُ ﻮﱢي‬ ‫وَأَﺣْ ِﺮ ِﻗ ﻲ ﻋَ ُﺪوﱢي‬ ‫∗∗∗‬

‫وَأ َ ْﻫ ِﻠ ﻜ ﻲ ِﺑ ﻨ ْ ﺘَ ﻴﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫َودَﻣﱢ ِﺮي ﺑَ ﻴْ ﺘَ ﻴﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨ َ ﻴْ ُﺖ‪ :‬ذِ ﺋْ ﺒَ ﺘَ ﻴﱠ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ ﺜ َ ِﻨ ﻲ إ ِ َﻟ ﻴﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻓ ﺄَﻣْ ﻄ ِﺮي ﻋَ َﻠ ﻴﱠ ﺎ ﺟ ﺎﺣِ ﻤَ ﻚِ اﻟ ﻌَ ِﺘ ﻴﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺰاءَ ُﺧ ﺪْﻋَ ﺘَ ﻴﱠ ﺎ وأ َ ْﻟ ِﻬ ِﺒ ﻲ ﺟَ ﻨ ْ ﺒَ ﻴﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻛ ﻔ ﺎءَ َﺧ ﻴْ ﺒَ ﺘَ ﻴﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﺎت ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆﻟِﻤَ ﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻌﺎودُه اﻟ ﱢﺬ ْﻛ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫وﺗﱰ ﱠد ُد ﰲ َﺳﻤْ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﻪ‬ ‫ﻛﻠﻤﺎت ِﺑﻨْﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﻛﺎﻧَﺘﺎ ﺗُﻤ ﱢﻠﻘﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻣﺎ رآ ُه ْ‬ ‫ﻜﻪ — وﻳُﻘﺎ ِﺑ ُﻞ ﺑﻴْﻨَﻬﺎ وﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺑﻬﺎ — ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَﻮْﻟﻴﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻣ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﻏﺪْرﻫﻤﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ِﻬﺎﻧﺘﻬﻤﺎ‬ ‫واﺳﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِه َ‬ ‫ﻓﻴﺴﺘَﺄْﻧ ُ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺨ َ‬ ‫)ﻗﺪ ِْر ِه وﻗِﻴﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ(؛ ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﺻﻴﺎﺣَ ﻪ ﻣُﻔ ﱠﺰﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻳﻘﻮل ُﻣ َﻮ ْﻟ ِﻮ ًﻻ ُﻣ َﺮوﱠﻋً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧﺪَﻋَ ﻨِﻲ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﻧَﻤﱠ َﻘ ْﺖ )ﻣﺎ َزﻳﱠﻨ َ ْﺖ( ِﺑﻨْﺘﺎيَ ِﻣ َﻦ ٱ ْﻟﻜﻼ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ دَﻫﺎﻧِﻲ ﻣﺎ دَﻫﺎﻧﻲ )أﺻﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ﻣﺎ أﺻﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ(‪ ،‬ﺟﺰاءَ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺪﱢي ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺴﻔِ ﻲ )ﺗُﺪَﻣﱢ ِﺮي( ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ﰲ اﻻﻧْﺨﺪاع ِﺑﻬﻤﺎ‪ٰ .‬ﻓﻴﺄَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺎحُ ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﺎﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺨﺎت‬ ‫)ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ(‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺸﺪَ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻣ ﺎ ﻧ َ ﻤﱠ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ ﻨ ْ ﺘ ﺎ ُه‬ ‫ِﻟ ﻴ ُﺮ ا ﱠﻟ ﺬِي أ َ ْﻏ ﺮا ُه‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺰاءَ ﻣ ﺎ أَﻣْ ﻀ ﺎ ُه‬ ‫دَﻫ ﺎ ُه ﻣ ﺎ دَﻫ ﺎ ُه‬ ‫وَﻗ ﺪﱠﻣ ْﺖ ﻳَ ﺪا ُه‬ ‫‪27‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ْﻪ وأ َ ْﻟ ِﻬ ﺒ ﻴ ﻬ ﺎ ﻋ ِ‬ ‫َدوﱢي ِرﻳﺎﺣً ﺎ ﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ْﻪ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻧ ِ‬ ‫ﻟ ﻠ ﱠﺸ ِﺎﻣ ﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﻔ ْﻪ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬آﻻ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﺦ‬ ‫و َٰﻫﻜﺬا َﻗ َﴣ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻣُﺮو ً‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﱠﻋﺔ‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫وﻫﻮ ﻫﺎﺋ ٌﻢ ﻋﲆ وَﺟْ ِ‬ ‫ﻬﻪ‪ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻟﺤِ ﻘ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻀ ِﻨﻴَ ِﺔ(‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻵﻻ ِم ا ْﻟﻤ َُﱪﱢﺣَ ِﺔ )ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫واﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﺪاث اﻟﻬﺎﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻌﻪ‪ ،‬ﻟ َ‬ ‫وَﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﺬَ َل و َِزﻳ ُﺮ ُه ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﱰْﻓﻴﻪ )ﻟﻠﺘﱠﺨﻔﻴﻒ( ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِﺺ » َﻛﻨْﺖ« ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﻣﻠﻴﻜﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻋﻦ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻣُﺼﺎﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ و َِﺳﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠﺘُﻪُ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﺜﺎل؛ ِﻟﻴُﺬْﻫِ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻋﻦ‬ ‫واﻓﺘَ ﱠﻦ »اﻟﺒُﻬﻠﻮ ُل« ﰲ‬ ‫ﴐب اﻷَﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وﺗَﻬْ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺗﻮﺳ َﻞ إﻟﻴ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻨﻮن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أو َْﺷﻚ أن ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻜﺒَﺘِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻨﻘﺬَ ُه ِﻣﻦ َﻫﻮ ِْل ا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ )ﺑَﻴ ٍْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮاﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﺗﻨﺘﻬ َﻲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟﻬُ ﻮجُ‬ ‫َرﺟﺎءهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴﺄ ْ ِويَ ﻣﻌ ُﻪ إﱃ ُﺧ ﱟ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ( َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫)اﻟﺜﱠﺎﺋِﺮ ُة(‪.‬‬ ‫وﻣﺎ زا َل ﺑ ِﻪ ﺣﺘﻰ أﻃﺎﻋَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬وﺳﺎ َر ﻣﻌَ ُﻪ ُﻣﻴَﻤﱢ ﻤً ﺎ )ﻗﺎﺻﺪًا( ٰذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ُﻨﺎﺟﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻪ‬ ‫ﻮخ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫»أﰲ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ ﺗﻄ ُﺮدُﻧﻲ ﺑﻨﺘﺎيَ ؟ ِأﰲ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ ﺗُ َﻐ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ دُوﻧﻲ أَﺑﻮاﺑُﻬُ ﻤﺎ؟ وا ٍه ِﻣﻨْﻚِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ﺰوﻧًﺎ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﺎن ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ﺤﻮ ِد أﺑﺎﻛﻤﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َ‬ ‫»رﻳﺠﺎ ُن«‪ ،‬وﺗَﺒٍّﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻔﻴﻖ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬي‬ ‫ﻳﺎ ِ‬ ‫)ﻫﻼﻛﺎ( َﻟﻚِ ﻳﺎ »ﺟُ ﻨْﺮﻳ ُﻞ«! أ ٰﻫﻜﺬا ﺗﺠْ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻫﺒَﻜﻤﺎ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻣ َﻠﻚ؟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إن ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﻮ — ﻋﲆ ﻗ ْﺴﻮﺗِﻬﺎ — َﻷ ْﻫ َﻮ ُن ِﻣﻦ ٰﻫﺬ ِه‬ ‫أﺳ َﻠ ْﻔﺘُﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫أَﺛ َ ْﺮﺗُﻤﺎﻫﺎ ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺲ أﺑﻴ ُﻜﻤﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻤﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻮق!«‬ ‫)ﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ﺘُﻤﺎ( إﻟﻴﻪ ﻣﻦ ﺟُ ﺤﻮ ٍد وﻋُ ُﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺼﺒﺢُ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ َﻢ َ‬ ‫»إن أﺣْ َﻘ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل ا َملﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري«‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻷﺷﻴﺎءِ ﻟﻴ ْ‬ ‫و ﱠملﺎ َدﻧَﻮْا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺪ ِْر‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻠِﻴ َﻞ‬ ‫ﱠت إﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤﺎﺟَ ُﺔ‪ .‬ﻓﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إذا ﻋَ َﺪدْﻧﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ْ‬ ‫)ﻗ ﱠﺪ ْرﻧﺎ( اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔﺮ ﺑﻬٰ ﺬا ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺺ ُﻏﻨْﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻛﺒريًا‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ٰﻫﺬه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟﻬﺎﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ!«‬ ‫)‪ (5‬أ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻧﺸﻮ َد ُة »اﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠﻮل«‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت ﻣ َُﻐ ﱟﻦ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ﻣﻨﻪُ؛ ﻓﺎ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻤ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« إﱃ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺘﻈﺎﻫ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﺘﻔ َﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ﺑ ِﻪ »اﻟﺒُﻬﻠﻮ ُل«‪،‬‬ ‫ور‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘﻜ ّﻠ ُ‬ ‫)ﺷ ﱠﺪ َة اﻟﻔﺮح(‪ ،‬وَﻳ ْﻠﺘﻔِ ُﺖ إﱃ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻ ُه ﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ا َمل َﺮحَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻨﺸﺪًا‪:‬‬ ‫ﱡ ُ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ ﺎ »ﻟ ﻴ ُﺮ«‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﻠ َﻢ ﻗِ ْﺴ ﻤَ ﻪْ!‬

‫َﻗ َﺴﻤْ َﺖ — ِﺑﺎﻷَﻣْ ﺲ — ُﻣﻠ ًﻜﺎ‬ ‫‪28‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﺟَ ﻬ ًﻼ‪ ،‬وأَﻧ َﻜ ْﺮ َت ﻋِ ْﻠ ﻤَ ْﻪ‬ ‫ﺪح ﻳَ ْﺴ ﺘُ ُﺮ ﻟُ ْﺆﻣَ ْﻪ‬ ‫ﺑ ﺎ ْﻟ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﻠ ﻤَ ﻪْ!‬ ‫َﺷ َﺮﻳْ َﺖ ﺑ ﺎﻟ ﻨ ﱡ ِ‬

‫ْأﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ﻴْ َﺖ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻋَ ﻠ ﻴ ٍﻢ‬ ‫َو ُرﺣْ َﺖ ﺗُ ْﺪ ِﻧ ﻲ َﻟ ﺌ ﻴ ﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳ ﺎ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ :‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ًﻼ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ﻔِ ﺊَ اﻟ ﻨ ﱡ ِ‬

‫ْت( ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻠِﻴﻢَ‪ ،‬وأ َ ْدﻧَﻴ ُْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ﻣﺪ ً‬ ‫ﺼﻴ ُْﺖ )أَﺑْﻌَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْﻫﻮﺷﺎ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫)ﻗ ﱠﺮﺑ ُْﺖ( اﻟ ﱠﻠﺌِﻴﻢَ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أﺣْ َﺴﻨ ْ َﺖ اﻟﺘﱠﻌﺒريَ ﻋﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓﻴ ِﻪ اﻵن‪ ،‬وﺻﺪ َْﻗ َﺖ ﰲ إ ْ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر ﻣﺎ ﻧﺎﺟَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﺑ ِﻪ ﻧﻔﴘ )ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﻇ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ أﺑْ َﺮﻋَ َﻚ ﺑﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ وﻣُﻐﻨﱢﻴًﺎ‪ ،‬وﻣﺎ أ ْ‬ ‫ﴎا( ﰲ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫وﻫﺎز ًﻻ!«‬ ‫ﺮﻓ َﻚ ﺟﺎدٍّا‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُﻬﺎ ِ ٍّ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﺎس ﺣِ ْﻔ ً‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ﻟِﻌَ ﻬْ ِﺪ َك‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﺺ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻗﺎءِ َﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ ذُو‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل »اﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠُﻮ ُل«‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ي ﺻﺎﺋ ٍِﺐ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘَﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ ُﻜ ُﻢ وَأُﺑ ِْﺮ ُم )أَﺟْ ﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣُ ْﻜ ِﻤﻲ ﻧﺎﻓِ ﺬًا(‪،‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﺰ ٍم َﻗ ِﻮيﱟ ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ ﻤﱠ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َرأ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻜ َﻚ ﻗِ ْﺴﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋﺎدِ َﻟ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﻜِﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧَﻒ »ا ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠُﻮ ُل« ﻏِ ﻨﺎءَ ُه ُﻣﻨ ْ ِﺸﺪًا‪:‬‬ ‫»ﺑُﻬﻠﻮ ُل«‪ :‬ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨﻮ ُن » ِﻟﻴ ٍﺮ«‬ ‫أو َْﻓ ﻰ اﻷﺧِ ﱠﻼءِ َﻗ ْﻠ ﺒً ﺎ‬ ‫وَأَﺣْ ﺴ ُﻦ اﻟ ﻘ ْﻮ ِم َرأْﻳً ﺎ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻮ ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُﻮ ُن » ِﻟ ﻴ ٍﺮ«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻟ ﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أﻋْ َﺪ َل ﻗِ ْﺴ ﻤَ ْﻪ‬

