قصص من ألف ليلة - السندباد البحري

‫ﺮﻱ‬ ‫ﺒﺤ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ﺍ‬ ‫ﺎﺩ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ﻨﺪ‬ ‫ﻟﺴ‬ ‫ﺍ‬ ‫ﻧﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‬ ‫ﺎﻣﻞﻛ‬ ‫ﻛ‬

‫ي‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻨ ِﺪ َﺑ ُﺎد اﻟ َﺒ ْﺤ ِﺮ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱢ‬

‫ي‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻨ ِﺪ َﺑ ُﺎد اﻟ َﺒ ْﺤ ِﺮ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱢ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٦٤٠٨ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٠٠٩ ١ :‬‬ ‫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.‬‬

‫اﳌﺤﺘﻮﻳﺎت‬

‫ا ِﻹﻫﺪاء‬ ‫ﻣﻘﺪﻣﺔ‬ ‫ﺗﻤﻬﻴﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻷوﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺜﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎدﺳﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻌﺔ‬

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‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﺪِي ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻘ ِﺒ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ َﺮأ ْ ُت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َك َﻓﺄَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﺘْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و ُرﺣْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻋَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻗ َﺮا ِﻧ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ذَا ِﻛ َﺮﺗِﻲ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻐ ِﺎر ِﻟﻴ َُﺸ ِﺎر ُﻛﻮ َك ِﰲ ا ِﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻔﻮ َﻟﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ﺒُﻮبَ ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺎ َم ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ِﺑ َﺸﻮ ٍْق و َ​َﺷ َﻐ ٍﻒ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻣْ ﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫َوذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت — إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا — ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﺘُ ٍﺐ َﺳﻬْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺗُﺤَ ﺒﱢﺐُ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ َة‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ ِﱃ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ َﺰا َد ِة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َﴩ ُ‬ ‫ْت َﻟﻬُ ﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤْ ﺘِﻌَ َﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﻘ َﺮأ َ َﻫﺎ ِﻛﺒَﺎ ُر ُﻫﻢ‬ ‫َوﻳ َُﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵﺑَﺎءُ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺻ َﻐ ِﺎرﻫِ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘْﻠُ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ إِذَ ْن َوإ ِ َﱃ أَﺗْ َﺮا ِﺑ َﻚ أ ُ ْﻫﺪِي َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺺ!‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬ ‫دﻳﺴﻤﱪ ﺳﻨﺔ ‪١٩٢٨‬‬

‫ﻣﻘﺪﻣﺔ‬ ‫ﺑﻘﻠﻢ ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬ ‫دﻳﺴﻤﱪ ﺳﻨﺔ ‪١٩٢٨‬‬

‫ري َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫ِﻛﺘَﺎبُ »أ َ ْﻟ ِﻒ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ« ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِﺲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﺧﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ْاﻷ َ َد ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ُﻪ أَﺛ َ ٌﺮ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﰲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻤﻴَ ِﺔ َﺧﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِق وَا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻖ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ِﺮي ﱠ ْ‬ ‫َﺎب ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ٍﺔ وَﻫِ َﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِق‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ إ ِ ْﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪﻧَﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫اﺟ ٌﻊ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮب ِﰲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ِﺮ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺼ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (١‬ر َﻛﺎ َﻛ ُﺔ ْاﻷ ُ ْﺳﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫)‪َ (٢‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎل و َُﺳ ْﺨ ُﻔ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻮ َِر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُﺠَ ﱢﲇ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ َ‬ ‫)‪ (٣‬ﻋَ َﺪ ُم ﺗَﺤْ ِﻠﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫اﺿ ُﻪ وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِﺮﻧْﺠَ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔﺎﻟُﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛﺘُ ٍﺐ ﻋَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﺗُﺤَ ﺒﱢﺐُ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟﻌَ َﺔ َوﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ﻠُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﻘ ِﺒﻠُ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﺎع ْاﻷ َ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺸ َﻐ ٍﻒ‪ ،‬اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺰ ُت ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺺ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﴩَﻋْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻣَ ﻴْﻠ ِ​ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺰيﱢ َﻫﺬَا إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ري َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋُ ﻨ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎر ﱡ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِر‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ ِﺎر ِﻣ ْﻦ »أ َ ْﻟ ِﻒ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ« و َ​َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘِﻲ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎر ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺐ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎذِ ًﻻ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ ِﰲ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎءِ أ َ ْﺳﻬَ ِﻞ ْاﻷ َ َﺳﺎﻟ ِ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ِ‬ ‫ني أ َ ِو ْاﻵﺑَﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِح ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ َ ِﻜﻠُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳ ْﻔﻬَ ﻤُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَ ِﺪئ ُ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻣَ َﻊ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ري ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪ ﱢر ُس ﻟِﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺸﺎءِ — أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘﱠﺨِ ﺬَ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟِﺐ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒْﺘَﺪِيءِ — ِﻟﺘَ ْﻘ ِﻮﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﻠ َﻐ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﺨﺘِﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ُمل َﺸﻮ َﱢﻗ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺎ َدﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْغ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ِﻬﻤَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋِ ﺒَﺎ َر ٍة ﻋَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ٍﺔ و ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺐ َ‬ ‫َاﺿﺤَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ ﻋِ َﱪٌ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ َﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺸﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ﱠو ُل ﻣَ َﺮاﺗ ِ​ِﺐ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ ِﺑﺄ َ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨِ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺘَ َﻼ ِﻣﻴ ِﺬهِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﻮ ِْع ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫ري وَأ ْﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﺪَادَ‪.‬‬ ‫و ﱠَﻓ َﻘﻨَﺎ ﷲ ُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ْ ِ‬

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‫)‪ (1‬ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« — ِﰲ َزﻣَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎرون اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ« — ﺣَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ٌل َﻓﻘِ ريٌ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻔِ ﻲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِْﻒ‪ ،‬ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َﻗ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﻬَ َﻜ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳﺪُ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ — إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫— ﺣِ ﻤْ َﻠ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﻘِ ﻴ َﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪى إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴ ٌﻢ َﻟ ِﻄ ٌ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َراﺋِﺤَ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫﺎر ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻄ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﴫ — َراﺋ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺤﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮَاءِ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬِ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِﻬﻴَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫— ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻴُﻮ َر ﺗُ َﻐ ﱢﺮ ُد — ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫اﺧﺘ َِﻼ ِ‬ ‫ف أَﻧْﻮَاﻋِ ﻬَ ﺎ — َﻓﻮ َْق ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ‬ ‫ُﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﻰ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﻐِ ﻨَﺎءِ وَأﻧ ْ َﻐﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ﱠن أ َ ْ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻋُ ُﺮ ٍس‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮﺑَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (2‬‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َو َذ َﻫﺐَ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« إ ِ َﱃ أﺣَ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم َﻓ َﺮآ ُه َﻻ ِﺑ ًﺴﺎ أَﺑْﻬَ ﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ وَأَﺣْ َﺴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻢ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ُم ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ ُل َﻫﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆا َل؟ أ َ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺒَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻣَ َﻸ َ ْت ُﺷﻬْ َﺮﺗ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َﻓ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱠ « — َ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺠْ ﻬَ ُﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎق‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐَ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرﻛِﺐَ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎبَ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر َو َرأَى ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐَ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ؟«‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ﺎل‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﺷ ْﻜﻮَى اﻟﻬﻨﺪﺑﺎدِ اﻟﺤﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ َﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﻌِ ﻴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬

‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َوو َْﻓ َﺮ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل« إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ و َ​َﻓ َﺨﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ َﻏﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﻏِ ﻨًﻰ َوﻧِﻌْ ﻤَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُ ْﺆ ٍس و َ​َﺷ َﻘﺎءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻚ َرﺑﱢﻲ ﺗُ ْﻐﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﻔﻘِ ُﺮ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻌِ ﱡﺰ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ِﺬ ﱡل ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻬُ ﻤُﻮ َم و َْاﻵ َﻻمَ‪،‬‬ ‫وَأ ُ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻗﻮﺗِﻲ و َُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﳼ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ و َْاﻷ َ ْﻫﻮَا َل ِﻟ ْﻠﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮت ﻋِ ﻴ َِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨْﻌَ ُﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨ ِﻢ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة َوﻧَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ ﱢ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﻜﺒﱠ َﺪ أَيﱠ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ! َﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ«‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱢﻌْ ﻤَ َﺔ؟ وَﻣَ ﺎذَا َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أَﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءُ؟‬ ‫أَأ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒ ﺢُ ﻓِ ﻲ ﺗَ ﻌَ ٍﺐ دَا ِﺋ ٍﻢ‬ ‫و َ​َﻏﻴْ ِﺮي َﺳﻌِ ﻴ ٌﺪ — ِﺑ َﻼ ِﺷ ْﻘ َﻮ ٍة —‬

‫أَﻋِ ﻴ ُﺶ َﺷ ﻘِ ﻴٍّ ﺎ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َزا َد ﺣِ ﻤْ ِﻠ ﻲ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺮ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َﻛﺤِ ﻤْ ِﻠﻲ؟«‬

‫ﴫ َﺧﺎدِ ٌم ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮه إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺘﱠﺄَﻣﱡ َﻼ ِت إِذْ َﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل ﻋَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ َ​َﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك أ َ ﱠن ﱢ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدَ« َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ — ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺳﻴﱢ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫‪12‬‬

