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‫ﻻن اﻟﻐَ ﺎ َﺑ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﻏ ْﺰ ُ‬

‫ﻻن اﻟﻐَ ﺎ َﺑ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﻏ ْﺰ ُ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑ َِﺔ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٩٣٢٨ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ١١٧ ٣ :‬‬ ‫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 © 2011 Hindawi‬‬ ‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪All other rights related to this work are in the public domain.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫ﺎن«‬ ‫)‪» (1‬ﺣَ ﺐﱡ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻣﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎن‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﻠ ٌﻚ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن«‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺄن‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ْاﻷ َ ْﺧﻴﺎ ُر ﻳُﺤِ ﺒﱡﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ »ﺣَ ﺐُ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻣﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎش ِﰲ َﻗﺪﻳ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫وَﻳﺤْ َ ِﱰﻣُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻟِﻌَ ْﺪﻟ ِ​ِﻪ و َِﻃﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ ْﴍا ُر ﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﺨﺎﻓﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ وﻳَ ْﺮ َﻫﺒُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻟِﺤَ ْﺰﻣ ِ​ِﻪ و َُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َزوْﺟُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ‬ ‫»ﻟُ ْﺆﻟُ َﺆ ُة« ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺑَﺮاﻋَ ًﺔ وَﻋَ ْﻘ ًﻼ‪ ،‬و َِﻃﻴﺒ ًَﺔ وَﻋَ ﺪ ًْﻻ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻤﺎﺣَ ًﺔ و َ​َﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‬ ‫)‪(2‬‬ ‫ﴍبَ ﺑ ُ‬ ‫َﻴﺎض وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬﺎ ِﺑﺤُ ﻤْ َﺮ ٍة ﺻﺎﻓِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ري ًة َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﻘﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َر َز َﻗﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﷲ ُ — ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — أ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ري ًة‪ ،‬أ ُ ْ ِ‬ ‫»اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َﻟ َﻘﺐَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن َﺷﻌْ ُﺮﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪ ِﻳ ُﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴬبَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺜ َ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﴬبَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺜ َ ِﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔ ُﺮ ﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻫِ ُﺮ ﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﻤﺎﺣَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ — َ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ ا ْﻟﻤُﺴﺎﻣَ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫إﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — آﻳ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َ َ‬ ‫ُﺤﺎﴐةِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ِ‬ ‫َوﻟُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻌﺎﴍةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻤ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﻮءِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻆ أ ْن َﻗ َﻀ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ »ﻟُ ْﺆﻟُ َﺆ ُة« ﻧَﺤْ ﺒَﻬﺎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻠﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﻴﻼدِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن« ﻟ َِﻔ ْﻘﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻃﺎ َل ﺣُ ْﺰﻧ ُ ُﻪ َوﺑُﻜﺎ ُؤ ُه‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« — و َ​َﺧ ﱠﻠ َﻔﺘْﻬﺎ ﻳَﺘِﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ ِﺰ َع ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﺣَ ﺐﱡ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻣﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻘ ِﺪ أُﻣﱢ ﻬﺎ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﺌﺬٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺪ ِْر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺴﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻔﺎدِ ﺣَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻣ ِﻨﻴ َْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺬْ ُر ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ِﺳﻨﱢﻬﺎ ﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ َﺮ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ‬ ‫ْﴩ ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ ْﻠﻬﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْزءُ ا ْﻟﻔﺎدِحُ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺿﺎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﻨﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫إذا َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ ﺿﺎﺣِ َﻜ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺒ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎدِئ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱧ‪.‬‬ ‫واﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻟ ِ‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐ َ‬ ‫ﺎن« ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱡ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺐﱠ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ًﺔ ِﺑﺄ َ ِﺑ ِﻴﻬﺎ َﺷ َﻐ ًﻔﺎ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن »ﺣَ ﺐﱡ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻣﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻻ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻳُﻬْ ﺪِي إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱡﻠﻌَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﺨ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴَﺐَ ا ْﻟﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ُة ﺗَ ْﻐ ُﻤ ُﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﺒﺎبُ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨﺎءَ ِة ﺗَﺤُ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ُ (3‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‬ ‫ﺘﺎن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َرأْيُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬رﺟﺎءَ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻏﻼ ٌم‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ َﺳﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺰ ِو ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺨﻠُ ُﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺮار‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎﺑَ َﻞ َﻫﺬا ْاﻹﺟْ ﻤﺎ َع — أ َ ﱠو َل ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ — ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻓ ِﺾ‪ ،‬وَﻓﺎءً ِﻟ َﺰو ِْﺟ ِﻪ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ِﺰ َن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻟِﻬَ ﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣِ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑ ٍّﺮا ِﺑﺎﺑْﻨَﺘِﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪.‬‬ ‫وﻻ ﻋَ َﲆ إرا َد ِة َﺷﻌْ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ً‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻧ ُ ُﺰ ً‬ ‫ُﻮل ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ِه‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ ِﻟ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ؛ َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫واﻹذْ ِ‬ ‫»ﻋِ ﻤﺎدٍ «‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َرأْيُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺰ — ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺘﺎ َر ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺄْﻧ َ ُﺲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ َو َﻛ َﺮ َم اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ريات‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ﻳَﻌْ ﻨِﻴﻨِﻲ — ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِْج‬ ‫إﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة — ﱠإﻻ أ َ ْن أَﺛ َِﻖ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﴘءَ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪«.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ُﻊ واﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋِ ﻤﺎدٌ«‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ُﺔ َﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ريات‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ُ‬ ‫َﺳﺎﻓ َﺮ — ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر — ﻳَﺠُ ﻮبُ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﻼدَ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎف‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻧَﻮ َْﻓ ٍﻞ« وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ اﺑْﻨ َ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ َذ ِﻛﻴ ٌﱠﺔ َﻟ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫— آﺧِ َﺮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ — َ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻬﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٌﺔ ْ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‪ .‬وَﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮﻫﺎ — َ‬ ‫— ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻼق‪ ،‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬﺎ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ آﻳ ٌَﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ َُﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫َ َ ْ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺞ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﻠِﻴﻜ ِ​ِﻪ »ﺣﺐﱢ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻣﱠ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ أ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺄﻟُ ُﻪ أ ْن ﻳَﺄذَ َن َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺰ ِو ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬا اﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺪ َع ِﺑﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ ﻣﺄ ْ ُﺧﻮذًا ِﺑﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ﻨﱢﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ أ َ ْو ﻳُﺘْﻌِ ﺒَﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺜَﺒ ِﱡﺖ‬ ‫ف ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧﻼﻗِ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﺳﻴًﺎ َﻗ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻘﺎﺋِﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ِﻢ‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ﱠو ُل ﻃﺎ ِﻟ ٍﻊ َﻓﺠْ ٌﺮ َﻛﺬُوبُ !‬

‫وَﻻ ﺗَﺤْ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﺑﺄَو ِﱠل ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺮا ُه‬

‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮﻫﺎ — ﻏﺎﻳ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َ‬ ‫ري ِة و َُﺳﻮءِ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻠُ ِﻖ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺔ وا ْﻟ َﻐ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة — ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َﱰدﱠدِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻧَﻮ َْﻓ ٌﻞ« ِﰲ إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻓ ْﺮﺣﺎ ُن ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱡﻠ ِﺺ ِﻣ ِﻦ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ ﻘﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ​َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫‪8‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫َﴎ َ‬ ‫ﻫﺎب ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِﻳﺮ »ﻋِ ﻤﺎدٍ « ُﻣ َﺰ ﱠو َد ٌة ِﺑﻨَﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﺘِﻌَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ أَﻣَ َﺮﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻧَﻮ َْﻓ ٌﻞ« ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮال ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇﱢ‪ ،‬ﺣُ ِﻤ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫آﻻف ﺑ َْﻐ ٍﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻏ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ َزو ِْﺟ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬﺎ ﺟَ ً‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﻻ ﻓﺎ ِﺗﻨًﺎ‪ .‬وَﻟـِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺳﻴﻤﺎﻫﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻈﺎﻫِ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺎﻣﻴَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻠُﻮحُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎ َزو ِْﺟ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻓﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﻘ ْﻊ ﺑ َ​َﴫُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة َﺷ ْﺰراءَ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة‬ ‫اﺳ ٍﺔ وَﺣِ ْﻘﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤﺎ َﻟﻚِ ا َﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ — ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﺎو َِز اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮﻫﺎ —‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ ْ َﻜ َﺮةِ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺰﻋَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ْف ِﺑﻬﺎ َﻓﺒَ َﻜ ْﺖ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ُﺰﻧُﻬﺎ‬ ‫َوﻳُﺒْﻜِﻴﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ذِ راﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪» :‬أ ِﺑﻲ … أ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗَ ْﱰُ ْﻛﻨِﻲ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ؛ ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻓﻬﺎ‪َ .‬وإ ِ ﱠن ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮﺗَﻬﺎ َﻟﺘُ َﻔ ﱢﺰﻋُ ﻨِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫ﻤﺎن َﻏﻴ ِْﻈﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺒ ِْﺖ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ َﱠﺔ«؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻛﺘْ ِ‬ ‫ري َﻗ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻤﺎت وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻨﱠﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﺪُوءَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ َﻔ ْﺖ ا ِﻻﺑْﺘِﺴﺎمَ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮاﻃﻔِ ﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻴ ِ‬

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‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻬﺎ؛ َﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑﺈﺑْﻌﺎدِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ — ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ — إ َ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ َﻓ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ﻋَ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ َﱠﺔ«‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﺴ َﻠ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَذاﻫﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﺷﺎ َر ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﺗَﻌِ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﰲ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﻔﺎﻟﺔ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ﺘِﻬﺎ »أَﻧ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴ َﺔ« َو ُﻣ َﺮﺑﱢﻴَﺘِﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ َﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮﻋﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤُ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻨﺎن وا ْﻟﻌَ ْ‬ ‫ﺘﺎﻫﻤﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﻬﱠ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﺣَ ﺰا ِم‪َ «،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻛ ْﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ‪ .‬وَﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻃﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﻻ ﺗَ َﺮى ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ ُ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻧﺎدِ ًرا‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ — إِذا َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺘْﻬﺎ ﻣُﺼﺎد َ​َﻓ ًﺔ — ﻻ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ُﺨﻔِ َﻲ ﻣﺎ ﺗُﺒ ِْﻄﻨ ُ ُﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﺮاﻫِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ وَﺣِ ْﻘﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ْ (4‬اﻷ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺘﺎن‬ ‫ﺧ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءَ«‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« اﺑْﻨ َ ًﺔ َﺳﻤﱠ ﻮْﻫﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ُ ،‬ر ِز َﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ ُ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءُ« ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ْﺴ ٍﻂ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺰﻳﻨُﻬﺎ َﺷﻌْ ٌﺮ ﻓﺎﺣِ ٌﻢ َ‬ ‫»ﺷﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل — ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ َﻎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮادِ «‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺒْﻠُ ْﻎ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧﺘِﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﺜﺎﻻ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﻗ ِﺔ واﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءُ« ِﻣ ً‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻓﺎع إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِْﺶ وا ِﻻﻧْﺪ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ و َِرﺛ َ ْﺖ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ْﻦ أُﻣﱢ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ و َِرﺛ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ َﻛﺮاﻫِ ﻴ َ​َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫واﻹ ْﻓﺮا َ‬ ‫ط ِﰲ ﺑ ُْﻐ ِﻀﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻤ ُﺸﻬﺎ ِﺑﺄَﻇﺎﻓِ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ُﺸ ﱡﺪ َﺷﻌْ َﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ِﻄ ُﻢ ﻟُﻌَ ﺒَﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﻠﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺾ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﻬﺎ َوﺗَ ْﻘ ُﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﱢث‬ ‫ﻐﺎﱄ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛِﻴﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ َﻠﻠِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ْو ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ﺗُﺒْﺪِي اﻟﺘﱠﺄ َ ﱡﻓ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐَ ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺬْ َر ِﻷ ُ ْﺧﺘِﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءِ« َوﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ ُل أَﺑﺎﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼ َﻔﺢَ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﻐﻔِ َﺮ َﻟﻬﺎ إِﺳﺎءَﺗَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻟ ِ​ِﺼ َﻐ ِﺮ ِﺳﻨﱢﻬﺎ‬ ‫َﺑﻼﻫﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ .‬وﻟِ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺒ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ﺗَ ْﺰدادُ؛ ﻓﺄَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺒﱠﺘُ ُﻪ »ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻤْ ﺮاءِ« َﻓﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺺ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﺣِ ْﻘﺪُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ ُ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َ ِﱪﻳﺌَ ِﺔ ﺣِ ﻴﻨًﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱠري َِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣﺎزمٌ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ َﱠﺔ« ﺗَ ْﺨ َﴙ َﻏ َﻀﺒَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« أَﺗْﻌَ َﺲ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻮْﻻ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ ﻋﺎدِ ٌل ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻔﺎل ِ‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﲏ‬