‫أﺑَ ﱡﺮ ﻋَ ﻬْ ﺪًا َوذِﻣﱠ ْﻪ‬ ‫وأﺻﺪ َُق اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺤْ ِﺐ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ْﻪ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻫِ ﻤﱠ ْﻪ‬ ‫وأَﺑ ﻌ ُﺪ اﻟ ﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻘ ِﻀ ﻲ‪ ،‬وﻳُﺒْ ِﺮ ُم ﺣُ ْﻜ ﻤَ ْﻪ‬ ‫ِﻣ ﻨ ﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَو َْﻓ َﺮ ﺣِ ْﻜ ﻤَ ْﻪ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﺷﻴْﻄﺎن اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬ ‫َو ﱠملﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع »اﻟﺒُﻬﻠُﻮ ُل« إﱃ د ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻠﻎ امل ِﻠ ُﻚ َو َرﻓﻴﻘﺎ ُه ٰذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪهُ(‬ ‫ُﺧﻮﻟﻪ ِﻟريْﺗﺎ َد ُه )ﻟﻴَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َﻓ ُﻪ وﻳ َْﺨﺘَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺺ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻴﻘﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺬار أﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮ‬ ‫ﻟﺼﺎﺣِ ﺒَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘّﻰ ﻋﺎ َد إﻟﻴْﻬﻤﺎ ﻣُﴪﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬وﻫ َﻮ ﻳﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اﺳﻤَ ُﻪ »ﺗُﻮم«‪ ،‬وﻳُ َﻠ ﱢﻘﺐُ‬ ‫ﺺ َﺷﻴﻄﺎﻧًﺎ ﻣَ ِﺮﻳﺪًا )ﻋَ ﻨِﻴﺪًا ﻗﺎﺳﻴًﺎ(‪ .‬وﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺰﻋُ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ْ‬ ‫رأﻳﺖ ﰲ ٰذ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل )ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻮن(؛ ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒﻮ ٌل إ ِ ْن َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫ﻜني‪ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ ِﺳﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﻣﺔ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫إﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴٍّﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪق ﺣَ ﺪ ِْﳼ )ﺗَ ْﺨﻤﻴﻨﻲ(‪َ ،‬‬ ‫)ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨّﺎس(‪ ،‬وإذا َ‬ ‫وﺻﺢﱠ ﻇﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﱠإﻻ َﺷﻴﻄﺎ ُن ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﻠﻤﺎ ﺧﺮجَ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺺ ذﻟﻚ اﻟﺸﻴْﻄﺎن املِ ْﺴﻜني‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺪُو ُه أﺷﻌَ ﺚ أﻏ َﱪ )ﻣُﺘﻠﺒﱢ َﺪ اﻟﺸﻌَ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻮﻧُﻪ َﻛ َﻠﻮ ِْن ُ‬ ‫ﻋﺎريَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ ّإﻻ ﻣﻦ ْ‬ ‫ﻮاب ﻣُﻬَ ْﻠﻬَ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻗﺪِﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ(‪ ،‬ﺗَﻠُﻮحُ ﻋَ ﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫أﺳ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺒﺎر(‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﻤﺎل ﺑﺎﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ )أﺛ ْ ٍ‬ ‫‪29‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫أﻣﺎرات ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺆ ِس‪ .‬ﻓﺼﺎحَ ﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري«‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ِﺑ َﻚ‪ ،‬أﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ني؟ ﻫ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ املِ ﺴﻜ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َدﺗْ َﻚ اﺑْﻨﺘﺎ َك‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺑﻴﺘِ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن أ ْو َرﺛْﺘَﻬﻤﺎ إﻳﱠﺎه؟«‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﻠُﻤﱡ ﻮا إﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘﻲ‪ ،‬أﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺄﺟﺎبَ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ ُﻣﺘَﺒﺎﻟِﻬً ﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﻐﺎ ِﺑﻴًﺎ‪» :‬أﻧﺎ‪ :‬ﺗُﻮم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎق‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (7‬‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ اﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮس ﺧِ ﻼ َل ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ ِﺔ )ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ﺑﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﻘﺎمُ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘّﻰ َرأوْا َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ُ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺮﻗﺎﺗِﻬﺎ(‪ ،‬وَﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﺸﻌَ ٌﻞ ﻳُﻨريُ ﻟﻪ ﻃﺮﻳﻘ ُﻪ ﰲ اﻟﻈﻼ ِم اﻟﺤﺎﻟِﻚ‪.‬‬

‫َني ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ » َﻛﻨْﺖ« ٰذﻟ َﻚ اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ ا ْﻟﻘﺎدِ مَ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ ﺗَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ف أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ اﻷﻣريُ »ﺟُ ﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ«‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺄﻟﻪ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻋﻦ ﺳﺒ َِﺐ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ ﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻬﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻵوﻳَ ُﻪ )أ ُ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ْ‬ ‫ﴫي؛‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻟِري«؛ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﻪُ( ﰲ ﺑﻴ ٍْﺖ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻃﺎ َل ﺑﺤْ ﺜِﻲ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑ ِﻪ )ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳﻬْ ﺘَﺪِيَ إﻟﻴ ِﻪ أﻋْ ﺪا ُؤ ُه ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳﱰﺑ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ(‪َ .‬وإﻧﱢﻲ ﻟﻴَﺤْ ُﺰﻧُﻨِﻲ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ون َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل )ﻋَ‬ ‫ﻼﻣﺎت ﺿﻌْ ِﻒ ٱ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ(‪«.‬‬ ‫أَرا ُه ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ ﻣﻦ‬ ‫أﻣﺎرات ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫أﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻪ »ﻛﻨْﺖ«‪َ » :‬ﻟﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻨﻮن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺴﺎن إﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ أﻗ َﺮبَ إﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫‪30‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ‪ّ :‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ِ‬ ‫ﺪاث )ا ْﻟﻤَ‬ ‫»إن ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋﺐ( َﻟﻴ ُْﺴ ِﻠ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌﺎﻗِ َﻞ إِﱃ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ٱ ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮن‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (8‬ﰲ ﺑَﻴ ِْﺖ ِ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﺚ( َ‬ ‫ﻳﻔﻲ ٱ ﱠﻟﺬي أﻋ ﱠﺪ ُه اﻷﻣريُ ﻟ ُِﺴ ْﻜ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻮار )ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻨﺎﻫ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍ‬ ‫ذﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤﻴ ُﻊ إﱃ ٱ ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻠﻴﻞ‪ .‬وﺟَ ﻠﺲ »ﻟِري« ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﴫه‪ .‬ﺛ ّﻢ ﺗ َﺮﻛﻬ ْﻢ ﻣُﺴﺘﺄذِ ﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳﻌﻮ َد إﻟﻴﻬ ْﻢ ﺑﻌ َﺪ َﻗ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﻔﺴﻪ ِ‬ ‫أﺻﺤﺎﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻗ ْﺪ ﻋﺎد إﻟﻴ ِﻪ َﺧﺒﺎﻟُ ُﻪ و َ​َﻫﺬَﻳﺎﻧُﻪُ؛ ﻓﺘﻤﺜ ﱠ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺿﻴًﺎ ﻳُﺤﺎ ِﻛ ُﻢ ِﺑﻨﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺠْ ِﺰﻳﻬﻤﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ‬ ‫أﺳ َﻠ َﻔﺘﺎ ُه َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻘﻮق‪.‬‬ ‫)ﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ﺘﺎهُ( إﻟﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إﺳﺎءَ ٍة وَﻋُ ٍ‬ ‫وأﺳ َﻠﻤَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻨَﻰ ُ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ زا َل ﻳَﻬْ ﺬِي ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺧﺎ َر ْت ُﻗﻮاهُ‪ ،‬وَزاﻳَ َﻠ ُﻪ ُر ْﺷ ُﺪ ُه )ﻓﺎ َر َﻗ ُﻪ ُﻫﺪاهُ(‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫)ﺳﻮءُ‬ ‫واﻟﻀﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺤﺎل(‬ ‫ٱ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ إﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬

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‫)‪ْ (1‬اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ »ﺟُ ﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ«‬ ‫ﻌﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺎرئ ُ ٱ ْﻟﻌﺰﻳ ُﺰ‪ :‬ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ﰲ أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ْ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻫﻮ اﻷﻣريُ »ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻠﺴ َﱰ« ا ﱠﻟﺬي ﻋُ ﻨ َِﻲ‬ ‫أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫أن ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺑﺒﻌﺾ‬ ‫)اﻫﺘَﻢﱠ( ﺑﺎ َملﻠِﻚِ »ﻟِري«‪ ،‬وﺑﺬَل ﻟﻪ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﰲ ُﻗﺪرﺗِﻪ ِﻣﻦ ِرﻋﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ وإﻛﺮام‪ .‬وإﻧﱢﻲ َﻟﻤُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛ ُ َﻚ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُﺤﺰن؛ ﻟﺘﺘَﻌ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻮص ٰﻫﺬه اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺨﺎﻟﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ف ﻣﻜﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻣﻦ ُﺷ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺪﻳﺜﻪ ٱ ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻠﺴ َﱰ« ﺷﺪﻳ َﺪ اﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ َمل ِ‬ ‫ﻠﻴﻜﻪ »ﻟري«‪ .‬وﻗﺪ ﺣَ ِﺰن ﻟِﻤﺎ أﺻﺎﺑﻪ ﻣﻦ ﻧ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن اﻷﻣريُ »ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫ﺪاث‪ ،‬وﺑ َﻜﻰ ﻟِﻌَ ﺜ ْ َﺮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ )ﻟ َِﺴ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺘ ِ​ِﻪ(‪ .‬وﻟﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﺧﻼﺻﻪ َوو ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وأﺣْ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺋﻪ ﻟﻪ‬ ‫ُﺴﺎوﻳ ِﻪ( — ﰲ إ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻜﻦ ﻳَﻌ ِﺪﻟُ ُﻪ )ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻐ َﺮى ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻮزﻳﺮ‪ ،‬و» ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﺑﻨﺎت ا َملﻠﻚِ »ﻟري«‪.‬‬ ‫— ﻏريُ »ﻛﻨﺖ«‪:‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫)‪ (2‬وَﻟﺪا ْاﻷَﻣ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻢ أﺣَ ﺪﻫﻤﺎ‪» :‬إِدْﺟﺎر« ْ‬ ‫ﺪان‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳ ُﻢ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‪» :‬إ ِ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪ«‪.‬‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ﻟِﻬٰ ﺬا اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤُﺨﻠِﺺ اﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱢ و َﻟ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻜﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧﻲ — ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻓﺄﻣﱠ ﺎ اﻷ ﱠو ُل‬ ‫ﻮق‪ .‬وﻟﻢ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﻜﺎن ﻣﺜﺎ َل اﻟﻮَﻓﺎءِ‪ ،‬وأﻣﱠ ﺎ أﺧﻮ ُه ﻓﻜﺎن ﻣﺜﺎ َل اﻟﻌُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ُﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﺴﺒًﺎ إﻟﻴﻪ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ُﻪ ﺗَﺒَﻨﱠﺎ ُه )اﺗﱠ َﺨﺬَ ُه اﺑْﻨًﺎ( — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﻘﻴﻘﺔ — َو َﻟ َﺪ اﻷَﻣري »ﺟﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ«؛ و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﺸﺎءَﺗِﻪ — وﺟَ ﻌﻠ ُﻪ ِﺻﻨْﻮًا ً‬ ‫)أﺧﺎ( ِﻻ ِ‬ ‫وﺗﻬﺬﻳﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑﻨﻪ »إدْﺟﺎر«‪ ،‬وﺑﺬَ َل ﻟﻪ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻣﻦ ِرﻋﺎﻳ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﴘ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﺒﺎ ُه ﺑﻪ اﻷﻣريُ »ﺟﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ« )ﻣﺎ أﻋﻄﺎ ُه إﻳﱠﺎهُ(‪ ،‬وﻟﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻜﻦ‬ ‫ﻓﻠﻤﺎ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻛﱪ »إ ِ ْدﻣُﻨﺪُ« ﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻟﻪ َﻏ َﺮ ٌ‬ ‫ض ﻳَﺴﻌَ ﻰ إﱃ ﺗَﺤْ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﻲ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻮﺷﺎﻳ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫وإﻳﻐﺎر َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر أﺑﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺴﻮء( ﺑﺄﺧﻴ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻘﻴﻘﻪ‪ ،‬ﻏريُ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫)اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫)إ ِ ْﺷﻌﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ َﻏﻴْ ً‬ ‫ﻈﺎ( ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ؛ ﻟ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴﺘَﺄ ْ ِﺛ َﺮ وﺣْ َﺪ ُه ِﺑﻜ ﱢﻞ ﳾْ ءٍ‪.‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﻓِ ﺮا ُر »إدْﺟﺎ َر«‬ ‫و َدﺑﱠ َﺮ ٰذﻟﻚ اﻟﻮﻟ ُﺪ اﻟﻐﺎد ُر‪» :‬إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪ« ُﻣ َﺆاﻣَ َﺮ ًة َﺧ ِﺴ ً‬ ‫ﻴﺴﺔ ِﻹﻗﺼﺎءِ ﺻﺎﺣﺒ ِﻪ )إﺑﻌﺎدِ هِ( ﻋﻦ أﺑﻴ ِﻪ؛‬ ‫ُﺸﺎو ُر ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ(‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻟﻴﻘﺘُ َﻠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺄَو َْﻫ َﻢ ْاﻷَﻣريَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻤﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ﺛ َ ْﺮوﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫أن و َﻟ َﺪ ُه »إدﺟﺎر« ﻳَﺄْﺗَ ِﻤ ُﺮ ﺑ ِﻪ )ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻨﺼﺒ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻄري‪ .‬وﻣﺎ زا َل ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﺮﻳ ِﻪ )ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﻈﻴﻤﺔ‪ ،‬وﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺪق‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻤﻌُ ﻪُ( وﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﻟﺒُ ُﻪ )ﻳُﺜريُهُ(‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘّﻰ أﻗﻨﻌ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ اﻓﱰا ُه )ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻠ َﻘﻪُ(‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَن َﻗﺮأ َ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻛِﺘﺎﺑًﺎ ز ﱠو َر ُه وﻋﺰا ُه )ﻧ َ َﺴﺒﻪُ( َ‬ ‫إﱃ أَﺧﻴﻪ‪ .