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‫َﺟ ﱠﺒ َﺎر ُة ا ْﻟﻐَ ﺎ َﺑ ِﺔ‬



‫َﺟ ﱠﺒ َﺎر ُة ا ْﻟﻐَ ﺎ َﺑ ِﺔ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬


‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َِﺔ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٧٢٧٤ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٠٤٢ ٨ :‬‬ ‫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.‬‬


‫ﺟﺒﺎرة اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﺰدَا ُن ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺟَ ﻤَ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻤَ َﺲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴﻴ ُﻢ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺎح ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﺒ َِﻬﻴﺠَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫أَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ َﺧ ْ‬ ‫ورهِ(‪:‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِ)ﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ُﻣ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫»ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒَ ٍﺈ َﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ! ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺒَ ٍﺈ َﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ!«‬ ‫ات‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﺰﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَيﱠ ﻧَﺒَ ٍﺈ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ َﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﻤَ َﺲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴﻴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَﻠِﻴ ُﻞ )ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺪَى‪ ،‬ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ(‪:‬‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ْﺖ ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ْﺖ ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ!«‬ ‫َان‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ أَﻋْ َﲆ أ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ا ْرﺗ َِﻔﺎﻋً ﺎ )وَا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ َْﻀ ُﺔ‪ :‬ﻣُﺠْ ﺘَﻤَ ُﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ِﺮ(‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َز ْﻫ َﺮ ُة ْاﻷ ُ ْﻗﺤُ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳَﺎﻧ َ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ِﻣﺜَﺎ ُل ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة و ﱠ‬ ‫»أَﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ‪ :‬ﱢ‬ ‫َاﻟﺼ َﻼﺑَ ِﺔ؟‬ ‫ﻮن‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُ َﻚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ وَاﻫِ ﻤً ﺎ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ِﺷﺪﱠاءَ َﻻ ﻳَﻤُﻮﺗُ َ‬ ‫ُﺨ ِﻄﺌًﺎ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﺴﺒَﺎ ِﻧ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴﻴﻢَ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َﱢق َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺄَ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ — إ ِ َﱃ أَﻣْ ِﺲ — َﺷ ِﺎﻣ َﺨ ًﺔ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ًَﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ َﻼ ُق ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢُ‪ ،‬أ ِو ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺎر ُد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ ُر ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ( ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ُة‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢﺮ ُد ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻓﻨَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ )ﺗُ َﻐﻨﱢﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ؟«‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻨ ْ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ ﻤْ ﺠَ َﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴﻴ ُﻢ )ﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ َﻢ َﺧﺎﻓِ َﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ ِْت(‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺒْﺘَﻌِ ﺪُ‪:‬‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ )ﻣَ ْﻮﺗَﻬَ ﺎ( َﻟﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪ .‬ﻧَﻌَ ْﻢ َﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺘَ َﻠﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ َﻗﺘْ ًﻼ!«‬


‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﺣُ ْﺰ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫َاﺷ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌَ ﺎ َﻫﻤْ َﺲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴﻴ ِﻢ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐﻴَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟﻪُ؛‬ ‫ان ﻳَﻤْ َﺮﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﴍ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﺪ َﱠﻫ ُﺶ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ُﱢق َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺄ َ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ! إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫»أَﺗُ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﻪُ!«‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪:‬‬ ‫»ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ ُﻪ َﻛﺎذِ ﺑًﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َل؛ َﻓ ْﻠﻨ َ ِﻄ ْﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻨَﺘَﺜَﺒ َﱠﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﴍ َة« ﻋَ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻗ ﱠﺮﺗْ ُﻪ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬

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‫ﺟﺒﺎرة اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫ﻃﺎ َر ﱡ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ان — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْرﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ )ﺗَﻮٍّا( — وَأ َ ْﺧ َﻔ َﻘﺎ َ ْ‬ ‫)ﴐﺑًﺎ ِﺑﺄَﺟْ ﻨِﺤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ(‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻮط‪َ .‬وﺛ َ ﱠﻢ ُ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫)ﻫﻨَﺎ َك( أَﻳ َْﻘﻨَﺎ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺴﻴ َﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪُوﻋً ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎذِ ﺑًﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻗ ﱠﺮ َرهُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَى ﱡ‬ ‫ﴫ َع ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺣﺰﻧَﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆ ِﻟﻤَ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺎ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ان ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫)أ َ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ( أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮﻳَﺎ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْاﻗﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ﺟُ ﺬُو َر َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮوﺣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻼ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ﱡ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ان إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ِﺑﻌُ ﻴُﻮ ٍُن د َِاﻣﻌَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫ْﴍ َة« ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت َﺧﺎﻓِ ٍﺖ‪:‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫»أ َ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺮى َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻜﺒ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ؟ َﻻ ﺟَ َﺮ َم )ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ( أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﺧ َﺴﺎ َر ٌة َﻓﺎدِ ﺣَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ أَﺑَﺎ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻴَﺤْ َﺰ ُن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ْﺧ َﻮﺗُﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺷريُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ْري َُﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮر‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ َﳻ وَا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن‪:‬‬ ‫ْﴍ َة — َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻜﺒ ٌَﺔ ﺟَ ِﺴﻴﻤَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َﺴﺎ َر ٌة َﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠض‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﴣ‬ ‫»ﺻﺪ َْﻗ ِﺖ — ﻳَﺎ أ ُ ﱠم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ﻋَ ﻬْ ٌﺪ )اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ( َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪٌ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﻌِ ﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني أ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻮز‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َن — ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﻌِ ﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ ِﻇ َﻼﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ َِار َﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺒ ُْﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻧَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِح وَاﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻗ َﺰ َﻗ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎب ا ْﻟﺒ َِﻬﻴﺠَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤْ ﺜ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ أ َ ْدو َِار ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺨ َﻔﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﴫﻋِ ﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ أ َ َﻟﻤَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻮدَاﻋِ ﻚِ ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ُة ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ! َﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﺣُ ْﺰﻧَﻨَﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ َﺧ َﻔ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ِ‬ ‫ريﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫)ﻃ ْﺮﻧَﺎ( وَأ َ َوﻳْﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ )اﺗﱠ َﺨﺬْﻧَﺎكِ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ًﻻ(؛ َﻓﺂ َوﻳْﺘِﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ آ َوﻳ ِْﺖ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻛ َﺮا ِم اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧُﻚِ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﻘ ْﺬ ِت أ َ ْروَاﺣَ ﻨَﺎ وَأ َ ْروَاﺣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪َ .‬و َﻛ ْﻢ َﺧﺒَﺄ َ ْت أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ُﻮر‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َس‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺘَ َﻠﻤﱠ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻠُﻮذُ )ﺗَ ْﻠﺠَ ﺄ ُ َوﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻤﻲ( ِﺑﻚِ ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َرأ َ ْت »أَﺑَﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﻌَ ِﺐ«‪ :‬ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎزيَ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى( ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ ﺪًا ِﰲ ﺑَﺤْ ﺜ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫)ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫)ﻻ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِﺟ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ(‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘﱠﺎ َﻛ ِﺔ )ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳ ِﺔ(‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫َﺎن! َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَﻧ ْ َﴗ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ ْﻢ و َ​َﻗﻴْﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َﻏﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌِ ْﻘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ْﻘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴎةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳُﺤَ ﺎدِ ُ‬ ‫ث َزوْﺟَ ﻪُ‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻘﻨْﻮَاءَ« َو َو َﻟ َﺪ ُه »اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻫِ َﺾ«‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺪ َم ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ُن‪َ :‬ربﱡ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐُ ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﺜ ُ ْﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﺮ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ و َ​َﻓﺪ ْ‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪» :‬و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﻧ َ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ َﺳﺎ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ —‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َة اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱰةِ« َو َو َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ »ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻴْﺜ َ ِﻢ«‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َع ﺗَﻌَ ﺐُ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‬ ‫ﴎةِ‪َ ،‬و َزو ِْﺟ ِﻪ »ا ْﻟﻌِ ْ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﴬﻳﻚِ « َربﱢ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱠ ِ‬ ‫‪7‬‬


‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﻄﻴُﻮ َر َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ري َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ(؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َرةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻊ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺒَﺄ َ ْت ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ني َﻛﺎﺋ ٍِﻦ‬ ‫) ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن؟«‬ ‫َﺎت‪َ .‬و َﻛ ْﻢ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺬﱢ ْﻛ َﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ِة ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺂ ِﺛ َﺮ )ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺮﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت( وَأَﻳَﺎدٍ َﻻ ﺗُﺤْ َﴡ )ﻧِﻌَ ٍﻢ َﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﺪﱡ(!«‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺣْ َﺴﺐُ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر َة َﻻ ﺗَﻤ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮت!«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪُو ُر ِﺑ َﺨ َﻠﺪِي )ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﺒ َِﺎﱄ( َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر َة ﺗَﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻚ‬ ‫)ﺗَﻤ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮت(‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﺜَﺎ ُل ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺼ َﻼﺑَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ )ﻣَ ْﻘﺘَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ( َﺳﻴُﺤْ ِﺰ ُن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَﻧَﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻮن ﻧَﺒَﺄ َ ُه ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ُه ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺰ َن(‪ .‬و َْاﻵ َن — و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﴣ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴﺪُ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ‬ ‫)ﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري َرﺟْ ﻌَ ٍﺔ — أ ِﺟ ُﺪﻧِﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬وَأﻧَﺎ أ ْﺳﺄ ُل ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ :‬ﺗُ َﺮى َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷﻳﱠﺎ ُم ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨِﻴﺌَ ُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻴﺐُ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫‪8‬‬


‫ﺟﺒﺎرة اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ — ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبَ — أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎرئ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ ﱢ‬ ‫َان‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ َﻻ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻞ اﻟﺬﱠﻧ َ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺴ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َان اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺰا َ ُل ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َُﺸﺒﱠ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻠ ْﻮﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ َُﻘﺎ ُل اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎ ِﺑ ﱡﻲ!‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻴﺐُ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ« َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ُﺮ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻞ — ﺛَﻤَ َﺮ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣُ ِﺮﻣَ ْﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﻌَ ِﺔ — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﺷﻬَ ﻰ ﺛِﻤَ ٍﺎر ِﰲ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺔ؟«‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﻘﻔِ ُﺰ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻜ ِﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﴫﻳﻊَ‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫اﻫ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ — ﻳَﺎ أَﺑَﺎ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ — أَﺗُ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل َﻓ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر َة ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن؟«‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ون ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﺣْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َ‬ ‫ﺎب‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِرﺟَ ﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺮﻳَ ِﺔ َﺳﻴَﺤْ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎع ا ْﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫)اﻗ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻫِ َﻲ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن َﺧ َﺸﺐَ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺐ(‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﺒْﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻨِﻲ أ ُ ْﺧﺘِﻲ »أ ُ ﱡم ِﺑ ْﺮﻗ َِﺶ« أ َ ﱠن اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻮط‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةِ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻠِﻴ ُﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﻊ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺑُﻴُﻮﺗًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤْ ِﴚ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﺴﻤﱡ ﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ :‬ﺳ ُﻔﻨًﺎ َوﺑَﻮَاﺧِ َﺮ وَﻣَ َﺮاﻛِﺐَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﴍ َة« ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣَ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﺣَ ِﺰ ٍ‬ ‫»ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ٍة ﺗَﺎﻋِ َﺴ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ُﺷ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن َﻟﻚِ ﺗَ ِﺎر ً‬ ‫ﻳﺨﺎ ﺣَ ﺎﻓِ ًﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ْﻦ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن ﻧَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫»ﺻﺪ َْﻗ ِﺖ — ﻳَﺎ َزو ِْﺟ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة — َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َﺷﺪِﻳ ُﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮ ِْق إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻊ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴫ ِ‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﻠﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ إ ِ َﱃ »أ َ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎف«‪ ،‬أَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺪَأ َ َة اﻟﺬﱠﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻜ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »أﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻧَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ »اﺑ ِْﻦ دَأﻳ َ​َﺔ«‪ :‬ذَﻟِﻚِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺮ ُم‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ أَﻧْﺒَﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫)ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮابُ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺴ ﱡﻦ(؛ ِﻟﻴ َُﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ — وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه — َﺧ ِﺒريٌ ِﺑﺘَ ِﺎرﻳﺨِ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻈﻨ ﱡ ُﻪ أَﻋْ َﻠ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ »أ َ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪» :‬أَﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف« ِﺑﺘَ ِﺎرﻳﺨِ ﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا َﺷ ﱞﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ )ﺗَﻌَ ﺎ َل(‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﻠﻨَﺬْ َﻫﺐْ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫‪9‬‬


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‫)‪ (3‬اﺑْ ُﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن »اﺑْ ُﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ« ﻋَ ْﻘﻌَ ًﻘﺎ ذَ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋِ ﻨًﺎ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫اب‬ ‫ﺾ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ »ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ون ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻵ َﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱡﻮﺣِ ﱢﻲ« — ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة ﻧُﻮَاﺣِ ِﻪ )ﺑُ َﻜﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ( — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ِﻖ«؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻳُ ْﻜ ِﺜ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻖ ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ْﻖ — ﻋَ ْﻖ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ — ﻟ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻀﻌْ ﻔِ ِﻪ — َﻻ ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳ َْﱪَحُ‬ ‫ﺎن »اﺑْ ُﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ« َﻫﺬَا َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ ﻣ ُِﺴﻨٍّﺎ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠﻨَﺎ — َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫َو ْﻛ َﺮ ُه َ‬ ‫)ﻗ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻔ ِﺎر ُق ﻋُ ﱠﺸﻪُ( ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َر ُه ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ َرأ ْ ِس َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﺳ َﻘ ٍﺔ )ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ( ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‬ ‫اض ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ِﱪ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ أَﻋْ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺿﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻒﺑ َ ُ‬ ‫َﴫ )اﺑ ِْﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ( ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻜ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ِر ُ‬ ‫ْﴫ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺸ ُﻪ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳُﺒ ِ ُ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ان إ ِ َﱃ َو ْﻛ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻷَﺑَﺢﱢ )ا ْﻟ َﻐﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ف َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻆ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺑُﺤﱠ ٌﺔ(‪» :‬أ َ ْﻫ ًﻼ و َ​َﺳﻬْ ًﻼ ِﺑ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ان ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ري َِان!«‬ ‫أﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َﺎﻻ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻌِ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ُﻣ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺳﻢَ‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ﱢﻢ — َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤٍّ ﺎ — ِﻷ َ ﱠن ُ‬ ‫َوإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻴُﻮ َر ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮد ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺗُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ﱡ‬ ‫ان‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ِﺻﺤﱠ ﺘُ َﻚ — ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﻨَﺎ »اﺑ َْﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ«؟«‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم ) َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أُﺣِ ﺐﱡ وَأ َ ْﺷﺘَ ِﻬﻲ( ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰيﱠ ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َراﺑَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َﴫي ) َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ْﴫ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺨ ﱢﱪَاﻧِﻲ‪ :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻧْﺒَﺎءِ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮهُ(؛ َﻓ َﻼ أ َ َﻛﺎ ُد أُﺑ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةِ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َﺎﻻ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ َﻗ ِﺪ ْاﻗﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ف — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﻨَﺎ — أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ َز‪،‬‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ »ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ«؟«‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ِرﺟْ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫َﻓﺬُﻋِ َﺮ »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ« َ‬ ‫ﺎف(‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫)ﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪» :‬أَيﱠ ﻧَﺒَ ٍﺈ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻼ ِن؟‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ُﻘ َ َ‬ ‫َﺎن؟ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َان أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ﺒَﺜَﺎ )ﺗَﻬْ َﺰءَا( ِﺑﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ْﺖ؟ َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻻ ِن؟ أﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر َة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﺗَﻌْ ِﻨﻴ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﻀﺤَ َﻜﺎ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ!«‬

