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‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐﲑ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐﲑ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪٢٠١٣/١١٦٤٧‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٣١٨ ٤ :‬‬ ‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ٨٨٦٢‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٢ / ٨ / ٢٦‬‬ ‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‬ ‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‬ ‫‪ ٥٤‬ﻋﻤﺎرات اﻟﻔﺘﺢ‪ ،‬ﺣﻲ اﻟﺴﻔﺎرات‪ ،‬ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﻧﴫ ‪ ،١١٤٧١‬اﻟﻘﺎﻫﺮة‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻬﻮرﻳﺔ ﻣﴫ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻛﺲ‪+ ٢٠٢ ٣٥٣٦٥٨٥٣ :‬‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٢٠٢ ٢٢٧٠٦٣٥٢ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪hindawi@hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ﺣﻨﺎن ﺑﻐﺪادي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪Cover Artwork and Design Copyright © 2013 Hindawi‬‬ ‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪All other rights related to this work are in the public domain.‬‬

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‫‪ -١‬ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫‪َ -٢‬ﻓ َﻜﺎ ُك ْاﻷ َ ِﺳ ِ‬ ‫‪ -٣‬ﺟَ َﺮا ِﺋ ُﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫‪ -٤‬ﻟ َِﻘﺎءُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫‪ِ -٥‬ﺳﺘَﺎ ُر ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ُ‬ ‫‪ُ -٦‬‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫ُوق ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫ﲑ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺒ ْﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﻐ ُ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬دَﻋْ َﻮ ٌة ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺴﺘَﺠَ ﺎﺑ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ري ُة‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮيﱢ ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨ ﱢِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َزوْﺟُ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ِﻣﺜ َ ًﺎﻻ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺰو ِْج ا ْﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱢ‪ْ ،‬اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎدِ َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﻓﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫»ﺑُﺜَﻴْﻨ َ ُﺔ« ِﻣﺜ َ ًﺎﻻ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺰو ِْج ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎش ﻛ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ — ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ ًﺔ َر ِ‬ ‫اﺿﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳُﻨ َ ﱢﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ْﺮﺟَ ﻰ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺺ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗﺪِﻳ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴَﺎ ِة إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُز َﻗﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﷲ ُ ِﻃ ْﻔ ًﻼ ﻳَﻤْ َﻸ ُ ﺑَﻴْﺘَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻧُﻮ ًرا َو َرﺟَ ﺎءً‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة َوﺑَﻬَ ﺎءً‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔﺎءً‪.‬‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺠَ ﺎبَ ﷲ ُ دُﻋَ ﺎء َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َرﺟَ ﺎء َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ اﻟ ﱠﺰوْجُ أ َ ْن ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ َذا ﺟَ ﺎءَ و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻮ َﻻ َدةِ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ و ْ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ ِﻣريَ ُة »ﺑُﺜَﻴْﻨ َ ُﺔ«‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺒ َ َ‬ ‫ْﴩ اﻟ ﱠﺰوْﺟَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ِﻤﺪَا ِهلل ِ ﻣَ ﺎ و َ​َﻫﺐَ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﻟُﻮ َد َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺒ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ِﺑ َﻔ ِﺎر ِغ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ«‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟﻴَﺘِﻴﻤَ ُﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ َﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻬ ِﻞ ْاﻷ ُ ﱠم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﺘﱠ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻄ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺒﺜ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﻋَ ﺎﺟَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻴَﺘﱠﻤَ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ َوﺗَ َﺮﻣﱠ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺰوْجُ ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺰاءٍ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْت َﻗ ِﺮﻳﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﻏ ْريُ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔﻨَﺎ — ِﻣﺜَﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨ ﱢِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ‬ ‫ﺎش ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫ِﻒ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮ ُك‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻮ ْز ُه َ ْ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﺰ َه ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎبَ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻨ َ ﱡﺰهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫)‪ (3‬ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﺸﺄ َ ْت َﻓﺘَﺎﺗُﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﰲ َﻛﻨ َ ِﻒ وَا ِﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ َو ِﻋﻨَﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻨَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ و َِرﻋَ ﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤً ﺎ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺄ ْ ُل ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ِﰲ ﺗَﻌْ ِﻮﻳﺪ َِﻫﺎ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻧ َ ْﺸﺄَﺗِﻬَ ﺎ — َﻛ ِﺮﻳ َﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َﻼ ِق؛ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﺜ َ ًﻼ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺒُﻌْ ِﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋِﺤِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﻻﻧْﻘِ ﻴَﺎدِ ﻷَو َِاﻣ ِﺮهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮل ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﴈ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َو َر ِﺿﻴ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫وَاﻻﺑْﺘِﻌَ ﺎدِ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧَﻮَاﻫِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﻧَﻤُﻮذَﺟً ﺎ ﻧَﺎدِ ًرا ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻣْ ِﺘﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِﺑﺒَﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ َوﺗَﺠَ ﻨ ﱡ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ري َﺷﺄْﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ َﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ض ﻟ َِﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎوئ ُ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﻣَ َﺴ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺰ — ﻧَﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ٌﺔ َﺷﺎﺋِﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﻟﺘَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِارﻫِ ْﻢ‬ ‫ريﻫِ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ف أَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ِﰲ ُﺷﺌُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َود َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎ ِﺋﻨ َ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺧﺎ ِﺋﻠ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠُﺒُ ُﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ َ‬ ‫َان‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َوذَ ِوﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ و ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ وَا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻼءِ‪ ،‬و َُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺰ َﻟ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ذَ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ات ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻮ َِار ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ َﻏ ْﺮ َو إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻊ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺎس َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ري أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َﺪ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻮ ْز َﻫﺎ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻨ َ ُﻊ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻏﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺒُﻮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮاﺋ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﺒَﺎبُ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻓ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺬَ َل أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ ﺟُ ﻬْ َﺪ ُه ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺑﻴَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺸﺌَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫وَاﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟ ُﻜﺘُ ِﺐ و َْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ري َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎ َرﺑ َِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺪ ْر ِﺑ َﺨ َﻠﺪ َِﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺿﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َم ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎدِ ﺋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ َﻊ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺒْ ِﺪ َل‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِﺑﺒَﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬

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‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬

‫)‪ (6‬ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُ‬ ‫ْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ﺑَﻴ ٌْﺖ َ‬ ‫َﺎب وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ﻣ ُْﻐ َﻠ ٍﻖ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريٌ َﻻ ﻧَﻮَاﻓِ ﺬَ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻏ ْريُ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻔﺘَﺎﺣِ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ري ْاﻵ َﻻ ِت ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺖ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮي َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ َل أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (7‬ﻣ ْﻔﺘَﺎحُ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﺮ ﱠﺷ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ْﺮ ِوي ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْز َﻫﺎ َر َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﺑَﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِﺑﺒَﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻷ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺢُ ِﱄ وَا ِﻟﺪِي ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺰ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ري ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ِﰲ أ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎح ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤِ ْﻔﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎح ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫)ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ(؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ وَﻫِ َﻲ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣ َﺮ ﱠﺷ ٍﺔ َو َﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَ ِ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ ًﻜﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ «.‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﺮ ﱠﺷ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎق و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﻨَﻬﱠ ﺪ َِت‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺪﱠجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط اﻟﺘﱠﺄَﺛ ﱡ ِﺮ و ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﻹ ْﺷ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ني َرأ َ ْت َﻓ َﺰ َع أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﺄ َ ﱡﻟﻤَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫ﺎج‬ ‫ﱠت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ري ُة ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َرأ َ ْت وَﺟْ َﻪ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘُﻘِ ﻊَ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮ َق ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒﱠﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻇﻤَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﺰﻋَ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ِﺑ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ؟«‬ ‫َاﺟﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﳾءَ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﳾءَ ﻳَﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴﱠﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ و ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻛ ﱠﺪ َر َك ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ري ًة‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ؟ َﻓﺄَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ري َﺳﺒﱠﺐَ َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ أَﺑ َِﺖ َﻫﺬَا اﻻﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ﺎجَ ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ ًﻜﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءَ ﻳَﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎﺗِﻲ! أ َ َﻟ ْﺴ ِﺖ‬ ‫»ﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ِﻣ َﺮ ﱠﺷ ًﺔ؟ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر‪َ .‬ﻓﺎذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ ﺗَ ِﺠﺪِﻳﻬَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻣُﺤْ ِﺮﺟَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻳَﺎ أَﺑ َِﺖ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣ َﺆﻧﱢﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻬُ ﻤﱡ ﻚِ ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ!«‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫»ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎﻟُ َﻚ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم وَﺣْ َﺪ َك د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ ِﱄ ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻓ َﻘ ِﺘ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫‪9‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫ﺻ ْﺪ ُر ُه ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ َل — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎق َ‬ ‫ني —‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ﺎ َدﺗَﻚِ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺘَﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ٌﺔ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎﻟُﻚِ ﺗُ َﺨﺎﻟِﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻧَﻘِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺄْﻧِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴ ِﺒ ْﻖ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﺘﱠﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫َﺧ ُﻞ؟«‬ ‫ﺎو ُ‬ ‫)‪ (9‬و َ‬ ‫س ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة‬ ‫َﺳ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ اﺗﱠﺠَ ﻬَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻔ ْﻜ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻘ ِﻞ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎج أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗ َﻠﻘِ ِﻪ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ إ ِ َﺷﺎ َرﺗَﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺮ َة إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟﺘُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻮ َْﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأﺗْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َراﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ري َﻟ ْﻮﻧُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻬَ ﺪﱠجَ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎ ُل أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﻔﺘَﺎﺣِ ِﻪ؟ َوﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا اﻣْ ﺘُﻘِ َﻊ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻐ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ؟ َوﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗُ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ْف ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َق َﺳﻤْ ﻌَ ُﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆا ُل؟ أَﺗُ َﺮا ُه‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ إِذَا د َ‬ ‫ﻳ َ​َﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ؟ أ ْم ﺗُ َﺮا ُه ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎف ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ؟ أ ْو ﻳ َِﻀ ﱡﻦ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺢﱠ َﻫﺬَا َﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎﻟُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم؟ َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧًﺎ ﻣ ُْﻔ َ ِﱰ ًﺳﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻰ أ َ ْن أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ض ِﻷَذَاهُ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا َ‬ ‫ْﺧﻠُﻪُ؟‬ ‫َﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺤً ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ري َﻛﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻦ ﺣَ ﱞﻲ َﻷَﺣْ َﺴ ْﺴ ُﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻗِ ﱞ‬ ‫)ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻪُ(‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﻧَﺄْﻣَ ﺘَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻟﻤَ ﺎءَ َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ُﻣﻮَاءَهُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺣَ ﻤَ ﺎ ٌم َﻟﻬَ َﺪ َل‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َﻫﺪِﻳ َﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو َﻛ ْﻠﺐٌ َﻟﻨَﺒَﺢَ َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﻧُﺒَﺎﺣَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو َ‬ ‫ﻇﺒْﻴ ٌَﺔ َﻟﺒ َ​َﻐﻤَ ْﺖ َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﺑ َُﻐﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو أ َ َﺳ ٌﺪ‬ ‫َﻟ َﺰأ َ َر َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َزﺋِريَهُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺣَ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ َﻟ َﻔﺤﱠ ْﺖ َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو دَﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ٌﺔ َﻟ َﻘﻮ َْﻗﺄ َ ْت َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َﻗﻮ َْﻗﺄَﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫أ َ ْو دِ ﻳ ٌﻚ َﻟ َﺴ َﻘ َﻊ َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َﺳ ْﻘﻌَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ِﺿ ْﻔ َﺪ ٌع َﻟﻨ َ ﱠﻘ ْﺖ َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﻧَﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ُﻏ َﺮابٌ َﻟﻨَﻌَ ﺐَ َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻧَﻌِ ﻴﺒَﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﺑُ ْﻠﺒُ ٌﻞ َﻟ َﻐ ﱠﺮ َد َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﺮﻳ َﺪهُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ذِ ﺋْﺐٌ َﻟﻌَ ﻮَى َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﻋُ ﻮَاءَهُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ْﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َان ﻣ ُْﻔ َ ِﱰ ٍس‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮَا ٌن أَﻧ ٌ‬ ‫ِﻴﺲ َﻟﺠَ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ْت إِﻧ ْ ِ ﱟ‬ ‫ﴘ و َ​َﻻ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮَا ٌن ﻣ ُْﻔ َ ِﱰ ٌس َﻻﻧ ْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ وَا ِﻟﺪِي و ْ‬ ‫ﻳ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻀﻦ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َاﻓ َﱰ َ​َﺳ ُﻪ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺢﱠ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎق … َﻓ ِﺈذَا َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺮ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ … َﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ َﴗ‬ ‫… َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ﻣُﺤْ َﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻮﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻲ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك؟ َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ َﺳ ِﺠ ٌ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺐٌ َﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ِﺮ ُم ﺑ َِﺮﻳﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨًﺎ ﻧِﻌْ ﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ َو َر ْﻓ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ … َﻓ َﻼ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﱄ إِذَ ْن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ْﺸ ِﻒ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫َذ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ َﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ! أ َ َﻻ إ ِ ﱠن ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺎح‪ .‬آهٍ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻮ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَ ُﻪ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ُل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻮ َْﻗ ٌﺖ َﻛ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎف ِﻷَﺑْﻠُ َﻎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳﺪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺘَﻰ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﺎهُ؟« وَاﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْﻔ َﻮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫إِذْ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣ َﻠﺒﱢﻴ ًَﺔ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺄَﻧَﺬِي ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ آ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َرﻧ ﱠ ُﺔ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫‪10‬‬

‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬

‫)‪ (10‬ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة‬ ‫َﺎن ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأ َ ْت وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ َﻘﻌً ﺎ ﻣ َُﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳ ُْﺴﻔِ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﺐَ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎج‪ ،‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺎج و ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫اب‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫َت َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻔِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِﺑ ﱡ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫َاﺿ ِﻄ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ور و َِاﻻﺑْﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫِ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺛ َ ٍﺮ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺧﻴ ًَﺔ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺪُوءَ و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑﺄُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺒَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ِﻷ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َْﺖ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺷﺄ ْ ِن‬ ‫ﺎح‪َ ،‬رﺟَ ﺎءَ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة وَأ َ َﻛ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺲ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻟُ َﻘﻴْﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣ ٌﺖ ﺑَﺌ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ و َُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺒْﺬُ ُل‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺗَﺘَ َﻔﻨ ﱠ ُﻦ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﺮﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﻐﺎ َﻟﺒَ ِﺔ أ َ َﻟ ِﻤ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴَﺒْ ُﺪ َو َﻓ ِﺮﺣً ﺎ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫َودُﻋَ ﺎﺑَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ ُﺳ ُﻜﻮﻧ ُ ُﻪ وَا ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨَﺎﻧ ُ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَا ِﻟ ِﺪ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫ﴩ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﻋَ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ ِﺳﻨﱡﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ — َﻗ ِﺪ ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺌُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻋِ ﻴ ِﺪ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِﻞ(‪ .‬و َِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺷﻴﻚِ )ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ ﺛ َ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﻳ َُﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪» :‬أ َ َراﻧِﻲ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍّﺮا ﻳَﺎ اﺑْﻨَﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻐﻴ ِﱡﺐ َﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ َرﻳْﺜَﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺳﺄ ُ َﻗ ﱢﺪﻣُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻚِ ِﰲ ﻋِ ﻴ ِﺪ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫أُﻋِ ﱡﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴩ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮﻳﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ كِ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« َرﻳْﺜَﻤَ ﺎ أَﻋُ ﻮدُ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎذِ ِري أ َ ْن ﺗَﺠْ ﻨَﺤِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ‬ ‫ﴪ َﻟﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ ُ َﻓ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎ ِﺋ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ َﺮكِ‬ ‫ﴍحُ َﻟﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻏﻤَ َﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ ِﲇ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ُﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎﺗًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻌْ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘﺎ َل‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ُل ﺟَ ﺎءَ أَوَاﻧُﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫و َْاﻷُﻣُﻮ ُر ﻣَ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮﻧ َ ٌﺔ ِﺑﺄَو َْﻗﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ َﻘﻰ‪َ ،‬وإِﻳﱠﺎكِ وَا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ َل‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (12‬ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺎح‬ ‫ِﺴﻴَﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺒﱠ َﻞ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ِﱰﻛِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺣُ ﺐﱟ ‪ ،‬وَاﺑْﺘَﻌَ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟ ٌﻢ ﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « اﺑْﻨَﺘَ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة ُﻗﺒْ َﻠ َﺔ ﺣَ ﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻬَ ﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ﺗَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ َ ْﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُ ُ‬ ‫َﺧ َﺮجَ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ور َﻫﺎ وَاﺑْﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﴘ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َﻀ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ ِ َ‬ ‫‪11‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫ري ٌة َوﺗَ َﺮ ﱡد ٌد‬ ‫)‪ (13‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋَ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ذَ َﻛ َﺮ ْت‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻨَﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ َﺮأَﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻮ َل أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬إِﻳﱠﺎكِ وَا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ َل«‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻛ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻔﻮ َﻟﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ َﻜﻤَ ﺎءِ وَﻫِ َﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ د َ‬ ‫ُﱰ ﱢد َد ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻤﱠ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ َﻟﻘِ َﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳُ ْﺮ ِﺿﻴ ِﻪ«‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ﻣ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ د َ‬ ‫ﻮع ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت ﺗَﻌْ ِﺪ ُل ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮﺟُ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫)‪ (14‬أ َ ِﻧ ٌ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻓِ ٌ‬ ‫ﺖ‬ ‫ﱠار‪ ،‬إِذَا ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ أَﻧِﻴﻨًﺎ َﺧﺎﻓِ ﺘًﺎ َﻻ ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫َﺎب‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َ َ‬ ‫َوإِﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻟﺘَﻬُ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ َﻫ ِﺎﻣ ًﺴﺎ ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ ِﺑﻠُ ْ‬ ‫َوو َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ أُذُﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ‪:‬‬ ‫َﺳ ِﺠ ﻴ ﻨ َ ٌﺔ ُﻣ ﻌَ ﺬﱠﺑَ ْﻪ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨ ْﺒُﻮذَ ٌة ُﻣ ْﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻬَ َﺪ ْه‬

‫َوﻳْ َﻼ ُه إِﻧ ﱢﻲ ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ﺒَ ْﻪ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ُﻣ ﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ْه‬

‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ْت َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫وَاﻧ ْ َﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺷﺎدِ ﻳًﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺳ ِﺮ ِﻋ ﻲ إ ِ َﻟ ﻴﱠ ْﻪ‬ ‫وَاﻟﻠ ُﻪ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺰي ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺤْ ِﺴﻨ َﺎ‬

‫َﻫ ﻠُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ﻔِ ﻴﱠ ْﻪ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺧ ِﺮ ِﺟ ﻴ ِﻨ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫ ﻨ َﺎ‬

‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ ٌﺔ ﺗَﺎﻋِ َﺴ ٌﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻏ ِﻀﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻓﺤَ َﻜ َﻢ ِﺑ ِﺴﺠْ ﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (15‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ«‬ ‫َود ﱠَﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ِﺑﻠُ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻚِ ؟ وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ني؟ وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ َﺴﺎﻧِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ ِﻷَﺟْ ﻠِﻚِ ؟«‬

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‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬

‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ َﻔ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫أَﻧ َﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨ ْﻌُ ﺒَﻪْ«‬ ‫ﺣَ ِﺰﻳ ﻨ َ ًﺔ ُﻣ ْﻜ ﺘَ ِﺌ ﺒَ ْﻪ‬

‫َﻗ َﻀﻴْ ُﺖ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي ُﻣﺘْﻌَ ﺒَ ْﻪ‬ ‫َﺧ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻔ ًﺔ ُﻣ ْﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑَ ْﻪ‬

‫ني َوﺗَ ْﺸ َﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪َ » :‬وﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ْﺴﺠَ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ني؟«‬

‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ ﻏِ ﻨَﺎءً ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ َوﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷ َﻘﻰ وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺗَﻴْ ُﺖ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟ ﱠﻲ ﻳَ ﺎ ﺑُ ﻨ َ ﻴﱠ ْﻪ‬

‫ذَﻧ ْﺒً ﺎ و َ​َﻻ ﺟَ ﻨ َﻴْ ُﺖ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺳﻌِ ﺪِي اﻟ ﱠﺸﻘِ ﻴﱠ ْﻪ‬

‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪َ :‬‬ ‫ني د َ‬ ‫»ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎﻟُﻚِ ﺗُ ْﺴﺠَ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺴﻠِﻔِ ﻲ إ ِ َﺳﺎءَ ًة إ ِ َﱃ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪:‬‬ ‫»ﺛِﻘِ ﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻗ َ ِﱰ ْ‬ ‫ف ذَﻧْﺒًﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْرﺗَﻜِﺐْ ﺟُ ْﺮﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َرﺟُ ًﻼ َﺳﺎﺣِ ًﺮا — وَا أ َ َﺳ َﻔﺎ ُه — ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َﻜ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﺪَى‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟَ ﺎءَ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫‪13‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﺗَ ُﻤﻨ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎري ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮﻧﱢﺤُ ﻚِ‬ ‫ﴎ؟ و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ُﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮﺑًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻤْ َﻠ ُﺆكِ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺒًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺎب‬ ‫)‪َ (16‬ﻓﺘْﺢُ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑَﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ُﺳﻮءُ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺐَ‬ ‫ﱰدﱠدِ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﰲ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋُ ِﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟُﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﺷ َﻐ ُﻔﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﻬَ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ وَاﻻﻣْ ِﺘﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫اﺿ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻳَﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ﱠدد ْ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮﺑ َْﺖ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَو َْﺷ َﻜ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺪ َل ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ ًﻼ‪:‬‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« َﺳﻴُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻤُﻚِ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة ﺗَﻬُ ﻤﱡ ﻚِ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫»إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ ُﻗﻮﻟُ ُﻪ َﻟﻚِ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ص أَﺑُﻮكِ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻛﺘْﻤَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫َوإ ِ ْﺧ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ أ َ ِﻣريَﺗُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ َم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺤﱠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ أَدَا َر ِت‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﻔ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧ ْ َﻔﺘَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبُ ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﺎك ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷ ِﺳ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻜَ ُ‬ ‫ﲑ‬

‫ْت ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫)‪َ (1‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ َﻔ ًﺔ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ َم ﻣ َ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪ َِت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ًﺔ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻴﱢﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻣ َُﱰَاﻛِﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل ﱠ‬ ‫َني َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ َﺖ ﻳَﻬْ ِﻤ ُﺲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ ْﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺒُﻮ ِدﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ُ .‬ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ أ َ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﺷ ْﻜ ٍﺮ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻀ َﻞ ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِي ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﻧَﺠَ ﺎحُ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ْف ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻧْﻌَ ﻤَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َرأ َ ْت ِﰲ ُر ْﻛ ٍﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُﺳ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَ ٍﺔ و َُﺧﺒ ٍْﺚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وﺗُﺤَ ﺪ َﱢﻗ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤﻌَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻓِ َﺖ ﻳَﻬْ ِﻤ ُﺲ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ َﺧﺪِﻳﻌَ ﺘِﻲ َﻟﻚِ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ني ﻟ ُِﻔ ُ‬ ‫ني ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢر َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻚِ َوﺗَﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻐ َﻠﺒْﺘُﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻣْ ِﺮكِ ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠﺘُﻚِ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﻀﻌِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ًﺔ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻬُ ﻤﱡ ﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺮهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ني ﺑَﺎ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ِﺑﺄﻳﱠ ِﺔ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٍة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ِﺔ أ ِﺑﻴﻚِ َوﺗَﺤْ ﺬ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﺜ ْﺮ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﻐِ ﻨَﺎﺋِﻲ َو َرﺟَ ﺎﺋِﻲ َﻟ َﺮﺟَ ﻌْ ِﺖ أ َ ْد َراﺟَ ﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻋُ ﺪ ِْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻴ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أَﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺗِﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أُﻋَ ﺎﻧِﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟﻚِ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻔ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻼءِ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَأ َﻛﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ِﺖ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَأَﺑُﻮكِ َﻗﻴْ َﺪ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ ُز َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺘِﻲ َو َر ْﻫ َﻦ إ ِ َﺷﺎ َرﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﴎ ِة‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠو ُة ْاﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْد َر َﻛ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺪَى ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎرﺛ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ َﻠﺒَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ وَﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻧْﺪ َِﻓﺎﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻬُ ﻤﱡ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻮ ﱡر ِﻃﻬَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨ َ ﱡﻜ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺧِ َﺮ َة َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛ َ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠو ٌة‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻫِ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﻄريَ ٌة َﺳﺠَ ﻨَﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ِﻲ ِﺑﻨْﺘَ ُﻪ َﴍ َﱠﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳُ َﺆﻣﱢ ﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫﻤﱠ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجَ َوﺗُ ْﻐﻠ َِﻖ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ ِﻟﻴَﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَ ِﺔ و ﱠ‬ ‫ْت َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ِﰲ َﻟﻬْ ﺠَ ٍﺔ ﺗَﺠْ ﻤَ ُﻊ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻤَ ﺎﺗَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟ َﻮﻋِﻴﺪِ‪» :‬ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧَﻚِ‬ ‫َني ﱡ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺒَﻌَ َﺚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ َﺮجَ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻚِ َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﻳَﺪَيْ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺒْﻘِﻴﻨِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ أﻧﱠﻚِ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻ َﱪ ِْت ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺘِ ﱠﻢ اﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔﺎ ُل ِﺑﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ‬ ‫ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ِﱄ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ كِ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَاﻻﻧ ْ ِﻄ َﻼ ِق ِﻣ ْﻦ ذُ ﱢل ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ ًﺔ ﻣُﻌَ ﺬﱠﺑ ًَﺔ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻟ َﻘ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ﺒ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ُ (4‬‬ ‫ﺳ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳ َُﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫ِﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحُ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ َﻓﺘَﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ َوﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ري ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎب َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔﺘَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ري ِﺳﻨْﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻳَ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُر ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﻏ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت‬ ‫ني ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ ﺣَ ﺎﻗِ ﺪًا ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ِﻪ — ُﻣ ْﺰﻋِﺞَ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﱪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻋَ َﲆ اﻧْﺨِ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َات ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﺰ َع ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِس ) ُﻣ َﺮ ﱢو َع ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت( َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻫِ ﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة! َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َر ﱠﻓﻬْ ِﺖ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻫِ ﻲ‪ ،‬ﻫِ ﻲ! أَيﱡ ﺟَ َﺰ ٍع ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﻣريَﺗ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ِﻟﻴ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ُﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َز ْﻟ ِﺖ وَﺣْ َﺸﺘِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻧْﺪ َِﻓﺎﻋِ ﻚِ ِﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳُﻔِﻴﺪُكِ ‪ُ .‬ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺒﻴ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َﴎو ًرا‪ُ ،‬ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠﻬَ ﺎءُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﺪﻳ ِْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ َﻸ ْ ِت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ و ُ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻚِ أﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬آهٍ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﺳ ِﺠﻨ ْ ُﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َﻗ َﺮاﺑ َ​َﺔ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َﻫ َﺬا ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻟﺤِ َﻖ ْاﻷ َ َذى ِﺑﻚِ و َ​َﻻ ِﺑﺄ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻮ َْﻻ اﻧْﺪ َِﻓﺎﻋُ ﻚِ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﻈ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﻧَﺎدِ َر ًة ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘ َِﻐﺎﻟُﻚِ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة َﻟﻚِ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ ْ ِت ِﱄ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َ​َﺴﻌُ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﺮاﻫِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ َوﺑ َْﻐ َﻀﺎءَ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أَﺑ َْﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ُﻪ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أَﺑُﻮكِ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫أَﺑ َْﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻚِ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻚِ اﺑْﻨَﺘُﻪُ«‪.‬‬

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‫ري‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺎ ُك ْاﻷ َ ِﺳ ِ‬