‬وﻗﺪ أﻓﻠﺤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻗﻠﻴﻞ — َﻓﻬ َﺮبَ ُ‬ ‫أﺧﻮه »إدﺟﺎر«‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﺮا ًرا ﻣﻦ ُﺳ ْﺨ ِﻂ أﺑﻴﻪ ا ّﻟﺬي ﺗﻮﻋّ ﺪه ﺑﺎﻟﻘﺘﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻣ َﺆاﻣﺮﺗُ ُﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﻌﺮف ﻟِﻐﻀﺒ ِﻪ ﺳﺒﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫دون أن‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻏري ﻣﻦ‬ ‫وﻣُﻨﺬُ ٰذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻴﻮ ِم‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺰﻳﱠﺎ »إدﺟﺎ ُر« ِﺑ ِﺰيﱢ اﻟﻔﻘﺮاءِ‪،‬‬ ‫وﺗﻈﺎﻫﺮ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﻪ وا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮن‪ ،‬ﱠ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وأﻃﻠﻖ ﻋﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ اﺳﻢَ‪» :‬ﺗﻮم ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺴﻜني«‪ ،‬ٱ ﱠﻟﺬي ﻗﺎل ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ »ٱ ْﻟﺒُﻬﻠُﻮ ُل«‪» :‬إِﻧّﻪ َﺷﻴْﻄﺎ ُن‬ ‫َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ ّ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑ ِﺔ‪ «.‬ﻛﻤﺎ ذَ َﻛﺮﺗُ ُﻪ ﻟﻚ‪ ،‬ﻓﻴﻤﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻚ ﻣﻦ أﻧﺒﺎءِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﻣُﺴﺘَﺸﺎ ُر ا َملﻤْ ﻠ َﻜﺔ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن »إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪ« َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮح )ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ َﻢ اﻟ ّﺮ ْﻏﺒَ ِﺔ ﰲ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻠُﻮﱢ(‪ ،‬وﻛﺎن ﻳﺠْ ﻤَ ُﻊ — إﱃ دﻫﺎﺋِﻪ )ﻣَ ْﻜ ِﺮه(‬ ‫ﻄﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﻔﺲ‪ :‬ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫وذَﻛﺎﺋﻪ — ﻣﻦ ُﺧﺒ ِْﺚ اﻟ ّ‬ ‫ﺑﺎل‪ .‬وﻗﺪ اﺑﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ ﻟﻨَﺠﺎﺣِ ﻪ‬ ‫ﺒﻊ وﻟ ْﺆ ِم‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِ ِﻹﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُﻀﺎﻋﻔﺔ‬ ‫ﺴﻴﺴﺔ ا ّﻟﺘﻲ دﺑّﺮﻫﺎ ِ ِﻹﻗﺼﺎءِ أﺧﻴﻪ‪ ،‬وأَﻏﺮا ُه ) َزﻳ َﱠﻦ َﻟﻪُ( ٰذﻟﻚ اﻟﻔﻮ ُز ِﺑﻤ‬ ‫ﰲ ﻣﺆاﻣﺮﺗِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺮش واﻟ ّ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘﻮﻟﺖ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ُﺮ )ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ُز( ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤُﻠﻚِ ‪ .‬وﻗﺪ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﻳﺘﻪ اﻟﺒﻌﻴﺪةِ؛ وﻫﻲ ارﺗﻘﺎءُ‬ ‫ﻟﺘﺤﻘﻴﻖ‬ ‫ﻫِ ﻤّ ِﺘﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫وﻫ ْ‬ ‫ﺟﺖ ِﺑﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻜﺖ ﺗَﻔﻜريَه‪ ،‬واﻣﺘ َﺰ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﻳﺔ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺗَﻤَ ّﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻤﻨﺖ )ﺗَ َﻐ ّﻠﺒ َْﺖ( ﻋﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻪ؛ ﻓﺄﺻﺒﺢ‬ ‫ٰﻫﺬه‬ ‫ٱﻗﱰاف ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮغ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴّﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨ َ ِﻊ واﻵﺛﺎم )ا ْرﺗِﻜﺎبَ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫ﻻ ﻳُﺒﺎﱄ‬ ‫ﻘﺒﺎﺋﺢ وا ْﻟﺠَ َﺮاﺋ ِﻢ(‪ ،‬ﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺸﺎ َر ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫وﻟﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺧﺘني ﺟﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬وﺛ َ ّﻢ ﺑﺪأ‬ ‫ﻤﻠﻜﺔ ﻛ ﱢﻠﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺿ َﻊ ﺛ َِﻘ ِﺔ اﻷ ُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺔ ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﻮ ِﻏ ُﺮ ﺻﺪ َر »ﺟُ ﻨْﺮﻳﻞ« و»رﻳﺠﺎن« ﻋﲆ أﺑﻴﻬﻤﺎ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ زا َل ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﺳ ُﻢ ﻟﻬﻤﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ّ‬ ‫ﻼص ﻣﻨﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻠﺨ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وﻳُﺰﻳﱢ ُﻦ ﻟﻬﻤﺎ ٰذﻟﻚ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘّﻰ ْأﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺒﻴﺚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺸﺎر ا ْﻟﻤﺎﻛِﺮ‬ ‫ﺼﺘﺎه ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﻼ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ ﻟ ٰﺬﻟﻚ ا ُمل ْﺴﺘَ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫اﻟﺠﺎﺳ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻮس‬ ‫)‪(5‬‬ ‫)ﺧﺒ ُْﺚ ِﻧﻴّﺘﻪ( ﻋﻨ ْ َﺪ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟﺤﺪﱢ؛ ﻓﺮاحَ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ِّﺘﻪ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻨﻘ ُﻞ إﱃ ِﺑﻨْﺘَ ْﻲ » ِﻟريَ« ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻟُ ْﺆ ُم َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻘ ْ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫أﺧﺒﺎ َر اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫»ﺟُ ﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ«‪ ،‬ا ّﻟﺬي ﺗَﺒَﻨّﺎ ُه وﺗَﻌَ ﻬﱠ َﺪ ُه ﻣﻨﺬُ ﻧَﺸﺎءَﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ورﺑّﺎ ُه ﰲ ﺣﺪاﺛﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وﻟﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ري ﱠ‬ ‫أن‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺒﺎل اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻘﻬﻢ ﺑ ِﻪ — ﻳَﺘَﺠَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس إﻟﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وأ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺲ أﺧﺒﺎ َره‪ ،‬وﻳُﺤْ ِﴢ )ﻳَﻌُ ﺪﱡ( ﻋﻠﻴﻪ‬ ‫»إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪَ« — أﻗ َﺮبَ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫أﻋﻤﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻟﻴﺒ ﱢﻠ َﻐﻬﺎ أﻋﺪاءَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺘﺰ ُم اﻟﻌَ ﻮْد َة َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻟري«؛‬ ‫ف »إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪُ« — ﻣﻦ ﻣ‬ ‫ري — أﻧﻪ ﻳَﻌْ ِ‬ ‫ُﺤﺎدﺛﺔ اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎب إﱃ »د َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫رﻓﻴﻘﻪ » َﻛﻨﺖ« ﺑﻤﺎ ﻳﺘﻬَ ﱠﺪ ُد ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜ ُﻪ ﻣﻦ ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎر‪ ،‬وﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﻴﺚ‬ ‫ُوﻓ َﺮ«‪،‬‬ ‫َﴫ‬ ‫ﻟﻴُﺒ ﱢ َ‬ ‫أﺧ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻﻴَ ُﻪ ﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐ َﺮى ِ‬ ‫ﺗُﻘِ ﻴ ُﻢ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﴤ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ) ِﻟﻴ ُْﺨ ِﱪَﻫﺎ( ِﺑﻤﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ أﺑُﻮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻻ ﻳﺰا ُل‬ ‫ﺑﻨﺎت »ﻟري«؛ ﻟﻴ ُْﻔ ِ َ‬ ‫أﺣﺪاث ُ‬ ‫وﺧ ُ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻮب‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻠﻘﺎهُ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻧﺼﻴﺤﺔ اﻷﻣري‬ ‫)‪(6‬‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪ ،‬ﻋﺎﺋﺪًا إﱃ »اﻟﺪ ْﱠﺳ َﻜ َﺮةِ« )اﻟﻘ ْﺮﻳَ ِﺔ( اﻟﺘﻲ أ ْو َد َع ﻓﻴﻬﺎ »ﻟريَ«‬ ‫و َﻟﻤّ ﺎ َﺧ َﺮجَ اﻷﻣريُ »ﺟُ ﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ« ﻣﻦ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫َأﺻﺤﺎﺑَﻪُ‪ْ ،‬أﻓ َﴣ إﻟﻴﻬ ْﻢ ﺑﻤﺎ ﻳُﺴﺎو ُر ُه ِﻣﻦ َﻗ َﻠ ٍﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ِة املﻠﻚِ ‪ .‬وأﻟﺢﱠ ﻋَ َﲆ ّ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ »ﻟري« ﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺣﻴﺚ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ — ﻣﻦ ِرﻋﺎﻳ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒﺎ ﱠر ِة » ُﻛﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« وﻋﻨﺎﻳﺘﻬﺎ — ﻣﺎ ﻫﻮ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﺴﺎﻓ َﺮ إِﱃ »دُوﻓﺮ«؛‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺧ ٌ‬ ‫ﻠﻴﻖ )ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺮ( ﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َز ﱠو َد ُه ﺑﻤﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ إِﻟﻴﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪ .‬وَﻗ ْﺪ أ ْد َر َك ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ » َﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ« ﻣﺎ ﻳﺘﻬَ ﱠﺪ ُد‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻮات ُ‬ ‫» ِﻟريَ« ِﻣ َﻦ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺄﴎ َع إِﱃ ﺗﻨﻔﻴ ِﺬ ﻣﺎ أوْﺻﺎ ُه ﺑ ِﻪ اﻷﻣريُ »ﺟﻠُﺴﱰ« ﻗﺒ َﻞ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺮﺻﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎر؛‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻷﺧ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻧ َ ْﻜﺒ َُﺔ اﻷَﻣري‬ ‫»رﻳﺠﺎ ُن« وزوﺟُ ﻬﺎ و»ﺟُ ﻨﺮﻳ ُﻞ«‬ ‫وﻣﺎ ﻋﺎ َد اﻷﻣريُ »ﺟُ ﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ« إﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺒ َ​َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ِ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧﺘُﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑﻌﺪ أن ﻋَ َﺮﻓﻮا ﻣﻦ »إ ِ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪَ« ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﻴﺚ‪ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺪا ُه )ﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ﻪ( اﻷﻣريُ إﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻟري«‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻊ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ٍ‬ ‫)وﺿﻌُ ﻮ ُه ﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻜﺮﻳ ِﻢ؛ ﻓﺄ ْوﺛ َ ُﻘﻮا ﻛ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﺘﺎﻓﻪ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻴُﻮ ِد‬ ‫وﺻ ﱠﻔﺪُوه‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﻏﻀﺒُﻬ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷﻣري ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺘﻨﻜﻴﻞ ﺑ ِﻪ )ﺗﻌْ ﺬﻳ ِﺒﻪ( و َ​َﺷﺘْ ِﻤﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺘَ ُﻔﻮا َﺷﻌَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺮات ﻣﻦ ﻟِﺤْ ﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻼل(‪ .‬وﺗَﻤﺎ َدوْا ﰲ اﻹﺳﺎءَ ِة‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْﻏ ِ‬ ‫َت ﻧ ِْﻘﻤَ ﺘُﻬﻢ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ‪َ .‬‬ ‫أﻫ ٌﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻋﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬زاد ْ‬ ‫ﻏﻀﺐ وﺛﺎر ﻟﻜﺮاﻣﺘِﻪ‪ ،‬وذ ّﻛ َﺮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﺑﻤﺎ ﻫ َﻮ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺘﻘ ﱠﺪ َم‬ ‫»ر َ‬ ‫ﻳﺠﺎن«‪ ،‬وأﺧ َﺮجَ ﻋﻴﻨﻴﻪ‪ :‬واﺣِ َﺪ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أُﺧ َﺮى؛ َﻓﴫَ َخ ْاﻷَﻣريُ ﻣ َُﻐ ﱢﻮﺛًﺎ )ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻐِ ﻴﺜًﺎ(‪،‬‬ ‫إﻟﻴ ِﻪ َزوْجُ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ً‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ َﻦ اﻟﺠﺎﻧ َِﻲ اﻷﺛِﻴ َﻢ َ‬ ‫ﺪﻣﻪ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ أن ﻋَ ِﻤﻴ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴﻨﺎهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘﺤﻤﱠ ﺲ ﻟﻨ ُ ْﴫَﺗﻪ أﺣ ُﺪ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺔ ﻗﺎ ِﺗ َﻠ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫‪35‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫)ﻣﺎت( ٰذﻟﻚ اﻟﺨﺎدِ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ ُﻢ ﰲ‬ ‫اﻧﺘﺼﺎ ًرا ﻟِﻤَ ﻮْﻻهُ‪ ،‬واﻧﺘِﻘﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ أﻋﻤﺎهُ‪ .‬وﻗ ْﺪ َﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﻮاﺟﺐ اﻟﻨ ّ ِﺒﻴﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺳﺒﻴﻞ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬دُون ْ‬ ‫أن ﺗُﺪ ِْر َﻛﻬﻢ ﺷﻔﻘﺔ ﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻻ‬ ‫أﻣّ ﺎ اﻷﻣريُ »ﺟُ ﻠُ ْﺴﱰ«‪ ،‬ﻓﻘﺪ أ ْﻟﻘﻮْا ﺑ ِﻪ ﺧﺎرجَ ا ْﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫رﺣﻤﺔ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬اﻟ ﱠﺰار ُع واﻷﻣري‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫ني ْ‬ ‫ﺷﻴﺦ ﰲ اﻟﺜﱠﻤﺎﻧ َ‬ ‫وﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ اﻷﻣريُ ُﺧ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻋُ ﻤُﺮهِ؛ ﻓﻴﺴﺄَﻟُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻗﻠﻴﻠﺔ ﻋﲆ َﻏري ُﻫﺪًى‪ ،‬ﻓﻴَ ْﻠﻘﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻄﻮات‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﺪاث‪ .