‫)‪َ (1‬‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ أ ُ ْﺧﺘُﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءُ« اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ َﺔ‪ ،‬أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ِْﻸ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ ًَﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﴍ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮهِ‪ ،‬ﻳُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ‪:‬‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﻘﻮدُﻫﺎ ﺧﺎدِ ٌم ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺗُ َﺸ ﱡﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﻌﺎﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن«‪.‬‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫َﻛﺎن َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺺ َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱡﻬﺎ ﺧﺎ َﻟﺘُ ُﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْر َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« َوﻳ ُْﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« ﻳُﺤِ ﺐﱡ‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ ﺘْﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ زا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗُ ْﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫ِﺺ َﻟﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ور ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِوﻻ َدﺗِﻬﺎ — َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ْﺧﺎل ﱡ ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺄ ُ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔﻨ ﱠ ُﻦ ِﰲ ﻣُﻼﻋَ ﺒَﺘِﻬﺎ َوإِد ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫ﴪو َر ًة‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ َرأَﺗْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮﺗﺎحُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻟِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻬَ ﱡﺶ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓ ْﺮﺣﺎﻧ َ ًﺔ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ٌﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ٌة َﻏ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ﻣَ ﺰاﻳﺎهُ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ِﰲ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ُﻐﻼ ِم ﻧَﻘ ِﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻴﱠﻌَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺳﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪ِ .‬ﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‪ :‬ﻫِ َﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ — ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻃﻴﺒَ ِﺔ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠﻘِ ِﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﻮْﻻﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴍ ٌه َﺷﺪِﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة — َ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﻄﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ وا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ُﺒﺎﱄ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ — ﻟ َِﻔ ْﺮ ِط َﺷ َﻐﻔِ ِﻪ ِﺑﻬﺎ — ﻻ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﴍﻫِ ِﻪ َوﻧَﻬَ ِﻤ ِﻪ — َﻟ َﻘﺐَ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذا أ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ُﻘﻮا ﻋَ ﻠﻴْ ِﻪ — ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة َ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﰲ أ َ َﺳ ٍﻒ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ ُﻤ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺰاﻳﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«‪َ .‬ﻟﻮْﻻ‬ ‫ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﻈﻴﻌَ ُﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺷﻮ َﱠﻫ ْﺖ َﻓﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﻚ‪ ،‬وأ َ ْزﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻴ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﺿﺎﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ ُر َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔﺢَ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌِ ﺪَﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻗ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻄﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻼع ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َِﺦ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﺰﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻻ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺚ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻹ ْﻗ ِ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎب ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ َﻠ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫واﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫وَﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ ﻋُ ﻮﻗِﺐَ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﻌً ﺎ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ُﻛ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﴢ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ ،‬و َر ْﻛ ًﻼ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﻗﺪا ِم‪ ،‬و َ ْ‬ ‫َﴐﺑًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌِ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎط‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪ ْع ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ َ‬ ‫وﺟَ ْﻠﺪًا ِﺑ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ ِﺔ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘُﺐْ ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟﻐـﺎﺑ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر ُة‬ ‫َو َرأ َ ْت ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻐِ ﱠﻞ َﻫﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﴐﺗِﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺼ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﺪِﻣَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻴْ ِﺪ ِﻟ ِﺘ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎةِ؛ ِﺑﻨ ْ ِﺖ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﺰ ُه ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣري ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻓﺎةِ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة‬ ‫ﺘﺎن‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﻗﻬﺎ ﺣُ ﻮ ِذﻳﱡﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺪﻳﻌَ ٍﺔ ِ‬ ‫واﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺗَﺠُ ﱡﺮﻫﺎ ﻧَﻌﺎﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺻ ٌﺔ — ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﻫِ ﻲ‪» :‬ﻏﺎﺑ َُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ«‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱠﻤﺎ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻢ »ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ«‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻠ َِﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل‬ ‫ﻫﺎر ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻄ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻳ َْﻔ ِﺼﻠُﻬﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺸﺎب‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِم — ِﺑﺄ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺳﻴﺎجٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ و َْاﻷَﻋْ ِ‬ ‫ﻻﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﻌﺐُ اﺟْ ﺘِﻴﺎ ُز ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻦ أَرادَ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﺎس ﻳَﺘَﺤﺎﻣَ ﻮ َْن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ — ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻗ ْﺮ ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬ ْﻢ — ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮن أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﻣ ُْﺸﺘَ ِﺒﻬَ ُﺔ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ف ْ‬ ‫ﺨﺎو ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎر‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُروﱠادِ ﻫﺎ وَﺳﺎ ِﻟﻜِﻴﻬﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱢﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻗﺎت‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻼل ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻬﺎ َرﺗُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﺬْ ُﻗ ُﻪ َوﺑَﺮاﻋَ ﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫واﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ف ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳُﺤَ ﺬﱢ ُروﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ُﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮﺑ َ​َﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﺨﺎﻓﻮﻧَﻪُ‪ :‬أ ْن ﺗَ ْﺪﻧ ُ َﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن أ َ ْﺧﻮ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ْﻐ ُﻔ َﻞ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ ﻋَ ْ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ني ﺣُ ﻮ ِذﻳﱢﻬﺎ‬ ‫َف ﻣﺎ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎن« َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻮﻳَﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ِﻦ اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻮﺗْﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻬْ ِﻠ َﻜﻬﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﻦ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ َﻜﺘْﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻄﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ َرﻏِﺐ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﰲ أ ْن ﻳُ ِﻘ ِﻴ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴُ َﺆﻣﱢ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﻠُﻮﻛِﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺮاف َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ُﺳﻮ ًرا ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ْ ِ‬ ‫وا ْﻟﻤُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ِة ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮ َد ُه ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ َذ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ — ِﰲ َﻫﺬا ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ؛‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ — ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ ُﺮ ُﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ ْﻦ إِﻗﺎﻣَ ﺔ ﺟُ ْﺰءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑﻨﺎءِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺴﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﱠﺪ َم ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح‪ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ أَﺣْ ﺠﺎ َر ُه ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٌة ِﺳﺤْ ِﺮﻳ ٌﱠﺔ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘ َﻠﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧِﻬﺎ اﻷَو ِﱠل ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨﺎدِ ُ‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ« ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﴫ َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪَﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ إِﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« َوﺗَ ْﻜ ِﺴﺐَ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻮدﱡدِ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻨْﺤِ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﺘَﻬﻴ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻪُ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ﻟﺬا ِﺋ ِﺬ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻄﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺪاﻗﺘَﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذا َوﺛ َِﻘ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﴢ َﻟﻬﺎ أﻣْ ًﺮا؛ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﺘْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻼﺻ ِﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَأﻳ َْﻘﻨ َ ْﺖ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِ َ‬ ‫َأﴎ ْت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ َرأْﻳُ َﻚ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٍ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‪َ ،‬و ِﻣﺜْﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٍ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﻄﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫و ﱠ‬ ‫ُوق َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ٍ‬ ‫وَﺛﺎﻟ ٍِﺚ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٍ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِْز واﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْز ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُﻮ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺮ؟«‬ ‫ﻃْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ ًﻔﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﱄ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺨﺎ ِﺑﺜ َ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨﺎدِ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤْ ِﺮ ُﻣ َﻚ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﻔﺎﺧِ ﺮ َة‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ِﺳﻮا َك‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﻬْ ﻨَﺄ َ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻠِﻬﺎ؟!«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﻫﺬا َﻟﻬَ َﻠ ْﻜ ُﺖ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺨ ﱢﱪﻳﻨِﻲ — ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪﺗِﻲ — ﻣﺎذا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن‬ ‫أَﻋْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳ َُﻔﻮﺗَﻨِﻲ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ُﻐﻨ ْ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢُ؟ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻷ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻀ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎن‪«.‬‬ ‫ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ﺪ َﱠﻗ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻠ َﻔ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا ﻳ َِﺴريًا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ إِﻧْﺠﺎ ُزهُ‪َ «.‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫» َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ ﱠﻠ ْﻔ ِﺘﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻧ ْ ُﻘ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ َﻟﻤﺎ ﺗَ َﺮد ُ‬ ‫ﱠدت ِﰲ ذَﻟِﻚ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﺑﺎﺳﻤَ ًﺔ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻠ َﻔ َﻚ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬ ‫»اﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ أَﻳ َ ُ‬ ‫ْﴪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﺸﺠﱢ ﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ود ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﺧ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﺟَ َﺰﻋُ ﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﺣﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ َر؛ َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ دﻣْ َﺖ ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨ ْ ِﺠ َﺰ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺢَ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴ َﻚ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ أَﻣَ ْﺮﺗُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺼﻨَﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴ ْﻮ ِم — َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﺰﻋَ ﺞَ َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َوﻋِﻴﺪَﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ ًﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ‪ِ » :‬ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢﻚِ ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ِﲇ‪.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد َد ِﰲ ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ ِه أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨ ْ ِﺬ َر ًة ُﻣﺘَﻮَﻋﱢ َﺪ ًة‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐٌ َﻏ ْريُ َﻫﺬا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«‪ ،‬وَﻗ ِﺪ اْﻣْ ﺘُﻘِ َﻊ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻪُ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة إِذا د َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻏﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ َﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ْﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجْ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﺐَ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل َﻟ َﻚ — آﺧِ َﺮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﺮ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺛﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ًﺔ‪ :‬أَﺗُﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ ًﻜﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢريًا‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻘﺎب ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َوﻗ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎﺻ ِﻪ؟«‬ ‫ْﻒ أَﻧْﺠُ ﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‪» :‬ﻻ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ — ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ َﻚ ُﺳﻮءٌ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ َﻘ َﻚ أَذًى‪.‬‬ ‫ﺤﺎل — ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ د َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻏﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ؛ َﻓ ِﺈذا ﻧَﺠَ ﺤْ َﺖ ِﰲ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬﻢﱢ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْر ِﺟ ْﻊ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎرﻋً ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺬَ ﱢﻟ ًﻼ‪ُ » :‬رﺣْ ﻤﺎكِ ﻳﺎ‬ ‫ني‪َ «.‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن أ َ ِﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄﻧﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻔِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﺑﺤِ ﻤﺎﻳَﺘِ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْرﺳﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮْﻻﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَﺪ َْﻓﻌِ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْﻫﻼكِ أ َ ِﻣريَﺗِﻲ اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﻨ َ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ أَذْ ُﻛ ُﺮ‬ ‫َﻟﻬﺎ إِﺳﺎءَ ًة واﺣِ َﺪ ًة َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ«‪» :‬أَﻣ َُﱰ ﱢد ٌد أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟﺎَﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔ َﻘ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﺤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ْاﻷَﺑْ َﻠﻪُ؟ وَﻣﺎذا‬ ‫ﻳَﻬُ ﻤﱡ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«؟ أَأ ُ ْﺧﺘُ َﻚ ﻫِ َﻲ؟ أ َ ْم إِﺣْ ﺪَى َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ؟ وَﻣﺎذا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ْو‬ ‫ُﻮت؟ اِذْ َﻫﺐْ َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ ِﺠ ْﺰ ﻣﺎ أَﻣَ ْﺮﺗُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬اِذْ َﻫﺐْ وأﻧﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻤُﻀﺎﻋَ َﻔ ِﺔ ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ﱠﻮ ْدﺗُ َﻚ إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﻄﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ وَاﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄَﺟْ ﻌَ ﻠُ َﻚ ﺧﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءِ« ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ َﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎحُ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« ﺑُ ْﺮ َﻫ ًﺔ ﺣﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﻘ ِﺪ ﱡم ِرﺟْ ًﻼ َوﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﺧ ُﺮ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪا َم ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨْﻌﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ﻴﻨًﺎ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﴣ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ُﻪ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ﺳﺎﻫِ ًﺮا؛ َﻓﺤِ ﻴﻨًﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﻴﱠﺐُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى و َ​َﺧﻮ ُْﻓ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﺣِ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﻴﺎﻋِ ﻬﺎ إِذا َر َﻓ َﺾ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﻄﺎر ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ وَﻻ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒُﻬﺎ أَذًى؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ﱠﺪ َر ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أ َ ﱠن أ َ ِﻣريَﺗَ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻨْﺠُ ﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﻧَﺠﺎﺗِﻬﺎ ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻓﻈﺎﻋَ َﺔ ﺟُ ْﺮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻌﺎر ِ‬ ‫وَراح ﻳ ُْﻘ ِﻨ ُﻊ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻐﺎدِ َر َة ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ َﺪ َم ﻧ َ ِﺼريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎت‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫رات ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻧْﻘﺎذِ ﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َو ْر َ‬ ‫ﻃﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺨﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ِﺑ َﻔﻀﺎ ِﺋﻠِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻘﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺰاﻳﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺼﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْريَﺗﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬا َزﻳ َﱠﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻐ ِﺪ َر ِﺑﻤَ ﻮْﻻﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻬﱠ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﴍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺿﻤَ َﺮه ِﻣ ْﻦ أَذِ ﻳﱠ ٍﺔ و َ ﱟ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺣِ ﻮا ُر ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪُ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﺘَﻬﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺣَ ﻴ ْﱠﺖ أَﺑﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺄْذِ ﻧ َ ًﺔ إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻨ َ ﱡﺰهِ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺳﺎﻋَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠ ِﻜﻴ ُﱠﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻣ َُﱰ ِاﻣﻴ َ​َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺮاف‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« — أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣﺎ اﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ِﺔ — ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻻ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ ﺳﺎ ِﻟ ُﻜﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﴫ ﺣَ ﱠﻮ َل َﺳ ْريَﻫﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْبَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺛ َ ُﻘ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذا ﺑَﻌُ َﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫واﺟﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ِﺰ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤُﻮﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ريهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫َﺿ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ِﺑ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻣﺘًﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴﻠِﻤً ﺎ ﻟ ْﻠﻬُ ﻤُﻮ ِم؟‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«؟ ﻣﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ‬ ‫أَﺗُﺮا َك ﻣَ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫ﻳﻀﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﻴﺢٌ ﻣ ً‬ ‫ﻳﺾ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ أَﻧﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﻌﺎﰱ‪ ،‬ﻻ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة — َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ ِﺑﻤَ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺷﻌُ ُﺮ ِﺑﺄَيﱢ أ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ ﺟُ ْﺴﻤﺎﻧ ﱟِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻓﻤﺎذا ِﺑ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜ ُ‬ ‫ني؟ وَﻣﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ َﻘ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ؟ ﺣَ ﱢﺪﺛْﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ أ َ َﻟ ِﻤ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﺶ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻲ ﺑﺎذِ َﻟ ٌﺔ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي ِﻹ ْﺳﻌﺎدِ َك َو َﻛ ْﺸ ِﻒ ُﻏﻤﱠ ِﺘ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻜﺎ َد َﻗ ْﻠﺐُ َ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﻄ ُﺮ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧًﺎ وَأ َ َﺳ ًﻔﺎ إِزاءَ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﻌْ ِﺪ ُل ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﺧﻮ َْﻓ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ َﺮ َم ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ وَﻋَ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻﺗُﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺧﻤَ َﺪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ُروحَ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺟ َﺰ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ َﻔﺘَﺎ‬ ‫ﺘﺎن‬ ‫ﻐﺎر ٌق ِﰲ ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدِ هِ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ٌﻢ ﻟِﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َوإِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ِ‬ ‫ريﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬إِذْ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﻌﺎﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮرﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪» :‬ﻳﺎ هلل! ﻣﺎ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺔ! وَﻣﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻴَﺐَ راﺋِﺤَ ﺘَﻬﺎ!‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺒْﻬَ ﺠُ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺰ‪ِ .‬ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ ُ ْﻫ ِﺪﻳَﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ وا ِﻟﺪِيَ اﻟﻌَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻗ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪ ِ‬ ‫— ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻀﺎر َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺎﻗ ِﺔ!«‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« — إِﻻ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ َﺖ ﺑﺈﺣْ ِ‬ ‫‪15‬‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫واﺟﻤً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻼﱠ‪ ،‬ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺰو َل — ﻳﺎ أَﻣَ ريَ ُة — َﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤﺎ ﻣَ َﺸ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﻌﺎﻣَ ﺘﺎن‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪» :‬ﻻ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﴪ أ َ ْن أَﻋُ ﻮ َد ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ أَﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪«.‬‬ ‫وَﺣْ ﺪِي إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮﻛِﻲ إِﻳﱠﺎكِ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَ َﺴﻤﱠ ﺤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َذﻟِﻚِ َﻟﻌَ ﻨ ﱠ َﻔﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨ ٍ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر«‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ِت‬ ‫ريي ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُﻮ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْز ٍ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‪ .‬ﻓﺎذْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ — إِذا ِﺷﺌْ ِﺖ — ِﻟﺘَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﻧَﺠﺎحُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆاﻣَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ اﺟْ ﺘﺎ َز ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َﻗﻮا ِﺋ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺟ ِﺰ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺸﺎءُ‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﴎ ِت اﻟ ﱢﺮﻋْ َﺸ ُﺔ ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫َداﺧ َﻞ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﺧ ُﺰ واﻟﺘﱠﺄﻧِﻴﺐُ ‪.‬‬ ‫وَ َ‬ ‫وَأَرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﻳُﻨﺎدِ ﻳﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮات َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻼﰱ َﺧ ِﻄﻴﺌَﺘَﻪُ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻤَ ِﻢ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧْﻤﺎ أ ُ ِﺻﻴﺒ َْﺖ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ — ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻄ ُ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ِﻴ ًﻼ؛ وَرآﻫﺎ — ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َ​َﻖ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻏﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻐ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺒُﻜﺎءُ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َه وا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ص‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺤْ ﻘِ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ني ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺷﻨﺎﻋَ ُﺔ ﺟُ ْﺮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َراحَ ﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ُﻦ ﱠ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ َﱠﺔ« ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻗ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫اف َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺠُ ْﺮ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﻈ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮع‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ ﺑُﺪٍّا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺟُ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤ ُْﻔ َﺮ ِدهِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﻟِﻘﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗﺒُ ُﻪ وَﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠﻔِ ﱢﻲ‪ ،‬وأ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒْ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮع؛‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ﱠﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻤْ ِﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ َﻘ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬زاﺋ َِﻎ ا ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫َﴫ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺣْ ﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻓﻘِ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ َﻔ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ أَﻧْﺠَ ْﺰ َت ا ْﻟﻮَﻋْ ﺪَ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْﻛﺘَ َﻔﻰ ِﺑﻬَ ﱢﺰ رأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺠْ ًﺰا ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻼ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ا ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ْت َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣﺎ وَﻋَ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﻠﻮَى‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح َﻛﻴْﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄﻧ ﱠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨﺎدِ َ‬ ‫أَﻣَ َﺮ ْت ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ َﺧﺪ َِﻣﻬﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ َْﻐ ٍﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺑﻐﺎل أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣُ ِﻤ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫‪16‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺴﺒﺎﺋِﻚِ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌَ ْ‬ ‫ﻧَﻔﺎﺋ ُِﺴﻬﺎ وَﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱡﻬﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ َﻢ أ َ ْﻫﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻧَﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺜﺖ ِﺑ ِﺮﺳﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺻﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﺧ ْريًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮ ْت َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد إِﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺷﻬْ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَ ُﻪ ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺪاﻳﺎﻫﺎ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ْﻠﻮاﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﻋِ ﻘـﺎبُ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺮ ِص‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﻛِﺐَ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ َﺰ ا ْﻟﺒ َْﻐ َﻞ ﺛ ِْﻘ ُﻞ‬ ‫اع ِﰲ ﻋَ ﺪ ِْوهِ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺒ َْﻐ ِﻞ‪ ،‬وَراحَ ﻳَﺤُ ﺜﱡﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﺰات ﻋَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ؛ َﻓﺤَ َﺮ َن َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ َﻗ َﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻛﺎن َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن« ﻻ ﻳُﺤْ ِﺴ ُﻦ ُر ُﻛﻮبَ ﺟَ ﻮادٍ وَﻻ ﺑ َْﻐﻞ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ َ ْن َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ٍة‬ ‫ﴪﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤﺎ ُل؛ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋﺎ ِﺗﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄَﺗَﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ َرأ ْ ُﺳﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮر؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫وﻣﺎت ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﴍ َ​َﻓ ُﻪ وَﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗَﻪ!‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫)‪ِ (1‬ﰲ ﻏﺎﺑ َِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺪ ُ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﺷﻐِ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ أ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻓ ٌﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓﺤَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻬﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ ؛ وَآ َﻟﻤَ ﺘْﻬﺎ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ُﻣﻨ ْ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺮا َر ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻗﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ْت أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﺧ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬وﺛ َ ُﻘ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َت َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ﴫ؛ َﻓﻨﺎد ْ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺤْ َﺴﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻟ َِﻔ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫— َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺠﺒْﻬﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻳ َُﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ أَو َْﻏ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎﻗﺘْﻨِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫َﻗﺪَﻣﺎيَ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺑْﻌَ َﺪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ‪َ :‬ﻓ ْﻸُﺑﺎدِ ْر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة — ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َل اﻧْﺘِﻈﺎ ُر َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ِني‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« املِ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬ ‫وَﺳﺎ َر ِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﻬَ ﺪَﻫﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﴫ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗُﺒ ِ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺣُ ْﺰ ُن‬ ‫َﻓﺮاﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗُﻨﺎدِي َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« ﻧِﺪاءً ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺼ ًﻼ ُﻣﺘَﺘﺎ ِﺑﻌً ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺠﺒْﻬﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪ .‬وَأَﺧِ ريًا دَبﱠ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬﺎ‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗُﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ريي‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗِﻬْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻻ را ِﺋ َﺪ ِﱄ وَﻻ ﻣُﻌِ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺣﺎن ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ُﺪ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ‬ ‫ني؟ ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣﺎذا ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل أ َ ِﺑﻲ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﺼﻨ َ ُﻊ َ‬ ‫»ﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻋُ ﺪْ؟ وَﻣﺎذا ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ وَﺣِ ﻴﺪًا َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ؟‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﷲ ُ ِﺑ َﻚ »ﻳﺎ َﴍْﻫﺎ ُن«‪َ .‬ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ أ َ َﺳﺄ ْ ُت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ إِذْ ﻋَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺘُ َﻚ ِﻟﺘَﻌْ ﻨ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ أ َ ِﺑﻲ َوﺗَﺄْﻧِﻴ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫َﴬﺑَ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻧ ْ ٍﺐ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺠْ ﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻌﺎﻗِ ﺒَ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟُ ْﺮ ٍم ﻻ ﻳَ َﺪ َﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺄْدِ ﻳ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺧﺸﺎ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ِ‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ْﻒ أَﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬أَﻻ َﻟﻴْﺘَ ُﻪ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻼﰱ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ف أَﻧَﻨِﻲ — أَﻧﺎ وَﺣْ ﺪِيَ — ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺬْ ِﻧﺒ َُﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أَد ِْري َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺄَ؟‬ ‫ُﻮت اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ — ِﰲ َﻫﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ — ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺸﺎ وَﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬إِذا ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫وَأَﺣْ َﺴﺒُﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄَﻣ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ذِ ﺋﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮرﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳ ِﺔ و َِﺳﺒﺎﻋِ ﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِﺎرﻳَ ِﺔ و َِﺿﺒﺎﻋِ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧُﻤ ِ‬ ‫ري؛ َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﺗَﻨْﺪُبُ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﻴﺎءُ واﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬﺎ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن َﻏ َﻠﺒَﻬﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻗﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺳﻨَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﺘْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َت َرأ ْ َﺳﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠﻤَ ْﺖ ِﻟ ُﺮﻗﺎدٍ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻳ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫ري ِة‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺔ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻧﺎﻣَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺒﺎع اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ض ِﻷَذاﻫﺎ ﻛﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻦ َ‬ ‫َﻮان‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫ري وا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻳـﺖ ا ِﻹﻧ ْ ِﺲ وا ْﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎن‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺤَ ﻰ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﺮ َﻛ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ني َرأ َ ْت أ َ ْﺷﺠﺎ َر ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻬﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫واﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔﺘَ ْﺖ ﺣﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة‪ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ﻫِ َﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻬﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﻟ َِﻔ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﱠت ِﺑﻬﺎ‬ ‫ري ُة؛ َﻓ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ﺗُﻨﺎدِي ُﻣ َﺮﺑﱢﻴَﺘَﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﻣُﻮاءً َﻟ ِﻄ ِﻴ ًﻔﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‬ ‫)‪ (2‬أَﺑُﻮ »ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺑَﺪِﻳ ٌﻊ ﺟﺎﻟ ٌِﺲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢددًا ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻓ ِﺈذا ﻗِ ٌ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻔﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﻴﺎض‬ ‫ﺮات ا ْﻟﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ﻧَﺼﺎﻋَ ِﺔ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ِﺞ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُ‬ ‫ﻔﺎق‪،‬‬ ‫َﺷﻌْ ِﺮ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ ْ ِ‬ ‫واﻹ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄَﻧ ﱠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َرﺑﱠﺘَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎق‪ .‬ﻓﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ُ‬ ‫واﻧْﺒَﻌَ َﺚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﻮاﺋ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ َﺮهُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻳَﺪَﻫﺎ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻔﺎ َو ِة‬ ‫واﻻﺷﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﴪو َر ٌة‬ ‫ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻓ َﻘ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻠ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ »أَﺑﺎ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ! َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ أَﻧﺎ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ أ َ ِﺟ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺷﺪًا ﻳَﻬْ ِﺪ ِﻳﻨِﻲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ اﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻲ؟ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ — وا أ َ َﺳﻔﺎ ُه —‬ ‫ﺟﺎﺋِﻌَ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﱄ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٌة ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ري َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن آ ُﻛ َﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﻣﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُر ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻞ ﻳَﻤُﻮءُ ﻣُﻮاءً َﻟ ِﻄ ً‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ُِﺸريُ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ِه‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﻠ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة إ ِ َﱃ َرﻳْ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ ٍﺔ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ ﻜﺎ ٍم إ ِ َﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺞ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ )ﻣُﻼءَةٍ( ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ﺘْﻬﺎ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َﺷﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ َﻟﺬِﻳﺬَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ واﻟ ﱡﺰﺑْﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻀﻤَ ْﺖ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻔﺘْﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﺋ َِﻐ ًﺔ َﻟﺬِﻳ َﺬ َة اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴩ َك ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ َر ِﰲ أ َ ْﻛﻠِﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ِﻢ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺸﺄ ْ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑ َْﺖ إِﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﺳﻤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ إﻳﱠﺎﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨﱠﻮ ِْر ﺣﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬أ َ ْﻟ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﺷ ْﻜ ٍﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ َﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ﺘَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ أ َ ِﺟ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ ﻣُﻌِ ﻴﻨًﺎ ﻳَﻬْ ﺪِﻳﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺑَﻴ ِْﺖ أ َ ِﺑﻲ؟«‬ ‫ﻮر َﺷ ِﻬ ﱟﻲ ﻳﺎ »أَﺑﺎ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﱠﺰ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴪ ٍة وَأ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُر ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻞ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻤُﻮءُ ِﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﺎب ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪» :‬ﻣﺎ دُﻣْ َﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﻬﻤْ َﺖ ﻣﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ اﻟﺬﱠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِل‪َ ،‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑ ٍّﺮا ِﺑﺄ َ ِﺑﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪22‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫َﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺪاش« و َ​َﻫ ﱠﺰ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َ​َﺾ ﻫِ ﱠﺰ ًة ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﻬ َﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﴙ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُر َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮات‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ﻨﺎ ُه ِﺑﺈﺷﺎ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْﻠ ِﻒ‪ ،‬ﻟ َِريَى َﻫ ْﻞ َﻓ ِﻬﻤَ ِﺖ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫واﻗﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ أَﺛ َ َﺮهُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﺪاش« ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ‪َ .‬ﻫﺄَﻧَﺬِي ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﻔِ ﻴ ٌَﺔ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮا ِﺗ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻬْ ﺘَ ِﺪﻳ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ »أَﺑﺎ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ْ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬٌ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﱰ َ‬ ‫إن ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻻ أَد ِْري‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ْﺪ ِﻳ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫اق َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُر ِﺑﺈﺷﺎ َر ٍة َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨﺎﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ َﻢ اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓ َﻊ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ﺄَﻧَﻬﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎب ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸﺘَ ِﺒ َﻜ ِﺔ؛ ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ — ِﻟﺘُ ْﻔ ِﺴﺢَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺴﻨﱠﻮ ِْر و َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺿﻴْﻔ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ اﺟْ ﺘﺎزا اﻷَﻋْ ﺸﺎبَ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺸﺎﺑَ َﻜ ْﺖ َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﻛﻤﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ ﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ ُﺮ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ﱠﺮ َد اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿ ْﻮءًا‪َ ،‬و َر ﱠﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺸﺎﺋ ُِﺶ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﱠ‬ ‫ريﻫِ ﻤﺎ زاد َِت ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ و ُ‬ ‫ُﺿﻮﺣً ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْريُ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﺷ َ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮحُ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺮاﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎﺟ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎو ًرا ِﺑﻤﺎ رأ َ ْت‪ ،‬وأَﻳ َْﻘﻨ َ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﺑَﻘﺎءَﻫﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ َل‪،‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫آﻻﻣﻬﺎ؛‬ ‫وَأَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨْﻌَ َﻢ ِﺑﻠ ِﻘﺎءِ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻨ َ ِﺴﻴ َْﺖ ُﻫﻤُﻮﻣَ ﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َﻐ َﻠﻬﺎ ﺟَ ﻤﺎ ُل ْاﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫وآﺧ َﺮ — ِﻟﺘَ ْﻘ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺪاﺋﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ ِﺮ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُﻮ َﻟﻬﺎ أَن ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻄ َﻔﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َني ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ري ُﻗﺪُﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﻠُﻬﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ أَﺑْ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ﻳُﺘﺎ ِﺑ ُﻊ ﻣُﻮاءَ ُه ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﺜﱡﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ َ ْت‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎن »أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻻن‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬ﻗ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ ﺳﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠﻐﺎ َﻗ ْﴫًا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻜﺘُﻮﺑًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻻن«؛‬ ‫»ﻗ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻔ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺒﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻻ ﺗَﺪ ِْري‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ِه اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ﱢ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أَﻣﺎ َم ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺨﺎر ِﺟ ﱡﻲ ﻣ ُْﻘ َﻔ ٌﻞ؟‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ﺣَ َﺮ ٌس‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺟَ َﺮ ٌس‪ ،‬وا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺟ ُﺰ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُر ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﱢ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑﺎب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ أَﻣﺎ َم ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﳋﺎﻣﺲ‬

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‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫َود َ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻨ َﻊ ِﻷَﺟْ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ وَﺣْ َﺪهُ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُر ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِﻴ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻤَ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ َر َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺑْ َﻠ َﻎ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ًْﻔﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻻن — أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫وﻓﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر ِ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُر‬ ‫ﺳﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﴫ — ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺟ ُﺰ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﰲ ﻧِﺪاءِ أﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨِﻴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻨﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻓﺘِﺢَ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓ ْﺮﺟَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ أَﺣَ ﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ — َﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴎداﺑًﺎ ﻣ َُﺸﻴﱠﺪًا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮﺧﺎ ِم‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ُﻓﺘِﺢَ ﺑﺎبُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻋﺎت ا ْﻟﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ ِر‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ُﻓﺘِﺤَ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﺑْﻮابُ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫و َْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻨﺎءِ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﺒَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻻن‬ ‫)‪ (2‬أ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ َﻢ َرأ َ ْت — آﺧِ َﺮ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ — ﻗﺎﻋَ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺑَﺪِﻳﻌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﺳ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨْﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ْﺨﺪ ٍَع أ َ ْز َر َق ﻣُﺤَ ٍّﲆ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻻن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ َو ِﻋ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻀﺎءُ راﻗِ َﺪ ٌة َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻋﲆ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻏِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮةِ‪ .‬وَﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ا ْﻟﺘِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ﺟﺎﺛِﻤً ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫أت »أَﺑﺎ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻻن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﻟﺘَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻬﺎ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳﺘَ ْﻘﺒَ َﻠﺘْﻬﺎ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ أ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ‪» :‬أ َ ْﻫ ًﻼ و َ​َﺳﻬْ ًﻼ وَﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ِﺑﻨ ْ ِﺖ‬ ‫ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ َِﻣﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺑﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺴﺎن َﻓ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن«‪ .‬أَﻻ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُﻗﺪُوﻣَ ﻚِ‬ ‫ني أ َ ﱠن َو َﻟﺪِي »أَﺑﺎ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻴﻚِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪» :‬ﺣَ ﺐﱢ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻣﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻔﺎر ِغ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ؟«‬ ‫ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ُﱰ ﱢد َد ًة ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺳﻴﻤﺎﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْف‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻮﻧِﻲ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« ﻣ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻗﺎءَ‪ .‬وَأَﻧﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈﻧﱠﻤﺎ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ — ُﻫﻨﺎ — ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ف أَﺑﺎكِ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻧ َ َﺸﺄَ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺣْ ﺒَﺒْﻨﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻟِﻌَ ْﺪﻟ ِ​ِﻪ وَﺣَ َﺰاﻣَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ وَأ َ ْرﻳَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َت إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎر َﻓ ٌﺔ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ واﻟﺪِي؟‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏﻤَ َﺮﺗْﻬﺎ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ‪» :‬أ َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ِﺖ ِﺑﻲ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ؛ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨ ﱢﻔﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ َﻠﻘِ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬وَﺣُ ْﺰﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻻن — ﱠإﻻ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺒﺎهلل ِ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ — ﻳﺎ أ ِﻣريَ َة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻟﻔِ ﺮاﻗِ ﻲ!«‬

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‫)‪ (3‬ﺳﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َِﺔ‬ ‫ﴪ ًة‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ — ﻳﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« — أ َ ْن أ َ ُردﱠكِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﻋ َﻠ ُﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺘَﻨَﻬﱠ ُﺪ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺈن ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻵن‪َ .‬ﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن ﺳﺎﺣِ ِﺮﻫﺎ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢُ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل — ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ُﺳ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ ﱠﻼ ِب ا ﱠﻟﺬي ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ْاﻷَﻣْ َﺮ وَاﻟﻨﱠﻬْ َﻲ — وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه — ِﰲ ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ َﻫ ِﺬهِ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ ِﺑ َﻲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ٌة ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺿﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ُﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ َﻓﻮ َْق ُﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎﻧِﻲ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨ ﱢ ِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْر ِﺳ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻣُﻌﺎ َر َ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ أَﺣْ ﻼﻣً ﺎ ﺳﺎ ﱠر ًة‬ ‫ﺑ َِﻬﻴﺠَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ِﺌﻨ ُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻌَ ﱢﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ أَﻧﱠﻚِ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤْ َﻸ ُ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﺛ َِﻘ ًﺔ َو َرﺟﺎءً‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻞ ﺑَﻌ ِﻴ َﺪ ًة ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺟﺎزﻋَ ًﺔ‪» :‬و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ أ َ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ‪ ،‬ﻻ أَﻧْﻌَ ُﻢ ِﺑﻠُ ْﻘﻴﺎهُ؟«‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﻋ َﻠ ُﺔ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺣﺎﺟَ َﺔ ِﺑﻨﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻜﻬﱡ ِﻦ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻘﺒ َِﻞ؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﻏﻴْﺐٌ ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﱠإﻻ ﷲ ُ‬ ‫ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧَﻪُ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن ﻟ ْﻠﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ِﺔ واﻟ ﱠﺮزاﻧ َ ِﺔ واﻻﺟْ ﺘِﻬﺎدِ داﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻋﺎﻗِ ﺒ ًَﺔ ﻣَ ﺤْ ﻤُﻮ َد ًة‪َ .‬ﻓﻼ ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻠ ﱠﻦ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻟ َِﻘﻀﺎءِ ﷲِ‪ .‬ﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَ ِﺼ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑ َﻔﻀﺎ ِﺋﻠِﻚِ وَﻣَ ﺰاﻳﺎكِ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻹ ْذ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮجُ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻨَﻬﱠ ﺪ َِت ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ َ ْن ذَ َر َﻓ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎﻫﺎ دَﻣْ ﻌَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺣُ ْﺰﻧًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌﺎد َِت ﱠ‬ ‫َت ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﺳﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ﺘَﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄ ْ ِﻧ ِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ أ َ ْن ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻻن واﺑْﻨُﻬﺎ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﺳﻴﺎﻧِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺎﻧِﻬﺎ اﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﻋَ ﺪﱠاﻫﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫وَأ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ أ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻨ َﻊ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْردِيﱢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ِز ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺛﺎث ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻓ ِﺮ َﺷ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫َﻮان واﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮر‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻮان ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاع ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﻤَ ِﻞ ْاﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ ُﻣﻮ ٍَّﳽ ِﺑﺄ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺄ ﱢﻟ َﻘ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ ُﻞ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ات‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻣَ ْﻔ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺮاش وا ْﻟﺤَ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫وﺷ ٌﺔ‬ ‫وا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ِز ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻤﺎويﱢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻴﺞ ﺛ َ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻨ َﻊ أﺛﺎﺛُﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻮﱠجُ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ أَﺑْﺮاجٌ ﻓِ ﱢﻀﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ُﻣﺜَﺒﱠﺘَ ٌﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ْران ُ‬ ‫ﺗﺎن‬ ‫ري َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫ري ٍة ﺛ َ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ .‬وَﻋُ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻼن َﻓﺘﺎ ًة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒ َِﻞ َﺷﺒﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﺘًﻰ ﺟَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒ َِﻞ َﺷﺒﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ُﺪ ﱡل‬ ‫ﺘﺎن ﺗُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺪِﻳﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎن‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﻼ َﻟ ٍﺔ ُﻣﻠُﻮ ِﻛﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫واﻟﺴ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮان َﺷﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻼ ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ أ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﺗﺎن ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ »أ ُ ﱠم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«؟«‬ ‫ﻻن‪» :‬ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َرﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أ ِﻣريَ َة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬

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‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫َﻓﺄَﺟﺎﺑَﺘْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﻋ َﻠ ُﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻻن — أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ ِﺠﻴﺐَ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ٌر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨﺎ — ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ‪ :‬ﺟَ ﻤﺎﻋَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮُﻋُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل وا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫وﺳﺘَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺜﺎل َﻫﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫ال‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺣﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺸﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺟَ ﻮاﺑَ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻚِ ﱠإﻻ ﺟﺎﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﺗَﻤ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﻮت ﺟَ ﻮْﻋً ﺎ‪َ .‬وذَ َﻫﺒ َِﺖ‬ ‫ﻻن؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻛﺎد َِت‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َﻗ ْﺖ أ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة ﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮةٍ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة ﺣﺎﻓِ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟُ ﻬﱢ َﺰ ْت ِﺑ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ﻋَ َﲆ أﺛ َ ِﺮ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« — َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ‬ ‫َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ ِوﺳﺎ َد ٌة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪﱢﻣَ ْﻘ ِﺲ ﻟِﺠُ ﻠُ ِ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻻن‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨﺎﻓِ ُﺲ‬ ‫ﻮس »أ ﱢم ﻋَ َﺰ َة«‪ :‬أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ُﺸﻮ َر ٌة«‪ ،‬وَأَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ — ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة — َ‬ ‫َو َزرا ِﺑ ﱡﻲ ﻣَ ﺒْﺜُﻮﺛ َ ٌﺔ »ﺑ ُ​ُﺴ ٌ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮﱠاﺣَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻗ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻳﺎﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎر ِد ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ »أ ُ ﱢم‬ ‫َو ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ إﻧﺎءٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺺ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٌ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‪ ،‬وَأَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ إﻧﺎءٌ ﻣُﺠَ ﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ﳼ َ‬ ‫ﱠف ِﺑ ِﻪ َﺳﻤَ ٌﻚ ﻣَ ْﺸ ِﻮيٌ‬ ‫ﻮس »أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريٌ ﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٌﻊ ﻟِﺠُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱞ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻤْ ِﻦ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ إﻧﺎءٌ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺑ ﱠﻠﻮ ٍْر — ﻣَ ِﺘ ٌ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻓﺨﺎذٌ ﻣَ ْﻘ ِﻠﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﺐ‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ِت‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٌ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﺒ َِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴﱠﻬﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻻن« واﺑْﻨِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أُﻋِ ﱠﺪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺪاش« —‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺴﻨﱠﻮ ِْر »أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫َني ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪَيْ »أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎج‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﺪا ِﺋ ُﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻘ ِﺶ‪ .‬واﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﳼ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤْ َﻔ ُﺔ ﺑﺤَ ﺴﺎءٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة — ُﻛ ْﺮ ِ ﱞ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﺬِﻳﺬٍ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻮارﻫﺎ ُﻛﻮبٌ ﺛ َ ِﻤ ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ ْ ِﻊ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءٌ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤﺎءِ‪َ ،‬وﻛ ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وإﻧﺎءٌ ﺑَﺪِﻳ ُﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْر‬ ‫إﱃ ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺬِﻳ ِﺬ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ْت ِﻣ ْﻠﻌَ َﻘ ًﺔ و َ​َﺷ ْﻮ َﻛ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ ِﺮيﱢ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴫ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ — ﻣَ ﺜ ً‬ ‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻟﻬﺎ — ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻗﻴﻖ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬و ِﻣﻨ ْ َﺸ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻻن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻬﺎ َر ٍة ﻓﺎﺋ َِﻘ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤﺎﺋِﺪ ِة ِ ْ‬ ‫ﴎبٌ َرا ِﺋ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ إﺷﺎ َرﺗِﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺣْ ﺘَﻮ َِت ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ُة — َ‬ ‫ُﴪ ُع َ‬ ‫ﻳُﺒﺎدِ ُر َ‬ ‫إﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪َ ،‬وﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري و َ​َﺳﻤَ ﻚٍ و َ​َﻓﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ وَﺣَ ْﻠﻮَى وَﻓﺎﻟُﻮ َذ ٍج َو َﻟﻄﺎﺋ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺤْ ٍﻢ َو َ‬ ‫— أ َ ْﺷﻬَ ﻰ ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻲ اﻵ ِﻛﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫واﻟﺴ ﱠﻜﺮ ا ْﻟﻤﺎذِيﱢ ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺬا ِﺋ ِﺬ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺸ ﱠﻮ ٍة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِْز واﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْز ﱡ‬ ‫ﻴﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻻن« َو َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺷﺎء َْت ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺟﺎﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ؛ َﻓﺄ َﻛ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ »أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺪاش« َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة اﻟﺪ ِﱠﺳﻤَ ِﺔ! ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إذا َﻓ َﺮ َﻏ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻨﺎو ُِل ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺸﺎءِ َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﺒَﺘْﻬﺎ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« و»أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺠَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ — ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎت ا ْﻟﺒَﺪِﻳﻌَ ِﺔ — ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴫ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ وَﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ ﻧ ُ ْﺰ َﻫﺘَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت ﻣَ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻴْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻬﺎ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜْﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻻن أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻮﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َﻓﺄﺷﺎ َر ْت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ أ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴪو َر ًة‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪَﻋِ ﻬﺎ ِﻟﺘَﻨﺎمَ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﺒ ِﱠﺖ ْاﻗ ِﱰاﺣَ ﻬﺎ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫‪28‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫وَﻣﺎ د َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ َة ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻻن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ — ﺗَﺴﺘَ ْﻘ ِﺒﻼﻧِﻬﺎ‬ ‫َت ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َﻏﺰا َﻟﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺛِﻴﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ َﻓﻨ َ َﺰﻋَ ﺘﺎﻫﺎ — ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻬﺎ َر ٍة — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ ِﻬ َﺮﺗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ﺘﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮار‬ ‫ني ﻟِﺨِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻫﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻴﺎن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮ ُﻫﻤﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺮﻋَ ﻴﺎﻧِﻬﺎ َوﺗُ َﻠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻏﻤَ َﻀ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻠ ِﻬﻴَﻬﺎ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎﻇ ُﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ و َْاﻷَﻣْ ﺘِﻌَ ُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﴪ ًة ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤَ ًﺔ ﺗَ ْﺮﺟُ ﻮ ﻟِﻘﺎءَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ِﰲ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤْ َﻮ ُة اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َُﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫ري ﻣﺎ‬ ‫َت ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠﻤَ ْﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﺧ ْﻠ ًﻘﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَﻤﺎ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤُﻬﺎ وَﻋَ ْﻘﻠُﻬﺎ ﻧ ُ ُﻤﻮٍّا ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬واﺗﱠ َﺴﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺮاﺋ َ‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وأ َ َﻟﻤﱠ ْﺖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓﺘْﻬﺎ — ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ َﻗ َﺮأَﺗْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﺘُ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫آﻓﺎق ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻠﻮ ِم وا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫وس — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻧﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﻟُ ﱢﻘﻨَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪ ُر ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌﺎد ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫َت أَﺣْ ﻼﻣَ ﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳ َﺬ َة َذ َﻛ َﺮ ْت أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ و َْﻗ َﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘﺮاءَ ِة وا ْﻟﻜِﺘﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﻰ وا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫واﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﺳ ِﻢ و َد ْر ِس ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺎي وا ْﻟﻌُ ﻮ ِد وَﻣﺎ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ »ا ْﻟ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن« واﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ِﺠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬وَأَراد ْ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﺮجَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﻬَ َﻀ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَﻬﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺑ َْﴫ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ َرأ َ ْت ُ‬ ‫َت أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ ﺣَ ﺠْ ﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْر َﺷ َﻖ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َان‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻮ ﱠرد ْ‬ ‫ِﺟ ْﺴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ زاد ْ‬ ‫َﴩﺗُﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﻌَ ُﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َت ﺑ َ َ‬ ‫َت ﺣُ ْﺴﻨًﺎ َوﺑَﻬﺎءً‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ ﱠﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْرﻗﺎو ِ‬ ‫واﺳ َﱰ َْﺳ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫وَﻃﺎ َل َﺷﻌْ ُﺮﻫﺎ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻞ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﺤَ ﱠري َِت‬ ‫ﻮاﻣﻬﺎ اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫أت‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َر ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱠ ْﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل ﻧﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺳﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ًﺔ ِﰲ أَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﻣﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَ ِة ﻫﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴﻬﺎ ﻓﺎ ْرﺗَ َﺪﺗْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ — ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْر‬ ‫ﻳﺎن‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ُﱢق ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫— َ‬ ‫ﻻن‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ري ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﺿﺎرﻋَ ٌﺔ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ َرأَﺗْﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪» :‬أ ُ ﱠم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة‪َ :‬ﺳﻴ َﺪﺗِﻲ أ ُ ﱠم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة! َﻫﺄﻧَﺬِي‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻻن — ْ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻫﺬا اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﻮ ِﱡل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَرا ُه وَأَﺣِ ﱡﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪي ِﱄ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ َﻠ ٌﺔ — ﻳﺎ أ ِﻣريَ َة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫أَواﻫِ ﻤَ ٌﺔ أَﻧﺎ؟ أ َ ْم َﻛ ِﱪ ُْت ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‪» :‬ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أ َ ﱠن ِﺳﻨﱠﻚِ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﻤَ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻵن ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ِﺖ ِﺿﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻮات ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ْت َﺳﺒْ َﻊ َﺳﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮكِ ؛ ﻷ َ ﱠن َر ْﻗ َﺪﺗَﻚِ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫وَﻋُ ﻤْ ًﺮا‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َرأْيُ َو َﻟﺪِي َو َرأ ْ ِﻳﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﺮ َﻓ َﻊ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﻋَ ﻨﺎءَ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﺒُ ُﻪ اﻟﺪ‬ ‫ﱢراﺳﺎت ْاﻷ َ ﱠوﻟِﻴ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﺘﺎﺟ َ‬ ‫ﻮات ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳْﻨﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻗﺪِي َﺳﺒْ َﻊ َﺳﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﻧ ُ َﻠ ﱢﻘﻨُﻚِ — ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨﺎﺋِﻬﺎ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﺜ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻓ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻌِ ْﻠ ِﻢ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧَﺪﱠﺧِ ْﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻚِ وأَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻧﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ؛ َﻓﻌَ َﺮ َﻓ ِﺖ ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎﻣﻲ — ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮﻓ َ‬ ‫ني َوﺗَ ْﻜﺘُ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫اﻵن ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮﺋِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﺮاءَ ِة وا ْﻟﻜِﺘﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ْﺮ ًﻓﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ َ‬ ‫ني؟ َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻚِ َﻏ ْريُ واﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﱄ أ َ ْﻟﻤَ ﺢُ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻚِ أَﻧﱠﻚِ ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱢﻜ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَﺒَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ِ‬ ‫ِني‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤﻲ ﻋِ ْﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻴَﻘ ِ‬ ‫‪32‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺛ َ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻓ ُﺔ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأ َ ْت أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗُ ِﺠﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻗﺎﻋَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْر ِس‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َ‬ ‫ف‪،‬‬ ‫إﱃ »ا ْﻟ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎز ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎت‪ .‬وَأﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ِﺖ »اﻟﻨﱠﺎيَ « َﻓﺄَﺗَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ ﺬَ ِب ْاﻷَﻧْﻐﺎ ِم‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ِﺖ‬ ‫َﻛﺄَﺣْ َﺴ ِﻦ ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺠﻴ ُﺪ ُه أَﻣْ ﻬَ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎن‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮ َﻗﻢَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َﺳﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻟﻮاﺣً ﺎ َﻓﻨﱢﻴ ًﱠﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻮدَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻐﻨ ﱠ ْﺖ ﻣﺎ ﺷﺎء َْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺪاﺋ ِ​ِﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪ و َُﺳﻬُ ٍ‬ ‫راﺋِﻌَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ْت أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺮاﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ﻬﺎ َر ٍة ﻓﺎﺋ َِﻘﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻟﺔ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱢﻮ ُر ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺸﺎءُ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﻳ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈذا ﻫِ َﻲ ﻣﺎﻫِ َﺮ ٌة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻜِﺘﺎﺑَ ِﺔ؛ ﻣَ ﻬﺎ َرﺗَﻬﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﺳ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻢ‪ ،‬وَأﺟْ َﺮﺗْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻘِ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف وا ْﻟﻐِ ﻨﺎءِ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ َﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫وا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺣَ َﻮﺗْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺘَﺒ َُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﺘَ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ﺘْﻬﺎ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ذَ َﻛ َﺮ ْت أَﻧَﻬﺎ َﻗ َﺮأ َ ْت أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬إن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻗ َﺮأَﺗْﻬﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬ﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﺰﺟَ ْﺖ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َ َ‬ ‫ﻻن َو َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ َﻟﺜْﻤً ﺎ َوﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ِﺑ ﱡ ُ‬ ‫ور‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﻣْ َ‬ ‫ري َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺮﺣِ ﻬﺎ َو ِﻋ ْﺮﻓﺎﻧِﻬﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ِﻤﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮﺗْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﺛَﻨﺎءً و َُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا‪ِ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺪﱠﺧِ ْﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ْﱠﻗﺘُﻤﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ﻲ‪ ،‬أَﻳُﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻤﺎن! َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫وَﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬أَيﱡ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫أَﺣْ َﺴﻨْﺘُﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآ ِة‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ ْت َﻟﻬﺎ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« ﺛَﻨﺎءَﻫﺎ َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ُﺲ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﺧِ ﱠﻔ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻬﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫َو َر َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َﻔ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ ُﻜﻤﺎ َﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬﺎ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬أ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﻀﻴﻔﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻗ ٍﺔ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ؛‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺣﺎ ُل أ َ ِﺑﻲ؟ أَﻣﺎ زا َل ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﻟِﻔِ ﺮاﻗِ ﻲ؟ أ َ ْم َﺧ ﱠﻔ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘُ ْﺨ ِﱪاﻧِﻲ‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟﻨ ﱢ ْﺴﻴﺎ ُن ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﻠﻘﺎ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺣُ ْﺰن؟«‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه َر ْﻏﺒ َُﺔ ﺣَ ﱟﻖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ إﺟﺎﺑَﺘِﻚِ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪ .‬ﻫﺎكِ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآ َة‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﺮيْ ﻣﺎ و َ​َﻗ َﻊ ِﻷ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ ؛ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻓﺎ َر ْﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻵن‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َﻓﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ري ُة‬ ‫ﺎن«‪ ،‬واﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ ْت ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ َة أ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﺣَ ﺐﱢ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻣﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُﻀ َ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻮﻟِﻴ ٌَﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ ِﰲ أ َ ْرﺟﺎءِﻫﺎ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑًﺎ ﺛﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧَﻤﺎ ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ أَﺣَ ﺪًا‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪُ ُه ِﻟ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ َﱠﺔ« ﻗﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻈﺎر‪ .‬ﺛ ُ َﻢ َرأ َ ْت َزوْﺟَ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫ﻧَﻔِ َﺪ َ‬ ‫»إن‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻻﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺑ َْﺖ — ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣُﻌﺎ َر َ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« — ﱠإﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ﻮق ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َ​َﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻮَﺟﱢ َﻪ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل‬ ‫إﱃ ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐﺘْﻬﺎ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗﺘَﺤَ ﻤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﻌﺎﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫‪33‬‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع واﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ﺬِﻳ َﺮ َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫»ﴍ َ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺧ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن«‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ْﻫﺎن« ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜ ِ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺴﻠِﻤَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ْﻫﻠ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻷ ُ َﺧ ﱢﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻮن أَو ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْر َﺳ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ْف َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻫ ْﻮ َل ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ُﺮ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫َو َرأ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﻋِ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآ ِة َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ و َ​َﻗ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﱪُ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ و ُ​ُﻗﻮ َع ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َﻫﺬا اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺄَ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻏﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻧْﺒ َِﻖ ِﻟﻴَﺒْﺤَ َﺚ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ‪ :‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ْﻒ ْ‬ ‫َني َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ِة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةِ‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ْت َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ َﻟﻮْﻻ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣﺎﻟُﻮا ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ُﻢ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُﻜ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« و»أ َ ِﺑﻲ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﻨﺎداﺗِﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧﺎ َم َرأَى ِﺑﻨْﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻼ ِم ﺟﺎﻟ َِﺴ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺪ َرهُ‪ ،‬إذْ ﺗَﻌَ ﻬﱠ ﺪا َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌِ ﻴﺪا إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻃ ْﻔ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻣﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻣﺎ أَﺛ ْ َﻠﺞَ َ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻖ ِﰲ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ري اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ وا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وا ْﻟﺤَ ﻔﺎ َو ِة واﻟ ﱢﺮﻋﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺎﻓﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺪﺋَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآ ُة‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫واﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ ِﺮﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻘﻮ َﻟ ًﺔ َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋﺎد َِت ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻠُ ﱠﻮ ًة ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ أَﺑُﻮﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ُﺧ َﺮى و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْد َر َﻛﺘْﻪ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ُﺔ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَﻌَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ْ ُس ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ َﻛﺌِﻴﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َر ٍة‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٍة ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﻐ ُﻤ ُﺮ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع َﻓﻴ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻬﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْ ِﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ِﺰﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﻟﻴَﻤْ َﻸ َ ِ‬ ‫ني َرأﺗْ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮدًا ﻻ ﻳُ ْﺆﻧ ُِﺴ ُﻪ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءَ« َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ َﱠﺔ« وَﻻ ِﺑﻨْﺘَﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َودَﻫِ َﺸ ْﺖ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َﱪَﺗْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآ ُة أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫»ﺳﻤَ ﻴ َﱠﺔ«؛ َﻓﺒَﻌَ َﺚ ِﺑﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ‪» :‬ﻧَﻮ َْﻓ ٍﻞ«‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن َﺳﺒَﺐُ‬ ‫ﺎن« َﻏ ِﻀﺐَ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫ا َمل ِﻠ َﻚ »ﺣَ ﺐﱠ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻣﱠ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺪان ﱠ‬ ‫اث‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻫِ َﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ َ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻛ ِﱰ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻜﺘُ َﻢ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻏ َﻀ ِﺒ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ أﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻘ ْﺖ ﻧَﺒَﺄ ﻓِ ْﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺬاب‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﻌﺎ َوﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﺣَ ﻬﺎ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ و َ​َﺷﻤﺎﺗَﺘَﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻧَﻮ َْﻓ ٌﻞ« ِﺑ َﺴﺠْ ﻨِﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﺑُ ْﺮ ِج ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﻀﺠَ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴْ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻆ وا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐُ ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘﺎﺑَﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُن‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﺄ ْ ُﺳ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮف ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻤﺎﺗَ ْﺖ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َت ﺣَ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءُ« َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ زاد ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﻗﺘُﻬﺎ و َ​َﴍ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘُﻬﺎ — ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ِﺑﻨْﺘُﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺎق‪َ .‬‬ ‫أﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ﻻ ﺗُ ُ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﴈ ْ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ُزوﱢﺟَ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﺣﺎز ٌم أ َ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ ﱞﻲ‬ ‫»ﺳﻠِﻴ ٍﻢ«‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ِﻣريٌ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ ِة ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءِ« َو َزﺟْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺒﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ ْاﻹﻧْﺴﺎ ِﻧﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫واﺳ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺨِ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ﺗَﺄْدِ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ ﱠﺪﺗِﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺨ ﱢﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮﻫﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺿ َ‬ ‫وا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺴ َﻮ ِة ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺴ َﻮﺗِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫وﴍ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪34‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫ني َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬا أ َ ْﻓ َﻠﺢَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺒْﻌِ ﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﻜﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ‬ ‫»ﺳﻠِﻴﻢٌ« ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِو ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺾ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺜﺎﻻ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮَداﻋَ ِﺔ واﻟ ﱡﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ً‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻼل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ َو َﻛ َﺮ ِم ا ْﻟﺨِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ْت ﻟـِ»أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« ﻣﺎ َﻫﻴﱠﺄَﺗْ ُﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻣﺎ ﺟَ ِﻬ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ ُ‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‬ ‫ﺖ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت أَﻳﱠﺎ ٌم أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺑ»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻣﺘَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﴤ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ أَوﻗﺎﺗِﻬﺎ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ‬ ‫ﺿﺠَ َﺮﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴﻠِﻤَ ًﺔ ﻟِﻬُ ﻤُﻮﻣِﻬﺎ وَأَﺣْ ﺰاﻧِﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ﻗﺎدِ ًرا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺤﺎ َدﺛَﺘِﻬﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْﻗﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْر ِس وﺗَﻨﺎو ُِل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻻن‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻻ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑﻠ ِﻘﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ﱠإﻻ ِﰲ أَو ِ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاب ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻹ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎرات‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺳﺆاﻟِﻬﺎ َوﻳ ُْﻔ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴤ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺮات‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺪ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫وا ْﻟﻤُﻮاءِ واﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« — ِﺑﻤَ ﻬﺎ َر ٍة َودِراﻳَ ٍﺔ —‬ ‫ِﺑﻘﺎدِ ٍ‬ ‫رات ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻼ ِم أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳُ ْﺆذَ ُن »ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻻ‬ ‫ﻮال واﻟﺘﱠﻨ َ ﱡﺰ ِه ﱠإﻻ ﻣَ َﻊ »أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ِ‬ ‫واﺻ ِﻄﺤﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ أَﺟْ ﻤَ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ِرﻋﺎﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫ري أَﺑْﺪ َِع ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎت‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﻋِ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻻن َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ﻋﻬْ ﺪًا أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَﺘَﺠﺎ َو َز ﺑﺎبَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺪ ِﻳ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وﺣَ ﺬﱠ َرﺗْﻬﺎ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة — ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‬ ‫»إن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ — ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴪ ِة ْ‬ ‫واﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻔﻮﻋَ ًﺔ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﻮﻟِﻬﺎ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻮاﺑًﺎ َﻏ ْريَ ﺗَﻨَﻬﱡ ِ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ﺟﺎ ِﻟﺒ َُﺔ‬ ‫ﺪات ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺤﺎو ِﱄ أ َ ْو ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮي ِﰲ ﻣُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ ِﺔ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺬار أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﻘﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﴩ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن — َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻨﺎح ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ ٍد ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻌَ ُﺪ — ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫آﻻف اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺒْﺪُو ﻟِﻌَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ أ َ ْﺷﺠﺎ ُرﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪِﻳﻌَ ُﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْزﻫﺎ ُرﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻠُﻮحُ َﻟﻬﺎ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮر ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ َرياﻧِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣ َُﻐ ﱢﺮ َد ًة ﺷﺎدِ ﻳ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﺗَﻬُ ﱡﻢ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨﺎدِ ﻳَﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪35‬‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻜﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻗ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎو ِس ْ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ دا َر ْت ِﺑﺬ ِْﻫﻨِﻬﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺪَع َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﻤﺎدِي ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﻮ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﻠ ْﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺨﺎﻟ َِﻔﻪُ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‬ ‫ﻻن‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗ ْﺖ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ِﺳﺘﱠ ُﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ — أ َ ْو َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ — َﻗ َﻀﺘْﻬﺎ ِﰱ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُرﻗﺎدِ ﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺢﱢ‬ ‫ﻮات ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي اﺣْ ﺘَﻮاﻫﺎ َﺳﺒْ َﻊ َﺳﻨ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ .‬وَﻃﺎ َل ِﺑﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو — ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫— ﺑَﺪا َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻮ َل ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻟ َِﻔﺘْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪ ،‬و َُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻌﺎودُﻫﺎ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮى أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ِﺮ ْاﻷَو ِ‬ ‫ْﻗﺎت؛ َﻓﺘَﻤْ َﻸ ُ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻬﺎ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﻔﻌِ ُﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ أ َ َﻟﻤً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻃ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« َوﻳَﻬْ ِﺠ ُﺲ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﱰ ﱠد ُد ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ﻻن َو َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ِﻜﺎن َﻟﻬﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻼ‪ .‬وَآﺛ َ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﱡ‬ ‫ﻜﺎت‪،‬‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺪاش« وَأﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﻳَﻤْ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺘَﻤَ ْﺖ َﺷ ْﻜﻮاﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺒُﺢْ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺧ ْﺸﻴ َ​َﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﴘءَ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﻓ ِﺔ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫إ ْﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﺮاﻣﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱰﻳ َْﻦ وا ِﻟﺪَكِ — ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن »أ ُ ﱠم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« ﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄَﺗْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ِﺖ‬ ‫»ﺳ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮكِ ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻔِ ِﻈﻲ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﻨﺎ ُه ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺰاﻳﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ واﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﱡﻘ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺰان‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴْﺘَﻚِ ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ِﺑﻨ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘِﻲ؛ َﻓﻼ ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ ِﲇ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻚِ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻘﺒ َِﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ِﺖ — ﻳﺎ‬ ‫واﻻﺗﱢ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أَواﻧًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻤﺎ ﺣﺎ َو ْﻟ ِﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ِﲇ ﻣُﻔﺎ َر َﻗﺘَﻨﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤِ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — أ َ ﱠن ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤُﻮﻣَ ًﺔ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ًة ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎﻣ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻼث َﺧﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬَ ْﺖ ْ‬ ‫ﻗﺎت ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ٍﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧﺎﻓِ ﺬَﺗِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺼﺪ ِْر‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺘِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت ﺑَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ َﺧ ْﴬاءَ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑُ ْﺮﺗُﻘﺎ ِﻟﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻨ ُ ِﻖ‬