‫ﻮز‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺣِ ْﻘ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪» :‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِ َ‬ ‫ني أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺄ ْ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءُ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﺷ ِﺎﻣﺘَ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ وَأَﻣْ ُﻘﺘُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘ ِﺖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ أ ُ ِﻃ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ«‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻷَﺑ َْﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺾ ْاﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْد َر ُﻛﻮا ﻣَ ﺎ أ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻋَ ﻴ ًْﺸﺎ ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﻤً ﺎ َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺌًﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻋَ ِﺎر ِﰲ ﱠ َﻟ َﻘﺐَ »ﻧَﺎﻗِ ﻤَ َﺔ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫أ َ َر َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤ ُﺮ ُه‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َان‪ ،‬و َِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱟﻲ َوإِﻧ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺮاﻫِ ﻴَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘ ِﺖ وَاﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﻘﻤَ ِﺔ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َرأﻳ ُْﺖ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ دَاﺑﱠ ٍﺔ وَﺣَ ﻴَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻟﻌَ ﻨُﻬُ ْﻢ َوﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ﻨُﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑ َْﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﺎ َد َﻟﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ُﻛ ْﺮ ًﻫﺎ ِﺑ ُﻜ ْﺮهٍ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َﺳﺎءَ ًة ِﺑ ِﺈ َﺳﺎءَةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫َوﻳَﺒ َْﻐ ُ‬ ‫ْت أَﺑَﺎكِ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮد ُ‬ ‫َﴩ ُﻛ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ — ِﺑ ُﻜ ْﺮ ٍه َﻻ ﻳ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻓ َﺮ َدﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜْﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ َﱰَﻳْﻨَﻨِﻲ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ — أ َ ْﻟ َﺰ َم َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻇ ﱢﻠﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴْﺜُﻤَ ﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒ ِْﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫وَأَﻳْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ َﻠ ْﻠ ِﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺠَ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺗَﺒٍّﺎ َﻟ َﻚ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ريُ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ِﺳﻨْﺠَ ﺎﺑًﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﺨِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ ُﺮ َو ﱠإﻻ ﻧ َ ﱠﻜ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﻚ و َ​َﺳﺤَ ْﻘﺘُ َﻚ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ َِﻣﻲ َﻫ ِﺬهِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﲇ؛ َﻓﺎﻋْ ُﺰبْ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﲇ ﻣُﻌَ َﺎﻗﺒَﺘُ َﻚ وَاﻟﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱡﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﱢ‬ ‫َاب!‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻴَﺘَﺠَ ﱠﲆ َﻟﻚِ ِﺻﺪ ُْق ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن ِﰲ إِﺛ ْ ِﺮكِ أَﻧﱠﻰ ذَ َﻫﺒ ِْﺖ!«‬ ‫ﱠار‬ ‫)‪ِ (6‬ﻣ ْﻜﻨ َ َﺴ ُﺔ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْبَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة ﺗَﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻔ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮى‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبَ ﻳ َُﻼﺣِ ُﻘﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﻻ ﻳ َُﻔ ِﺎر ُﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ اﺑْﺘَﻌَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺎﺧِ ًﺮا َﻫ ِﺎزﺋًﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبَ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﺎب ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﻤﱢ َﺪ ًة أ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺤَ َﻖ ﱢ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل َﻫﻤﱠ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻏ َﻼ ِق ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﴫَاﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﻔﺘُﻮﺣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻏ ِﻢ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ ِﻣريَ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ِﰲ إِﻏ َﻼﻗِ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎب )ﻋَ ﺘَﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ(‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُﺳ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ري ُة َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺸ ﱡﻖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ْف‪» :‬اﻧْﺘَ ِﻈ ِﺮي أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺄ ْ َر ُة‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻜﻨ َ َﺴ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎب‪ «.‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءُ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أُﻧ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﺑﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺮ ٌة ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َﻓﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻴَﺪ َِﻫﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫ﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْن ﺗُﻬْ ِﻮيَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِس ﱢ‬ ‫ﴬﺑَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ري ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة َﻗﺎ ِﺗ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَﻌَ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻜﻨ َ َﺴ ُﺔ ﻧَﺎ ًرا‪ ،‬وَاﻣْ ﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﻟﻬَ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻳَ ِﺪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة َﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫َود َ​َﻓﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ َِﻣﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮ ِﻗ ِﺪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَﺤْ َ ِﱰ َق أ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ض ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫‪17‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫)‪ (7‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨَﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ إِﻧَﺎءً ﻳ َْﻐ ِﲇ ﻣَ ﺎ ُؤ ُه َﻓﻮ َْق اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﺘْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ُء‬ ‫ﺎب‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﴩﺑُ ُﻪ َﺳﺎﺋ ًِﻐﺎ َﻫﻨِﻴﺌًﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺎﱄ َﻟﺒَﻨًﺎ ﺣَ ﻠِﻴﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻚِ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ﺗَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺘﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ِﺟﺌْ ِﺘﻨِﻲ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ ِﺑ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«! َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻜﺘَﻔِ ﻲ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن َﺧ ﱠﻠ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻟﺬِﻳﺬٍ!«‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻨَﻊُ؟ و َ​َﻻ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺸﺄ َ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ِﺑﺤَ َﺮا َرةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺪ ِْر َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻋَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ َُﺔ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ؟ َوإِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ َﻜ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ٌة ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑ ٌَﺔ إِذْ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﺧﻮ ُْﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺄ ْ َر ِة ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ َﻠ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ذَا أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪ .‬أ َ ِﺑﻲ … أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺷﻔِ ﻘِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺄ ْ َر ُة‪ ،‬وَاﺑْﺘَﻌِ ﺪِي ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺮاكِ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺄ ْ َر ُة‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَذْ َﻫﺐَ ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﺼﻴْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َوﻧ َ ﱠﻜﺒ ِْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻛﻌْ ﺒَﻴْﻚِ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ وَا ِﻟﺪُكِ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺄَﺑ َْﻘﻰ ُﻣﺘَﻮ َِارﻳ ًَﺔ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (9‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحُ ؟‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ د َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺨِ ﻔِ ﻲ َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ِﺪ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ «‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ٍب‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ َﻜ ًﺔ َﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ َﻘﻌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗ ِ​ِﻪ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ ُم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺣْ ﻤَ ﱠﺮ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ذَا ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحُ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﻠﺒَ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﺧﺠَ ًﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اق )ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴ ُﻜﻮبُ (‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ َﺳ َﻜﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫اب و َ​َﻗ َﻠ ٍﻖ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫اﺿ ِﻄ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﺳ َﻜﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ني؟ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫» َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ إِﻧَﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺒ َِﻦ إ ِ َﱃ و َ​َﺳ ِﻂ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜﺒَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْر ِﺿﻬَ ﺎ َﻫ َﻜﺬَا؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺿ ِﻄ َﺮاﺑُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜﺒْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻜﺒْ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻹﻧَﺎءُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪِي وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺣْ ِﻤﻠُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺎ َل ﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ريي؛ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠﺐَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ ﻳَ ُﺪ ﱡل ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﻠﻔِ ﻴﻘِﻬَ ﺎ َوﺑُﻌْ ِﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ِْق‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ْﻜ ِﺸ َﻔﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﱰُ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَﻧ ْ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫ري‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺎ ُك ْاﻷ َ ِﺳ ِ‬

‫ري َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« ُﻣﺪَا َو َرﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﴬي ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻜﻨ َ َﺴ َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ِز ِﻳﲇ‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ َﻓﺄَﺣْ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﻠﺒ َ​َﻦ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ِﻣ ْﻜﻨ َ َﺴ َﺔ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ؟ أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻜﻨ َ َﺴ ٌﺔ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬أَﺣْ َﺮ ْﻗﺘُﻬَ ﺎ — ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ — د َ‬ ‫ُون اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎهٍ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ … وَأَﻧَﺎ …!«‬ ‫)‪َ (10‬ﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻀﺐُ ا ْﻟﻮَا ِﻟ ِﺪ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ ﻣُﺤَ ﺪ ًﱢﻗﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ف‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫وَاﻋْ ﺘُﻘِ َﻞ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧُﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ِْﻖ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة َﻗﻠ َِﻘ ًﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨَﻬﱠ ﺪَ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﻃﺌًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻬَ َﺎﻓﺘَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺄ ْ َر ُة ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎ ِﺑﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱟ‬ ‫َاﺳ َﱰ َْﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﺑُ َﻜﺎءٍ وَاﻧْﺘِﺤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﳼ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨ َ ًﺔ َﻻ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ ْﻜ َﻔ ِﻬ ﱠﺮ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱠﺰﻋً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«؟ ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ِﺖ ﻳَﺎ َﺷﻘِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ؟ د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻚِ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﴪ ٍة َو َﻟﻬْ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ِﺖ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﺘِﻴﺠَ ُﺔ؟ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ ْ ِت َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ﻟ ُِﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ِﻣﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﺷﺪﱠاءِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﻋْ ﺪَا ِﺋﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻟﺪﱠاءِ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫اﻟﺴ ْﻨ َﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫َﺟ َﺮ ِاﺋ ُﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ِب وَاﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫»اﺻ َﻔﺢْ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ و َ​َﺳ ِﺎﻣﺤْ ﻨِﻲ — ﻳَﺎ أَﺑ َِﺖ‬ ‫ﴪا‪َ :‬‬ ‫— َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻞ َﻓﺪَاﺣَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺎرﺛ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ َﻠﺒْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ ً‬ ‫ص ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﺘِﻴﺠَ ُﺔ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﺨﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺴ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺼﻴﺤَ َﺔ دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻫ ِﺬ ِه آﺧِ َﺮ ُة ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وإ ِ ﱠن ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻜِﺐْ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺟُ ْﺮﻣً ﺎ َﺧﻔِ ً‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ َﻫ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ني ْاﻷَﺛ َ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺚ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺠَ ﱠﲆ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ني ﺗَﺒْﺪُو َﻟ ُﻪ ﻧَﺘَﺎﺋِﺠُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮوﱢﻋَ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤِ ُ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ذَﻧْﺒَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻢٌ‪ ،‬وَﺟُ ْﺮﻣَ ُﻪ َﺧ ِﻄريٌ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ري ِه ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َو ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺑ ِْﺮﻳَﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَيﱡ َﻓﺄ ْ َر ٍة َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻳَﺎ أَﺑ َِﺖ؟ وَأَيﱡ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َﻓﺘَﺠْ ﻠُﺐَ َﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ْف ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳﺪِ؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ َﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺠُ ﻨَﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة َوذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن؟ َوﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺠُ ﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ َوﺛَﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ًﺔ َو َرا ِﺑﻌَ ًﺔ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺠَ ﻨْﺘَﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ؟«‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ«‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ — ﻳَﺎ اﺑْﻨَﺘِﻲ — َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ «‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫وﻓ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻔِ ري َِان ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄْﻟُ َ‬ ‫َاﺳ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ ِﺟﻨﱢﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءُ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺠْ ﻤَ ُﻊ — إ ِ َﱃ ﻟُ ْﺆﻣِﻬَ ﺎ و َُﺳ ْﺨﻔِ ﻬَ ﺎ — َﴍ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴤ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺼﺘِﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم —‬ ‫َوﻟُ ْﺆ َم اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ﱠﻮ َة ا ْﻟﺒَﺄ ْ ِس‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻓ ِ َ‬ ‫ني ﺗَﺒْﻠُﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮكِ ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻧ ْ َﻘ ْﺬ ِت ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗ َِﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺪُو َد و َ​َﺧ ﱠﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋِ ﻴ ُﺪ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧﻔِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َﻔﻚِ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ كِ‬ ‫ﴎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫ﴩ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﴘ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱞﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻻ إِﻧ ْ ِ ﱞ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ﻚِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ .‬أﻧَﺎ ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱞﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﺑْﻨَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫إِﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴ ًﱠﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ إِﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َوﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺟﻨﱢﻴﱠ ٍﺔ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن أُﻣﱠ ﻚِ إِﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﺴ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺎت ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺴ ِ‬ ‫آ َدمَ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑَﺎكِ ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱞﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﺴ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ اﻣْ ﺘَﺎ َز ْت ِﺑ ِﻪ أُﻣﱡ ﻚِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ْﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘَﺎ َرﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ِﱄ َزوْﺟً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺟْ ﺘَﺬَبَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﻠﺐَ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻ ِﺗﻨَﺎ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮةِ«‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﺘﻴَﺎ ًرا‬ ‫ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ًﻘﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻀﺐُ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‬ ‫َاﺟﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻓﺎﺗَﻨِﻲ — ﻟ ُِﺴﻮءِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫َو ُرﻓِﻌَ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﻼمُ‪ ،‬وَأُﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺰﻳﻨ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻫِ َﺮ ُة اﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ًﺎﻻ ِﺑ َﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ ﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ َﻔ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«؛ َﻓ َﻐﺎ َ‬ ‫— أ َ ْن أَدْﻋُ َﻮ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ َﱠﺔ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮ َة‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻸ َ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺿﺎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺣِ ْﻘﺪًا‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏﻴ ِْﻈﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺗَ َﺰوﱠﺟْ ُﺖ أُﻣﱠ ﻚِ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﺑَﻴ ُْﺖ أ َ ْن أَﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﺑَﻨَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ إ ِ ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻤَ َﺮ ْت ِﱄ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ﺣِ ْﻘﺪًا َﻛ ِﻤﻴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻟﻤً ﺎ دَﻓِ ﻴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ َﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ُﺳ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ﻋَ ِﺎرﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأَﺑْﻨَﺎﺋِﻲ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْرﺗَﺎ ُع ِﻟ َﻮﻋِﻴﺪ َِﻫﺎ وَأَﺟْ َﺰ ُع ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻬْ ﺪِﻳﺪ َِﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌﺬٍ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﱄ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٌة ﺗَ ْﺮﺟَ ﺢُ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗَﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﻤَ ﺎ ِﺛ ْﻠﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮ َدﺗْﻨ َِﻲ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة«‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻌَ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫َني ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ و َِرﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﻣَ ﺜِﻴ َﻞ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وﻛِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﺤْ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﻔ ِﺴ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺪ ِﺑري َ​َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ُﻣ َﺆاﻣَ َﺮاﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ﺗَ ُﺮ ﱡد ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ َﻛﻴْ َﺪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻬْ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﴤ ﻋَ َﲆ ِو َﻻ َدﺗِﻚِ ِﺑ ْﻀ ُﻊ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺣَ ﱠﺴ ْﺖ‬ ‫َث ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺴﺒ ِ‬ ‫أُﻣﱡ ﻚِ َآﻻﻣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ﻣ َُﱪﱢﺣَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ د َْﻓﻌً ﺎ و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨﻔِ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َﻐﻴﱠﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ِﻷ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻤ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ْت أَﻋُ ﻮ ُد ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ َﺔ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮةِ«‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت أُﻣﱠ ﻚِ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﺎ َر َﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ َة‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ َﺰ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ ﺎﺗَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺒْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءُ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺤَ ًﺔ َﺷﺎﺑ ًﱠﺔ( َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺮ ٍض‪.‬‬

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‫ﺟَ َﺮا ِﺋ ُﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬

‫)‪َ (5‬ﻏ ِﺮﻳ َﺰ ُة ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َس ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺒَ َﻊ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرذَا ِﺋ َﻞ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻆ — َﻓﺤَ ﺎ َل ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬَ ﺎ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﺴ ِﺎوئَ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻮ َْﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻂ )أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺪ َِﻫﺎ( ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ﺒَ َ‬ ‫آ َرا ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ )ﻣَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻞ( ﻋَ ﻤَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ َﻖ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻓ َﻠﺤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َرد َﱢﻫﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ِﰲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺗَﺒ ﱡُﺚ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ﺣُ ﺐﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬و ُﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎوَﻋَ َﺔ َﻫﻮَى اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ ِﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ي َو َراءَ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ ﱠﻚ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ِﺳﺤْ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ َوﻳَ ُﺰو َل ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذَا‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳُﻔِﻴﺪ َُﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ِ (6‬ﺳﺠْ ُﻦ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‬ ‫َﺎط َﻛﻴْﺪ َِﻫﺎ َﻟﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وإِﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت — ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﺣْ ﺒ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﻜﻨَﺘْﻨِﻲ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ — ﺗُ َﺆ ِاز ُر َﻫﺎ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ُة ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳﺘُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻴ ًَﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْﺪ َِﻫﺎ َوﻧ ُ ُﻔﻮذ َِﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ أَﺗْﻤَ ﻤْ ِﺖ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ‬ ‫ني ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﺛ َ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪ :‬ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َ‬ ‫ث ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐ ِﺮﻳ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﻠﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫َﺎت‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ِت »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺐَ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا َوﺗَ ْﺴﺠُ ﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ َﻘﺎءٍ َوﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘُﺤَ ﱢﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺳﻨْﺠَ ﺎﺑًﺎ َ‬ ‫ري ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرأَﻳْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮمَ‪.‬‬ ‫ص ﺛَ ٌ‬ ‫)‪ُ (7‬ﻓ َﺮ ٌ‬ ‫ﻼث‬ ‫اﺿﻴ ًَﺔ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮ ِة أ َ ْن ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ َﺳ ِﺠﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذَا َﻓﺘَﺤْ ِﺖ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ َر ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﺎ َر ًة‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﺎوَﻋْ ِﺖ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد ِﺟﻨﱢﻴ ًﱠﺔ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذَا َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ َﻟﻚِ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات ﺛ َ َﻼﺛًﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮكِ ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻗﺎوَﻣْ ِﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺰﻋَ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة؛ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْر ِت‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﻠُﻐِ َﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« َوﻧ ُ ُﻔﻮذ َِﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ‪ .‬وَاﻋْ َﻠ ِﻤﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أُو ﱢَﻓ ْﺮ َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُ‬ ‫ﴎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َﻠ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺰاﻳَﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮدِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻ َﱪ ُْت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨَﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ ِق ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬وﺛِﻘِ ﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗُﻨَﺎ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ ْﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻤَ ﻚِ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢَ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن ا ْرﺗَ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﴬاءِ‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴪاءِ و ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﻚِ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻚِ ﻋَ ﺒْﺪًا َرﻗ ً‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« إِذَا ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻌً ﺎ ﻟ ُ‬ ‫ات ﺛ َ َﻼﺛًﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت‬ ‫‪23‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫ﻴﺼ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺐ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠْ ﻨِﻴ ِﺒﻚِ ﻧَﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ آ ُل ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ِﰲ َﻫ ْﺪ ِم َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺘَﻬْ ﺬ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮذِﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠُﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎوﻋُ ﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺟ َﺴﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺛ َِﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (8‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓ َﺮ ْدﺗُﻚِ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗَ َﺴﻤﱠ ﺢْ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ أ َ ْن أُﻣَ ﱢﻜﻨَﻚِ‬ ‫اﺧ َﱰ ُْت َﻟﻚِ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮَاءِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ َﻠﻮ ُ‬ ‫َاﻹﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أُﻣَ ﱢﻜﻨْﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت و ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﺎﺋ ِ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم وَا ْﻟﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َوﻧ ُ ُﻔﻮ ٍذ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻮ ُزكِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ْت َﻟﻚِ — ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫وَأَﻋْ َﺪد ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﱰﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ وَاﻟﺘﱠ َﺴ ﱢﲇ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ني َرأَﻳْﺘُﻨِﻲ ﻧَﺠَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺎب ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬﻢﱢ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَ َﴫ ُ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ْت ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺷﻚِ أ ْن ﺗُﺪ ِْرﻛِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴﺔ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮكِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻚِ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« َوﺗَ ْﺨﻠُ ِﴢ‬ ‫َني ﺗَﻤَ ِﺎﻣﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٌم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ِري ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻧ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ُﺳﻮءَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺎح‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ أﺑَﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺄﻟِﻴﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮ ِم ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِﺑﺒَﺎﻟِﻚِ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َﻜﺪِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻋْ ﺠَ َﻠﺘْﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ُة‪،‬‬ ‫وَأَذْ َﻫ َﻠﻨِﻲ و َْﻗﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻛﺘُ َﻢ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳﺎ َو َرﻧِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ْﺧﻔِ َﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﻪ‬ ‫ُﻮﺟ ِﻊ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺳ َﺆاﻟُﻚِ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻴ ِﱢﺊ ْاﻷَﺛ َ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِ‬ ‫اب َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺛَﺎ َر ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ َة ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ِﻟﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَأَذْ َﻛﻰ ﻣَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ و ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ْ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫َاﺿ ِﻄ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﻮ ٍﱡق ِﻟﺘَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫ف ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ْ‬ ‫)‪ُ (9‬ﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺎر‬ ‫اﻻﺧ ِﺘﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱪ و َِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺨ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﱧ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎف َوﻓ ِْﻘﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫ﺎج‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒ َ​َﺎﻻةِ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﺮ ُت أﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻚِ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِح وَاﻻﺑْﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ َﻏ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ْﺧ ِﻄﺌْ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠو َل و َْﻫ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ ْﻀ ِﻤ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺄ َ ْدﻧَﻰ ﺗَﺄَﻣﱡ ٍﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫وَأ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻬْ ِﺠ ُﺲ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َرأَﻳْﺘُﻚِ ﺗُ ْﻠﺤِ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ال ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﺎﻋَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﴪ َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َار »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮةِ« ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أُﻳ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ َﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﴏ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻣَ ﺪَى إ ِ َرا َدﺗِﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻏ َﺮاءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺗْ ُﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ِﰲ ُﻣﺘَﻨَﺎو َِل ﻳَﺪِكِ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ﱢﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَ ْﺨﺘَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ْ ِ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ ْﻘﺪَا َر ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺣِ ﻚِ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﻘﺎوَﻣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺮ ًة ِﺑﺜَﻨَﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ َوإِﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫‪24‬‬

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‫ﺣَ ﺘَﻤَ ِﺖ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أَﺗْ ُﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﻔﺘَﺎحَ ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﴪ َﻟﻚِ — ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑﻨ ِْﺴﻴَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ؛ ِﻷُﻳ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ْ‬ ‫— ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑُ ﱞﺪ‬ ‫ﻻﺧ ِﺘﺒ َِﺎر ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ِة إ ِ َرا َدﺗِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َرﺟَ ﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠِﻚِ وَﺣَ َﺰاﻣَ ﺘِﻚِ ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِاﻻﻣْ ﺘِﺤَ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﻣَ َﻔ ﱞﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذَا ْ‬ ‫َار‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺪ ًَﻓﺎ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن و َْاﻷ َ َﻟ ُﻢ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻚِ وَﺣْ ﺪَكِ ﻧَﻬْ ﺒًﺎ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﻗﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪ‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ﻧَﺘِﻴﺠَ ٌﺔ َﻻ ﺗَ ُ ﱡ‬ ‫ري ِة وَاﻻ ْرﺗِﺒَﺎكِ وَﺣُ ﻤْ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻳﺮ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻚِ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ — ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫َو ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ َﺳ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫َت ِﱄ ِﺻﺤﱠ ُﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺧِ ْﻔ ُﺖ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ِﺻﺪ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َْﺳ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌُ َﻔ ْﺖ إ ِ َرا َدﺗُﻚِ — ﻳَﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴ ُﱠﺔ — َﻓﻌَ ﺠَ ْﺰ ِت ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺐَ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ ْﺧ َﻔ ْﻘ ِﺖ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻣْ ﺘِﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ﺣُ ﺐﱡ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫َﴫ و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺮوﱟ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠﺒ ِْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ري ﺗَﺒ ﱡ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌْ ِﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﻬَ ﻴْﺘُﻚِ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ِع اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋِﺐَ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﻋَ ﻮَاﻗِ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﷲ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا اﻟﺘﱠ َ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻟﻚِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو أ ُ ْ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻮن أَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو أَﺑُﻮحَ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠِﻌَ ﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ْﻜﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼﻴﻠ ِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَوَاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺆ َذ ْن ِﱄ ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم ﺗَﺒْﻠُﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮكِ ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍار َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛ ْﺸ ِﻒ ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﺷ ُﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘُﻮدِﻋْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜ َﺬا ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْر ُت إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْﺧ َﻔﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻘﺒ َِﻞ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﱄ ﻋَ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﻨْﺪُوﺣَ ٌﺔ و َ​َﻻ‬ ‫ني َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ و َْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻬْ َﺮبٌ ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺆ َذ ْن ِﱄ أ َ ْن أُﺣَ ﱢﺬ َركِ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻬْ ﺪِﻓِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َﺧﺎ َﻟ ْﻔ ُﺖ َﻻﻧْﻌَ َﻜ َﺴ ِﺖ ْاﻵﻳ َُﺔ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮ ِة ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫أ َ ِﺳريًا َذﻟ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي أ َ ِﺳريَ ًة َذﻟِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎر َﻗ ُﺔ ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ْ ِت‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠﺒ ِْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َﺨ َ‬ ‫و َْاﻵ َن — ﻳَﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة — َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺌِﻚِ َﴍٍّا ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻄريًا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺄِ ﱠ‬ ‫— ﻣَ َﻊ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻘِ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟَ ﺎءَ ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻼ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻊ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ﺑ َِﺎر َﻗ ُﺔ أَﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة وَا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْز ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠو ِﺗﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪َ .‬ﻓﻔِ ﻲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻜ ﱢﻔ ِﺮي ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَﻧ ْ ِﺒﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐﻔِ ِﺮي ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺟُ ْﺮﻣِﻚِ ‪ ،‬إِذَا ﺣَ َﺰﻣْ ِﺖ أَﻣْ َﺮكِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺒ ِْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌِ ﺪِﻳﻨَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻚِ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﺎر ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺎﻻﻧْﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻬْ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُ َﺮ ِاو ُد ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻚِ َوﺗُ َﺴ ِﺎو ُر َﻫﻮَاكِ ؟‬ ‫‪25‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫)‪ْ (12‬اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ«‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءً« ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َر ُه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ َزوْﺟً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ َﻟﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ‬ ‫ﻆ ﱠ‬ ‫»وَاﻋْ َﻠ ِﻤﻲ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ِﺑ َﻔ ِﺎر ِغ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻳُ َﺆﻣﱢ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺣِ ﻚِ ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ﺣَ ﱢﺮ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻴﺪَكِ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬وَاﺟْ ﺘَ ِﺎزي ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤْ ِﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﺗُ َﺨﻴﱢ ِﺒﻲ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻴ ُْﺴﻮ َر ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْ‬ ‫اﻻﺧ ِﺘﺒَﺎ َر ا ْﻟﻬَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻨ َ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َﴫ‪ ،‬آهٍ‪ .‬ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ! أ َ ْﺷﻔِ ﻘِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ إ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺸﻔِ ﻘِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬وَاﻋْ ﺘَ ِﺼ ِﻤﻲ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﺪﺑ ٍﱡﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َﺰاﻣَ ٍﺔ َوﺗَﺒ ﱡ ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ي وَاﻟﺜﱠﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت وَا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎوَﻣَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ َزا َل ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ«‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ أَﻧْﺒَ ُﻞ َﺷﺎبﱟ ِﰲ أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ وَاﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫وَاﺛ ًِﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﺮﺟَ ﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠِﻚِ َود ﱠِﻗ ِﺔ َﻓﻬْ ِﻤﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ْ (13‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘ ِْﻐ َﻔﺎ ُر اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ ِم‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺟَ ﺎ ِﺛﻴ ًَﺔ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ْﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﻔِ ﻴ ًَﺔ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﺑُ َﻜﺎءً ﺣَ ﺎ ٍّرا‪،‬‬ ‫َت َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﺳﻤْ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ ُة‪،‬‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘ ْﺖ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ًة‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ َﻟ َﻚ — ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ َﻔ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐﻔِ َﺮ ًة‪ ،‬ﻧَﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼ ِح ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺪ َر ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺄ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ﺗَﺪَا ُركِ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ط ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ َﻠ ٍﻂ؛‬ ‫— أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َﻗ ﱢ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺒ َْﺚ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‪ ،‬وَاﺑ َْﻖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ ْﱰُ ْﻛﻨِﻲ وَﺣْ ﺪِي؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮبَ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ َﺰاءٌ‪َ ،‬وﻟِ ِﻬﻤﱠ ﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻀﺎءٌ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُﻌْ ِﻮ َزﻧِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ُﺔ إِذَا َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻟ َﺰاﻣَ َﻚ ْاﻷﺑ َِﻮيﱠ ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْر َﺷﺎ َد َك ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴﻢَ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َ‬ ‫ُوري أ َ ْن أَﺑ َْﻘﻰ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻚِ ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ «‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ْاﻵ َن ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗ َِﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺪُو ِد ُ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮ ُة أ َ ْن‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫َﴫكِ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫َار‪«.‬‬ ‫أَﺑ َْﻘﻰ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِاركِ ِﻷُﺑ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪ ،‬وَأُﺣَ ﺬﱢ َركِ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ِﻳ َﺪ اﻷ َ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (14‬وَﻋِ ﻴ ُﺪ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‬ ‫اﻹ َ‬ ‫»وَاﻋْ َﻠ ِﻤﻲ أ َ ﱠن ُ‬ ‫َاﻹ َﺳﺎءَ ِة إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺰ َﺧ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﺄْﻟُ َﻮ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎع ِﺑﻚِ ‪ ،‬و ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﴍ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ َﻟﻴُﺪْﻫِ ُﺸﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠﻻ أ َ َر َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﺠﻮ َِاركِ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ ُﺪ ِهلل ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ٍﺔ و َ ﱟ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻮ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻮَا َر َﻻﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻤَ ﺎﺗَ ًﺔ‬ ‫وَاﺑْﺘِﻬَ ﺎﺟً ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪26‬‬