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‫ﺟﺒﺎرة اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﱡ‬ ‫ان‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ — ﻳَﺎ أَﺑَﺎ ﻋَ ْﻘﻌَ ٍﻖ — َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﺰاﺣً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ ُة ا ْﻟﻮَاﻗِ ﻌَ ُﺔ( ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْﻨَﺎ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺄَﻟُ َﻚ‪َ :‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻫِ ﻨ َ ُﺔ )ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة َوﺗَ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ﻳﺨﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺼﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَ ِﺎر ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ أَﺟْ ﻬَ ﻠُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ؟ وَﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺨﻬَ ﺎ؟ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ« ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ‪» :‬ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻨِﻲ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ — َرﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ وَأ ْﺧ َﱪُ؟ أﺟَ ْﻞ )ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ( أﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ً‬ ‫ﻮط! أَﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ؟ َﻫﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ — أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة … ِﻣ ْﺴ َﻜﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫وﻻءِ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺎ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ ًﺰا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﻔﻘِ َﺪهُ!«‬

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‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﻧ َ ْﺸﺄ َ ُة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة‬ ‫)ﻗﻌَ ﺪَ( ﱡ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺜ َ َﻢ َ‬ ‫ان ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﴪا ُﻣﺘَ َﻔﺠﱢ ﻌً ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ ً‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫»إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻮز‪َ :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫)ﺧﺬَا( — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰيﱢ — ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َث‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪ :‬ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻮ َﻟ َﺪ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ُر َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ — ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ َﺮﻳَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ — أ َ ْن َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻮط‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة ﻫِ َﻲ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺛَﻤَ َﺮ ٌة َ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﺑ ِﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﺜﱠﻤَ َﺮ ِة ِﻃ ْﻔ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريٌ‪َ ،‬راﻗِ ٌﺪ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻬْ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ — ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻬَ ﱢﻞ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ —‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ ٌ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ َﻻ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ َة َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻨ ُ‬ ‫ني إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﺬْ َر ًة َ‬ ‫ور ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ َﺮﻳَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻮ ِْع ا ْﻟﺒُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫ِني أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴ ٌﱠﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬَ ﻰ )أَﺣَ ﺐﱡ ( إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﺛِﻤَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ ْﻦ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻮط‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟ ْﻠﺠَ ﻨ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺜ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰةِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَﺤْ ﻴَﺎ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ٍﻦ َودَﻋَ ٍﺔ ) َراﺣَ ٍﺔ َو ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ(‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻮق أَﻣْ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬وﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﷲ ُ — ُﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — أَﻣْ ًﺮا َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﻠُ ُ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﻣَ َﺮ ﱠد ﻟِﻤَ ِﺸﻴﺌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪﺑ ِﱢﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮيﱢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺰ‪َ .‬ﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َث؟‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ ﺛَﻤَ َﺮ ٌة ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ — َﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ( ْاﻷ َ َﻟﻢُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْذ َﻫ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ )أَﻧ ْ َﺴ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ آ َﻟﻤَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َت ﺗَ ْﻔﻘِ ُﺪ ُر ْﺷﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﺘُﻌَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫َﴫ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﺳﻨْﺠَ ﺎبٌ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﺰﻋَ ﺞَ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫)ﺗُ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﳼ( أ َ َﻟ َﻢ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱡﻲ‬ ‫ﻮط‪ ،‬إ ِ ْذ ﺑ ُ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻨ ُ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﺧﻮ ُْﻓﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ — َﻻ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺔ — َﻫﺎ ِﻟ ٌﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — َﻛﺘَﺐَ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ َﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﻴ َﱠﺾ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫)ﻫﻴﱠﺄَ( َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮجَ ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ﱠﺪ َل ﻳَﺄ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ َرﺟَ ﺎءً‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻨ ُ‬ ‫ني؟‬ ‫أﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٍْت َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ؟ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋُ ﻮَاءُ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻋُ ﻮَاءً ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪» :‬ﻋَ ﻮْ! ﻋَ ﻮْ!« َﻓﺄَيﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻂ »اﺑْ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫و َِاز ٍع« — و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻛ ْﻠﺐٌ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻘ ِﺔ — َﻓ َﺮاحَ ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ِﻮي َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎب؛ ِﻟﻴَ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َوﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﻌَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب )ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮاﺋ ُ‬ ‫َت َﻓ َﺮاﺋ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺺ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺺ ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻊُ‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ — ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱡﺰ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺼ ٍﺔ‪ :‬وَﻫِ َﻲ َﻟﺤْ ﻤَ ٌﺔ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ ْ ِﺐ وَا ْﻟ َﻜﺘ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ْف(‪.‬‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺠَ ﺎبُ ﺛَﻤَ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ َة‪َ ،‬و َﻟﺠَ ﺄ َ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ ِﺘ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫»اﺑْ ُﻦ و َِاز ٍع« ) ِﻟ َﻜ ْﻲ َﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺐُ (‪.‬‬

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‫ﺟﺒﺎرة اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﻃ ُﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‬ ‫ﺎر ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱡﻲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻨ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﺒ َﺚ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ني — ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻴًﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ َدوْﺣَ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪ ،‬ﻫِ َﻲ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٌة‬ ‫ني — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﺒُﻨْﺪ ُِق‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻬْ ِﺪ ِه َراﻗِ ﺪًا‬ ‫َﺎج َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ٌﺔ ُﻣﺘﱠ ِﺴﻌَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ ُﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃﻮَا َل ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ — ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ ا ْﻟﻴَﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ — َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠِﻴ ُﺪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴﻠِﻤً ﺎ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻮ ٍم ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َذ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺤَ ِﺎرﻳ ُﺮ ﺗَ ْﻐ َﴙ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ري ِه —‬ ‫ِﻒ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﺆﺛِ ُﺮ ُه )ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﺎ ُرهُ( ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ ْاﻷَﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺔ — َوﺗَ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ َﻲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَﺘَﻨ َ َﺎﻗ َﻞ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎ َر َﻫﺎ )أَﺣَ ﺎدِ ﻳﺜَﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ َﺔ(؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ »أَﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺤَ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﻳ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ِﻞ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻮط ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺒَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ ﺑَﺬْ َر ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ(‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﺣَ ﱠﺴ ْﺖ‬ ‫)ﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎمَ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﻠﺐﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ … وَﻣَ ْﻦ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄُﻣﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُﻌْ ﻨَﻰ‬ ‫)ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَﻢﱡ( ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﻠﺒﱢﻲ َر َﻏﺒَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ؟‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﺸﺄ َ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ اﻟﻨﱠﺒَﺎﺗ ﱡِﻲ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ — ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻮَﺣْ َﺪﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻔِ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺤَ ِﺰ َن ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع ا ْﻟﺒُ َﻜﺎءَ َﻟﺒَ َﻜﻰ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﻜِﻲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ أ َ َﻟ ُﻤﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧ ﱡِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫‪13‬‬


