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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٩٣٢٠ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ١٠٧ ٤ :‬‬ ‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ٨٨٦٢‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٢ / ٨ / ٢٦‬‬ ‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‬ ‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‬ ‫‪ ٥٤‬ﻋﻤﺎرات اﻟﻔﺘﺢ‪ ،‬ﺣﻲ اﻟﺴﻔﺎرات‪ ،‬ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﻧﴫ ‪ ،١١٤٧١‬اﻟﻘﺎﻫﺮة‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻬﻮرﻳﺔ ﻣﴫ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻛﺲ‪+ ٢٠٢ ٣٥٣٦٥٨٥٣ :‬‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٢٠٢ ٢٢٧٠٦٣٥٢ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪hindawi@hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ورود اﻟﺼﺎوي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪Cover Artwork and Design Copyright © 2011 Hindawi‬‬ ‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪All other rights related to this work are in the public domain.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷوّل‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

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‫اﻷول‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ ّ‬

‫)‪ُ (1‬ﻫﺒُﻮبُ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻫﺒ ِﱠﺖ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ َﺷﺪﻳ َﺪ ًة ﻋﺎ ِﺗﻴ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ أَﻣْ ﻮاجُ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻫﺎدِ َر ًة ﺻﺎﺧِ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗُﻬَ ﱢﺪ ُد ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﻐ َﺮ ِق‬ ‫ﻮﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫َني َﻟﺤ َ‬ ‫ﺑْ َ‬ ‫ﺎب ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ وَأ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ وَﻣَ ﱠﻼﺣِ ﻴﻬﺎ َو ُرﺑﱠﺎﻧِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺧﺎ َر ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ُﻢ‬ ‫ْف ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ﱠﻛ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻮَى‪ ،‬وَﻛﺎ َد اﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻮ ِْﱄ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻮْﻻ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﻌَ ﺜ َ ُﻪ أ َ ِﻣري ُ​ُﻫﻢ »إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل« ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣَ ﻞ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺣﻴﻠﺔ‪ .‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻮﺳ ِﻬﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﻔ ْﻀﻞ ﻣﺎ أُوﺗ َِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ ُ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﺠﺎﻋَ ُﺔ ﺗُﻌْ ﺪِي َﻛﻤﺎ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت َﻗ ْﻠ ٍﺐ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ﱠﻮ ِة ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺮاﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣﻦ َﺷ ْﺨ ٍﺺ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﻌْ ﺪِي َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ َﻛﻤﺎ ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ا َمل َﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ض‪.‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﺗَ ِﺰﻳﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺟﺎل ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﺻﻼﺑ ًَﺔ و َُﻗ ﱠﻮ ًة‪ ،‬ﻓﺮاحَ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪاﺋ ُﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺪ ُر‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل« ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻓﺬاذِ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼﻣَ ُﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أَو َِاﻣ َﺮ ُه ﺗِﺒﺎﻋً ﺎ — ِﰲ ﺑَﺮاﻋَ ٍﺔ وَﺣﻨ ْ َﻜ ٍﺔ َوذَﻛﺎءٍ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻛ ِﺘﺒ َْﺖ َﻟﻬُ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﻮا‬ ‫ﻮاﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﻼﻟﻬﻤﺎ — ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ني ِ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ َﻔﻴْﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠﻬَ ﻼكِ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺗُﻬَ ﱢﺪد ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ — ِﰲ ﺧِ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﻔﻴْﻨ َ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟﺎءَ اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫ِﺚ َﺳ َﻜﻨ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺪَأ َ ِت اﻷَﻣْ ﻮاجُ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﺋ َﺮ ُة‪ ،‬وﻧَﺠَ ْﺖ َﺳﻔﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫َﺣﺎﺷﻴَﺘِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ َ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ْﺖ ﺳﻔﺎﺋ ُﻦ أَﺗْﺒﺎﻋِ ِﻪ و ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ َﺮ ِق‪.‬‬ ‫اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺣِ ﻮا ُر اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ري وَاﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن ﺗَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َني اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻗ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴏ َخ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧَﺠَ ﻮْﻧﺎ ﻳﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ َ َ‬ ‫َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي اﻷ َ ِﻣري ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‪ ،‬وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨﺎ َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧَﻨْﺞُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻷ َ ِﻣري‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ؟«‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎ ُن‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺿ َﻠ ْﻠﻨﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫»ﻟﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ؛ َﻓﻤﺎ ﻧَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ؟ وَﻣﺎ ﻳَﺪ ِْري أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪ :‬أَﻳُﺘﺎحُ ﻟ َِﺴﻔﺎ ِﺋﻨِﻨﺎ )ﻣَ ﺮاﻛ ِﺒﻨﺎ( أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﺳ َﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﱪﱢ‪ ،‬أ َ ْم ُﻛﺘِﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨﺎ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ املﺎءِ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ َﺪ ﻣﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ ِﱠﺎﻣﻨﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة ﻫﺎﺋِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎ ٍم‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﴤ ﻣﺎ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺸﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺠَ ﻮْﻧﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َملﻮْت َﻏ ً‬ ‫اب َﻓﻨَﻬْ ِﻠ َﻚ ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ وَﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺮﻗﺎ؟«‬ ‫و َ​َﴍ ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳﻬ ْﻦ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ اﻟﻌَ ْﺰمُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺈن ﻋِ ﻨﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ ِ‬ ‫َﴪ ْت َﻟﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﷲ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَﺠْ َﺰ ْع وﻻ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ َ‬ ‫َﴪ َﻟﻨﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻼص ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻖ اﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈذا َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻗﺎدِ َر ٌة ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻴ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﷲ ُ‬ ‫— ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺘَﺐَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮت ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ َﻓﻼ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ َﻗ َﴣ ﷲُ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ‬ ‫ني وَﻻ ﺧﺎﺋﻔِ َ‬ ‫ري َﻫﻴﱠﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻮاﺟ ُﻪ ا َملﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻮاﺟ ُﻪ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة — ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳ ِﻤني َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ْت — َﻛﻤﺎ ﻧ ُ ِ‬ ‫أَﺟْ َﺪ َرﻧﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺻ َﻔ ٍﺔ ﻧ َ ْﻠﻘﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ ِرﺣﻼﺗِﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُﻬﺎ آﺧِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺬِه أَوﱠل ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺻ َﻔ ٍﺔ ﺗُ ْﻜﺘَﺐُ َﻟﻨﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼﻣَ ُﺔ — ِﺑﺈذْ ِن‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﷲ — ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫﻮاﻟِﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷوّل‬

‫)‪ (3‬اﻟ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﺣﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ‬ ‫وَﻫﻜﺬا َر ﱠد اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠﺎ ُع اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻮب أ َ ْ‬ ‫ري ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ ُﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﺳﺎ َر ْت َﺳﻔﺎﺋ ُﻦ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ُﻗﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﰲ اﻟﻴﻮْم ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺷﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ وَﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ِد ِه ِﰲ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْري ُﻫﺪًى َﺧﻤْ َﺴ َﺔ أﻳﱠﺎم أ ُ َﺧ َﺮ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ ِس‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َﺮجَ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ و َِر ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﻦ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ ُﺴﻮا ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫ِﺮﻳﻦ ﷲ ﺣَ ِﺎﻣ َ‬ ‫ني ﺷﺎﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ ِآﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫إﱃ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻛﺎﺑَﺪُوا ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺣﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱠﺎﻗ ِﺔ ﻣﺎ ﻛﺎﺑَﺪُوا ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫﻮال‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺐ و َ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻤﻴﻢ ﻣﺎ ﻣَ ﻸ َ ﻧ ُ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤُﻘﺎ ُم َرأَوْا ِﻣ ْﻦ دَﻻﺋ ِ​ِﻞ اﻟﺨِ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻮﺳﻬُ ْﻢ ﺑﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ‬ ‫َاﻟﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوس ِ‬ ‫َوإﻋْ ﺠﺎﺑًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﱡﻠﻮا ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت اﻟﻔِ ْﺮد ِ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر وَأ َ ْﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ذات أَﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر!‬ ‫و َِر ٍ‬ ‫ﻤﺎر وَاﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻳﺐ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺎض ﺗَﺤْ ﻔِ ُﻞ ِﺑﺄ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮن ْ‬ ‫ِو َﻟﺒﺜُﻮا أﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺒ َ‬ ‫أن ﻳَ َﺮوْا إﻧْﺴﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫ﻤﻜﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱡﻠﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺠﺪُوا أَﺣْ ﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ا َملﺪﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ُمل َ‬ ‫ﻮﺻ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح َﺧ َﺮجَ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗﺎ ُد ﺗِﻠ َﻚ اﻷَﻧْﺤﺎءَ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ف َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫وَذا َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟَ ﺒ ٍَﻞ‬ ‫ﺻ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻌﱠ َﺪ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ زا َل ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺪ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻌﱢ ﺪًا ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إﱃَ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓ َﺮأى ﻋَ ﲆ ﻣَ ﺴﺎﻓ ٍﺔ ﻗﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨ ُﻪ ُﺳﻮ َر ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓﺄﻳْﻘ َﻦ ِﺑﻘ ْﺮ ِب اﻟﻔ َﺮ ِج‪ ،‬وَأ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤﺎ َرأَى‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺴﺎءُ َﻗ ِﺪ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒﺎﺗُﻮا َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺄﻧ َ ُﻔﻮا‬ ‫إﱃ َﺳ ْﻔﺤِ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ُﻐﻮا ذِ ْر َو َة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫﺒَ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮا َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َاﺳ َﱰاﺣُ ﻮا‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح اﻟﻴَﻮْم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َﺳ ْري َُﻫﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَوْا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺪ ً‬ ‫ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺄﻧِﻔِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻨﺔ ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‪ ،‬ﻳَﺤُ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻋﺎل ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ِﺟﻬﺎﺗِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َرأَوْا أَﺑْﻮاﺑَﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺳﻴ َﱠﺔ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﺑﻬﺎ ُﺳﻮ ٌر ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن‪ ،‬ﻣ َُﺸﻴﱠ َﺪ َة اﻷ َ ْر ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺒُﻨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻔﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘﺤﺎ َل اﻟﺪﱡﺧﻮ ُل إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻحَ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ أَﻋْ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺘﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺲ وَاﻷ َ ْﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﻐ َﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ أُﺣْ ِﻜ َﻢ ِرﺗﺎﺟُ ﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪ ،‬أُﺗْﻘِ ﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻧ ُ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ﺑ ُﺮوجٌ ﻣُﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﻘﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻗﺎﻣُﻮا‬ ‫ﺼﻨ َ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬أَﺑْﻮاﺑُﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺷﻬﺎ َو َز ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺧﺎر ُﻓﻬﺎ أﻳﱠﻤﺎ إِﺗْ ٍ‬ ‫ون اﻟﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ِﰲ د ُ‬ ‫ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺪﺑﱢ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮﻟِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪُوا إِﱃ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠﺔ ﺗُﻤَ ﱢﻜﻨُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻖ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ اﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريُ‬ ‫َﻓﺄﺷﺎ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ُﻢ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ﻠُﻮا ُﺳ ﱠﻠﻤً ﺎ َﻛﺒريًا ﻳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﱄ ِﻟﻴُﻤَ ﱢﻜﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺘْ ِﺢ‬ ‫ﻮرﻫﺎ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُﺴﺎﻣ ُﺖ ذِ ْر َو َة ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫أَﺑْﻮا ِﺑﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ال أ َ ْﻫﻠِﻬﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧِﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ف َﺧ َ ِﱪﻫﺎ وَﻋَ ﺠﺎ ِﺋ ِﺒﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﺳ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎﻟُﻮا‪» :‬ﻧِﻌْ َﻢ ﻣﺎ أَﺷﺎ َر ﺑ ِﻪ اﻷَﻣريُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ َﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ َﻟ ِﺒﺜُﻮا أ َ ْن أَﺗَﻤﱡ ﻮا ُ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻌﺎ َوﻧُﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ َر ْﻓﻌِ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻗﺎﻣُﻮ ُه وَأ َ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻘﻮ ُه‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ اﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺴﺎوﻳًﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋُ ِﻤ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ﱢﺪ ِه وَا ْرﺗِﻔﺎﻋِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠﺎءَ ﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻗ َ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ا َملﻮ ِْت‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ َﻟﻬُ ُﻢ اﻷَﻣريُ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮد َُﻫ ْﻢ َوﺗَ ْﻮﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎح‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻘﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬ﺑﺎ َر َك ﷲ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ ُﻜﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻟﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻞ ﷲ ُ ﻣَ ْﺴﻌﺎ ُﻛ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻗِ ْﺴﺘُ ُﻢ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر ا َملﺪِﻳﻨَﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻔﺎع ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْرﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﱄ َ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ ذِ ْر َو َة ﱡ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪» :‬أَﻳﱡ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ َﻲ َﻫﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ْر ِض ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﻴ َْﻔﺘَﺢَ ﻟﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ﻐﺎﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ﺘﺎ َل ِﻟﻨ ُ ُﺰوﻟِ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب؟«‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ ﻫﺬا ا ْﻟ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷوّل‬

‫ﻃﻤَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻢْ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ري‪» :‬أَﻧﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻌَ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َر ْﻏﺒَ ِﺔ اﻷَﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ِﺮ ِﺑﺘَﺤﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ْﻮاب ا َملﺪﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻷَﻣريُ‪ ،‬وَأَﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﻔ ُﻞ ِﺑ َﻔﺘْ ِﺢ أَﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷَﻣريُ »إ ِ ْﻗﺒﺎ ٌل«‪ْ :‬‬ ‫»اﺻﻌَ ﺪْ‪ ،‬ﺑﺎ َر َك ﷲ ُ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺎر ُس أَدْراجَ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ أَﻋْ ﻼهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻌِ َﺪ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﴫ ِه َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ ﻲ ُﺳﻮ َر ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺜْﺒ ُ​ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗﺪَﻣﺎ ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ َﺨ َ‬ ‫إﱃ املﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺺ ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﴐ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ ِﺛ ٌﻞ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﺻﺎحَ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻚِ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻪ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻫﺄَﻧَﺬا ِ ٌ‬ ‫إﱃ داﺧِ ِﻞ ا َﻟﻤﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﻌُ ﻠُ ﱢﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﻣَ ﻰ ﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻫِ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪ ﱠُﻗ ْﺖ ﻋُ ﻨ ُ ُﻘﻪُ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﻬَ َﺮ َس َﻟﺤْ ُﻤ ُﻪ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻤﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷَﻣريُ ْ‬ ‫ﷲ َﻟﻴ َْﻔﻨ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل«‪» :‬إذا َ‬ ‫َﺼﻨ َ ُﻊ ا َملﺠْ ﻨُﻮ ُن؟ أَﻣﺎ و ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻫﺬا ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻞ اﻟﻌﺎﻗِ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎذا ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑُﻨﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ إذا ْاﻗﺘَ َﺪوْا ِﺑﻔِﻌْ ِﻞ ﻫﺬا اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺋ ِﺪ اﻷَﺣْ ﻤَ ﻖ‪ .‬ا ْر ِﺟﻌُ ﻮا‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﺣﺎﺟَ َﺔ ِﺑﻨﺎ ِﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮل ﻫﺬ ِه‬ ‫ري ِﰲ اﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ ُﻫﻨﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﻰ ﻻ ﻧُﻌَ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫ض أَ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑَﻨﺎ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮدَى‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻧ ُ ْﻠﻘِ َﻲ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ا َمل ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َرةِ‪ ،‬وَﻻ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻬْ ﻠُ َﻜ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫ﻓﺎر ٌس ﺟَ ِﺮيءٌ‪» :‬أَﺗِﺢْ ِﱄ َ ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻي ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ﻣﺎﺟ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ أَﺛْﺒ َُﺖ َﻗ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْرﺟَ ﺢُ ﻋَ ْﻘ ًﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻮاب ﻫﺬ ِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺘَﻰ أَذِ َن ِﱄ َ اﻷَﻣريُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺈن ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻨِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻗﺎدِ ٌر ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓﺘْ ِﺢ أَﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷَﻣريُ ْ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل«‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ ﻧﺎ َل ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَ َﻚ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَذِ َن َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺒ َِﻞ ِﻣﺜ ْ ُﻞ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒ ِﻪ؛‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱠﻔ َﻖ ﺑَ َﻜ ﱠﻔﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺻﺎحَ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﴐ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ َﺔ َرﻓِﻴﻘ ِ​ِﻪ اﻷَو ِﱠل‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻫﺎ أﻧﺎ ذا‬ ‫ِ ٌ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ْر ِض ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘَ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻮَى َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻚِ ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺬَ َ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ِﺛ ٌﻞ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْق ﱡ‬ ‫ﻂ َﻟﺤْ ُﻤ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻌ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻤ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْرهِ‪.‬‬ ‫إﺧﻮاﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﺘﺎﺑَﻌَ ﺘِﻬﻤﺎ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎﻓﺘُﻮا‪ :‬واﺣِ ﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺜ ْ ِﻦ ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋُ ﻬُ ﻤﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﺰ ِم ْ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻳُ ْﻠﺤِ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎز ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻏ ْري ُ​ُﻫﻢْ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺰﻋُ ُﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻗ َﺪ ُر ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َ​َﻘﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﺟْ َﺪ ُر ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔﻮ ِْز‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ إﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﻠ َﻚ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟُ ﻤْ ﻬُ ﻮ ٌر َﻛ ِﺒريٌ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺜْﺒ ُْﺖ واﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻬ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺪار‬ ‫ﻮر ﱠإﻻ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻘ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ َﻟ ِﺒﺜ َ ُﻪ َﻏ ْريُهُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْرهِ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ اﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﱪَى ﻗﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ اﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ ً‬ ‫ريي أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮى ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ — ْ‬ ‫إن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲ ُ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋﻼ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ﻟِﻬﺬا اﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﴪ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫— َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ﻣﺎ ﻳ ُ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ اﻷَﻣريُ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫﻴ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ُع‪َ :‬‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ْﻬﺎت أ َ ْن آذَ َن َﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﺬﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺮﻳﺌﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫أُﻣَ ﱢﻜﻨ َ َﻚ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ُملﺤﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺔ اﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت َﻟ َﻚ ﻋﺎﻗِ ﺒَﺘُﻬﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻗﺎﺋ ُﺪ اﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ َو ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺷ ُﺪهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻄﺎوﻋَ ﻨِﻲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أُﻋَ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻚ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ِﻊ‬ ‫ﺼﺎر َع ﺛَﻼﺛ َ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻮت ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َرأَﻳ َْﺖ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻓ ْﺮﺳﺎﻧِﻨﺎ ا ُمل َﺪ ﱠر ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫وَﻃﺎ َل اﻟﺤِ ﻮا ُر وَاﻟﺠَ َﺪ ُل ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫إﱃ إﺟﺎﺑَ ِﺔ اﻟﻘﺎ ِﺋﺪِ؛‬ ‫ري وَﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﺪ اﻟﺠَ ﻴْﺶ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ َرأَيُ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َني اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺰاﻣﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬و َرﺟﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َرﺑﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺛ َِﻘ ًﺔ ِﺑﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﺄ ْ ِﺷ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫وَا ْرﺗَ َﻘﻰ ا ْﻟﻘﺎ ِﺋ ُﺪ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠﻢَ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﻠﺒُ ُﻪ ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻠﺊ ٌ ﻳَﻘِﻴﻨًﺎ َوإﻳﻤﺎﻧًﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ِﺠﺎح ﻣَ ْﺴﻌﺎهُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ أَﻋْ َﲆ‬ ‫أﻣﺎرات ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﴫهِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺮاب‪ ،‬وَﺻﺎحَ َﻛﻤﺎ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻻﺿ ِﻄ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﴐ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ِﺛ ٌﻞ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ أ ْ‬ ‫َني ﻳ َﺪﻳْﻚِ ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻫﺎ أﻧَﺎ ذا ِ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻮَى َ‬ ‫َﻗﺬَ َ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْق ﱡ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻷ َ ْر ِض َﻛﻤﺎ َﻫﻮَى أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﲏ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻓﺎﺗِﺢُ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎر َع أَﺗْﺒﺎﻋِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﻼ َك ﻗﺎ ِﺋ ِﺪ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ‪ ،‬أَﻣَ َﺮ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑَ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﻘﻠِﻌُ ﻮا ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل« ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ريي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣُﺤﺎ َو َﻟﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬُ ﻢْ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ﻟِﻬﺬا اﻷَﻣْ ﺮ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِني أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﺎ ْرﺗﺎ َع أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‬ ‫ﺿﺎرﻋ ِ‬ ‫ري وَﺟَ ِﺰﻋُ ﻮا‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺰﻋُ ﻮا ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌُ ﻮا‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳﻠُﻮا إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎبُ اﻷَﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻫﺬ ِه ا ُملﺨﺎ َ‬ ‫ني‪» :‬ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻓ ْﻖ ِﺑﻨﺎ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻷَﻣريُ‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎﻟُﻮا َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﺈن ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗَﻨﺎ َر ْﻫ ٌﻦ ِﺑﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫وَﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ َﻟﻨﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َك‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺖ َدﻟِﻴﻠُﻨﺎ وَرا ِﺋﺪُﻧﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻫﺎدِ ﻳﻨﺎ َو ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺷﺪُﻧﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷَﻣريُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن أُد ِْر َك ﻫﺬ ِه اﻟﻐﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ أ َ ْو أ َ ْﻫ ِﻠ َﻚ دُوﻧَﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﺜ ْ ِﻨﻴَﻨﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺑُﻠُﻮﻏِﻬﺎ َﳾءٌ إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءِ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ري ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺠْ َﺰ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﻘﺎوَﻣَ ِﺔ إرا َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱡﻔﻮا ﻋَ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻟﺤﺎﻓِ ِﻬﻢْ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَوْا إ ِ ْﴏا َر اﻷَﻣ ِ‬ ‫واﺗﱠﺠَ ﻬُ ﻮا َ‬ ‫إﱃ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ ِﺑﺪُﻋﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ َو َرﺟﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫وَا ْرﺗَ َﻘﻰ اﻷَﻣريُ َد َر ِ‬ ‫ﺟﺎت ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر ا َملﺪﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﱄ ﺣَ ﺘﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ذِ ْر َوﺗَﻪُ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻔ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫َﴫه َ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱠﻔ َﻖ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ إﻋْ ﺠﺎﺑًﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َﺨ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ َﺮحُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﻰ ْ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﻔِ ﻀﺎءِ ُﻣﺘَﺄَﻣﱢ ًﻼ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ ِﺰ َع‬ ‫ﺺ ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأوْا‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻫﻤُﻮا أ َ ﱠن أ َ ِﻣري َُﻫ ْﻢ َﺳﻴَ ْﻠﺤَ ُﻖ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َ​َﻘ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬﺎ ِﻟ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﺴﺒُﻮا أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻮر ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻫِ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌﺎﱃ ُﴏ ُ‬ ‫اﺧﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎذِ ٌ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ُﻘﻮا ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮرﻳﻦ‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫» ُرﺣْ ﻤﺎ َك اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬُ ﱠﻢ ُرﺣْ ﻤﺎ َك! ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻓ ْﻖ ِﺑﻨﺎ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻷَﻣريُ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗُ ْﻠ ِﻖ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﺘﱠﻬْ ﻠُ َﻜ ِﺔ َﻓﻨ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َك ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬﺎ ِﻟ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﷲ َ َﺳ ﱠﻠﻢَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻐ ﱠﻠﺒ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِْﺶ‪ ،‬واﻧْﺘَ َ َ‬ ‫اﻷَﻣريُ ﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑ ِﻪ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﻬَ َﺾ و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ َﻟﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻮاﺛ ِ​ِﻖ اﻟﺜﺎ ِﺑ ِﺖ اﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم‪:‬‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫»ﻻ ﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﺨﺎﻓﻮا ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ِﻬ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺰاﺋ ُﻤ ُﻜ ْﻢ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﴪ ُﻛ ْﻢ ْ‬ ‫إن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻓﺎق‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﺮوْا إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣﺎ ﻳ ُ ﱡ‬ ‫َف ﷲ ُ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ َﻛﻴْ َﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫َﴏ َ‬ ‫ْﻄﺎن وَﻣَ ْﻜ َﺮهُ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ اﻷَﻣريُ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ْﻮاب ا َملﺪﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺾ ﻗﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ َﻓﺘْ ِﺢ أَﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ‬ ‫ﻮاري ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ُ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐريُ‪ ،‬أَﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫ني و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ف ﻣﺎذا َرأَى اﻷَﻣريُ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮر ا َملﺪﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ؟‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫وﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮبَ‬ ‫ْﻨﺎن‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷ ِﻬ َﺪ ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺸﻬَ ْﺪ ُه إﻧْﺴﺎ ٌن‪َ ،‬و َرأى أﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﻣﺎ و َ​َﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻬ ﱠﻦ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻳﻨﺎدِ ﻳﻨ َ ُﻪ ﻗﺎﺋ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻼت‪:‬‬ ‫ﻮار‪ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻬُ ﱠﻦ اﻷ َ ْﻗﻤﺎ ُر‪ ،‬ﻳ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻧﺎن‪َ :‬رأَى ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﴩ َن ِﺑﺄَﻳْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ ﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ أذُ ِ‬ ‫»ﺗﻌﺎل إ َﻟﻴﻨﺎ أﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻷَﻣريُ اﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢُ!«‬ ‫وﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ﱠن ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَ ُﻪ ﺑَﺤْ ًﺮا ِﻣ َﻦ املﺎءِ دا ِﻧﻴًﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫)ﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ(‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻞ َﻛﻤﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑَ ُﻪ َﴏْﻋَ ﻰ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺜﺎبَ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُر ْﺷ ُﺪهُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺮا ُه ﺧِ ﺪا ُع ﺳﺎﺣِ ٍﺮ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َﺳﺒ َ​َﻘﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺳﺘَﻤْ َﺴ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫وَاﻋْ ﺘَﺼ َﻢ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻖ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻫ َﻜﺬا َر ﱠد ﷲ ُ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻛﻴْ َﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻄﺎن َو ِﻓﺘْﻨَﺘﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﱠﲆ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠن ﻣﺎ رآ ُه َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣَ ﻜِﻴ َﺪ ًة َدﺑﱠ َﺮﻫﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎر ٌع‪ ،‬ﻟ َِريُ ﱠد ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل ْاﻗﺘِﺤﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ُﺮو ُم اﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‪ .‬وَﻫﻜﺬا‬ ‫ﺳﺎﺣِ ٌﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُرﻓِﻌَ ِﺖ اﻟﻐِ ﺸﺎ َو ُة ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﺸ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻣ ُْﻘﺪِﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَزا َل ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻛﻴْ ُﺪ اﻟ َﻜﺎ ِﺋﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻫ ْﻮ ُل ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪،‬‬ ‫وَﺣَ ِﻤ َﺪ ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ أَﻧﺎ َر َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﴪ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْﺷ ٍﺪ َوﺗَ ْﻮﻓ ٍ‬ ‫َﴫ ُه ِﺑﻤَ ْﻮﻗ ِ​ِﻊ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺷﺎء َْت َرﺣْ ﻤَ ﺘُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ِع أ َ ْ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴُﺪ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﺑﻤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَ َ َ‬ ‫ري أ َ ْن ﻳُﺒ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ريهِ‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ ﻣَ ْﻦ ُو ِﻋ َ‬ ‫ُو ِﻋ َ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ!‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ْﺴ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻮات‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى ﺑُ ْﺮﺟً ﺎ ﻋﺎﻟﻴًﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴙ ِ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻟ ُﻪ ﺑﺎبٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر َة‬ ‫اﻹﺑ ِْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺰ )اﻟﺨﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺺ(‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮحٌ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﴫَاﻋَ ﻴْﻪ‪ .‬وَﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺘِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﻪ َﻓ َﺮأى ﰲ و َْﺳ ِﻂ ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻟﻪ َﻛ ﱞ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﺪُو َد ٌة ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﺗُ ِﺸريُ َ‬ ‫ﺘﻮب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﺮأ ُه ِ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ َﻓﺈذا ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎر ٍس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻟﻮ ٍْح ﻣَ ْﻜ ٍ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ اﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴﻢُ‪ .‬ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ ﻳﺎ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪ ،‬وَواﻫِ ﺐَ‬ ‫ُﺨ ﱢﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫‪14‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﺗَﺄَﻣﱠ ِﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺰﻧ ْ ُﱪُ َك ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﺮا ُه ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة َد ْو َر ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺎر ِس‪ِ ،‬وأَدِ ْر ُه اﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْﻲ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ْاﻓ ُﺮكِ املِ ْﺴﻤﺎ َر اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ َﻟ ِﺒ ﱠﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ِﺑﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﺛْﻨَﺘَ ْﻲ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﻣَ ﻔﺎﺗِﻴﺢُ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻗِ ﺮاءَ َة و َِﺻﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺐَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ْﺴ ِﻢ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﻔﺘَﺢَ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﺑﺎبٌ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريٌ ِﰲ‬ ‫ْت ﺧﺎﻓِ ٌﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ‪ .‬اﻧْﺘَﻬﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺳﺎ ِﻟ ًﻜﺎ دِ ْﻫﻠِﻴ ًﺰا َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ﺤﺎل‪ُ ،‬ﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﳼ‬ ‫إﱃ ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﻢ ﻧ ُ ِ ﱟ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﺻ َ‬ ‫ري اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر ِج‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ َد َر ٍ‬ ‫ﻛﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى ُرد َْﻫ ًﺔ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ اﻷراﺋ ُﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﻋَ ﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ُ‬ ‫اس‪ ،‬أ ِﺷﺪﱠاءُ أ ْﻗ ِﻮﻳﺎءُ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻬ ُﻢ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴘ ا ُمل َﻮﺗﱠ َﺮ ُة‪ ،‬و ﱢ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﱠﺮ ٌ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻬﺎ ُم‬ ‫ُﻮف ا ُمل ْﺮ َﻫ َﻔ ُﺔ‪ ،‬واﻟﻘِ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻠﻮ اﻟﻌَ ﺘﺎدِ ‪ ،‬ﰲ أﻳْﺪ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ِﺴﺒَﻬُ ْﻢ ﻧﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ا ُمل َﻔﻮ َﱠﻗ ُﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﺪَأ َ ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪:‬‬ ‫» َﻟﻌ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﻔﺎﺗِﻴﺢَ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﻫ ُﺆﻻءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ ِﺖ‪ ،‬ﺑﺎدِيَ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻣَ ِﻬﻴﺐَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَدا َر ﻟِﺤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠﻌَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬راﺋ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘُ ﱠﻮةِ‪َ ،‬ﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ اﻟﺒَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺢ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ «.‬وَﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫َاﻟﻘ ﱠﻮةِ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ِرﻳ َﻜ ٍﺔ ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌ ﱠﻞ ﻫﺬا ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﻔﺎﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ ُِﺠﺒْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺘِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗﻴ ِﺪ )ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ِﺔ( ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮات ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ ِرﻳ َﻜ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ ﻗﺎﻋِ ﺪٌ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴩ ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎﺣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس اﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ف أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺑَﻮﱠابُ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ َﺔ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ذِ راﻋِ ِﻪ ِﺳ ْﻠ ِﺴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻧﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ اﻷَﻣريُ و َ​َﺳ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼمَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺛﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ وَﺛﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺠﺐْ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛﺘِﻔِ ِﻪ وَﻗﺎ َل ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ﺑﺎﱄ ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ُﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ َر ﱠد ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘِﻲ! أَﻧﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻢ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْك‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘﺄَﻣّ َﻠ ُﻪ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﻓﺎﺣِ ً‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ أ َ ْم أ َ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ؛ َﻓﺈذا ُﻫ َﻮ ﺗِﻤﺜْﺎ ٌل‬ ‫ﺻﻢﱡ؟« َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺠﺒْ ُﻪ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس ﻻ ﺣَ ﺮا َك ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‪» :‬ﻫﺬا أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ﻣﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪ .‬إﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗِﻤْ ﺜﺎ ٌل را ِﺋ ُﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺾ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ ْ ِﻊ‪ِ ،‬ﻹﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻖ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻮ ُز ُه َﻏ ْريُ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑَ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻛﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻨﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻓﺘَﺢَ اﻷ َ ْﻗﻔﺎ َل‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﺧﺬَ املﻔﺎﺗِﻴﺢَ ُﻣﻴَﻤﱢ ﻤً ﺎ ﺑﺎبَ ا َملﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺘﺎر َ‬ ‫ﻳﺲ‪،‬‬ ‫َرﻓ َﻊ ا َملﺰاﻟِﻴﺞَ ‪ ،‬وَأَزاحَ ا َمل ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﺬبَ اﻟﺒﺎبَ ﺟَ ْﺬ ً‬ ‫ﺑﺔ َﻗ ِﻮﻳﱠﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻔﺘَﺢَ ِﰲ ﺟَ َﻠﺒ ٍﺔ و َ​َﻗﻌْ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﻌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎر‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻴ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ُه ِﺑﻨَﺠﺎﺣِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ْﺸﺎر‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻤﺎ‬ ‫واﻟﻔ َﺮ ِح‬ ‫واﻻﺳ ِﺘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎب واﻹ ْﻛ ِ‬ ‫ْﺤﺎت اﻹﻋْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎح ﻣَ ْﺴﻌﺎهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻷَﻣريُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ٍْز َﻛ ِﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﻣﺪِﻳﻦ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫‪15‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ِه‬ ‫َني اﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ وَأ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ إذا د َ‬ ‫ض ﺟَ ﻴ ُْﺸ ُﻪ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﴚ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ‬ ‫و َ​َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻨﺔ ا َمل ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر َة ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺧﺎرجَ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗﺎ َد أ َ ْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻮاﻗﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ف َﺧﺒﺎﻳﺎﻫﺎ وَأ َ ْﴎا َرﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺑﻬﺎ؛ َﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ﺟَ ﻴ َْﺸ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ َ ﱠن ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻼﻣَ ِﺔ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ أَذِ َن َﻟ ُﻪ ﰲ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎبُ اﻷَﻣري أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺈذا ا ْ‬ ‫ﴚ أَ ْ‬ ‫ض أ َ ِﻣري ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ .‬و َ​َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ إذا د َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ َﺔ ا َمل ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر َة‪ .‬وَﺿﺎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ْﻮﻓ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎر ِع‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻫﺪُو ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻮن إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُﻜ ﱠ‬ ‫إﺧﻮاﻧ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ وَﻗﺎ ِﺋﺪِﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺮاﺣُ ﻮا ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﺤﺎ َو َﻟﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن ﻳَﺄذَ َن َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ — أ َ ْو ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺨﺘﺎ ُر ُه ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ — ﰲ ا ْرﺗِﻴﺎدِ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻠﻪُ؛ ِﻟﻴُﺠَ ﻨﱢﺒَ ُﻪ اﻷ َ ْﺧﻄﺎ َر‪ .‬وﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﴏ ﻋَ َﲆ َرأْﻳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وأﺻ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريَ أ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َْﻔﺪِيَ ﺟَ ﻴ َْﺸ ُﻪ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺴﻌْ ﻬُ ْﻢ َﻏ ْريُ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ ُ‬ ‫أُذُﻧَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َرﺟﺎﺋِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬وأﺑَﻰ ﱠإﻻ ْ‬ ‫ﻮع ِﻟ َﺮأْﻳ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (2‬ﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻗﺎت ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻮات‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى َرﺟُ ًﻼ ً‬ ‫واﻗﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻗﺎت ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫وﻣَ َﴙ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫وﻳَ ُﻤ ﱡﺪ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﰲ ﺑ َ​َﺸ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ ٍﺔ وﻟُ ْ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ إﱃ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻣَ ﱠﺪ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻳَ َﺪهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ َﺪ ُه ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ِ‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻣﺪًا‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ؛ ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫ﻻ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك‪ .‬وﺗَﺄَﻣﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﺈذا ُﻫ َﻮ ﺗِﻤْ ﺜﺎ ٌل ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ون‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻮات َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﻳَﺘَﺸﺎﺟَ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴙ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‬ ‫ﻀﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﺘَﻼ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ َﻟ ِﻴﻬﻢْ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َُﺨ ﱢﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ ﺟَ ﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛﻴ َﻞ ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫َرﺟُ ٍﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫َات‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى َرﺟُ ًﻼ واﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ َﴙ ﰲ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺪﻧَﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَﺘﺄﻣﱠ َﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻓﺈذَا ُﻫ َﻮ ﺗِﻤْ ﺜﺎ ٌل ﻻ ﺣَ َﺮا َك ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘﺄﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ري اﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ري ُه ﰲ َﺷﻮ َِارع‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن وَﻻ ﻳَﺘﺤَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ و َ​َﻗﻌَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎ ُه ﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻛﻮن‪ .‬وَﻗﺎﺑَ َﻞ ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ًزا ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َرأ ْ ِﺳﻬﺎ أَﺛْﻮَابٌ ْ‬ ‫ﺜﺎل‪َ .‬و َرأى‬ ‫ﱠاب‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪﻧَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄَﻣﱠ َﻠﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺷ َ َ‬ ‫ري ﺗِﻤْ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﱰﺗْﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُد ﱠﻛ ِ‬ ‫ْﻴﺎن وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮل‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻﺒﺎﻳَﺎ وَﻋَ ﺠﺎ ِﺋ َﺰ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣﻨﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺒﺎب و ُﻛﻬُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ٍ‬ ‫ﻔﺎل‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻬَ َﺮ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧِﺴﺎءٍ و َِﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك أ ْو ﻳَﺘﻜ ﱠﻠﻢُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬُ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛِﻴ ُﻞ ﻻ ﺗُ ِﺸريُ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ني(‪ ،‬وﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ف‪.‬‬ ‫ف ) ِﺑﻌَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﺳ ُ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮاق ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫أﺳ ً‬ ‫ﻮاﻗﺎ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫واﺳﺘﺄﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ريهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠﻬﺎ — وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — َﻓﻮَﺟَ َﺪ ﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻷﻣَ ريُ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫وﻧﺎس‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤﺎﺛِﻴ َﻞ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺒُﻮﺑ ًَﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫َﻮان ٍ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫ْﻮاب‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه دَﻛﺎﻛ ُ‬ ‫ني ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻠ ِﻊ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫وﺿ َﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮﻓ َﺔ اﻟﺒَﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎع واﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣَ َﺔ اﻷَﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑُﻬﺎ وزا ِﺋ ُﺮوﻫﺎ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛِﻴ ُﻞ ﻻ ﺗَﻌِ ﻲ وﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ َﺔ ا َمل ِ‬ ‫ﻮاز ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﻃﺎ ُ‬ ‫وﻗ ﱠﻮ ًة‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻮل‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋِ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﻳَﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺎر ُع اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ َر َﻓ َﻊ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺾ ﻧَﺸﺎ ً‬ ‫ﻣﻔﺘُﻮل ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻗﺘ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺬا ﺣَ ﺪﱠا ٌد ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ َﻗﺘُ ُﻪ ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ ﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨْﺪَان‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ ِﻘﻴ َْﺖ ذِ راﻋُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﺪُو َد ًة‪ ،‬و ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻀﺎءِ‪ ،‬وأَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪ َ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَﻬْ ِﻮيَ ﺑﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺒﻴﱡ ُﻪ‬ ‫ري‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻣ ٌﺪ َﻛﻤُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻤﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻓِ ُﺦ اﻟ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺸﺎرهِ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺼ َﻔﻪُ‪ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻻ ﺣَ َﺮا َك‬ ‫وﻫﺬا ﻧَﺠﱠ ﺎ ٌر ﻳ َُﺸ ﱡﻖ َﻟﻮْﺣً ﺎ ﻛ ِﺒريًا ِﺑﻤِ ﻨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫وذَا َك َزﻳ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬وﻣﺎ إﱃ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﱠﺎت ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻣﺪًا ﻻ‬ ‫ﺼﺐَ ِﻣﻴ َﺰاﻧَﻪُ‪ ،‬وأﻣﺎﻣَ ُﻪ اﻟﺒ َ​َﻀﺎ ِﺋ ُﻊ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﺒ ٍْﻦ و َزﻳْﺘُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك‪ .‬وﻫﺬا ﺗَﻴﱠﺎ ٌن ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱢ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وﺗَﻤﱠ ﺎ ٌر ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺘﱠﻤْ َﺮ )اﻟﺒَ َﻠﺢَ ( وﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺮﺑ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻓﺎﻛِﻬﺎﻧ ﱞِﻲ ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺎﻛ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻬﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَﻠ ِﻴ ِﻪ دَﻗِ ﻴﻘ ﱞِﻲ ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺪﱠﻗِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮات َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻓ َﺮأى ﺟَ ﺪ ًﱠاﻻ ﻳَﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫وﻣَ َﴙ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﻴُﻮ َر‪ ،‬وﺟَ ﱠﺰا ًرا ﻳَﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻟ ّﻠﺤْ ﻢَ‪ ،‬و َرء ً‬ ‫ﱠاﺳﺎ ﻳَﺒﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ َﻦ‪ ،‬ود ﱠَﻫﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳَﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺪ ْﱡﻫ َﻦ‪ ،‬وﺑَﻴ ً‬ ‫وﺳﻤﱠ ﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ُوس‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺮء َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﺿﺎ ﻳَﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺾ‪ ،‬وﺟَ ﺒﱠﺎﻧًﺎ ﻳَﺒﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫وﺧﺒﱠﺎ ًزا ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺠُ ﺒ َْﻦ‪ ،‬وﻋَ ﱠﺴ ًﺎﻻ ﻳَﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻟﻌَ َﺴ َﻞ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺒْ َﺰ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ واﻟﺜﱠﻮﱠاﺑ َ‬ ‫ني اﻟﺒَ ﱠﺰ ِاز َ‬ ‫ﻮق ﺛﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى دَﻛﺎﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﺳﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎب‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮاع اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريُ إﱃ ُﺳ ٍ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ﺑﺄﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻮج ﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ اﻷﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺮ واﻟﻔِ ﱠﻀ ِﺔ اﻟﺒَﻴْﻀﺎءِ‪،‬‬ ‫واﻟﺨ ﱢﺰ واﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻦ واﻟ َﻜﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﺒﺎج ا َملﻨ ْ ُﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‪ ،‬واﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫وﻣَ ﺎ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻒ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫و َرأى َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﻔِ َﺮاءَ‪ ،‬واﻟﻮ ﱠَﺷﺎﺋ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَ ِﺒﻴﻌُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ﱠﺮاﺋ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻓﺄ ُ َ‬ ‫َﳾ‪ ،‬واﻟ َﺮ ﱠﻓﺎﺋ َ‬ ‫ون اﻟﺜﱢﻴﺎبَ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻠﻮن اﻟﻮ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ُ‬ ‫ﻮن َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳَﺨِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﻴْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ُﺮ َش واﻟﻮَﺳﺎ ِﺋﺪَ‪ ،‬واﻟ َﻜﻮﱠاﺋ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻂ‪ ،‬واﻟﻨﱠﺠﱠ ﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳ َْﻔ ِﺘﻠُ َ‬ ‫واﻟﻬَ ﺪﱠاﺑ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَ ْﻜﻮُون اﻟﺜﱢﻴﺎبَ ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺼﻨَﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﺜﱢﻴﺎبَ ‪ ،‬واﻟﺤَ ّﺬاﺋ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﺴﺠُ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻨَﻌُ َ‬ ‫واﻷﺑ ِﱠﺎر َ‬ ‫ني ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻷَﺣْ ِﺬﻳ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬وإﱃ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻹﺑَ َﺮ‪ ،‬واﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬ ْﻢ ﻃﺎﺋ ٌ‬ ‫ني واﻟ ﱠﺪﺑﱠﺎﻏِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒﱠﺎﻏِ َ‬ ‫ِﻔﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺳﻮق ﺛﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱠﺎغ وﺗُﺠﱠ ِﺎر اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ وأَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ّﻢ اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ إﱃ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر اﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ﻛﺎ ْﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﻐﺎر اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ(‪ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬُ ْﻢ — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺟﺎن ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﻗ ِ‬ ‫َني وَاﻗِ ٍﻒ‬ ‫)ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﻔﺎﺋ ُِﺲ اﻷَﺣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮت واﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ِد وا َمل ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫وﺟﺎﻟ ٍِﺲ — ﺳﺎ ِﻛ ٌﻦ ﻻ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك وﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ف‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻮن َ‬ ‫ﻌﻮن اﻟ ﱡﺰﺟﺎجَ ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺨ َﺰ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻨَﻌُ َ‬ ‫واﻟﻔ ﱠﺨ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺒﻴﻌُ َ‬ ‫واﻟﺨ ﱠﺰاﻓِ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻨ َ َ‬ ‫َو َرأى اﻟ ﱠﺰﺟﱠ ﺎﺟ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ني ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫أَوَاﻧ َِﻲ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ َ‬ ‫واﻟﺴ ﱠﻜﺎﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺒﻴﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻵِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬واﻟﻌَ ﻮﱠاﺟ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺠْ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ﱠﺨ ِﺎر‪ ،‬واﻟﺠَ ﱠﻼ ِﺋ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﻌﺎجَ ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺤُ َ‬ ‫واﻟﺸﻌﱠ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻜﺎﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣﺎ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ﱠﺪ َع ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷَوَاﻧِﻲ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫وَﻣَ َﴙ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻓ َﺮأى َ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺪﻟﻴٍّﺎ ﻳَﺒﻴ ُﻊ اﻷد ِْوﻳ َ​َﺔ‪َ ،‬وإﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار ِه ﻣُﺠَ ﱢﱪًا ﻳَﺠْ ُﱪُ اﻟﻌِ ﻈﺎ َم‬ ‫ا َمل ْﻜ ُﺴﻮ َر َة‪ .