‫وَﻣﺎ َرأ َ ْت َﻫﺬا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ َل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ دَﻫِ َﺸ ْﺖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻟِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة َﻓ َﻔﺘَﺤَ ﺘْﻬﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻬﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺳﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ َوﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ني ِ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻃﺒُﻬﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت‬ ‫ﺻﺒﺎﺣً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ .‬إﻧﱢﻲ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ني أَﺣْ ﻴﺎﻧًﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َوﺗَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻟ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ف أَﻧﱠﻚِ ﺗَﺘَ َﻀﺠﱠ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪» :‬ﻋِ ِﻤﻲ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ َرﻗ ٍ‬ ‫ﻻ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﻠ ِﻘﺎءِ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ني إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫﺄَﻧَﺬِي ﺟﺌْ ُﺖ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ِﻷُوﻧ َِﺴﻚِ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ِزﻳ َﻞ وَﺣْ َﺸﺘَﻚِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎي‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﺗَﺒُﻮﺣِ ﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻤﺎن ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ ِرﻳ ُﺪ — ﻋَ َﲆ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ — ﺟَ ﺰاءً أ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْن ﺗُﻌﺎﻫِ ﺪِﻳﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻛﺘْ ِ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫ﻻن‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ ِﱪﻳﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳﺎ َرﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬و ﱠإﻻ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ْﺖ َرأ ْ ِﳼ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫‪38‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪َ » :‬و ِﻟﻤﺎذا ﺗَ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ َرأ ْ َﺳﻚِ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ؟ إﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ٌﺔ ﻋﺎدِ َﻟ ٌﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺿ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻻ ﺗُ ِﴘءُ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺤْ ِﺴﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِ‬ ‫ِني‪«.‬‬ ‫إﱃ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ري اﻟﺜ ﱡ َﻘﻼءِ وا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤْ َﻘﻰ وا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠﺎﻧ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪» :‬إذا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌِ ﺪِﻳﻨِﻲ — ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎن أَﻣْ ِﺮي واﻻِﺣْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫ِﻔﺎظ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ِﺑ ِﻜﺘْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻻن‪ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﻮَدا َع ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َ‬ ‫اﻵن‪ِ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮيْ وَﺟْ ِﻬ َﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚِ أَﺑَﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴪي‪ ،‬ﻋَ ْﻦ أ ِﻣريَ ِة اﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻛﺘُ َﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻻ أَﺑُﻮحَ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳﺎ َرﺗِﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻃﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻷَﻣْ ِﺮكِ ‪،‬‬ ‫وﻻ ﻋَ َﲆ إرا َدﺗِﻚِ ‪ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ً‬ ‫َوﻧ ُ ُﺰ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ ِﻟ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬﺎﺗِﻲ ﻣﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَكِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ — َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻚِ ِﱄ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠﻮَى وا ْﻟﻌَ ﺰاءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻬﺎر َﺷ ْﻮﻗِﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻔِ َﻘ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﺒﱠﺐُ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻔﺘَ ﱡﻦ ِﰲ إ ْ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻟِﻘﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وإﻋْ ﺠﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﻇ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎرات‬ ‫و َ​َﻫﺒَﻬﺎ ﷲ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ‪ ،‬وﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ َﻛﺎءٍ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ َﻢ ﻃﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ — ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫ِﻳﺢ واﻟﺘﱠﻤْ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ ﱠﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ﺪِﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت — ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ُﻣﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻮاﺻ َﻠ ٍﺔ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻻ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ َو َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ْاﻷَﺣﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺮاﺋ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻮدﱡدِ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ َوﺗَ ْﺴ ِﻠﻴَﺘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َِرواﻳَ ِﺔ ﺑَﺪاﺋ ِ​ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ َﺬ َة‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ِﰲ َﻟﻬْ َﻔ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎح ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ ،‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ! َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ!‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻓﺘَﺤِ ﻲ ﻳﺎ َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ أَﺣْ ِﻤ ُﻞ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ﻧَﺒَﺄ ً ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔﺘَﺤَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَ َة‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‪» .‬أَﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ — ﻳﺎ ﺑَﺒﱠﻐﺎﺋِﻲ — أَﻧﱠﻚِ آ ِﺗﻴ ٌَﺔ ِﱄ‬ ‫اﻵن؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻨ َ ُﻊ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَﻧْﺒﺎءٍ ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻲ؟ َﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ ﻣﺎذا ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُﻫﻮَ؟«‬ ‫»إن أَﺑﺎكِ ِﰲ ِﺻﺤﱠ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ﻴﱢ َﺪةٍ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺰا ُل ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻴﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫اﻵن‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ — َو َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ ْﺧﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻓﺎ َر ْﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ وَﻋْ ﺪِي ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫— ِﺑﺄ َ ْن أَﺑْﺬُ َل ﻣﺎ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ُ ُﻔﻮ ٍذ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﻷُﻧْﻘِ ﺬَكِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬا ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺿﺌ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ ،‬و َُﺳ ْﻠ ٍ‬ ‫و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻗﻮ َم ِﺑﻬَ ﺬا ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬ ﱢﻢ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ وَﺣْ ﺪِي‪ .‬وَﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ِ​ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺬُ ِﱄ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﺘِﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻮ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺖ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﺬَ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« َو َو َﻟﺪُﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﺜْﻘﻴﻔِﻲ َوﺗَﻌْ ﻠِﻴﻤِ ﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﻬَ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ راﺣَ ﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻀﺎﻋَ ْﻔ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺷ ْﻜ ِﺮﻫِ ﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮي — َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة — ِﰲ اﺗﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻬﺎﻣ ِﻬﻤﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ أﺑْﻬَ ﺞَ ﻟ َِﻘ ْﻠﺒَﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ أ ْن ﺗُﺘﺎحَ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ِﻟﻴُﻌِ ﻴﺪاﻧِﻲ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ أ ْﺷﻬَ ﻰ َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ﴎ ِع و َْﻗ ٍﺖ‪ .‬أَﻻ ﺗَ ْﻘﺒَ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻗﺪﱢﻣَ ﻚِ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ِﻟﺘَﻨْﻌَ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﻮ ﱠدﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ؟«‬ ‫أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫‪39‬‬

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‫ﺼ ْﻮﺗِﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨ ْ َﺨﻔِ ِﺾ‪» :‬ﻳﺎ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺎذَﺟَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪ .‬إﻧﱠﻚِ ﻻ‬ ‫ني — ﻳﺎ َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ — ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‪ .‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْن ﺗُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ ِﲇ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« و»أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻤﺎن أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ — ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ﻔِ ﻲ —‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻘﺪا َر ﻣﺎ ﻳ ُْﻀ ِﻤﺮاﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﺮاﻫِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ َوﺑ َْﻐﻀﺎءَ وَﺣِ ْﻘﺪٍ‪ِ .‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ِ‬ ‫ْﻋﺎﻫﻤﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﻜ ْﻜ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﴎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْ ُت ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜريَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﴏ ُ‬ ‫اﻫﻤﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﻓ ﱡﻚ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‬ ‫واﻋْ َﻠ ِﻤﻲ — ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ِﺟﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ِﺮي ِﺑﻠ ِﻘﺎءِ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ أَﺑَﺪًا‪،‬‬ ‫إذا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻔ ﱢﻜﻲ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ْﺴ َﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬي ﻳ َُﻘﻴﱢﺪُكِ ُﻫﻨﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ني؟ إﻧﱢﻲ ﻻ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ُﻢ َﺷﻴﺌًﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟِ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪» :‬أَيﱠ ِﻃ ﱠﻠ ْﺴ ٍﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وﻣَ ﺎ أَد ِْري أَﻳ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن َوﺑ َ​َﻘﺎﺋِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻮارﻫِ ﻤﺎ؟«‬ ‫إﱃ ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٍة ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﺰي ِﰲ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪» :‬إﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺠُ ﺰاﻧِﻚِ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠﻴﺎ ِﺑﻚِ ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺰ َﻟﺘِﻬﻤﺎ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ْﺴ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُﻚِ‬ ‫ريكِ ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَﻜﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ َو ْر َد ٌة ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﻄ ُﻔﻬﺎ ﱠإﻻ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪَكِ د َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻄﻔِ ﻴﻨَﻬﺎ‬ ‫ُون َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ْﺨﻠُ ِﴢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﺠْ ﻨِﻚِ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِيﱢ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌُ ﻮدِي َ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻚِ ﺳﺎﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻤَ ﺘﱠﻌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻠ ِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ﻏﺎﻧِﻤَ ًﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‪» :‬أَيﱠ َو ْر َد ٍة ﺗَﻌْ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُرودَ؟«‬ ‫ري َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ُﺪ ُﻗﺪُوﻣ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺈذا‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪َ » :‬ذﻟِﻚِ ﻣﺎ أُﺣَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻚِ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎو ِﱄ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‬ ‫ِﺷﺌْ ِﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ِﰲ ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ َﺔ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘِﻲ! َوﺗُﺪ ِْرﻛﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر ِد َﻟﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِ‬ ‫واﻵن وَداﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ .‬وَداﻋً ﺎ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻏﺪٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َو ْر َد ًة واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﻃﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟﺎء َْت »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« ﺛﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ﻣُﻬْ ﺘﺎﺟَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻟـ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪» :‬ﻣَ َﻊ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ني؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺘَﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَ َﻟ ْﺖ ﺟْ ﻬْ ﺪَﻫﺎ ِﻟﺘُﻮﻫِ ﻤَ ﻬﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ َﻜ ﱢﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ﺪًا َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻵن!« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أُﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُﻚِ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫ﱢث ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫‪40‬‬

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‫َت ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬﺎ أ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎرات ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴ َﻜﺘَ ْﺖ »أ ُ ُم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻀ ٍﺾ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫واﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ِﺒ َﺲ دَﻣْ ﻌَ ًﺔ ﺳﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺷﺎر َد َة ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ ِﺮ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ﺣﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ َﻟ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﴍ َد ذِ ْﻫﻨَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧْﺴﺎﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ َﻔﺘْ ُﻪ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﻋ َﻠ ُﺔ َو َو َﻟﺪُﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ﺑَ ْﻠﺒَ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻃ َﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ٍ‬ ‫وﻫ َﻜﺬا ﻋَ ِﻤﻴ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮاﺿ ِﺢ‪ ،‬وَأَﻃﺎﻋَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‪ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ني ِﱄ — ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺗُ َﻘﺪ ِﱠﻣ َ‬ ‫»أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻟُﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُﻚِ — ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻﺗِﻲ — ﻻ ﺗُ َﻘﺪ ِﱢﻣ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻗﺎت‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر — َو ْر َد ًة واﺣِ َﺪ ًة؟«‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ َ ْن َﴏ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ! ﻳﺎ َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ!‬ ‫ﺬار أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌِ ﻴﺪِي َﻫﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫ﺬار أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮي ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻠﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆا َل ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ُﺧ َﺮى‪ .‬ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺬار أ ْن ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛِﻴﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠُ ِﺒﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺨِ ُﺰ أ ْﺷﻮا ُﻛﻬﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻠﻤ ُ​ُﺴﻬﺎ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﻗِ ﺒَ َﻞ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻮار ِث‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت وا ْﻟ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﺠْ ُﺮ ِؤ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ َﻖ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ف واﺣِ ﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح َﻏ ٍﺪ ﺑَ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻧﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﺘَﺤْ ﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ د َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫اﺿ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪأ َ ْت ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬﺎ ﺳﺎﺧِ َﺮ ًة وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬أ َ َرأَﻳ ِْﺖ — ﻳﺎ َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ — َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮﺑ َْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم‬ ‫اﻵن َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َدةِ؟ أ َ َرأَﻳ ِْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« واﻧ ْ َﺰﻋَ ﺠَ ْﺖ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َ‬ ‫ني ذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ِت َﻟﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َْﻗﺘُﻚِ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮ َل أَﻣْ ِﺲ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗُﻚِ أ َ ْن أ َ ُد ﱠﻟﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ واﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻮ ُرو ِد ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻚِ وَﻫِ َﻲ — ِﺑﻌَ ﻮ ِْن ِ‬ ‫ﷲ — َﻫﻴﱠﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻏ ْريُ‬ ‫وا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم أﺣَ ﱢﻘ ُﻖ َﻟﻚِ وَﻋْ ﺪِي‪ ،‬وَأﻋِ ﻴﻨُﻚِ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﺴريَةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗُ َﻜ ﱢﻠ َﻔﻚِ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ِﺟﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ ﺒَﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤْ ِﴤ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺑْﻠُ َﻎ ِﺑﻚِ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْردِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَ َﺮﻳ َْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ُﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُو ُرودِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫وج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒﻴ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪َ » :‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ﻻ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و»أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻔﺎر ُﻗﻨِﻲ أَﻳْﻨَﻤﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ؟«‬ ‫ﻳ ِ‬