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‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ذَ َﻛ َﺮ — ﺑ َْﻐﺘَ ًﺔ — أ َ ﱠن أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ و َ‬ ‫ني ِ‬ ‫ني(‬ ‫)ﻣ َﺨ ﱠﺪﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻬْ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻔ ِﺎر َﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬و َﺳﺎ َدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ُم — ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﺷﺒَ ُﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱠﻗِ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﺴ َ‬ ‫)اﺳﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ )ذَ َاﻗﻬَ ﺎ( اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﺒَ ِﺔ — ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻏﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱡﻲ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ(‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ ﱠﺶ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ )ا ْرﺗَﺎحَ وَاﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ (‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﻤَ ﺎ ِﺟ ْﺴ ُﻤﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم — ِﰲ َ َ‬ ‫ﴍ ٍه ﻋَ ِﺠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﻬْ ُﺪهُ‪ .‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺟ ْﺮ ُﻣ ُﻪ )ﺣَ ﺠْ ُﻤﻪُ(؛ َﻓ َﻀ َ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫َو َﻛ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َﻫ َﺬا ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ؛ َﻓﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ ِﺑ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ َﻛ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ — ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءِ — َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺒ ِْﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳُﺬْ َﻛ ُﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ ِﻮ َﺳﺎ َدﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺎﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌَ ﺪَاءَ )ﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻔ َﺲ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻔ َﺲ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ(‪ ،‬وَاﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑ َﻔ َﺮ ٍح َﻻ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺜِﻴ َﻞ َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻ ٍﻞ( َ‬ ‫ﺎن؟ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺬْ ٍر )أ ْ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎذَا؟ أ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ً‬ ‫َﺎت ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﺷ ﱠﻖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﻴﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﻤُﻮ ِدﻳ ًﱠﺔ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻮ ُل ﺑُﺬُو ُر اﻟﻨﱠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ْف ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض!‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض — و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐﻨَﻰ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﻮي ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َﻐﺬﱠى ِﺑﻌَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ُﻏ َﻼﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺠَ َﺮ َﻻ َزﻣَ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻟﻮَﺣْ َﺪﺗ ِ​ِﻪ َووَﺣْ َﺸﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺟْ َﺪ َر ُه ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺰ َﻟ َﺔ ﺗُ ْﺴ ِﺌ ُﻢ َوﺗُ ْﻀ ِﺠ ُﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻼ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺒَﺎ إِذَا أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴪ— ُ‬ ‫أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر — َوﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﻨَﻬﱠ ُﺪ َوﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ ِﱢﻖ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫»آهٍ! ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﱄ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن أ َ ْﺧ ُﺮجَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫ﻇﺎﻫِ ِﺮ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ِ ،‬ﻷ َ َرى ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎ َل اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ!‬ ‫َو َﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءَ ُﺧ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ ُﺮ — إِذَا ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ِﱄ َﻫﺬَا — ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎءَ ﻳُﺒَﺎدِ ﻟُﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺐﱠ وَا ْﻟﻮ َ​َﻻءَ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (7‬ﰲ ﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻮءِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒُﻮ ًرا ُﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋً ﺎ‪َ :‬ﺷﺄ ْ َن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱡﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻮط ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ — ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أُوﺗِﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٍة — ﻟ َِري َْﻓ َﻊ َﺳ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻄ ْﻠﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫)ﻓﺎ َز ِﺑﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْد َر َك أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘَﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ(‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﺳ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ْﻮءِ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل اﺣْ ِﺘﺒ ُ‬ ‫َوﺛَﻤﱠ َﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم — َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا‪،‬‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎبُ (؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﻓ َﺮﺣُ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ ُﻮ ْ‬ ‫َﴪ ًة‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَ ﱡﺰ — ﻳَﻤْ ﻨ َ ًﺔ َوﻳ ْ َ‬ ‫)اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴬا َوﻳ ِْﻦ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱡﻲ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ًﺮا ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ ،‬و َو َر َﻗﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫— و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺎ ٌن ِﺑ َﺴﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻫ ِﻮ‪َ :‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ِﺑ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َرآهُ‪.‬‬ ‫‪14‬‬


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‫وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴪو َر ًة‪ ،‬وَاﺑْﺘَ َﺴﻤَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺷ َﻘﺎﺋ ُِﻖ‬ ‫اﺷ ٌﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗُﺤَ ﻴﱢﻴ ِﻪ َوﺗَ ِﻄريُ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ًﺔ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀﺎءُ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﺘْ ُﻪ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱡﻌْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺎء َْت ﺟَ َﺮا َد ٌة ﺗُ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﺠَ ﻨَﺎﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﺮﺣﱢ ﺐُ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻨ َ ﱢﻐ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﻮ ُه إ ِ ﱠﻻ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة( ا ْﻟﺒَﻐِ َ‬ ‫ون‪ِ ،‬ﺗ ْﻠ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺪ َوﻳْﺒ َُﺔ )اﻟﺪﱠاﺑ ُﱠﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻀ ُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ — ﻟ ُِﺴﻮءِ‬ ‫ُد َوﻳْﺒ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﻠ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫أ َ َد ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ — ﺗَﻤَ ﱡﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻘ ْﺮﻧَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﻴُ ْﺆﻟِ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱡﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﻜ ُﺮﺑُ ُﻪ )ﻳ َُﺴﻮءُهُ( َﻟﻤْ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱰﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈذَا أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءُ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺎء َْت دُو َد ٌة َزاﺣِ َﻔ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﻼ ِم ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﻟﺬﱠ َه ﻋَ َﺸﺎءً‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺷﻬَ ﺎ ُه‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ!«‬ ‫ﻮط‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ُع اﻟﺪﱡو َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِﺘﺪَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻌَ ُﺪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﺴ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺧِ ﱠﻔ ٍﺔ َو َر َﺷ َﺎﻗ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ض أَ ْ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْ‬ ‫اف أ َ ْو َراﻗِ ِﻪ َوﺗَ ْﻘ َﻀﻤُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اف أ َ ْﺳﻨَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ(‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫)ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ أ َ ﱠن أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛ ُ ُﻪ — و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﺼﻨِﻬَ ﺎ — أ َ ﱠن اﻟﻨﱠﺒ َ‬ ‫اق‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﻔ َﺲ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وﺛ َ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﺸﺘَ ﱡﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ َﻟﻢُ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﱪﱢحُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻏ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت ﻣُﺤْ ﺘَﺎجٌ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْو َر ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ )ﻳُ ْﺆذِﻳ ِﻪ( ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻴَ َﻮ ﱡد َﻟ ْﻮ أُﺗِﻴﺢَ ) َﻟ ْﻮ ﺗَﻬَ ﻴﱠﺄَ( َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ‬ ‫ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﴬاءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ض ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻟ ِ​ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَذِ ﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل اﻟﺪﱡو َد ُة دَا ِﺋﺒ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟ َﻮ َر َﻗ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ )ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ(‪.‬‬