‬وَاﻧْﺘﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا َمل ُ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺒﻴﻌُ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻮق اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ ِﺔ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ وَﺟَ َﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎف إﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﺪﱠوابﱠ ‪َ :‬ﻓﻬﺬَا‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺼﺤَ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻴ َﺰهُ‪ ،‬وذَا َك ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛﻼبٌ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻛِﻼﺑُﻪُ‪ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪِﻫﻤﺎ ﺷﺎﺋ ﱞِﻲ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌﱠ ﺎ ٌز ْ‬ ‫َﺼﺤَ ﺐُ َﺷﺎءَ ُه وﻧِﻌﺎﺟَ ﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ إﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻮق‪ ،‬وﻣ ِْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻳَ َﺮى إﻻ َروَا ِﺋ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮق إﱃ ُﺳ ٍ‬ ‫وﻣﺎ زا َل اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﻳَﻨْﺘﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ٍ‬ ‫ﻤﺎﺛﻴﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺳﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴﻮاﻧﻴ ًﱠﺔ وإﻧْﺴﺎﻧﻴ ًﱠﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫ري ُة ِ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ْﻘ َﻠ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳَ َﺮى ﰲ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪًا ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷَﺣْ ﻴﺎءِ! وا ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺒًﺎ! أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ أد َْﻫ َﺸ ُﻪ وﺣَ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ أ ْو ﻳ ُِﺠﻴﺐُ !‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ وَﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﺮ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺎ َﻟ َﻐﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺸﻬَ ﺪُ! ﺣﺘﱠﻰ اﻟﻜِﻼبُ واﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫َان ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬﺎ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛِﻴ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮر واﻟﺤَ ﻴَﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻗِ َﺪ ٌة اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة! ﻳﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣﺎ ﺗَ َﺮا ُه ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎهُ! أ َ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣﺎ ِﰲ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛﻴ ُﻞ ﻻ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﻣ َﺪ ٌة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﱰ ﱠد ُد ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﺟَ ﻨَﺒﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﻔ ٌﺲ؟!‬ ‫ﺣَ َﺮﻛﺔ ِﺑﻬﺎ وﻻ ﺣِ ﱠﺲ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫ﺗُ َﺮى‪ :‬أَيﱡ ﺳﺎﺣِ ٍﺮ َﻏ ِﻀﺐَ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻓ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻧ ِْﻘﻤَ ﺘ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﻫﻠِﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﺴ َﺦ ﺳﺎﻛِﻨﻴﻬﺎ؛‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪ ،‬ﺗُ َﺨﻴﱢ ُﻞ ِﻟ َﺮاﺋﻴﻬﺎ‬ ‫َان‬ ‫وﻧﺎس‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤﺎﺛِﻴ َﻞ ُﻣﺒْﺪَﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل أﺟْ ﺴﺎ َد ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫أﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮن‪ ،‬ﻳُﺴﺎ ِﺋﻠُﻬُ ْﻢ َﻓﻼ ﻳ ُِﺠﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻮن وﻻ ﻳَﺘَﻜ ﱠﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑَﻬﺎ ﻻ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪ .‬وﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﺒﻮن‪،‬‬ ‫ُﺤﺎو ُر ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻓﻼ ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪.‬‬ ‫وﻳ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﰲ َ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫ﴫ ا َمل َﻠﻜ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺘَﻬﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫ﴫ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ َﻗ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﱄ ا ْﻟﺒُﻨ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ِﻣ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ زا َل اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﻳَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﻘ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ د َ‬ ‫َﺧﻠ ُﻪ َرأَى ﺟَ ﻤﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺠُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ وَاﻟﺤَ َﺮ ِس ﻳَﻘ ُِﻔ َ‬ ‫َاب‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫راﺋ ِ​ِﻊ اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎو ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷَﺑْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻤﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ َراﺋ َﻚ ﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮةٍ‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻳ ُﱠﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻮ ﱠَﺷﺎ ًة ِﺑﺄَﺟْ ﻤَ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻮَﺳﺎﺋ ُﺪ اﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎب؛ ﻳ َُﺨﻴﱢﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ﱠن َد َم اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ِﰲ ﻋُ ُﺮوﻗِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻮش‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَ َﺪوْا أﺑْﻬَ ﻰ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫دَاﻧْﻴﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ وَﺟَ ْﺪﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛﻴ َﻞ ِ‬ ‫ﺟﺎﻣ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى ﻗﺎﻋَ ًﺔ َﻓ ِﺴ ً‬ ‫ﺒﺎت َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴙ ِﰲ ﺟَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺤﺔ ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ُو َز َراءُ اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ وَأُﻣَ ﺮا ُؤﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺰ ُﻣ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﴫ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌً ﺎ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِﺲ‬ ‫وَﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ َﻓﺄﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر ا َملﺠْ ﻠ ِ​ِﺲ ُﻛ ْﺮ ِﺳﻴٍّﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ اﻹﺑ ِْﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺤِ ﺠﺎ َر ِة اﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ا ْمل ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﰲ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺨ ِﻢ ﺣُ َﻠﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻔ ِﺮﻗ ِ​ِﻪ ﺗﺎﺟً ﺎ ُﻣ َﻜ ﱠﻠ ًﻼ ِﺑﻨَﻔِ ﻴﺲ‬ ‫ﺿﻮَاءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘُﺤِ ﻴ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱡﻊ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ اﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻼ َم ﻧُﻮ ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺪ ﱢر َوﺛ َ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺐَ َ‬ ‫ﻮاري وَاﻟﻮَﺻﺎﺋ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ﻣَ ْﻠﻴ َﻜﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ‪،‬‬ ‫إﱃ ﻗﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﺘَ َﻠ ﱢﻘﻲ إﺷﺎ َرﺗِﻬﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻫ ٍ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت ِﻟﺘَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﻓﺘِﻨﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﰲ َﻫﻨْﺪ َ​َﺳ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺮاﻋَ ِﺔ ا ُملﻬَ ﻨْﺪ ِ​ِﺳ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ َوﻧ َ ْﻘ ِﺸ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨ ْ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫أَﺛﺎﺛ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﻓ ْﺮ ِﺷ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َرو ِ‬ ‫ْﻋﺔ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻮرﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺛ ُ َﺮﻳﱠﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ا ُملﺘﺄ َ ﱢﻟ َﻘ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨَﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻳﺮه‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻨﺎ ﻣَ ﺼﺎ ِﺑﻴﺤِ ِﻪ اﻟﺒَﻠ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎو ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺪ ﱢر اﻟﻴَﺘِﻴ ِﻢ )اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ ِر(‪.‬‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﺣِ ﻮا ُر اﻷﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ري ُه ﻣُﺘﻨ َ ﱢﻘ ًﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺠَ ٍﺐ إﱃ ﻋَ ﺠَ ٍﺐ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻗﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮةٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى َﻓﺘﺎ ًة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ َﺔ‬ ‫ﻒ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﴩ َﻗﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺘﺎب‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫إن َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺧ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﺗﺴﺘَ ْﻘ ِﺒﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺒْﺘَ ِﺪ ُر ُه‬ ‫ا ُملﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠﻌَ ِﺔ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ ُ ِﰲ ﻛ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤ ِﻪ ُﻣ َﺮﺣﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺮﺣﺎﻧ َ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ِﰲ أَد ٍَب وَاﺣْ ِﱰَا ٍم‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻨﺎدِ ﻳﻪ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐُ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ِﺘﻨِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺎ َدﻳْﺘِﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤﻲ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤَ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐْ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى َوﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ﻊُ؛ َﻓﺄَﻧﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺮﻗﺐُ ُﻗﺪُوﻣَ َﻚ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ني ُﻗﺪُوﻣِﻲ؟ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢريًا‪» :‬ﺗَ َﱰ ﱠﻗﺒ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ! وَﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺒَﺄَكِ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ؟ وَﻣﺎ ﺑﺎ ُل ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻣ ُِﺴ َﺦ ﺳﺎﻛﻨُﻮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪَكِ ﺳﺎﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻨَﺠْ َﻮ ٍة‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻨُﻮﻫﺎ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛﻴ َﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺟ ﱠﻲ!؟«‬ ‫ﻐﺎز أَرى وَأ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻖ أ َ ْﻫﻠِﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َمل ْﺴ ِﺦ!؟ أَيﱠ أ َ ْﻟ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻫﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ذِي أ ُ ْﻓ ِﴤ إ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺒﺎءٍ إذا ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻀ ْﻠ َﺖ‬ ‫ﻮس‪ ،‬وَأَﻋَ ْﺮﺗَﻨِﻲ َﺳﻤْ ﻌَ َﻚ وَاﻧْﺘ َ‬ ‫ِﺒﺎﻫ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬﺎ‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺷﻮ َ​َﻗﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِار ﻣﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻟ َﻐ ٍﺎز َوﻣُﻌَ ﻤﱠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﺎت!«‬ ‫ف أَ ْ َ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫)‪ (3‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ »راﺋﻌَ ﺔ«‬ ‫اﺳﻤَ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺸﺄ َ ِت َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻟُﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ْﻦ أ ُﻛﻮ ُن؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ‬ ‫ﺮﻗﺒ ُْﺖ ُﻗﺪُوﻣَ َﻚ؟ وَﻣﺎ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﺟ ً‬ ‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ؟ وَملِ ﺎذا ﻣ ُِﺴ َﺦ أ َ ْﻫﻠُﻮﻫﺎ َوﺑَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ؟ َﻓﺎﻋْ َﻠ ْﻢ — ﻳﺎ ﱢﺳﻴﺪِي‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪِي ِ‬ ‫ري اﻟﺠَ ﻠِﻴ َﻞ — أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ »راﺋﻌَ ُﺔ« ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚِ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ أ َ ِﺑﻲ ُ‬ ‫وﻫ َﻮ ﺟﺎﻟ ٌِﺲ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر دِ ﻳﻮاﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺳﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ذاﺋ َﻊ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن‬ ‫»اﻟﻬﻨْﺪِ«‪،‬‬ ‫َني ُﻣﻠُﻮكِ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٌ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ ِة ُﻣ ْﻠﻜ ِ​ِﻪ — َ‬ ‫ذات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ِ‬ ‫ُﻮش« ﻳَﻌْ ﺒُ ُﺪ اﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻟﻨﺎ ﺟﺎ ٌر ْ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﺳ ٌﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﻨﺎمَ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﺤَ ِ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ِﺒﺎر اﻟﻨ ﱡ ﱠﺴﺎكِ ا َملﻌْ ُﺮوﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ إ ْرﺷﺎدِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻘﻨﺎﻋَ ِﺔ واﻟ ﱡﺰ ْﻫﺪِ‪َ ،‬و َرﺟَ ﺎﺣَ ِﺔ اﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ و َ​َﺳﻌَ ِﺔ اﻟﻌِ ْﻠ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﻛ ِ‬ ‫َﺼﺎﺋِﺮﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُل ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ِﰲ دَﻋْ َﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋِ ﺒﺎ َد ِة ﺧﺎﻟِﻖ اﻟﻜﺎﺋ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ﺑ َ‬ ‫ريﻫِ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻨﺎت‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨْﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس وﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﴐا‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ ﱠ‬ ‫َأﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ُملﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﺒﺎ َد ِة اﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ُون‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨﺎ ِم‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻻ ﺗَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻔﻌً ﺎ وَﻻ ُ ٍّ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن ﻋُ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إﱃ َﺳﻤْ ِﻊ ا َملﻠِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ف أﻣْ ُﺮهُ‪ ،‬وَذا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺜ َ َﻞ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧَﻤَ ﻰ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘُﻤْ ُﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َأﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻋِ ﺒﺎدَة ﷲِ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﰲ دَﻋْ َﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻼع ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﺒﺎ َد ِة اﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻨﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫َاﻹﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎب إذا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻐ ِﻀﺐَ ا َمل ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ِة اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮَﻋﱠ َﺪ ُه ِﺑﺎﻟﻌِ ِ‬ ‫َﻫﺬَﻳﺎﻧِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ُْﻘ ِﻠ ْﻊ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨﺎدِ هِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﺠ ِﺐ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُﺒﺎل ِﺑﺘَﻬْ ﺪﻳ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ ِﻟ َﻮﻋِﻴ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ُﻮش« ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺴﺠْ ﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وإِﻋْ ﺪادِ اﻟﻌُ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻹﺣْ ﺮاﻗِ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﻴٍّﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻧﺎ ًرا‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﻏ َﻀﺐُ »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﺟﺎﺣِ ﻤَ ًﺔ و َْﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﺟَ ﺰاءَ ُه ﻋَ ﲆ ﻣﺎ أَﺑْﺪا ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺻﺪْﻗِ ِﻪ َوإ ِ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ري‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺸﻬَ َﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻼﺻ ِﻪ ﰲ‬ ‫َان اﻟ َﻜﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ ا َملﻴْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ﰲ أَﻧْﺤﺎءِ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﺟْ ﺘَﻤ َﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫دَﻋْ َﻮﺗِﻪ‪ .‬وذاﻋَ ْﺖ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِريوْا ﻣَ ْﴫَﻋَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﺳﻌﱢ َﺮ ِت‬ ‫ﺎس ﻟ َ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻌَ ﺪﱡوا ِﻹ ْﻟﻘﺎءِ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ﰲ أَﺗﱡﻮﻧِﻬﺎ ا ُمل ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻏﺎﻣَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ُر وﺗَﻬﻴﱠﺄ َ اﻟﺠُ ﻨْﺪُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤﺎءُ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ ًة‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﺮ َق‬ ‫ﻔﺄت اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَﺳﺎ َد اﻟﻬَ ْﺮجُ وَا َمل ْﺮجُ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺳﻴﻮﻻ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺪاﻓ َﻊ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ ُْق‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ْﻠﺠَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ﺪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫﻤَ ِﺖ اﻷَﻣْ ﻄﺎ ُر‬ ‫ﻘﺔ‪ .‬وَﻫ َﻜﺬا أُﺗِﻴﺤَ ِﺖ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴُﻮ ُل ا ُملﺘَﺪ ﱢَﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎس إﱃ ﺑُﻴُﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﺗُ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗﻬُ ُﻢ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺄَﻣْ َﻜﻨَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎ اﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ واﻧ ْ َﻘ َﺸ َﻊ ا َمل َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺤَ َﺚ اﻟﺠُ ﻨُﻮ ُد ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ﺜ ُﺮوا‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إﱃ ِﺑﻼدِ »اﻟﺘﱡﺒ ِﱠﺖ« ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺛ َ ٍﺮ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﴙ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ري َﻟﻴْ َﻞ ﻧَﻬﺎ َر ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨَﺘَﻨﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺼﻼﺣِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻘﻮَاهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﴣ إﱃ أﺑﻲ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺼﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺘﻘﺒَ َﻠ ُﻪ‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫اﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل‪َ ،‬و َرﺣﱠ ﺐَ ِﺑ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم ﻣَ ﺜْﻮاهُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ِﺒ َﺚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪَﻧﺎ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻗﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘﺄذَ َن أَﺑﻲ‬ ‫ﺘﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﰲ اﺳ ِﺘﺌْ ِ‬ ‫ﻨﺎف ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﻋﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إﱃ ﺑَﻠ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َﺸﺒ َﱠﺚ ِﺑ ِﻪ أَﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻟﺢﱠ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﰲ اﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ ﰲ اﻻﻋْ ِﺘﺬَ ِار إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ زا َل‬ ‫ﻳُ ْﻠﺤِ ُ‬ ‫ﴚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺣﺘﱠﻰ أَذِ َن َﻟ ُﻪ أﺑﻲ ﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِيَ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ٍه ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ .‬وﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮش« َﻓﻴ َْﺸﺘَ ِﺒﻚ ﻛ ُ‬ ‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ ﰲ ﺣَ ْﺮ ٍب ﻃﺎﺣِ ﻨ َ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﱠﺮاﺋِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋُ ﻴُﻮ ُن ا َملﻠِﻚِ »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ُﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮ ِه َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َﻗﻠِﻴ ٌﻞ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ و َ​َﻓ َﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺑﻲ َر ُﺳﻮ ٌل ْ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺸﻴَ ُﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮش«‬ ‫ﻣﻦ »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﻚ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻤﺪِﻳﻨَﺘِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨﺎ ِم‪ ،‬ﻳَﺘَﻮَﻋﱠ ُﺪ ُه ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب إذا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺴ ﱢﻠ ْﻢ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎ ِﺑ ِﺪ اﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ًْﻔﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴍ َ‬ ‫ﺟﺎره‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮ َدةٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻣَ َﺮ ُه ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﻏ ِﻀﺐَ أﺑﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜ ُﻪ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َد َر ُﺳﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َ ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ِة ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﻚ َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُه َﻟﻤﺎ َﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺴ ﱢﻠﻤَ ُﻪ إ َ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻓ َﺮ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن أَﺑﻲ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮش« و َِﺷ ﱠﺪ َة ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺄﺳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄﻋَ ﱠﺪ ِﻟﻠِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋُ ﱠﺪﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻦ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨَﺘَﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ف ُﻗ ﱠﻮ َة »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َان ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺰاةِ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻏ ﱠﻠ َﻖ أﺑْﻮاﺑَﻬﺎ اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأﻋَ ﱠﺪ اﻟﻌُ ﱠﺪ َة ِﻟ َﺮ ﱢد ﻋُ ْﺪو ِ‬ ‫ُﻮق ﻋﺎﻟﻴًﺎ ﻳُ َﺪوﱢي ﰲ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫َوذَا َ‬ ‫اﻵذان‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻀﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴﻜﺎ ُد ﻳ ُِﺼ ﱡﻢ‬ ‫ْت ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ — ﻟِﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ — أ َ ﱠن آﺧِ َﺮ َة اﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪ .‬و َ​َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ أَﻣْ ِﴚ ﰲ أَﻧْﺤﺎءِ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻓﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻫﺎﺋ ً‬ ‫ْت ﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ — ِﻣ ْﻦ وَﺻﺎﺋ َ‬ ‫ِﻤﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎت‪َ ،‬وﻧِﺴﺎءٍ و َ​َﻓ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻒ َوو َِﺻ ٍ‬ ‫ﺘﻴﺎت — ﺗَﻤﺎﺛﻴ َﻞ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻤٍّ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﻮان أَﺑﻲ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﺠْ ِﲇ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ َﱪَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأﻳﺘُ ُﻪ ﺟﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﺷﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﴎا ِة‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺄﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إﱃ دِ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺳﻴ ٌﱠﺔ‪ .‬وَاﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌْ ُﺖ ﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠ َﻜ ِﺘﻪ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬُ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛﻴ ُﻞ ﻧ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻗﺎت ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ وَأ َ ْﺳﻮاﻗِ ﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ْﻊ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎيَ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑﻌَ ﻴْﻨِ َﻚ وَأَﺑ َْﴫ َ‬ ‫َاق ﻣﺎ ُأﻗﻮ ُل‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ ِﻬﺪ َ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﱠإﻻ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛﻴ َﻞ ﻧ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺳﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻨﺎﻇ ِﺮك‪:‬‬ ‫َاﻟﺠ ْﺮذا ُن وَاﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟﻜِﻼبُ ِواﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻴُﻮ ُر‪ ،‬ﺗَﻤﺎﺛﻴ َﻞ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻤٍّ ﺎ ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻊ وَﻻ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ُك!‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ و ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ راﻋِ ﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ ًْﻠﺔ ﺳﺎﻫِ َﺮ ًة‪ ،‬ﻟِﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣﺎ َرأﻳ ُْﺖ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ّﻢ َﻏ َﻠﺒَﻨِﻲ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُم ِﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻣﺎ ﻛﺎﺑَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ َﻚ ﻳَ ُﺰو ُرﻧﻲ ﰲ ﻋﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ اﻷَﺣْ ﻼ ِم‪َ ،‬وﻳُ َﺮﺑ ُﱢﺖ َﻛﺘِﻔِ ﻲ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻬَ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأﻳ ُْﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻨَﻰ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل ِﱄ‬ ‫ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَﺨﺎﰲ ﻳﺎ »راﺋ ُ‬ ‫ﻼﺻﻚِ‬ ‫ِﻌﺔ« وﻻ ﺗَﺤْ َﺰﻧﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﻚِ ُﺳﻮءٌ إ ِ ْن ﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻴ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﺧ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﺠﺎع‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻼص ﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﰲ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﺪ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ»إ ِ ْﻗﺒﺎ ٌل«‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻴ َْﺸ َ ِﱰ ُك‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟﺢ ُﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫»ﻓﺎﺿ ٌﻞ«‪ ،‬ﰲ َﻛ ْﺸ ِﻒ ُ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ ﻋَ ﻦ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ وﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨِﻴﻬﺎ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻐﻤﱠ ِﺔ َو َزوَال ﱢ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺻ ِ ِﱪي‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ أ َ ُﺧﻮكِ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر اﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﻬْ ِﻠﻜِﻲ ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َْﺖ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴚ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻀﺎءِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﷲ و َ​َﻗﺪ َِرهِ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َ ْ‬ ‫َني أ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫‪26‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫ﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﻤَ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻜ ِﲇ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ ﺟُ ﻌْ ِﺖ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﴍَﺑﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺒ ِْﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِﺎﰲ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫َﺷﺠَ َﺮﺗﺎ ﺗ ٍ‬ ‫ِني َوﺗُ ﱠﻔ ٍ‬ ‫واﺷ ُﻜ ِﺮي ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻼﻣَ ٍﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﻘِ ﻴﻬﻤﺎ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫وﻓﻮ ٍْز ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌﺎ َدةِ‪ ،‬واﺗﱠ ِﺠﻬﻲ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧﻠ ِ​ِﴢ‬ ‫ﰲ ﻋِ ﺒﺎ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴫﻧﺎ ﻣَ ْﻜﺘَﺒ ٌَﺔ ﺣﺎﻓِ َﻠ ٌﺔ ِﺑﻨَﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ا َمل ْﺨ ٌ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ — وَأَﻧﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ْ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫أن‬ ‫ﻄ‬ ‫ﻮﻃﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن املِ ﺤْ ﻨ َ ُﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ أﺻﺎﺑﺘْﻬﺎ — ﻓﻮَﺟَ ْﺪﺗُﻬﺎ َﻛﻤﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺤَ ﻤْ ُﺪ هلل ِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ِﱄ ﰲ اﻟﻘِ ﺮاءَ ِة َﺧ ْريُ ﻋَ ﺰاءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ْ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريَ ِة ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢريًا‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل« ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﺚ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ﺎﺣﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﻮ ِﱠﱄ ﺗِﻤْ ً‬ ‫ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ِْت وَﺣْ ﺪَكِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺳﺤْ ِﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل ﻣَ ْﻦ ﰲ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺜﺎﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫َﻧﺎس؟