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‫َﻗﺎ َل‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَﺬَ َر إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ِم ﻣُﺤَ ِﺎو ًﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﻔﻠ َِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺐَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨﺪﺑﺎدِ‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ﱢ‬ ‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴ َِﺐ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺬﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ًﺔ َﻓ ْﺨﻤَ ًﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ و َ​َﺳ ِﻄﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة ﺣَ ﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﴎا ِة ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َرأَى ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻠ ِ​ِﺲ‬ ‫ﴍﺑَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ وَاﻟﻨ ﱡ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ َ‬ ‫و َْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠﻌَ ِﺔ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَا ِﰲ ﻟِﺤْ ﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر ِة ﺟَ ﻠِﻴ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ ِْر ﻣَ ِﻬﻴﺐَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﺐُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﺣَ َﺴ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ف أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« َ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣﻨ َ ﱢﻜ ٌﺲ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ — َﻓﻬَ ﱠﺶ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« وَﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ْذ َﻫﺐَ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺧﻮ َْﻓﻪُ‪َ ،‬ودَﻋَ ﺎ ُه إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم َﻓﺄ َﻛ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻊَ‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ « ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤ ِﻪ و َِﺻﻨَﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻋِ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ْاﻵ َن ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﴫ!«‬ ‫ري — ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ﻳ َِﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْرﺗَﺒَ َﻚ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل َوﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ريةِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺬ َر ًة ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪،‬‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ د َ​َﻻ ِﺋ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ أُﻋَ ﺎﻧِﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻛﺎﺑ ُﺪ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻔ ﱡﻮ ِه ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺠَ ﺎ َو ْز‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ إ ِ َﺳﺎءَﺗِﻲ و َ​َﻻ ﺗُ َﺆاﺧِ ﺬْﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ط ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ!«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ َﺖ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺷ َﻔ ْﻘ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ«‪» :‬إِﻧﱢﻲ َﻻ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أ ُ َؤاﺧِ ﺬَ َك ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫َني َﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺪ ً‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أُﺑ ﱢ َ‬ ‫َو َرﺛَﻴ ُْﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ِﴏ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﱄ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — أ َ ًﺧﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻇﻨَﻨ ْ َﺖ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﺮ َو َة اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻏﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ِزﻳ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠ َِﻖ ِﺑﺬ ِْﻫ ِﻨ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻫ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎءَﺗْﻨِﻲ د َ‬ ‫ُون ﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ٍﺔ أ َ ْو ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺣْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‬ ‫َﺻ ُ‬ ‫َال ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺠ ُﺰ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ َﻗﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒْﻌَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎﻟِﻚِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ُﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ِﺸﻴﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ْﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻮ ْﻟﺪَا ُن‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُﺪ ِْر َك ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪَا َر ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎﻧَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ وﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫أﺳﺌﻠﺔ‬ ‫أﺗﻴﻨﺎ ﺑﻬﺬه اﻷﺳﺌﻠﺔ ﻟﺘﻜﻮن ﻧﻤﻮذﺟﺎ ﻟﺤﴬات املﺪرﺳني ﻳﻨﺴﺠﻮن ﻋﲆ ﻣﻨﻮاﻟﻪ ﻓﻴﻤﺎ ﻳﲇ‪:‬‬ ‫)س‪ (1‬ﻣﺎ اﺳﻢ اﻟﺤﻤﺎل؟‬ ‫)س‪ (2‬ﰲ أي ﺑﻠﺪ ﻛﺎن ﻳﻘﻴﻢ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (3‬ﰲ زﻣﻦ أي ﺧﻠﻴﻔﺔ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (4‬ﻣﺎ اﺳﻢ ﺻﺎﺣﺐ اﻟﻘﴫ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (5‬ﻣﺎذا ﻗﺎل اﻟﺨﺎدم ﺣني ﺳﺄﻟﻪ اﻟﺤﻤﺎل ﻋﻦ اﺳﻢ ﺻﺎﺣﺐ اﻟﻘﴫ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (6‬ﻣﺎذا ﻗﺎل اﻟﺤﻤﺎل ﺣني رأى ﻓﺨﺎﻣﺔ اﻟﻘﴫ وﺟﻤﺎل اﻟﺤﺪﻳﻘﺔ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (7‬ﻣﺎذا رأى اﻟﺤﻤﺎل ﰲ ﻏﺮﻓﺔ اﻟﺴﻨﺪﺑﺎد؟‬ ‫)س‪ (8‬ﻛﻴﻒ ﺳﻠﻢ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ اﻟﺤﻤﺎل؟‬ ‫)س‪ (9‬ﻛﻴﻒ ﻗﺎﺑﻠﻪ اﻟﺴﻨﺪﺑﺎد؟‬ ‫)س‪ (10‬ﻫﻞ وﺻﻞ اﻟﺴﻨﺪﺑﺎد إﱃ ﻫﺬه اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﻄﺎﺋﻠﺔ ﺑﻼ ﻋﻨﺎء؟‬ ‫)س‪ (11‬ﻣﻦ اﻟﺬي ﻇﻦ ذﻟﻚ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (12‬وﻣﻦ اﻟﺬي ﺑني ﻫﺬا اﻟﺨﻄﺄ؟‬ ‫)س‪ (13‬اﻛﺘﺐ ﺧﻼﺻﺔ وﺟﻴﺰة ﻟﻬﺬه اﻟﻘﺼﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻷوﱃ‬ ‫ﻇﻬﺮ ﺣُ ﻮت‬ ‫ﻋﲆ‬ ‫ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ و َ​َﻓﺎ ِة ِ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﱢ‬ ‫أﺑﻴﻪ‬ ‫ﺎت ﺗَ َﺮ َك ِﱄ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ًة َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛﺒ َِﺎر ﺗُﺠﱠ ِﺎر »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ — َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ َﺷﺎﺑٍّﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ ًِﺸﺎ — َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أُﻧْﻔِ ﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ وَﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ — ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة َ‬ ‫أَﺗَ َﻜﺒﱠ ْﺪ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻌِ ِﻪ أيﱠ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻳﻠﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ُون أ ْن أﺗَ َﺪﺑﱠ َﺮ ﻋَ ﻮَاﻗِ ﺐَ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫اف‪.‬‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ِﻹ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْﻔ َﻠﺘِﻲ — ذَ َ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ِﺎﱄ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴ ُﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎل — َ‬ ‫— إِذَا َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َع ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘِﻲ ا ِﻹ ْﻓ َﻼ ُس وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺮابُ ‪َ .‬و ُرﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫اﺿ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ ِﺰﻋْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺌَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ َﺮ —‬ ‫ال اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْر ُت إ ِ َﱃ ُﺳ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ال‪ِ ،‬ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن — وَاﺣْ ﺘِﻤﺎ َل ذُ ﱢل ﱡ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ ُه ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺴ َﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ أﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ِﻹﻧ ْ َﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻔﺘَﺎحُ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ ِﺮ« َوذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎس‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ اﻷ َ ْﻫﻮَا َل‬ ‫ﺎع‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ َ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﻏﺎﺋِﺐَ « َﻓﻌَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻌْ ُﺖ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ َﻟﺪَيﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑ َ​َﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ أَﺗﱠ ِﺠ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت — ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أ َ ْﻗ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻛﺒريَ ٌة‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﳼ‪.‬‬ ‫إِﱃ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺞ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ ِ‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫)‪ُ (2‬دوَا ُر ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ﱠو َل ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أ َ ْر َﻛﺐُ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ َﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻋْ َﱰَاﻧِﻲ ُدوَا ٌر أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻟ ِْﻔ ُﺖ َﻫﻮَاءَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — وَﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﺻﺤﱠ ﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪٍ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﻧ َ ْﺸ َ ِﱰي ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﺣُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮت‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ِﰲ ﻋُ َﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬إ ِ ْذ َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٌة َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ‬ ‫ﱰﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﺰ َل ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر — َوﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ — َوﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َﻓ ْﺎﻗ َ َ‬ ‫َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻠﻬُ ﻮ َوﻧ َ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺗَﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ُﺨ ُﺸ ٍﺐ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ وَأَو َْﻗ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻫ ِﺘ َﺰا ًزا ﻋَ ﻨ ً‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َُﺦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﻟﻨ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻫﺘَ ﱠﺰ ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻧُﻮ ِﻗ ُﺪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪» :‬اُﻧْﺠُ ﻮا ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴ ُﻜ ْﻢ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ْ‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ُرﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع وَاﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ و َ‬ ‫أن ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ُﻜ ُﻢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼ ُك!«‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﻨَﺠَ ﺎ و َ​َﻏ ِﺮ َق ا ْﻟﺒ َُﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ًة — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ِﺴﺒْﻨَﺎ — ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺣُ ﻮﺗًﺎ َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ ﻴﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أَو َْﻗ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر أَﺣَ ﱠﺲ ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮا َر َة َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎص ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻨَﺠَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ و َ​َﻏ ِﺮ َق ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻏ ِﺮ َق‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (5‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‬ ‫ْت ْ‬ ‫ﻮل إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜ ْﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫أﻏ َﺮ ُق َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ُﺻ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻮ َُﻗﻮدِ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺎ َدﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫أﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ْﻖ ِﺑ َﻠﻮ ٍْح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أﺗَﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻲ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨِﻲ أﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻟﺤِ َﻘﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫‪16‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻷوﱃ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻔِ ﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫َو َرأﻳ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮي‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫َاج ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎﺋِﺠَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫أﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ُق ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪ ُدﻧِﻲ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ أَﻳ َْﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻳْﺌَ ْﺲ َر ْﻏ َﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﺎل ُ‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫أﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨِﻲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ْت — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫أﺷﺠَ ﺎ ٌر ﻣ ُِﻄ ﱠﻠ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — َﻓ ْﺮ َع‬ ‫َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ُﻣﺘَ َﺪ ﱢﻟﻴًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ٍﺐ َﺷﺪﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬

‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َﻛ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫أﺻﻌَ ُﺪ إ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ْر ِﺿﻬَ ﺎ — وَأﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻮ ُك ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻮَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ — َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﺎيَ َﻗ ْﺪ و َِرﻣَ ﺘَﺎ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ﺒَﺄ ْ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ُﻣﺘَ َﻮ ﱢﻛﺌًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ً‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﴎ ُت أَﺑْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ُﻏ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٍم آ ُﻛﻠُ ُﻪ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳُﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻜﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻦ َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬و ِ ْ‬ ‫‪17‬‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺠَ ِﺔ َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‬ ‫ْت ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ُ​ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْرﺗَ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ!‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌْ ُﺖ‪ ،‬و َ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (6‬‬ ‫ﺧ َﺪ ُم ا َملﻬَ َﺮاﺟﺎ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗﻠﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ َزا َل ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ ٍﻒ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻧ َ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻲ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل َﻓ ُﺮﺣْ ُﺖ أَﻣْ ِﴚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱰﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﺈذَا ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺮ ٌس‬ ‫ﴪ ُت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْاﻗ َ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬إِذْ َﻻحَ ِﱄ َﺷﺒَﺢٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺸﺐَ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠ َﺪ ٌة — و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َاب ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ِ ْ‬ ‫َات ِرﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴎد ٍ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َﻓﺪُﻫِ ْﺸ ُﺖ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ َﻟﻔِ ﻲ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ إِذْ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ َﻻ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫َاب ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺧ َﺮجَ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﺪُﻫِ َﺶ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻲ إِﱃ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ِﺠﻴﺌِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺪﻣُﻮا إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ و َ​َﴍَاﺑًﺎ َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ﻣَ ِﺠﻴﺌِﻬ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة و ْ‬ ‫َاب‪،‬‬ ‫َاﺧﺘ َِﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ ْ‬ ‫وَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َﱪُوﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﺧ َﺪ ُم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ا ْﻟﻤﻬَ َﺮاﺟَ ﺎ« َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻳُﻮ ِﻓﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ — ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم — وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ أ َ ْﻓ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻪ ﻟ َِﱰْﻋَ ﻰ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجَ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َاب َﻓﻴَ ِﻔ ﱡﺮ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﺧ َﺮﺟُ ﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫ُون ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﻫِ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﺗَ ِﻠ ُﺪ ﻣُﻬْ ًﺮا أ َ ِﺻ ً‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َﻫ ِﺎرﺑًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮد َ‬ ‫ﺎل!‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ﻋَ ﺪِﻳ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ُن اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫َاب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأﻳْﻨَﺎ ُه ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل ْ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ُﴏ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫َاخ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫أﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِس‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ ُ ْﻘ ِﺐ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫َاب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َر ُ‬ ‫آﻫ ْﻢ و ﱠَﱃ َﻫ ِﺎرﺑًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻊ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ﺎ ُل ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴪد ِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (8‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ َﺮاﺟَ ﺎ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ أ ْر َﻛﺒُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻗ ﱠﺪﻣُﻮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ِﻠﻜ ِ​ِﻬ ُﻢ »ا َملﻬَ َﺮاﺟَ ﺎ« َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫أﺷ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴎو ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ ْﻛ َﺮﻣَ ﻨِﻲ و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﴎ ِﺑﻲ ُ ُ‬ ‫د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و ُ ﱠ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻷوﱃ‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ُﻦ اﻟﺘﱢﺠَ ِﺎرﻳ ُﱠﺔ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻓـﺄ ٌ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﺳﻮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَ َﻠ ِﻒ ِﺑ َﻼدِ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻋَ ْﻦ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫أن أ ْ‬ ‫ُون ْ‬ ‫أﺧﺒ َِﺎر »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« د َ‬ ‫اﻟﱰدﱡدِ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ا ْﻟﻮَاﻓِ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫أ ُ ْﻛ ِﺜ ُﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ِﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮﺑ َ​َﺔ ْ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َو َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ و ْ‬ ‫َأﻫ ِﲇ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐُ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ‬ ‫َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ْ‬ ‫ري ًة‪.‬‬ ‫أﺧ ُﺮجُ أﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰاﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ َﻓﺄ َ َرى َﻓﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐَ و َ​َﻏ َﺮاﺋِﺐَ َﻛ ِﺜ َ‬ ‫َوﻣ ِْﻦ أﻋْ ﺠَ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ َﺳﻤَ ٌﻚ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ُﻪ وَﺟْ ٌﻪ َﻛﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ‬ ‫اع إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﺎﺋَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ ذِ َر ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒُﻮ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﻔ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْرﺗَﺎ َع ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ا ْرﺗَﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫)‪ (11‬اَﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءُ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َر َﺳ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻲءِ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ َرأﻳ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ‬ ‫أﻧْﻌَ ﻤْ ُﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ُرﺑﱠﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ ْﻟﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄَﺛ ﱢ ًﺮا ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﺒَﺐَ َﻏ َﺮﻗ ِ​ِﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻏ ِﺮ َق أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻧَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫»وَا أ َ َﺳ َﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ! إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ — ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر — ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﺣُ ٍ‬ ‫ري‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧَﺤْ َﺴﺒُ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻮت‬ ‫ﻮت َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﻏ ِﺮ ُﻗﻮا َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺞُ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺑﻴ َﻊ ﺑ َ​َﻀﺎﺋِﻌَ ُﻪ وَأُﻋْ ِﻄ َﻲ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺛَﻤَ ﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪«.‬‬

‫ﱠﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ ُه و َ​َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﺑﻀﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻲ!«‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟ ُﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫‪20‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻷوﱃ‬

‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪» :‬أَﻣَ ﺎ َو ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﷲ َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ َﺴﺪ َِت اﻟﺬﱢﻣَ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺎس! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺪﱠﻋِ ﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﱢ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﻐ َﺮ ُق ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺿﺎﻋَ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻧ َ ُﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ِﻳﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ْﻐ َﻀﺐْ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ْﻞ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻜﺬ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﻣَ ﺎ دَا َر ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻮت — َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن َﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺻﺪ ُْق َﻗﻮ ِْﱄ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ِﺮحَ ِﺑﻨَﺠَ ﺎﺗِﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا وَﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ﻳُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌُﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼﻣَ ﺘِﻲ َوﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺷ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫ﱠﺎن أَﻣَ ﺎﻧَﺘَ ُﻪ وَأ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﺾ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ْﻞ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫)‪ (12‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ َﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ َﺮاﺟَ ﺎ« َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َﺨ ﱠري ُْت َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴬﺗَﻬَ ﺎ؟« َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﱄ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﺛَﻤﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َني َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺻﺪ ُْق َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ و َ​َﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘِﻲ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ أَذِ َن ِﱄ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِﱄ أ َ َﺳ َﻔ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ َﺮاﻗِ ﻲ — َﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﺪ ِه ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َﲆ ﺛَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﺑَ َﺪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ﺑ َ​َﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫َال َﻛ ِﺜريَةٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ُﺮ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑﻼدِي ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ﻮ ٍ‬ ‫وَاﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ َ‬ ‫َﴫ َة«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻠ َﻖ أَيﱠ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ ِﰲ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ِ (13‬ﰲ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬ ‫ني ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺒْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫ُﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ أ َ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴَﺎءِ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ًرا َﻓ ْﺨﻤَ ًﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺒﻴﺪًا َو ِﻏ ْﻠﻤَ ﺎﻧًﺎ َﻛ ِﺜ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ﱠ‬ ‫َال ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَأ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫َال‪.‬‬ ‫وَأَﻧ ْ َﺴﺘْﻨِﻲ َراﺣَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ و َْاﻷ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫)‪ (14‬د ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫َﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬ ‫»ﻫﺬَا‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫وﱃ و َ​َﺳﺄ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪُ َك َﻏﺪًا ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪَث ِﱄ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻴ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ!«‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌُ ﻮا‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل« وَﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺪُﻫِ َﺶ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل و َﻛ َﺴﺎ ُه ﺣُ ﱠﻠ ًﺔ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ و َ​َﺧ َﺮجَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﺑﻤِ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫أن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َﺮجَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬

‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴬوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬ ْﻢ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﰲ وَادي اﻷﻓﺎﻋﻲ‬