‫ﺟَ َﺮا ِﺋ ُﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬

‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻫِ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺰﻋ ِ​ِﺞ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« َﻻ‬ ‫َزا َﻟ ْﺖ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ِﻲ اﺑْﻨ َ ِﺘ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴎو ًرا ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ ْﻜﻮَا َك‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺺ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ‬ ‫ِﻳﺮ ﻋَ ﻴ ِْﺸ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨْﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮﻳ َﺮ ِة و َ​َآﻻ ِﻣ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﱪﱢﺣَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ أَﺑْﻬَ ﺞَ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻜﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أُﺑَﺎدِ ْر ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎت إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ْﻜﻮَا َك‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ أَﺣْ ِﺮ َم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﻟﺬﱠ َة ْ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح ِﺑﻤ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﺘِ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻮد ِﱢع اﺑْﻨَﺘَ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ آﺧِ َﺬﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ َﻻ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎﻧِﻌَ ﺘُ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎﺣَ ﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (15‬ﻫ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ َوﻋِﻴ َﺪ ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﻮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﺸﺐَ أ َ ْﺳﻨَﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ِﺪ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ﱠد َة ِﰲ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ذَﻳْﻠ ِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴﺤَ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ َو َراءَهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ ُﻣ ْﺆﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺠ ْﻠﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َراﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱡﺪ ُه ِﻟﺘُ َﺨ ﱢﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ًة َﻻ ﻗِ ﺒَ َﻞ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻨَﺎ َو َل ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ ُﺲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨﻤَ ًﺔ( َو َر َﻓﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻫِ َﺮا َو ًة )ﻋَ ً‬ ‫ﺎب‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبَ ﻋَ ﺎﺟَ َﻠ ُﻪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻬْ ِﻮيَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ِﻬ َﺮا َوﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ َﺪ ِم‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« َﻓﺄَﻋْ ﺠَ َﺰ ُه ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ​َﻗﻒ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﺪًا َﻻ ﺣَ َﺮا َك ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗِﻤْ ﺜَﺎ ٌل ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻢ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ري ُة ِﺑ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ْﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َراﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ ُل ُ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ َوﺗُ ْﺸﻔِ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﻤَ َﺔ و ﱠ‬ ‫َار! َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ ِﺰﺋَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ َﻜ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻮب ْاﻷ َ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸ َﻔ َﻘ َﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻗﻠُ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺬَاﺟَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺎﺧِ َﺮ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ َ​َﻼ َﻫﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺗْﺒَﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜﺘَﻬَ ﺎ و َُﺳ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‪.‬‬ ‫َﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺒﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﻠﻬَ ﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﺑﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻴ ُﱠﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ﻨَﺎءُ‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺎع أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﺨﺪَﻋَ ﻚِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻮف ِﺑﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﻧ ُ ِﺮﻳﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﻧُﻮﻗِﻌَ ﻚِ ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ِﺷﺒَﺎ ِﻛﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﺧﺪْﻋَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴤ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫َﺎل‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ َﻟﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (16‬اﺣْ ِﱰ ُ‬ ‫َاق ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﺗَ ْﺴﺤَ ﺐُ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ« َوﺗَﺠْ ﺬِبُ ذَﻳْ َﻞ ﺛ َ ْﻮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ُﺴ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ُﺳﺒُ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗُﺘِﻴﺢُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻓ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﻃ َﺸ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺒﺜ َ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ«‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ َﴏ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺘَﻬَ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ُْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ودَﻣﱠ َﺮﺗْ ُﻪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ُر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َْﺖ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ َﻷَﺣْ َﺮ َﻗﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺐُ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ َﻔ َﻘ َﺪ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْد َر َﻛ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ ﺒْﺪًا ذَﻟ ً‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ْﻮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أَﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ َﺧ َﻼ ِﺻ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﴎ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ إِذَا‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﰲ أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑ َْﻘ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﻘِ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴍ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َﺳ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻐﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (17‬ودَا ٌع و ْ‬ ‫َاﻓ ِﱰ ٌ‬ ‫َاق‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻷ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧ َ ًﺔ‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻮدَا ُع ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﺑﻲ! إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ َﻘﻰ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َك‪َ ،‬و َر ﱢد ﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠﺘِ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﻠُﻮﺑَ ِﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨْﺘُ َﻚ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءَ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﻋِ ﻲ و َُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ ِﱪي َو ِﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻮﱄ وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻸَﺟْ ِﻠﺒ ﱠَﻦ َﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨَﺎءَ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َﺎﺳﺘِﻲ وَﺣَ َﺰاﻣَ ﺘِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺘَ َ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ اﺑْﺘَﻌَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬَ ِﺐ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻨْﺠُ َﻮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (18‬رﺟَ ﺎءٌ َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﺋِﺐٌ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺼﺪُ؟‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺗَﺠْ ِﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري َﻏﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ َﻻ ﺗَﺪ ِْري أﻳ َْﻦ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ؟ و َ​َﻻ إ ِ َﱃ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ ﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَﺄ ْ ِوي‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻮﱠﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺤَ ﺜ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫اﺟﻴ ًَﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄْذَ َن‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ًزا ﺟَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴ ًﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧﺘَﻤَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َﻛﺎ ُد أَﻣ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮت ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ َوﺗَﻌَ ﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺿﻨَﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻊُ‪ ،‬إِذَا َ‬ ‫أَد ِْري ﻣَ ﺎذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮل َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﺤِ ﻲ ِﱄ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻚِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﴤ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ أ َ ِﻣريَ ٌة ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻚِ ِﻟﺘَﻤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺜ ﱢ َﺮ ًة؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺲ؟ أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟﻚِ ﺑَﻴ ٌْﺖ ﺗَﺄ ْ ِو َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ِﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪَكِ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ًة د َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ؟‬ ‫ُون َرا ِﺋ ٍﺪ و َ​َﻻ أَﻧ ٍ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ُﻮت ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءِ د َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱢﻮ ُع َﻟﻚِ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺌْ ِﻮﻳَﻚِ ﺑُﻴ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ‬ ‫ُون َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ؟ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ َﺧ ِﺒ ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻟِﻌَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋِ ْﻔ ِﺮ ٌ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ؟«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻬَ ﱡﻜ ٍﻢ و َُﺳ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َراد ْ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ ْت ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮد َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑ َْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ِﺎر َﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َار َو ِﻋﻨَﺎدٍ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َو َراء َ​َﻫﺎ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﴏ ٍ‬ ‫‪28‬‬

‫ﺟَ َﺮا ِﺋ ُﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبَ َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ ﱡﻚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﺎﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة َﻫ ﱠﺰ ْت َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬اﻣْ ِﴤ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻚِ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ِﻴﻬ ُﻢ‬ ‫أﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻲ ِﺟﻨﱢﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن!«‬

‫)‪ (19‬ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٌم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٌ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َﻔ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« َﺳ ْري َ​َﻫﺎ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧًﺎ وَا ْﻟﺘَﻤَ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْﻠﺠَ ﺄً‪َ ،‬ﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻓ ِﺾ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ﱠﺮةٍ‪ِ ،‬ﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺎﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَدﱠى ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ﻮَا ُل إ ِ َﱃ َﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻟ ﱠﻔﺎءَ‪ :‬ﺗَﺘَ َﺸﺎﺑَ ُﻚ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ُر َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎد َ​َﻓ ْﺖ َﻏﺪِﻳ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺎءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫َﻫﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﴙ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ُﻊ ُﻏ ﱠﻠﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت َﻓﻮَا ِﻛ َﻪ و َ​َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﻤَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِْز ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﺬْ ِع َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﺑُ َﻜﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴ َﱰ ِْﺳ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫أَﺣْ َﺰاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ و َُﻫﻤُﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ري َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻐ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻘﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨْﺪُبُ ُﺳﻮءَ ﻣَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ﺑَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة َﻻ ﺗَﺪ ِْري َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﴐ ٍب‬ ‫ﴩ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ أَﻣْ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫‪29‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫ﺎن َﺳﺘُﻌَ ﺎﻧِﻴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَﺘَﺄَذﱠى‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﻏ ِﺎر َﻗ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺗﺄَﻣﱡ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ ُْﻐ ِﻤ َﻀ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴐ ِ‬ ‫وب اﻻﻣْ ﺘِﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺐ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺻ ٍﺐ َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن ﻣَ َﻠ َﻜﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُم ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َ‬ ‫ط ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏﻴَﺎﻫِ ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫ﻟِ َﻘﺎءُ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﲑ‬

‫)‪َ (1‬ﻓﺘَﺎ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َِﺔ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ًﻓﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« ُﻣﻨ ْ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﻨ َ ﱢﻮ ًرا ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ أَﺗْﺒَﺎﻋُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸﺎﻋِ ِﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻜ َِﻼبُ ﺗَﺘْﺒَ ُﻊ ْاﻵ َرا َم )اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﺒَﺎءَ( وَا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ َﻻ َن‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ﻣَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ«‪َ .‬ﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻜ َِﻼبُ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ ﱠد ًة ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋَ ًﺔ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻ ْﻞ َﺳ ْري َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺗُﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُﺪ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ وَاﻗِ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﺒَﺎءِ وَا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ َﻻ ِن‪ ،‬ﺗَ ُﻜ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋَ َﺔ( ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ني َرأَى ﻛ َِﻼﺑَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎدِ ﻳ َ​َﺔ )ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ« َ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣﺘَ ًﺔ َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨ َ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎح‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻤْ ِﺴ ُﻚ ﺑ َْﻐﺘَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﻨﱡﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ ِه َوﺗَ َﺮﺟﱠ َﻞ ِﻟﻴَﺪ َْﻓ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻜ َِﻼبَ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮﺗْ ُﻪ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺗَ ْﺮﻗ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ أدِ ﻳ ِﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ني وَﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ أ ِﻣريَ ٍة َراﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ أَﺣَ ﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ِْر َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُم ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤُﻮﺣِ ِﺶ‪ .‬وَأَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺎﺋِﻬَ ٌﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْد َر َﻛﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺴﻨَﺎءِ وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒْﺢُ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺎﻣَ ْﺖ َرﻳْﺜَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻠِﺞُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻛﺜ َ ٍﺐ )ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻗ ْﺮ ٍب(‪َ ،‬ﻟﻤَ ﺢَ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ َﺳﺎذَﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ُﻮع ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ َﺴﺎﻳَ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐﻤَ َﻀﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫أﺛ َ َﺮ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣ ِ‬ ‫َت ﻟِﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻳَﺪ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َان‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ َ ِﺎﻣﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر ِدﻳ ُﱠﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮﺟﱠ ُﻞ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺎو ِ‬ ‫ني ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُر ِﺷ َﻖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣ ُْﺸ ٌ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﻋ ِْﻘﺪ َُﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُﺌ ﱡِﻲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم ا ْﻟﺒ َِﻬﻴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳُﺪ ِْر َك أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓﻮ َر ُة اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﺮاءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺒ ِﺖ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫)‪ِ (2‬ﰲ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻔ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْﻘ ِ​ِﻆ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻛﺘَﻨ َ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺞ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻋُ ﻮَاءِ ا ْﻟﻜ َِﻼ ِب‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﺨ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻤﱢ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ُ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ َوﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ري ُة‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫ﻇﻤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ ِﻟﻴُﻮ ِﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻮل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻘﻠ َِﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻴَﺪ َِﻫﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُﺒْ ِﺪ ﺣَ َﺮا ًﻛﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫ ﱠﺰ ﻳَﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْﻘ ِ​ِﻆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺒَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻟِﺠُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪهِ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮوءَ ِة أ َ ْن‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﱰُ َك ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة اﻟﺘﱠﺎﺋِﻬَ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ )ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﺖ( ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ِﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻮﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﴢ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤَ َﺮ ِة َﻗ ْﺪ َرﻣَ ﻰ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب‪ ،‬أ َ ْو َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِح ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌَ ِ‬ ‫وَﻫِ َﻲ َراﻗِ َﺪ ٌة؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريُ » َوﺛﱠﺎبٌ « ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﱃ أَﻣْ َﺮ ﻛ َِﻼ ِب ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪» :‬ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ َ َﻊ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫— أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ — أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‬ ‫ﻮن ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻓﻨْﺪ ٍُق َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَﻌُ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮق ُﺳ ُﻤ ﱠﻮ َك ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻣﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ْاﻷَﺣْ َﻼ ِم‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮﺗَ َﻚ َﻟ ُﻤﻮ ﱠَﻓ َﻘ ٌﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺋﺒ ٌَﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊْ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ﱠﻔ َﺔ ﻳَﺎ » َوﺛﱠﺎبُ « ِﻟﺘَ َﻀﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴫي‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻻ ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻓﻨْﺪ ُِق ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءِ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَﺣْ َﺖ — ﺑ َِﻞ اذْ َﻫﺐْ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة — ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ِﱄ — ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴ َُﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ إ ِ ﱠﻻ‬ ‫ﴍ ُ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻠ ًﻜﺎ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ف — أَﻧَﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ — ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻤﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴈ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄ ُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة وَﺣِ ﻴَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻃﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َﻗ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ إِﻋْ ﺪَادِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ َﻔﺎ َو ٍة َوﺗَ ْﻜ ِﺮﻳ ٍﻢ‪ «.‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ » َوﺛﱠﺎبٌ « وَﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ُه ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻓﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﺷﺎ َوﺛِريًا ) َﻟﻴﱢﻨًﺎ(‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻓِ َﺮ ً‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺰ ْل ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ ِﰲ ُﺳﺒَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َني ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْر َﻗﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣﻌْ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺞ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ َﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﱟﻮ ﺑ َِﻬ ٍ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﻤْ ﺠَ ﻤَ ْﺖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻨَﺤَ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺨﻔِ ٍﺾ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺘَﺐَ ﷲ ُ َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻮ َز‪ ،‬وَأَﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻨَﺎ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذَ َك إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَ ِﺪ … إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت … َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ …! إِﻧﱢﻲ أ َرا ُه‬ ‫… ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮﻣَ ُﻪ … ﷲ ُ ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ﺎهُ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪32‬‬

‫ري‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻘﺎءُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬

‫ري‬ ‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ ْ‬ ‫َودَﻫِ َﺶ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫اﺳﻤَ ُﻪ وَﻫِ َﻲ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ أَﺣْ َﻼ ِﻣﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺨ ِﺎﻣ ْﺮ ُه َﺷ ﱞﻚ ِﰲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻧِﻲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ِﻳ َﺪ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫َﱰﻳﱠﺜُﻮا )ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻬﱠ ﻠُﻮا(‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤَ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ريﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒ ِْﻄﺌُﻮا ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺸ ِﻴ ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺞَ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة َﻓﺘَﻬُ ﺐﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ َر ًة َﻓ ِﺰﻋَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﴫهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﻋْ ﺪَادِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ َوﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻔﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠ ِﻜﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺄ ْ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﻤَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺻﺎﺋ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠﻜ ﱢِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮَاﺗِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻬ َﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ﱠﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﻳ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﺒﺜ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َراﻗِ َﺪ ًة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺤَ ﻰ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ إ ِ ﱠﻻ و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَ َﻔ َﻊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻔﺘَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠَ ْﺖ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ني َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻏﺎبَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبَ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﻤﺪ َِت ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧ َﻼ ِﺻﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﺗُ َﺮاﻧِﻲ ِﰲ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ أ ْم ِﰲ ﻳ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«؟ َﻓﺄﻳ ُﱠﺔ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗﻮَى‬ ‫ص ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻫﺎ؟ َﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬَﻧِﻲ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ َﺧ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ﺑَﺄ ْ ًﺳﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﻔﺬَ أَﻣْ ًﺮا‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼﺘْﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ َﺷﺄْﻧًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪33‬‬