«‬ ‫َﻮان و ٍ‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫ري وَﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺠ ﱢﻦ‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬ﻓﺘﺎ ُة ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪ :‬ﺑَﻴْﻨﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ﺗَ ِﺴريُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة‪» :‬ﻟِﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻧَﺒَﺄ ٌ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺐٌ ‪ ،‬أَﻧﺎ أ َ ُﻗ ﱡ‬ ‫ذات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‬ ‫ِﻲ إذْ َرأ َ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫وج ا ُملﺤِ ﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎﻓ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ ﺑَﻴْﻀﺎءَ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ِﺠ ﱡﺪ‬ ‫ﴫﻧﺎ اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﻔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ ِﺑ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﰲ أﺣَ ِﺪ ا ُمل ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ ﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻻ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺚ ْ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋَ ًﺔ ﰲ اﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻬﺎ ﺛُﻌْ ﺒﺎ ٌن ْ‬ ‫أن‬ ‫أﺳ َﻮ ُد ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮﻫﺎ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣْ ِ‬ ‫أﺳﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻠُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ذَﻳْ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻳْﻠ ِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُﺪ ِْر َﻛﻬﺎ َوﻳُﻤْ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﺑ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺷ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔ ِﺘ َﻚ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ري َﻓﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻧَﺠْ َﺪ ِة اﻟﺤَ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﺒَﻴْﻀﺎءِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺬَ َﻓ ِﺖ اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ْﺖ َرأ ْ َﺳ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن ِﺑﺤَ ﺠَ ٍﺮ َﻛﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺘَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ني َرأ َ ِت اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ َ‬ ‫أﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘَﻬﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻮ ِْر‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن اﻷ َ ْﺳﻮ َد ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻮ ُل ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﰲ‬ ‫َﴫ ﻛﻮﻣَ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﻣﺎدٍ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨْﺘَﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪ ،‬ﰲ‬ ‫ﺾ اﻟﺤَ ﻴ ُﱠﺔ اﻟﺒَﻴْﻀﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذا ﻫِ َﻲ َﻓﺘﺎ ٌة راﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ اﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻟﻤْ ِﺢ اﻟﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ْﻬﺎت ْ‬ ‫»ﻫﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻌﺎن ِﺻﺒﺎﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒَﻞ َﺷﺒﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ِﻷُﻣﱢ ﻲ ﺷﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ًة‪َ :‬‬ ‫أن ﻳ َِﻀﻴ َﻊ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ﻳﺎ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜ َﺔ‬ ‫َرﻳ ِ‬ ‫أﺳ َﺪﻳ ِْﺖ َ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ا ِﻹﻧ ْ ِﺲ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫وف! وَﻣﺎ أﻧ ْ َﺲ ﻻ أﻧ ْ َﺲ أﻧﱠﻚِ أﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْ ِﺗﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ُﺪوﱢيَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺪُو ِد ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫أن أو َْﺷ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﻬْ ِﻠ َﻜﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ ﷲ َ ﻳ ُْﻘ ِﺪ ُرﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َر ﱢد اﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴﻞ إ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪«.‬‬ ‫َاﺳ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺠ ﱢﻦ ِﺑﻴَﺪِﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ِﺖ اﻷ ْر ُ‬ ‫َﴎ َ‬ ‫ﺘﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺻ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ و ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻔﺖ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ض‪ ،‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ أَﺷﺎ َر ْت َﻓﺘﺎ ُة ِ‬ ‫َﻋﺎدت اﻷ ْر ُ‬ ‫ﻈﺎر‪ ،‬و ِ‬ ‫ض َﻛﻤﺎ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻷَﻧ ْ ِ‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫اﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴ ِﱠﺔ‬ ‫)‪َ (5‬ﻫ ِﺪﻳ ُﱠﺔ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠ ﱢﻦ َ‬ ‫إﱃ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم َو َﻟﺪ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»ﻓﺎﺿ ًﻼ«‪،‬‬ ‫َت أﺧِ ﻲ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ اﻟﺤﺎدِ ِث أﻋْ ﻮامٌ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ْت َﻓﺘﺎ ُة ِ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﻤْ ُﺰجَ ِﺑ َﻠﺒَﻨِﻬﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫َت َ‬ ‫ْﺻﺘْﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻫﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫إﱃ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ ﻗﺎ ُرو َر ًة ﺻﻐِ ريَ ًة ﻣَ ﻸَﺗْﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻬْ ِﺮ »ﻋَ ﺒ َْﻘ َﺮ«‪ ،‬وَأو َ‬ ‫ﺮات‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻘِ َﻲ َوﻟِﻴﺪَﻫﺎ ﻫﺬا املِ ﺰاجَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻔ ُﺮ َغ اﻟ ﱡﺰﺟﺎﺟَ ُﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺒﺢَ اﻟ َﻮﻟِﻴ ُﺪ آﻣﻨًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﺳﺤْ ِﺮ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺳﺎﺣِ ٍﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴْ ِﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻛﺎ ِﺋﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ ْت َﻟﻬﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﺗﱠﺒَﻌَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴬ ْت َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ اﻟﻘﺎ ُرو َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ِة اﻟﺘﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺠ ﱢﻦ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم َو َﻟ َﺪﺗْﻨِﻲ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟﺎء َْت َﻓﺘﺎ ُة ِ‬ ‫ْﺻﺘْﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﴬﺗْﻬﺎ ﻳَ ْﻮ َم ُوﻟِ َﺪ أﺧِ ﻲ‪ ،‬وَأو َ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﺴﻘِ ﻴَﻨِﻲ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ َﺳ َﻘ ْﺖ أﺧِ ﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫أﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َﻗ ْﺖ َﻓﺘﺎة ِ‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺠ ﱢﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻣ ُِﺴ َﺦ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﰲ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ إﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫َﻮان‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺠَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﴍﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣﺎءِ »ﻋَ ﺒ َْﻘ َﺮ«‪«.‬‬ ‫ْت وَﺣْ ﺪِي ِﻣ َﻦ ا َمل ْﺴ ِﺦ؛ ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ﻣﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَﻤﱠ ِﺖ اﻷَﻣريَ ُة ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﺷﺎبﱞ ﺑﺎدي ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ﱠﻮةِ‪ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱠﻚ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﺣِ َني َرآهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َ‬ ‫أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎةِ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﳋﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫)‪َ (1‬ﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬ ‫ﺒﺎل«‪ ،‬ﻣُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌًﺎ َﺷﻘِ َ‬ ‫وَاﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َر ُﻫﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ري »إ ِ ْﻗ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘَﻰ ﻣُﺤﻴﱢﻴًﺎ ﰲ اﺑْﺘِﺴﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬وَأَد ٍَب وَاﺣْ ِﱰا ٍم‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﺮﺣﱢ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ِزﻳﺎ َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ريان ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳﺎ و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄَﻻهُ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ ِْﻒ اﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺐَ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ري؟ وَﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺒَﺄ َ َك ِﺑ ُﻘﺪُوﻣ ِ​ِﻪ؟«‬ ‫اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎرهِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻘ َِﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮﻓﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎري!«‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ًﻓﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ اﻟ َﻜﺜريَ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ريان‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺷﻮ َ​َﻗﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻚ!«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺑْﺤ ْﺮ ُت — َﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ ُ ْﺧﺘِﻲ اﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ُة — ﰲ ﻧ ُ ْﺨﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﻟِﺰﻳﺎ َر ِة‬ ‫اﻟﻜﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫واج اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺷﱰَ ْﻛ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻻﺣْ ﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒﻴ ًَﺔ ِﻟﺪَﻋْ َﻮﺗِﻪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻔﺎل ِﺑ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ُﺔ َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ َﻘ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻗﻤْ ﻨﺎ ِﰲ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﻓﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ ﻫﻤَ ﻤْ ﻨﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة َﺷ ﱠﺪ َد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ْﺮ ٍه ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َز ﱠودَﻧﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﻸ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ِﺒﺜْﻨﺎ ِﰲ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﻓﺘ ِ​ِﻪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋﺎ ٍم‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَذِ َن َﻟﻨﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘَﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺪاﻳﺎهُ‪ .‬وَأَوْدﻋَ ﻨﺎ ﺗَﺤِ ﻴ ًﱠﺔ َﻟﻚِ وَﻷ َ ِﺑﻴﻨﺎ و َ​َﺷﻌْ ِﺒ ِﻪ اﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ َﻔ ْﻠﻨﺎ ﻋﺎ ِﺋﺪِﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﻀﻴْﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ ﻣُﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺪ َﻟ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟﺎءَ اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﰲ ﺟَ ﱟﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴩ ﺗَ َﻐ ﱠري َِت اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﺢُ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺚ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴ ٍﱢﺐ و َِر ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ﻋﺎ ِﺗﻴ ًَﺔ ﺗُﻨ ْ ِﺬ ُرﻧﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َني َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻐ َﺮ ِق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ وَأ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن دَبﱠ اﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس‬ ‫و َ​َﻫﺒ ِﱠﺖ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻧ ُ ُﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ ْﻛﻨﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮاج اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﺋ َﺮةِ‪ .‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻻ — أﻳﱡﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻮﺳﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮج‪ ،‬وَاﻷﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺎح اﻟﻬُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺰان — ﻋَ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻨﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ُﻛ ِﺘﺒ َِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼﻣَ ُﺔ ﻟ َِﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘِﻨﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ ﻧَﺪ ِْري ﺑﺄَﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﻣُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰ ٍة ﻧَﺠَ ﻮْﻧﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻌَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﱪ ِآﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻐ َﺮ ِق‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨﺎ َ ﱠ‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ُﺔ ا َمل ﱠﻼ ِح‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺪا َﻟﻨﺎ ا َملﻜﺎ ُن ْ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫إن ﺣَ َﻠ ْﻠﻨﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣﻘﻔِ ًﺮا ﻻ أﻧ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺲ ِﺑ ِﻪ وَﻻ َدﻳﱠﺎ َر‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﺸﻴْﻨﺎ ﻧ َ ْﺮﺗﺎ ُد‬ ‫اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨﺎ ﻏﺎﺑ ًَﺔ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔﺮ َﻛ ِﺜريًا َ‬ ‫ﺜﻴﻔ ًﺔ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﻼحٌ َﻫ ِﺮ ٌم ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮ َد ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﻮاﻃ ِﺊ ِ‬ ‫اع ﰲ ﺗَ ْﺮكِ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ُملﻮﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﻨﺎ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﺣَ ﺪاﺛَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ ﺬﱠ َرﻧﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺒَﻘﺎءِ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺸﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﴎ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ُﺳ ﱠﻜﺎﻧَﻬﺎ ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ ﻳَﻌْ ﺒُﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون ﺛُﻌْ ﺒﺎﻧًﺎ ﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ اﻟﺤَ ﺠْ ِﻢ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮدُوا أ َ ْن ﻳُﻘ ﱢﺪﻣُﻮا َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫ْﺪﻳﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ َﺮﺑﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬﻤَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﻮﻗِﻌُ ُﻪ ُﺳﻮءُ اﻟﺤَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎﻣً ﺎ ﺳﺎﺋ ًِﻐﺎ َﺷ ِﻬﻴٍّﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻆ ﰲ أَﻳ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰكِ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳﺮ ِة اﻟ ﱠﺮاﻋِ ﺒَ ِﺔ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ﻨﺎ أ َ ْﻫﻠُﻬﺎ ُﻗﺮﺑْﺎﻧًﺎ‬ ‫ﺼﺤَ ﻨﺎ ا َمل ﱠﻼح ا ُملﺠَ ﱢﺮبُ أ َ ْن ﻧُﻌَ ﺠﱢ َﻞ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﻌْ ﺒﻮدِﻫِ ُﻢ اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ِ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٌ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ِ‬ ‫ﱪﺗِﻪ َو ُد ْرﺑَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َِﺻﺪ ِْق‬ ‫ﻒ« ُرﺑﱠﺎ ُن َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘِﻨﺎ ﻳَﺜ ُِﻖ ِﺑﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ا َمل ﱠﻼ ِح‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ ﺧِ ْ َ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺄْﻧ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺤِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ َر ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ُﻮل ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح َﻏﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺤﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫َﱰ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ َﻗﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺴﺎﻟِﻚِ اﻟ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻧِﻌْ َﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮأْيُ َﻟ ْﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎل َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ ُ َﺆﺟﱢ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ َﻞ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح‪ .‬إِذَ ْن َﻟ َﺴﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘُﻨﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻓ ْﺮﻧﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫وﻧَﺠﺎ را ِﻛﺒُﻮﻫﺎ‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﻻ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﰲ َر ﱢد ﻋﺎدِ ﻳَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻀﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ُ (3‬‬ ‫ﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎ ُن اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ﺞ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أﻫ ِﻞ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫وﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ أ ْرﺗﺎ ُد اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ َة ِﰲ َﻓﺠْ ِﺮ اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ َزﻧ ْ ِﺠﻴ ًﱠﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ْ‬ ‫إن و َ​َﻗﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫أﺻﺤﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ِﺒﺜ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﺒﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ورﺟَ ﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺮار‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أُﻋِ ْﺮﻫﺎ اﻧْﺘ ً‬ ‫إﱃ ْ‬ ‫ﱠث‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨﺎﻫﺎ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ ْ َ‬ ‫أﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر‪َ ،‬رﻳْﺜَﻤَ ﺎ أَﻋْ َﺪدْﻧﺎ اﻟﻌُ ﱠﺪ َة ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪ .‬وﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﺘِ ﱡﻢ َﻟﻨﺎ ﻣﺎ أَردْﻧﺎ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪ َْﻫﻤْ ﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َوﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻮا ِﺑﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺟﺎﻧ ٍِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﻘﻴﱢﺪُوﻧﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻼل‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟﻮْا ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻼﺳ ِﻞ واﻷ َ ْﻏ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨَﺘِﻨﺎ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻮ ًة‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَﻬﺒُﻮا ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺪاﻳﺎ و ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ف‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺸﺎش‬ ‫ﻮاخ واﻷﻋْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠﻨﺎ اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ﺞُ إﱃ ُﺳ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﴎى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺸ ِﻬﺪْﻧﺎ ﺑُﻴُﻮﺗَﻬُ ْﻢ أ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑﺎﻷ ْﻛ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺒُﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮت‪ .‬و َرأَﻳْﻨﺎ ُﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎﻧَﻬُ ْﻢ »ﻫِ ﻤْ ﻼﺟَ َﺔ«‪ ،‬وﻫﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ِﻮﻳًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْﺮ ٍش ﻣَ ﺒْﻨ ﱟِﻲ‬ ‫ﻓﺎر ُع اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﻫ َﻮ ﻋِ ﻤْ ٌ‬ ‫ﺪاف‪ُ ،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻷﺻ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺤِ ﺠﺎ َرةِ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﺰ ْﺧ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ف ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺨ ُﻢ اﻟﺠُ ﺜ ﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺪﻳ ُﺪ اﻟﻘﺎﻣَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻼق ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ اﻟﻬﺎﻣَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑ َِﺸ ُﻊ ا َملﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن‪ .‬وﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨْﺘُ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪ ،‬د َِﻣﻴ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريَ ُة‬ ‫ْﻄﺎن ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺑﺈﻧ ْ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ ْﺷﺒَ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﺸﻴ ٍ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا«‪ ،‬وﻫِ ﻲ أ َ ْﻗﺒَﺢُ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ َﺳﺤْ ﻨ َ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َأﺿ َﺨ ُﻢ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟﺎﻟ َِﺴ ًﺔ ِﺑﺠﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺗَﺰﻳ ُﺪ‬ ‫‪30‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫اﺿ َ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫َني ﻳَﺪَيْ ُﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎﻧِﻪ ْ‬ ‫ني ﻣَ ﺜ َ ْﻠﻨﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫وزﻳ ُﺮ اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺜﱠﻼ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫أن ﻧ ُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ َم‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮﻧﺎ ِ‬ ‫واﻓِ َﺮ اﻻﺣْ ِﱰا ِم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎن َو ِﺑﻨْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َاﻫﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﺎرﻳ َُﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺺ اﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫َت إ َﻟﻴْﻨﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ ﺜ َ َﺮ ِت‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎن‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎ ُم اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠﻄﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ ﱡ‬ ‫َﺟﺎرﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ وَأﻋْ ﻮاﻧِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ و ﱢُﻓ ُﻘﻮا إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أﻣَ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْ ٍﺪ ﺛ َ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ِه و ِ‬ ‫وﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ِﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ﴎى ِﻟﻴ َُﻘ ﱠﺪ َم واﺣِ ٌﺪ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َان‬ ‫ِﺑﺤَ ﺒ ِْﺴﻨﺎ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻐﺎ َر ِة اﻷ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ُﻗ ْﺮﺑﺎﻧًﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ﻌﺒُﻮدِﻫِ ُﻢ اﻷ ُ ْﻓﻌُ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻃﺎ َع اﻟﻮَزﻳ ُﺮ أﻣْ َﺮ ُﺳ ْﻠﻄﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻨﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ا َملﻐﺎ َرةِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻗ ﱠﺪﻣُﻮا َﻟﻨﺎ — و َْﻓ َﻖ ﺗَﻘﺎﻟِﻴﺪِﻫِ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺤﺎﻳﺎ َ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َُﺴﻤﱢ ﻨُﻮا ِﺑﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫— أ َ ْﻟﻮاﻧًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ ْ‬ ‫واﻟﻘﺮا ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪ ،‬أَﻟ ُِﻔﻮا ْ‬ ‫َان‬ ‫أن ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪﻣُﻮﻫﺎ ﻟِﻸ ُ ْﻓﻌُ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ا َملﻌْ ﺒُﻮدِ‪.‬‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑﻨﺎ اﻷَﻳﱠﺎمُ؛ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱠﺪ ُم — ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — واﺣِ ٌﺪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻨﺎﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﺪدُﻧﺎ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫ َﻠ َﻚ ُر ﱠﻛﺎبُ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ وﻣَ ﱠﻼﺣُ ﻮﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ َﻏ ْريُ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٍﻒ« ُرﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﴏ َع أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ َع أﺣَ ﺪِﻧﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎﺑُﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْﻠِﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴ ِﻬ ْﺮﻧﺎ َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘَﻨﺎ ﻧ َ َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح َﻏ ٍﺪ َﻛﻤﺎ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ َر اﻟﻌِ ﻤْ َ‬ ‫ﺣُ ُ‬ ‫ني ِﻟﻴ َُﻔ ﱢﺮﻗﺎﻧﺎ َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻷَﺑَﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻼﻗ ْ ِ‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫ﱠﺎن‬ ‫)‪ (5‬وَدا ُع اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑ ِ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٌ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ دَﻧﺎ ا َمل ْﻮ ِﻋ ُﺪ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﺗﺎهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻒ« ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘﺪْﻧﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ أَﻣَ ٍﻞ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎ ِة وا ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫﻋِ ﻲ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﱄ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴ ٌﱠﺔ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ﻳَ ْﻮ ُم ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ني اﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ ِﱠﺎﻣﻨﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة َﻏ ْريُ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ أ َ ْن أ َ َرى ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ﻳ ُ‬ ‫ري؛ َﻓﻤﺎ أ ُ ِﻃ ُ‬ ‫ُﺴﺎق إﱃ ا َمل ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺟ ٌﺰ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮت وَأَﻧﺎ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِع َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﴫﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻧُ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِ»ﻛﺎﺷ ٍﻒ«‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أَﺗْﻌَ َﺲ ﺣَ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻟـ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻚ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ اﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ ُﺰ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي ِﰲ ْإﻗﻨﺎﻋِ َﻚ‬ ‫ُول ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﺼﺎﺣَ ﺒَﺘﻲ ِﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ُﺳﻮءَ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻚ أَﺑَﻰ ﱠإﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻠِﺢﱠ ِﰲ ﻣُﺼﺎﺣَ ﺒَﺘﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌُ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫إﻟﺤﺎﻓ َﻚ َﻟﻨَﺠَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِع ا ُمل َﻔ ﱢﺰ ِع!