‫)‪َ (1‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَﻨِﻲ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ُ‬ ‫َﺎل ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ َﻫﺎدِ ئ َ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ ُﻜ ْﻢ أَﻣْ ِﺲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫أُﻋَ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫ض ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻟِﻤَ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ —‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎوﻓ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺴ ِﻞ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺠ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎدِ ﺋَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ِﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ْﻘ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮب ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َو ُر ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﺑ َ​َﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ْ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗُﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َرا ِﺑ ً‬ ‫ﺤﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ًة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪ ،‬ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠﻠُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪ َِاو ُل و َْاﻷَﻧْﻬَ ﺎ ُر‪.‬‬ ‫َﴍﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ِﺠ ْﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ و َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﻳَﺠُ ﻮﻟُ َ‬ ‫ذَ َﻫﺐَ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮدًا ِﰲ ِﻇ ﱢﻞ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ ِﺎﻣﻲ ﺟَ ْﺪ َو ٌل‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒَﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫﺎ ُر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَﺗْﻨِﻲ ِﺳﻨ َ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم — َو َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ َﻛ ْﻢ َﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﻧِﻤْ ُﺖ — وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨِﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﺤَ ﺜ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ﺜ ُ ْﺮ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺛ َ ٍﺮ!‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻗ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ د َ‬ ‫ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﺒ َﻪ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﺗَﻐِ ﻴﺐُ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع وَا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس — َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ — وَأﻧَﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮي َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓ َﺸﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫َﺧ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ َوﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺖ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َزﻣَ ﻨًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﻣَ ْﻐ ِﺸﻴٍّﺎ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ أ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أَﻟُﻮ ُم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸ ُﺆوﻣَ ِﺔ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ْﻮ ِم وَأَﻧ ْ َﺪ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮي أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ ِم ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ ُﻊ َﻟ ْﻮ ٌم و َ​َﻻ ﻧ َ َﺪمٌ!‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺑَﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻀ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‬ ‫َﴫي ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔ ﱡﺖ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ أَﺣَ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ًة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ َو َرﻣَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫َﴫي ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأ َ ُ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ —‬ ‫ﻧَﻮَاﺣِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و ُد ْر ُت ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑُﻌْ ٍﺪ — ُﻗﺒ ًﱠﺔ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺎءَ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ ﺗَ ْﻠﻤَ ُﻊ َﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ﺎﻧًﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﺮﻳ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َدﻧَﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﺎﻫِ َﻘ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤَ ْﺴﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻴَﺪِي َﻓ ِﺈذَا ﻫِ ﻲ ﻣَ ْﻠ َﺴﺎءُ‬ ‫‪24‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬

‫َﻻ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ُد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُد ْر ُت ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﺎﺑًﺎ و َ​َﻻ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻗِ ْﺴ ُﺖ دَا ِﺋ َﺮﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ني ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َﺧﻤْ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬‬ ‫ﻃ ْريُ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‬ ‫ْت اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَﺄَﻣﱠ ﻠُﻬَ ﺎ إِذْ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠﻤَ ْﺖ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺳﻮَا ٌد ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٌﻢ ﺣَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﺈذَا ُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺬَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ وَاﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻘﺒ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ َة ﻫِ َﻲ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘُﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻃْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ْريُ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﻓﺎﺣْ ﺘَ َﻀﻨَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ﻨَﺎﺣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻧَﺎ َم َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻤ ِﻪ — َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﺟﺬْ ُع َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ َﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋِ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻲ َو َرﺑَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ — ﻟِﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ ﺪَى‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫ِرﺟْ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َرﺑْ ً‬ ‫ري َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ﻣُﺤْ َﻜﻤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬رﺟَ ﺎءَ أ ْن ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻠﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺠْ ُﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺋﻴَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳَﻌْ ﻠُﻮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَ َﻔ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻲ ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻇ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ض ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻲ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة إِﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‬ ‫ﻃ ْريَ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﻓ َﺮأ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ َﻜ ْﻜ ُﺖ ِرﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﻃﻲ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻘﻔِ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬

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‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ وَادِي اﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻓ َﺮﺣِ ﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ِﺪ اﻧ ْ َﻘ ﱠﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ َو َ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺪِﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة وَا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺠﻲءِ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱡخ — ﻟ ُِﺴﻮءِ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ُﺔ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ و َ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — إ ِ َﱃ وَادٍ ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﺟﺒَﺎ ٌل َﺷﺎﻫِ َﻘ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِﺟﻬَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻜﺎ ٌن ﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺴﺎ ُن‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد و َ​َﻻ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬٌ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺟﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن! ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﴍ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ﻣ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ َ ﱟ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﺎ هلل ِ َوإِﻧﱠﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َر ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ!«‬ ‫ﺎس‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺣِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻮَادِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺣِ ﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﺣِ ﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺪ ْم َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺘَ ِﻠ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴ َﻞ‬ ‫ِﱪ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ — َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﺑ ُﺴﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ — ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻔِ ﻲ‬ ‫ِﻀ َﺨﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوﻛ َ ِ‬ ‫ات أَﺛْﻨَﺎءَ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر َﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻮف وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﻐﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ ُﺪو َﱡﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺪُو ُد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَ ِﺒﺘَﻠِﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت — َﻓ ِﺈذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴُ ُﻞ َﺧ َﺮﺟَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (6‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ‬ ‫ري َﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي ُ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻬْ ٍﻒ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ َﺪد ُ‬ ‫ﴬﺗُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ آﻣَ َﻦ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴍ ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠ ِ‬ ‫ْت ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬَ ُه ِﺑﺤَ ﺠَ ٍﺮ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أَﻧَﺎ َم َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺢَ‬ ‫ﻒ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ — َﻓﻴَﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺊ ُ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ُرﻋْ ﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ْﺰﺣَ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ ﱠ ﱠ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬

‫)‪ِ (7‬ﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ َﻓﺤِ ﻴﺢُ ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ َﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﺨﺎ ِﺑﺌِﻬَ ﺎ َو ُﻛﻬُ ﻮﻓِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ِﻤﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ وَﻣَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي — وَأَﻧَﺎ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺰﻧ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ و َ‬ ‫ﺎس اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ — َﻻ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ — َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺴ ِﺎوي ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي — ﺑَ َﺪ َل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ —‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم أ َ ْو ﱠ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َاب‪.‬‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ًة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﻓﺠَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ — وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤُﻮ ٌم َﻻ أَﻣَ َﻞ ِﱄ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص — َﻓ َﻐ َﻠﺒَﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄﻌً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ ﺗَﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻗِ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس َﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱡﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫— إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻲ — ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻮَادِي ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (8‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎس وَﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻠ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻋَ ْﻦ وَادِي ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اف َوﻳ َْﺴ َﻠ ُﺨﻮا ﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺟ ْﻠﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳُ ْﻠ ُﻘﻮا ِﺑ َﻠﺤْ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎرهِ‪ .‬وَﻫِ َﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺬْﺑَﺤُ ﻮا ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮيﱢ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْر ِض ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻮَادِي َﻓﺘَ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ ُر ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ .‬وﺗَﺄْﺗِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴﻮ ُر — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫— َﻓﺘَ ْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔ ُﻪ َوﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ َِﺼﻴﺢُ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر َﻓﺘَﻬْ ُﺮبُ ِﻣﻨﻬُ ْﻢ َﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ﺗَ ِﺎر َﻛ ًﺔ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠ َِﻖ ِﺑ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس ﺗَ ِﺎر ًﻛﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َﻢ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎﺋِﻌَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫— ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱡ ُﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻜ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم أَﺣْ َﺴﺐُ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ َم ُﺧ َﺮ َاﻓ ًﺔ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِوﻳﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎس — ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﺴ ِﻠﻴَ ِﺔ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ًﺔ وَاﻗِ ﻌَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (9‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ِﻣ ْﻦ وَادِي ْاﻷ َ َﻓﺎﻋِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي َوو َ‬ ‫ﺎس أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧِﻤْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ُﺖ‬ ‫َﻓﺒَﺪَا ِﱄ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨ ﱠري ُْت ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اف ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺬْﺑُﻮﺣَ ِﺔ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ ْﻜﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَﺪَيﱠ — ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ْﻮﻗِﻲ أَﺣَ َﺪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺨِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎءت اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴﻮ ُر‬ ‫ﴪ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ َﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺬ ِﺑﻴﺤَ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢﻠ ًﻘﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ْل َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َﻓﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡﻠﺤُ ﻮمَ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻧ َ ْ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻓ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ْﺖ و َ​َﻫ َﺮﺑ َْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺎر َﻛ ًﺔ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ اﻟﺬﱠ ِﺑﻴﺤَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ َخ َو َﻟ َ‬ ‫ْف وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع‪َ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ .‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﺑﻴﺤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ َ ﱠن‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ و َ‬ ‫وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ﻧَﺎدِ ﺑًﺎ ُﺳﻮءَ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺿﻴَﺎ َع ﺗَﻌَ ِﺒ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻼ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺪﻧَﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﴎو ًرا‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪ َل ﺣُ ْﺰﻧ ُ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ و ُ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺪُﻫِ َﺶ‪َ ،‬ودُﻫِ َﺶ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪28‬‬

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‫)‪ (10‬ا َ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑﻼدِي‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺤَ ﺎ ُر ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ‬ ‫ﺎس َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريٌ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱠﺪ ُر ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻟﻨ َ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أد ُ‬ ‫َأﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ و ْ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪،‬‬ ‫َوﺗَ َ‬ ‫ِني ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤِ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ و َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬ ‫َأﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ﱠﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﴬوا‬ ‫أن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬ ‫َف ُﻫ َﻮ وَﺟَ ﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬ ‫َث َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ُ (1‬ﻫﺒُﻮبُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﺎل ﻣ ُْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ َﻻ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ أ َ َﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺒ َْﻐﺪَا َد ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ َﻫﺎدِ ئ َ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ ِﻮي أَيﱡ َﻛﺪ ٍَر‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﺳﺌِﻤَ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺴ ِﻞ وَاﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫َﴫةِ«‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ و َ​َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺢ َو ِﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِر ٍ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ أَﻧَﺎ َوﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا أ َ ْﻗ َﻠ َﻊ ِﺑﻨَﺎ و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْل‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ا ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إِﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ َوﻧ َ ْﺸ َ ِﱰي َوﻧ َ ْﺮﺑَﺢُ أ َ ْرﺑَﺎﺣً ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ﺗَﺘَ َﻘﺎذَ ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ِرﻳﺢٌ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة َﻓ َ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ َوﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪ ُدﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ُق ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ وَﻣَ َﻜﺜْﻨَﺎ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺗَﺎﺋِﻬ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻻ ﻳ َ​َﻘ ﱡﺮ َﻟﻨَﺎ َﻗ َﺮا ٌر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟ َ‬ ‫َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٌة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑﻌِ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ إِﱃ‬ ‫َﺻﺎحَ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ ْﻜﻨَﺎ و َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض و َ‬ ‫َﺿﺎ َع ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أَﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ«‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗ َﺰا ِم‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﻨَﺎ ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺠَ ِﺎو ُر َﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰاﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ﻳ َْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻨُﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﻮ ٌم‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗ َﺰا ِم ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮَﺣﱢ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻗﺎﻣَ ﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ — َﻛ ِﺜريُو ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺪَدِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ني و َُﻫ ْﻢ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ َ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﻘ ِﺎوﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ«‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺎض إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءَ أُو َﻟ ِﺌ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ﺞُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮَﺣﱢ ُﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ﺎن ُ‬ ‫وَأَﺣَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻣﻬ ْﻢ ﻓِ َﺮاءٌ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُل ُﻛ ﱟﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳ َِﺰﻳ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﺟُ ُﺴ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋِ َ‬ ‫ني إِﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫َان َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛُﻮا ِﺑ َﻜ َﻼ ٍم َﻻ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻬَ ُﻤﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎدُوا ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﻤْ ُﺮ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِﺰ َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﻟﺪ َﱢﻓﺎ َع ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة ﻋَ ﺪَدِ ﻫِ ﻢْ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣ َُﻘﺎوَﻣَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮﻧَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧَﺠْ ﻬَ ﻠُ ُﻪ َوﺗَ َﺮ ُﻛﻮﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة وَأ ْﻗ َﻠﻌُ ﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َرى َﻻ ﻧَﺪ ِْري َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل َﻻ أَﻣَ َﻞ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ َﻼ ِق‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﻗ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة — َﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎهُ‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻻحَ َﻟﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْ ٌ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ د َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ُه َﻗ ْﻠﻌَ ًﺔ َﺷﺎﻫِ َﻘ ًﺔ ﻣُﺤْ َﻜﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒﻨَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﺎ َوﻧﱠﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓﺘْ ِﺢ ﺑَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻨَﺎءَهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﻛﻮْﻣَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ َ‬ ‫َﴩﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ وَاﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ُﻗﻠُﻮﺑُﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِم ا ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ُرﻋْ ﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ْﻖ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة — ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ِﺮ — َوﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ َﺧﺎﺋِﻔ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َﻏ َﺮﺑ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﺎب ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎر ِﺟ ﱢﻲ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ُْﻘ َﻔ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬و َرأﻳْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ‪َ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴏﻳ َﺮ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﻤْ َﻼ ًﻗﺎ َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ — ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺨ َﻠ ِﺔ — أ ْﺳ َﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْ ٌ‬ ‫ني وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ُر‪ ،‬وَأَﻧْﻴَﺎبٌ َ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺎ ﱠد ٌة ُﻣ َﺮوﱢﻋَ ٌﺔ!‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻳَ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ِق‬ ‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﴏﻧَﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﺮا ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ و ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻠ ُﻊ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع و ِ ْ‬ ‫ات ﻣُﺨِ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻲ — وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻌُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﰲ ﻳَﺪ ِه — َﻓ َﺮآﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫ريي َﻓ َﺮآ ُه ﻧَﺤِ ً‬ ‫ﻧَ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳُﻌْ ِﺠﺒْ ُﻪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺤﻴﻔﺎ َﻫﺰﻳ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰ َﻛﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫‪32‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺜﺔ‬

‫)‪َ (5‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﺷﻮَى اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن َﻓ َﺮآ ُه َﺳ ِﻤﻴﻨًﺎ َﻓﺄَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ َو َﻟﻮَى َر َﻗﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ُق إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﻔﺬَ ُه ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَو َْﻗ َﺪ ﻧَﺎ ًرا ﺣَ ِﺎﻣﻴ ًَﺔ َوو َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴ ﱡﻔﻮ ٍد َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷﻮَا ُه‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ َﻞ َﻟﺤْ ﻤَ ُﻪ َو َرﻣَ ﻰ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎ َم َﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺷﺨِ ريًا ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴًﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫)‪ِ (6‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫ﴫ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻳَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ َﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ُق ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﻤُﺨِ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ َﻏ ِﺮ ْﻗﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻘ ْﻊ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒَﻨَﺎ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨْﻌَ ﺎءُ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫َﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺤَ ﺜْﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ْﺮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧ َ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺋِﻔِ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ َﻓ َﺸﻮَى أَﺣَ َﺪﻧَﺎ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﺷﻮَى ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ ُرﺑ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ —‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ُق ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﺮجَ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻧَﺪ ِْري‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ َﻫﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻤ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ َﻛ َﻠ ُﻪ َوﻧَﺎ َم إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ ْﻠﻘِ َﻲ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﻨْﺠُ َﻮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮوﱢﻋَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأ َ َﺷﺎ َر َ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون أ َ ْن ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎ َل ﻟ َِﻘﺘْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ِق‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺜﺔ‬