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‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫س اﻟﻨﱠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎر ُ‬ ‫َﺎت‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﻼ ُم ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﴐﺑ ًَﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ؛‬ ‫ﴬبُ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱡﻲ َﺧ ْﻔ َﻖ أَﺟْ ﻨِﺤَ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺘُﺬْﻫِ ﻠُ ُﻪ )ﺗُﻨ ْ ِﺴﻴ ِﻪ(‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﺮﻧﱢﺤُ ُﻪ )ﺗُ ْﻀﻌِ ُﻔﻪُ(‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫ْﴫ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ﻳ َِﻄريُ‪،‬‬ ‫ف ﺟَ ِﻠﻴ َﱠﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳُﺒ ِ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه اﻟﺪﱡو َد ُة ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻏِ ﻴ َُﺔ )اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻟِﻤَ ُﺔ( ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﻋْ ﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْو َراﻗِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﻴ َْﺸ ُﻜ ُﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﻼ ُم‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱡﻲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻴَ َﺪ )ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺴﻨ َ َﺔ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻀ َﻞ(‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﴗ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻞ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﻃ ﱡﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌَ ُﻪ )ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤَ ﻴﱢﻴ ِﻪ َوﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜ ُﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫وﻓﻪُ(‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ِﺑﺄُﻋْ ﺠُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ َﺧ ِﺎر َﻗ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ﺎدِ ﻳﱠ ٍﺔ(‪َ .‬ﻓﻴَﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺖ ِﺷﻌْ ِﺮي ) َﻟﻴْﺘَﻨِﻲ أَﻋْ َﻠﻢُ(‬ ‫)ﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْت َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ريي َﻟ ْﻮ َﻓ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر َس ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻢَ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻲ أ َ ْو َراﻗِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻣَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ؟«‬ ‫ﴎ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط‬ ‫)‪ (9‬أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺺ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن »اﺑْ ُﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳﺦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﻓِ َﻞ )ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻮَادِ ِث(‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ »أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻔﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫وَ»أ ُ ﱢم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪ ،‬و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪَا ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫)ﺳ َﻜ َﺖ( َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺻﻤَ َﺖ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ »اﺑْ ُﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ« ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪﱢ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻳﻔ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻒ )ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠﻢُ( ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﺒًﺎ )ﻣ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ان —‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱢﻮﺗًﺎ(‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدِ ِث — أﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﺳﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫)ﺳﻨَﻮ ٌ‬ ‫َات َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٌة(‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﻮيَ ﻧَﺒ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ ْن أ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ٌة َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ًة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫)ﺳﺎق( ﻣَ ﺘ ٍ َ‬ ‫اق َﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ذَ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ٍﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻇ َﻼﻟُﻬَ ﺎ و َِار َﻓ ٌﺔ )و ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻔ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ٌﺔ(‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬وَأ ْو َر ٍ‬ ‫ات ِﺟﺬْ ٍع َ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ أُﻣٍّ ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻮَى‪ ،‬أَﻧْﺠَ ﺒ َْﺖ ) َو َﻟﺪ ْ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪَدِ‬ ‫َت أَﺑْﻨَﺎءً ﻧُﺠَ ﺒَﺎءَ(؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ٌة َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َر ْت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺷﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن )ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ(‪َ ،‬ﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ ُ ﱡم ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺑْﻨَﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮﻃﻴ ُﱠﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريَ َة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ إِذَا َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ وَﻋَ ﻨ ُ َﻔ ْﺖ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒ ُْﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَﺤْ ِﻤﻴَﻬُ ْﻢ َﺧ َ‬ ‫)اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠت(‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼﻴﺒَﻬُ ْﻢ أَيﱡ ُﺳﻮءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱡ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼﺑ ًَﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ َﻏ ْﺮ َو َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ُ‬ ‫َات ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺌَ ًﺔ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ًة و َ‬ ‫)ﻻ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ (‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﻢ‬ ‫) َﻛ ِﺜريَ َة ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺮ ِص ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ(‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻜﺎﺛ َ َﺮ ﻋَ َﺪد َُﻫﺎ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﱢﺮ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر ِت اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫أَﺟَ ﻤَ ٌﺔ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ِﺑ َﺸﺠَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴُﻮ ُر ﺗَﻔِ ُﺪ )ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺪمُ( ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَ ِﺠﻲءُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮط ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫‪16‬‬


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‫ﻴﻊ أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﻮ — ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪ َﻫﺎ( ِﺑﺄ َ َﻏ ِﺎرﻳﺪ َِﻫﺎ‬ ‫َﺎح إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ — َوﺗُﺒ ِْﻬﺞُ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ )ﺗَ ُ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫)أ َ َﻏﺎﻧِﻴﻬَ ﺎ( ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮَاﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْﺑَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺔ ِﻷَﺑْﻨَﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ﱡ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َﺷﻬْ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﺎﻳُﻮ — َﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫َات ﱠ‬ ‫ريةِ‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ َ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫َاق ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻨ ُﻜﻢْ( َوﻧ ُ ُﻤ ﱢﻮ ُﻛﻢْ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗ ِﺒﻠُﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﺬَاءِ —‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْزد َِﻫ ِﺎر ُﻛ ْﻢ )ﺟَ ﺎءَ َزﻣَ ُﻦ إ ِ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫ور َﻫﺎ — أَﺑْﻨَﺎ ُؤ ُﻛﻢ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻧَﻬَ ٍﻢ — ِﻟﻴَﺘِ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﻤَ ﺎ ُؤ ُﻛﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻜﺜ ُ َﺮ ﺛَﻤَ َﺮاﺗُ ُﻜ ْﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﻨْﺒ ُ​ُﺖ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﺬُ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺔ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﺢُ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ﺟَ ﱠﺪ ًة‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫»وَا َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘَﺎ ُه إِذَا ﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷُﻣْ ِﻨﻴ ُﱠﺔ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ أُﻣٍّ ﺎ!«‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﴎةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ُﺷﺠَ ْري ُ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎج وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِح‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﴤ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﺟَ ﻤَ ُﺔ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮط دَاﺋِﻤَ َﺔ ِاﻻﺑْﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺚ وَأ َ ْﺳﻤَ ٍﺎر َ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ أَو َْﻗﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أَﺣَ ﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻬُ ﱡﺰ ُرء َ‬ ‫ُوﺳﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱢﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح؛ َﻓﺘُﺬْﻋَ ُﺮ )ﺗَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﺰ ُع(‬ ‫أ َ ْﻓ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اخ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘُ ْﻀ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة(‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ُﺮ ُؤ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨَﺎ َم ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱡﺮ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮ َﻗﺎدِ‬ ‫ُﻮر )أَﺑْﻨَﺎ ُؤ َﻫﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َني أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ أَﻣَ ﺎﻛ َِﻦ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎر ُع ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻮط‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع و ُ​ُﻓﻮ َد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫اﻟﴪو َر َﻻ ﻳَﺪُو ُم َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ :‬ﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ اﻟﻨﱠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱡ ُ‬ ‫َﺎت ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ون اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫— ِﰲ َﻓﺠْ ِﺮ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻘ ِﺎرﺑَ ِﺔ — ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳُﺬْﻋِ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ري وَاﻟ ﱠﺪوَابﱠ ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻨ َ ﱢﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﻄْ َ‬ ‫ُون ﻧَﻮْﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎدِ ئَ؛ َﻓﺘَﻬْ ُﺮبَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﺎء َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮد َ‬ ‫)ﻳُ َﻜ ﱢﺪ ُر َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْريُ و ﱠ‬ ‫ون( ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻴﺐُ ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَﻨْﺪُبُ ُﺳﻮءَ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮط‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َرﻧِ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﺷﺠَ ْري ُ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮس اﻟﺜﱠﻘِ ﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟ ُﻔﺌُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫وع ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺬُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن )ﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﻄﺒ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺐَ ( ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎرﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺷﺠَ ْري ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮﺣَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﻣَ ﻴﱢﺘَ ًﺔ َﻻ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺤْ َﺰ ُن أ ُ ﱡم ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ﻟِﻬَ َﻼكِ ﺑَﻨَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ ْ َﻟ ُﻢ — ﻟِﻔِ َﺮاﻗِ ِﻬ ﱠﻦ — أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺚ ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ(؛‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ َﻓﻮْق ذِ ْر َو ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ )ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ وَأﻋْ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ ُﻘﻮ ُل َﻟ ُﻪ ْاﻷ ُ ﱡم ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫‪17‬‬


‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﻨريُ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﱢﺪﺛْﻨِﻲ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻢُ‪ :‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳ َْﻘﺘُ ُﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس أَو َْﻻدِي‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻋِ ﱠﺰاءَ؟«‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤَ ِﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠﻮ َ‬ ‫ض َﺳﺤَ ﺎﺑ ٌَﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻼ ﺗُ ِﺘ ﱡﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌْ َ ِﱰ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺔ — ﻟ ُِﺴ َﺆاﻟِﻬَ ﺎ —‬ ‫َردٍّا‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺚ اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮ ُم أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَﺘَ َﻸ ْ َﻷ ُ َآﻻ ٌ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ َﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ِﺎوﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَﺪِﻳﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ ُﻘﻮ ُل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ًة‪:‬‬ ‫ﻮط ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻔ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ِ .‬ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢﻚِ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻜﺘُ ِﻤﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫» ِﺑ َﺮﺑﱢﻚِ َﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻧُﺠُ ﻮ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت‬ ‫ﺎس ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻮَاﻛِﺐُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻼ ِﻣﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ُ‬ ‫ات‪ .‬ﺣَ ﱢﺪﺛِﻴﻨِﻲ‪ :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْﻏ َﻀﺐَ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎت؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا ْاﻗﺘَﺤَ ﻤُﻮا‬

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‫ﺟﺒﺎرة اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻏﺎﺑَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َراﺣُ ﻮا ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَﻋَ ِﺸريَﺗِﻲ؟ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻗﺘَﻠُﻮا ﺑَﻨَﺎﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮ ُم‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆﺗَﻠ َِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻼ ﺗُ ِﺠﻴﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻮَاﻛِﺐُ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ ُﺮ ﱡد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨﱡﺠُ ﻮمُ!‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰا ُل َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط َﺳﺎﻫِ َﺪ ًة ُﻣ َﺆ ﱠر َﻗ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫)ﺳﺎﻫِ َﺮ ًة َﻻ ﻳَ ُﺰو ُر َﻫﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮمُ( ﻟِﺤُ ْﺰﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺑْﻨَﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎ ُؤ َﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺠْ ُﺮ؛ َﻓﻴَﻨْﺘَﺎﺑُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ض‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮر ْاﻷَﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﻮﻧُﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُون إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ وَﺟَ ٍﻊ(؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳ َِﺠﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﻜﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ َﻟ ٍﻢ )ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﻋَ َﺰاءُ ﱡ‬ ‫ور‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺤْ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ — وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة إِﺛ ْ َﺮ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — َوﺗَﺠَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫اﺻ َﻔ ﱠﺮ ْت أ َ ْو َر ُاﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈذَا ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ َزﻣَ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ْ‬ ‫ﱠف‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤُ ﻮا ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺒ َ‬ ‫)ﺻﺎ َر َﺳ ُﺎﻗﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ ِﺎر ًﻏﺎ(‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ و َِﺷﻴ ٌﻚ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﺟﺬْﻋُ ﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ﻣَ ْﻮﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺔ َﻻ ﺗَﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠﻮ َ‬ ‫ال ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َرأَﺗْﻪُ‪:‬‬ ‫)ﻻ ﺗُﺒ ِْﻄﺊُ( ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﺳ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻟِﻤَ ﺎذَا َﻗﺘَ َﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس أو َْﻻدِي؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻔِ ﻲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ُﺷﺤْ ُﺮو ٌر َﺷﻴ ٌْﺦ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻫﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆا َل — و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﺘْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ري ِه أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍة — َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس أَو َْﻻ َدكِ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻨ ﱢ َ‬ ‫» َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺘُ ِﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ني؛ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻚِ َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺗ َﺮ ٌة )ﺛَﺄ ْ ٌر(‬ ‫ﺎس أَﺑْﻨَﺎءَكِ ‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ؛ َﻓﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺪ ﱠَﻓﺌُ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﻋَ ﺪَا َو ٌة‪ .‬إِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ َﻚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﺄَﺟْ َﺴ ِﺎﻣ ِﻬ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﻴﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ِﴩﻫِ ْﻢ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ ِﻊ ﻧِﻌَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن أَو َْﻻ ُدكِ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻚِ )ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻴﻚِ ( أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ني؛ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ أَﺑْﻬَ ﺞَ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ َﺮ ِﺑﺄَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَد ْ‬ ‫ﱠت‬ ‫ﻄﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻗِ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺎس!«‬ ‫)ﻗﺎﻣَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨ َ ِﺼﻴ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ( ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ني َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َﻛ َﻼ َم ﱡ‬ ‫َﴎيَ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫)ﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ َﻟﻤُﻬَ ﺎ(‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠَ ْﺖ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ور‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮط‪ ،‬و ُ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺤْ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱠﱪ َْت( ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻘ ِﺪ ﺑَﻨَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺰ ْت )ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ات‪.‬‬ ‫َت ﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻌَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻴﻊُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ِزﻳﻨَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺑ َﺰ َﻫ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ات ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺑَ ﱠﺮ َاﻗ ٍﺔ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫)‪ (12‬ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱡﺶ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‬ ‫ْﴍ َة« ﻟِـ»اﺑ ِْﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ«‪:‬‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫»ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺬ َر ًة — ﻳَﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ — إِذَا َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ِﺘﻊَ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت ْاﻵ َن َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‬ ‫ﴪ ُه ِﱄ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣ ُِﻬﻤٍّ ﺎ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢ َ‬ ‫»ﺳ ِﲇ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎ ِﺋ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ات ﺣُ ﻤْ ًﺮا ﻋَ َﲆ َو َر ِق ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ُﻛ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﻫِ َﻲ؟‬ ‫ﻮط؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَد ِْر‪ :‬أَيﱡ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن )ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴈ إِﺑ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ني( ﺗَ َﻐﻴ ِﱡﺐ َزو ِْﺟﻲ »أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«؛ َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ﻟ ِ​ِﺰﻳَﺎ َر ِة‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﻧَﻤْ َﺮحُ َوﻧ َ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﻟُﻌْ ﺒ َ​َﺔ ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺨ َﻔﺎءِ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني أ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺎﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ َ‬ ‫إِﺣْ ﺪَى َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓِ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮط — َﻓ َﻠﻤَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫)اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ ُﺪ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻤْ َﺮ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻮﻧُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪِﻳ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َﻘ ْﺮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻤَ ﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻤْ َﺮةِ(؛ َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪َ :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ » َﻛ َﺮ ٌز«‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ْت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﺬَو ْﱠﻗﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ﻤً ﺎ ُﻣ ٍّﺮا َﻟﺬﱠاﻋً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َد — ﻟِﻤَ َﺮا َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ َو َﻟﺬْﻋِ ِﻪ — ﻳُﺤْ ِﺮ ُق ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧِﻲ‪ ،‬و َُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺗَ َﺬو ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ َﺳﻤٍّ ﺎ َﻗﺎﺗ ًِﻼ!« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »اﺑْ ُﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ«‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻬُ ﱡﺰ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ َﺳﺎﺧِ ًﺮا‪:‬‬ ‫»ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ َﴍ َ​َﻫﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﺑ َ​َﻼ َﻫﺘَﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ اﺑْﻨ َ َﺔ أَﺧِ ﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ دَا َر ِﺑ َﺨ َﻠﺪِكِ ) َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ َِﺸ َﺔ! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ‬ ‫ﻮط؟ َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺤْ ُﻜ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮكِ ( أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ » َﻛ َﺮ ٌز«؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻨْﺒ ُ​ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺮ ُز ِﰲ َﺷﺠَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ؟‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ َة َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋُ ٍّﺸﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﴍ َة« ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣَ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋُ ٍّﺸﺎ!«‬ ‫»آهٍ! َﻛ ﱠﻼ — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ — َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ«‪» :‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋُ ٍّﺸﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﻼ َرﻳ ٍْﺐ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻗ ُﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻃ ْﻔ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريٌ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻚِ أَﻧْﻌَ ﻤْ ِﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َان ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺤَ ِﺜ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﺮأَﻳ ِْﺖ — ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﱢﺶ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ري — دُو َد ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺪﱢﻳﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ ُِﺠ ﱠﺪ ًة ﺟَ ﺎﻫِ َﺪ ًة‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﴍ َة«‪» :‬وَا أ َ َﺳ َﻔﺎ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َﺎع ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺔ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ ﱠﻮﺗﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺠَ ﻬْ ِﲇ و َ​َﻏﺒَﺎ َوﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴْﺘَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬إِذَ ْن َﻟﻨَﻌِ ﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬِ!«‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ« ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪:‬‬