«‬ ‫َو َﻟﻮْﻻ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬا ا َمل ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻼﻗﺎن‪ ،‬وَأﻣَ ﺮاﻧِﻲ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫إن أَﺗْﻤَ ﻤْ ُﺖ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫أن أﺗْﺒَﻌَ ﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻼﻣﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ اﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أﺟْ َﺰ ْع ﻟِﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗَﻬَ ﻴﱠﺐْ ﻫﺬا ا َمل ِﺼريَ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أﺗَ َﺮ ﱠﻗﺒُ ُﻪ وَأﺗﺄ َ ﱠﻫﺐُ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ ﱡﺖ إﱃ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺮﺑﱠﺎن أ ُ َودﱢﻋُ ُﻪ اﻟﻮَدا َع اﻷﺧِ ريَ اﻷَﺑَﺪِيﱠ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﺟَ َﺰﻋُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋﲇﱠ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ ُﻗ ﱢﺪ َم َﻗﺒ ِْﲇ ُﻗ ْﺮﺑﺎﻧًﺎ ﻟِﻠﺜﱡﻌْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ري ُة اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ‬ ‫)‪ِ (6‬أﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻼق ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺒُﻮد َُﻫ ُﻢ اﻷ ُ ْﻓﻌُ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫َان‪،‬‬ ‫ﻼﻗﺎن إﱃ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ٍﺔ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ٍﺔ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أﺣْ َﺴﺐُ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﺒَﻨِﻲ اﻟﻌِ ﻤْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأﻳ ُْﺖ اﻣْ َﺮأ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ ﺗُ ْﻘ ِﺒ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ِﱄ‬ ‫َث ﻣﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﰲ ﺣِ ْﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ﻒ أﻳﱡﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ِﺌﻨ َ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَ َﺨ ْ‬ ‫ُﻣ َ‬ ‫أﺻﺤﺎﺑَ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘَﻰ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَﺤْ َﺰ ْن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ َﻚ ﻣﺎ أﺻﺎبَ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا« َر ِﺿﻴ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَاد َ‬ ‫ﱠﺧ َﺮ ْت َﻟ َﻚ ﺣَ ٍّ‬ ‫ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﻣَ ﻮْﻻﺗ َِﻲ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة ُ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪًا؛ َﻓﻬَ ﻨِﻴﺌًﺎ‬ ‫ﻔﺎﺟﺌُ َﻚ ِﺑﻤﺎ اد َ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻚ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺧ َﺮﺗْ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ َت ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ ْﻓ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴤ إ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈﻧﱠﻬﺎ َﺳﺘُ ِ‬ ‫َﺟﺎرﻳﺘُﻬﺎ ا ُمل ْﺨﺘﺎ َر ُة‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أذِ ﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﱄ ُﻣﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﻀ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫أن‬ ‫َﺳﻌﺎ َدةٍ‪ .‬وَﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺲ أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺸﺎر ُة اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة و ِ‬ ‫أُﺗِﻴﺢَ َﻟ َﻚ َﴍ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻄﺐْ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ًﺴﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨًﺎ؛ َﻓﺈﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻣُﻼﻗِ ﻴﻬﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫َف ا ُملﺜ ُ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ﺟﺎرﻳ َُﺔ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا« ِﺑﻴَﺪِي‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َدﺗْﻨِﻲ إﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪ َِع اﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻣﺎن‪ ،‬وَأﻣْ َﺴ َﻜ ْﺖ ِ‬ ‫َف اﻟﺨﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِة ﺑﺠُ ﻠُﻮ ِد اﻟﻨﱡﻤُﻮ َر ِة وَاﻷ ُ ُﺳﻮ ِد و ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮأﻳْﺘُﻬﺎ ﺗَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ إﺣْ ﺪَى اﻷَراﺋِﻚِ ا ُمل َﻐ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﻔﻬُ ﻮدِ‪ .‬وَرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﻒ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ ْأﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺘﺎن‪ ،‬ﻳَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠﻠُﻬُ ﻤﺎ أَﻧ ْ ٌ‬ ‫ْﻨﺎن َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺲ‪ُ ،‬ر ﱢﻛﺐَ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َﻟﻬﺎ وَﺟْ ﻬً ﺎ َزﻳْﺘُ ِﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َﱢﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﻲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﱪ ُ​ُق ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨ ْ‬ ‫ني َﻏﻠِﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺒﻘﺎن ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ٍﻢ ِ‬ ‫ﺟﺎن ﻋَ ْﻦ ْ‬ ‫ﻨﺎن َﻛ ِﺒريَ ِة اﻟﺤَ ﺠْ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َ ِﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻈﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ َﻔﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫أﺳ ٍ‬ ‫واﺳ ٍﻊ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫‪33‬‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫ﻮس أ ْو ُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫أﺷ ﱡﺪ َﺳﻮادًا ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﻮ َْﻗ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْن‪َ .‬وﻳَﻌْ ﻠُﻮ َرأ َ َﺳﻬﺎ َﺷﻌْ ٌﺮ َﻗ ِﺼريٌ ﺟَ ﻌْ ﺪٌ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻟﻮ ِْن اﻷَﺑَﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ َز ٌة ِﺑ َﺨﻴ ٍْﻂ أَﺣْ ﻤَ َﺮ‪ .‬و َِﰲ ِﺟﻴﺪِﻫﺎ ) َر َﻗﺒَﺘِﻬﺎ( ﻋِ ْﻘ ٌﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﺮاءُ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫َﻗ َﻠﻨ ْ ُﺴ َﻮ ٌة َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ َﺮ ِز َﻛ ِﺒريُ اﻟﺤَ ﺠْ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺰﻳﻨ ُ ُﻪ ِر ٌ‬ ‫ﻳﺶ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻀ ُﻪ أ ْز َر ُق‪َ ،‬وﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮان‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫أﺻ َﻔ ُﺮ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻀ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫َت ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ﺿﺎﻓِ ﻴًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﺮاءِ‬ ‫ِﻒ اﻷ َ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱡﻤُﻮ َرةِ‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﻐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﻲ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤَ ﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛﺘ َِﻔﻴْﻬﺎ إﱃ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﻴْﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َر ِة ﱠ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ﻣَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا« ﻳُﺬَ ﱢﻛ ُﺮﻧِﻲ — ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ْﻠﺘُﻬﺎ — ِﺑ ُ‬ ‫ْﻄﺎن َﻛﻤﺎ أﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠﻠُﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ِ‬ ‫إن ﺧﺎ َﻟ َﻔﺘْﻬﺎ ِﰲ ﺧِ ﱠﻔﺘﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َر َ‬ ‫َو ُرﺑﱠﻤﺎ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻬَ ِﺖ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ُﺮو َد ِﰲ َﺳﻤﺎﺟَ ِﺔ َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺷﺎﻗ ِﺔ ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأَﺗْﻨِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َرﺗْﻨِﻲ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻻ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أﻳﱡﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘَﻰ‪ِ .‬ﻃﺐْ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ًﺴﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨًﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻘﻰ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ﱠإﻻ َﺧ ْريًا‪ .‬ﺗَﻌﺎ َل َﻓﺎﺟْ ﻠ ِْﺲ َ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺎت‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ ُ ْﺳ ِﻤﻌَ َﻚ ﻣﺎ أﻋْ َﺪ ْدﺗُ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َﴪ ْت َﻟ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ اﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ْأﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻼص ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ أﻋْ ﻮاﻧ ُ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َاﻟﺨ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎر ِع ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا« َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺻﻤَ ﺘَ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َﻔ ْﺖ ﻗﺎﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُ َﻚ َﺳﻌﺎ َد ًة أﻧﱠﻨﻲ أُﻋْ ِﺠﺒ ُْﺖ ِﺑﻤﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫واﺳﺘِﻬﺎﻧ َ ِﺘ َﻚ ِﺑﺎ َملﻮ ِْت‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷﺠﺎﻋَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َرﺑﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺄﺷ َﻚ )ﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺔ ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ َﻚ(‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﻓﺄ ِﺗ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻼل ﻧ َ ِﺒﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻤَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺿﺎﻋَ ْﻔ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ اﻟﺠَ ﺰاءَ‪ ،‬وَأَﺟْ َﺰ ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟﻌَ ﻄﺎءَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﻴﱠ ْﺰ َت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ٍ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻧْﻘﺎذِ َك ِﻣ َﻦ ا َملﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬ﺑ َِﻞ ْ‬ ‫ﱰﺗُ َﻚ َزوْﺟً ﺎ ِﻟ َﻮ ِﻟﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ِﺪ ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا« أ َ ِﻣريَ ِة اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ .‬أَﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ‬ ‫اﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗﺘَ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻮ ُ‬ ‫أَيﱠ ﻣُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ٍة ﺳﺎ ﱠر ٍة أَﻋْ َﺪ ْدﺗُﻬﺎ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ املﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢُ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ظ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﻴﺪُ؟ َﺳﺘُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ْﻒ آﺛ َ ْﺮﺗُ َﻚ َ‬ ‫وَﻓﺎ ِة أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪ .‬أَرأَﻳ َْﺖ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫)ﻓ ﱠﻀ ْﻠﺘُ َﻚ( ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﺻﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﴎا ِة ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜﺘﻲ؟«‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﻮ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﻬ ﱠﺮ ِة‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻣَ ﺄ ُدﺑ َُﺔ ِ‬ ‫أَيﱡ ﻧَﺒَ ٍﺄ ﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ َﺳ ﱠﻜ ْﺖ أُذُﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ؟ ﺑَ ْﻞ أيﱡ َﺷﻘﺎءٍ أﻋَ ﱠﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﱄ؟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ْ‬ ‫إن ا َملﻮ َ‬ ‫أﻫ َﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫﺬ ِه اﻟﺨﺎﺗِﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ا ُمل َﻔ ﱢﺰﻋَ ِﺔ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ﺑَ َﺪﻧِﻲ َﻟﻴ َْﻘ َﺸﻌِ ﱡﺮ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫َﴎ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻓ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﳼ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺎت ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح ا َمل ْﺸﺌُﻮ ِم‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ َﻓ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻼن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨﺎ ﻣُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻤُﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ِﻃ ْﻔ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ أ ُ ْﺧﺘُﻪُ‪» :‬أَيﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺮاﺋ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻲ؟ َﻓﻤﺎ أ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻣﺎ أَﻣْ ﺘَﻌَ ﻨﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻤُﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ َو ُﻣ َﻠ ٍﺢ!«‬ ‫اﻟﻬ ﱠﺮ ِة )اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺔ( ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻻ ﺗَﺬْ ُﻛ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮاﱄ ِﺑ ﱠﺮ ُه ِﺑﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻛﺎن َﺳﻴﱢﺪُﻫﺎ ﻳُ ْﻜ ِﺮﻣُﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ذﻟِﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺬِﻳ ِﺬ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ وﺣَ ﻤﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺟﺎج وﺑَ ﱟ‬ ‫وﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑﻤﺎ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ د ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ْ‬ ‫أن ﺗُﻜﺎﻓِ ﺌَ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻔﺄ َر ٍة ْ‬ ‫اﺻﻄﺎ َدﺗْﻬﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﻨْﻌَ َﻢ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻟ ُِﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ ِه ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ َﻏﻤَ َﺮﻫﺎ ﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫‪34‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ﻴﺎﻓﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻬ ﱠﺮ ِة َﻛﻤﺎ ﻧَﻌِ ﻤَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻀ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻀ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌَ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻬ ﱠﺮ ُة ِﺑﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫أﺷﺒَ َﻪ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا«!‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﻓ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﺘﺎﻫﻤﺎ ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ َ‬ ‫َﺼﻠُﺢُ َ‬ ‫ِﻛ ْﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﱤان ﻻ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن!‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻟِﻺﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ف أ ﱠن َﻟﺤْ َﻢ اﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫)‪ُ (8‬ﻏ ُﺮو ُر ُ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا«‬ ‫ُون ﻣ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن َﺧﻮ ِْﰲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ َﻀ ِﺐ ﻫﺬ ِه اﻟﺤَ ﻤْ ﻘﺎءِ ﻳَﺤُ ﻮ ُل د َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ُﻜﺎﺷ َﻔﺘِﻬﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻣَ ﻸ َ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ ُ ُﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻘﺎر‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ أ َ ْﻓﻌَ َﻢ َﻗ ْﻠﺒﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﺮاﻫِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ و ْ‬ ‫ﺰاز‪َ ،‬ﻓﺂﺛ َ ْﺮ ُت ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻤْ َﺖ ﺟَ ﻮاﺑًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺷ ِﻤﺌْ ٍ‬ ‫واﺣْ ﺘ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻤﺔ واﺣِ َﺪةٍ؟ ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻣﺘًﺎ ﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑ َﻜﻠ ٍ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا«‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ ِ‬ ‫أن ﻣﺎ ﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄْﺗُ َﻚ ِﺑﻪ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻌﺎ َد ٍة ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ور‪ .‬اﻟﺤَ ﱡﻖ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫ﺒﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻗ ْﺪ أذْ َﻫ َﻠ َﻚ وﻋَ َﻘ َﺪ ﻟِﺴﺎﻧ َ َﻚ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ﱡ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َ​َﻘ َﻊ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَﺪُو ُر ِﺑ َﺨ َﻠ ِﺪ َك ْ‬ ‫ري ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻠ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘُ ْﻜﺘَﺐَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼﻣَ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﺳ ٍ‬ ‫اﺧﺘِﻴﺎ ُر ِﺑﻨ ْ ِﺖ ُﺳ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ٍع وَﺧِ ﻴ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪ َل َﺷﻘﺎ ُؤ ُه ِﺑﺤَ ﱟ‬ ‫ﺻﻤْ ﺘَ َﻚ َدﻟِﻴ ُﻞ إ ِ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﺻ َﻚ واﻋْ ِﱰاﻓِ َﻚ ِﺑﻤﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن َ‬ ‫أﺳ َﺪﻳ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫إ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت َﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ ِﱄ إﺣْ ﺪَى ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻬﺎ ِﻷ ُ َﻗﺒﱢ َﻠﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺒﱠ ْﻠﺘُﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻀ ٍﺾ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎن‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﻃﺒ ًَﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ْاﻗﺘِﻨﺎﻋُ ﻬﺎ ِﺑﺠﻤﺎﻟِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺛ َِﻘﺘُﻬﺎ ِﺑﺄ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺮاﻫﺎ ﺳﻴ َُﻔ ﱢﻀﻠُﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧِﺴﺎءِ اﻟﻌﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِ‬ ‫أﺷﺒَ َﻪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱤان ْ‬ ‫أﺷﻬَ ﻰ ﻏِ ﺬاءٍ وأ َﻟﺬﱡ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻨﺎع ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻬ ﱠﺮ ِة ِﺑﺄ ﱠن َﻟﺤْ َﻢ اﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺎﻗﺘ ِ‬ ‫أن ﻣﺎ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫وَﻗ ْﺪ َﺧﻴﱠ َﻞ َﻟﻬﺎ ُﻏ ُﺮو ُرﻫﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ري ِة ﱡ‬ ‫ﺰاز‪،‬‬ ‫واﻟﺴ ْﺨ ِﻂ‬ ‫ﻣﺎرات اﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫واﻻﺷ ِﻤﺌْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻃ ٌﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط إﻋْ ﺠﺎ ِﺑﻲ ِﺑﺤُ ْﺴﻨِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﴎ َ‬ ‫دَﻟﻴ ٌﻞ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻓﺘِﺘﺎﻧﻲ ِﺑﺠَ ﻤﺎﻟِﻬﺎ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ِ‬ ‫ﺟﺎرﻳﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎع و ُ‬ ‫ﻮار ﺛ َ ٌ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ َﺮ َﺷﺘﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻷ َ ْر ِض ﻧَﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﺮاءِ اﻟﻨﱡﻤُﻮر ِة و ﱢ‬ ‫ﻼث‬ ‫َاﻟﻔﻬُ ﻮد‪ .‬ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﺟﺎء َْت ﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٍة ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ ِﺻﺤَ ٌ‬ ‫ُﻮر ﰲ اﻟﻌَ َﺴ ِﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ إﱃ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫ﺮﻳﺐ ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺎف ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ِﺑ َﴩَاﺋِﺢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ ا َمل ْﻐﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫أَﻟ ُِﻔﻮ ُه ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮان اﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌِ ﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣﻦ أ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﴍ َﻛﻬﺎ ﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫إﱄ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺷﺎ َر ِت ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَذْﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫أن أَﺟْ ﻠ َِﺲ إَﱃ ﺟﺎﻧِﺒﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ْﺮ َو ِة ﻧ َ ِﻤ ٍﺮ ِﻷ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َ‬ ‫اﻻﺳﺘﺰا َد ِة ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎر ًﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَا ْز َد َرد ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ْت ﻟُ َﻘﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ْﻤﺎت‪ .‬وﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺗُ َﺸﺠﱢ ﻌُ ﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ﻌﺎﻣﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻷَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ ِ‬ ‫َآﺧ َﺮ‪» :‬ﻣﺎذا ِﺑ َﻚ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ني و َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﻰ؟ ﻣﺎ ﺑﺎﻟُ َﻚ ﻻ ﺗُ ْﻘ ِﺒ ُﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌﺎ ِم؟ ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ِﱄ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫أن‬ ‫َني ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ أرا َك ﱠإﻻ ﻣُﺘﻌَ ﺠﱢ ًﻼ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄْﺗُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ وَﻋْ ﺪِي‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺎت َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻐ َﻠ َﻚ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋَ ٌﺔ إﱃ ﻣُﻘﺎﺑَ َﻠ ِﺔ أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﻷ َ ْرﺟُ َﻮ ُه ْ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺒْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺟﻠُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻫﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ذِي ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﱪﱢ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺤَ ﱡﻖ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ ﻳﺎ َﻓﺘﻰ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ ْريُ ِ‬ ‫ِﱄ ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗَ َﻚ وَﺣَ ﻴﺎ َة ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒ َﻚ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫ﺟﺎرﻳَﺘﻲ اﻟ َﻮ ِﻓﻴ ُﱠﺔ »ﻣَ ﻬْ ﺮڨﻴﺎ« َزوْﺟً ﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﺧﺘﺎ َرﺗْ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫‪35‬‬

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‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ َ‬ ‫وج‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ وَﻫِ ﻲ ﺗُ َﻮدﱢﻋُ ﻨِﻲ‪» :‬ﻋُ ْﺪ إﱃ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ِﺘ َﻚ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت أذِ ﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﱄ ﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫وأن َزوَاﺟَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻮ َ‬ ‫أﻳﱡﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد َة ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﻰ‪ ،‬وﻧَﺒﱢﺊْ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻﻴﻔﺘﻲ ا ُمل ْﺨﺘﺎ َر ِة »ﻣَ ﻬْ َﺮ ْڨﻴَﺎ«‬ ‫َاﺟ َﻚ ِﺑﻲ‪ .‬ﻋَ ﺠﱢ ْﻞ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﻬ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺒ ُْﴩَى‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫واﺷ ُﻜ ِﺮ اﻟﺤَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْﻓ َﺮ َد ُﻛﻤﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ‬ ‫َﺳﻴَﺘِ ﱡﻢ ﻣَ َﻊ َزو ِ‬ ‫َني إ ِ ْﺧﻮا ِﻧ ُﻜﻤﺎ ﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎ ِة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪ ،‬وَأَﺗﺎحَ ِﻟ ِﻜ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤﺎ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫أن ﺗَﻨْﻌَ ﻤﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻜﺎﻣ َﻠ ِﺔ‪ِ .‬ﻃﻴﺒﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ًﺴﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ِة‬ ‫ﺑْ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺎن ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َْﻠﺔ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ﱠﺮا ﻋﻴْﻨًﺎ؛ َﻓﺈﻧﱢﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﻘ َﻘ ٌﺔ َﻟ ُﻜﻤﺎ َرﺟﺎءَﻛﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐﺘُ ُﻜﻤﺎ أﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘَ ُﻜﻤﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺘَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺸ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ُﻜ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر ﻋَ ْﻦ إِﺿﺎءَ ِة اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺒﺎر ْك ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺒُﻮدُﻧﺎ اﻷ ُ ْﻓﻌُ ﻮَا ُن اﻟﻌَ ﻈﻴ ُﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪َ .‬و ْﻟﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ُﺷﻌْ ُﻠﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗِﻨﺎ ا َملﺪِﻳ َﺪةِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري ِة اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ أ ْﺳ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑ ُﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َﻓ ْﻀ ٍﻞ ﻋَ ﻤﻴ ٍﻢ‪ ،‬وأﻧﺎ أ ْﻟﻌَ ﻨُﻬﺎ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا« أ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫َاج ِﺑﻬ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ ،‬وَأ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻀ ُﻞ ا َملﻮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﻄﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧﺎد َِت اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ َﺧﺪ َِﻣﻬﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ‬ ‫ْت ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﺑﻲ إﱃ َﺧﻴْﻤَ ﺘﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﻨﺎﻗ َﺸ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ٌﺔ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٍﻒ« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﺄس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﻼﻗِ ﻴﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋﺎ َو َد ُه اﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺮ ِح‬ ‫ني رآﻧﻲ ﻗﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻳ ٍ‬ ‫ﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن ﻳَﺌ َِﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ﺪَﻫﺎ ﻣُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة! وا َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘﺎهُ! ﻫﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ذا‬ ‫رييَ اﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل ﻋَ ﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َان وَﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِﺗ َﻚ إﱃ‬ ‫ﻳﺎ ِأﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻤ ُﻊ ﰲ ﻧَﺠﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ ُ ْﻓﻌُ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠ َﻜ ِﺘ َﻚ؟!«‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎ ُة َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼﻣَ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻓﻘﻠﺖ ﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛ ِﺘﺒ َْﺖ ِﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺎﺟﻌَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﺨﺎﺗِﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺎ ﺣَ ﻴﺎ ُة ِرﻓﺎﻗِ ﻨﺎ اﻷﻋِ ﱠﺰاءِ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َﻟﻜﻦ …«‬ ‫ﻃﻌﻨِﻲ ً‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﺋﻼ‪» :‬ﻳﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﻔﺎﺟﺄ َ ٍة َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةٍ! و ْ‬ ‫َﻟﻜﻦ َﺧ ﱢﱪْﻧﻲ‪ :‬أَوَاﺛ ٌِﻖ أﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل؟‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫أَﺗُﺮا َك ﻧَﺠَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َﻗ ِﺖ اﻷﻣﺎﻧ ﱡِﻲ و َ‬ ‫َان؟ ﺣَ ﺒﱠ َﺬا َﻟ ْﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺤﱠ ِﺖ اﻷﺣْ ﻼمُ!«‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻷ ُ ْﻓﻌُ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ! ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪ :‬إِﻧﱠﻨﻲ ﻧَﺠَ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻐِ ﻲ إﱃ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻬﱢ َﻢ اﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻋﺎ ِﺑ ًﺴﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴْﺘَ َﻚ ﺗُ ْ‬ ‫ﻮت‬ ‫اﻷﺛﻤﺎن‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ َﱰَى ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻜﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َان‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻷُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠ ِﺔ َﺳﻴُﻜ ﱢﻠ ُﻔﻨِﻲ أ َ ْﻓﺪَحَ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪ ُل‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ ُ ْﻓﻌُ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﴎو ُر َك ﺣُ ْﺰﻧًﺎ إذا ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫أن ﻓِ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ْﴪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أداءِ ﻫﺬا اﻟﺜﱠﻤَ ِﻦ!«‬ ‫ﺪان اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة أﻳ َ ُ‬ ‫ُ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ« ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٌ‬ ‫»ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣﺎ َﻏ َﻠﻮ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ْﻓ َﺖ! و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‬ ‫اﻷﻣريَ وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫أﺛْﻤَ ُﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؟«‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫ري ُة ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣﺎ ﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄَﺗْﻨﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ْﻞ ِﺑﺤُ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ﻜﻤ َﻚ‪ «.‬و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ َر ْﻏﺒَ ٍﺔ ﰲ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ َ‬ ‫واج ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ ُﻣ َﺆ ﱢﺳﻴًﺎ‪» :‬ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﻋَ ﲆ ﺣَ ﱟﻖ‪ .‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣﺎل‪ .‬وَﻋَ ِﺰﻳ ٌﺰ ﻋَ ﲆ‬ ‫َﻟﻜﻦ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﲆ ﻛ ﱢﻞ ٍ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن ْ‬ ‫أن ﻳَﻤ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴬو َرةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮت ﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒ َِﻞ َﺷﺒﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠﺎﻫِ ْﺪ ﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﻐ ﱡﻠ ِﺐ ﻋَ ﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَأَذْﻋِ ْﻦ ﻟِﺤُ ْﻜ ِﻢ ّ ُ‬ ‫ا ِﻹﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮاز ُن ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ ِْﻦ!«‬ ‫أن‬ ‫َﺘني‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ َْﺨﺘﺎ ُر أ َ ْﻫﻮ َ​َن ﱠ ﱠ‬ ‫َني ا ُمل ِﺼﻴﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎز َم ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺼﺤْ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أَيﱡ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ٍﺔ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺪﻣُﻬﺎ ِﱄ؟ َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﺪُو ُر ِﺑ َﺨ َﻠ ِﺪ َك أﻧﱠﻨﻲ ْ‬ ‫أﺳﺘَﻄﻴ ُﻊ‬ ‫اﺗﱢﺒﺎﻋَ ﻬﺎ وَاﻟﻌَ ﻤ َﻞ ِﺑﻬﺎ؟ َﺳﻨ َ َﺮى ﻣﺎذا أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﺻﺎﻧﻊٌ؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ َﺳﺘﱠﺘ ِﺒ ُﻊ اﻟ ﱠﺮأْيَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗُ ِﺸريُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫أن »ﻣَ ﻬْ َﺮ ْڨﻴﺎ« و َِﺻ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ْﺴﻨﺎرا« َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ َﺔ ُ‬ ‫اﺧﺘﺎ َرﺗْ َﻚ َزوْﺟً ﺎ َﻟﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺛَﻤﻨًﺎ ﻟ َِﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﺻ َﻚ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ؟ َﻓﻤﺎذا أﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻞ؟ َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘﺎ َرﺗْ َﻚ وَﻫِ َﻲ َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ أ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﺟَ ً‬ ‫ﻤﺎﻻ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻﺗِﻬﺎ‪ .‬أﺗُ َﺮا َك‬ ‫ِﻬﺎز ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺔ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻴﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َرةِ؟«‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﺴﺘﻌِ ﺪٍّا ﻻﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٌ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ اﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﴎ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻒ« ُﻣﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﺰﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬واﻣْ ﺘُﻘِ َﻊ ﻟِﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﻊُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َرﻧِﻲ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬وا‬ ‫ﻔﺾ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫أن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﴪﺗﺎهُ! ﻳﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َ ٍﱪ ﺻﺎﻋِ ٍﻖ! أَﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ ْ‬ ‫َان‬ ‫ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣَ ﻮْﻻيَ ﺟﺎدٍّا ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل؟ إ ِ ﱠن ﻟِﻘﺎءَ اﻷ ُ ْﻓﻌُ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻫ َﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻟِﻘﺎءِ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﱄ أ َ ْﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﻮل! ﺑَ ْﻞ إِﻧﱢﻲ ﻷ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻀ ُﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ٍﺲ — ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬﻤُﻬﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ﺒﺎ ُن ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫أن أُﺑْﺘَ َﲆ ِﺑﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا ُمل ِﺼﻴﺒَ ِﺔ!«‬ ‫ﴎ َع ﻣﺎ ﻧ َ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ﺘَ َﻚ َوﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻜ ْﺮ َت‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣُﺪاﻋِ ﺒًﺎ ﺳﺎﺧِ ًﺮا‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ أﻣْ َﺮ َك! وَﻣﺎ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺣﺎل‪َ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻟ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳ َﻚ! أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻘ ْﻞ ِﱄ‪ :‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ أ َ ْﻫ َﻮ ُن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ٍﺾ‪،‬‬ ‫إن اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ‬ ‫إن ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﱠ ﱢ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ْت ﻻ ﻳُﺨِ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎز َم َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ِﻄ َﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ف َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳ َْﺨﺘﺎ ُر ﺑَﻴْﻨﻬُ ﻤﺎ؟ َﻓ ِﺈذا َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ا َملﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫وإن‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫أن أ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻜﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪﻧِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫ني َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻓﻪُ؟ أَﻧ َ ِﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﻣﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ُﻢ اﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ »ﺑُ ُﺰ ْرﺟَ ِﻤﻬْ ُﺮ« ﻟِﻤَ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫ذات‬ ‫ﴍ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َملﻮ ِْت؟ أَﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻤﺎذا أَﺟﺎﺑَﻪُ؟«‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪» :‬ﻣﺎ اﻟﺬي ُﻫ َﻮ َﺧ ْريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؟ وَﻣﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ُﻫ َﻮ َ ﱞ‬ ‫ﴍ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َملﻮ ِْت َﻓﻬُ َﻮ اﻟ ﱠﺰواجُ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜ ْ ِﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﻄﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ! َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٌ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ُﻫ َﻮ َ ﱞ‬ ‫ﻗﺎ َل اﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴﻢُ؟«‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎن ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺟَ ﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒًﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻗﺎ َل ﻟِﻤَ ﻠِﻴﻜِﻪ‪» :‬أﻣﱠ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ُﻫ َﻮ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪:‬‬ ‫ﴍ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َملﻮ ِْت َﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻣﺎ ﻳُﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﺧ ْريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة َﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﺗَ ِﻄﻴﺐُ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ُة إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأَﻣﱠ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ُﻫ َﻮ َ ﱞ‬ ‫ا َملﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ!«‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٌ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻒ«‪» :‬ﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫أﺻﺪ َ​َق ﻣﺎ ﻗﺎ َل!«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ِﱄ‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫)‪ (10‬اﻟﻔِ ﺮا ُر ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺠَ ﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٍﻒ« ﻧ ُ َﻘ ﱢﻠﺐُ آراءَﻧﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ وَﺟْ ٍﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺣْ َﻜﻤْ ﻨﺎ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺮار ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﺒﺜ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ا َمل ْﺸﺌُﻮﻣَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻨَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻣﺎ أ َردْﻧﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن َوﺛ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﻘﺖ ِﺑﻨﺎ اﻷﻣريَ ُة َوﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺸﺎ َرﺗُﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫وَأ ْ‬ ‫ﻮال‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗِﻴﺎدِ أَﻧْﺤﺎءِ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة َﻛﻤﺎ ﻧَﺸﺎءُ‪ .‬وَﺳﺎﻋَ َﻔﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﴎ‪ ،‬وَأذِ ﻧَﺘﺎ َﻟﻨﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠﺠْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻘﺘﺎﻧﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻣَ ْﺮﺑُﻮ ً‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ِﻣ ْﻦ َزو َِار ِق ﱠ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪْﻧﺎ َز ْو َر ًﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ إﱃ َوﺗِ ٍﺪ ِﺑﺤَ ﺒ ٍْﻞ‬ ‫ﻆ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن ﺑَﻌُ ﺪْﻧﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ِني‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ َﻠ ْﻠﻨﺎ ُه وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘﻨﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺮارﻧﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌُ ﻮا إﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺿﺒني‪ ،‬وَراﺣُ ﻮا ﻳَﺘَﻮَﻋﱠ ﺪُوﻧَﻨﺎ ُﻣ َﺰﻣْ ِﺠ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺾ اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ إﱃ ﻓِ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﻨﺎ و َِزﻳ َﺮ اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ ﻳ َُﱪ ِْﻃ ُﻢ َوﻳَ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل ِﺑﻮﻋِﻴ ِﺪهِ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧَﻌْ ﺒَﺄ ْ ِﺑﺘَﻬْ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ِه ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫أن أَو َْﻏ ْﻠﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﰲ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴍ اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ‪ .‬و ِﻋﻨْﺪَﻣﺎ ْأﻗﺒَ َﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ ﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳﺮ ُة َﻗ ْﺪ ﻏﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨﺎ ِﺑﻤَ ﻨْﺠﺎ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْﻨﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ور ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪ .‬و َ​َﺷ َﻐ َﻠﻨﺎ َﻓ َﺮﺣُ ﻨﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻼص‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺨ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮﻧﺎ ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ َوﺗَﻌﺎﱃ — ِﻟﻨَﺠﺎﺗِﻨﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ ْﺮﻧﺎ ِﺑ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﴪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮاج‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﱠﺪ ُد َز ْو َر َﻗﻨﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻤَ ِﺞ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺟﻬُ ﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻔﺎدِ اﻟ ﱠﺰادِ وَأ َ ْﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎر اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َوﺛ َ ْﻮ َر ِة اﻷَﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ َﺮ ِق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ني وَﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫َني ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ْﴪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْﻬَ ﺞَ ﻟ َِﻘ ْﻠﺒَﻴْﻨﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻟﻘﺎﺋِﻨﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻻ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﰲ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ا َملﻮ ُ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫ْت َﻏ َﺮ ًﻗﺎ أَﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎﻫ َﺮﺗِﻨﺎ ﻟِﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻠ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ﱠﻜ ِﻲ اﻟﺜﱡﻌْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ُﺔ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫واﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ُﻫﺪًى‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨﺎ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎﺷريُ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِْﺢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺤَ َﻠ ْﻠﻨﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ِﺑﻨﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ْو َر ُق ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﻮﻧُﻬﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱡﺲ اﻷ َ ْر َ‬ ‫ﻤﺎر‪ ،‬ﺗﻜﺎ ُد ُﻏ ُ‬ ‫ض ِﻟﻮ َْﻓ َﺮ ِة ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺠﺎر‪ ،‬دَا ِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫وار َﻓ َﺔ اﻷ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ًة َﻛ ِﺜريَ َة اﻷَﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﺿﺞ َ‬ ‫ﺎت اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗُ َﺨﻴﱢ ُﻞ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺮاﻫﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع واﻟﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺶ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻬَ ﺪاﻧﺎ وﺑَ ﱠﺮﺣَ ﺎ ِﺑﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄﻛ ْﻠﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻟﺬا ِﺋ ِﺬ ﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وا ْرﺗَ َﻮﻳْﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺬْ ِب ﻣﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫وَﺣَ ِﻤﺪْﻧﺎ ﷲ َ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮع‪ ،‬وَآﻣَ ﻨَﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ْف‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﻤَ ﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ٍ‬ ‫وَﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴﻨﺎ ﻧَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮال‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ ْﻀﺤَ ُﻚ ُﻣﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﻜﻬ َ‬ ‫ض ﻣﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻨﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ٍ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺠَ ﻮْﻧﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺪاث وأ َ ْﻫ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ َ‬ ‫َﺿ ِﻤﻨﱠﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻼﻣَ ﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻋَ ِﺠﺒْﻨﺎ ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫»ﻷَﻣْ ٍﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻗ َﻔ َﺮ ْت‬ ‫ﻠﺖ ﻟِﺼﺎﺣِ ﺒﻲ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ْﻒ َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺠﻨ ﱠ ُﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ ُة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس؛ َﻓﻤﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻨﺎ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﺄ َ ْر ِﺿﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَأُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ﺑﺎﻋْ ﺘِﺪال‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ُة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ُﻤ ْﺮﻫﺎ أﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻮﱢﻫﺎ َو َﻟﺬِﻳ ِﺬ ﻓﺎﻛِﻬَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل‪» :‬اﻟ ﱠﺮأْيُ ﻣﺎ َرأَﻳ َْﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮْﻻ ذ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻤﺎ َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫﻠِﻴﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗ َﻔ َﺮ ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨِﻴﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ َﺪ ُر ﻫﺬ ِه اﻟﻜﻠ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺄﻧﱠﻤﺎ أَﺟْ َﺮى َ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﺔ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻳ َْﺨﺒَ ُﺆ ُه ﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﺴﺎن ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻤﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻟ ِ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎج‪ .‬وﺟَ َﻠ ْﺴﻨﺎ ﻧ َ ْﺴ ُﻤ ُﺮ ﰲ َ‬ ‫أَﺣْ ٍ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻮءِ اﻟﺒَﺪ ِْر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧِﻤْ ﻨﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺪاث‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ َﻀﻴْﻨﺎ ﻧَﻬﺎ َرﻧﺎ و َﻟﻴْ َﻠﻨﺎ ﰲ ﻣَ َﺮ ٍح واﺑْﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﱠاح‪َ .‬‬ ‫رﻳﺞ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺤَ ﺸﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺶ ُ‬ ‫وﻏ َﻠﺒَﻨِﻲ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻫﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ﱠإﻻ ﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺨ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ا ُملﺤَ ﱠﻼ ِة ِﺑﺎﻷ َ ْز ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻮ ِ‬ ‫ذات اﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ات‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﺤَ ﻰ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒﻲ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨﺎ َدﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ري َرﺟْ ِﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺪَى‪ .‬وﺑَﺤَ ﺜ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ ْﺮ ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫ﻛﺎرﺛ َ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻳَﺌ ِْﺴ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﰲ أَﻧْﺤﺎءِ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻋﺜ ُ ْﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺛ َ ٍﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻳ َْﻘﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻟِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻜﺎرهِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻳُﺠْ ﺪِي اﻟﻔِ ﺪاءُ‪ .‬وا‬ ‫و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻮ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﺪاءَ ُه ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َمل ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ِﻳﻘﺎ َو ِﻓﻴٍّﺎ وأ َ ِﻣﻴﻨًﺎ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫أﺳﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻓ َﻘﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ‪ ،‬ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤﺎ ﺷﺎ َر َﻛﻨﻲ ُﻫﻤُﻮﻣِﻲ ِ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ً‬ ‫ْت ﻓﻴ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫وآﻻﻣﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻛﺎرﺛ َ ٍﺔ َﻓ ﱠﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ ﺑَﻴْﻨﻲ‬ ‫ﺣﺎﱄ‪ ،‬وﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ ﻣﺎ أَﻧُﻮءُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺛ ْ ِ‬ ‫وأَﻋﺎﻧَﻨِﻲ ﰲ ﺣِ ﱢﲇ وﺗَ ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻘﺎل اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَيﱡ ِ‬ ‫وﺑَﻴْﻨَﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺠَ ﻮْﻧﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻮار ِث؟‬ ‫ﻮادِح اﻟ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻨﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻏﺎﺑﺔ ﻛﺜ َ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻔ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﻤﱠ ﻤْ ﺘُﻬﺎ‪ ،‬و ُرﺣْ ُﺖ أَﺟُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮس‬ ‫ﴩ—‬ ‫وﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ﻟِﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ﱠﻲ ﰲ — اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺎﻣ َﺲ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ُملﻠُﻮكِ ‪ ،‬ﺗُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َر َﻟ ُﻪ َﺷ ِﺒﻴﻬً ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ُﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﺧﻨﺎدِ ُق‬ ‫ﺠﺎرﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻋْ َﱰ َ​َﺿﻨﻲ َﻗ ْ ٌ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺧِ ﻼ َل أ َ ْﺷ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َ‬ ‫واﺳﻌَ ٌﺔ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ﻣﺎءً‪ .‬و َرأ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻤﻴﻘ ٌﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ أﺣَ ﺪِﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ َﱪًا ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﺮ ًﻛﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ‬ ‫أﺳ َﻠﻤَ ﻨِﻲ إﱃ ﻣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ْﺪان َﻓ ِﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺟ ُﻪ ﺑﺎبَ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ .‬وَﰲ و َ​َﺳ ِﻄ ِﻪ َﻓﺘﺎ ٌة ﺑ َِﻬﻴ ُﱠﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠﻌَ ِﺔ ﻧﺎﺋِﻤَ ﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣﺒَ ﱠﻠ ٍﻂ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮﺧﺎ ِم اﻷَﺑْﻴ َِﺾ‪ ،‬ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻳٍّﺎ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ‪ ،‬وﻋَ َﲆ َرأ ْ ِﺳﻬﺎ ﺗﺎجٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ ُﻣ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ٌﻊ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ًزا ِﺑﻨَﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺧِ ٍﺮ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِي ﺛ َ ْﻮﺑًﺎ ﺣَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﻤﺎس‪ ،‬وَﰲ َر َﻗﺒَﺘِﻬﺎ ﻋِ ْﻘ ٌﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻴﺎﻗ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟﻴَﻮاﻗِ ِ‬ ‫ﻮت اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ ِر‪ ،‬وﰲ و َ​َﺳ ِﻄ ِﻪ ُد ﱠر ٌة َﻛﺒريَ ٌة ﻻ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ واﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ِد وا ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺗﺎن ﻳ َِﺸ ﱡﻊ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻧُﻮ ٌر ﺑﺎﻫِ ٌﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗُ َﻘ ﱠﻮ ُم ِﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل‪ .‬وﻟُ ْﺆﻟُ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬﺎ — أﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗَﺘَﺄﻣﱠ ﻠُﻨﻲ وﺗُﻨْﻌِ ُﻢ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫وﻗ ْﺪ ُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ — ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺪ ْر ِﺑ َﺨ َﻠﺪِي أﻧﱠﻬﺎ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٌق‪ ،‬وﺣُ ْﺴﻨُﻬﺎ زاﻫِ ٌﺮ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻣ ٌﺖ ﻻ ﺣَ ﺮا َك ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﺣَ ﻴﺎ َة ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺗِﻤْ ﺜﺎ ٌل ِ‬ ‫وﺧﺪﱠاﻫﺎ‬ ‫ْﻒ! وﺟَ ﻤﺎﻟُﻬﺎ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺮاﻫﻤﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛﺪان ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳ ُ‬ ‫وق اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ِة ُﻣﺘَﺪ ﱢَﻓ ًﻘﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫أن َد َم اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة ﻳَﺠْ ِﺮي ﰲ ﻋُ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫دان ﻳُ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣ َﻮ ﱠر ِ‬ ‫وﻛﺎن ﺑ َِﺮ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ ﻳ َُﺨﻴﱢ ُﻞ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺮا ُه ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤﺎ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺮ ُﻛﻬﻤﺎ اﻟﻬُ ﺪْبُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﱰ ِْﻣ ُﺶ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻳَﺘَﻤﺎ َﻟ ُﻚ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫أن ﻳَﺒْﺪَأﻫﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﴪﻳ ُﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ْت‬ ‫ﻳﺎ َﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ! أﻫﺬا ﺗِﻤْ ﺜﺎ ٌل ﻓﺎﻗ ُﺪ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ؟ ﺗُ َﺮى أيﱡ ﻣَ ﺜ ﱠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل أﺑْﺪَﻋَ ﻪُ؟ أﻣﱠ ﺎ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎن‪ :‬أﺑْﻴ َُﺾ وَأ َ ْﺳ َﻮدُ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ أَﺣَ ﺪِﻫِ ﻤﺎ ُرﻣْ ﺢٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻮﻻذِ ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة َﻓ َﻠ ُﻪ َد َرجٌ ‪ ،‬وﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺪ َر ِج ﺧﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫َو ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﻣﺎض ﻳَﻜﺎ ُد َﺳﻨﺎ ُه ﻳ َْﺨ َ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ ِﺮ َﺳﻴ ٌ‬ ‫ﻒ اﻷَﺑْﺼﺎ َر‪َ ،‬وﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﻳَ َﺪﻳ ِْﻬﻤﺎ َﻟﻮْحٌ ﻣُﻌَ ﱠﻠ ٌﻖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎحٌ‬ ‫ْﻒ ٍ‬ ‫ذَ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َدﻧَﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْح‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ًﺸﺎ ﺑَﺪِﻳﻌً ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻜﺘُﻮﺑًﺎ ِﰲ و َ​َﺳ ِﻄ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻗ ِﺪ َم ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫َﴪ ﷲ ُ ﻟ ُﻪ د ُ‬ ‫أن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َل َ‬ ‫ﻜﺎن‪ ،‬وَأَرا َد ْ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮ َل ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻐﺎﺑَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺘَﺐَ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺠَ ﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻫﺬا ا َمل ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﻴﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﻠﻴَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬْ ﻫﺬا املِ ْﻔﺘﺎحَ د َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﻤَ ﱠﺴﻨِﻲ أ َ ْو ﻳَﻤَ ﱠﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣﺎ ِﻟﻴَﺘِﻲ وَﻵ ِﻟﺌِﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫َﻓﺈذا و َْﺳﻮَس َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺢَ ﻋَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﺨﺎﻟ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﻄﺎ ُن ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻫﺬا اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﴪ َﺳﻌﺎ َدﺗَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ض ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠﻬْ ﻠُ َﻜ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﻴﺎﺗَ ُﻪ ﺟَ ﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ري‬ ‫)‪َ (2‬ﻗﻨَﺎﻋَ ُﺔ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ْت — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻧَﺸﺄَﺗ َِﻲ — اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ َﺔ‪َ ،‬و ُر ْ‬ ‫وَﻛﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﻲ أَﻧﱢﻲ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮد ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻨﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴫ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻨُﻖ َ‬ ‫َأﺧﺬْ ُت ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎحَ َ‬ ‫ْت اﻟ ﱠﺪ َرجَ ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎةِ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﺢَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻗ َﺮأْﺗُﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺗﱠﺒَﻌْ ُﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ُون‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎب َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ُﻊ ﰲ ْ‬ ‫ُﺴﺎو َرﻧِﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫أﺧ ِﺬ ﻣﺎ ﻋَ ﺪاهُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻘﺪﱠﻣْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻨُﻮ ٌع ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ َﺸ ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫أن ﻳ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ِ‬ ‫ﺑﺎر ٌز ﻳُﻤَ ﺜ ﱢ ُﻞ ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ًﺔ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ َِﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻗ ْﻔ ٌﻞ ﻛ ِﺒريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِو‪ ،‬و ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ٌﺶ ِ‬ ‫وﺿﻌْ ُﺖ املِ ْﻔﺘﺎحَ ﰲ ُ‬ ‫َﻫﻴ ِْﺌﺔ أ َ َﺳﺪٍ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ إ ِ ْن َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْﻔ ِﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧ ْ َﻔﺘَﺢَ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ْ‬ ‫أن أُدِ ﻳ َﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ املِ ْﻔﺘﺎحَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱠ ﺒ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪ .‬وﻻﺣَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ اﻟﺘ ٌ‬ ‫ﺼﻌِ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ َود َ‬ ‫ِﻔﺎﺗﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓﺄﺑ َْﴫ ُ‬ ‫ْت ُﺳ ﱠﻠﻤً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮﺧﺎ ِم اﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮدِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﺑَﻬْ ﻮًا‬ ‫ﻮرﻳﱠ ِﺔ واﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛ ِﺒريًا ُﻣ َﺰﻳﱠﻨًﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺜ ﱡ َﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﺒﺎج ا ُمل َﺬ ﱠﻫ ِﺐ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻨﺎﻓِ ِﺲ اﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت اﻟﺒَﻠ ﱡﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ ا ُمل َﺬ ﱠﻫﺒَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ِﺑ ِﻪ أرا ِﺋ ُﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺛﺎث‪ .‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤَ ﻨِﻲ إﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﺛ َ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ اﻷ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﻞ َﺷﺒﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻧﺎﺋِﻤَ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت َﻓﺈذا َﺳﻴﱠ َﺪ ٌة ﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻳﱠ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻴﺎب‪َ ،‬‬ ‫وﻗ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﺪ ْ‬ ‫وإﱃ ﺟﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬﺎ‬ ‫إﺣْ ﺪَى اﻷَراﺋِﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴ ِﻨ َﺪ ٌة َرأ ْ َﺳﻬﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِوﺳﺎ َد ٍة ﺣَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َت أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺲ اﻟﺜ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ َﻀ ٌﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا َمل ْﺮﻣَ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻔﺎﺳﻬﺎ اﻟﺨﺎﻓِ ﺘَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺖ إﱃ أﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ْ .‬‬ ‫َني ِﱄ أﻧﱠﻬﺎ‬ ‫واﻗ َ َ‬ ‫ﱰﺑ ُْﺖ ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳﺘُﻬﺎ ﻣ ُْﻐﻤَ َﻀ َﺔ اﻟﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎةِ‪ .‬وﻋَ ِﺠﺒ ُْﺖ ﻟِﻮﺟُ ﻮدِﻫﺎ وﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ ﰲ ﻫﺬا َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ُملﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ ِد ﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ُمل ْﻘﻔِ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬‬ ‫أن أُو ِﻗ َ‬ ‫وﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِﱄ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أﺣْ ﺠَ ﻤْ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ أُﻧ َ ﱢﻐ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﻮ‬ ‫راﺣَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وأ ُ َﻛ ﱢﺪ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ َﻫﻨﺎءَ َر ْﻗ َﺪﺗِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻐﺎ َد ْر ُت َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺰﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻮدَﺗﻲ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﻋَ ﺠﺎﺋِﺐُ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻮاﱄ ﰲ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ﺠﺎﺋِﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ وَﺣَ ﻴَﻮاﻧِﻬﺎ وَﺣَ َﴩاﺗِﻬﺎ ﻟﻢ أ َ َر َﻟﻬﺎ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﺗَﺠْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻗﺎت ﻻ أَد ِْري َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺜ ً‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷ ِﻬﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏﺮاﺋِﺒﻬﺎ ﻣَ ْﺨﻠُ ٍ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ ُ َﺳﻤﱢ ﻴﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﻬﻲ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﰲ َﻫﻴْﺌَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻨﱠﻤْ ِﻞ وَﺣَ ﺠْ ِﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﻤ َﺮةِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺪ ﺣَ ِﺴﺒْﺘُﻬﺎ — أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣﺎ رأَﻳﺘُﻬﺎ — ﻣ ُْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻫﺒ ُْﺖ َﻟ ِﴫاﻋﻬﺎ‪ .