‫)‪ُ (7‬ﻓ ْﻠ ُﻚ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﴍ ُ‬ ‫ْت ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺌُﻮا ُﻓ ْﻠ ًﻜﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َﺸ ِﺐ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﻨْﺠَ ﺢْ ِﰲ َﻗﺘْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ َﻼ ِق‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ي‪ ،‬و َ​َﴍَﻋْ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱟﺪ‬ ‫َﻫ َﺮﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﻠﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣُ ﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫ﺎط ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ﺗَﻤﱠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﻠ ُﻚ و َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ َو َرﺑَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َﺸ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴﺬُ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺆاﻣَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ﻼَ ُق َﻓ َﻔﻌَ َﻞ ِﺑﺜَﺎﻟ ٍِﺚ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘﻴْ ِﻪ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎ َم َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ وَﻋَ َﻼ‬ ‫وَﻋُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ َﺳ ﱡﻔﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ ِﰲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺣْ ﻤَ ﱠﺮا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَد َ‬ ‫َﺷﺨِ ريُهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ْﻠﻨ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ ِ​ِﻪ — و َُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ﴫ َخ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻢ — َﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َم َﻫﺎﺋِﺠً ﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب َﻓ َﻔﺘَﺤَ ُﻪ و َ​َﺧ َﺮجَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَﺣَ ِﺴﺒْﻨَﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻤﻴ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَ ِﺪ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺎ َر إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﴍهِ!‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺄْﻣَ ٍﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫)‪ (9‬اِﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻓ َﺮﺣَ ﻨَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ ﻳ َُﻐﺎ ِﻳ ُﺮوﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﺎءَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ وَﺣْ ِﺸﻴ ًﱠﺔ و َ​َﻓ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ وَﻻ ﻳَ ِﻘ ﱡﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﻠﻚِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻇ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ َﺮﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأ َ ْوﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻠﻮا ﻳَ ْﺮﺟُ ﻤُﻮﻧَﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة َﻓ َﻘﺘَﻠُﻮا ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺞُ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ ﱠﻻ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫اﺛْﻨ َ ِ‬

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‫)‪ (10‬ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮا ُر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ‬ ‫َاج ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺎﺋِﺠَ ِﺔ — ُ‬ ‫ﴍ أُو َﻟ ِﺌ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﻬَ ِﺎرﻧَﺎ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ِﺘﻨَﺎ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَأ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﴍﺑْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﻴﱢﺒَ ِﺔ و َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْر ِض ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟ َِﻘ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺜﺔ‬

‫)‪ِ (11‬ﰲ َﻓ ِﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﻰ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻨَﺎ َﻓ ِﺰ ِﻋ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ ﻧِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ َﻓﻮ َْق َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ و ْ‬ ‫ني َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻠﺔ َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﴪ ِﰲ ﺟَ ْﻮﻓِﻬَ ﺎ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌُ ُﻪ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﻓ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﺧﻮ ُْﻓﻨَﺎ و َ​َﻫﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ و َُﻗ ْﻠﻨَﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل و َ​َﻻ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ َة إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑﺎهلل ِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﲇ ﱢ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪ُ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ْﻮﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻗﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴍ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ«‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ َ ﱞ‬

‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﴍﺑْﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ أ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ و َ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﺟَ ﺎء َِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻤَ ْﺖ َرﻓِﻴﻘِﻲ َﻛﻤﺎ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻘﻤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﻼ َﻫﺎ َوﻧَﺎ َم َرﻓِﻴﻘِﻲ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ!‬ ‫)‪َ (12‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻌَ ﻰ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ َﻫﻤَ ﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻟﻘِ ﻲ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓﻤَ ﻨَﻌَ ﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺣُ ﺐﱡ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة َﻓﺘَﺠَ ﱠﻠﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﴬ ُت أ َ ْﻟﻮَاﺣً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ و َ​َﺷ َﺪد ُ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫ْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﺪٍّا َوﺛ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎء َِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ — َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻬَ ﺎ — ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺘَﻠِﻌَ ﻨِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ اﺑْﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫‪37‬‬

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‫َرﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ ُ‬ ‫ُون ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮَاحُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺪُو َد ُة ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ د َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﺗُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫َاح — د َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَﺪَا ﱠ‬ ‫َت ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺠ َﺪ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔﺬًا إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَ ْﺖ َﻓﺤَ َﻠ ْﻠ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺑَﺎ َ‬ ‫ط و َ​َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺸ ِﺐ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺪ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ْ (13‬اﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻳَﺎﺋ ًِﺴﺎ ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤُﻮﻣً ﺎ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ﴏ ُخ وَأ َ ِﺻﻴﺢُ — ﻣ ُِﺸريًا ِﺑﻴَﺪِي ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة َو ُﻣ َﻠﻮﱢﺣً ﺎ ِﺑﻌِ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ﺘِﻲ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒريًا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َز ْل أ َ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻓ ِﻄ َﻦ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﱰﺑُﻮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َو َر َﺳﻮْا ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺾ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َ َ‬ ‫َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺌﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ﱠﻠﻤْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ َﻓ َﺮدﱡوا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼمَ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻬ ْﻢ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﻤَ ﻠُﻮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ و َ​َﺳﺄَﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِﺮي َﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒُﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﻤُﻮﻧِﻲ و َ​َﺳ َﻘ ْﻮﻧِﻲ وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮﻣُﻮﻧِﻲ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ إ ِ ْﻛ َﺮا ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ُ (14‬رﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ِل ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺑَ َﻠﺪًا َﻛ ِﺒريًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ِﺑ َﻀﺎﻋَ ًﺔ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ « َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﺮﺟُ ٍﻞ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴﻨَﺎه ِﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﻣَ َﺮ ْرﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ«‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ « َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻧَﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ ْﱢﻗﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠو َل ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱠﺎن َﻓﻌَ َﺮ ْﻓﺘُ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫وَاﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ُﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﺑﻴﺤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴْﻨ ِ​ِﻬﻢ اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜ ْﻢ — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﻨْﻌِ ُﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓﻨِﻲ و َ​َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ َ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﺪ َﱠق اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ُه ِﰲ ﱠ َﻓﻌَ َﺮ َﻓﻨِﻲ َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ ِﺻﺪ َْق َﻗﻮ ِْﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘﻨِﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣً ﺎ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫)‪ِ (15‬ﰲ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة — َوﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗُﻨَﺎ َرا ِﺑﺤَ ٌﺔ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ أَﻣْ ﻮَا ٌل َﻻ ﺗُﺤْ َﴡ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﻳُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌُﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ُﺮﺟُ ﻮﻋِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ وَﻗ ْﺪ ﻓ ِﺮﺣُ ﻮا ِﺑﻲ ﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺜﺔ‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻋَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ و َ​َﺧ َﺮجَ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴬوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﺑ َ‬ ‫ني ﺟﻤﺎﺟﻢ املﻮﺗﻰ‬

‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫)‪َ (1‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ‬ ‫َﺎل ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻐ ِﻤ ًﺴﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬْ ِﻮ و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﱰ َِف ُﻣ َﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َﻫﺎدِ ئ َ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ َوﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪَا ِﺋ ِﺪ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﻌً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﺴ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻢ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ إِﻣْ َﻀﺎءِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑ َﻀﺎﻋَ ًﺔ وَﺣُ ﻤ ً‬ ‫ُﻮﻻ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ْ‬ ‫ﴍاﻋِ ﻴٍّﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﺟَ ْﺮ ُت أَﻧَﺎ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ ِ َ‬ ‫»ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻨَﺎ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷُﻣُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْل ﻧَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﺮ َوﻧ َ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ َﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ وَﻣَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ْﺖ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ ْﺸ َ ِﱰي ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﴍَاﻋَ ُﻪ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺰ ً‬ ‫ﻳﻘﺎ‪.‬‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫َﻓ َﻐ ِﺮ َق ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻏ ِﺮ َق َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ أَﻧَﺎ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻧَﻬَ ٍﺎر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬ ‫َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر َﺳﺎ ِﺑﺤِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻠﻮ ٍْح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ َﻓ َﺮ ِﻛﺒْﻨَﺎهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ َو َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ْل َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻫﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺑ َِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﺑَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﻨَﺎءِ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ (2‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﺸﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﴍﺑْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َﺎت وَا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺸ ِﺐ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠﻨَﺎ و َ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ ْﻔﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُر ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ َﻼحَ َﻟﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْ ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ُه َﺧ َﺮجَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻧ َ َﻔ ٌﺮ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻮَﺣﱢ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ني و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﺣُ َﻔﺎ ُة ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ِم ﻋُ َﺮا ُة‬ ‫ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮس‬ ‫ْاﻷَﺟْ َﺴﺎ ِم وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎدُوا ﻳُﺒ ِْﴫُوﻧَﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺒ َُﻀﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ ُروا ِﺑﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ِﻠﻜ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﺠﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ وَﻋَ َﺎﻓﺘْ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ آ ُﻛ ْﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ — َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ َﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻬُ ﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻛ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ِﺳ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﻒ وَأ َ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﻛﻠُﻮ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﺎ َر ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟ َﺨﺒ َِﻞ وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺒَﺐُ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ َوﻧ َ َﻜ ُﺪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻬ ْﻢ ُﺳﻮءُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻋَ ﺎ َد َة ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻊ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن ﻣَ َﻊ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﺮﻣ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮن إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ َﻓﻴ ُْﻘ ِﺒﻠُ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬إِذْ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪﻣ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ٍه َوﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒُﻬُ ُﻢ اﻟﺬﱡ ُﻫﻮ ُل‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻨُﻮا َﻓﻴَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻠﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰاﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ُن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﺸ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ َﻓ ِﺰﻋْ ُﺖ َﻓ َﺰﻋً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا وَاﻣْ ﺘَﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ ُﻣ ْﻜﺘَﻔِ ﻴًﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻗﺘَﺎﺗُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ و َ​َﻻ ﻳُﻌْ ﻨَﻮ َْن ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺮ َاﻗﺒَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ُﻫ َﺰا ٌل َﺷﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ ﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠﻬ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ﺘُ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ‬ ‫ﺎب‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻋْ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ — ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — وَاﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أُو َﻟ ِﺌ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن ﻳَ ْﺮﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُ ْﺮﻋَ ﻰ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻨَﻢُ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ َ‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﻫ َﺮبُ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ِن‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ — ذَ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻨَﺤَ ْﺖ ِﱄ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — َﻓﻬَ َﺮﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻋِ ﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ أَﺟْ ِﺮي — ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗِﻲ —‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ْاﻷ َ َر ُق ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َ‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺖ‬ ‫ري وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا َﺳﺒْﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم وَأَﻧَﺎ آ َ ُﻛ ُﻞ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ُه ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ »ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِْز‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِيﱢ « — ا ﱢﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻏِ ﺬَاﺋِﻲ و َ​َﴍَا ِﺑﻲ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ — َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ِﺳريُ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر وَأَﻧَﺎ ُم ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ (4‬ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﻳَﺠْ ﻤَ ﻌُ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺣَ ﺐﱠ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﻠ ُﻔ ِﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َ​َﻘ ُﻊ ﺑ َ​َﴫ ُ​ُﻫﻢ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﺮ ِﺑ ﱟﻲ —‪ِ :‬‬ ‫»ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ ْﻠ َﺖ؟«‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﺪءُوﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ و َ​َﺳﺄﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ — ِﺑﻠ َِﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻼَﻣَ ِﺔ و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺪﻣُﻮا ِﱄ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﻴﻼَ ِن َﻓﻬَ ﻨﱠﺄُوﻧﻲ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﺷ ِﻬﻴٍّﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌْ ُﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (5‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮﻣَ ﻨِﻲ وَآوَاﻧِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َذ َﻫﺒُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ِﻠﻜ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َاق‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ — إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ًﺔ ُﻣ ْﺰدَﺣﻤَ َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻮ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫ﴎوجُ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِْﻞ‬ ‫)‪ُ ُ (6‬‬ ‫ﴎ ٍج و َ​َﻻ ﻟِﺠَ ﺎ ٍم — ﻻ َ َﻓ ْﺮ َق ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ َ‬ ‫ري و َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ُﻮن ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْ َﻞ ِﺑﻼَ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َني َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫— َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ وَأَﺑْ َﺪﻳ ُْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬إِﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﳾءٍ ﻻ َ‬ ‫أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ َو َﻟﻢ أ َ َر ُه ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ َﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ« َو َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴎﺟً ﺎ َوﻟِﺠَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻓﺠَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ ﻟ َِﻔ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴪجُ‬ ‫ﺎل ْاﻷَذْﻛِﻴﺎءِ‪َ ،‬و َر َﺳﻤْ ُﺖ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻼَ ِﺋ ُﻢ ﺣِ ْﺮ َﻓﺘَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪﱠا َد إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْر َﺷﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ِﺔ ُ‬ ‫ﺎب وَاﻟ ﱢﻠﺠَ ﺎ ِم َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ﱠﻠﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻄ َﺮ ٍاز ذَ َﻫ ِﺒ ﱟﻲ ﻧَﻔِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ ِﻊ اﻟ ﱢﺮ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﴎجٌ َوﻟِﺠَ ﺎ ٌم و َِر َﻛﺎبٌ — َوذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة ُﻛ ﱟﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﻌَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ — وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎو ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﴪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﺟْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ وَأ ْﻟﺠَ ﻤْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر ِﻛﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻓ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺄﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َﻓﺄ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺎﻓﺄَﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ُﻣ َﻜ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﺄَةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ إِﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أَﻋْ ﻴَﺎ ُن اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒُﻮا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻐﻤَ ُﺮوﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َاﻳﺎﻫ ُﻢ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴَﺎءِ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ‬ ‫)‪َ (7‬زوَاجُ ﱢ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘِﻲ ﻧُﺤِ ﺒﱡ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ِﺳﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ﺣُ ﺒٍّﺎ ﻻ ﻣَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﻧ ُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺠ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻔ ِﺎر َﻗﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠري ُْت َﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َك و َ​َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺰ ِو ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻏ ِﻨﻴ ًﱠﺔ ِﻟﺘَﺘَ َﺰوﱠجَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا أَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻞ؟«‬ ‫‪45‬‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬و َر ِﺿ ُ‬ ‫َاج ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة — َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ذَ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ات ﺟَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ — ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺐُ‬ ‫ﺎل وَأ َ ْﻫ َﺪإ ِ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫وَأَد ٍَب — َﻓﻌِ ْﺸﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣْ َﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫صﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي ِﰲ أَو ِﱠل َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬د َْﻓ ُﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴَﺎءِ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫َات‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث — ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم — ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌُ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ َزوْﺟَ ُﺔ ﺟَ ِﺎري َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ﺐﱢ‬ ‫ﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻻ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع وَا ْﻟ َﻐ ﱢﻢ —‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎءِ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َذ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ أُﻋَ ﱢﺰﻳ ِﻪ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﺗَ َﺸﺠﱠ ْﻊ ﻳَﺎ أَﺧِ ﻲ و َ​َﻻ ﺗَﺤْ َﺰ ْن«‪.‬‬ ‫ْت َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﴪا‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ُل ﺑ َ​َﻘﺎﺋِﻲ َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َودَﻋَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ ً‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة«‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻴ ُِﻄﻴ ُﻞ ﷲ ُ ﻋُ ﻤْ َﺮ َك َوﺗَﻨ ْ َﴗ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎﺑَ َﻚ َﻫﺬَا‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن آﺧِ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺮو ٍه ﻳَ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻘ َﻚ!«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُل ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﻊٌ‪ِ ،‬ﻷَﻧﱠﻨﻲ َﺳﺄُد َْﻓ ُﻦ ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﺣَ ﻴٍّﺎ —‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة — و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َودﱠﻋْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ!«‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ ْﺸ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗُﺪ َْﻓ ُﻦ ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ِﺘ َﻚ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﴍﻳﻌَ َﺔ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﻧَﺎ ﺗُﺤَ ﺘﱢ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ ﺗَﻤ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮت َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺪ َْﻓ َﻦ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻴٍّﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱞﻲ؟«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٍة ﻳَﻤ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮت َزوْﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﺪ َْﻓ َﻦ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳﻌَ َﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰاد ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴ َ​َﺔ؟«‬ ‫َت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ِة أَﺣَ ٍﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ري َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎﺋ ًِﺴﺎ‪» :‬ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ ٌل‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫َﴪي ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻬﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ِﺮ َﻓ ْﺮ ٍد ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﻋﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﻔ ُﺮ ُغ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻫﻠُ ُﻪ وَﻋَ ِﺎر ُﻓﻮهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌُ ﻮا َزوْﺟَ ﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺿﻌُ ﻮا ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﺣُ َﻼ َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ ُروا ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟُ ﺐﱟ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺸ ُﻔﻮا ﻏِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﻌْ ِﺶ َوو َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَ ُه‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ٌة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة — وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻮا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺰوْﺟَ ِﺔ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﺑَ ُ‬ ‫َﺎل َ‬ ‫— و َُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ٍﺔ َو َودﱠﻋُ ﻮهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻮا َزوْﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤِ ﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﺿﻌُ ﻮا — إِﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ — ُﻗ ﱠﻠ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎءٍ و َ​َﺳﺒْﻌَ َﺔ أ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ أَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻏِ َ‬ ‫َوو َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَ ُه‬ ‫َو َرﺟَ ﻌُ ﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻮْا؟‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜﻮَى إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع وَا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ْف ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎب َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ َﺸ َﻜﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت َﻟ ُﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َد َة ﱠ‬ ‫ري َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢﺌَ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﻫﺎ ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻴﻊ َر ِﻋﻴﱠﺘِﻲ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻫِ َﻲ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴍﻳﻌَ ُﺔ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ َﺳ ِﺎرﻳ ٌَﺔ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈ َذا ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ َﻗﺒ ِْﲇ دُﻓِ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َذا ِﻣ ﱡﺖ َﻗﺒْ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ دُﻓِ ﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ؟«‬ ‫َﴪي َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﻧُﻮ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﳼ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءِ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰا َد ﻋﺠَ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﴪي ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ أَﻳٍّﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺟﻨ ْ ُﺴﻪُ!«‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﺟَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤُﻮﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬و َِﴏ ُ‬ ‫ْت أَﺟْ َﺰ ُع ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻖ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ أ َ َﻗ ﱡﻞ أَذًى‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫إﺻﺒَﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ﱡﺖ ُ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﺳﺎﻫِ ًﺮا َﺧ ْﺸﻴ َ​َﺔ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ إ ِ َذا ﺟُ ِﺮﺣَ ْﺖ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮت‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ‬ ‫)‪ (10‬و َ​َﻓﺎ ُة َزوْﺟَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ ﻳ َِﺴريٌ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺧِ ْﻔ ُﺖ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺖ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻊ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدِ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﻋِ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗَ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َوﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ث و ُ​ُﻗﻮ َع ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻼﺗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻫﻮ َ​َن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن أُد َْﻓ َﻦ ﺣَ ﻴٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺎءُوا َﻓ َﻜ ﱠﻔﻨُﻮا َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ِﰲ أَﺑْﻬَ ﻰ أَﺛْﻮَا ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َوو َ‬ ‫َﴎ ُت َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺿﻌُ ﻮا ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱢﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ِ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻛﺒَﺎ ُر اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ وَأَﻋْ ﻴَﺎ ُن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪﻣُﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮمَ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَ ُه وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮا َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ و َْاﻷَﻋْ ﻴَﺎ ُن ﻳُ َﻮدﱢﻋُ ﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜ َﺸ ُﻔﻮا ﻏِ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ُﺖ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﻮ ِْل ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ َﻗﺎدِ ٌم ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ — َ‬ ‫ﴎاﺣِ ﻲ — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻘﻮا َ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﻎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ‬ ‫َني ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﴪا وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮا ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ُﻗ ﱠﻠ َﺔ ﻣَ ﺎءٍ و َ​َﺳﺒْﻌَ َﺔ أ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻏِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺰﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ َﻗ ْ ً‬ ‫وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َُﻓﻮا‪.‬‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ِﻴﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪِي ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ — ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗﺒًﺎ َﺳﺎﻋَ ﺘ َِﻲ ْاﻷَﺧِ ريَ َة‬ ‫َني ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم و َ‬ ‫ﺑْ َ‬ ‫َآﺧ َﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺺ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻحَ ِﱄ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ أ َ ْﻛﺪ ً‬ ‫ﻈﻠِﻤَ ِﺔ ﺑ َِﺼ ٌ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِم‬ ‫ﺿﺌِﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِﻤ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْزدَا َد ُرﻋْ ِﺒﻲ وَأ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أَﻟُﻮ ُم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ َوﻧَﺪِﻣْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻗﺘَ ِﺼ ُﺪ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ و ﱡ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ ُﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪمُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر ِﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﺑ َﻘ َﻀﺎءِ ِ‬ ‫ْب‬ ‫َاﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻨ ْ َﻔﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم — ْ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم ِﰲ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻏِ َ‬ ‫َزادِي ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ وَأَﻳ َْﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ َﻜ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ ْذ ُﻛ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ َوﻧ َ َﺰ َل ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ‬ ‫‪48‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫اﻟﺴﺒْﻌَ ُﺔ و َُﻗ ﱠﻠ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻏِ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻴ ٌﱢﺖ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ ُﻪ — وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻛﺎد َِت ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻋَ ﺎدُوا ﻏِ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَ ُه ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ ﺎﺗَ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْف وَاﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ َﻓ ُﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ آ ُﻛ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﴍَبُ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَ ِﺼﺪًا أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ َﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﺂﺧﺬُ َزاد َُﻫ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻤُﻮﺗُ َ‬ ‫أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺐُ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪْﻓِ ﻨُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴَﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ُﻦ و َ​َﺳﺌِﻤْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ َة ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ِﻢ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (12‬اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ُة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — َﺷﺒَﺤً ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺪﻧُﻮ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﺗَﻤْ ِﻴﻴ َﺰ ُه ِﻟ ُ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َذ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻗ ْﺮ ٍب َﻓ ُﻘﻤْ ُﺖ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺰ َع ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أَﺣْ َﺴ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻰ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ِﺒﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻷَﻋْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َﻔ ٍﺬ َ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺬ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ِﱄ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻔ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼحَ ِﱄ أﻣَ ٌﻞ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي ِﰲ ﺗَﻮ ِْﺳ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ د َ​َﻓﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ َﻓﺠَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ َﺪ ْر ُت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻌِ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤُ ِﲇ ﱢ وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮَاﻫِ ِﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أَﺛْﻮَا ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ وَأ َ ْﻛ َﻔﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﺐﱢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻓﺄَﺣْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫‪49‬‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ﻮز َوﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋُ ﻮ ُد إِﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗﺒًﺎ ُﻗﺪُو َم أَيﱢ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ٍﺐ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻨِﻲ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي أ َ ْو ﻳُﺒْﻌِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (13‬ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻤﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ — إِذْ َﻻحَ ِﱄ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أ َ َرا ُه‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻲ وَأ ُ ِﺷريُ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑﻴَﺪِي‪ ،‬وَأَﻣْ َﺴ ْﻜ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﻬَ ْﻀ ُﺖ َﻗﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ وَأ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أُﻧَﺎدِي ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺔ‬ ‫َﺎب َﻓ َﻠﻮﱠﺣْ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻓ ِﻄﻨُﻮا إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﱠﻮﻟُﻮا ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﻬُ ْﻢ إِﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ُﻐﻮهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ َﻼ ِم َﻓ َﺮدﱡوا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ َردﱟ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﻓﺒَﺪَأْﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﱰ ﱠددُوا ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُوﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِﱪ َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺌَ ﱠﻼ ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓ َﺨ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄَﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻓِ ِﻴﻬ ْﻢ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺮ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻏ ِﺮ َق ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻲ َﻓﻨَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓﺘَ ُﺴﻮءَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ َُﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب ﻋَ َﲆ َﻟﻮ ٍْح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠﻨِﻲ إِﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ!«‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ — ُﻣ َﻜ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ ِﻪ — َﻓ َﺮ َﻓ َﺾ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُرﺑ ِ‬ ‫وف أَﺟْ ًﺮا و َ​َﻻ ﺟَ َﺰاءً« َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﱄ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ َﻻ ُ‬ ‫آﺧﺬُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ!‬ ‫)‪ (14‬ا َ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺰ ِل ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ‬ ‫ون إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌِ ﻤُﻮﻧَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة إِﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َوﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪٍ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣ ِﻬ ْﻢ و َ​َﻻ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒ َْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« َﻓﺄ َ َﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ إِﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ و َ​َﻫﻨﱠﺄُوﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ ِﺑﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءَ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ِﺎﱄ وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﺪَا ِﺋﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻨﺎر َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬ ‫َف ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءُوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬ ‫َث َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﳋﺎﻣﺴﺔ‬ ‫»‪ «١‬ﺷﻴﺦ اﻟﺒﺤﺮ »‪ «٢‬ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻘﺮود‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة اﻟ ﱡﺮخ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ َر ِﻛﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺜ ْ ِﻦ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘِﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫ف ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ — َو َر ِﻏﺒ َْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ و َِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ِﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻋْ َﺪد ُ‬ ‫ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺑ َﻀﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ﺘْﺠَ ٍﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺄ ْ ِﺟ ْﺮ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ — ﺑ َِﻞ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ﱠ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒًﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ِﻟﻴَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫اﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎن اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫أ ِرﻳﺪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﺎﻓ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻋْ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ و َْاﻷُﻣُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣْ َﺴ ِﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺮامُ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َر َﺳﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة ﻣ ُْﻘﻔِ َﺮ ٍة‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻟﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻨ ُ َﺮوﱢحَ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ِﺴﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎس ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻧَﻤْ ِﴚ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ُﺔ ُر ﱟخ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻢ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻔﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ!‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫)‪َ (2‬ﻓ ْﺮ ُخ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ و َْﺷﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻔ ِﺮ َخ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻞ َﻓ ْﺮ ُخ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺎر ِه ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮا ُه ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﴪوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎوﻟِ ِﻬ ْﻢ و َُﻓ ُﺆ ِﺳ ِﻬ ْﻢ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﻧْﻬَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَأُﺣَ ﺬﱢ ُر ُﻫ ْﻢ و َ​َﺧﺎﻣَ َﺔ‬ ‫اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌُ ﻮا إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﻳَ ْﻜ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﱄ َﻗﻮ ًْﻻ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزاﻟُﻮا ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺤِ ﻲ و َ​َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻌُ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ُﻐ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إِﱃ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ِﻄﻴﻤً ﺎ و َ​َﻗﺘَﻠُﻮا ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺮ َخ وَأ َ َﺧﺬُوا َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺤْ ِﻤ ِﻪ ﻳ َْﺸﻮُوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪ َ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫أ َﻛﻠُﻮهُ؟‬

‫)‪َ (3‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮا اﻟ ﱡﺮخ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺠ ﱡﻮ وَﺣَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎدُوا ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻬُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮا اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ان َﻛ ِﺒري َِان َﻓﻌَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﺪ َِق ِﺑﻨَﺎ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋ َ‬ ‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫ﴎﻋُ ﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ُﻜ ْﻢ َﻏ َﻀﺒُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َوﻧ َ ْﻘﻤَ ﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ« َﻓﺠَ َﺮﻳْﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا َمل ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫»أ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأ َ ْر َﺧﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﴍَاﻋَ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺴﺎ َر ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻗ َﴡ ُ ْ‬ ‫‪54‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺴﺔ‬