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‫ﺟﺒﺎرة اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫ْﴍ َة — ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ات ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َُﺴﻤﱡ ﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﻤً ﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫»إِﻧﱢﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻚِ — ﻳَﺎ أ ُ ﱠم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫… وَا أ َ َﺳ َﻔﺎ ُه ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ِﺟ ُﺪﻧِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت اﻟﺬﱠا ِﻛ َﺮ َة ِﺑ َﻼ َرﻳ ٍْﺐ!«‬ ‫)‪ (13‬ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ ٍق‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﻤَ َﺲ »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ« ِﰲ أُذُ ِن »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ِﻖ«‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﺻ ٍﻪ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻢُ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺬَ ِار أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠﻢَ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ أ َ َرى َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺮﻳﻖ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ —‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻠُﻮحُ ِﱄ — َﺷﻴ ٌْﺦ ﻣ َُﻘﻮ ُﱠس اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ِه َﻗ َﻔ ً‬ ‫ﺼﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻤْ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫)ﻫﻴْﺌَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ( َوﻣ ِْﺸﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪:‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ؟ َﻛ ﱠﻼ! ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧ ﱠ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺰ َاﻻ ِن َ‬ ‫َﻳﻦ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ري ِ‬ ‫»أ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ »ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ«‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺮ ُم ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻒ إ ِ َﱃ »ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ« ِﰲ َزﻣَ ِﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫»ﺻﺎدِ ٌق«‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺳﻤَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻔﻮ َﻟﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﻳَ ْﻠﻬُ ﻮ — ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷﺎءَ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠﻬُ ﻮ — ِﰲ أَﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ​َﻗ َﻊ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺎدِ ٌ‬ ‫ث ﻣ ُْﻔ ِﺰ ٌع ُﻣ ْﺆﻟِﻢٌ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َر ُه ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ني …‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤِ ِ‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ٌﺔ َﻗﺪِﻳﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ﺪِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﱡ‬ ‫ان‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ — ﻳَﺎ أَﺑَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ِﻖ — َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪَا ﱠ‬ ‫» َﻟﻴْﺘَ َﻚ ﺗَ ُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎع ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻐ ِﻒ ِﺑ َﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ«‪:‬‬ ‫َان ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪَيﱠ ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ َﻗ ﱞ‬ ‫ﺎص ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺰ َن‪.‬‬ ‫» َﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻖ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ — َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﻴٍّﺎ — ِﺟﺬْ َع اﻟ ﱠﺪوْﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎق‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ِﺪ أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠﺢُ )ﻳَﻤِ ﻴ ُﻞ ﻳَﻤِ ﻴﻨًﺎ‬ ‫َﺿ ﱠﻢ َﺳ ًﺎﻗﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ٍ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪َ ،‬و ِﻳ ِﺼﻴﺢُ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠً ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫َوﻳَﺴﺎ ًرا‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ أ ُ ْرﺟُ ﻮﺣَ ٍﺔ( ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫وَأَﻧ َ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ﺤَ ﺎدِي‬ ‫ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ﺪَادِ‬ ‫ِﻣ‬

‫»أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺟَ ﻮَادِي‬ ‫َﻟ ﻴْ َﺲ ِﻟ ِﻤ ﺜ ْ ِﻠ ﻲ‬

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‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫َﻏ‬ ‫ﻣَ‬ ‫ﻣَ‬

‫ﻴْ ُﺮ َﺷ ﻘِ ﻴ ﻘِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﺎ أَﻧ ْ ﺠَ ﺒَ ﻨ َ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎ أَﻣْ ﺠَ َﺪﻧ َ ﺎ‬

‫ﻋَ ﺒْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ‬ ‫ﻓِ‬ ‫ﻲ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻲ ْاﻷَﻣْ‬

‫ﻬَ ﺎدِي‬ ‫ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ‬ ‫ﺠَ ﺎدِ‬

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‫َﻛ‬ ‫َوﺗَ‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ‬

‫ْﻢ أ َ ْر َﻏ ﻤْ ﻨ َ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺮأ ﱠ ْﺳ ﻨ َ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺖ ﺟَ ﻮَادِي‬ ‫ﺎدٍ ﺑَ ﺎدٍ‬

‫ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺣَ ْﺸ‬ ‫وَأَﻧ َ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻲ‬

‫ﺣُ ﱠﺴ ﺎدِ‬ ‫َﺪ اﻟ ﻨ ﱠ ﺎدِي‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ﺤَ ﺎدِي‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﻐ ﺪَادِ «‬

‫َو َ‬ ‫ﴪ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻦ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َُﻐﻨﱢﻲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ ُ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ ِْر ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨﺒَ ُﺆ ُه َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ُر‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ُﻛ ِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﺎدِ ٌق« إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬وَأ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ( َ‬ ‫— َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة — و َ​َﻫﻮَى َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳُ ْﺮﺛَﻰ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ )ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ِﰲ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻔ َﻘ َﺔ(‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ِﺰﻧ َ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻴُﻮ ُر ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ِﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ ﱠﻟﻤَ ْﺖ ِﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻤ ِﻪ؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱡ ُﻪ َوﺗَﺄﻧ َ ُﺲ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ ُﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﺳﻌَ ﺎدِ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻏ َﻼﻣً ﺎ َ‬ ‫أَﺟْ َﺪ َر ُه ِﺑﺤُ ﺒﱢﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﻮر ِو ِﺑ ﱢﺮ َﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻤَ ﱡﺲ أ َ ْو َﻛﺎ َر َﻫﺎ )أَﻋْ َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ْﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ ُﻓﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻬَ ﺎ( ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺒ ﱡﻲ اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ ُﺲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ أَﻋْ َﺮجَ ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑ ِﺸ ﱢﻖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ ) ِﺑﺘَﻌَ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ وَﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘﺘِﻬَ ﺎ(‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ِﺰﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْريُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻮْﺣَ َﺸ ْﺖ ﻟ َِﻐﻴْﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻐ ِﺮﻳ ِﺪ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻴَﺎ ُر ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﺮجُ ُرء َ‬ ‫ﴪ ًة ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َني أَﺟْ ﻨِﺤَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ َوﺗَﻨ ْ ُﺪﺑُﻪُ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ُوﺳﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺘُﻬَ ﱢﺪﺋُﻬَ ﺎ أُﻣﱠ ﺎﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻌَ ﱢﺰﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻘ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻌَ ﺎ َد ﻧ َ َﺸﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﺷﻔِ َﻲ — ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ — و ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻪ و َِﺻﺤﱠ ﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َت َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴُﻮ ُر ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺠَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫)ﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُﻘﺪُوﻣ ِ​ِﻪ(‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ﱠﺮد ْ‬ ‫)ﻏﻨ ﱠ ْﺖ(‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﻤﺪ َِت ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺷ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﺟﺒﺎرة اﻟﻐﺎﺑﺔ‬