‬وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أَﻧْﻮاﻋً ﺎ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺮار ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َرأَﺗْﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ِ‬ ‫َﻮان‪ ،‬ﺗَﺒْﻌَ ُﺚ َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘُﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫أَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ اﻟﺤَ ﻴ ِ‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ و َ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻲ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﴎ َ‬ ‫ﻋﺎن ﻣﺎ ﻧ َ َﻔ َﺮ ْت ِﻣﻨﱠﻲ‪ ،‬وَﺣﺎد ْ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺄَذًى‪.‬‬ ‫َاﻟﻔ َﺰ ِع‪ .‬وَﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬﺎ ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْﴫ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺳﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َ‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻏﺎر َﻗ ًﺔ ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ َة ﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل ِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬اﻧْﺘِﺒﺎ ُه اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻬﺎ؛ َﻓﺄَﺛ َ ْﺮ ُت َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ف َ‬ ‫ﱠت َر ْﻏﺒَﺘَﻲ ﰲ ﻣُﺤﺎ َدﺛَﺘِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻷَﺗَﻌ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫واﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ًﻓﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺞ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ْت ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ وَﺣَ ﱠﺮ ْﻛﺘُﻬﺎ ِﺑﻴَﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺸﻌُ ْﺮ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺮ ْك‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ات‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺪﻧَﻮ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻌَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺒﻲ وَﺳﺎ َو َرﻧِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫وﻗﻠُ ُﺖ ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠﻬﺎ ﻣَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر ٌة‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫إﻳﻘﺎﻇﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺒﺎﺗِﻬﺎ؟«‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﻤَ ﻤْ ُﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َدةِ‪ .‬وَﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ اﻟﺘِﻔﺎﺗَﺔ ﻓ َﺮأﻳ ُْﺖ‬ ‫واﻧْﺘﺎﺑَﻨِﻲ اﻟﻴَﺄ ُس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫— ﻋَ َﲆ املﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ِة ا َمل ْﺮﻣَ ِﺮﻳﱠ ِﺔ — اﻟ َﻜﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎت اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻈﻔِ ْﺮ َت ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَ ﱠﺮأ َ َك ﷲ ُ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻫ ِﻤ ْﺲ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ أُذُن َ‬ ‫واﺳﻢ أ َ ِﺑﻴ َﻚ وَﺟَ ﱢﺪ َك‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺴﺘﻴْ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳ ِﻤ َﻚ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ِة ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻮ ِْر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬﺎ اﻟﻌَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫واﺳﻤَ ْﻲ أ َ ِﺑﻲ وَﺟَ ﺪﱢي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻔ َﺴ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫إن ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَذْﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ أ ُ ِﻣ ْﺮ ُت‪ .‬وﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﺳ ِﻤﻲ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻘ ُﺖ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌَ ﺪاءَ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻓﺘَﺤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ واﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬَ ْﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻜ ُﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻬﺎ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻲ ِﺑﺄ َ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ ِﻟ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎع َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬ﻛ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮْﻻ ذﻟِﻚ َﻟﻤﺎ ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻴ َْﺖ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َرﺗْﻨﻲ ﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻳﺎ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻘﺪا ٍم ُﺷ ِ‬ ‫ري َك ِﻣﻤﱠ ْﻦ ﺣﺎ َوﻟُﻮا دُﺧﻮ َل َ‬ ‫ﻳﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻌَ ﻮاﺋ َِﻖ وا ُمل ْﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ .‬وَﻫِ ﻲ — ِﺑﻼ رﻳ ٍْﺐ —‬ ‫أﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ْﺖ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﳼ! ﺗُ َﺮى ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن؟ أ َ ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱞﻲ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ أ َ ْم ﻣَ َﻠ ٌﻚ؟«‬ ‫ُور اﻷ َ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َْق ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ ﻳﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ أَﻧﺎ ِﺑ ِﺠﻨﱢﻲ وَﻻ ﻣَ َﻠﻚٍ ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ أَﻧﺎ إﻧْﺴﺎ ٌن ﻋﺎدِيﱞ ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ِﺪ َم ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َﻓﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة ﻣُﺼﺎد ً‬ ‫إﱃ ﻫﺬا َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺪ — َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ري َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ني‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﺎﻗﺘْ ُﻪ َﻗﺪَﻣﺎ ُه — ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ َﺮ ُه اﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ٍﺔ وَﻻ ﻋَ ﻨﺎءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ ِﺑﻤِ ْﻔﺘﺎﺣِ ِﻪ ﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎﻣ ُﺮ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺿ ٍﻞ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ٍﻢ ﻻ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ري ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﻊُ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺘﻨ ُ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘِ ﱠﻢ ﻫﺬا ﱠإﻻ ِﻷ َ ِﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ا ُمل ْﻐ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن؟«‬ ‫ﺪاث‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َوﻳ ُْﺖ َﻟﻬﺎ ﻣﺎ َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﺐ اﻷﺣْ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﺷ ْﻔﺘُﻬﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻟ ْ‬ ‫أن ﻧَﺠﺎ ﻛِﻼﻧﺎ ﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٍﻒ« ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ْ‬ ‫ض َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣُﻬْ ﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺪان َ‬ ‫ِﻜﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪِﻳﻘِﻲ‬ ‫ِﻔﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺣُ ْﺰ ٍن ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫‪42‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒ َﻚ وَﻻ ﺗَﺤْ َﺰ ْن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَﺄ ْ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﻊُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻜﺎن ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ًﺮا ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ َﻚ ِﺑﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ َ‬ ‫ْف؛ َﻟ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺠَ َﺸ ِﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ َﺧ َﻠ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻮ َﺧ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻮل ﻫﺬا‬ ‫ُﺧ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﻴﺪِ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺴﺎن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑﻬﺬا اﻟ َﻜﻼم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت َﻓﺮأﻳ ُْﺖ ﺑَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ َﻓ ِﺼﻴﺤَ َﺔ اﻟ ﱢﻠ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫— ِﺑﺎهلل ِ — َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ُﻊ َ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ًﻔﺎ«؟«‬ ‫ﺻﺪﻳﻘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺖ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ أ َ ﱠن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ َﻊ َوﻣُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔ َﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﺬان اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴﺎ ِﺑﺼﺎﺣِ ِﺒ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺢ ُﻫﻤﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَى ﺗِﻤْ ﺜﺎ َل َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ِة َﻛﻤﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘَﻪَ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻏﺮا ُه اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﺰاع اﻟﻌِ ْﻘ ِﺪ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُﺌِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺟﻴ ِﺪ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ُﻊ ِﺑﺎﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﻨ َ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎةِ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳَ ْﻠ ُ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ ُﺮ ِﺑ ُﺮﻣْ ﺤِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻘ ِﺘ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻤﺴ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ َ‬ ‫ﴐﺑَ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ُﺪ اﻟﺤَ ِﺎر َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻮ ِْرهِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟﺎء َْت ﺣَ َﴩ ُ‬ ‫ري ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َات اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة وَﺣَ ﻴَﻮاﻧُﻬﺎ َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ َﻠﺘْﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺒ ِْﻖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ أ َ َﻛ َﻠ ْﺖ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ُروﱠادِ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎﻣﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﻌْ َﺖ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ ُﻪ و َ​َﻓﻌَ ْﻠ َﺖ ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻠ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻠﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﴫﻋِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋُ ﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺒﺎر ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ ِﻔ ُﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا َ‬ ‫ﺜﺎل ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺜ َ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻶ ِﻟﺊَ وَاﻷﺣْ ﺠﺎ َر اﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ َﺔ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل‬ ‫ُﻣﺒْ ِﺪ ُع ﻫﺬا اﻟﺘﱢﻤْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺒﺎ َع‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ َﻘ َﺶ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮ ِْح ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرأَﻳْﺘَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ف اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺜﺎل ﻟِﻴﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺜﺎل ﺗَﺤْ ﺬِﻳ َﺮ ُه‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟﺎﻧ ِ​ِﺐ اﻟﺘﱢﻤْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱢﻤْ ِ‬ ‫ﺘﺎح َ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ َ‬ ‫ُﻐﺎﻣ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎﻣﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني َوإﻧْﺬا َر ُه ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈذا َﺷ َﻐ َﻠ ِﺖ اﻟﻨﱠﻔﺎﺋ ُِﺲ أﺣَ َﺪ اﻟ ﱡﺮوﱠادِ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻮص ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﺮ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﻊ ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻﻔﺎءِ‬ ‫َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻌﺎ َدةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺪ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺧﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ري ﺟَ ٍ‬ ‫ض َﻟ ُﻪ ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ و َْﺳﻮ َ​َس َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ َﻚ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْﻄﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺠﺎبَ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل ﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺨِ ِ‬ ‫ﺬﻳﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ أَﺗْ ُﺮ ُك ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨﱠﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ؟ َو ِﻟﻤَ ْﻦ أَﺗْ ُﺮ ُﻛﻬﺎ؟ وَﻣَ ْﻦ ذا ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬أ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ِﻞ ﻫﺬا اﻟﺘﱠﺤْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎﺟ ٌﺰ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺤ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌﺎﻗِ ﺐَ أَﺣَ ﺪًا؟«‬ ‫أن ﻳَﺤْ ِﺮﻣَ ﻨِﻲ إﻳﱠﺎﻫﺎ؟ و َ​َﻫ ْﻞ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺪ ُر ﺗِﻤْ ﺜﺎ ٌل ِ‬ ‫ﻮاز َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻀﺎءِ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﰲ أَﺟْ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﻣﻬﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨِﻲ اﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻲ اﻷ َ َﺳ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ِﺖ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِع‬ ‫ﻒ ﻟِﻤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎﺷ ٍﻒ« ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْو َر َد ُه اﻟﺤِ ْﺮ ُ‬ ‫ص ﻣَ ﻮ ِْر َد اﻟﻬَ ﻼكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒﻲ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬﺬا َ‬ ‫ﻟﺖ َ‬ ‫ِﺼﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ َة ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ُ‬ ‫أن ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة‪» :‬ﻟِﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ ﻋَ َﲆ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ ،‬إِﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﻣُﻔﺎﺟﺄ ٌة َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﱄ ﰲ اﻟﺤِ ْﺴ ِ‬ ‫…«‬ ‫‪43‬‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻨِﻲ ﻣُﺤَ ﱢﻠ َﻘ ًﺔ ِﺑﻲ ﰲ أَﺟْ ﻮ َِاز َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت أ َ ﱠن ﻳَﺪًا َرﻓ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻘ ًﺔ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓﻌُ ﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻀﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَﻳْﺘُﻨِﻲ َﻫﺎ ِﺑ ً‬ ‫ﺎﻇ َﺮيﱠ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻟﺒ َْﺚ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫واﻟﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ُ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫َني ِﱄ‪ :‬أَيﱡ ُﻗ ﱠﻮ ٍة َﺧﻔِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﻧ َ َﻘ َﻠﺘْﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺑﺎب ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ اﻷ َ ْر ِض أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْر ِض اﻟ َﻮ َ‬ ‫َﴫ؟‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻦ ﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻟﻤْ ِﺢ اﻟﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺰ ُﻣ َﺮا ِﺑ ً‬ ‫َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺟَ ﻴ َْﺶ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ﺣَ ْﻮ َل ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟﺎءَ ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﺨ ُﻔﻮا‬ ‫ﺿﻴْﻔِﻨﺎ اﻟﻌَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻣﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ ٌة ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٌة‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻮْﻻ أ َ ﱠن ﻣُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ ًة ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة ﻋَ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫وَأ َ َرا َد اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ أ َ ْن ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َت ﻟِﺴﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻦ اﻟ َﻜﻼم‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ْﻠﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ! ﻫﺎ ﻫِ ﻲ ذِي َﻓﺘﺎ ُة َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ ﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﻣﺎ ِﺛ َﻠ ًﺔ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻪُ! َﻓﻤﺎ إ ِ ْن ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺮاﻫﺎ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻟ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻬﺎ ﰲ َﻟﻬْ َﻔ ٍﺔ و َ​َﺷﻮ ٍْق‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﻨ ﱠﺪ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﴏ َ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺨِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫ري ٌة‪:‬‬ ‫ْﺧ ٌﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫» َرﺑﱠﺎهُ! ﻣَ ْﺮﺣَ ﺒًﺎ ِﺑﻚِ ﻳﺎ »وَادِ ﻋَ ُﺔ« وَا َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘَﺎهُ! ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ َﻗﺪِﻣْ ِﺖ ﻳَﺎ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﺎهُ؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُﻛﺘَ ِﺒ ْﺖ َﻟﻚِ اﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎ ُة؟«‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»ﻓﺎﺿ ٌﻞ«‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َرى وَأ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﻊُ! أَﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻠ ِﻘﺎءِ اﻷ َ َﺧ َﻮﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل اﻷَﻣريُ‬ ‫ﻤﺎع ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘِﻴﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَاﺟْ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ » َراﺋَ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻌﺔ« َ‬ ‫ﺿﻴْﻔِﻬﺎ »وَادِ ﻋَ َﺔ« ﺗُﻌﺎﻧ ُِﻘﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﺮﺣﱢ ﺐُ ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗُﻬَ ﻨﱢﺌﻬﺎ ِﺑ َﺴﻼﻣَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫وَاﺟْ ﺘﻤﺎع َﺷﻤْ ﻠِﻬﺎ ِﺑﺄﺧِ ﻴﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َرﻫﺎ أ َ ُﺧﻮﻫﺎ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻮ ُْق َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﺧﺒﺎ ُركِ ﻳَﺎ »وادِ ﻋَ ُﺔ«‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﺪِبﱡ اﻟﻴﺄ ْ ُس إ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗِﻚِ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أﻋْ ﻴَﺎﻧَﺎ اﻟﺒﺤْ ُﺚ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜﺎن‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ ِﱄَ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»ﻋﺎﺻﻤً ﺎ« ِﻣ َﻦ اﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺑَ ﱠﺮحَ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻟﺢﱠ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻷ َ َﳻ؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺄﺳ َﻠﻤَ ﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻋﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﺎبَ أَﺑَﺎكِ ا َمل ِﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫إﱃ ا َمل َﺮ ِض‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َزا َرﻧِﻲ ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻲ َﺷﻴ ٌْﺦ ﻣَ ِﻬﻴﺐُ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻠﻌَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬را ِﺋ ُﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤْ ِﺖ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺪ َرﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎﻟﺘﱠﺤِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﻣَ َﻊ ﻧ ُ ْﺨﺒَ ٍﺔ ْ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﴚ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ َ ﱠن ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ ًة َﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ًة ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮﻧِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻗﻤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ ُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻐ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻮْﻣﻲ ﺣَ ِﺴﺒ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﰲ ا َملﻨَﺎ ِم أ َ ْ‬ ‫َني‪،‬‬ ‫ني اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎث أَﺣْ ﻼ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻜ ﱠﺮ َر ِت اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳَﺎ ﰲ اﻟﻴَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺎﱄ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َرأَى ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳَﺎ ﰲ ﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫املﺎﺿﻴَﺔ‪ :‬أَﻣْ ِﺲ‬ ‫ﺼﺘُﻬﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺑﻲ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻼث اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِ‬ ‫‪44‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫وَأ َ ﱠو َل أَﻣْ ِﺲ وَأ َ ﱠو َل ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻣْ ِﺲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ َْﺦ ﻳَﺄ ُﻣ ُﺮه ْ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﻌِ ﱠﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ َو َﻟ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬ﰲ ْأﻗ َﺮ ِب‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔﺎﺋ َِﻦ ﻟ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﱰﺣِ ِ‬ ‫و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﴩ ُه ِﺑﻤ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ ٍة ﺳﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٍة ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮ ُﻫﻤﺎ ﰲ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎع‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒ ﱢ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄﻧ ﱠ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَﺎحَ ﺑ َِﺎﱄ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ أﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَأﺑْﺤَ ْﺮ ُت ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ُﺔ ِﺑﻬﺬ ِه َ‬ ‫أﺻﻔِ ﻴﺎﺋِﻲ‪ ،‬واﻧْﺘَﻬَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣْ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺎﺗﻤَ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧ ُ ْﺨﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨﻲ ﻳَﺎ أ ُ ْﺧﺘَﺎهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ َذا ﺣَ ﺠَ ﺒَﻚِ ﻋﻨﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻫﺬا اﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪ُ » :‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻧﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ ﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪَﻋِ ﻲ ِﺑﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وﻛﺎﻧﺖ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﺑﻴﻊ ا ُمل ِﻄ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ َﻗ ْﴫ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﻤْ ﺮاءَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻴْ ِﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ .‬وﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘﻲ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َر ُ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻲ إﻻ ﰲ ِ‬ ‫أﻳﺖ‬ ‫أﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻤﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﻲ‪ ،‬وَﻳﺘَ َﻠ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ َﺮﺑﺎءِ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ِني ﺛﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﺗﻲ‪ ،‬وﻻ ﻳﺄْﻟُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ﰲ ﺟَ ْﻠ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻮن ﰲ ﺗَ ْﺴﻜ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄﻧِﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﴚ أﻳﱠﺘُﻬﺎ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪ ،‬وﻻ ﺗَﻴﺌَ ِﴘ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل ﱄ َﻛ ِﺒري ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ُﻣﺘَﻮّ ﱢددًا‪» :‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘﺎ َركِ ﻣَ ﻮْﻻﻧﺎ »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد َة َﻟﺘَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮكِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨﺎ َﻟﻚِ أذًى وﻻ ُﺳﻮءٌ‪ .‬ﱠ‬ ‫إن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ‬ ‫ُﻮش« ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ ُﻚ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫وﺳﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻷَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻢُ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَ ُﻜﻮﻧِﻲ ﻋَ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ِه‬ ‫ض اﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ و َِز ِ‬ ‫ﺿ ﱠﻦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أﺑُﻮكِ ِﺑﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮش« ﻓﺄﺷﺎ َر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ري ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد ِة واﻟﻬَ ﻨﺎءِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘِﻄﺎﻓِ ﻚِ ‪ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻠ َﻘ ْﻲ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﻠﻴﻜِﻨﺎ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫»أُﻧْﺒ ٍ‬ ‫أن ﻳُﻌِ ﻴﺪُوﻧﻲ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ْﻠ ُﺖ إ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ْ‬ ‫إﱃ أﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﻎ إﱃ َرﺟﺎﺋِﻲ أﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻋْ ﻤَ ْﻠ ُﺖ اﻟﺤِ ﻴ َﻠ َﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺎﺻ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫وﺳﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﷲ َ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫أن ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻬﻤَ ﻨﻲ وﺟْ َﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱡﻠ ِﺺ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫أﴎ ﻫ ُﺆﻻءِ‬ ‫ﻮاب‪ ،‬وﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺠﻴَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫وﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﺑﻨﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺸﺎﻃ ِﺊ ﺟَ ﺰﻳ َﺮ ٍة‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ ﰲ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﺋﻴَ ٍﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَﺄﻧ َ‬ ‫أن ﻧ َ ْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢَ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻗ َﱰَح أﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ْ‬ ‫ِﻒ َﺳ ْريَﻧﺎ ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎح اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺮ َق ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ أُو َﻟ ِﺌ َﻚ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟﺎ ُل ﻳَﺠُ ﻮﺑ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن أﻧْﺤﺎءَ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﺑﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ًة‬ ‫وﻗ َﻀﻴْﻨﺎ ﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َني ْ‬ ‫أﻏﺼﺎﻧِﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ْت َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وﻧِﻤْ ُﺖ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ُون ْ‬ ‫إﱃ ا َملﺴﺎءِ د َ‬ ‫ﺼﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫أن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ أﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎرﻫﺎ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎح وأﻧﺎ أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ِ‬ ‫وأﴍَبُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫وﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻬَ َﺮ ِب ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ‪ .‬و َﻟ ِﺒﺜ ْ ُﺖ ﰲ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮ ِة أﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ آ ُﻛ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻮس ﰲ أﻧْﺤﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وأﻧﺎ ُم َﻓﻮ َْق ْ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻗﺘْﻨِﻲ َﻗﺪَﻣﺎيَ — َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎرﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وأﺟُ ُ‬ ‫ذات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‬ ‫أﺷ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريُ ﻓِ ﻴﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫— َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻏﺎﺑ ٍﺔ ﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﺑ َﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﺗَ ْﺮﺣِ ﻴﺐُ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺜﺎل َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ِة ﺣَ ﺪﻳﺜًﺎ ﻳَﻜﺎ ُد ﻻ ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﺘْﻬُ ُﻢ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫»ﻓﺎﺿ ٌﻞ«‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻒ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻪ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‬ ‫ﻋﻦ ﺗِﻤْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ُﻊ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ َ َﺧﺬَ ْت ِﻣ ْﻔﺘﺎحَ َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﺮﻳَﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎب ﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱢﻬﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻏﺘ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ ُﻓﺘِﺢَ َﻟﻬﺎ ﺑﺎبُ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣ ْﴫاﻋَ ﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎب ﻵ ِﻟﺌِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻘﺒَ َﻠﺘْﻬﺎ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻧْﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﺣﺎر َﺳ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺮﺣﺎﻧ َ ًﺔ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻘﺪ َِﻣﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ إِﻟﻴْﻬﺎ ِﺑﻤﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﻃ ُﻔﻮﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ« ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺰاءٍ ﻋﺎدِ ٍل‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻈﻚِ أ ْن ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﺮجَ أﻋْ ﻮا ُن »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣُﻮش« ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻗﺎ َﻟﺖ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺮا ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﻗﺪًا ) ُﻣﻨَﻮﱢﻣً ﺎ( ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺜ َ ُﺮوا ﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻚِ ﻋِ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻄﻔﻮكِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ َﺧﺪِﻳﻌَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َُﻘ ﱢﺪﻣُﻮكِ َﻫﺪ ً‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ َ‬ ‫ُﻮش« َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ‪» :‬وَﻣﺎذا َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن‬ ‫ِﻳﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﺎﻃﻔِ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ني؟