‫)‪ (4‬اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم اﻟ ﱡﺮخ‬ ‫ﺎن َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ َﻮ ِﻟﻴﺪِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﺮا اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع‪،‬‬ ‫ْﺼ ِﺎرﻧَﺎ َﻓﺤَ ِﺴﺒْﻨَﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﺎﺑَﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﺄْﻣَ ٍﻦ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — و َِﰲ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻠﺒ َْﻲ ُﻛ ﱟﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ٌة ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ٌﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴍﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎدَا إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ َﺮ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ أُﻧْﺜَﻰ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ َﻓﺄ ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ُرﺑﱠﺎﻧُﻨَﺎ َذ ِﻛﻴٍّﺎ ﻣَ ﺎﻫِ ًﺮا‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺤَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ُﺳ ﱠﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ َﺮ ِة َﻓﻬَ ﻮ ْ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َت إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ و َ​َﺷ ﱠﻘ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءَ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَدَا َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ْﴫ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ َﻼﻟ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ َﺮا َرهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ِﻛ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻧُﺒ ِ ُ‬ ‫ِﺼ َﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺗَﺤْ ِﻄﻴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ﻋَ ﻨﱠﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ َ‬ ‫َال َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮﺗَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْريُ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑ َْﺖ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺮحُ ِﺑ َﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﺎس َو ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒَ ُﻪ و َ​َﻫ ﱠﺸﻤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺗَﻬْ ِﺸﻴﻤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﻮَى ا ْﻟﻤ ْﺮ َﻛﺐُ إِﱃ ﺟَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْت‬ ‫ﺎع وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ْف ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻏ َﺮ ُق ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ْﻦ َﻏ ِﺮ َق َﻟﻮ َْﻻ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ْت َﻟﻮْﺣً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮْحُ َﺳﺎﺋ ًﺮا ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳ َِﺴريُ ِﺑﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨ َِﻲ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ‬ ‫— ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ — إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺌُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر وَا ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎرةِ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ — وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ْت أَﺑْﻠُ ُﻐ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ا ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻮَى‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ﺑَﺪَأ ْ ُت أَﻣْ ِﴚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺜريَ َة ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر و َْاﻷَﻧْﻬَ ِﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫ري ٍة‬ ‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺬْ ِب‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ِﻇ ﱢﻞ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬِﻳﺬَ ِة و َ ِ‬ ‫أَﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﺴ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮَاءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ وَأ ُ َروﱢحُ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫و َُﻗﻤْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻧ َ َﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻲ َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت أَﻣْ ِﴚ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪َ (7‬ﺷﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِم و َ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا ِﺑ ِﻪ َﺷﻴ ٌْﺦ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻحَ ِﱄ َﺷﺒَﺢٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌﻴﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ُﺳﻮءُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﻬْ ٍﺮ َﻓﺤَ ِﺴﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ َرﻣَ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَ ُﻪ َﻏ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻏ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َرﻣَ ﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮْجُ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺋﻴَ ِﺔ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫َرﻣَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺒَﺪَأﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ — وَأﻧَﺎ َﻓ ِﺮحٌ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ — َﻓﻬَ ﱠﺰ ِﱄ َرأ َﺳﻪ َردٍّا ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذا‬ ‫َﺼﻨ َ ُﻊ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ؟« َﻓﺄ َ َﺷﺎ َر إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْن أَﺣْ ِﻤ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َﺧﺬَﺗْﻨِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻔ َﻘ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ — ﻟ َ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴ َْﻘ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ِﱪ ِﺳﻨ ﱢ ِﻪ — وَﺣَ ﻤَ ْﻠﺘ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﻀﻌْ ﻔﻪ َوﻛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷﺎءَ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺤَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﻷُﻧ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ ٍﻖ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ْل‪.‬‬ ‫إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ذَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ َﻻ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺤِ ﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﺧﺪِﻋْ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬إِذْ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُ ُﻪ‬ ‫َت ِﱄ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌِ ً‬ ‫َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ َﻓﺎ ِﻧﻴًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻗ ِﻮﻳٍّﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﺴ َﻮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َﻛﺘ َِﻔ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ﻲ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْﺧﺘَﻨ ُِﻖ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻓﻬَ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﳼ َﻻ ﻳَ َﺰا ُل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﺘ َِﻔ ﱠﻲ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ َﺮجَ َﺳ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َار ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ْت َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌَ ُﺪ ﱠو ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴐﺑ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎت ُﻣﺘَﻮَا ِﻟﻴ ًَﺔ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻊ‬ ‫ﻳُﻤَ ﱢﻜﻨُﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻨ َ ﱡﻔ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآﻧِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ َ َ‬ ‫ﴐﺑَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺴ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ َ َ‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬ ‫َﴎ ُت إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أ َ َﺷﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ ُﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ وَاﻟﺜﱠﻤَ ِﺮ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬و ِ ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم وَﺟُ ْﺰءًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌُ َﻔ ْﺖ ُﻗﻮَايَ َﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْرض — وَأَﻧَﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧِﻤْ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت — ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ َﻓ َﻔ َﺮجَ َﺳ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒْﺢُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﴬﺑُﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺴ َﺎﻗﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻳَ ْﺮ ُﻛﻠُﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﻘﺪَﻣَ ﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ﻳَ ْﻮﻣِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫َﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َز ْل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ أ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ْاﻷَﻟ ِﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺴﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ِ (8‬اﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم وَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ِﺞ َوإ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ َﻗ ْﺮ ٌع ﻳَﺎ ِﺑ ٌﺲ َﻛ ِﺒريُ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠْ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺎﻓﺎ و َ​َﻏ َﺴ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ِﺑﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﺗَﺎﻣﱠ ٍﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َﺴﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ أَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ ِﺐ َوﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﺲ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫َﴍﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ َﻓﺒَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ ﻧ َ ْﺸ َﻮ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺷﺎ َر‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﻤَ َﺮ‪ ،‬و َ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳ َْﴩَبُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻠﻌُ ﻮ ُن أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺳﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠُ ُﻪ وَا ْرﺗَ َﺨ ْﺖ َﺳ َﺎﻗﺎهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض وَأ َ َﺧﺬْ ُت ﺣَ ﺠَ ًﺮا َﻛ ِﺒريًا َﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ .‬و َ​َﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْز َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ٍة َﻓ َﻘﺘَ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫)‪ِ (9‬ﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫ﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج‬ ‫ﻈ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ُد ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ ﺒًﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَذِ َن ﷲ ُ ِﱄ‬ ‫ِﻴﺲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼﺣَ ْﺖ ِﱄ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ أَﻧ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻓﺄ َ َﴍ ُ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَﻠُﻮا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َوﺑَﺪَأُوﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َد ْدﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َردﱟ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄَﻟُﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒُﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﷲ َوﻟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻚ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﱄ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻢْ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ و َ​َﻗﻌْ َﺖ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ َﺷﻴ ِْﺦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ َُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻪُ«‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة ﻣَ ْﺸﻬُ ﻮ َر ًة ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَﺐُ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺮو ِد‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻜﺜْﻨَﺎ ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة َﻗ ِﺼريَ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻗ َﻠﻌَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُرﺑﱠﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ ًَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة‪،‬‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْل َﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُﺮودِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ري ًة‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻼ ًة َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻼ ٌة ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ ُروا — وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ — َﻓﻤَ َﻸ َ ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻼﺗَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة و َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻠﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ َﻏﺎﺑ ًَﺔ َﻛ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ري ًة ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ِﺑ َﺸﺠَ ِﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫»ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِْز ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِي« وَﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮ َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ ُر ﻳَ ْﺮﺟﻤُﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة‬ ‫—و ْ‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﺎﺟَ ْﺖ و َ​َﻏﺎ َ‬ ‫َاﻗﺘَ َﺪﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮ َد َة َﻗ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌُ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت‬ ‫ﻴﻞ — َوﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻧَﺠْ ﻤَ ﻌُ ُﻪ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ َﻸ َ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﻣ ْﺨ َﻼﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋُ ْﺪﻧَﺎ إِﱃ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺮﻣِﻴﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻﻨَﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ذَ َﻫﺒْﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ُه ِﺑ ْﺎﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ أﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪَا ًرا َﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َﲆ ﺛَﻤَ ٍﻦ و ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﱰﻳْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ري َﻓ ِﺒﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر ِﺟ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨ ِ​ِﻪ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻮَا ِﺑ ِﻞ و َ​َﺧ َﺸ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َِل‪.‬‬

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‫)‪َ (11‬ﻏﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﱠاﺻﻮ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧَﺤُ ﱡﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َوﻧَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﺮ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺻ َ‬ ‫َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ َﻏﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎق ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َر ْﻏﺒ ًَﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﱠاﴆ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ ﻳ َُﻐ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺣَ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ أﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ني أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ َل إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ َﺮ ِار ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َوﻳَﺠْ ﻤَ َﻊ ِﱄ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﱠاﺻ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ أَﺟْ َﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﻔﻌَ َﻞ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا َﻓ َﺨ َﺮجَ وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ َﳾءٌ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ‪.‬‬ ‫إﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫)‪ (12‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨْﺪ َِل ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٌة َ‬ ‫وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎل وَاﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ و َ​َﺧ َﺸ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« وَﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َﻓ َﻠﻘِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ري وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِني ِﺑﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤِ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر َﻓﺄ َ َﺧ َﺬ َﻫﺎ دَاﻋِ ﻴًﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬ ‫َف‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا إِﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا و َ​َﺧ َﺮجَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴬوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ َﺳ َﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎدﺳﺔ‬ ‫ﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮة اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم‬ ‫ني ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺒ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗُﺐْ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ا ْﻟ َﺨﻤْ َﺴ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎﻟِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺬْ ُر ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨِﻲ — أَﻧَﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‬ ‫— أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻣﺜْﻠ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ﺎ َز َﻓ ِﺔ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻗ َﻀﺎءَ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ َﻻ ﻣَ َﻔ ﱠﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ْاﻷَﻣﱠ ﺎ َر ُة‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻮءِ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺷ َﻘﻰ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ وَأَﺣْ ﺘَ ِﻤ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻶﻻ ِم وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ف َﻓﻮ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ اﺣْ ﺘَﻤَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َﺳﻨ َ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﻤً ﺎ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎحَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َو َدﻧِﻲ َﺷﻮ ٌْق َﺷﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫و َِاﻻﺗﱢﺠَ ِﺎر‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَ َل أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺢ ِﻟﻴَﺜْﻨُﻮا ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘِﻲ َوﻳُﻌَ ﻮ ُﱢﻗﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﻔﻠِﺤُ ﻮا‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ُ (2‬ﻫﺒُﻮبُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﱰﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ َﺳ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻋُ ﱠﺪﺗِﻲ و ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻋْ َﺪد ُ‬ ‫َﴫ ِة ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫ﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ إِﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺪ َ‬ ‫أَﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت وَﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ٌﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ — ذَ َ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجُ ﺗَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ﻣُﻬَ ﺪﱠدِ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َني َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ وَأ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻜﺜْﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬

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‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ َﻻ ﻧَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫َﻫﺪَأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘُﻨَﺎ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ و َ​َﻻ إِﱃ أَﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ف ِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﴏ َخ‬ ‫ِﺟﻬَ ٍﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﺼﺪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻحَ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ﺒَ ٌﻞ َﺷﺎﻫِ ٌﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَﺘَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ ُ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع َوﺑَ َﻜﻰ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﻨَﺎهُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨَﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄﺛ ﱢ ًﺮا ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ اﻟﻬَ َﻼ ُك‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ َﻟﻨَﺎ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎدْﻋُ ﻮا ﷲ َ و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻐﻔِ ُﺮوا ِﻟﺬُﻧُﻮ ِﺑ ُﻜ ْﻢ‬ ‫َو ْﻟﻴُ َﻮ ﱢد ْع ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌْ ًﻀﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼ ُك َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨَﺎ َﺳﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺪ ُم — َﻻ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺔ —‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮ ْوﻧَﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺞُ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐٌ و َ‬ ‫ﺎن!«‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳُﺘِ ﱡﻢ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮَاجَ ﺗَﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺮ َﻛﺐَ د َْﻓﻌً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻧُﺤَ ﱢﻮ َل ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒَﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ِﺟﻬَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ ُ ْﻔﻠِﺢْ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪْﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﻨ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺪَﻣَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻄﻴﻤً ﺎ و َ​َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﻜ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻟﻮَاﺣَ ﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ إِﱃ َﻟﻮ ٍْح ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ِﻟﻴَﻨْﺠُ َﻮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮق ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ َﺧﺬْﻧَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺲ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻣ ُِﺠﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻼص ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻜﻨﱠﺎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺟَ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ﺟَ ِﻬﻴ ٍﺪ — ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮ ِد‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺐ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻤَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن‪» :‬ﻳ َِﺠﺐُ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻧَﺤْ ﻔِ َﺮ ُﻗﺒُﻮ َرﻧَﺎ ِﺑﺄَﻳْﺪِﻳﻨَﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ َﻟﻨَﺎ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَ ِﺐ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ُﺔ‬ ‫ِﻷَيﱢ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ«‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ — ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ُم ا َمل ْﻮﺗَﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺒ ﱠَني َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺻﺪ ُْق َﻗ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ َ​َﻘﺎﻳَﺎ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﻨَﺎ َﻛﻮﻣَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ريﻧَﺎ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن — ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِم ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻮﺗَﻰ َﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ أن ﻣَ ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ريﻫﻢ وَأَﻳ َْﻘﻨﱠﺎ أ َ ﱠن أَﻳﱠﺎﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪُو َد ٌة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ﻧ َ َﺮى ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ﻣَ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮوﺣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ — ﺑ َ​َﻀﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ َوذَ َﺧﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻓﻨَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎر َع أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َووَﺟَ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻧَﻬْ ًﺮا ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْﻔ ِﺢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻬْ ٍﻒ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻠ ٍﻢ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ ْن ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ أﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻣﺎ َو َراءَ‬ ‫َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس وَا ْﻟﻴ َُﺎﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻮت وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ِد — ُﻣﺒَﻌْ ﺜ َ َﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﻳﻤﺔ — َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻋُ ﻨ َِﻲ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﺑﺠَ ﻤْ ﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫‪62‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎدﺳﺔ‬