‬ﻓريْﺟُ ﻮ ُه اﻷﻣريُ أن ﻳﺒﺘَﻌِ َﺪ ﻋﻨ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳُﺼﻴﺒَ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ ﻣَ ﺤْ ﺰوﻧًﺎ ﻋﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣ ﱠﻞ ﺑﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ‬ ‫أﺟْ ِﻠﻪ ُﺳﻮءٌ‪ ،‬ﻓﻴﻘﻮ ُل ﻟﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬ ‫وﴐ ﰲ ﺳﺒﻴﻠ ِﻚ؛ ﻓﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﺸﺄ ْ ُت‬ ‫ﻴﺦ‪» :‬أﺣْ ِﺒﺐْ ﺑﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ أ ْﻟﻘﺎ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ أذًى ُ ﱟ‬ ‫وﻣﻦ أﺑﻴ َﻚ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﺟَ ْﺮﺗُﻬﺎ ﻣﻨﻚ ْ‬ ‫اﻷرض ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ْ‬ ‫وﻟﻦ أﺗ ُﺮ َﻛ َﻚ وَﺣﻴﺪًا‪،‬‬ ‫ﰲ ﻧِﻌْ ﻤَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪ ،‬وﻋ ِْﺸ ُﺖ ﻣﻦ َﻏ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ف اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﻌ َﺪ أن ﻓﻘﺪْت ﻧُﻮ َر ﻋَ ﻴﻨﻴ َﻚ‪ ،‬وﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺰ َت ﻋﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﴫ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫وأﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟ ُﻪ »ﺟﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ«‪» :‬ﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﺗﻌﺜ ﱠ ْﺮ ُت ﰲ ﻃﺮﻳﻘﻲ ﺣ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ْ ُت ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻜﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ني ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﻨِﻲ( ﻋﻴْﻨﺎيَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺼﻤْ ﻨِﻲ ) َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺤْ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ َرأ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻠﻌﲇ أﻋُ ﻮ ُد إﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮاب وأﻧﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺈ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺑﻲ ﻣﻦ ْ‬ ‫أﺗﴪ َع ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻜﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫اﻷﺷﻴﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫أﻋْ ﻤَ ﻰ‪ ،‬ﻓﻼ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ (9‬اﻷﻣريُ وا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨﻮ ُن‬ ‫و َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﰲ ﻃﺮﻳﻘﻬﻤﺎ »ﺗُﻮم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ُ‬ ‫ﻨﻮن ﻛﻌﺎدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وﻟﻌ ّﻠ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ني«‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻵن ﻗﺪ‬ ‫وﻫﻮ‬ ‫ﻳﺘﻈﺎﻫ ُﺮ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺑﻌ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻘ ْﻮ َل‪ :‬إﻧﱠﻪ »إدﺟﺎ ُر« و َﻟ ُﺪ اﻷﻣري‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي و َ​َﳽ ﺑﻪ أ َ ُﺧﻮ ُه »إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪ«‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱡ ﻣﺎ أﺻﺎبَ واﻟ َﺪ ُه َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﻔﺎض ﻗﻠﺒُ ُﻪ َﻟﻮْﻋَ ًﺔ )ﺣُ ْﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ( وﺣُ ﺰﻧًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت؛‬ ‫و َرأَى اﻟ َﻮ َﻟ ُﺪ َ ﱡ‬ ‫و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ آﺛ َ َﺮ َ‬ ‫واﻟﺼ ْﱪَ؛ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺣﻘﻴﻘﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮه ﻓﺘﻨ َﻜ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣﻴﻠﺘُﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ أﺑﻮ ُه إﱃ‬ ‫)ﻓ ﱠﻀﻞ( اﻟﺘﺠَ ﱡﻠ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺴﻜني‪ .‬ﻓﻘﺎل ﻟﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ أﻟﺢﱠ اﻷﻣريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ‪:‬‬ ‫ارع أن ﻳ ُْﺴﻠﻤَ ُﻪ إﱃ ٰذﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻨﻮن؟«‬ ‫»وﻛﻴﻒ أ ْﺳ ِﻠ ُﻤ َﻚ إﱃ ﻣَ ﺠْ ٍ‬ ‫ني ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻀ ﱢﻠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﺴﺒُﻬُ ﻢ ﻋُ َﻘﻼءَ‪ ،‬ﺧﺎدِ ﻋ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺄَﺟﺎﺑ ُﻪ اﻷﻣريُ‪» :‬ﻟﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ني ﰲ ٰﻫﺬ ِه اﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮدِ‪َ ّ .‬‬ ‫ي( ﻣﻦ ﻧَﺤْ َﺴﺒُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺠﺎ ِﻧ َ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ْي أُو ٰﻟ ِﺌ َﻚ‬ ‫ني‪َ :‬ﺧ ْريًا ِﻣﻤﺎ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ﰲ َﻫﺪ ِ‬ ‫ْي ِ)ﰲ َرأ ِ‬ ‫وﻟﻌﲇ أ ِﺟ ُﺪ ﰲ َﻫﺪ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫ً‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻈﺎﻫِ ﺮﻳﻦ ﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻘ ِﻞ وا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ أن ﺗُ ْﺴﺪِيَ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﺟَ ً‬ ‫ﺼﻨ َ َﻊ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻣَ‬ ‫ﻤﻴﻼ )ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻌﺮوﻓﺎ(‪،‬‬ ‫ﻌﺎريَ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺴﻜ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻓﺄَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ ﺛِﻴﺎﺑًﺎ ﻟِﺘ ْﻜ ُﺴ َﻮ ﺑﻬﺎ ٰذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ﻟ ُﻪ َﺧريَ ﻣﺎ ﻋِ ﻨﺪي َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎب‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِار ُع‪» :‬ﺳﺄُﺣْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ري و َو َﻟﺪِه‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ﺣِ ﻮا ُر اﻷَﻣ ِ‬ ‫وﺳﺎ َر اﻷَﻣريُ ﻣ َﻊ و َﻟﺪِه »إدْﺟﺎ َر«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬي َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻻ ﻳَﺰا ُل ﻳ َ‬ ‫َﺘﻈﺎﻫ ُﺮ أَﻣﺎ َم أﺑﻴ ِﻪ ﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨﻮ ٌن‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ إﱃ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻘﻴﻘﺘِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫وﺳﺄَﻟ ُﻪ اﻷَﻣريُ‪» :‬أﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﻄﺮﻳﻖ — ﻳﺎ َﻓﺘَﻰ — إﱃ »دُوﻓﺮ«؟«‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﺧﺎﻓِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﺧﻮاﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﻻ أَﺟْ ﻬ ُﻞ َﺷﻴﺌًﺎ ِﻣﻦ ﻣَ ﻌﺎﻟِﻤﻬﺎ وﻣَ ﺠﺎﻫِ ﻠﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ُ‬ ‫ﺑﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ف )ﺗُ ِﻄ ﱡﻞ( ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻪُ‪ِ » :‬ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ‪ْ ِ :‬‬ ‫ﴎ ﻣَ ﻌﻲ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ َ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﻟﻴﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻨﻔﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ ٰذﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻌُ ﻠُ ﱢﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أُﻛﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ ُه َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻫِ ِﻖ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻵﻻ ِم‬ ‫ﺒﻞ؛ ِﻷ ُ ْﻟﻘِ َﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻣﻦ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺟﻌَ ِﺔ(‪ُ .‬‬ ‫اﻟﻜﻴﺲ ﺑﻤﺎ ﻓﻴﻪ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َُﱪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎل‪ ،‬ﻣُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة ﻟ َﻚ ﻋﲆ ٰذﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫وﺧﺬْ ٰﻫﺬا‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ٍ‬ ‫ﱢﺣﺔ )ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﺘﻈﺎﻫ َﺮ وﻟ ُﺪ ُه ِﺑﻄﺎﻋﺘِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻣﺎ زا َل ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َﻤﴚ ﻣﻌ ُﻪ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ﺑ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺗﻔﺎع ﰲ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﻗﻠﻴﻠﺔ اﻻ ْر ِ‬ ‫ﺳﻔﺢ اﻟﺠَ ﺒﻞ‪ .‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أﺑْﻌ َﺪ ٰﻫﺬ ِه اﻟﻘِ ﻤﱠ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻫِ َﻘ َﺔ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ! إﻧﱢﻲ َﻷ َ َرى أﺣ َﺪ‬ ‫ﻋﻦ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫واﻗﻒ ﻋﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ؛ َﻓﻴ َُﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ — ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط اﻟﻌُ ﻠُ ﱢﻮ — أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓﺄ ْ َر ٌة َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐري ٌة‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠﺎدﻳﻦ وﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫أﺗﺒني َر ْﺳﻤَ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻟﻔ ْﺮ ِط َ‬ ‫وأ َرى ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺮاﻛِﺐَ اﻟ َﻜﺒريَ َة؛ ﻓﻼ أﻛﺎ ُد ّ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﺂ َﻟﺘﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫)ﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ِﺻ َﻐ ِﺮﻫﺎ(‪ ،‬وﺣَ ﻘﺎر ِة‬ ‫ﺠﺎﻣﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻫﻠُ ّﻢ — ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪي — ْ‬ ‫أﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗﻔِ ْﺰ ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ!«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛﻪ ﺻﺎدِ ٌق ﻓﻴﻤﺎ ﻳﻘﻮ ُل؛ ﻓﻘﻔﺰ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻔﺢ‬ ‫و َﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إﱃ اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺨﺮ ِة إﱃ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫دون ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﺒﻞ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫أن ﻳُﺼﻴﺒَ ُﻪ ُﺳﻮءٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣُﺘﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑﺄﻧ ُﻪ ﺷﺨ ٌ‬ ‫ﻏري ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺺ آﺧ ُﺮ؛ ﻓﻘﺎل ﻟﻪُ‪:‬‬ ‫وأﻗﺒَ َﻞ وﻟﺪُه »إدْﺟﺎ ُر«‪ ،‬وﻗ ْﺪ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺗﻔﺎع ﱠ‬ ‫دون ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻖ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﴪ َر َﻗﺒَﺘُ َﻚ(‪،‬‬ ‫أن ﻳُﺪ ﱠَق ﻋُ ﻨ ُ ُﻘ َﻚ )ﺗَﻨ َﻜ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫» َﻛﻴﻒ ﻫ َﻮﻳ َْﺖ — ﻳﺎ ﻋَ ﱢﻢ — ﻣﻦ ٰذﻟ َﻚ اﻻ ْر ِ‬ ‫وﺗُ ْﺴﺤَ َﻖ ﻋِ ﻈﺎ ُﻣ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﺳ َﻘ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ْاﻷَﻣريُ ﻣﻤّ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل ﻟﻪ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ﺗﻔﺎع ﻫ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺖ(؟« ﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑ ُﻪ‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ أيﱢ ٱ ْر ٍ‬ ‫ﺤﻴﻘ ِﺔ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺗﻌﺮ ُ‬ ‫»إدْﺟﺎ ُر« ُﻣﺘَﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ﺑﺎﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﻬُ ﱠﻮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫)ﻣﻘﺪا َر ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻔﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﺸﺔ وا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﺳ َﻘﻄﺖ( ﻓﻴﻬﺎ؟ َﻟﻘ ْﺪ َرأﻳْﺘُﻚ — ﻣُﻨﺬُ ﻟﺤْ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﻤﻴﻘ ِﺔ( ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠدﻳ َْﺖ َ‬ ‫وأﻧﺖ ﰲ ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻈﺔ ﻳ َِﺴري ٍة —‬ ‫ﺒﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻫِ ﻖ‪ ،‬وﻣَ ﻌﻚ ﻣَ‬ ‫ﺨﻠﻮق ﻋَ ﺠﻴﺐٌ ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺒﺪُو ﻋﻴﻨﺎ ُه ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ — ﻟﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة اﺗّﺴﺎﻋِ ِﻬﻤﺎ —‬ ‫ٰﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫‪37‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ﻒ وَﺟْ ٍﻪ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ﰲ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﻄﺎ ٌن ﻣَ ِﺮﻳ ٌﺪ َ‬ ‫أن ﻟ ُﻪ أ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﺮان‪ ،‬وﻗ ْﺪ ُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ َ‬ ‫)ﺧ ٌ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺒﻴﺚ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﺮان ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼﻣﺔ؛ ﻓﻤﺎ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓ ْﻠﺘَﻬْ ﻨَﺄ ْ ِﺑﻨَﺠﺎﺗِﻚ ﻣﻨﻪُ‪ ،‬و ْﻟﺘَ ْﻔ َﺮحْ ﺑﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫أﺷ ﱡﻚ ﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ َت ﺑﻪ ِﻣﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﻨﺎﻳﺔ ا ِﻹ ٰﻟﻬﻴﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫أن‬ ‫ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﺒُﻚ وﺗَﺤْ ُﺮ ُﺳ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ ،‬إذْ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﻬُ ﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﻤﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟريُ«‪ ،‬وﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﻘ َﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ َرأ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر‬ ‫وإﻧﱠﻬﻤﺎ َﻟ‬ ‫ﻴﺴريان ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﻪ ﺗﺎﺟً ﺎ ِﻣﻦ اﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﻓﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎ ُه »إدْﺟﺎ ُر«‪ ،‬أَﻧﺸﺄ َ »ﻟِري« ﻳَﻬْ ﺬِي وﻳُﺠَ ﻤْ ِﺠ ُﻢ أ َ ْﻟﻔﺎ ً‬ ‫ﻇﺎ ﻻ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨَﻰ َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻌَ َﺮ َﻓﻪ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫وﺳﺄَﻟ ُﻪ ً‬ ‫ﻠﺴﱰ« — ﺣ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻪ — َ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤﻊ َ‬ ‫»ﺟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋﻼ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣَ ْﻦ أ َ َرى؟ أ َ َﻟ ْﺴ َﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ َﻚ »ﻟِري«؟«‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫ﻓﺄَﺟﺎﺑﻪ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮارﺣﻲ )ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻋُ ْﻀ ٍﻮ ِﻣﻦ أﻋْ ﻀﺎﺋﻲ(‪ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺟﺎرﺣَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫»إن ﻛ ﱠﻞ ِ‬ ‫ﺧﺔ ﻣُﺤَ ﺪ ً‬ ‫ﺻﺎر ً‬ ‫أﻧﺖ‪ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﱢﺛﺔ‪ :‬أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري«‪ .‬أﻣّ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ َﻚ إ ِ ّﻻ ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺮات ِﺟ ْﺴﻤﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺘَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ َﻞ«‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺑﺮﻏ ِﻢ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﻠﺤْ ﻴَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ٱﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺒﺎ ُل وا ْﻟﻬَ ﺬَﻳﺎ ُن ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ ﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ِﺰ َن اﻷَﻣريُ ﻟِﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫وﻫﺎن ﻋَ ﻠﻴ ِﻪ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫َث‪،‬‬ ‫ﺪاث ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣﻦ أﺣْ ٍ‬ ‫ﺂل )ا ْﻟﻌﺎﻗِ ﺒَ ِﺔ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻮب‪ ،‬ﺑﻌْ َﺪ أن رأَى ﻣﺎ ﺑ َﻠﻐ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟري« ﻣﻦ ُﺳﻮءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫وﺧ ٍ‬