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‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﺻﺤﱠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘُﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ ﺪ َِﻣﻲ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻹﺑْﻌﺎدِ ِه ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﻓﺈذا أ َ َﻟﺢﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﴐ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﺧ ُﺮ ِﺟﻲ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ أَﻧْﻔِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺘَ ِﺠﺪِﻳﻨَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ ﻓﺎ ْزﺟُ ِﺮﻳ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺈ ُن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺰد َِﺟ ْﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻈﺎركِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد ُة ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ِﻋ َﻠ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻏِ ﻴﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪َ «.‬ﻓ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻟﺖ‬ ‫ري ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻚِ َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ واﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫واﻵ َن ﻻ أ ُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫وﺻ ِﻴﻚِ ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺜ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت و َِﺻﺪ ِْق ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ أَﻣَ ﻠُﻚِ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻼص ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴐﺑ ٌَﺔ ﺟﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ٌة‬ ‫)‪ْ َ (6‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َﺧ َﺮﺟَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َ‬ ‫ﺪاش« ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﻐﺪﱠﻳﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫إﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﺪاش«؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫وَﺣﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻔﻠ َِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ ﺒَ ِﺔ »أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑﺎب ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺒْﻌِ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ َﴙ اﻟﺬﱠي ﻳُ َﺆدﱢي َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ‬ ‫إﱃ ِ‬ ‫إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﱰُ َﻛﻬﺎ وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ ِﻟﺘَﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ِﺒ َﺚ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ْﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻬﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ُ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﴫ َخ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴ ِﻜ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َر َﻛ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﺮﺟْ ﻠِﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫ني ُﻣﺘَﺄَو ًﱢﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴐﺑ ًَﺔ ﻋَ ِﻨ ِﻴ َﻔ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫َﴐﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ ﺣﺎﻧ َِﻘ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻼ ﻣُﻮا ُؤ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻬﺎ ﻋﺎ ِﺋﺪًا َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻻ ﻳَﻜﺎ ُد ﻳ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ ُﱢق ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫وا ْرﺗَﻌَ َﺸ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔ ﱢﺰﻋَ َﺔ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧِﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺴﻮ َر ًة‬ ‫ﻧﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓﻌْ َﻠﺘِﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫﻤﱠ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻴَ ُﻪ َوﺗَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ َر إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ إﺳﺎءَﺗِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌْ ِﺪ َل ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َدةِ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻠ َﻊ أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨﻔِ َﻲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ؛ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ َﺧ ِﺠ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻂ‪َ ،‬ود َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ُِﺶ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ إﺳﺎءَﺗِﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺮار‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻓﺘْﺤِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒﺎبَ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺑ َْﴫ ْ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ﺑﺎبَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺪ ِﻳ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﻘﻮﱢي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﺰ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎةِ؛‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ أ َ ْن أ َ ْد َر َﻛﺘْﻬﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ َﻀ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َر َﺳﻤَ ﺘْﻬﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ﺗَ ْﺴ ِﺒ ُﻘﻬﺎ ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﻦ َ‬ ‫أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻨ َ ٍﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﻦ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐﻠُﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ُﻏ ْ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻓﻨ َ ٍﻦ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﻨ َ ﱢﻘ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻏ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ِﻟﺘُﻬَ ﻮ َﱢن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ري وَﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫)‪ (7‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻮاكِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻌْ ﺒ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺴﺎﻟِﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ َﺴﻚِ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪ َِت ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑ َُﺔ َ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﻮْكِ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤْ َﺴﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ ُ ْﺰ َﻫ ًﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ْ‬ ‫َﻫﻴﱢﻨ َ ًﺔ‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺮاﺋِﻘِ ﻬﺎ وَﻋْ َﺮ ًة ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻌﺎن‬ ‫واﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ْﺪ أذُﻧﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎر‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﺮﻳ َﺪ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر‪ ،‬وَأَﺣَ ﱠﺴ ْﺖ أ َ َﻟﻤً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا؛ َﻓﺤﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺟ َﻊ‬ ‫واﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ ﺟَ ﻤﺎ ُل ْاﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺟﺎء َْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَﺤُ ﺜﻬﺎ َوﺗُ َﺸﺠﱢ ﻌُ ﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﺠﱢ ِﲇ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﺠﱢ ِﲇ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺬار أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻔﻠ َِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻚِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎزﻫﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َر ُة‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋِ ﻲ ِﺑﺎﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ .‬وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻏِ ﻴﺎ ِﺑﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺘْﺒَﻌَ ﻚِ َوﺗَﺤُ ﻮ َل ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻚِ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻼص‪«.‬‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻮا ُك ذِ راﻋَ ﻴْﻬﺎ وَﺣِ ﺬاءَﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺤﺎ َو َﻟ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ ﻣﺎ زا َﻟ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺗُ َﺸﺠﱢ ﻌُ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َرأ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة َﻓﺘَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ﺑﺎﺑَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤَ ﱢﺮ ﺣَ ِﻈريَ ًة َ‬ ‫ﺿﻬﺎ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻣ َﺪ ًة َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ْت ِﰲ و َ​َﺳ ِﻄﻬﺎ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ َة َو ْر ٍد ُﻣ ْﺰﻫِ َﺮ ًة‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻬﺎ َو ْر َد ٌة أَﺑْﻬَ ﻰ ﻣﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫»ﺧﺬِي ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد َة ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫َو ْردٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«؛ ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺟَ ِﺪ ِﻳ َﺮ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺬ ْﻟ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮ ٍد ﺟَ ﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﺘْﻬﺎ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ أَﺣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد ُة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻐ ْ‬ ‫ط ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻮاكِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَدْﻣَ ْﺖ ﻳَﺪَﻫﺎ‪ ،‬واﻧ ْ َﻐ َﺮ َﺳ ْﺖ ِﰲ أَﺻﺎ ِﺑﻌِ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﻃﺎ ِﻟ ُﻊ اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﺲ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺤﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻼ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِﺠﻴﺞُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﻠﺘَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪِﻫﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨَﺘُﻬﺎ ِﺑﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺴﺎن َﻓ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫وف‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ ،‬ﻟِﻤﺎ َﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘ ِﺘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﺠَ َﺰﺗْﻨِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ »أ ُ ﱡم‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻻن‪ .‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺳﺎﺣِ َﺮ ٌة َﻗﺪِﻳ َﺮ ٌة؛ َﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑ ِﺴﺤْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‪ ،‬أ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ِﺟﺌْ ِﺖ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ َﻓ َﻔ َﻜ ْﻜ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻼﺳ َﻢ ْ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْرﺻﺎ َد ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد ِة ِﺳﺠْ ﻨًﺎ ِﱄ! وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘ ِﺖ —‬ ‫ﺼ َﺪ َر ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻄﺎردُكِ ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺈ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻚِ‬ ‫ُﻼزﻣُﻚِ ! وَﻣَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻼﻗِ ﻲ — ﻃﺎ ِﻟ َﻊ اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ ِﺲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ِﺖ أ َ ِﺳريَﺗِﻲ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪«.‬‬

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‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫وﻫﻨﺎ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺿﺤِ َﻜ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺠَ ﺢَ َﻛﻴْﺪُﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﻠﺤَ ْﺖ ُﻣ َﺆاﻣَ َﺮﺗُﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ — ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻼص ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﺠْ ﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ َﻫﻴﱠﺄﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ َ ْﺧﺪَﻋُ ﻚِ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻧَﻤﱠ ْﻘﺘُ ُﻪ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻟ ٍ‬ ‫ﻔﺎظ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺴﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬واﺗَ َﺨﺬْ ُت ِﻣﻨْﻚِ أَدا ًة ِﻹ ْﻫﻼكِ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻴْﻚِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ أَﺣْ َﺴﻨﺎ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ُ‬ ‫واﺑْﻨِﻬﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﻌً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ وا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد ُة‪ ،‬وﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ َﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ﱠإﻻ أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻣُﻮﺣِ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬

‫)‪َ (1‬‬ ‫ﺧﺮاﺋِﺐُ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻼ ٌل‬ ‫وَﺟَ ِﺰﻋَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪ ِع ْ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺟَ ﻤَ َﻊ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﻠُﻮﻛِﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫واﻹﺳﺎءَةِ‪ .‬وَراﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗُﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ‬ ‫َني اﻟﺘﱠ َ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣﺎذا ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﺗﱠ َﺨﺬْﺗُﻚِ أَدا ًة ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻴْﻚِ‬ ‫ﻹﻫﻼكِ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ أَﺣْ َﺴﻨﺎ إ ِﻟﻴْﻚِ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﻌً ﺎ؟«‬ ‫وَﺣﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻻن‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪ َِت اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺷﺎ ِﺋ َﻜ ًﺔ وَﻋْ َﺮ ًة‪،‬‬ ‫ﴫ أ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻮا ُك ذِ راﻋَ ﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَدْﻣَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻗﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ ْ‬ ‫ﴬبُ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ِﰲ و َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺸﺎب ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ زا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺿ ِﺢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫واﻷَﻋْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻻن ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﻼث‬ ‫ﴫ أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ؟ وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﱠإﻻ َﺧﺮاﺋِﺐُ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻼ ٌل‪ ،‬وأَﻣﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘُﻪُ؟ أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ‪ :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر ﻳﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ٌﺔ‪ .‬أَﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺷﺠﺎ ُرﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎﺳ َﻘ ُﺔ وَأ َ ْزﻫﺎ ُرﻫﺎ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﱠإﻻ أ َ ْﺷﻮا ٌك وَأَﻋْ ﻘﺎبُ أ َ ْﺷ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﻀريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻄ َﺮ ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ زا َﻟ ْﺖ وَاﻣﱠ ﺤَ ْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﻣُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ٌة‬ ‫وَأَراد َِت ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘﺘَﺤِ َﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﺨﺮاﺋِﺐَ ْ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْﺷﻮا َك‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠإﻻ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮاﻧًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ َﻟﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰب ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ِﺜ َ َ‬ ‫ﻻن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ وَأ َ ِﻣريَﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫َني ُﻛﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ني؟ أﻋَ ْﻦ ﻏِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ ِﰲ َﻫﻼﻛ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎذا ﺗَﺒْﺘَﻐِ َ‬ ‫َو َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ ﺗُ َﻔﺘﱢ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ني ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟ َﺧ ْريٌ َﻟﻚِ‬ ‫ني؟ َوﻳْﺤَ ﻚِ ! أ َ َﻟ ْﺴ ِﺖ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺟﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻴ ِْﺖ وَﻻ ﺗُ َﻠ ﱢﻮﺛِﻲ ذِ ْﻛ ُ‬ ‫ﺮاﻫ ﱠﻦ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ ِﱡث ﻋَ ﻨْﻬُ ﱠﻦ‪«.‬‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻘﺎن‪ ،‬وَوا ٍه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ُﻣﺘَ َﻔﺠﱢ ﻌَ ًﺔ‪» :‬آ ٍه َﻟ ُﻜﻤﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺪ ِﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎن‪ .‬أَﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ إﺳﺎءَ ٍة إ َﻟﻴْ ُﻜﻤﺎ؟«‬ ‫إﱃ ْاﻓﺘِﺪا ِﺋ ُﻜﻤﺎ‪ ،‬واﻟﺘﱠ ْﻜﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫َت َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫﻮ ْ‬ ‫رض ُﻣﺘَﺨﺎذِ َﻟ ًﺔ ﺟﺎ ِﺛﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻧﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛﻴ ًَﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ ْاﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَ ْﻜ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْﺸﻴَﺘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬أَﺟﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ْﻮﺋ ًِﻼ ﺗَﻠُﻮذُ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎر ُﻣﺘَﻨﺎ ِﺛ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬و َُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺷﺎ ِﺋ َﻜ ٍﺔ ُﻣﺒَﻌْ ﺜ َ َﺮةٍ‪َ .‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‬ ‫أ َ ْو دا ًرا ﺗَﺄ ْ ِوي إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ َﻏ ْريَ أَﺣْ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ‪» :‬وَﻣﺎذَا ﻳُﺨِ ُ‬ ‫إن َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﻨِﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻳُﻤَ ﱢﺰ ُﻗﻨِﻲ َﺳﺒُ ٌﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺿﺎر‬ ‫ﺒﺎع ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮاري ا ْﻟﻔﺎ ِﺗ َﻜ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو أ َ ْﻫ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ وَﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺸﺎ؟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﴪ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺤِ ﱡﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺰاءٍ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫إن َﻫﺬا أَﻳ َ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﻠﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« َو َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ َو ِﻏ ْﺰﻻﻧِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻹﺳﺎءَ ِة ْ‬ ‫واﻷَذَى‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺮاب‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ﱢﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﺢُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ﱢﻔﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ َﺰﻋِﻚِ ؛ َﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺈن اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ َم ﻳَﻤْ ﺤُ ﻮ ْاﻹﺳﺎءَ َة‪ ،‬واﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﺑ َ​َﺔ ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺄَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻐﻔِ ُﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺬﱠﻧْﺐَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻻ ﻳ ُْﻐﺘَ َﻔ ُﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠإﻻ ُﻏﺮاﺑًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا ﻳ َِﻄريُ َﻓﻮ َْق َرأ ْ ِﺳﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ َﻔ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل؟‬ ‫أَﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻼذِ ُع أ َ ْن ﻳَﻤْ ﺤُ َﻮ إﺳﺎءَﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة َ‬ ‫ري ِة ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ واﺑْﻨِﻬﺎ َو ِﻏ ْﺰﻻﻧِﻬﺎ؟«‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ْت‪» :‬ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ َم ﻳَﻤْ ﺤُ ﻮ اﻟ ﱡﺬﻧُﻮبَ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْﻜ َﱪْ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَ ِﺼ ِﻤﻲ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻛﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻜﺎن َﻗ ْﻔ ٍﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺧﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ أ َ ْﺷﺠﺎر ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮْكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔﺪ ِ​ِع‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَﺒْﻜِﻲ ﺑُﻜﺎءً ُﻣ ٍّﺮا؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ِﺟﺬْ ِع َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َق َﺳﻤْ ﻌَ ﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‬ ‫َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠﺪِي‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ ،‬واﺑْﻌَ ﺜِﻲ ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬

‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َﻓ َﺮأ َ ْت أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ ِﺿ ْﻔﺪِﻋً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪:‬‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني — ِﺑ َﺮﺑﱢﻚِ — و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ أ َ ْﺳﻠُ ُﻜﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻔ ِﺪ ُع‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋَ َﺔ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫واﻷَﻣَ ْﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَ ِﺠ ُﺪ ﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ًﺔ ﺗَ ُﺴ ﱡﺪ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺟﻮﻋَ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺮ ِوي‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻨَﻬﱠ ﺪ َِت‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ؛ َﻓﻌﺎ َودَﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن وا ْﻟﺒُﻜﺎءُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻼﺟ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻇﻤَ ﺄَﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻊ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ْ‬ ‫ْت ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺮاس ﻧَﺒﱠﻬَ ﺘْﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫آﻻﻣﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وأَﺟْ ٍ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈذا ﺑ َ​َﻘ َﺮ ٌة َﺳ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ ﺗَ ْﺪﻧُﻮ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻬْ ٍﻞ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إذا ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧَﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ‬ ‫أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ َﻢ أَﺷﺎ َر ْت َ‬ ‫إﱃ ِوﻋﺎءٍ ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﻠ ٍﻖ ِﰲ ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ﻬﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮد َِت ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أَﻣْ ﺜﺎ َل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻔﺎﺟﺌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ﻤُﻮ َدةِ؛ َﻓ َﻔ ِﻬﻤَ ْﺖ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺪات ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻮﻋﺎءِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ا ْرﺗَﻮ ْ‬ ‫َت ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺒَﻨِﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮ ُة‪ ،‬واﻧْﺘَ َﺰﻋَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻮﻋﺎءَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻞءَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬِ‪ ،‬أَﺷﺎ َر ِت ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮ ُة إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﻮﻋﺎءَ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻋﺎ َدﺗْ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻣ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا َﻟﻚِ — ﻳﺎ »أ ُ ﱠم ﺟَ ْﻮ َذ ٍر« — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮوﻓِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َرﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻻن واﺑْﻨِﻬﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﷲ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎف ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ َﻢ إﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﺟﺎءَﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬا ْاﻹ ْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴﻴﺎﻧِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ َ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َﻘﻼ َ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ ِﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻠِﺢُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻳُ َﺮ ﱢد ُد َﻗﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»إن اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ َم ﻳَﻤْ ﺤُ ﻮ ْاﻹﺳﺎءَ َة‪ ،‬واﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﺑ َ​َﺔ ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺄَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻐﻔِ ُﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺬﱠﻧْﺐَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻻ ﻳ ُْﻐﺘَ َﻔ ُﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴤ ُ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي ُﻣ َﻜ ﱢﺮ َر ًة ﻧَﺪ َِﻣﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺢﱠ ﻣﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ َﺖ؛ َﻟﻮَﺟَ ﺐَ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐﻔِ َﺮ ًة ِﻟﺬَﻧ ْ ِﺒﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻬﺎ — ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻨْﺠُ ﻮ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﺒﺎع ا ْﻟﻌﺎدِ ﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ َﻟﻬﺎ أَﻧَﻬﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ ﻋُ ﻮاءَ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َﺳ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻳﺎت ا ْﻟﻔﺎ ِﺗ َﻜ ِﺔ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﺋﺎب‪َ ،‬و َزﺋريَ أ ُ ُﺳﻮ ِد‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺬﱢ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫َو َرأ َ ْت — ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻠ ًﺔ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻠُﺢُ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨ ْ ِﺸﺊَ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻮات ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪ .‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺤَ ﻨ َ ْﺖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ( ِﻟﺘَﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫)ﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﱡﺧﻮ َل ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﺗَﺄ ْ ِوي إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫ُﺧ ٍّ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫َني ْاﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﺘَ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﻀﻬﺎ ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ٍﺾ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ﱠﻟ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ًﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻨﺎن ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺸﺘَ ِﺒ َﻜ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ْﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ْت َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺎب وا ْﻟ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻮﻣِﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻬ ِﻴﺌَ ِﺔ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﻦ؛ َﻓﺄَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﻓِ ً‬ ‫ﺮاﺷﺎ َوﻣ َ‬ ‫ِﺨ ﱠﺪ ًة َوﻏِﻄﺎءً‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪ ْت ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫َﺣﺎﺟ ًﺰا‬ ‫ﺛ ُ َﻢ َﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ َﺮ َﺳﺘْﻬﺎ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض؛ َﻓﺠَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﺑﺎﺑًﺎ و ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ﺠُ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر َﻗﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ‪َ .‬وﻳ ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫َت ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ َد ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺼ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻏﺎ َر َة ا ْﻟﻤُﻐِ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ ﻧَﻬﺎ َرﻫﺎ أَﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻧﺎدِ ﻣَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إذا َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت‬ ‫َت ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺒَﻨِﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﻬ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ا ْرﺗَﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻼﺟ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وا ْرﺗَﻮ ْ‬ ‫َت أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮع‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬

‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫راﺟﻴ ًَﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮ ُة ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ َرﺟﺎ ُؤﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِ‬ ‫ُﻮاﻇﺒ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ِزﻳﺎ َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮ ُة ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﻄﺊْ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﻣ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ًﺮا وَﻣَ ﺴﺎءً؛ ِﻟﺘُ َﻐﺬﱢﻳَﻬﺎ ِﺑ َﻠﺒَﻨِﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒْﺤً ﺎ َو ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﻬ ﱢﻲ!‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺗُﻤْ ِﴤ و َْﻗﺘَﻬﺎ ﺑﺎ ِﻛﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗُﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ ِﺑﻌِ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻴﺎﻧِﻲ َوﻋِﻨﺎدِي‬ ‫ﺻﻠِﺤَ ﻬﺎ أ َ ْو أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻔ َﺮ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻓ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ واﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ُوري أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْت — ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻘﺪِﻫِ ﻤﺎ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أَﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ ﻟِﻘﺎءِ أ َ ِﺑﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻃﺎ َل َﺷﻮ ُْﻗ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻻن واﺑْﻨَﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻓ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫أ ِﻣريَ َة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ َﺴ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َوﺑَ َﺬ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻬﺎ ِﻟﺘَﻨ ْ َﴗ أَﺣْ ﺰاﻧَﻬﺎ و َُﻫﻤُﻮﻣَ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺮاﺣَ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺺ — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻧ ْ َﺸﺄَﺗْ ُﻪ — َوﺗَ ْﺮﺗِﻴ ِﺒ ِﻪ َوإﻋْ ﺪادِ أَﺛﺎﺛ ِ​ِﻪ وَأَدَواﺗ ِ​ِﻪ؛ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ واﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺘَﻨ ْ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْراق ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮﺑَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺑَﻌْ َﻀﻬﺎ ِﺑﺒَﻌْ ٍﺾ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪًا‪ ،‬وَاﺗﱠ َﺨﺬَ ْت ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫وَأو ِ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻮاكِ اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ُﺧﻴُﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ إﺑَ ًﺮا َودَﺑﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ‬ ‫ﻮق ا ْﻟ َﻜﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ وَﻣَ ﺸﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻠﺤَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺘِﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ ﺬاﺋِﻬﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻣَ ﱠﺰ َﻗﺘْ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻮا ُك‪.‬‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻮال ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ أَﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﱰ ﻧ َ َﺪﻣُﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺺ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧُﻬﺎ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻧْﺴﺎﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن واﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ ُم ﻣﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﺳﻴ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺰ َﻟﺘِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮﺑَ ِﺔ وا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺸ ِﺔ واﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ِة‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺺ— َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎب ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱢ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ِﺖ‬ ‫ذات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧ َ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﺟَ َﻠﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻴْﻬﺎ؛ َﻓ َﺮأَت ُﺳ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ًة ﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ؛ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ ﺑُﺤﱠ ٌﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻊ ﺗُﺨﺎ ِﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮوجَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ؟ ْ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ! َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ! أَﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َ‬ ‫إن ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚِ ؛ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌﺎﻫِ ﺪِﻳﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻼص‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ وَﻻ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ َﻗ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُﺨﺎﻟِﻔِ ﻲ ِﱄ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺤً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎن ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮوجُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؛ أَﻣﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻵن َﻓﻼ‪«.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة‪َ » :‬وﻟِﻤﺎذا َﻏ ﱠري ِْت َرأْﻳَﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫ْت واﻟﺪﱠﻣﺎ َر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﺣْ َﺴﻨﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إذا ﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أَﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻮت ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﻜﻔِ ريًا ﻋَ ْﻦ إﺳﺎءَﺗِﻲ إ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة‪» :‬أَواﺛ َِﻘ ٌﺔ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ َﻫﺬا و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻗ ْﴫ َُﻫﻤﺎ َﺧﺮاﺑًﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻨِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﻣﺎﺗﺎ؟ وَﻣﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻚِ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫ﺆال إﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻬَ ﱢﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻣ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﺨ ﱢﻔﻔِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻜﺒَﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﻧﺎ واﺛ َِﻘ ٌﺔ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘِﻴﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة َ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻟﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻫﺎن ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﱰُﻛﺎﻧِﻲ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ًة‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﴏ ِﱄ وَﻻ ﻣُﻌِ َ‬ ‫إن اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ َم َﻟﻴَﻜﺎ ُد ﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ ُﺳﻨِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ ذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒَﺐَ ِﰲ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬ﻻ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪«.‬‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫إن ﻓِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻚِ — ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺮاﻗﻬُ ﻤﺎ إﻳﱠﺎكِ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻤ ِﻬﻤﺎ؟«‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻟِﻤﺎذا ﻻ ﺗُ َﻘﺪ ِﱢر َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ؟ أَﻻ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن ﻗﺎﻫِ ٍﺮ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ أﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻴﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﱠإﻻ ِﺑﺄﻣْ ِﺮ ُﺳ ْﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ني — ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻤْ ﺤُ ﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻴﺌﱠ ِ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — أ َ ﱠن اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ َم ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎت؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘِﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ َة‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎذا‬ ‫ﺒﺎر؟«‬ ‫وَراْءَكِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬و ِ‬ ‫َﺻﻴ ٌﱠﺔ وَﻋَ ﻬْ ٌﺪ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺒﺎرﻫِ ﻤﺎ — أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة — َو َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﴤ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺆذَ ْن ِﱄ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻓ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤﻨ ْ ِﺖ ِﱄ أَﻣْ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ‪ :‬أ َ ﱠوﻟُﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪ :‬أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤْ ُﻜﺜِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ِﺮي ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚِ ﱠإﻻ إذا َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ‬ ‫ول َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫إﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ .‬وَاﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ‪ :‬أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ِﺒ ِﴘ ﻟِﺴﺎﻧَﻚِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮي — ِﰲ ﺧِ ﻼﻟِﻬﺎ — ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ ُﺳ ً‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﺗُﻮَﺟﱢ ِﻬﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺆاﻻ — ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﻬَ ﺪِي ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﺐ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ َﻲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘُﻨﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴﻼ ٍم‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻋَ ﻬْ ٌﺪ ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚِ ﻻ أَﻧ ْ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻀﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة‪» :‬ﺗَﻨَﺒ ِﱠﻬﻲ ﺟَ ﻴﱢﺪًا‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ ،‬إﻧﱠﻬﺎ ِﺳﺘﱠ ُﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ ﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ — ِﰲ ﺧِ ﻼﻟِﻬﺎ — ُﺳ ً‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫— ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨﺎﺋِﻬﺎ — َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗُﻮَﺟﱢ ِﻬ َ‬ ‫ﺆاﻻ واﺣِ ﺪًا‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳُ ْﺆذَ ُن‬ ‫َﻟﻚِ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻼ ِم ﱠإﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ َﻲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﺬَ ﱠﻛ ِﺮي أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﺳﺘَﺒ َْﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮا َل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻬُ ِﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺘﱠ ِﺔ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ُﺳ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎدِ َرةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻗ ﱢﺪ َم َﻟﻚِ أَيﱠ ﻣُﻌﺎ َوﻧ َ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟ َِﻐ ًﺔ ﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ َ‬ ‫واﻟﻀﺂ َﻟ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻔﺎﻫ ِﺔ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗُ َﻀﻴﱢﻌِ ﻲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪ِ ،‬ﰲ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﻠﻨَﺒْﺪَأ ْ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَﻨﺎ ﺟﺎ ﱠدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺻﻌَ ﺪِي ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺢﱠ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣُﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﻠﻴَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة‪» :‬إذا َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬وَﻻ‬ ‫ﻇﻤَ ﺄ ً وَﻻ أ َ َر ًﻗﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﴚ ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ وَﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﻚِ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ — ْ‬ ‫إن‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺨ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺷﺎءَ ﷲ ُ — أَيﱡ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺮوهٍ‪«.‬‬

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‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫إن‬ ‫ﺼﻌِ ﺪ َِت‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬أ ْﻟ ِﺠ ِﻤﻲ ﻓﺎكِ — ِ‬ ‫ﺬار‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪ ،‬أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺒ ِﴘ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ف واﺣِ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ِﺖ — ِﺑﻠ ِﺠﺎ ٍم‪ .‬ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺘَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ني اﻧْﺘِﻬﺎءَﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﺑَﺪَأْﺗُﻚِ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﱞ‬ ‫)‪َ (1‬‬ ‫ﺷﺎق‬ ‫ﺳ َﻔ ٌﺮ‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫واﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻛﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻬﺎ ﱡ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻀ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﺛَﻼﺛ َ َﺔ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻬُ ِﺮ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎرﺟَ ﻬﺎ؛ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ وَﺟَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺛَﻼﺛ َ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻬُ ِﺮ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِ‬ ‫وﱃ ِﰲ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻗﺎس؛ اﺟْ ﺘﺎ َزﺗْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِﺳﺘﱠ ِﺔ أَﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴﻊَ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺳﻬْ ٍﻞ ﻣُﺠْ ﺪ ٍِب ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻻن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫ﴫ أ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻗ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻏِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫أن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫»أَﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ْ‬ ‫ﻻن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ؟ أَﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮﻧَﻪُ؟«‬ ‫ﻮن َﻫﺬا َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻏِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺆال ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼﻤَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ اﻋْ ﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻜﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺠْ ُﺮ ْؤ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗُﺴﺎ ِﺋ َﻠﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أ َ ْو ﺗَﻌْ َ ِﱰ َ‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ د َ‬ ‫َودَأَﺑ َِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺿﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة ﺗَﺘَﺒﺎ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ — ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﻤﱢ َﺪ ًة — ِﻟﺘَﻤْ ﺘَﺤِ َﻦ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ﱪ‬ ‫ﺻْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺄ ُ ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎز ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﻻ ﺗَﺤْ ﺘﺎجُ َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﴩ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت — َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻀ ْﺖ — ِﰲ اﺟْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻼت‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَﻮﻣً ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ َﻗ ْﺮﻧًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺄْذَ ْن ﻟـ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن و َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ﺑﺎبَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮ ًة َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة واﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﻣ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬ﺷﺎﺧِ َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺟَ ﺰاءُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ ُة َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»اﻵن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫واﻵن ﻳُ ْﺆذَ ُن َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜﻼ ِم‪،‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘِﻬﺎ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫َﺻ ْ ِﱪكِ وَﻃﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻚِ — ﻣﺎ وَﻋَ ْﺪﺗُﻚِ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻛ َﺴﺒ ِْﺖ — ِﺑ َﺸﺠﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻚِ و َ‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ٍة ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻓﺎد ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻌﺎ َد ٍة َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫ري ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮﻳْﻨ َ ُﻪ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻚِ ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳﺄ َ ِﱄ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ْﺧ ِﲇ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُﻘﺎ ِﺑﻠ ِني‪ ،‬ﻟ ُِري ِْﺷﺪَكِ َ‬ ‫ﴫ«‪َ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻧ َ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َﺣﺎر َﺳ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬و ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ني ﺟَ ﻮابَ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻣﺎ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺠﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َﻔ َﺰ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫َف ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن أ َ ْﺧﻮ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َﻓ ْﺮﺣﺎﻧ َ ًﺔ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻓﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺨﺸﺎهُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ َﻔﺘﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺳﺎﻗﺎﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰﺗﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ﱠﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣني َرأ َ ْت أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﻋﺎ َو َدﺗْﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ واﻟﺜ ﱢ َﻘ ُﺔ‪َ ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻂﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗ َﺪ ُر‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ ُ ْ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻬْ ﺪِﻫﺎ ْاﻷَو ِﱠل‪.‬‬

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‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق ﱡ‬ ‫ﱧ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ﱠر ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ﱡ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺨﺎﺗِﻤَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ َة أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ﺖ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻊ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر َ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ﺳ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺠْ ﺘَ ِﺰ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺻﻴ َﺪ )ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺘَﺒ َ​َﺔ( ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺑ َْﴫ ْ‬ ‫َت أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ ﻏﺎ َد ًة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ أَﺑْﻴ َ​َﺾ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﺻ َﻊ‬ ‫َﻴﺎض‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ْﴫ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻬﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ﺬْ ٍب ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺒ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ«‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ َﱠﺔ »أ ُ ﱠم ﻧ َ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َﺣﺎر َﺳ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬و ِ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻬﺎ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫ني ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻀ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻓﺘﺎ ًة ْ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻌَ َﺪ ِﺑﻠ ِﻘﺎﺋِﻬﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺒﺎب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺈﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎرﻫﺎ أ َ ﱠن ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﺎ ُة‪َ :‬‬ ‫ري ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺮ ٌة‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ ﻓﺎﺗْﺒَﻌِ ﻴﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ أ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﺧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ ِﺒﻌَ ﺘْﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﻋﺎت‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮ ِْق‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻨﺎت‪ ،‬ﺣﺎﻟ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎب ا ْﻟﻔﺎﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻼت‪ُ ،‬ﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ِريات ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَواﻧ ِ​ِﺲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺒَﺪِﻳﻌَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ َﻛﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎت‬ ‫ِﻳﺎت أَﺑْ َﺪ َع ا ْﻟﺜ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳ ٍ‬ ‫ﺮات‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ ْﻠ َﻦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫َﻮاﻗﻴﺖ ا ْﻟﺒﺎﻫِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻤﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَﺛْﻤَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻴ‬ ‫َودَﻫِ َﺸ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻔﺎ َوﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‪ ،‬و َُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬُ ﱠﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ َﻛﻤﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ْﻓﻨَﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ ْ َﻟ ُﻔﻬُ ﱠﻦ َﻛﻤﺎ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺑَﻬْ ٍﻮ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺢ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻬَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤﺎ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺄ ْ َﻟ ْﻔﻨَﻬﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َ‬ ‫ﻻن‪،‬‬ ‫ﴫ أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫إن َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜﻨْﻪُ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺛ ﱠ َﺮ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﺗَﺄ ْ ِﺛريًا َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮ ُْق‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻬﺎ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻟﻢُ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻐﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺎت ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َت ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺬﱢ ْﻛ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﺿﻴ َ​َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ َة‪َ .‬ﻓﻨ َ ِﺴﻴ َْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ﺪاﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻧ ْ ِﴫ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻵﻧﺴ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وذَﻫﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﻻ ِْﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ »أ ُ ﱢم‬ ‫اف‬ ‫ﴫ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﰲ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ِﻮ ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ﱠإﻻ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ ْ ِﻊ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﺻﻮاﻧًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺨﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺺ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ أ ُ ْﻏﻠ َِﻖ ﺑﺎﺑُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎج ا ْﻟﺒَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎف إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺟﺎذِ ِﺑﻴﱠ ٍﺔ و َ​َﺷﻮ ٍْق َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﻮ َل ﺑ َ​َﴫَﻫﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﺎﻧْﻌِ ٍ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ْﻮاب ا ْﻟﻘﺎﻋَ ِﺔ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪َ ،‬ود َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻐﺎر َﻗ ٌﺔ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺄَﻣﱡ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﻣُﺴﺘَ ْﺴﻠِﻤَ ٌﺔ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫َوإﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﻟ ِ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬إذِ اﻧ ْ َﻔﺘَﺢَ أَﺣَ ُﺪ أَﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﻟ ِﻄ ٍ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ﻋَ ﺬْب‪:‬‬ ‫ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ٌة ﺷﺎﺑ ٌﱠﺔ ِﰲ ﺛَﻮ ٍْب راﺋ ٍِﻊ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫»ﻣﺎذا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨَﻴﱠﺘِﻲ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ — ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠِﻴ َﻠ َﺔ — أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ُﻣﺘَ َﺬ ﱢﻟ َﻠ ًﺔ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﱪ ا ْﻟﻴَ ِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻚِ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﺪﻳْﻚِ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻻن َو َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ »أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﺧ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ﱠﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﻳ ِْﻦ‪ :‬أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎر َﻓ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺈ ﻻ ﻳ ُْﻐﺘَ َﻔ ُﺮ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْﻫﻤَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻃﺎﻋَ ﺘَﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑَﻴ ُْﺖ ﱠإﻻ أ َ ْن أُﺧﺎﻟ َِﻔﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠإﻻ ِ‬ ‫ﴢ أَﻣْ َﺮ ُﻫﻤﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋُ ﻮ ِﻗﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻟِﻚِ ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻘﺪِﻫِ ﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ْﺮﻣﺎﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﺘَﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻃﺎ َل ﺑُﻜﺎﺋِﻲ‬ ‫وَأَﻋْ ِ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ أ َ َﻟﻤَ ﻲ ﻟ َِﻔ ْﻘﺪِﻫِ ﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و َزا َد ﻧَﺪ َِﻣﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻃﺎ َل َﺷ ْﻮﻗِﻲ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻟِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫أ َ ْﻫ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻏﻤٍّ ﺎ؛ وأَﻣ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮت أ َ َﺳ ًﻔﺎ و َ​َﻫﻤٍّ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻮْﻻ أ َ ﱠن ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ َة َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﻌَ ﺜ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪،‬‬ ‫َﴪ ْت ِﱄ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﻤَ َﻠﺘْﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠن ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎحَ َﺳﻌﺎ َدﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻚِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬وأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َوﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺒﻤﺎذا ﺗُ ِﺸ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓﺘْ ِﺢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮان‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﴫ« ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧ َ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — ﻣﺎ آ َل‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ« — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻧ َ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻴْﻚِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬إذا اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻣْ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺬار أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺖ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰكِ ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وأَﻣَ ٍﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ْﴫي ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﻔﺎﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺂت‪ .‬أَﻗﺎدِ َر ٌة أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻔﻘِ ﺪِي إﺣْ ﺪَى ﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْو ِﻛ ْﻠﺘَﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤﺎ ﺗُﺒ ِ ِ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻴ َﺰﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َني؟« َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َﻫﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻚِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎز َﻫﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃْ ِ‬ ‫إﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺸﺎ ِﺋ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮان ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻃﺎ َل و ُ​ُﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﻓﻚِ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪ْ .‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ‪» :‬ﻫﺎكِ ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎحَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺬار‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻓﺘَﺤِ ﻴ ِﻪ؛ وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻔﻘِ ﺪِي َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ﺘَﻚِ وأَﻣَ َﻠﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮان‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﺑﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَ ٍﺪ َرﻋ َِﺸ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫َت؟ وأَيﱠ َﻫﻮ ٍْل ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻤﺎذا أَﺑ َْﴫ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت؟ َو ِﺑﺄَيﱢ ﻣُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ ٍة ُروﱢﻋَ ْﺖ؟‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‪َ ،‬وﻛ ُ‬ ‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل — أ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻻن َو َو َﻟﺪُﻫﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ »أَﺑُﻮ َﺧ ٍ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻮان‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺜَﺒﱠﺘَ ٌﺔ ﻳَﺪا ُه و َِرﺟْ ﻼ ُه ِﺑﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﻠ ٌﻖ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﺸﺪُو ٌد ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﻌْ ِﺮ ِه ِﰲ أَﻋْ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻤﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻣريَ ﻣَ ﺘِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬

‫ْﴫﺗْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺒَﻌَ ﺜ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﺔ أ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴ ٌَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺰ ُق ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ َﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻬﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻧَﺠْ َﺪﺗِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ« ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪ َْت وَﻓﺎءَﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ذِ راﻋَ ِﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ »أ ٌ ﱢم ﻧ َ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ُﻓﺘِﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒﺎبُ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ود َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ أ َ ِﻣريٌ ﺑ َِﻬ ﱡﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َع َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠﻌَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ِة‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺢُ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ َﻗ َﺴﻮ ِْت — ﻳﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻨﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ َه اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣُﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ َر ًة‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫إن َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎري‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﺑُﻨ َ ﱠﻲ — َﻛﻤﺎ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﷲ ُ — َو ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ دَﻣً ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺮاءِ ﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ َﻟﻴَﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪا ِﺋﺪِ‪ ،‬واﺣْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ف أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻘﺎبَ ْاﻻَﺧِ ريَ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﻨﺎ ﻣَ ﻨْﺪ ٌ‬ ‫َوإﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َﻟﺘَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ُوﺣﺔ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺨﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ﺳﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ِﻴﺼﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨِﻴﺪِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻤَ َﺴ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َت إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ا ْﻟﻴ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« ِﺑﻴَﺪِﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄﻋﺎد ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺘ ﱠﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺔ‬ ‫وا ِﻻﻧْﺘِﺒﺎهَ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻋَ ﺰاءَ ِﱄ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻫ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻗ ْﻮﻟُﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ .‬ﻻ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬ﱠإﻻ إذا َﻟﺤِ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ َﻠ ْﻜ ُﺖ ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮﻫِ ﻤﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َني ذِ راﻋَ ﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻌْ ﺠَ ﺒ ًَﺔ ِﺑﻮَﻓﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫وإﺧ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻀﻤﱠ ﺘْﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻼﺻﻬﺎ َو ِﻋ ْﺮﻓﺎﻧِﻬﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬أَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ِة‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ‪ .‬ﻻ ﺗَﺠْ َﺰﻋِﻲ ﻳﺎ َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ‪ .‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫إن َ‬ ‫َﺰاﻻن ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻴْﻚِ ﻻ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ِﻻن ِﺑﺤُ ﺒﱢﻚِ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬أَﻧْﻌِ ِﻤﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧﺎ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺬا َو َﻟﺪِيَ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِريُ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻤﺎ ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺪاش‪«.‬‬ ‫»أَﺑُﻮ َﺧ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻻن َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ َﻗ ِﺼريَ ًة‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َﻔ ْﺖ ﺣَ ِﺪ ِﻳﺜَﻬﺎ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ َﺰ ﺳﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﻜﺘَ ْﺖ أ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﻣُﻮا ِﺗﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻐﺎﻓ َﻠﻨِﻲ و َ​َﺳﺤَ َﺮﻧِﻲ َو َو َﻟﺪِي َو ِﻋ َﻠ ًﺔ َو ِﻗ ٍّ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮارﻳﻨَﺎ و َ​َﺧﺪَﻣَ ﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻮ َل ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﱰدادِ َﺷ ْﻜﻠِﻨﺎ اﻵد َِﻣ ﱢﻲ ﱠإﻻ إذا َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد َة‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻏِ ْﺰﻻﻧًﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﻨﺎ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻻ ِْﺳ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻬﺎ َﺳﻴُ َﻜ ﱢﻠ ُﻔﻚِ أ َ ْﻫ ً‬ ‫َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎر َﻓ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ني َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﻘﺎءٍ‬ ‫ﻮاﻻ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻗِ ﺒَ َﻞ َﻟﻚِ ِﺑﺎﺣْ ﺘِﻤﺎﻟِﻬﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِ‬ ‫ﱪكِ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫إذا ﺣﺎ َو ْﻟ ِﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﺮ ِﺟﻲ ﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨ َ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْر َد ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﺠْ ﻨِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﺷﺄ ْ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻻ ﺗُﻜﺎ ِﺑﺪِي ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘﺎءِ ﻣﺎ ﻛﺎﺑَ ْﺪﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻚِ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ ِﲇ ذَﻟِﻚِ َﻟﺒَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ أَﻧﺎ َو َو َﻟﺪِي ﻣَ ﺴﺤُ ﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫َﻏﺰا َﻟ ًﺔ َو ِﻗ ٍّ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺴ َ ِﱰ ﱠد ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَﻨﺎ ﻣَ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ ﺗُ ِﺮ َك َﻟﻨﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻵﺛ َ ْﺮﻧﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺒ َْﻘﻰ َﻛﻤﺎ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻣَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱡﻚ ِﺳﺤْ ُﺮﻧﺎ أَﺑَﺪًا‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣﺎ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠﺘُﻨﺎ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﻓ َﻠﺘْﻨﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ َ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫‪59‬‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻟِﻘﺎﺋِﻚِ واﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﺪ ِﱡث إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ؟ وَﻣﺎ أَد ِْري‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﺗَﻌْ ِﻮﻳﻘِﻬﺎ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻴ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﴪ َﻟﻬﺎ ذَﻟِﻚِ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣﺎ أ َ َﻗﻤْ ﻨﺎ ُه ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاﺟ ِﺰ؟ َ‬ ‫ﺪاث وا ْﻟﻤَ ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ‪ .‬وﻣﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚِ ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ﻬَ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ْﻴﺎن ﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﻨﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨﺎءِ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِﺿﻚِ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺳﻴْﺘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ‬ ‫إﱃ ِﺗﺒ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ُة‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻘﺎرئ ُ — ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺮ ِح ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺨﺎﺗِﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ﱠرةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ اﻧْﻬﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱠﺮ‬ ‫ري اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻻن ﺗُﻌﺎﻧ ُِﻘﻬﺎ َوﺗُ َﻘﺒﱢﻠُﻬﺎ َوﺗَ ْﺸ ُﻜ ُﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﺜْﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أ ِﻣريَ ِة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻘﺎ ُم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻻن ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻻن ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ آ َل إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أﻣْ ُﺮ ﻏِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« أ ِﻣريَ َة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻵن‪ .‬إﻧﱠﻬُ ﱠﻦ ْاﻷَواﻧ ُِﺲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮاﺗِﻲ َ‬ ‫راﻓ ْﻘﻨَﻚِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ »أ ُ ﱡم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳْﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‪ ،‬ﻳﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫اﻻت‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ — َﻛﻤﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻚِ — َﻏ َﺰ ٍ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن‪ .‬ﺣَ ﱠﻮ َﻟﻬُ ﱠﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ ،‬زا َل ِﺳﺤْ ُﺮ ُه‬ ‫َﻫﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻬُ ﱠﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌُ ﺪ َْن — َﻛﻤﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ — آﻧ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺴﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ »ا ْﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪» :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ريةِ؟«‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺣﺎ ُل »أ ُ ﱢم ﺟَ ْﻮذَ ٍر« ِﺗ ْﻠﻚ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺮ ِﺳ َﻠﻬﺎ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨ ﱢﻔ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرﺟَ ﻮْﻧﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺴ َﻮ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱪ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﻤﺎ َرﺟَ ﻮْﻧﺎﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺮ ِﺳ َﻞ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﺮابَ »أَﺑﺎ ﺣﺎ ِﺗ ٍﻢ« ِﻟﻴَﺒْﻌَ َﺚ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ﱠ‬ ‫واﻷَﻣَ َﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠﺤْ ﻔﺎ َة َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ«‪َ :‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ ِﺖ — إذَ ْن — ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ْﻢ — ﻳﺎ َﺷ ْﻘﺮاءُ — َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻲ ﻟِﻤﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ْﻠ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ آﻻ ٍم ﻣ َُﱪﱢﺣَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺨﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎ َوﻧَﺘْﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻮﺛ َِﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻴﺼﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ ْ ِﱪكِ و َ​َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻚِ ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ َﺸ ْﺖ ِﺑﻚِ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺣَ َﻠ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻚِ و َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘْﻌِ ﺒ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﻴﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ —‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨﺎ ِﰲ ﻋِ ﺪادِ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ َﺧﻴﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ — أَﻧَﻨِﻲ َو َو َﻟﺪِي َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪا َر وَﻓﺎﺋِﻚِ َﻟﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺪَى‬ ‫ﻮات‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَ ْﺨﺘَ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﻨِﻴﻌِ ﻨﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرﺟَ ْﻮﺗُﻬﺎ — ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي — أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌْ ﻔِ ﻴَﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ْﺮﻓﺎﻧِﻚِ ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻘﺎﺳﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺗُ ِﺠﺐْ َرﺟﺎﺋِﻲ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺒ َْﺴﻨﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴍ ِه وأَذاهُ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻵن‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْﻧﺎ ا ْﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺮ ِح ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎﺟﻬﺎ ِﺑﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ِﺑﻠ ِﻘﺎءِ »أ ُ ﱢم ﻋَ ﱠﺰ َة« َو َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬واﺑْﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺌ َِﺴ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻟِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ ﺗَﺒُﺜﱡﻬُ ﻤﺎ َﺷﺠْ ﻮَﻫﺎ و َ​َﺷﻮ َْﻗﻬﺎ إ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﺷ ْﻜ َﺮﻫﺎ إﻳ ُ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﻤﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬

‫َﺄس‬ ‫)‪ (6‬اﻟ ﱢﻠﻘﺎءُ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎن«‪.‬‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﺮﻫﺎ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮى وا ِﻟﺪِﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﺣَ ﺐﱢ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣري »أَﺑُﻮ َﺧﺪاش« َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ َﻓ َ‬ ‫َﴎ َ‬ ‫ف ﻣﺎ دا َر‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءَ« — ِﻟﻠِﻘﺎءِ وا ِﻟﺪِكِ ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺑْ َﻠ ْﻐﺘُ ُﺔ ﻧَﺒَﺄ َ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻫ ِﺒﻲ — ﻳﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻔﺎر ِغ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻵن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮكِ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻚِ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ﻳ َِﺴ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ِﺘ ﱠﻢ َﻛﻼﻣَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َر ِﻛﺒ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ﻋَ َﺮﺑ ًَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ واﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ري ُة‬ ‫إﱃ ﻳَﻤِ ﻴﻨِﻬﺎ »أ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ﺑَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﺑ ٌ‬ ‫ﱠت َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﺪاش«‪ .‬و َُﺷﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ أ َ ْرﺑَﻊٌ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻻن«‪َ ،‬و ِﻋﻨ ْ َﺪ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْﻬﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱡ »أَﺑُﻮ َﺧ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻃ ِﻒ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻄﺎ َر ْت ِﺑﻬﺎ ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل ﱠ‬ ‫َﺣﺎﺷﻴَﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْﻮ ِﻟ ِﻪ — ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺒ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ — و ِ‬ ‫ُﻮن و ُ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮات َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ َرأَوُا ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َ​َﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َدو ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ َﺮ ِح‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﱠت أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻵذان‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻤﱠ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﻄﺄ ْ َن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ْﺤﺎت أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﱠﻦ أ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﺧﻴ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺣِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ َﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ .‬وَاﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺌ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺒَ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺒﻴﻬ ِﻬ ﱠﻦ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع َ‬ ‫إﱃ ِﺑﻨْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮﺑ َُﺔ أَﻣﺎ َم ِ‬ ‫َني ذِ راﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻃﺎ َل ﻋِ ُ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﻤَ ْﺖ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ون ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪.‬‬ ‫ﻨﺎﻗﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻜﻰ ا ْﻟ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﺑﻨْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ َﻜ َﻦ ﺗﺄَﺛ ﱡ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ اﻧْﺤَ ﻨَﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨﱢﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﻳ َُﻘﺒﱢﻠُﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺬ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءِ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ و َِرﻋﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎدِ ًرا َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﺘَﻬﺎ َو ُﻣ ُﺮوءَﺗَﻬﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴﺎ ِم ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺑﻴَﺘِﻬﺎ َوﺗَﺜْﻘِ ﻴﻔِﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ .‬وَأُﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻤﺎﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َو َﻟﺪِﻫﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ َﻮد ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎج ﺛَﻤﺎ ِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻼت ا ِﻻﺑْﺘ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« ْ‬ ‫ﻻن ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد َ‬ ‫واﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ِﺑﺤُ ْﺰ ٍن‬ ‫إﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄذَﻧ َ ْﺖ أ ِﻣريَ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺮاق‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮﺟﺎﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻫِ َﻲ َو َو َﻟﺪُﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻜﻴَﺎ ﺑُﻜﺎءً ﺣﺎ ٍّرا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َﻟ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻻن‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺰوﱠﺟَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ريةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٌم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ أ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َو َﻟ َﺪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ري َة ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﺧ ْﻠ ًﻘﺎ َ‬ ‫أﻣﱠ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻤْ ﺮاءُ« َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر ْت — ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﲆ ِﺑ ِﻪ َزوْﺟُ ﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ وا ْﻟﻮَداﻋَ ِﺔ ْ‬ ‫ﺜﺎﻻ ِﻟ ﱡﻠ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎﺳ ٍﺔ — ِﻣ ً‬ ‫ﺣَ ْﺰ ٍم َوﻛ َ‬ ‫واﻷَﻣﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪61‬‬

‫ﻏِ ْﺰﻻ ُن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺸ ْﻘﺮاءُ« َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻧْﺴﺎﻫﺎ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ ْت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ِة ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ وَﻋَ ﻨﺎءٍ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺆ ِس ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﻘﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫و ُ‬ ‫ور‪ ،‬ﺗُ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ﻼ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َدةِ‪ ،‬وا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨﺎءَة واﻟ ﱠﺮﻏﺎ َدةِ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻋﺎﺷﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﻨﺎءٍ و ُ ُ‬ ‫َﴎ ٍ‬ ‫و ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ﱠﻠ ُﻔﻮا ا ْﻟﺒَﻨِ َ‬ ‫ني وا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت َوﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫َﻋﺎﺷﻮا ِﰲ ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫َﻨﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳُﺠﺎبُ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤِ ﻜﺎﻳ َِﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺳ ِﺌ َﻠ ِﺔ ْاﻵ ِﺗﻴ َِﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎذا ﻟﻘﻴﺖ »اﻟﺸﻘﺮاء« ﻣﻦ أﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑﻌﺪ وﻓﺎة أﻣﻬﺎ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ﻣﻦ اﻟﺘﻲ اﺧﺘﺎرﻫﺎ اﻟﻮزﻳﺮ زوﺟﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻚ؟ وﻣﺎذا ﺧﺪﻋﻪ ﻣﻨﻬﺎ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (3‬ملﺎذا ﺗﺮك املﻠﻚ ﺑﻨﺘﻪ ِﰲ ﻛﻔﺎﻟﺔ ﻣﺮﺿﻌﺘﻬﺎ وﻣﺮﺑﻴﺘﻬﺎ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (4‬ﻣﺎذا ورﺛﺖ »اﻟﺴﻤﺮاء« ﻋﻦ أﻣﻬﺎ »ﺳﻤﻴﺔ«؟‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ملﺎذا ﺳﻤﻲ »ﴍﻫﺎن« ﺑﻬﺬا اﻻﺳﻢ؟ وملﺎذا ﺗﺠﻨﺐ اﻟﻨﺎس »ﻏﺎﺑﺔ اﻟﺰﻧﺒﻖ«؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ﻣﺎذا اﺷﱰﻃﺖ »ﺳﻤﻴﺔ« ﻋﲆ »ﴍﻫﺎن« ﻟﻴﻈﻔﺮ ﺑﻤﺎ ﻳﻄﻤﻊ ﻓﻴﻪ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (3‬ملﺎذا رﻏﺒﺖ اﻟﻔﺘﺎة ِﰲ دﺧﻮل »ﻏﺎﺑﺔ اﻟﺰﻧﺒﻖ«؟ وﺑﻤﺎذا ﻋﻮﻗﺐ »ﴍﻫﺎن«؟‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎذا ﺷﻐﻞ »اﻟﺸﻘﺮاء« وﻫﻲ ِﰲ اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ؟ وﻣﺎذا ﺧﺸﻴﺖ؟‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎذا ﻟﻘﻴﺖ »اﻟﺸﻘﺮاء« ﺣني اﺳﺘﻴﻘﻈﺖ؟ وﻣﺎذا ﻃﻠﺒﺖ ﻣﻦ »أﺑﻲ ﺧﺪاش«؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ملﺎذا اﻃﻤﺄﻧﺖ اﻟﻔﺘﺎة وﻫﻲ ﺗﺘﺒﻊ »أﺑﺎ ﺧﺪاش«؟ وأﻳﻦ اﻧﺘﻬﻰ ﺑﻬﺎ اﻟﺴري؟‬ ‫‪62‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎذا دار ﺑني أﻣرية اﻟﻐﺰﻻن واﻟﻔﺘﺎة؟ وملﻦ اﻷﻣﺮ ِﰲ اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ؟‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻛﻴﻒ أﺻﺒﺤﺖ ﺻﻮرة اﻟﻔﺘﺎة؟ وﻛﻢ أﻣﻀﺖ ﻧﺎﺋﻤﺔ؟ وﻣﺎذا اﺳﺘﻔﺎدت؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ﻣﺎذا ﻃﻠﺒﺖ »اﻟﺸﻘﺮاء«؟ وﺑﻢ ﺣﺪﺛﺘﻬﺎ املﺮآة؟ وﻛﻴﻒ ﺣﻠﻢ ﺑﻬﺎ أﺑﻮﻫﺎ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (3‬ﺑﻤﺎذا ﺻﻮرت املﺮآة ﻣﺼري »ﺳﻤﻴﺔ« واﺑﻨﺘﻬﺎ؟ ملﺎذا ﻣﻨﻌﺖ اﻟﻔﺘﺎة ﻣﻦ دﺧﻮل‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ؟‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎ املﺪة اﻟﺘﻲ ﺣﺪدﺗْﻬﺎ أﻣرية اﻟﻐﺰﻻن ﻟﱰى اﻟﻔﺘﺎة أﺑﺎﻫﺎ؟ وﺑﻤﺎذا ﻧﺼﺤﺘﻬﺎ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ﻣﺎذا دار ﺑني اﻟﺒﺒﻐﺎء واﻟﻔﺘﺎة؟ وﻛﻴﻒ ﺻﻮرة ﺣﻘﻴﻘﺔ أﻣرية اﻟﻐﺰﻻن واﺑﻨﻬﺎ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (3‬ﻣﺎ املﺮاد ﺑﺎﻟﻄﻠﺴﻢ؟ وﻛﻴﻒ اﻟﻈﻔﺮ ﺑﻪ؟ وﻣﺎ اﻟﺰﻫﺮة املﻨﻬﻲ ﻋﻦ ذﻛﺮﻫﺎ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (4‬ﻣﺎذا ﻓﻌﻠﺖ اﻟﻔﺘﺎة ﺑﺎﻟﻘﻂ؟ وملﺎذا ﺷﻜﺮت ﻛﻞ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻮردة واﻟﺒﺒﻐﺎء اﻟﻔﺘﺎة؟‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻣﻦ‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻛﻴﻒ رأت اﻟﻔﺘﺎة ﻣﺼري اﻟﻘﴫ؟ وﻋﻼم ﻧﺪﻣﺖ؟ وﺑﻤﺎذا ﺣﺪﺛﻬﺎ اﻟﻐﺮاب؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ﺑﻤﺎذا أﻓﺎدت اﻟﻀﻔﺪع اﻟﻔﺘﺎة؟ وﺑﻢ ارﺗﻮت؟ وﻛﻴﻒ أﻗﺎﻣﺖ ٍّ‬ ‫ﺧﺼﺎ ﻟﻠﻤﺒﻴﺖ؟‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻊ‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎذا ﺗﺤﺪﺛﺖ اﻟﺴﻠﺤﻔﺎة ﻋﻦ ﺳﻄﻮة اﻟﺒﺒﻐﺎء‪ :‬اﻟﺴﺎﺣﺮ‪ ،‬واﻟﻮردة‪ :‬اﻟﺴﺎﺣﺮة؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ﺑﻤﺎذا ﴍﻃﺖ اﻟﺴﻠﺤﻔﺎة ﻟﻜﻲ ﺗﺨﱪ اﻟﻔﺘﺎة ﺑﻤﺎ ﺗﻄﻤﺢ إﻟﻴﻪ ﻣﻦ أﺧﺒﺎر؟‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﴍ‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎ ﻏﺮض اﻟﺴﻠﺤﻔﺎة ﻣﻦ ﻃﻮل املﺪة اﻟﺘﻲ ﻗﻀﺘﻬﺎ ﻋﲆ ﻇﻬﺮﻫﺎ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ﻣﺎ ﺣﻘﻴﻘﺔ أﻣرية اﻟﻐﺰﻻن واﺑﻨﻬﺎ؟ وﻛﻴﻒ ﺻﻨﻊ ﺑﻬﻤﺎ ﺳﺎﺣﺮ اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ؟‬

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