‫َوﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ ﻳَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﻮﺣِ َﺸ ِﺔ َﻻ أَﻣَ َﻞ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻷ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ٍﺐ ﻧ َ َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ و ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻳَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒَ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣُ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻢ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒُﻨَﺎ َوﻳَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ َﺴ َﻢ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ ﻗِ ْﺴﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ ﺎدِ َﻟ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اغ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﻔِ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ِرﻓﺎﻗِ ﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ َﻓﻤَ ﺎﺗُﻮا ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ —‬ ‫َوﺑَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ ﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ — َود َ​َﻓﻨْﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪِي ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺐُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْﻗﺘَ ِﺼ ُﺪ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َار ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻌ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣﻲ َﻓ َﻼ أ َ ْﻗﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَو َْﺷ َﻚ َزادِي أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔﺪَ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗِﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺰﻧ َ ِﺔ وَأَﻟُﻮ ُم ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ (5‬اﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﺴ ِﻠ ْﻢ ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَﺄ ْ ِس َﻓﻤَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أ ُ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺗَﺄَﻣﱠ ﻠُﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺧ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ُﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﺘَﺎ َز ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ َ‬ ‫ﻒ؟ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ آﻫِ ٍﻞ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫آت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ!« و َ​َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ َز ْو َر ًﻗﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨﻲ إ ِ ْن ﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﴪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﻫﺎ ِﻟ ٌﻚ َﻻ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈذَا َر ِﻛﺒ ُْﺖ َز ْو َر ًﻗﺎ و َ​َﻫ َﻠ ْﻜ ُﺖ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪ ِْري َﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ َﻗ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ َ​َﺳﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ«‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (6‬ز ْو َر ُق اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َاح ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﻔِ ﻲ ﻟ ُ‬ ‫ِﺼﻨ ْ ِﻊ َز ْو َر ٍق‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ إِﻧ ْ َﻔﺎذِ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ِﺔ َﻓﺠَ ﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗْﻤَ ﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ أَﻧ ْ َﺰ ْﻟﺘُ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ وَﻣَ َﻸْﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻘﺪ ِْر ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﺧﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫َﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ ِﻣﺠْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺒَﻌْ ﺜ َ َﺮ ِة ِﰲ أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻﺤﱠ ْﺖ‬ ‫َاﻓ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ د ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ ﻟِﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ َو َراءَهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺧ ِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (7‬ﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ اﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ أُﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ِﻛﺒ ُْﺖ َز ْو َرﻗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱢف َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر َق ﻳ َِﺴريُ ِﺑﻲ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة َ‬ ‫َووَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻨِﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻼ ٍم د َِاﻣ ٍﺲ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ ﺣَ ِﺴﺒْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ — ﻟِﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺰدَا ُد ِﺿ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ — أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻛﺎ َد َز ْو َرﻗِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻢُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ْﻠ َﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َﺼ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺧ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺪ َم َرأ ْ ِﳼ ِﺑ َﺴ ْﻘ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺟْ ﻬَ َﺪﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع‬ ‫ﺎس َﻓﻨِﻤْ ُﺖ ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫وَاﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ و َ​َﻏ َﻠﺒَﻨِﻲ اﻟﻨﱡﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫ص ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺖ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻨِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َز ْو َرﻗِﻲ‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻬْ ِﻒ إِﱃ َﺳﻬْ ٍﻞ َﻓ ِﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ات ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ‬ ‫ون إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺮﺑُﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻒ وَاﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ وَﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﺧ َﻼ ِص وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﻮ ﱠد ِة َﻓ َﺮدﱡوا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﺑﻜﻼ ٍم‬ ‫َﻓﻨَﻬَ ْﻀ ُﺖ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣُ ْﺴﻦ ﺻﻨِﻴﻌِ ِﻬ ْﻢ وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﻴْﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﺘﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ﻤْ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أَﺗَﺒ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َني أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺸﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت َﻗ ْﻮ َل ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻞ‪:‬‬ ‫»ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْ َﻦ َﻏﻤْ َﻀ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﻴْ ٍﻦ وَاﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِﺘﻬَ ﺎ‬

‫ﺎل«‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َﻟﻰ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﻐﻴﱢ ُﺮ اﻟﻠ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ٍ‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫)‪ِ (9‬ﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻴ َﱠﺔ َﻓ َﻔ ِﻬ َﻢ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ وَﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ف أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﺮ ِﺑ ﱞﻲ َﻓ ْﺎﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪:‬‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐْ ﻳَﺎ أَﺧِ ﻲ و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﺶ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﰲ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرأﻳْﻨَﺎ َك ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر ِق‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ ِﺸﻴﻨَﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ َق َو َرﺑَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻨَﺎ ُه إِﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﻜﺜْﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮ ِﻣ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻞ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺼﺪُ؟«‬ ‫ﺎن أﺗَﻴ َْﺖ َوإِﱃ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬وَأﻳ َْﻦ أﻧَﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻵن؟«‬ ‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﰲ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َﻛﺎ ُد أ َ ْﻫ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴎ َع ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌْ ُﺖ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ َﻓ َﱰْﺟَ ﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒُﻮا أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ و َ​َﻗﺎﻟُﻮا ِﱄ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَ َﻚ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ و َ​َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ َﻫﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ إِﱃ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫)‪ِ (10‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْر َﻛﺒُﻮﻧِﻲ ﺟَ ﻮَادًا وَﺣَ ﻤَ ﻠُﻮا َز ْو َرﻗِﻲ — ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ — ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻛﺘَﺎﻓِ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْل َﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺜ َ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺑ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َي ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓﻬَ ﱠﺶ ِﻟﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻲ َو َر ﱠد ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ اﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد َوﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮﻧِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫»اﺳ ِﻤﻲ ﱢ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ْ :‬‬ ‫أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ َر ﱟد و َ​َﺳﺄ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱢ ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري َو ُر ُﻛﻮ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ﺎ َر‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠ َﺖ إِﱃ ُﻫﻨَﺎ؟«‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻛﺘُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ ِﺮحَ ِﺑﻨَﺠَ ﺎﺗِﻲ وَأَﻣَ َﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَﺐَ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ﺪَادٍ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ ﻟ َِﻐ َﺮاﺑَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َوﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ َ ِﱪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮز َوﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ِد‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرأَى ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر ِق ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠس أ َ ْﻛﺪ ً‬ ‫ﺎس و َُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣ َﻜﺪ ٌ‬ ‫َاﺳﺎ َﻓﻮَﺟَ َﺪ ُه أَﺛْﻤَ َﻦ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ِﰲ َﺧ َﺰا ِﺋﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْﺪَى د َْﻫ َﺸﺘَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮز ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱠﻮ ُم ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ٍﻦ ﻋَ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺎءُ و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻣُﻌْ ﺠَ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑﺘِ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻮ ُع أَﻣْ ِﺮ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫‪66‬‬

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‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻼﱠ ﻳَﺎ ِﺳﻨْﺪﺑَﺎدُ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠن ُﻛﻨُﻮ َز َك ِﻣ ْﻠ ٌﻚ َﻟ َﻚ َﻻ ﻳُﻨ َ ِﺎزﻋُ َﻚ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺎﻣﻌً ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫آﺧﺬَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺑَ ْﻞ أ َ ِزﻳﺪ َُﻫﺎ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎ َر َك ﷲ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ وَﻣَ ﺘﱠﻌَ َﻚ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ!«‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮﺗُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ﺟَ ِﺰ ً‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (11‬ﰲ ِﺿﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫َﺎﻓﺔ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮزي َوذَ َﺧﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮي و َ​َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ ِﱄ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ‬ ‫وَأَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ِﱄ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ًﻻ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِﺎز ِﻟ ِﻪ َوﻧ َ َﻘ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ِﺒﻴ ٍﺪ و َ​َﺧ َﺪ ٍم و َ​َﻏﻤَ َﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ َﻜ َﺮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ وَﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ِﻠ ٌﻚ ﻋَ ﺎدِ ٌل ﺗُﺤِ ﺒﱡ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﻋﻴ ُﱠﺔ َوﺗُﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫ِﺺ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﻋَ ﺎ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛﺐَ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴ َﻞ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻮﻛ ٍِﺐ ﺣَ ﺎﻓِ ٍﻞ أَﻳﱠﺎ َم ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻴَﺎدِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻣﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫إ ِ ْﺧ َﻼ ً‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن أ َ ُزو َر ُه وَأ ُ َﻛ ﱢﺮ َر َﻟ ُﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻻ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٌم د َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺧ ُﺮجَ إِﱃ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﻴﺐَ َﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ َ ِﺻ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻓﺄ َ َرى ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ َﺮاﺋِﺐَ وَأَﻋَ ِ‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫)‪ (12‬ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐُ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎن ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫َوﻣِﻤﱠ ﺎ أَذْ ُﻛ ُﺮ ُه َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ — ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل — أ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻞ وَاﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َر ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﺴ ِﺎوﻳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮل دَاﺋِﻤً ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴﺒ َِﺐ و ُ​ُﻗﻮﻋِﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎل اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻂ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﻮَاءِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺒ ًَﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﲆ ِﺟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻦ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ‬ ‫ﺻﻌَ ُﺪ إِﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ أَﺣْ ﻴَﺎﻧًﺎ ِﻷُﻣَ ﺘﱢ َﻊ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﺑﺠَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﺮﺟُ َ‬ ‫ﱠاﺻ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓﺄ َ َرى ا ْﻟ َﻐﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم إِﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ﱡﻟﻠ ْﺆﻟُ َﺆ!‬ ‫)‪ِ (13‬ﻛﺘَﺎبُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إِﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َو َ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إِﱃ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻼدِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﻹذْ ِن ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﱄ ِﺑ َﻜ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َﻓﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﻀ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ إِﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َودﱠﻋَ ﻨِﻲ وَﺣَ ﻤﱠ َﻠﻨِﻲ ِﻛﺘَﺎﺑًﺎ َرﻗ ً‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُر َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫ون‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ« و َ​َﻫﺪَاﻳَﺎ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱠﻮ ُم ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (14‬ا َ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إِﱃ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺑْﺤَ َﺮ ْت ِﺑ َﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِي‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺰ ْل َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ«‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« َﻓ َﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ُ‬ ‫ِني‪ ،‬وَأَﺟْ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ َﻟﻬُ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءَ وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫ض ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ أُﻋَ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫)‪ِ (15‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إِﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ون اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ« َﻓﻤَ ﺜ َ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُر َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ و َ​َﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ُﺖ‬ ‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺒًﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﺮأ َ ِﻛﺘَﺎبَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َﻓ َﺮآ ُه ﻳَﻔ ُ‬ ‫َاﻹ ْﺧ َﻼ ِص‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ِﱄ‬ ‫ِﻴﺾ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﺮ ﱠﻗ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﻮ ﱠد ِة و ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺠَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ ٍة ﺣَ َﺴﻨ َ ٍﺔ و َ​َﺷﻤَ َﻠﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻌَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ِﻪ وَﺣُ ﺒﱢ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎدﺳﺔ‬

‫ﺎل ِﺑﻤِ ﺎﺋَ ِﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ َﻫﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮ َغ ﱢ‬ ‫َف‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ﻳ َُﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴬوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ ُ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻌﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﻊ اﻷﻓﻴَﺎل‬