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‫)‪ (12‬ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺔ‬ ‫ﻮاﺻﻒ اﻟﺜّﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ُة‪ ،‬وﺳ َﻜﻨ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋﻮ ُد ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪو ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫وﺗﻘ ﱠﺸﻌَ ﺖ )زا َﻟﺖ( ﱡ‬ ‫َﻫﺪأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤُ ﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤُﺘﻠﺒﱢﺪ ُة‪،‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻓﻴﺔ ﺑﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن ﺣَ ﺠﺒﺘْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﻴﻮمُ‪ .‬وﻋﺎد َِت ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻨ ْ ُﺖ اﻟﻮ ِﻓﻴ ُﱠﺔ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ﰲ ِ‬ ‫وَﻇﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﺮت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟﻴﺸﻬﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻌﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﻟﺘُﻨﻘِ ﺬَ أﺑﺎﻫﺎ ﻣﻤّ ﺎ ﻳُﻌﺎﻧﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣﻦ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َزﻳﺮ‬ ‫واﻟﻜﻮارث‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮال‬ ‫اﻷﻫ ِ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻗ ْﺪ ﻋﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ِ​ِﺺ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻨْﺖ«‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ ﻋﺎﻧﺎ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻮب وا ْﻟ ِﻤﺤَ ِﻦ‪ .‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﺧﱪ َْت َزوْﺟَ ﻬﺎ‪ :‬ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ »ﻟِري« ﻣﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫»ﻓﺮﻧﺴﺎ« ﺑﺘﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻘِ ّ‬ ‫ﺗني‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱢﺰﻋَ ِﺔ؛ ﻓﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻐﺎدِ َر ْ ِ‬ ‫َﱰ ّد ْد ﰲ إﻋْ ﺪادِ ﺟﻴ ٍْﺶ ﻛﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﻟﺘﺄْدِ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﻜﻴﻞ ِﺑﻬﻤﺎ )ﺟَ ﻌْ ِﻠﻬﻤﺎ ﻧ َ ً‬ ‫ِﱪ ًة(؛ ﺟَ ﺰاءَ ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫أﺳ َﻠﻔﺘﺎ ُه إﱃ أﺑﻴﻬﻤﺎ »ﻟِري«‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻦ إﺳﺎءَ ٍة‬ ‫ﻜﺎﻻ وﻋ ْ َ‬ ‫واﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫وﺟُ ﺤﻮدٍ‪.‬‬ ‫‪40‬‬

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‫ﺒﻨﺎت‪ ،‬وأو ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻐ َﺮى ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ ﻛﺎن أﴎ َع » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ْﻓﺎﻫ ﱠﻦ ﻋَ ﻬْ ﺪًا‪ ،‬وأﻛﺮﻣَ ﻬُ ﱠﻦ ً‬ ‫ﻧﻔﺴﺎ‪ ،‬إِﱃ ﻧَﺠْ ﺪ ِة‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إِﱃ‬ ‫أﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪ .‬ﻓﻘ ْﺪ ﻏﺎد َر ْت‬ ‫»دوﻓﺮ« — ِﻣﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْرﻫﺎ — وﻣﺎ زا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗَ ِﺠ ﱡﺪ ﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺘﺬار ﻟﻪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻛﺎﺑَﺪَه‬ ‫أﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﻫﻲ أﺷﻮ َُق ﻣﺎ ﺗﻜﻮ ُن إِﱃ‬ ‫ﻟﻘﺎﺋﻪ‪ ،‬و َﻟﺜ ْ ِﻢ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ )ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ(‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫وٱﻻ ِ‬ ‫ذﻻل َ‬ ‫ﻮان‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻬﻤﺎ ﻣﻦ إ ِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻘﻮق ﺑﻨﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﲆ أﻳْﺪ ِ‬ ‫وﻫ ٍ‬ ‫)ﻗﺎﺳﺎهُ( ِﻣﻦ ﻋُ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (13‬ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒﻴﺐ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ﻋﻤﻴﻖ‪ .‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل ﻟﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺴﺘﻐﺮﻗﺎ ﰲ ُﺳ ٍ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒﻴﺐُ ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت )ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم(‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إﻟﻴﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ﻣ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫»أَﺗﺄْﻣ ُِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ — ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻﺗِﻲ — أن أُﻧﺒﱢﻬَ ﻪُ؟«‬ ‫ﻟﻴﺲ ِﱄ ﺑ ِﻪ ﻋِ ﻠﻢٌ‪ .‬ﻓﺎﻓﻌ ْﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳُﻮﺣِ ﻴﻪ إِﻟﻴﻚ ِﻃﺒﱡ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﱢ‬ ‫وﻧﻔﺬْ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ ﻟﻪ‪» :‬ﻟﻴﺲ ِﱄ أ َ ْن آ ُﻣ َﺮ ﺑﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎرﺑُﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﺗُﺸريُ ﺑﻪ ﻋﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﺧِ ﱪَﺗُ َﻚ وﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺒﻴﺐُ ‪» :‬أ َ َرى أن ﻧُﻮ ِﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ ﻋﲆ ﻋَ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳﻴﻘﻰ‪ ،‬ﺑﻌﺪ أن ﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻜﺴ َﻮ ُه ﺣُ ﱠﻠ ًﺔ ﺟﺪﻳﺪ ًة‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎن ا ُمل ْﺸ ِﺠﻴَ ِﺔ )ا ُمل ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘﻴﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ(‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ أ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳﺮاه؛ ﻓﻼ‬ ‫)ﺛ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ﻟﻢ ﻳُ ْﻠﺒ َْﺲ(‪ .‬وﻣﺘَﻰ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻋﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ُﻔﺎر َﻗﻪ‪ .‬ﱠ‬ ‫وإن ﰲ ﻣُﺤﺎدﺛ َ ِﺔ ﺟﻼﻟﺘِﻚِ إِﻳﱠﺎه‪َ ،‬ﻟﺪَواءً‬ ‫َﻠﺒﺚ أن ﻳﻌﻮ َد إِﻟﻴﻪ ُر ْﺷ ُﺪ ُه ا ﱠﻟﺬي أوْﺷ َﻚ أن ﻳ ِ‬ ‫أَﻧﺠَ َﻊ ْ‬ ‫)أﺷ َﻔﻰ( ﻟﻪ ﻣﻦ ﻛ ﱢﻞ دَواءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (14‬ﻣُﻨﺎﺟﺎ ُة » ُﻛ ْﺮدِ ْﻟﻴﺎ«‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ْ :‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ٰذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻊُ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻼ‬ ‫»اﺻﻨ َ ْﻊ — ﻟ ِ​ِﺸﻔﺎﺋِﻪ — ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ‪ ،‬واﺑْﺬُ ْل ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫إِﺑْﻄﺎءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫وملﺎ ﻋَ َﺰﻓ ِﺖ اﻟﻤُﻮﺳﻴﻘﻰ‪َ ،‬دﺑ ِﱠﺖ اﻟﻴَﻘﻈﺔ ِﰲ ﻧﻔ ِﺲ اﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ﺷﻴْﺌﺎ ﻓﺸﻴْﺌﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﻰ أﻓﺎق ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻏ ِﺸﻴَﻪ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫)ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أﺻﺎﺑﻪُ(‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺒﺎﺗِﻪ اﻟﻌﻤﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ »ﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة اﻟ ّﻠﻮْﻋَ ِﺔ ﻟِﻤﺎ أﺻﺎبَ واﻟﺪَﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺮﻳ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﻮ ِْل ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫أﺿ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮْﺟﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﻌﻔ ْﺖ ﺟﺴﻤَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬وأ ْر َﻫ َﻘ ْﺖ )أﺗْﻌَ ﺒ َْﺖ( أﻋْ ﺼﺎﺑَﻪُ؛ َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﺰﻳﻦ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻨﺎﺟﻴ ِﻪ ُﻣ ْﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺘﺎﻋﺔ )ﻣُﺘﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤَ ًﺔ(‪ ،‬وﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪ٰ :‬‬ ‫ﻮق وا ْﻟ َﻐﺪ ِْر ِﺑﻨْﺘﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺰاءَ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫وﺗُ ِ‬ ‫»أﻫﻜﺬا ﺗَﺠْ ِﺰﻳ َﻚ ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫أﻫ َﻜﺬا ﺗَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ َﻗ ْﺴ َﻮ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤﺎ أن ﺗُ ْﺴﻠِﻤﺎ َك َ‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺪاك؟ ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِﺗﻴَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫أﺳ َﻠ َﻔ ْﺖ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﻤﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱡﺮﻋُ ﻮ ِد ا ُمل َﺪ ﱢوﻳَ ِﺔ؟«‬

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‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ وﺟْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠت َﻟﻮْﻋَ ﺘُﻬﺎ وﺣُ ْﺰﻧُﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧْﻌَ ﻤَ ِﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ َر ِﺿﻴَﺘﺎ‬ ‫أن ﻳَﺘَﻌ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮج‪ ،‬و َﻟﻴْﺲ ﻋ َﻠﻴ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻟِﻬٰ ﺬا ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫ض ْ‬ ‫ﱪدِ‬ ‫ﻮال ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻏِ ﻄﺎءٍ ﻳَﻘِﻴ ِﻪ ﻏﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻷﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاﺻ ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻬُ ِ‬ ‫)ﺷ ﱠﺪﺗَﻪُ( َﻏ ْريُ ﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺮات ا ُملﺒْﻴ ﱠَﻀ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻗﻴﻘ ِﺔ؟ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ ﻛﺎﺑَﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ْت — ﻳﺎ أَﺑ َِﺖ — ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮ ِْل‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫أﺳﺄﺗُﻤﺎ‪ ،‬أﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺮض(‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫وﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺘﺎن!‬ ‫واﻟﻀﻨَﻰ )ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺎرﻳًﺎ ُ‬ ‫أن ِﱄ ﻋَ ُﺪوٍّا َﻟﺪُودًا ْ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺳﻠ َ‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﺎ ﻟ ْﻮ ّ‬ ‫ﺣﻘﻮدًا‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﱠﻀﻨﻲ د َ‬ ‫ِﻒ‬ ‫أﻏ َﺮى ﺑ ِﺈﻳﺬاﺋﻲ ﻛﻠﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ(‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َس ِﰲ ﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْﻼءِ ﱠ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ ُ ِﺒﺬَ‬ ‫)اﻟﺸﺪﻳﺪ ِة اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫إِﻟﻴْ ِﻪ إﺳﺎءَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ا ْﻟﻜ ْﻠﺐَ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫أﺳ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺮاءِ )اﻷ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﺨﺎﻟﻴَ ِﺔ(؛ ﻵ َوﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻲ وَأَد َْﻓﺄْﺗُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻣ ِ‬ ‫ُﺘﻨﺎﺳﻴ ًَﺔ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ إﱄ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ أذِ ﻳﱠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َوإِﻳﻼ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻦ و َ​َﻫﺐَ َﻟ ُﻜﻤﺎ ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢَ‪ ،‬وﺗَ َﻔﻨ ﱠ َﻦ ﰲ ِﺑ ﱢﺮ ُﻛﻤﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ ْﺮ أيﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫وﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫إﺳﻌﺎدِ ُﻛﻤﺎ! ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫أﻫﻜﺬا ﺗَﺠْ ِﺰﻳﺎﻧِﻪ؟‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻇ ُﻜﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ُ‬ ‫أﻳ َْﻦ أﻟﻔﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺑﺔ ا ْﻟﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ ُﺔ‪ ،‬اﻟﺘﻲ ُﻛﻨْﺘُﻤﺎ ﺗُﻤَ ﱢﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻧﻪ ﺑﻬﺎ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم دَﻋﺎ ُﻛﻤﺎ ِﻻ ْﻗﺘِﺴﺎ ِم ُﻣ ْﻠﻜ ِ​ِﻪ؟‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ًرا وأ ْﻟﻮاﻧًﺎ ﻻ ﺗُﺤْ َﴡ‪َ ،‬و ٰﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣﺎ ﺗ َﻜ ّﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻏﺪ ِْر ُﻛﻤﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻒﱄ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ّ ْﻠ ُﺖ )ﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ( ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫وب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺴ َﻮ ِة ُ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟ ّ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﻊ — ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻜﻤﺎ — َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎق ﺟَ ﻤﻴ َﻊ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻤﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ ْرﺑَﻰ )زادَ(‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﴐ ِ‬ ‫وﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﱄ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫)أﺻﻨﺎﻓﻬﻤﺎ(‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻘﻮق وا ِﻹﺳﺎءَ ِة‬ ‫ﻋﲆ ﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ذَ َﻫﺐَ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ أ َ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻧني اﻟﻌُ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺔ ّ‬ ‫)‪ (15‬ﻳ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ‬ ‫وأﻓﺎق ّ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ »ﻟِري« ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﻤﻴﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻗﺒ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑﻨﺘ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮَﻓﻴ ُّﺔ » ُﻛ ْﺮدﻟﻴﺎ« ﺗُﺤَ ﻴﱢﻴ ِﻪ ﻗﺎﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎﺗﻪ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»ﻛﻴﻒ ْ‬ ‫ﺠﻼﻟﺔ؟«‬ ‫أﺻﺒَﺤْ َﺖ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﺻﺎﺣﺐَ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫َﻓﺒَﺪ َِت اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ُ‬ ‫ﻬﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ْ‬ ‫ف‪ :‬أﰲ ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ أ ْم ﰲ ﻳ َ​َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺸﺔ ﻋﲆ وَﺟْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﻣﺘﺤريًا‪:‬‬ ‫ﻈﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎل‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫»ﻟِﻤﺎذا ﺑﻌﺜﺘُﻤﻮﻧِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َملﻮ ِْت؟ وملﺎذا أﺧ َﺮﺟْ ﺘُﻤﻮﻧِﻲ ﻣﻦ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِﱪ‪ ،‬ﺑﻌﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن أراﺣَ ﻨﻲ املﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫وﻣﺼﺎﺋﺐ ا ْﻟﺤﻴﺎةِ؟«‬ ‫ﻛﻮار ِث اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ﺬﻫﻮﻻ‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬و َ‬ ‫ﺛﻢ ﻧﻈ َﺮ إِﱃ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ﻣَ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫ِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨُﻮ ُن‪َ ،‬ﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫َأﻧﺖ أﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ ا َملﻼ ِﺋﻜ ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻜﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ْﻠﻴﺎ ّ‬ ‫وﻷيﱢ ﻏﺎﻳ ٍﺔ ِﺟﺌْ َﺖ؟«‬ ‫ﻤﺎوات ﻧ َﺰ ْﻟ َﺖ؟‬ ‫اﻟﺴ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أيﱢ‬ ‫وﻛﻴﻒ ﺣَ َﻠ ْﻠ َﺖ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟﻮاديَ ؟ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘَﻨﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ ؟«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻲ َرأﻳْﺘ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺨ ﱢﱪْﻧﻲ ِﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ —‬ ‫وح ﻣَ ﻼ ِﺋﻜ ﱟ‬ ‫َﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑﻬﺎ‪» :‬أﻧ ْ َﺖ — ِﺑﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — أﻛ َﺮ ُم ُر ٍ‬ ‫أﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻫِ ُﺮ — ﰲ أيﱢ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﺣ ّﻠ ْﺖ ﺑ َﻚ اﻟﻮﻓﺎ ُة؟«‬ ‫‪42‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫)‪ (16‬ﺣِ ﻮا ُر ُه ﻣَ َﻊ » ُﻛ ْﺮدِ ْﻟﻴﺎ«‬ ‫ﻔﺎﺋﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ ﺗُ َﺆ ﱢﺳﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﺗُ ُ‬ ‫ﻼﻃﻔﻪُ‪ ،‬وﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺐُ إِﻟﻴ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻴْﺌَ ْﺲ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ِ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ﻧﻔﺴﻪ ا َملﺤْ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ ْﻮ َر ِة ِ‬ ‫ِﻜﻲ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُ َﻚ ) َﻛﻔﺎ َك(! َﻓﻤﺎ‬ ‫وﻧﺔ ﻓﻘﺎ َل‬ ‫ﻣﺪﻫﻮﺷﺎ‪» :‬ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُ َﻚ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ ا ْﻟﻤﻼﺋ ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْ‬ ‫اﻷﺷﻴﺎء — ﺷﻴﺌًﺎ‪ ،‬وﻣﺎ أﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫أَدري — ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ف أيﱠ ﺛﻮْب ٰﻫﺬا ا ّﻟﺬِي أ ْرﺗﺪﻳ ِﻪ؟‬ ‫أدري ﻣَ ﻦ ا ّﻟﺬي أ َ ْﻟﺒ َ​َﺴﻨِﻴ ِﻪ؟ وَﻟ ْﻮ ﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻤُﻮﻧﻲ — ﰲ ٰﻫﺬه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻜﺎن أﻧﺎ؟‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ — ﰲ أيﱢ‬ ‫وﻻ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫أﻋﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻛﻴﻒ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻟﻤﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ﻟِﺴ َﺆا ِﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺟﻮاﺑًﺎ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻗﻀﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ْﱢق — أﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ ا ْﻟﻜﺮﻳ ُﻢ — أﻧّﻨﻲ ﻻ ِ‬ ‫أﻣﺲ؟ وﻻ أَدري أَﻧﺎﺋ ٌﻢ أﻧﺎ‪ ،‬أَم ﻳ َْﻘﻈﺎ ُن؟ ﺛﻢ ﻻ أَدري أَﺣَ ﱞﻲ أَﻧﺎ‪ ،‬أ ْم ﻣَ ﻴ ٌﱢﺖ؟ وَﻟ ْﻮ ﻃﺎوَﻋْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻳﻮ َم ِ‬ ‫ﻧﻔﴘ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺤﺴﺒﺘُﻤﻮﻧﻲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻀﻴﺖ ﺑﻤﺎ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫َأﻓ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮﻻ أو ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺘُ ً‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤ ُﺮهُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ِ‬ ‫وح‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ! إﻧﻨﻲ ﻷﺗَﻤﺜ ﱠ ُﻞ ﰲ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤﻼ ِﺋﻜ ﱢِﻲ ﺻﻮ َر َة ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻲ اﻟﻮﻓﻴﱠ ِﺔ » ُﻛ ْﺮد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ .‬ﻓﻼ ﻳ َْﺴ َﺨ َﺮ ﱠن ِﻣﻦ ٰﻫﺬا اﻟﻮ َْﻫ ِﻢ أﺣﺪٌ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨﻲ أﻋﺘﻘِ ُﺪ‬ ‫أﻧﱠﻨﻲ ﻻ أَزا ُل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ اﻟﺤﻴﺎةِ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ أَﻋﺘﻘِ ﺪ أ َ ﱠن ٰﻫﺬا اﻟ ﱡﺮوحَ ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِﺛ َﻞ أ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎﻣﻲ ﻫ َﻮ »ﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« ِﺑﻨْﺘﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫)إﺻﺎﺑﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱢ َﻚ(‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻛﻴﺔ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أَﺻﺪ َ​َق ﻓِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺢﱠ َرأْﻳَ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟﻮاﻟ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﺮاﺳﺘَ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ » ُﻛ ْﺮدِﻟﻴﺎ«‬ ‫اﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ!«‬ ‫ﻧﺖ ﺗَﺤْ َﺰﻧ َ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎل ﻟﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬ﻟِﻤﺎذا ﺗَﺒ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ اﻟﺒﺎ ﱠر ُة ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴﻨﺔ؟ أَأ َ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻟِﻤﺎ أَﺻﺎﺑﻨﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺑﻌ َﺪ أَن أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ إِﻟﻴﻚِ ﻣﻦ اﻹﺳﺎءَ ِة ﻣﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺳﻠﻔ ُﺖ؟ أَﻛ ٰﺬﻟﻚِ ﺗَﺠْ ِﺰﻳﻨﻨﻲ إﺣﺴﺎﻧًﺎ ﺑﺈﺳﺎءَةٍ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺴﺎن؟ أَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱠﻚِ أَﻧﻜ ْﺮﺗِﻨِﻲ — ﻛﻤﺎ أَﻧ َﻜ َﺮﺗْﻨﻲ أُﺧﺘﺎكِ — َﻟ ُﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺖ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﺰﺗْﻨﻲ أ ُ ْﺧﺘﺎكِ إِﺳﺎءَ ًة ﺑ ِﺈ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﰲ َﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻌُ ﺬْ ِر«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ ﻟﻪ‪ِ » :‬ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘﺴ ِﻠ ْﻢ ِﻷَﺣْ ﺰا ِﻧ َﻚ — ﻳﺎ أﺑ َِﺖ — ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ٰذﻟﻚ ﻳَﻤﻸ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﻔﴘ َﻫﻤٍّ ﺎ و َﻟﻮْﻋَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴪ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻫﻠ ﱠﻢ ﻳﺎ أَﺑ َِﺖ‪ ،‬ﻓﻠﻦ ﺗَ َﺮى إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣﺎ ﻳ ُ ﱡ‬ ‫)‪ (17‬اﻋﺘِﺬا ُر اﻟﻨﱠﺎدم‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫واﻟﻐ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔﺢَ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻟﻘﺪ أَﺳﺄ ْ ُت إﻟﻴﻚِ أَﺑْ َﻠ َﻎ إﺳﺎءَةٍ‪ ،‬وﻣﺎ أَﺟْ َﺪ َرﻧﻲ أَن أَﻃﻠُﺐَ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻔﺮان‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫)ا ْﻟﻤُﺴﺎﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺔ وا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻐﻔِ َﺮ َة(‪ .‬ﻓﺘﺠﺎو َِزي ْ‬ ‫ﻜﺮﻳﻤﺔ — ﻋﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ ﻳَﺪايَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫)اﺻ َﻔﺤِ ﻲ( — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ ﻟﻪ‪» :‬إﻧﱠﻨﻲ ِﺑﻨْﺘُ َﻚ ا ُمل ْﺆﺗَ ِﻤ َﺮ ُة ﺑﺄﻣْ ِﺮ َك‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻠﺒﱢﻴ َُﺔ ﻹﺷﺎ َرﺗِ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻳَﺤْ ُﺰﻧ ْ َﻚ ﳾءٌ ﺑﻌﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻠﺴﺖ ﱠإﻻ ﺧﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ َو ِﻓﻴ ًﱠﺔ ﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺪَى اﻟﺤﻴﺎةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أﻧﺎ‬

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‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ﻮات ْ‬ ‫َوﺛ َ ﱠﻢ أ ْد َر َك امل ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟِري« — ﻧَﺌ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﺸﺎ )ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻮﻗ ِﺖ( — ِﻣﻘﺪا َر وَﻓﺎءِ ِﺑﻨْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ »ﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪،‬‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﺮف ﻣَ ﺪَى َﺧ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺗُ َﺰ ﱢو ُره ﺑﻨْﺘﺎهُ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ﻛﺎذِ ِب اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺌ ِ​ِﻪ ﺣني َ‬ ‫ﻔﻆ‪ ،‬وﺧﺎﺗِﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﻨﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َﱠق ﻣﺎ‬ ‫)ﺧﺎدِع ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪ ِْح(‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﳋﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻫﺰﻳﻤَ ﺔ » ُﻛﺮدﻟﻴﺎ«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻧﺼﻴﺤﺔ‬ ‫ﻋﺘني‪ ،‬وﻋَ ﱠﻖ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﻛﺎن ﻟِﻴﺪو ُر ِﺑ َﺨ َﻠ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠﻚ »ﻟِري« — ﺣني أﺻﻐﻰ إﱃ ﺗَﻤْ ﻠﻴﻖ ِﺑﻨْﺘَﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺨﺎدِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺘﻮاﻟﻴﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣﺘﺄ َ ﱢﻟ ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫أن أﺣْ َ‬ ‫املﺨﻠﺺ » َﻛﻨْﺖ« — ﱠ‬ ‫ﺒﺔ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠﻫﺮ وﻣﺼﺎﺋﺒَ ُﻪ ﺳﺘﺠﺘﻤ ُﻊ‬ ‫وزﻳﺮ ِه‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺪاث اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎر ٌ‬ ‫ﻣﴪ ً‬ ‫ﻣﻌﺎﻗﺒَﺘِﻪ ﻋﲆ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺔ )ﻧُﻮ ٌر( ﻣﻦ اﻷﻣَ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻳﻌﻘﺒَﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻓﺔ ﰲ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻨﻜﻴﻞ ﺑﻪ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺌﻪ؛ ﻓﻼ ﺗَﻠُﻮحُ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫داج َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮادِ (‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄس ا ُمل ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫)ﺷﺪﻳ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ!‬ ‫ﻟﻴ ٌﻞ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺘﻘﻰ ا ْﻟﺠَ‬ ‫ﺟﻴﺶ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺸﺎن‪ ،‬وﻛﺎن اﻷﻣ ُﻞ ﻣﻌﻘﻮدًا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِة » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪ ،‬وَﻫﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻜﻦ ُﺳﻮءَ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺴﺎرهِ( و ٰﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺦ »ﻟِري« َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧﻴﱠﺐَ ٰﻫﺬا اﻷﻣ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎﺳ َﻢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎدِ َرﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺣﺎر ِه )اﻧﻜ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬واﻧْﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫واﻧﺘﴫ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ُ‬ ‫ُﴩ َق؛ ﻓﺎﻧﻬ َﺰ َم ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ»رﻳﺠﺎن«‪،‬‬ ‫ﺟﻴﺶ »ﻛ ْﺮدﻟﻴﺎ« أﺷﻨ َﻊ ﻫﺰﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺟﻴﺶ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ َﻞ« و ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫واﻧﺘَﻬَ ِﺖ ا َملﻌْ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺠﻦ ﺑﻌﺪ أن ُﻏﻠِﺐَ‬ ‫وإﻳﺪاﻋﻬﻤﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺟﻴﺸﻬﻤﺎ ﻋَ ﲆ أﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺄﴎ »ﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« وأﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻛﺔ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒﺜﺎءُ اﻟﺜﱠﻼﺛﺔ‬ ‫ﺗَ ّﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ُز ﻟِﻠﺨﺒﺜﺎءِ اﻟﺜﱠﻼﺛﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ‪» :‬ﺟُ ﻨﺮﻳﻞ« وَ»رﻳﺠﺎن« وَﻣﺴﺘﺸﺎ َرﻫﻤﺎ »إ ِ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪ«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻗﺎ َد‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻫﺰﻳﻤﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎدرﻳﻦ — ﻣﻦ ﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ َْﺶ‪ ،‬وَأﺣْ ﺮ َز اﻟﻨﴫَ ؛ ﻓﻜﺎن ٰذﻟﻚ اﻟﻔ ْﻮ ُز ﴍٍّا — ﻋﲆ أو ٰﻟﺌﻚ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺼ ِﺔ ا ُملﺤْ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﻣﻦ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧﺔ وأﻧﺒﺎﺋﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻋِ ﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻮادث‬ ‫وﺳﱰَى — أﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟﻘﺎرئ ُ اﻟﻌﺰﻳ ُﺰ — ﻓﻴﻤﺎ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫)ا ْﻟﻤُﺨِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺪاق ﻣﺎ ﺣﺪﱠﺛﺘُﻚ ﺑﻪ )ﺑُ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ِﺔ(‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎن ِﺻﺪْﻗِ ِﻪ(!‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﺑني »أﻟﺒَﺎﻧﻲ« و»إدْﻣﻨﺪ«‬ ‫ﻟﻘﺪ ﺣَ ِﺴﺐَ »إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪُ« — ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫)اﻟﻘﺎﻃﻌَ ِﺔ( — أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻗﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎﺳﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻤﻌﺮﻛﺔ‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻟﻪ اﻟﻔ ْﻮ ُز ﰲ ﺗِﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﻌﻪُ(‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫أد َر َك أ َ َرﺑَ ُﻪ )ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫املﻤﻠﻜﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑﻌﺪ أن َﺧﻼ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ ﻣﻦ ﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ ﺑﺄُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﰲ ارﺗﻘﺎءِ ﻋ ْﺮ ِش‬ ‫ﻣُﻨﺎﻓِ ٍﺲ ﻟﻪ ﰲ ا ُملﻠﻚِ ‪ ،‬وﻟﻢ َ‬ ‫ري »أ َ ْﻟﺒﺎﻧِﻲ« َزوْجُ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ َﻞ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺒﻖ أﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ أﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ ﺑﺄ ْ َﺳﻪ ﻏريُ اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﻠﺐ؛ ﻓﻠﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻗﱰَﻓ ُﻪ )ٱ ْرﺗَ َﻜﺒﻪُ( ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒَﺜﺎءُ‬ ‫ض ﻋﻦ َ ْ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ٰذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻷﻣريُ ﻃﻴﱢﺐَ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻮب وا ْﻟﺠَ ﺮا ِﺋ ِﻢ(‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱠﻼﺛ َ ُﺔ ﻣﻦ اﻷو ِ‬ ‫ْزار واﻵﺛﺎ ِم )اﻟﺬﱡﻧ ُ ِ‬ ‫إﻃﻼق َﴎاح » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« وأﺑﻴﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ‬ ‫وأَﴏﱠ اﻷﻣريُ »أ َ ْﻟﺒﺎﻧِﻲ« ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫إﺳﺎرﻫﻤﺎ‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ أﴏﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُﺴﺘﺸﺎرﻫﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﺧﺘﺎن ِﻟﻤ‬ ‫ﻋﻨﻴﻔﺔ ﺑﻴﻨﻬﻤﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻨﺎﻗﺸﺔ‬ ‫ودارت ﻣ‬ ‫»إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪُ« ﻋﲆ ﺣَ ﺒ ِْﺴ ِﻬﻤﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫واﻧﺘﴫت اﻷ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ‪َ .‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫وﻏ ِﻀﺐَ اﻷﻣريُ »أ َ ْﻟﺒﺎﻧِﻲ«؛ َﻓﺪَﻋﺎ ُه ِﻟ ْﻠﻤُﺒﺎ َرز ِة )ا ْﻟﻤُﻀﺎ َرﺑ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺴﻴ ِْﻒ(‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني »إ ِ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪَ« و»إدْﺟﺎ َر«‬ ‫وﺟﺎءَ — ﰲ ٰﻫﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ — »إدْﺟﺎ ُر«‪ :‬اﺑ ُﻦ ِ‬ ‫ري »ﺟﻠُ ْﺴ َﱰ«؛ ﻓﺪَﻋﺎ أﺧﺎ ُه »إ ِ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪ« إِﱃ ﻧِﺰاﻟِﻪ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟﻘﺎﺋ ُﺪ اﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢُ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ ِﺸ ْﻖ ﺣُ ﺴﺎﻣَ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫)ﻣُﺒﺎرزﺗِﻪ( ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫)اﺷﻬَ ْﺮ َﺳﻴ َْﻔﻚ(‪ ،‬واﻛﺘُﺐْ آﺧ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺗﺎرﻳﺦ ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ املﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ِة ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺟﺎس )ا ْﻟ َﺨﻄﺎﻳﺎ( واﻟﺪﱠﻧﺎﻳﺎ‪َ .‬ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ ﻓﺎﻧﺘَﻘِ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﺤَ ٍﺔ ﰲ‬ ‫ور واﻷ َ ْر ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِﴩﻓِ َﻚ ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮﻣِﻴ َﻚ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫)اﺳ ِﻖ( ُرﻣْ ﺤَ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪َ :‬ﻓ َﺮ ﱢو ْ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﺰﻳَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘﱠ ِﻬ ُﻤ َﻚ ﺑﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻧَﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ‬ ‫ﻟَ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ا ِﻹﻫﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ َﻟ ﱠﻮﺛ ْ ُﺖ ﺑﻬﺎ َﴍ َ​َﻓ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻓﻴﻊَ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻄﻌْ َﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﺴ ُﻞ ﻣﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘ َﻚ َ‬ ‫د َِﻣﻲ إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﻓﺈن‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺰ َت ﻋﻦ ٰذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰﻧﻲ َﻗﺘْﻠُ َﻚ!«‬ ‫ﻓﺼﺎحَ ﻓﻴ ِﻪ »إد ُﻣﻨْﺪُ«‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﺟﺎءَ ﺑ َﻚ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﺣَ ﻴْﻨ ُ َﻚ )اﻧْﻘِ ﻀﺎءُ أﺟَ ِﻠ َﻚ(‪ .‬وﻟﱧ ﺟَ ِﻬ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻦ َ‬ ‫أﻧﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻗﺘْ ُﻪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻟﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ رﺟُ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وأﺳﻠﻤَ ُﻪ أﺟَ ﻠُ ُﻪ إﱃ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪ .‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﻗﺘُ ُﻪ إﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮدَى‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫وإن َﺳﻴْﻔِﻲ ٰﻫﺬا‬ ‫ﱪ ًة ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺘﱪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻜﻴﻞ ﺑﻚ‪ ،‬وﺟَ ﻌْ ِﻠ َﻚ ﻋِ ْ َ‬ ‫دﻳﺐ أَﻣْ ﺜﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬واﻟﺘﱠﻨ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻜﻔﻴ ٌﻞ ﺑﺘَﺄ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻨﺎز ِﻟﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫)ﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﺘﺎل ﺑﻴْﻨَﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻤﻪ(‪ ،‬ودا َر ْت َرﺣَ ﻰ ا ْﻟﻘِ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ وﻋِﻴ َﺪ ُه ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ُﻫﺠُ ﻮﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫وﴎ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﻋﺎﺟ َﻠﻪ »إدْﺟﺎ ُر« ﺑﻄﻌْ ﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﻗﺎﺗ َﻠ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓﻬﻮَى »إ ْدﻣُﻨﺪُ« إﱃ اﻷ َ ْر ِض‬ ‫وٱﺷﺘ ﱠﺪ ِﴏاﻋُ ﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪ْ ُ ،‬‬ ‫)ﴏﻳﻌً ﺎ(‪ ،‬ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﺮ )ﻳَﺘَ َﺨﺒﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﻣُﺠَ ﺪ ًﱠﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻂ( ﰲ د َِﻣ ِﻪ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬وﻋَ َﻘ َﺪ اﻟﺬﱡﻫﻮ ُل‬ ‫وٱﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻫ ُﺶ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ ِﺴﻨَﺘَﻬُ ﻢ؛ ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺪ ُروا ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻠﻮن‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ﺼﺎر ُع ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒَﺜﺎءِ اﻟﺜﱠﻼﺛَﺔ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫»رﻳﺠﺎ ُن« ﻣ َُﻔ ﱠﺰ ً‬ ‫و ﱠملﺎ َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘﻠﻮﱠى ِﻣﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط اﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ أ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻋَ ﻠﻴْﻬﺎ؛‬ ‫ﻂ »إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪُ«‪ ،‬ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻮَﻗﻌَ ْﺖ — ِﻣﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْرﻫﺎ — ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ ًﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻣﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫»رﻳﺠﺎ ُن«؟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺴ ﱢﻢ َﻗﺘ َﻠﺘْﻬﺎ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ ُﻞ«؛‬ ‫أَﺗَﺪ ِْري — أﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺎرئ ُ اﻟﻌَ ﺰﻳ ُﺰ — ﺑﺄَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ُﻗ ِﺘ َﻠ ْﺖ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَﺄ ْ ِﺛ َﺮ ﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ! و ٰﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أﻣَ َﻠﻬﺎ ﻗ ْﺪ ﺧﺎبَ ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َر ْ‬ ‫أت ُﻗ ﱠﻮ َة »إدْﺟﺎ َر«‪ ،‬واﻧْﺘِﺼﺎ َر ُه ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺸﺎرﻫﺎ »إد ُﻣﻨْﺪ«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬي ﻧﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺜﺎر‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ )ﻋَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ( ﺑ ِﻪ ﻛ ﱠﻞ آﻣﺎﻟِﻬﺎ ﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻔ ﱡﺮ ِد ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤُﻠﻚِ ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫واﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﺌْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣُﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن؛ َﻓﻌﺎﺟَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َت ﺑﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﻗﺎ ِﺗ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْود ْ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫)أﻫ َﻠ َﻜﺘﻬﺎ(‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻀ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُﺮوﺣِ ﻬﺎ إِﱃ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺤِ ﻴﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎس وأَﺑَ ﱢﺮﻫِ ﻢ‬ ‫ﻮق واﻹﺳﺎءَ ِة إِﱃ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮ ِب اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫و َرأى »إِد ُﻣﻨْﺪُ« أن ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﻨﺎ ُه — ﺑﺎﻟﻐﺪ ِْر واﻟﻌُ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ واﺣِ َﺪةٍ؛ َﻓﺼﺎح ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄﻔﺎ ﻗﺎ ِﺗ َﻠﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫)ﺳ َﻘﻂ( أﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﰲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺑ ِﻪ — َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧﻬﺎ َر َ‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢﱪْﻧﻲ ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ؛ ِﻷَﻋْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ْ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋﻲ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﺄﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ »إِدْﺟﺎ ُر«‪» :‬أَﻧﺎ اﺑ ُﻦ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻛﺎﻓﺄ ْ َت إِﺣْ ﺴﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ إ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ِﺑ ﱠﺮه ﺑ َﻚ‪ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺮﺑﻴﺘَ ُﻪ إﻳﱠﺎ َك‪ْ ،‬أﻗﺒﺢَ‬ ‫ﻜﻴﻞ‬ ‫ري »ﺟﻠُ ْﺴﱰ«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬي ﺗَﺒَﻨﱠﺎ َك؛ ﻓﺄ َ ْﻏ َﺮﻳ َْﺖ ﺑ ِﻪ أﻋْ ﺪاءَهُ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ َﺖ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣُﻜﺎﻓﺄَةٍ‪ .‬أَﻧﺎ اﺑْ ُﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺑ ِﻪ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣَ َﺮﻣُﻮ ُه ﻧُﻮ َر ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎت — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ دَﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﻮ ِْل ﻣﺎ َرأَى ِﻣﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫واﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﺪاث‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﺗَﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْﺑﺔ ا ْﻟﻬﺎﻟِﻚِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻫ ْﺖ ِﺑﻪ َﺷ َﻔﺘَﺎ َك! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﱠﻖ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘﺎءُ‪ ،‬و َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫أﺻﺪق ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺼﺎحَ »إ ْد ُﻣﻨْﺪُ« ﻣُﺘﻔﺠﱢ ﻌً ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻨﻜﻴﻞ وا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰاءِ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺣﺎﻗ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻌْ ُ‬ ‫أﻧﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻨﺔ إِﱃ اﻷَﺑَﺪِ‪َ .‬و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨﻲ أﺗﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ﺿﺎرﻋً ﺎ‬ ‫أﻫ ٌﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ َع ﺑﻨﺠْ َﺪ ِة »ﻟري« َو ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺘﻪ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«؛ ﻓﻘ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺑﻘﺘﻠﻬﻤﺎ ِﰲ ِﺳﺠْ ِﻨﻬﻤﺎ ُﺧ ْﻠ َﺴ ًﺔ‬ ‫أﺻ َﺪ ْر ُت أﻣْ ِﺮي‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺔ(‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْﻞ أ َ ْن ْ‬ ‫)ﺧ ْﻔ ً‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺮﻛﺔ ا ْﻟﻘﺎﺿﻴ ِﺔ‪َ :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻔ ُﺮ — ِﺑﺈﻧْﻘﺎذﻫﻤﺎ — ْ‬ ‫أﺷﺘَ ِﺒ َﻚ ﻣﻌﻚ ﰲ ٰﻫﺬه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﻦ‬ ‫ري ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗﱰ َْﻓ ُﺖ ﻣﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻄﺎﻳﺎ واﻵﺛﺎ ِم ا ْﻟﻤُﻮ ِﺑﻘﺔ )ا ْﻟﻤُﻬْ ﻠﻜﺔ(! ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ َﻓﺄَﻧْﻘِ ﺬْ ُﻫﻤﺎ ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﳾْ ءٍ ﻳﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻬﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﻬﻼ ُك‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤﺘْ ُﻪ ِﺟﺮاﺣُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮدَى )ا ْﻟﻤﻮت(؛ َﻓ َﻘ َﴣ ﻣ َُﺸﻴﱠﻌً ﺎ ) ُﻣ َﻮدﱠﻋً ﺎ( ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎت‪،‬‬ ‫و»رﻳﺠﺎن«‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﻤﺎ ُﺷﻴﱢﻌَ ْﺖ »ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺮﻳ ُﻞ« ِ‬ ‫‪47‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ﴫ ُع » ُﻛ ْﺮدِ ْﻟﻴﺎ«‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑﺬَ َل ٱ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﴎﻋُ ﻮا ِﻹﻧﻘﺎذِ ْاﻷ َ ِﺳريَﻳ ِْﻦ‪َ .‬و ٰﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُورﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ون ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْﻐ ِﻦ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﰲ إﻧْﻘﺎذِ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻫِ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪ ،‬اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِﻛﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﻔﺬَ َﺳﻬْ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻀﺎءِ —‬ ‫وَﻻ ﻣَ َﺮ ﱠد َﻟ ُﻪ — و َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻠُﻮﺑ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫)ﻫﻼ َﻛﻬﺎ( ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺪ ِْر َﻛﻬﺎ أَﻳْﺪِي اﻟ ﱡﺮﺣَ ﻤﺎءِ‬ ‫ا ُملﻨْﻘِ ﺬِﻳﻦ‪.‬‬

‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺬﻋْ ُﺮ وَا ْﻟ َﺨﺒﺎ ُل ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﺦ »ﻟِري«‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ني َرأى ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﺎﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﻓﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ‬ ‫ُﺼﻴﱢﺢُ ﻣ َُﻐ ﱢﻮﺛًﺎ‪ ،‬ﻧﺎدِ ﺑًﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﻧ ُ ْﴫﺗِﻪ؛ ﻓﺤﻤَ َﻞ ﺟُ ﺜﱠﺘَﻬﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ذِ راﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َ‬ ‫»إﱄ ﱠ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻬﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫)اﻟﺼﺎﺋِﺤُ ﻮن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒُﻜﺎءِ(! َ‬ ‫ﻮن! َ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﻮﻟُ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒﺎ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺼ ُﺨﻮ ُر ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺠﺎ َر ُة‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫‪48‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫َﺻﻴﱢﺤُ ﻮا ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َﻛﻤﺎ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﳼ )ﺑَﻨِﻲ آدمَ(! إِﱄ ﱠ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻣْ ُﺰﺟُ ﻮا ِﺑ ُﺪﻣُﻮﻋِﻲ ُدﻣُﻮﻋَ ﻜﻢ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱢﺢُ ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﺳﻤﱢ ﻴ َْﺖ أ َ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ُﱢﻗ َ‬ ‫وَأَﻋْ ِﻮﻟُﻮا ﻧﺎدِ ﺑ َ‬ ‫ني ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﻄ َﺮ )ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺸ ﱠﻖ( ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءُ ﻋَ ﻠﻴْﻨﺎ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧًﺎ وأ َ َﻟﻤً ﺎ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣﺎﺗَ ْﺖ! أَﻻ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن؟‬ ‫ﻜﺖ! أ َ ُﻣ َﻜﺬﱢ ِﺑ ﱠﻲ أَﻧﺘُﻢْ؟ أَﻧﺎ ﻻ أَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ َق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫وَيْ ! َﻫ َﻠ ْ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﻤﻴ ِﱢﺖ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻲ! إﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺒ ُﺲ ﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ‬ ‫َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ )ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻠﻔِ ُ‬ ‫َت‪ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﺤِ ﱡﺲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ! ﻫﺎﺗُﻮا ِﻣ ْﺮآ ًة َﻓﺄ َ ْدﻧُﻮﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ِﻤﻬﺎ؛ ْ‬ ‫ف(! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫﻤَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﺈن‬ ‫ﻔﺎﺳﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﺗَﺜ ُِﻘﻮا ﺑﻲ! آ ِه َﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘﻴ َْﺖ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﺒَﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ﻧ َ َﻔ ًﺴﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧِﺒﻲ! إذَ ْن َﻏ َﻔ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫ﺪاث و َُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮب! إِذَ ْن أَﻧ ْ َﺴﺘْﻨ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ُة — ِﺑﺤَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻬﺎ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ َﻏﻤَ َﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺰان!«‬ ‫)ﻣﺎ َﺷ ِﻤ َﻠﻨِﻲ( ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﺳﻮاءٍ )ﻣﺼﺎﺋِﺐَ ( وأﺣْ ٍ‬ ‫)‪َ (8‬ﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْﻋﺔ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻛِﻞ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴﺎ ُؤ ُه )أَﺻﺪﻗﺎ ُؤه ا ُمل ْﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫وَﺣﺎ َو َل ُﺧ َﻠﺼﺎ ُؤ ُه وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن(‪َ » :‬ﻛﻨْﺖ« و»إدﺟﺎر« و»أ َ ْﻟﺒﺎﻧِﻲ« ﺟَ ﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﻮﻧُﻮا ﻋ َﻠﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣﻦ ﻣُﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫وﻓ ِﺠﻴﻌَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻴﱠﺢَ ﻓِ ِﻴﻬ ْﻢ ﻣُﻌْ ِﻮ ًﻻ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ اﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫﻮ ُل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣﺎﺗَ ْﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴪﺗﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺒﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ!‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺰﺗُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ إِﻧْﻘﺎذِ ﻫﺎ ﺟﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ! َﻓﻤﺎ ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة ﺑَﻌْ ﺪَﻫﺎ؟ واﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن أَﻃﻴﺐَ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻔﻴﻖ! أ َ َرأَﻳﺘُ ْﻢ أ َ ْزﻛﻰ )أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻗ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ! وَﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن أَﻋْ ﺬَبَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻬَ َﺮ( ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﱠت َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ًﺴﺎ‪ ،‬وأ ْﻛ َﺮ َم ُﺧﻠُ ًﻘﺎ؟ ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻠ ِﺒﻚِ ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ْﻒ اﻣْ ﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ﻚِ ﻳَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺠﺎﻧﻲ ْاﻷَﺛِﻴ ِﻢ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗ َﺪ َم ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ُه — ﰲ َﺷﺒﺎ ِﺑﻚِ — َرﺣْ ﻤَ ٌﺔ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﴏَﻋْ ُﺖ ﻗﺎ ِﺗ َﻠﻚِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺴﻴ ِْﻒ‪ ،‬وﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﺸ ﱠﻔﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏﻴ ِْﻈﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ْت ِﺑ ٰﺬﻟِﻚِ َﻏﻠ ِ​ِﻴﲇ )ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺷ ِﻒ ﺣَ ﺮا َر َة ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻲ وﺣِ ْﻘﺪِي(! ﻳﺎ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺛَﻤَ ٍﺔ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻐﺎ ٍة )ﻣُﺠْ ِﺮﻣ َ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺑَ َﺮد ُ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻟﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ(! َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻫ َﻠ ُﻜﻮ ُه ﺟَ ﺰاءَ وﻓﺎﺋِﻪ ِﱄ! اﻟﻮَﻳ ُﻞ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠﺎ ِﻧ َ‬ ‫ﻣُﻌْ ﺘَﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻨﻘﻮا »اﻟﺒُﻬْ ﻠُﻮ َل« ﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫ني! واﻟﻮَﻳ ُﻞ‬ ‫ني )ا ﱠﻟﺬِﻳﻦ أَﺳﺎﻟُﻮا اﻟﺪﱢﻣﺎءَ(! ﻟﻘﺪ ﺗﺮﻛﻮا ا ْﻟﺠ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺴ ﱠﻔﺎﺣ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ذان )اﻟﻔِ ريان( وﻏريَﻫﺎ ﻣﻦ دَوابﱢ اﻷ ْر ِض‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﻨﱡﻮا )ﺑَﺨِ ﻠُﻮا( ﻋَ َﲆ » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ« اﻟﻮﻓﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ُون أ ْن ﻳَﻨﺘَ ِﺰﻋُ ﻮا أ ْرواﺣَ ﻬﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و ٰﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َ‬ ‫د َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗَﻨﻌَ ُﻢ ﺑﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ ُﻞ واﻟﻜِﻼبُ !«‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ »ﻟريَ«‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وﻫﻜﺬا ْ‬ ‫ﻵﻻﻣﻪ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ زا َل ﻳَﻬْ ﺬِي ﺣﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺴ َﻠﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠ ُﻚ »ﻟري« ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺰﻳ ُﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻛ ُﻞ )ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓ َﻘ َﺪ و َﻟ َﺪهُ(‬ ‫واﺳ َﻮد ِﱠت اﻟﺪﱡﻧﻴﺎ ﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻏﻤ َﺮ ِت اﻷﺣﺰا ُن ﻗﻠﺒَﻪُ؛ َﻓﺄ ْ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤَ ُﻪ َﻫﺬَﻳﺎﻧ ُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ َﻢ ﺛ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻋﻠﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫‪49‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚ ِﻟريْ‬

‫ﻈ ًﺔ ﻗﺼري ًة‪ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إﱃ وزﻳﺮ ِه ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻠﺺ ً‬ ‫ﻓﺎق ﻟﺤ َ‬ ‫وأ َ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻨْﺖ‪َ :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُ َﻚ! » ُﻛ ْﺮ ِد ْﻟﻴﺎ«‪:‬‬ ‫ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪﺗُﻚِ َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻷَﺑﺪ!«‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﺛﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬وأ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ أَﺣْ ﺰاﻧ ُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮدَى … ﻓﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت!‬

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