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‫ري‬ ‫)‪ُ (6‬ﻗﺪُو ُم ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت ﺟُ ﻨُﻮدًا و َُﻗﻮﱠادًا ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون ِﺛﻴَﺎﺑَﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِﺑﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ َة‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻌَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻤَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻤﱠ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨَﺎدِيَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮدِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ َﺪ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ َرأ ْ ِﻳﻬَ ﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻔ َﻖ أ َ ْﻗﺪَا ٍم ﺗَ ْﺪﻧُﻮ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ َﻓ َﺮأ َ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءً« أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ اﺣْ ِﱰَا ٍم َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣَ ﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ِﺛﻴَﺎبَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎب‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ َوإِﻋْ ﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫ري ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﻠ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮا ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُ‬ ‫ني َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َرﺗْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر َة ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ!« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ري إ ِ َرا َد ٍة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓﺘْﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة؟ أَﺗُ َﺮاﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم؟ َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﻤَ ﻚِ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋُ ْﺪ أ َ ْذ ُﻛ ُﺮ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺣْ ﻤَ ﱠﺮ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ َﺧﺠَ ًﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻖ — ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ْاﻷَﺣْ َﻼ ِم‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ َﻟ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘ ِ​ِﻪ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫أ َ َر َك إ ِ ﱠﻻ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ َﻗﺎ ِﺑ ْﻞ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ْ‬ ‫ري أ َ ِﺑﻲ وَﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺪُو ِد‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ ﺗَﺪ َْﻫ ُﺶ إِذَا ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪ :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ف ْ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَﻣْ ِﺲ!«‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﺣِ ﻮَا ٌر ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺐٌ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ِﻬ َﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ري ُة ﺗَ ُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎس ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺟَ ِﻬ ْﻠ ِﺖ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ‬ ‫اﺳﻤَ ﻚِ ؟« َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺸﺄ َ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ وَا ِﻟﺪ َُﻫﺎ أَﻣْ ِﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ْاﻷَﻧْﺒَﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺎﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺳﺬَاﺟَ ٍﺔ ﻧَﺎدِ َر ٍة‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﴪ ُع ِﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل و َِاﻻ ْﺷﺘ َِﻐﺎ ُل ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳُﻔِﻴﺪ َُﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺘﱠ َ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﱠﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاث ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧﺘَﻤَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﴤ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﺑﻤَ ﺒْ َﻠ ِﻎ ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻛﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ — أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْر ُت إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫أ ُ ْﻓ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴐﻣَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎرﻣَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﻗِ َﺪ ُة‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَو َ‬ ‫ْﺻﺪ َِت )أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻘ ِﺖ(‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ َﺮ ْر ُت ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻬ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺑْﻮَابَ دُوﻧِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﱠار‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َر ﺑُﺪٍّا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ط ِﺑ َﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮع‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ َﻞ ﷲ ﺗَﺪَا َر َﻛﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَﻳْﺘُﻨِﻲ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻬْ ﺪ َ​َﻓ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱪدِ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﺣَ ﺎﻓِ ٍﻞ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﺣْ َﻼ ِم ا ْﻟﺒ َِﻬﻴﺠَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ أَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻞ‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ و ُِﺟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ ْﻟﺒ َْﺚ أ ْن َﻏ ِﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﴫ أَﻧَﺎ؟ وَأ َ ْﻏ َﻠﺐُ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ َك!« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﻳُ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ِﺌﻨُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱢﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ْاﻵ َن ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟ و َِﰲ أَيﱢ َﻗ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮَابَ ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺻﺪ َْﻗ ِﺖ ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ﺪِي ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎﺳﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ ﺜ َ َﺮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫‪34‬‬

‫ري‬ ‫ﻟ َِﻘﺎءُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﴣ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻔﻮ َﱠﻫ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ِﰲ ﻧُﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻬَ ﺎ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﻮ ٍْل‪َ ،‬د ﱠﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮى أَﺣْ َﻼﻣً ﺎ َﺳﺎ ﱠر ًة ﺑ َِﻬﻴﺠَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧﺘَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ْﻠ ُﻪ أَﺑُﻮكِ َﻟﻚِ — ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ — ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ﱠن »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ َة«‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ‬ ‫ني ﺗُﺪ ِْر ِﻛ َ‬ ‫ريﺗْﻚِ ِﱄ َزوْﺟً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠﺎِ ِت‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ َزﻋِﻴﻤَ ُﺔ أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْ ِﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜﺘَﻨَﺎ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ َة« ﻫِ َﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَوْﺣَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن أ َ ْﺧ ُﺮجَ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﻟﻠُ ْﻘﻴَﺎكِ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﺎﺋِﻬَ ًﺔ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻚِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸﺎﻋِ ِﻞ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُﺘَﺎحَ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ني أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳﺘَﺒْﻠُﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮكِ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﺪﱢي َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫكِ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻴ َ‬ ‫ني َوﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻬ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎ ِﺋ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﺎ َر‪ ،‬ﺗَﺄْﻣ ُِﺮ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻻ َرا ﱠد ِﻷَﻣْ ِﺮكِ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻋِ ْ‬ ‫َﺎن ﻟِﻤَ ِﺸﻴﺌَﺘِﻚِ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ‬ ‫َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴤ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٌم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ وَا ِﻟﺪُكِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻮَاﻧ َِﻲ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ إ ِ َﺷﺎ َرﺗِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻚِ ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻤْ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ «‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺠْ ﺘَ ِﻤ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ‪َ ،‬وﻧُﻘِ ﻴ ُﻢ ﺣَ َﻔ َﻼ ِت ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس إ ِ ْن َﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ﻋَ َﲆ ا َملﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻀ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺰﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ري أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻬَ َﺮ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇﱢ‪َ ،‬و َراﺋ ِ​ِﻊ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺒْﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ َﻼ ٍت أ َ ْﻟﻮَاﻧًﺎ َﻻ ﺗُﺤْ َﴡ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻔِ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« َﻻ ﺗُﻌْ ﻨَﻰ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ َﻠ ِﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ ا ْرﺗِﺪَاءِ أَو ِﱠل ﺛَﻮ ٍْب ُﻗ ﱢﺪ َم‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َْ َ‬ ‫َﳾ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ َﻠﻨ ْ ُﺴ َﻮ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْردِيﱢ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﱠﲆ ِﺑﺄﻓﺨ ِﺮ و ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ( ُﻣ َﺰﻳﱠﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻮ ُرودِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﻌْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺲ )ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎج‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﺪ َْن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﻳَﺪْﻋُ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎو ُِل‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﺟﱠ ْﻠﻨ َ ُﻪ وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠﻨ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﻴْﺌَ ِﺔ ﺗَ ٍ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ُﻫﻴﱢﺊَ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺄ ْ َﻛ ٌﻞ َﻫﻨ ﱞِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫— َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ َﺖ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺰ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ْﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ ِﻬﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﻧَﺎدِ َرةٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻮ ٍْق ﺑَﺎﻟ ٍِﻎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ِﺳ َﺘ ُﺎر ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﺒ ِﺔ‬ ‫َني َ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﻤَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َر َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄ ْ َﻛ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫َت‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺰدَا ُن ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ف إِﺣْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريٌ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺒْﻨًﻰ أ َ ْﺧ َ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ َ ِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َِﰲ و َ​َﺳ ِﻄ ِﻪ ُﻗﺒ ٌﱠﺔ ﻳ َُﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ ِﻟ َﺮاﺋِﻴﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺪِﻳ ٌﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱠاﺧِ ِﻞ وَا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِج‪ ،‬ﻳَ ْﺰدَا ُن ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮﻳَﺎﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮي َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ِﺳﺘَﺎ ًرا َﻗ ْﺪ ُﺳ ِﺪ َل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َوﻟُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺧِ ﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﺴ َﱰ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻮب َ‬ ‫ُﻮن‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ِﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ُﺮ ﻳَ َﺮى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ﱢ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َﱢﻘ ٍﺔ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِﱰ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ َﺔ ﺛ ُ ُﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺧِ َﻼﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺿﻴﻘِﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ َِﺮ ٌ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ َﻻ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜْﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﻏِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﺎب ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَﻨ ُِﻔﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧﻤَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ وَأ َ ْﺷﺠَ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬و ُو ُرو ٍد وَأ َ ْز َﻫ ٍﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫وَأُﻋْ ِﺠﺒ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ إِﻋْ ﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِﱰ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﻠُ ﱡ‬ ‫َوﺑ َ​َﻼ ِﺑ َﻞ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﻤ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ٍَﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َوﻳَﺤْ ﺠُ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻓ َري َْﻓﻌَ ُﻪ أ َ ْو ﻳُﻤَ ﱢﺰ َﻗﻪُ؛ ﻟ َِﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﺨﻔِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺪَا ِﺋ َﻊ َو َروَا ِﺋﻊَ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺎبَ َ‬ ‫ني َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﻳَﻬُ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﻤ َُﻐﺎ َد َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ د َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﻫ ِﺪﻳ ُﱠﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺰ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺣَ ﺠَ ﺒ َْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة؟ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎ ُل َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِﱰ ﻳ ُْﺨﻔِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳَ َﺪ ُع ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ — أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ — َوﺗُ ْﺨ ِﱪُﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ؟ أ َ َﻻ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَيﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﻮ ٍْع ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن؟ َوﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺣَ ﺠَ ﺒ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِﱰ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮحُ ﺑَﺎدٍ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻳﺮهِ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬﺎ — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ — َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ُﱠﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺰ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ﺎف ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﻋْ َﺪ ْدﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻚِ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘُﻚِ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‬ ‫أ َ َﺳ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ني ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ َﻟﻚِ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ َﺮﻳْﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤِ َ‬ ‫ﴩ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ كِ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺣِ ﻮَا ُر ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ف ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ود َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ« إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﺷﻮ ُْق ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱡ ِﻞ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٍ« ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻟُﻪُ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ أَيﱡ ﻧَﻮ ٍْع ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫َان‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﻟﺤﱠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ْاﻷَو ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﱰُ؟ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﺧﺎﻟُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻮب ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺤْ ﺠُ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮﺻﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَ َﻸ ْ َﻷ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل اﻟﺜ ﱡ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ‪َ «.‬ﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ و َْﻗﺘًﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ِﲇ — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ — َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ ِر ا ْﻟﺒَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺟَ ﻮَابَ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺘَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ني ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و ْﻟﺘَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻮف ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻫِ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠِﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ ِْر‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺄْﻟُ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ْﺮ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜْﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺗَﺤْ ﺬِﻳ ٌﺮ َوإِﻧْﺬَا ٌر‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﴤ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻴﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﺴﺎ ِﺋﻠُﻪُ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻴ َُﺔ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ«‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺘَﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗُﻨَﺎ‬ ‫»اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻫﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟ ﱢﺰ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮَﻋﱠ َﺪﺗْﻨَﺎ إِذَا َﺧﺎ َﻟ ْﻔﻨَﺎ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُور‬ ‫ﻄﻠِﻌَ ﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﴩ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮر ﺣَ َﺰاﻣَ ﺘِﻚِ ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺎدِ ﺣَ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﻗِ ﺒَ َﻞ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﺎﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ َﻟﻌَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ِﺑﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ﺘِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َرﺟَ ﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠِﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﻤَ ﺎ ٌن ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻗﺘِﺤَ ِﺎﻣﻚِ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺨِ َﻼ ِل َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ ﺎ ٌن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِﺿﻚِ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﱠﺪ ُد‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻴﱢ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ وَﺧِ ﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻮَاﻗِ ِﺐ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﲆ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻚِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫‪38‬‬