‫َ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﺗَ ْﻮﺑ َُﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔ ِﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ َﺳ ِﺔ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ ﻬْ ﺪًا َوﺛ ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ف و َْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ِﺸﻴﺐُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ْﻮﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻮ ْﻟﺪَا ُن‪ .‬وَﻋَ َ‬ ‫املﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫ﴤ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﺎ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻴ َ​َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي ِﰲ َراﺣَ ٍﺔ َو ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ِﺮ َﻫ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﺻﺢﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ َﻗ ًﺔ و َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ ْﺮﺑ َ​َﺔ وَا ْﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ َﺮ و َ​َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻤَ ﻴ ٍْﻞ َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ َﻓﺘُﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﺗَ ْﻮﺑ ًَﺔ َ‬ ‫َﺎل َﻻ ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ ِﻮي أَيﱡ َﻛﺪ ٍَر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﺰﻣِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﻧَﺎﻋِ ﻤً ﺎ َﻫﺎدِ ئ َ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫)‪ْ (2‬‬ ‫ﻧﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺾ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﺑ َِﺔ‬ ‫ﴫ َ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ َدوَاﻋِ ﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫َاب‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮءُ ﻳُﺪ ِْر ُﻛﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ و َْاﻻ ْﻏ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن إِذْ ﺟَ ﺎءَﻧِﻲ َر ُﺳﻮ ٌل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﺒ َِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُر َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ون اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ«‬ ‫ض ِﱄ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺴﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎﺋِﻲ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻴﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺎل — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﱧ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫أَﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫ﴬ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫َي ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴﱠﻴْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺮﺣﱠ ﺐَ ِﺑ ُﻘﺪُوﻣِﻲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺜ َ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱰﺗُ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫اﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫َني ﻳَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﺳﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد — د َ‬ ‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « َوﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳ َﱠﺔ‬ ‫ُون ِﺳﻮَا َك ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس — ِﻟﺘَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬ ‫َوﺗُﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ َﺳ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ َوﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺎﺗِﻲ« َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻊ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﱪُ و ُ​ُﻗﻮ َع ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﻋِ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ ﺒْ ُﺪ َك‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ُﻊ ﻳَﺎ أ َ ِﻣريَ ا ْﻟﻤُﺆ ِﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﴢ َﻟ َﻚ أَﻣْ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺗُﻌْ ﻔِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗُﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﺗَ ْﻮﺑ ًَﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ َﻗ ًﺔ وَأ َ ْﻗ َﺴﻤْ ُﺖ ﱠأﻻ أ ُ َﻓ ِﺎر َق‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ َﻻ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر َة ِﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ ْاﻵ َن َﺷﻴ ًْﺨﺎ َﻛﺒريَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ وَﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺒ ِﻪ!«‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ إ ِ ﱠن ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَ َﻚ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻻ ﻳَﻤْ ﻨَﻌُ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ﻬَ َﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َرد ُ‬ ‫ْت‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ ُ َﻛ ﱢﻠ ُﻔ َﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « َوﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘِﻲ َوﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮوءَ ِة أ َ ْن‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫َاﻹ ْﺧ َﻼص َﻓ َﻼ أ ُ ِﺟﻴﺒُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻫ ٌﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜﺮ وَاﻟﺜﱠﻨَﺎءِ؟«‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺪَأَﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻮ ﱢد و ْ ِ‬ ‫‪72‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ُﺮ إِﱃ ﺟَ ﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻤْ ِﻊ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا وَﻣَ ﻨَﺤَ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬وَأَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر — ُﻣ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ري — َﻓﻮ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ — ِﻷُﻧْﻔِ َﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﺄ َ ًة ِﱄ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﱄ ِﺑﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « َو َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺑ َْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َو ِﻛﺘَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ إِﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َ َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻤ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ‬ ‫)‪ِ (5‬ﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬ ‫»ﴎﻧْﺪِﻳﺐَ « ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ و َ​َﻓﺮحَ ِﺑ ُﻘﺪُوﻣِﻲ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪:‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أَذْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ َ َ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َﺷﻮ ٍْق َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ِﺳﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ أُﺛْﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ وَأُﻋﺠَ ﺐُ ِﺑ ِﺼﺪ ِْق‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻛﺘَﺎبَ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴎو ًرا ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴪ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ُ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ و َ​َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘَ ُﻪ َﻓ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إِﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي َﻓﺄ َ ِﺳ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﻜﺜ ْ ُﺖ ِﰲ ِﺿﻴ َ​َﺎﻓﺘ ِ​ِﻪ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريَ ًة ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﻒ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄْذَ ْن ِﱄ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺟَ ﻬْ ٍﺪ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻠﻘِ ِﻪ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻫﺪَاﻧِﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َﻛ ِﺜريًا‬ ‫آﺳ ٌ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ وَاﻟﺘﱡﺤَ ِﻒ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺒ ْﻠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َودﱠﻋْ ﺘُ ُﻪ وَأَﻧَﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ َﺮاﻗِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﻟُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮص ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« َﻓﻨ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ‬ ‫َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ُﻔ ِﻦ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ًَﺔ إِﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ و َْاﻷُﻣُﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺮا ُم َﻓﺒَﻘِﻴﻨَﺎ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﻧ َ ْﻠﻬُ ﻮ َوﻧ َ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ َوﻧ ُ َﻐﻨﱢﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ ُﻘ ْﺮب ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ ِﺲ َﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄَﻧَﺎ ﻟُ ُ‬ ‫ﴍ ﻗِ ﺘْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﻮص ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َﻓ َﻘﺘَﻠُﻮا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗﺎوَﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ َوو َ​َﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺳريًا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺎع وَأ َ َ ُ‬ ‫ﴎوا ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ َﻠﺒُﻮا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة وَﻣَ ﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫ذﻫﺒُﻮا ِﺑﻤَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺒﻨَﺎ إِﱃ ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة َﻓﺒَﺎﻋُ ﻮﻧَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺒﻴﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺮ َﻏﻨ ﱞِﻲ وَأ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﻤَ ﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َﱰَاﻧِﻲ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َﺴﺎﻧِﻲ وَآوَاﻧِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ أُﺣْ ِﺴﻨ ُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ري اﻟﺘﱢﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ و َ​َﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﻟُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮص ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أ َ ِﺳريًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺮ َﻏﻨ ﱞِﻲ َﻻ أُﺣْ ِﺴ ُﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ًﻼ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫‪73‬‬

‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪَ؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِﺻﺒَﺎيَ ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن أُﺣْ ِﺴﻨ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮاﻧ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬

‫)‪َ (7‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ َﻗﻮ ًْﺳﺎ َوﻧِﺒ ًَﺎﻻ وَأ َ ْر َﻛﺒَﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻓِ ً‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻏﺎﺑَ ٍﺔ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑ َ​َﺔ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَ ِﺒﺊَ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ وَﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ‬ ‫ْت ﻓِ ً‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ ﻋُ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻗﻮ ُْﺳ َﻚ َوﻧِﺒَﺎﻟُ َﻚ َﻓ ِﺈذَا ْ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻟﺘُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﺟَ َﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ أَﺗَﻰ َوﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﻨِﻲ وَﺣْ ﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﻠﻴ ِْﻞ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ َر َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ِﺔ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰبُ َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﺳﻬَ ِﺎﻣﻲ‬ ‫ﴪ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺣَ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ َﻓ َﻘﺘَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ و َ​َﻫ َﺮبَ ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي وَأ َ ْﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻓ ُ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮﻧِﻲ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ﺟَ ِﺰ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ َﻓﺤَ َﻔ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣُ ْﻔ َﺮ ًة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة وَا َرﻳْﻨَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘّﻰ إِذَا ﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻏ َﲆ ﺛَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫‪74‬‬

‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫َﺎل‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻴ ِ‬

‫ﻄﺎ ُد ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮم ﻓِ ً َ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ان‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻘ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ وَأدْﻓِ ﻨ ُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺷﻬْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧِﻲ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ َذ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻗ ِﻄﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺖ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﺟَ ﺎء َِت ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻴَﺎ ُل َﻓﺄَﺣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ‪َ .‬وﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﻃﻴﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻌُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ و َِﺷ ﱠﺪ ٍة — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺮ ُك َﺧ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َوﺗُﺤَ ﺪ ُﱢق ِﰲ ﱠ — َﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ُرﻋْ ﺒًﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﻮﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺟ ْﺬ ِع ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﺧ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻮ ُْس وَاﻟﻨﱢﺒَﺎ ُل ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪِي‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻓِ ﻴ ٌﻞ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ َﻓ َﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ور َﻫﺎ و َ​َﻫ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓﻮ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺬَﺑَﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺟَ ﺬْﺑ ًَﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟﺬُ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫َاﻗ َﱰَبَ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴ ُﻞ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﻓ َﺮ َﻓﻌَ ﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ُﺨ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ وَأَﺟْ َﻠ َﺴﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ِه وَأَﻧَﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ْف‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻲ َوﻣ ِْﻦ َﺧ ْﻠﻔِ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻴَﺎ ُل ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻒ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺰ َﻟﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض وَﻋَ ﺎد َِت ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ُﺔ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺄ َ ًذى‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﻟﻢٌ‪،‬‬ ‫َو ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت َﻻ أ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ُﱢق ﻣَ ﺎ أ َراهُ‪.‬‬

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‫ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﻣَ ْﻘ َﱪ ُة ا ْﻟﻔِ ﻴَ َﻠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻮ ِْﱄ َﻓ َﺮأﻳ ُْﺖ َﻛﻮْﻣَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﴬﻧِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﺎل وأﻧْﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﺄ ْد َر ْﻛ ُﺖ أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺤْ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِم ْاﻷ َ ْﻓﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﻷ َ ُﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗﺘْﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺄﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻻ ْأﻗﺘُﻠُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺑ ُْﻐﻴ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ﺎج‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺠَ ﺎء َْت ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻘ َﱪَ ِة ِﻷﺣْ ِﻤ َﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﻤْ َﻠﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻳُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌُﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ َﻼﻣَ ِﺔ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ْت ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﺮ ْر ُت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻗﻮ َْﺳ َﻚ َوﻧِﺒَﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ُﻣ ْﻠ َﻘﺎ ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ ْر ِض إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَ َﻠﻌَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬

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‫اﻟﺮﺣﻠﺔ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻌﺔ‬

‫ري َك ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ِﺒﻴ ِﺪﻧَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒ ِْﻞ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ور َﻫﺎ َﻓﺄَﻳ َْﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت؟«‬ ‫أن ْاﻷ ْﻓﻴَﺎ َل َﻗﺘَ َﻠﺘْ َﻚ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺘَ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺟُ ﺬُ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َث ِﱄ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى ِﺻﺪ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (10‬‬ ‫ﺧ َﻼ ُ‬ ‫ص ﱢ‬ ‫ﴎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ ِﺑ َﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َذ َﻛﺎﺋِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﺪﻳْﺘﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ٍة َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُﻛ ْﻦ ِﻷَﺣْ ﻠُ َﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أﻋْ ﺘَ ْﻘﺘُ َﻚ وَﺟَ ﻌَ ْﻠﺘُ َﻚ ﺣُ ٍّﺮا«‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ َﻓﺄﻋْ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺄْذَﻧْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إِﱃ َو َ‬ ‫ﴎ وَا ْﻟﻌُ ﺒُﻮ ِدﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧِﻲ ﻣَ ًﺎﻻ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ و َ​َﻓ ِﺮﺣْ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﺨ َﻼ ِﴆ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎج ِﺑﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ — ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ُﺪ — ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريًا و َ​َﻫﺪَاﻳَﺎ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺄﻏ َﲆ ﺛَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ًﺔ‪َ .‬وﻣ ِْﻘﺪَا ًرا وَاﻓِ ًﺮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ُة إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛ ٍﺐ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﴫةِ« َﻓ َﺴﺎ َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ أﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ًﺮا إ ِ َﱃ »ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ول وَأﻧَﺎ أﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺪ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﻼﻣَ ﺘِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻗﺎﻓِ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ري‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺄﴎﻋْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة إ ِ َﱃ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ َﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﱪ أﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َو َﻟﻴ َِﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ْﻠﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َ ﱢ‬ ‫)‪ِ (12‬ﰲ ﺑ َْﻐﺪَا َد‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َﻛ ْﺪ أد ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ َﻓ ِﺮﺣِ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ُﻞ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎﺑَﻠﻨِﻲ ْ‬ ‫أﻫ ِﲇ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ون اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺷﻴﺪِ« َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠﻨِﻲ أﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﻣ َُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻓ ِﺮحَ ِﺑ ُﻘﺪُوﻣِﻲ َ‬ ‫إِﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ ُر َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫أﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﱄ‪:‬‬ ‫أن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ْأﻗ َﻠ َﻘﻨﻲ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎﺑُ َﻚ و َ​َﺧ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫أﺻﺎﺑَ َﻚ ُﺳﻮءٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻋَ ﻮ َﱠﻗ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫َث ِﱄ َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫أﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ ِﺑﻤِ ﺪَادٍ‬ ‫أن ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَﺐَ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ َﻫ ٍﺐ ِﻟﺘَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫أﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﺎﻓﺄَﻧِﻲ أَﺟْ َﺰ َل ُﻣ َﻜﺎﻓﺄ َ ٍة َﻓﻌُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱪ ًة ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋِ ْ َ‬ ‫َو ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم وَأﻧَﺎ ِﰲ »ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ« أﻧْﻌَ ُﻢ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ْ‬ ‫أﻫ ِﲇ و ْ‬ ‫َأﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪًا ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ف و َْاﻷ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺨ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر‪.‬‬

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‫َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎل و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬و َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﱢ‬ ‫َاﻵن ﻣَ ﺎ َرأْﻳُ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎ ُد ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إِﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ َﺖ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫أﻏ َﺮبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫أﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ض أﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻟ ِ​ِﻤﺜ ْ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎﻟِﻚِ و َْاﻷ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر؟ أ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱢﻘﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﴤ اﻟﺒَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻴ َ​َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي َﻫﺎدِ ﺋًﺎ ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫َال — ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨٍّﺎ؟«‬ ‫أن أ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫واﻷﻫﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َم إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ُل و َ​َﻗﺒﱠ َﻞ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه — ﰲ اﺣْ ِﱰَا ٍم وأد ٍَب — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﻖ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ْﻊ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺘ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َرى أﺣَ ﺪًا أﺟْ َﺪ َر ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫أﻏ َﺮبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة ِﻷﻧ ﱠ َﻚ أ ْد َر ْﻛﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﺠ ﱢﺪ َك‬ ‫وَاﺟْ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎدِ َك‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ِﺒﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أﺣْ ﺘَ ِﻤﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْ ُﻛﻮ ًرا إِذَا ﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِرﺣْ َﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛ ِﺐ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻼ ِﺗ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ! َو َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻷﻫﻮَا َل َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ َ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﻏﺎﺋِﺐَ «‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﱠﻼ َك ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﺼ َﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت ﻧَﺎدِ َرةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ — َﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺘ َﻚ وَﺟُ ْﺮأ ِﺗ َﻚ — ﻣُﺤْ ِﺴ ٌﻦ ﺑَﺎ ﱞر‬ ‫ِني‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟﺜﱠﻨَﺎءِ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ — إ ِ ﱠﻻ اﻟﺪﱡﻋَ ﺎءَ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎ َر َك‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ َﺮ َك وَﻣَ ﺘﱠﻌَ َﻚ ِﺑﺜ َ ْﺮ َوﺗِ َﻚ و َِﺻﺤﱠ ﺘَ َﻚ«‪.‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« َ‬ ‫وﻗ ﱠﺮﺑَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ وﻣَ ﻨَﺤَ ُﻪ ِﻣﺎﺋَ َﺔ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻬُ ﱠﺶ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫أن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒًﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻏﻨَﺎ ُه ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْﻘ ِﺮهِ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« َ‬ ‫واﺗﺨﺬَ ُه ﱢ‬ ‫وأﺻﺒَﺢَ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدُ« — ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫أﺻﻔِ ﻴَﺎءِ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ريَ ِة ْ‬ ‫»اﻟﺴﻨ ْ ِﺪﺑَﺎدِ « َوﻧُﺪَﻣَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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