‫)‪َ (14‬آﻻ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﻤَ َﺖ »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ«‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ْﴍ َة« ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺪ َر َﻫﺎ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر َﻫﺎ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ َزوْﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺻﺎدِ ٍق« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻗ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ دَﻣْ ﻌَ ٌﺔ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ ِ​ِﻪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺄَﺛ ﱡ ِﺮ — َو َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِْﺦ َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔﻰ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ«‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﴪﺗَﺎهُ! َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮﻳَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆﻟِﻤَ ِﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫»وَا ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺘَﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ُﺔ( ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫)اﻟﺴﻨَﻮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨُﻮ ُن ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻳ ِﱠﺎﻣﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺮﻣَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺟْ ﻬَ َﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﱪ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ُﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ات ْاﻷَﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺔ ِﺳﻨٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮط ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ﺛ َ َﻼ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺦ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﻛ ُﺪ َﻟﻨَﺎ أ َ ﱠن ﻋُ ﻤْ َﺮ َﺷﺠَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ث‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﺪﱢي ذَ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ ﻋَ ِﺎر ًﻓﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﺎﺋَ ِﺔ ِﺷﺘَﺎءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫‪23‬‬


‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ﺼ ﱠﻮ َر( ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أُﻣَ ﺜ ﱢ َﻞ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ )أَﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن إ ِ ْد َراﻛِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﺧﻔِ ٌ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َِﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺨﻴﱠ َﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ُدﻧْﻴَﺎﻧَﺎ — ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ٍﺮ — َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ِﺑﺪَاﻳَ ٍﺔ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳ ًَﺔ َوإ ِ ﱠن ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻋُ ﻤْ ٍﺮ — ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ُﻮت‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذَا أ َ ْد َر َﻛ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت أ َ ْن ﻳَﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ — َﻏﺎﻳ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻮﻟُﻮ ٍد ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎ ِﺋﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻬْ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر َة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﺠَ َﺮﺗْﻬَ ﺎ )ﻣَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ َﻏﻤٍّ ﺎ(؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُر َﻓ َﻘﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫— َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺎﺗُﻮا ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ آ َﻟ َﻢ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﻘ ِﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب!‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (15‬اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻘﺎ ُر ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ‬ ‫ﺧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﻓﻤْ ِﱪَ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ َﺷﻬْ ُﺮ ﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫ﱠت وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫)اﺳ َﻮد ْ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠﻤَ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐﻴُﻮ ِم(‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﺮ َد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮﱡ‪ ،‬أُﺗِﻴﺢَ‬ ‫َاﻗﺘَﻤﱠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءُ ْ‬ ‫)ﺗَﻬَ ﻴﱠﺄَ( ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ ﺑَﺎ ﱞر ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤريًا َو ُﻣ ْﺆﻧ ًِﺴﺎ ُ‬ ‫ِﺺ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻮز َرﻓ ٌ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ٌ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — ﺗَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻫﺐُ ِﻟ ُﺮ َﻗﺎدِ َﻫﺎ )ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﱡﺪ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ( ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ َ ِﻮيﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ُق ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ َﺮ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺠﱠ ًﺔ ُﻣ َﺪ ﱢوﻳ ًَﺔ َزﻋْ َﺰﻋَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮﻋِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺠﱠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫)ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﻼ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔﻠِﻬَ ﺎ(‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ُﺔ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎدٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻠ ًﻘﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺎرﻳٍّﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻨْﺪُﻗِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺠُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮس )ﻳَﻤْ ِﴚ( ﺧِ َﻼ َل ْاﻷﺟَ ﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ َﻛ ْﻠﺒُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫ﻮط — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َ‬ ‫ﴬ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻊ ﻳَﻨْﺒَﻌِ ُﺚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ﱠﻘ ٍﺎر أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ٍ‬ ‫َﱧ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬ ﻳِ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﻮﺷ ُﻚ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ِﻠ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ِﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻌِ ُﺪ َﻓ َﺰﻋً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻘﺎ ُر ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ُ‬ ‫َوﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪:‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ ْﻜ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠﺘِﻲ؟ وَﻣَ ْﻦ ِﱄ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َد ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ؟ و َِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻲ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ« ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز‪:‬‬ ‫ﴬ‪َ ،‬ﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ َﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﺰ ِو ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﺜ ﱡ ْﻘ ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮا ُه ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫»إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻳَﺎ َ‬ ‫َني ُﻏ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ َ ﱠﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘ َِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻘﺎ َر ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻳﻦ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒري ِ‬ ‫ﴬ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎ َع اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻘﺎ ُر ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﺒَﺄ َ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒَﺄِ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎ ُد َو َﻛ ْﻠﺒُﻪُ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬ — ﻟ َِﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻄﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻘﺎ ُر ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻮط — َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻴَﺪَ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬَ ْت ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ ِﰲ ُﻣ َﻜ َﺎﻓﺄَﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪24‬‬


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‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫﺪَا ُه ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺤْ ِﺺ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﺟﺬْﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﺮأَى َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫َات َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺠَ ﻤﱠ ﻌَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺬْ ِع ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ ْﺨ َﺮﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ )ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺛ ُ ُﻘﻮﺑًﺎ و َُﺷ ُﻘ ً‬ ‫ﻮﻗﺎ(‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى ِﺟﺬْﻋَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﺨِ َﺮ )ﺑ َِﲇ َ‬ ‫آﱃ )ﺣَ َﻠﻒ( ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ِﺒﻴﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ )ﻳُﻬْ ِﻠ َﻜﻬَ ﺎ( ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﻔﺘﱠ َﺖ( و َ​َﻓ َﺴﺪَ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫َات‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻇﺒًﺎ( ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫دَا ِﺋﺒًﺎ ) ُﻣﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َدﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َات )ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ﺎﺗُﻬَ ﺎ( ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َرأَﺗْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻫﻤﱠ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎابُ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺪ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻬَ ﺎ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْر ِه — َوﻳَ َﺮى ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ َﴩ ِ‬ ‫َات ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬَ ﻰ ﻏِ ﺬَاءٍ َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴬ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﱰُ َك َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺒَﺌ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺄِ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻘﺎ ُر ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺎر ِس‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ِر ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ ِﺑ ًﺮا ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَ ْﺮ ِد ﱢ‬ ‫ﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺸﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮوجَ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َني أ َ ْﻏ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺎت َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻞ؛ َﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠث ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺘ ِ​ِﻪ »ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ِة‬ ‫ﺎل أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎب‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ« ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (16‬‬ ‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‬ ‫ﺻﻤَ َﺖ »ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘﻌَ ُﻖ« ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﺒ َﺚ ﱡ‬ ‫ان َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺎﻣﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُْﺷﻮ َر ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛَﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ِﰲ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮز‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟﻘِ ﻴ َْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘْ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ )ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ( ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﴬةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺨ َ ﱠ‬ ‫‪25‬‬


‫ﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‬

‫ْﴍ َة«‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﴬ؟«‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »أ ُ ﱡم َﴍ َ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻘ ِﺎر ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »أَﺑُﻮ ﺑَ َﺮاﻗِ َﺶ«‪:‬‬ ‫» َﻟﻌَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ َﻜﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ!«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »اﺑْ ُﻦ دَأْﻳ َ​َﺔ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺒْﻌِ ُﺪ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪَيﱠ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰﻳ ِْﻦ! َﻓ َﻼ ﺗَﺤْ َﺰﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜ ﱡﻠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔﻨَﺎءِ‪«.‬‬

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