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‫ﺗُ ْﻀ ِﻤ ِﺮﻳﻨ َ ُﻪ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َ​َﻓﺎءٍ َوإ ِ ْﺧ َﻼ ٍص‪َ ،‬ﻛﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﻐ ﱡﻠ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ﻚِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻣَ ُﺨ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ُﺳﻠُﻮكِ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ٍﺔ وَﻋْ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗُﺤْ ﻤَ ُﺪ ﻋُ ْﻘﺒ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗُ ْﺮ َﴇ ﻧَﺘَﺎﺋِﺠُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ذِ ْﻛ َﺮﻳ ٌ‬ ‫َﺎت ُﻣ ْﺆ ِﻟﻤَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮﺑ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ذَ َﻛ َﺮ ْت ﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﺬِﻳ َﺮ‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ َﻜﺎكِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ َﻘﺐَ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻮ َِار ِث‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َﻼ ِﺻ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫َﴍ َدﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣ َُﴩﱠدٍ ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ﺎﺻﻤَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َو ِﺑﺄ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺪَﻣﱠ َﺮ ْت َﻗ ْﴫ َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮ َة ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺤَ ِﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﻗِ َﺪ َة ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌْ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ ِﺔ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺘﱠﻬَ ﻮ ِﱡر ِﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ أَﺗَﺎﺣَ ْﺖ ﻟ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َﴪ ْت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻴْ ِﺪ و َِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (7‬أَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا َﻛ ﱠﻔ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ري ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَذَى‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫َاح‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺪ َم َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻧ َِﺴﺎءِ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ﻧ ُ ْﺰ َﻫﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ور وَاﻧ ْ ِﴩ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓ َﴣ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َزوْﺟَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬إِذِ ْ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َﻜ ًﺔ ﻟِﺤَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َرﺗْﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ِﻣﺜ َ ًﺎﻻ ﻟِﻠﺪﱠﻣَ ﺎﺛ َ ِﺔ وَاﻟ ﱡﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻣُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ ْﻠ َﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﻣريَﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ َﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺣْ ﺒَﺒْﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِﻬ ﱠﻦ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎر َﻫﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ﱠﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ َْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺰاﻳ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺒﱠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺑْﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﻴْ ٍﺪ َوﻧ ُ ْﺰ َﻫ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ﱠﻦ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﴣ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪُ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻀ ْﺖ ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ ِه أَﻳﱠﺎمٌ‪ ،‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني أَﻋْ ﻴَﺎدٍ وَﺣَ َﻔ َﻼ ٍت و َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫َﺎن ﻋِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة وَا ْﻟﻐِ ﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« و َ​َﺧ ِﻄﻴﺒَﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻘ ِﺒ َﻼ ِن أَﻳﱠﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ َﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺒ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« ﻳ ُْﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫ص ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐُ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺧ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺺ ِﻟ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ِﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺒﻴﻞ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﻼ ِل و ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻴَ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻨَﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﷲ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‬ ‫ﺎت وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺰاﻳَﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ و َ​َﻫﺒَ ُﻪ ﷲ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﺟَ ﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺮ ِم اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ُه ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺨِ َﻼ ِل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ َر ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫ص أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ َﺧ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫)‪ (8‬ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ْاﻷَﺧِ ريُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﱰُ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن و َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن َﺷ َﻐ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺠُ ﺒُ ُﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ُﻣﻨْﺘَﻬَ ﺎهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ري ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ٌﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺢْ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﻠﺐٌ ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻮ ِْق إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ﺪَأ ْ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ دَاﺋِﻤَ َﺔ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل َﻓ َﺮاﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُ ُﻢ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ًرا ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ وَﺣُ ْﺰ ٍن ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ ﻟِﻌَ ﺠْ ِﺰ َﻫﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻛ ِﺘﻨَﺎ ِه َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﻐ ِﺰ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﴎهِ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َر ْﻏﺒ ٌَﺔ ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻮ ٌْق ﺟَ ِﺎر ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ف إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮﻓ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَاﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻀ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ َﺎﻗﺒ َِﺖ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴩ ُق َﺷﻤْ ُﺲ َﻏ ِﺪ ِه ِﻟﺘُ ِﻨريَ ﻋِ ﻴ َﺪ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﴩ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎمُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٌم وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ُﻣﻨْﻬَ ِﻤ ًﻜﺎ ِﰲ إِﻋْ ﺪَادِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ِاﻻﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔﺎ ُل ِﺑ َﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﴎادِ ًﻗﺎ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ﺪْﻋُ ﻮﱠاﺗ ِ​ِﻪ و ُ‬ ‫َﺿﻴُﻮﻓ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ وَأ َ ِﻣريَاﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ دَﻋَ ﺘْﻬُ ﱠﻦ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﻗﺎ َم ُ َ‬ ‫ور‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َُﺸﺎ َر َﻛﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ و ﱡ ُ‬ ‫َاﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺒ ِﱠﺔ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﺎﻗﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺪَﻣَ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة َﺧﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ْاﻷَﺧِ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻘ ِﺒﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻏﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ري اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ٍه‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة — ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺒﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺪ ِْر َﻛﻴْﻒ ﻳَﻤﱠ ﻤَ ْﺖ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﺪ ًة إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ؟‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠ ِﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ور َوﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﺳﻤَ ٌﺔ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ٌة ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻐ ُﻤ ُﺮ َﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫َاس ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﻮ ُ‬ ‫)‪ (10‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ ﺎ َو َدﺗْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَ َﻘﻌَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِﱰ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺪ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻏﺒ َُﺔ ِﰲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫ف ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴩ ُق َﺷﻤْ ُﺲ َﻏ ٍﺪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻋْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ َﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴤ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم َوﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْﴫ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ ا ْﻟﻴَﻮَاﻗِ ِ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﱰُ‪ ،‬وَأُﺑ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮي ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ اﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﻔِ ِ‬ ‫َاس ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ َذا ﻳَﺤُ ﻮ ُل ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َود َ​َﻫﺎ و َْﺳﻮ ُ‬ ‫َني ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮﻓ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻵ َن؟‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َرى ﺛ ُ ُﻘﻮﺑًﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺻﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ إِذَا و ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َﱢﻘ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫َﺻ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼﻟِﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳُ َﺰﻳﱢ ُﻦ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َاس ا ْﻟ َﺨﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ﺠُ ﺒُﻪُ؟« وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ا ْﻟﻮ َْﺳﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﺮﻳﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻬْ ِﺠ ُﺲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ َﺔ‬ ‫‪40‬‬

‫ِﺳﺘَﺎ ُر ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻮل و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ إ ِ َذا أَد َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺢ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ْﺧ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫أَﻧ َ ِﺎﻣ ِﲇ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻓ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ؛ َﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ أَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﱰ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺰﺣْ َﺰﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺠُ ﺒُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ؟‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﺳﻴ َْﻔ ُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ َﺮ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﺰﺣْ َﺰحَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﱰُ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْر َﻓﻌَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ أ َ ْﻛﺘَﻔِ ﻲ ِﺑ ِﺈ َزاﺣَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﺄ َ َ‬ ‫َار ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺘِﻴﺢُ ﻟِﻌَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑﻌِ ﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻨِﻲ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم وَا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻔﺬَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَد ِْري‪ :‬أَيﱡ َﻓ ْﺮ ٍق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺌَ ًﺔ إِذَا‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ وَاﺣِ ﺪًا‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُﻨِﻲ أ ُ ْﻏ ِﻀﺐُ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬُ ﱠﺰﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫َﺻ َﱪ ُْت َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ َم اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻮَا َل د َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (11‬إ ِ َزاﺣَ ُﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎر‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻗﺒُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َر ْﻏﺒ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫َﺎل ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑ ﱠَﴫَﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ِﻳﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُﺒ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪ ،‬وَأَذْ َﻫ َﻠﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﺬ ِ‬ ‫ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ٌة أَﻧ ْ َﺴﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻮَاﻗِ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻮ َِار ِث و َْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَد َ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ أُﻧ ْ ُﻤ َﻠﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َﺮ ٍة َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻬَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﻓﺎدِ ﺣَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َمل َ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َﱢﻘ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ِر ْﻓ ٍﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱰ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺰ َق ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻋْ َﻼ ُه إ ِ َﱃ أ ْﺳ َﻔﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠﻴﺞٌ َﻛﺎﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﻤ ُﺲ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪َ (12‬ﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫َت أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ُﺎﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْو َر ُاﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮدِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس َو ُز ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ٍد‬ ‫َان‪ِ :‬ﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ِﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮت‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫َﺎل َﻛﺎﺋ ٍِﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َوﻳ َُﺎﻗ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ ُر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﺷ ﱢﻜ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﻴْﺌَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ ﱠﻊ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ َِﺮ ٌ‬ ‫أَﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُر ﱢﻛﺒ َْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺑَﺎﻫِ ٌﺮ‬ ‫ْﺼﺎ َر‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ِﺪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺗَ َﺮى ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد َﺳﻨَﺎ ُه ﻳ َْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ْاﻷَﺑ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟﺒَﺪِﻳﻌَ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﻞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴَﺎ ُل أَﺑْ َﺪ َع ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻴ ﱠَﻘ َ‬ ‫وﱃ وَأَﻋْ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺠﱠ ًﺔ أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫وَأَﻧ ْ َﺴﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺠﱠ ُﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب وَاﻟﺪ َﱠﻫ ِﺶ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫)‪ْ (13‬اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﺢُ‬ ‫ُﴩ ُ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ َﻓ َﺮأ َ ِت‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﺣَ ﱠﺴ ْﺖ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺣُ ِﻤ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻓ َﻀﺎءٍ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋُ ﻮدِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪِﻳ َﻊ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُﺪَﻣﱠ ُﺮ َوﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬ ُﻤ ُﻪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ُر‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َﻗﻌْ َﻘﻌَ ًﺔ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗًﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ًﺔ ﺗُ ِﺼ ﱡﻢ ْاﻵذَ َ‬ ‫ﺎض‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن َرأ َ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءً«‬ ‫ان ُﻣﻨْﺒَﻌِ ﺜ َ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺑَﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َني ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎض‪ ،‬وَاﻟ ﱠﺪ ُم ﻳ َِﺴﻴ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﺤً ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ … َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَ ْﺪﻧُﻮ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ … َﻟﻚِ ﷲ ُ … أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﺣِ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬اﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ري ِﺗﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬أ َ َﻻ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻳَﺌ ِْﺴ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي إ ِ َﱃ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ ْ ِﻜ َﺮ ُة ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﺢَ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌَ ًﺔ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻚِ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻚِ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺧﺎ َﻟ ْﻔ ِﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺛَﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ًﺔ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗُﺒ َِﺎﱄ َ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ِْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ وَﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ وَﻋَ َﲆ َزو ِْﺟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﺷ َﻘﺎءٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟ َﻮدَا َع ا ْﻟ َﻮدَا َع ْاﻵ َن ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻧَﺎدِ ﻣَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ِﺖ؟ َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ َم ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﻔ ُﺮ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻤْ ﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ أ َ ْﺳﺪَا ُه إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ أ َ ِﻣريٌ ﺗَﺎﻋِ ٌﺲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ص‪َ ،‬وﻳ ْ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺧ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻔِ ﻴﻚِ ا ْﻟ ُﻮدﱠ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺧﻰ‬ ‫إِﻧ ْ َﻜ ِﺎر ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﻀﻚِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻚِ !«‬ ‫َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ُ (14‬‬ ‫ﺳ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳ َُﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺑْﺘَﻌَ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َراحَ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ ِﰲ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُ ِﺘ ﱡﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َات ﺑ َِﻄﻴﺌَ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺜ ﱢ َﺮةٍ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ ﺜ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ وَاﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع ﺗَﻬْ ِﻄ ُﻞ َﻏ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ َﺖ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴ َْﺸﻬَ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ َﻎ أ َ َﻟ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ًﺔ َﺳﺎﺧِ َﺮ ًة ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﻐﻤَ ﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻮ َْﻻ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ًﺔ ﺗَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫َو َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﺷ ِﺎﻣﺘًﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺸ ُﻜ ِﺮﻳﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ ِﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻋَ َﺪﺗِﻲ إِﻳﱠﺎكِ ؛‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﱰُ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻣَ ﱠﺰ ْﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﻌَ ﺜ ْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ ِﺑﺘِ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷَﺣْ َﻼ ِم اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ ُ ْﻏ ِﺮﻳَﻚِ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻀ ُﻞ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﺮ ِض ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﺜﱠﻮ ِْب؛ ِﻷُﻣَ ﻬﱢ َﺪ َﻟﻚِ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ْﻏ ِﺮﻳَﻚِ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻞ ِﺳﺤْ ِﺮي ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺰ ُت ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠْ ِﺰ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ‬ ‫— ﻳَﺎ ﺣَ ِﺒﻴﺒَﺘِﻲ — ِﺳﻮَى َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄٍ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ وَاﻗِ ﻌَ ٌﺔ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺘِ ﱡﻢ ِﱄ ِﺑ ِﻪ إِذْ َﻻﻟُﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وإِذْ َﻻ ُل أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺤِ َ‬ ‫َو َزو ِْﺟﻚِ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ني أ َ ِﺳريَﺗِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪«.‬‬

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‫ِﺳﺘَﺎ ُر ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠ ِﺔ‬

‫ﴍ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴪو ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ‬ ‫ﺎب‪ ،‬وَاﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ و ﱢُﻓ َﻖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱟ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﱡ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ« َر ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل َ‬ ‫ﺎج‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت وَاﻻﺑْﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (15‬ﺗَ ْﻮﺑ ٌَﺔ َوﻧ َ َﺪ ٌم‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻮ ِم ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻄﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻮ َْﻻ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه َﻏ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﻮﱄ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮمُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ إِﻧ ْ َﻜ ِﺎري ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻔ َﺮ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄ َ َﻟ ِﻤﻲ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْ ِﱪي و َُﻗ ﱠﻮ ِة‬ ‫ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻐ ِﺮﻳَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْرﺗِ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ أَﻣَ ِﺎﻣﻲ ِﺳﻮَى َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻏ َﺮاءِ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺚ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫إ ِ َرا َدﺗِﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﻣ َُﻘﺎوَﻣَ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ُة أ َ ِﺑﻲ َو َزو ِْﺟﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﺒﺜ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﺛَﺎ ِﺑﺘَ ًﺔ َﻻ ﺗُﺒْﺪِي ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﺬ َﻟ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« أ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة أ َ َﴏ ْ‬ ‫و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﱠت ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم أَﻧ ْ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎض ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َﺰﺣْ َﺰحْ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫ُﺻ ْﻨ ُﺪ ُ‬ ‫وق ا ْﻟ َﻌ ُﺠﻮ ِز‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﻋِ َﻘﺎبٌ ﻋَ ﺎدِ ٌل‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻣَ َﴣ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻮﺗِريَةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ ﺄ ُ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت ﺗَﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻚ‬ ‫ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﱪ َْت َر ِ‬ ‫اﺿﻴ ًَﺔ ِﺑ َﻘ َﻀﺎءِ ﷲِ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻘﺒﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌِ َﻘﺎبَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺸﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ري َﺷ ْﻜﻮَى‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺎر َم ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﺗَﻤَ ْﻠﻤ ٍُﻞ و َ​َﻻ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺠَ ٍﺮ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﺳﻴ ًَﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ًة‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪَا َﻟ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺼﱢ َ‬ ‫أُﻋَ ﺎﻧ َِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎﻧَﻴ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ َﻛﺎ ِﺑ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻬْ ِﺪ َﻓﻮ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﺑَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫ْت‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ َ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎف ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ َﻗﻴ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻔ ُﺮ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ َﻠﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ َﻜﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎت ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﺑﻲ وَاﺑ ِْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ؟‬ ‫أ َ َﻻ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ أ َ ْن أَﺣْ ﺘَ ِﻤ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑ َﺮ ًة ﺟَ َﺰاءَ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ َﺳﺎءَةٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪَى ِﱄ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ َﻊ َﺷﻤْ ُﺲ َﻏﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺑْﻠُ َﻎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﻨَﺤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِﺋ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﺗَﺒ ُْﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪ ،‬و َ​َﴍَﻋَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻼﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒ َِﻬﻴﻢَ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫)‪ (2‬وَدِ ﻳﻌَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأ َ ْت ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ًزا َﻗﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﺑَﺎ َد َرﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ َﻟﻚِ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺴﻨَﺎءُ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺴﺪِيَ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻜﻮ ًرا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ِﻈﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َودِﻳﻌَ ًﺔ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَكِ ‪َ ،‬رﻳْﺜَﻤَ ﺎ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ ﻟ ِ​ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة إِﺣْ ﺪَى‬ ‫ُوق اﻟﺜﱠﻘِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ري ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻠ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ وَأَد ٍَب‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎ ِﺋ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱠ ﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَﺎﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ «.‬ﻓﻨَﺎ َو َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﱡ‬ ‫ُوق‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ أﺑْﻬَ ﺞَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺑ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮوﻓِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َل َﻏﻴْﺒَﺘِﻲ إ ِ ْن َﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬

‫ﻮز‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ُوق‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌَ ﻚِ‬ ‫وَأَﺧِ ريًا َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ِﱄ َرﺟَ ﺎءٌ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَكِ ‪ ،‬أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﺤِ ﻲ َﻫﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﺮﻳَﻚِ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮاﺋ ِ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ َﺧ َ‬ ‫َﺎل َﻛﺎﺋ ٍِﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َرةِ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻊ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﺒ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﱰ ﱠَﻓﻘِ ﻲ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻤْ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺗُ ْﻠﻘِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة وَﻋُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ َﻻ‬ ‫ﺼﻨُﻮ ٌع ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َﺸ ٍﺐ َرﻗ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُوق‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﴪ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘﻮَى ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻟﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻻﺻ ِﻄﺪَا ِم‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﺸﺎ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻜ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻐِ ﻲ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ﱠ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻠ َﻊ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳَﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﻟِﻌَ ْ ٍ‬

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‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫ُوق ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬

‫)‪ (4‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻮَاءٌ ُﻣ ْﺆﺗَﻠ َِﻘ ٌﺔ‬ ‫َﻓﻮَﻋَ َﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة َﺧ ْريًا‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ​َﻓ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻛ ﱠﺮ َر ْت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ﺬِﻳ َﺮ َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﱡ‬ ‫ُوق إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺬَ ٍر َو ِﻋﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻓ َﻘ ًﺔ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ‬ ‫َاث و َُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ُﻪ ُﺳﻮءٌ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮب‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻮ َِار َ‬ ‫ﱰ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ د َ‬ ‫ﴬ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ُ َ‬ ‫ث َوﻣِﺤَ ٍﻦ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻀ ْﺖ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ُوق‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻮَاءً ﺗَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻓﺘُ ِﻨريُ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎ َذا ﻳَﺘَ َﻸ ْ َﻷ ُ ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ؟ َوﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َذا ﺗَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ‬ ‫ُوق ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُوق ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻓ َﻘ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧْﻌَ ﻤَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻮَاءُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆﺗَﻠ َِﻘ ُﺔ؟« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َﻠﺒ َِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َﻫﺎ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‬ ‫اﻻﻫ ِﺘﺪَاءِ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻮَا ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺠَ َﺰ ْت ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ف ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءٍ َﻻ ِﻣ ٍﻊ ﻧ َ ﱠﻔﺎذٍ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺄ ْ َﻟ ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻴُﻮ ُن ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎزﻣَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬إ ِ َرا َد ٌة ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ُوق إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَيﱡ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻋَ ﺎد َِت ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮل َﻫﺬَا؟ َوﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا أَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ ﻣُﻮ َﻟﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻀ ٍ‬ ‫ُوق؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻨِﻲ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳَﻬُ ﻤﱡ ﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِﺮ ﱡ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ ُ ِﺑﻴﺢُ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أ َ ْن أَﻣَ ﱠﺲ َودِﻳﻌَ ًﺔ اﺋْﺘُ ِﻤﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮز َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْودَﻋَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ؟ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎﻧ َ ٌﺔ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرد َﱢﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ُوق‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺬﱠ َرﺗْﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻓﺘَﺤَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ أَﺟْ َﺪ َرﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑﺘَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ؛‬ ‫ري ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َِاﻻ ْﺷﺘ َِﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫ني — َﻓﻴ ُْﻐ ِﺮﻳَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﻔﺘْ ِﺢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُوق‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮاﻧِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ِﺑ َﻔﺘْ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ِﺳ ْ ِﱰ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒﱠ ِﺔ‪ «.‬و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬا ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤْ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﻜﺒَﺢُ ِﺟﻤَ ﺎحَ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﺤَ ﱢﻮ ُل ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ُوق‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﴏ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮﻫﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱠت ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ ِْﺴﻴَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫و َِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﴫ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ري َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أَدَاءِ و ِ‬ ‫َاف ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا أ َ ْﻏﻤَ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ وَاﺗﱠﺠَ ﻬَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎحَ َﻏﺪ َِﻫﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗﺒ ًَﺔ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮي‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫»ﻏﺪًا أُد ِْر ُك ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« َﻓﺄ َ َرى ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ َ‬ ‫َ»ﺻ َﻔﺎءً«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺮ ً‬ ‫ِﺳﺤْ ُﺮ ُ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ« و َ‬ ‫وﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻦ أُﺑ َِﺎﱄ َ د َ​َﺳﺎﺋ َِﺲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﺎءِ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِﱠﺔ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« وَاﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َرﺗْﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ذَا َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ِﺰﻋْ ُﺖ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﺑَﺪ ِْت ِﺑ َﺴﺒَ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻮ َِار َ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺘَﻌِ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ث و َ​َآﻻ ٍم‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺿ ﱠﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ْاﻵ َن ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫ُوق‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ«‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺠﺒْﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل؟ أَﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻨ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ني أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻻ أ َ َزا ُل ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠو ًة َﻟﻚِ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻫﻤْ ِﺖ؟ َﻛ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎﺗِﻲ‪ .‬ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ‬ ‫َﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺪَا ُركِ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔﺘُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَذِ ﻳ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻚِ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻟﻤْ ُﺖ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َ‬ ‫َاق ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َوإ ِ َﺳﺎء ٍ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ َْﻦ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢُ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫َات‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻨ ُ ْ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َ َ‬ ‫ني ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﺎﺑﱠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُوق أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻓﺘَﺢُ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃﻠِﻌُ ﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ َﺧﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ِه َوﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺴ ِﻪ َوﻣُﺤْ ﺘَ َﻮﻳَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (7‬ﰲ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴ َﻜﺘَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺒ ْﺲ ِﺑ ِﺒﻨ ْ ِﺖ َﺷ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺌ َِﺴ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻏ َﺮاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ُوق ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰ ُ‬ ‫ض ﻏِ َ‬ ‫و َْﻗ ٌﺖ ﺗُ َﻀﻴﱢﻌُ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُوق َﻓﺎﺣْ ﺘَ َﻀﻨَﺘْ ُﻪ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫َﺿﻤﱠ ﺘْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ أَﻧﱠﻚِ إِذَا‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ َرﻗﺒَﺘَﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر ِﺑ َﻼ ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ ‪َ «.‬ﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ُوق ﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫َﻟﻤَ ْﺴ ِﺖ َﻫﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻨ َ ٍﺔ و َُﺧﺒ ٍْﺚ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻘ ِﺎو َم ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ َﺪ ًة أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺘَ ِﺪ َع ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺗُﻤَ ﱢﻜﻨُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻏ َﺮاءِ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳ ِﺘﺜَﺎ َر ِة‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ود َْﻓﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻟ ﱠﺰجﱢ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳُﻔِﻴﺪ َُﻫﺎ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ .‬و َِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ري َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠْ ِﺮ ِم‪ ،‬إ ِ ْذ د ﱠَﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ُﺔ ُﻣ ْﺆ ِذﻧ َ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻧْﺘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻐ ِﺎر َﻗ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َُﺔ« َﴏ َ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺎﻋَ ُﺔ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﺰﻋَ ًﺔ ُﻣ ْﺆﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ كِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮكِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ِﻣﻨ ْ ِﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫د ﱠَﻗ ْﺖ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﻣريَﺗ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َن ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺧﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﴐ و َ​َﻻ أ َ ًذى ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻴ ًَﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْﺪِي‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ َﺪو ِْت‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﻚِ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ُ ﱞ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ِﺖ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫َ»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « و َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻣﺘَﻨَﺎو َِل ﻳَﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٌة و َ​َﻻ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٌن‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻓ َﻮﻳ َْﻼهُ؛ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴤ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ‬ ‫أَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ْ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أَﺑ َْﻘﻰ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َرﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ِﱄ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة«‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻗ ِﴤ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ َﺴ َﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫‪48‬‬

‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫ُوق ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬

‫ﱰدَادِ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ‬ ‫َاﺳ ِ ْ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َﻫﻴْﺌَ ِﺔ ِﺳﻨْﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻹ َ‬ ‫ﺎع ِﺑﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺰ ُت ﻋَ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻏ َﺮاﺋِﻚِ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫وﱃ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺧ َﻔ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑ َﻔﺘَﺎ ٍة َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى أَد َْﻓﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات ﺛ َ َﻼﺛًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَ ُﺰو َل ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺳﺤْ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ُوق َوﺗَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪ .‬و َِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻚِ ْاﻵ َن أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﺤِ ﻲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻠِﻌِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ِﻣﻨ ْ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ُﺳﻮءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﺎق اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﻴﱠﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ا ْﻟﺒُﻮﻣَ ُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻋِ ﺒ َُﺔ‬ ‫وَأَﺑَﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﺣَ ْﺰﻣُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺜ َِﻖ ِﺑ َﻜ َﻼ ِم ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺪُودِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺨ ِﺪ ْع ِﺑﺘَﻤْ ﻠِﻴﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻎ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﻘﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ َﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ُوق ا ﱠﻟﺬِي اﺋْﺘُ ِﻤﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻨْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓ َﱰُ ﱠد ُه إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴ ُﻪ ﻳَﺪ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌْ ﻘِ ُﺪ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ َﺬا اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﺑُﻮﻣَ ًﺔ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﻠ ُﻖ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرأَﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻘﺬ ُ‬ ‫ُوق ِﺑﺤَ ﺠَ ٍﺮ َﻓﺘُﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َ‬ ‫ِف ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻄﻴﻤً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺟَ ِﺰﻋَ ًﺔ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎﻋَ ًﺔ و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬وﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ َﴏ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻨْﺜ ُ ُﺮ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ْف ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺳﻮءِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة«‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎح‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺖ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺘَ َﻐ ﱠﻠ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﺗِﻚِ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫»ﺳﻨْﻌُ ﺒ َ​َﺔ« ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠو ِة أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﻰ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ﺤْ ِﺖ أو َْﰱ ﻧَﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َﺳ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄُﻋِ ﻴﺪُكِ ْاﻵ َن إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ِﲇ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ َ‬ ‫ﴫكِ ﷲ ُ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﴩ ِﺑﻲ َﻫﻨِﻴﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ِﺮﻳﺌًﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻟ ِﺒﺜ ْ ِﺖ َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ِﺑﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ﺟَ ﺎِﺋَﻌَ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ِﲇ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ َﻔ ًﺔ ُﻣ ِﻠﺌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ِﺪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻌَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْر َوﺗْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺎب اﻟﺼﻐري‬

‫)‪ (10‬ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ َُﺔ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮةِ«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ِﻛﺒَﺘَ َ‬ ‫وَأَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺎن َراﺋِﻌَ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ ًَﺔ ﻟُ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆﻳ ًﱠﺔ َﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮ ًة ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ َﻫﺎ أ ْﻓﻌَ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﺤَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ َﱠﺔ أَﻋْ ﻤَ َﻖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺛَﺎﺑ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْﺷﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ ﻟِﺤِ ﻤَ ﺎﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨ ْ ِﺠ َﺰ وَﻋْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُ ِﱰﻳَﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٍ«‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن وَا ِﻟﺪَكِ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮكِ ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ُه دُﻣﱢ َﺮ وَاﺣْ َﱰ َ​َق‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‪َ » :‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ أَﺣْ َﺴﺐُ — ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗِﻲ — أ َ ﱠن َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫وح ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳُﻌﺎﻧِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َآﻻ ِم ا ْﻟﺠُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة«‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِﺑ َﺨ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َار ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ وَﺧِ ﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻮَاﻗِ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻴ ِﱢﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﺘَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺞ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻄﻠِﻌَ ﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻧَﺠَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎح؛ َﻓ َ ِﱪﺋْ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺘُﻨَﺎ — وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ ُﺪ ِهلل ِ — أو َْﰱ ﻧَﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫ﱰﻳَﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒًﺎ« و َ‬ ‫َ»ﺻ َﻔﺎءً« ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺗَ ﱢﻢ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﻬُ ﻤﱡ ﻚِ ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ِاﻻ ْﺷﺘ َِﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻤَ ﱢﺰﻗِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﻮْبَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﺻﺤﱠ ٍﺔ وَﻋَ ﺎﻓِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﺤِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒ َﱠﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْو َد َع ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس‪«.‬‬ ‫ري‬ ‫)‪ِ (11‬ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣري َِان‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَﻤﱠ ِﺖ »اﻟ ﱡﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُة« َﻛ َﻼﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ َُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ ُﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َ»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ َﺮاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﻤَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « و َ‬ ‫َني ذِ َراﻋَ ْﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﻤﱠ َﺪ ٍة إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ري ﺗُﺤَ ﻴﱢﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ َر ًة َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﺪ َر ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ َﺳﺎءَ ٍة َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ أَﺛ َ ًﺮا ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫َث‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ان ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄٍ ﺟَ ِﺴﻴ ٍﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَا ﻛ َِﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺄﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳَﺬْ ُﻛ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴬﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫َاج ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أُﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻗ ْﺪ أﻋِ ﱠﺪ ﻟِﺤَ َﻔ َﻼ ِت اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ‪َ ،‬ودَاﻣَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﻔ َﻼ ُت ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬

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‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻮز‬ ‫ُوق ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬

‫َ»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ« ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﺎش َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َ‬ ‫َ»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« و َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « و َ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‬ ‫ﻴﺸ ًﺔ ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﻤَ ًﺔ َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺌَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺲ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْر َس اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺒَﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺮ ِض ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺷ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬

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‫ﺎﲤ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ ﱠﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َﻼ ِق‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‬ ‫َاﻓﺘَﺘَ َﻦ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ َﻫﺎ ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰ ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺨِ َﻼ ِل‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أُﻋْ ِﺠﺒ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻧَﺎدِ َرةٍ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻤَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺎﻫِ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬وَاﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﻨَﺎءَ ٍة‬ ‫ﺎح َوﺗَ ْﻮﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫ِني وَا ْﻟﺒَﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻﻔِ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« و َ‬ ‫ور َوﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُر ِز َﻗ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫وُ ُ‬ ‫َ»ﺻ َﻔﺎءٌ« أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨ ِ‬ ‫َﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﺠﺒَ ِﺔ ِﰲ أَﻋْ ﻴَﺎدِ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼدِ ﻫِ ﻢْ؛ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَو َْﻻ َد ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ َد ْر ًﺳﺎ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺤْ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﴍ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻳُﺒ ﱢَﴫ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َار‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﻖ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﺷﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺠَ ﻨﱢﺒُﻬُ ْﻢ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒَﺜَﺎءِ و َْاﻷ َ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ ،‬ﻳُﻮ َْﺳ ِﻮ ُس ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎس‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱠ ِﺔ وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُور اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َاس َﺧﻨ ﱠ ٍ‬ ‫َوﻳُﻌِ ﻴﺬُ ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ و َْﺳﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِ‬