«‬ ‫ﻣَ ِﺼريُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺻﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪» :‬ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﺮ ُﻗﻮا ﻳَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﺰ ُﻫ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﰲ أ ْرﺟﺎءِ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َﻐ َﻠﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻃﻴﺐُ ﺟَ ﻮﱢﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻤﺎ ُل‬ ‫ِﻤﺎر َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد ِة إﱃ ِﺑﻼدِ ﻫِ ﻢْ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ ْﻢ — واﺣِ ﺪًا ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺳﺎﻗﻬُ ْﻢ ُﺳﻮءُ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻵﺧ ِﺮ —‬ ‫َﻫﻮاﺋِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﺬِﻳﺬُ ﺛ ِ‬ ‫ﺘﺎح َ‬ ‫ﺜﺎل َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺮ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗِﻤْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﺴﺘْﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣﺎ َﻗ َﺮءُوا ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺬ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺸ َﻐ َﻠﺘْﻬُ ْﻢ ﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱡﻬﺎ َوﻧَﻔﺎﺋ ُِﺴﻬﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاري )اﻟﻮُﺣُ ُ‬ ‫َأﴎﻋَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮش ا ُمل ْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﺳ ُﺔ( وَاﻟﺤَ َﴩ ُ‬ ‫ات‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻳﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺘَ َﻠﻬُ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺳﺎن‪ ،‬و ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺤْ ﺬ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺤﺎر ِ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ُون ْ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎت‪ .‬وَﻫ َﻜﺬا َﻫ َﻠ ُﻜﻮا ُﻣﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﺮ ِﻗ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَﻬَ ﻤَ ﺘْﻬُ ْﻢ ﰲ َﻟﺤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴫ ِع ﻣَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َ​َﻘ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻟِﻤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎﻣﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳُﺘﺎحُ ِﱄ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟ ُﺖ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ أَوا ٌن‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺨ ُﺮوجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮةِ؟« َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪ِ » :‬ﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻼﺻﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ْﺮﺑَﺘِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وإﻳﻘﺎ ُ‬ ‫َوﻟِ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َز ْر ٍع إﺑﱠﺎ ٌن )و َْﻗ ٌﺖ(‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻴَﺘِ ﱡﻢ َﺧ ُ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻇﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻮْﻣَ ﺘِﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَ ِﺪ أ َ ِﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِ ِﱪي ﻳﺎ َﻓﺘﺎ ُة‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫راﺟ ِﺢ اﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺮﻳ ِﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪُكِ ﱠإﻻ‬ ‫اﻷﺻ ِﻞ‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ُﻄﺎع‪ِ ،‬‬ ‫ﺠﺎع‪َ ،‬ﺳﻴﱢ ٍﺪ ﻣ ٍ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺿ ٍﻞ ُﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ﺑﺎهلل ِ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٌم َوﻳ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌﺔ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ َﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺤﺎﺟَ ﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤْ ُﺖ ﺟَ ْﻔﻨ َ ﱠﻲ‬ ‫ﻟﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻤﻲ ا َملﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ ِد ﻋَ َﲆ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈﻨِﻲ ﻫﺬا اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ َ‬ ‫ﻟﺖ ﻧﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠ ﱡﺮﻗﺎدِ ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ِز ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺒﺎﺗ َِﻲ اﻟﻌَ ِﻤﻴﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻮار‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ُة ﻣﺎ دَا َر ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬﺎ و ْ َ‬ ‫ري ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫»ﻓﺎﺿ ٍﻞ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫َﺑني اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﻧﺎﻇ َﺮﻳْﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُم ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُرﻗﺎدِ ﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫‪46‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫ﻮار َ‬ ‫أت َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ َﻗ ِﺪ اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ َ‬ ‫َر ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ا َمل َﻠ ﱢﻜ ﱢﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ِﺖ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءَ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻫﺬِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﺑ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺻﺒﻴﺤَ َﺔ« ﺗُﻨﺎدِ ﻳﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺮﺟُ ﻮﻫﺎ أ ْن ﺗُ ْﴪ َع إﱃ ﻟِﻘﺎءِ أﺧِ ﻴﻬﺎ َوﺗَﺪْﻋُ َﻮ ُه — ﻣَ َﻊ ﺟُ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه وَأ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ —‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﺰﻳﺎ َر ِة َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻳﻬ ْﻢ ﻣﺎ ﺑَ َﺪءُو ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻊ ﻣَ ِﺠﻴﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺘِ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أﻳْﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫)‪ (1‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺳﻤﺎءُ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءِ‬ ‫آﻳﺎت َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ — َﻛﻤﺎ رآ ُه زا ِﺋ ُﺮو ُه — ً‬ ‫ﻛﺎن َ‬ ‫آﻳﺔ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﱄ واﻟﺬﱠو ِْق ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻠِﻴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ﱢﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ُ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻮاءَ ُه َ‬ ‫ني ا ْرﺗﺎدُوا ﺣَ ﺪاﺋ َِﻘ ُﻪ وأَﺑْﻬﺎءَهُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ ِﻬﺪُوا أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذا دَﻫِ َﺶ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ واﻟﺠُ ﻨ ْ ُﺪ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫وﻷ ْ َﻻءَهُ‪ .‬وَﻻ‬ ‫ﻳﺮهِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺮاﻋَ ِﺔ َﻫﻨْﺪ َ​َﺳﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ َﴣ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎﺟﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤﺎ َﺷ ِﻬﺪُو ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻤﺎل ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺑﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎو ِ‬ ‫ِﺒﺎت اﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺑﺎﻋِ ِ‬ ‫أُﻣْ ِﺴﻴ ًﱠﺔ ﺣﺎﻓِ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺑﺠﺎﻟ ِ‬ ‫ور‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ َﻔ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻮا ِﺋﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤﺎ َﻟﺬﱠ وَﻃﺎبَ ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺜﺎت ﱡ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫اب‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻞ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻤ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ون ﺟﺎﻧﺒًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻌﺎ ٍم و َ​َﴍ ٍ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻟُﻨﻲ‪ :‬أَيﱡ ﺣَ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋﺎر ًﻓﺎ‬ ‫ﻮارﻫِ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وﻣَ ﺪا َر َﺳﻤَ ِﺮﻫِ ﻢْ؟ وَﻣﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُ َﻚ ﱠإﻻ ِ‬ ‫ْﺿﻮ َع ﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﺪﻳﺚ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻨ َ ِﺘ َﻚ أ َ ﱠن ﺣِ ﻮا َر ُﻫ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌْ ُﺪ اﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻮاب ُﺳ َﺆا ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳَﻐِ ﻴﺐَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ْ‬ ‫ﻻﻗ ْﻮ ُه ﰲ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻫِ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﺑﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺸﺎت و َ​َﻏﺮاﺋِﺐَ ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫ث وَﻣَ ﺼﺎﺋﺐَ ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻮار َ‬ ‫ُﻣﺪْﻫِ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﻞ‬ ‫ﺿﻮا ﻟ ُﻪ ﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺘ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎر ِح اﻷ َ ْر ِض؛ َﻓﻨ َ ُﺴﻮا ِﺑﺬ ِﻟ َﻚ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣﺎ اﻋْ َﱰ َ​َﺿﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﻴﺖ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻃﻮﱠﺣَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻬ ُﻢ اﻷ َ ْﻗﺪا ُر ﰲ ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻖ ِﺑﺴﺎ ِﻛﻨِﻴﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻣﺼﺎﺋِﺐَ وﻣِﺤَ ٍﻦ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﱠﺮﺟُ ﻮا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣﺎ أَﺻﺎبَ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ َﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮن اﻷَﻣْ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ وَﺟْ ٍﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪُوا َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﺳﺒ ٍَﺐ ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﻮﻟُ َ‬ ‫َﻧﺎس‪ .‬وَراﺣُ ﻮا ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﻠﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬أ ْو‬ ‫َﻮان و ٍ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗﺎحُ ﻋُ ُﻘﻮﻟُﻬُ ْﻢ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗَﻌْ ﻠ ٍ‬

‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫)‪َ (2‬ﻛ ْﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺘﺎر‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻣﻌُ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪» :‬ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي ﺟَ ﻮابُ ﻣﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﻟﻮن‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ أَﻧْﺘُ ْﻢ ﻟِﻤﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل ِ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨﺎ ﻗﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن؟«‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻣﻌَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬و َُﻗﻠُﻮﺑُﻨﺎ ﻟِﻤﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎﻟﻮا َﻟﻬﺎ ﰲ َﺷﻮ ٍْق و َﻟﻬْ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪» :‬آذاﻧُﻨﺎ ﻟِﺤَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻚِ ِ‬ ‫ني واﻋِ ﻴ ٌَﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ِﻦ ا َملﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ريﻳ ِْﻦ‬ ‫ﻓﺎن اﻟ َﻜ ِﺜ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ اﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫»ﻓﺎﺿﻼ« وَأ ْﺧﺘَ ُﻪ »راﺋِﻌَ َﺔ« ﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫»ﺳ ْﻮد ٍَل« ﺟَ ﺪﱢﻫِ ﻤﺎ ِﻷُﻣﱢ ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ري َ‬ ‫آن َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ أ َ ْن‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮدٍ« ﺟَ ﺪﱢﻫِ ﻤﺎ ِﻷ ِﺑ ِﻴﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﺑ ِْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ِﻪ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ﻟِﺠَ ﺪﱢﻫِ ﻤﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺄن ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮﻓﺎ ﻣﺎ َ‬ ‫وﻓ ْﻀ ٍﻞ ﻋَ ِﻤﻴ ٍﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ذا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ﰲ اﻟ ِﺒﻼدِ ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮدٍ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻋُ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻗﺎﻃﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺪ ٍْل وَﺣَ ْﺰ ٍم َو َرﺷﺎدٍ ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺿ َﻊ إﺟْ ِ‬ ‫ﻼل ُﻣﻠُﻮكِ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ُملﻌَ ﻤﱠ ِﺮﻳﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ُ (3‬ر ْؤﻳﺎ ُ‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮدٍ«‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَى ﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ ُﻗﺒَﻴْ َﻞ وَﻓﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ داﺑ ًﱠﺔ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ َ​َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎن و َِﺟ ْﺴ ُﻢ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻨَﺎﺣﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻬﺎ ذَﻳْ ُﻞ ﺛُﻌْ ﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﴪ‪َ ،‬ووَﺟْ ُﻪ ﺑُﻮﻣَ ٍﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺷ ِﻬﺪَﻫﺎ ﺗَ ِﻄريُ ﰲ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﻀﺎءِ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ ذِ ْر َو َة اﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌَ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ﻧَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ا َملﺪِﻳﻨَﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤُ ﱡﻞ ﰲ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻨْﻌَ ﺐُ ﺛ َ َ‬ ‫ﻼث ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻟﺘَﻨْﻌﺎ ِﺑﻬﺎ اﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗًﺎ ﻳ ُِﺼ ﱡﻢ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻵذان‪َ .‬و َرأَى اﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺻﻮﱢحَ ﻧَﺒْﺘُﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻬﺎوَى َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْريُﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ودَبﱠ ا َملﻮ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ َﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ ذَو ْ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْزﻫﺎ ُرﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و ُ‬ ‫ْت ﰲ‬ ‫أ ْرﺟﺎﺋِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَﺒَ َﻪ ا َمل ِﻠ ُﻚ ُ‬ ‫»ﺳ ْﻮد ًَﻻ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮدٌ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪َ ،‬ودَﻋﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ِﻪ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﺸﺎ َر ِة َ‬ ‫»ﺳ ْﻮ َد ٌل«‪» :‬ﻻ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪَى َﻟﻨﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫ُر ْؤﻳﺎ ُه َﻓﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓ َﺔ« اﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُه ﺗَ ِﺄوﻳ ُﻞ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﺟ ِﺢ‪«.‬‬ ‫ي اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْؤﻳﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه اﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ ْن ﻳ ُِﺸريَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪ .‬وَﻛﺎن ا َمل ِﻠ ُﻚ ُ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻔِ ﻴ ِﻪ اﻟ ُﻮ ﱠد ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻔﻮﻟﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮدٌ« ﻳ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓﺔ« ﺳﺎﺣِ َﺮ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﺑَ َﻠﻐﺎ ِﺳ ﱠﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ُر ْؤﻳﺎ ُه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮﺧ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َق َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓ ُﺔ« ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻬﱢ ﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وﻗﺎ َل ﻟِﻤَ ﻠِﻴﻜِﻪ‪:‬‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﰲ ﺛَﻨﺎﻳﺎ ُه أ َ ْﻓﺪَحَ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫»ﻳﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫واﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺒﺎت‪ .‬وَﻻ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪَى َﻟﻨﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﺠَ ﻤﱡ ِﻞ‬ ‫ﺧﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﻰ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻔﺬَ َﻗﻀﺎءُ ﷲ ﻓِ ﻴﻨﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠْ ِﺮيَ أَﺣْ ﻜﺎ ُﻣ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِوﻳﻨﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳُﺜ ْ ِﻨﻴَﻨﻲ ﻋﺎﺋ ٌِﻖ ﻋَ ِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌْ ِﻲ ﰲ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ و َْﻗﻌِ ِﻪ اﻷﻟِﻴ ِﻢ‪ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺨﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﴐ ِر ِه اﻟﺠَ ِﺴﻴ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﻣﺎ و َِﺳﻌَ ﻨﻲ اﻟﺠُ ﻬْ ُﺪ وَﺳﺎﻋَ َﻔﻨﻲ اﻟﻌِ ْﻠﻢُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻣْ ِﻬ ْﻠﻨﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ َ َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻬْ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﺷﻬْ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻌَ ﱢﲇ أُو ﱠَﻓ ُﻖ ﰲ ﻣَ ْﺴﻌﺎيَ ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓ ُﺔ« ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﻜ ِ​ِﻪ َﺷﻬْ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﰲ َﻟﻬْ ﺠَ ِﺔ ا ُمل ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫وَﻏﺎبَ َ‬ ‫ﱧ اﻟﻮاﺛ ِ​ِﻖ‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﻜﺎرﺛ َ َﺔ ا ّﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤُ ﱡﻞ ِﺑﻬ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َِﺰﻳ َﺪ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ ﺣَ َﺴ ٌﻦ إذا ﺣَ ُﺴﻨ َ ْﺖ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘُﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﻼمُ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ﻋﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد َ‬ ‫إﱃ أ َ ْﻫﻠِﻴﻬﺎ اﻷَﻣْ ُﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﻤْ ُﺮﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋﺎ ٍم َوﻧ ْ‬ ‫ض ﺛَﻼﺛ َ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻼل ﻫ ِﺬ ِه املِ ﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ني ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﰲ ﺧِ ِ‬ ‫ﻛِﺮا ِم اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءِ ﻟِﻠﺤِ ﻤﺎ ِم ) ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻮ ِْت(‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ُﺖ ﻣﺎ ﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻲ ِﻟﺘَ ِﺄﻣ ِ‬ ‫ُﺴﺎو ْر َك اﻟﻬَ ﻢﱡ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﻳ َُﱪﱢحْ ِﺑ َﻚ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻣ ٍﻊ ﰲ َﻏ ْﺰ ِوﻫﺎ‪ ،‬أ ْو ُﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻛ ﱢﻞ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻐ ﱡﻢ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱢﻠ ٍﻊ ِﻟﻨَﻬْ ِﺒﻬﺎ و َ​َﺳ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻼ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َراز ِق اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﱢض أَﻣْ َﺮ َك ﻟِﺨﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻖ اﻷ ْر ِض ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﰲ اﻟﻬَ ﻮاءِ؛ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ أَﺑَ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻨﺎ وَأ َ ْرﺣَ ﻢُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْر َﻓ ُﻖ‬ ‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫واﻟﺴﻤﺎءِ‪ ،‬و ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨﺎ وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮمُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫»ﻓ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮدٌ«‪» :‬أ َ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه املِ ﺤْ ﻨ َ ُﺔ أ َ ْم ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة؟«‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟﺎﺑَ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓﺔ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ َﻘ َﻊ ﻫﺬِه املِ ﺤْ ﻨ َ ُﺔ ﰲ ﻋَ ﻬْ ِﺪ َك‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﰲ ﻋﻬْ ِﺪ »أُﺳﺎﻣَ َﺔ« َو َﻟ ِﺪ َك‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻀ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓ َﺔ«‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫ني اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓ ُﺔ« ﻓِ ﻴﻤﺎ ﻗﺎ َل‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻤﺎ وَﻋَ ﺪَ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻟ َِﱪاﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺪ اﻷَﺛ َ ِﺮ ﰲ ﺗَ ِﺄﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻤﺎع ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ﻫﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ْﻀ ُﻞ ﰲ إِﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫وَأ ْﻛ َﱪُ اﻟﺠُ ﻬْ ِﺪ ﰲ ﺗَﻬْ ﻴﺌَ ِﺔ اﻟﻮَﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻞ ﻻﺟﺘ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ ﱢﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺰ ِوﻳ ِﺪ ِه ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻧ َ َﻘ َﺸ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻼﺳ َﻢ وَأ َ ْرﺻﺎد‪ ،‬ﻟ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﺰا ِة وَاﻟ ﱡﺮوﱠادِ ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ أَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺗ ِ‬ ‫ﻮاري ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ ﺗَﻠُﻮحُ ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛ ُ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻗﺘِﺤﺎ ِم ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮر‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﻨْﺪَﻓِ ُﻊ ﻧَﺤْ ﻮ َُﻫ ﱠﻦ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﺪ ﱡَق‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻨﺎت اﻟﺠَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫أن ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ﱠﻦ‪َ .‬و ِﺑﻬﺬا َ‬ ‫ﻋُ ﻨ ُ ُﻘ ُﻪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺞ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤ َﻦ أ ﱠﻻ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺢَ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ َﺔ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِ‬ ‫ﻣﺎﺟ ٌﺪ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻢٌ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺮ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻛ ْﺮﺑَﺘِﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺨﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺼﻬﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﺤْ ﻨَﺘِﻬﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨ ْ ِﻊ ا َمل ِﺠﻴﺪِ؛ َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺸﺄ َ ﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟﺠَ ِﺰﻳ َﺮة اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺋﻴَ ِﺔ ﻫﺬا َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻫﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴﺪَ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺘَ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﻗﺎﻣَ ﻨِﻲ َو ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻓﻜﺎن ﻣَ ْﻮﺋ ًِﻼ ﻟِﻸ َ ِﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ﻜِﻴﻨًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺠ ﱢﻦ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﱃ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻨًﺎ‬ ‫ﺮاﺳﺘَﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫إﺧ َﻮﺗِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ِﺼﻴﻨًﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺗِﻤْ ﺜﺎ َل اﻟﻔﺘﺎ ِة اﻟﺤَ ْﺴﻨﺎءِ ا ﱠﻟﺘﻲ َرآﻫﺎ ِ‬ ‫ريان‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺜ َ َﺮ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬﺎ ﻧَﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺲ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ‬ ‫اﻷﻣ ِ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺟﺎن‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُ ْﻐ ِﺮيَ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﺺ أ َ ِﻣ ٌ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎﻣﻌِ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ٌ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫وا َمل ْﺮ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻬﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬﺎ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ اﻷ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ ُﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ و َ​َﻗﻌَ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺎﺟﻌَ َﺔ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﻮاﻗِ ﻌَ ُﺔ؟ وَأَيﱡ ﺳﺎﺣِ ٍﺮ َدﺑﱠ َﺮ ﻫﺬِه‬ ‫ِ‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫ُﻮش« اﻟﺤَ ُﻘﻮ ُد َوو َِزﻳ ُﺮ ُه »أُﻧْﺒ ٌ‬ ‫»ﻓﺎﺿ ٌﻞ«‪» :‬ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا َمل ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٌ‬ ‫ُﻮش«‪َ ،‬ﻓﻜ ُ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِﻼﻫﻤﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ‬ ‫ْﴫ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴﺬِﻫﺎ‬ ‫ري ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﻜﺎ ِﻳ ِﺪ أَﺑ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱞو َﻟﻨﺎ َﻟﺪُودٌ‪ ،‬و َُﻫﻤﺎ ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ﺜﺎل ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﺪﱠﺳﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪُ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑﺘَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻗ َﺪ ُر!«‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻄﺎ َع »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٌ‬ ‫»ﺻﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ ِﻮ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺮ ﱠد َد وَﻻ‬ ‫ُﻮش« ذ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟﻤﺎ ﺗَﻮاﻧَﻰ وَﻻ َﻗ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻗ ﱡﻞ وَأَﺣْ َﻘ ُﺮ‪َ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻮغ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻐﺎﻳَ ِﺔ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮان‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ‬ ‫اﻹﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺄ ﱠﺧ َﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ أﻋْ ﺠَ ُﺰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑُﻠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻪ ﰲ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻜﺒَ ِﺔ َﺷﺄ ٌن‪ ،‬وَﻻ َ‬ ‫َﺪان؛ ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻫِ ﻲ ِﻣﺤْ ﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻏ ْريُ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﻤﱠ َﺪ ٍة وَﻻ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻗ َﺔ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﺘَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ريﻫﺎ وَﻻ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺮاج اﻷ َ ْزﻣَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ْﺸ ِﻒ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َدةٍ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮْﻻ ﻟُ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻘ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻐﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﷲ َﻟﻀﺎ َع ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أﻣَ ٍﻞ ﰲ اﻧْﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ني؟ وَﻣﺎذا ﺗَﻌْ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟِ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻬﺎ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ِ‬ ‫ني؟ ِﺑ َﺮﺑﱢﻚِ ﱠإﻻ ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺤْ ِﺖ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺰ ِت‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫وﺿﺤْ ِﺖ َﻟﻨﺎ ﻣﺎ أَﺑْﻬَ ﻤْ ِﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ْﺳﺠَ ُﺔ«‬ ‫اﻟﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ اﻷ َ ْﻛ َﱪَ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻛﺎن َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْﻮ َل‪،‬‬ ‫»ﺻﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓ ُﺔ« ﰲ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه ﺳﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ﺳﺎﺣِ ٌﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻣﺎت َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ًة ِﺑ ﱢ‬ ‫آﺧ ُﺮ ﻻ ﻳَ ِﻘ ﱡﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ َوﺑَﺼﺎ َر ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓ َﺔ« ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ًة وَﻣَ ﻬﺎ َر ًة‪ ،‬وَﺧِ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻫﺬا ا َمل ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻛﻤﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻠﺪَم«‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫إﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ »ﻋَ ﻮ َْﺳﺠَ ُﺔ« ﱠ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن أَﺑ ُﻮ ُه و َِزﻳ َﺮ ا َملﻠِﻚِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ﺧﺎدِ ﻋً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺒﺪٍّا ﺟﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠر ْع ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺢَ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺧ َﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻏﺘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺢ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺎل و َِز ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻔﺎ ُه اﻟ ُﻮدﱠ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ ِﻬ َﺪ »ﻋَ ﻮ َْﺳﺠَ ُﺔ« — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒ َِﻞ ِﺻﺒﺎ ُه — َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﴏ َع َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻠ َﺪمٌ« اﻟﻐﺎدِ ُر‬ ‫ْﻒ َ َ‬ ‫أَﺑﺎهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ َﺮبَ »ﻋَ ﻮ َْﺳﺠَ ُﺔ« َ‬ ‫إﱃ ِﺑﻼدِ اﻟﺘﱡﺒ ِﱠﺖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺰ َم ﻋَ َﲆ اﻻﻧْﺘِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻞ أ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣﺎ زا َل‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻳ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺎق أَﺳﺎ ِﺗﺬَﺗَ ُﻪ َوﻣُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﻤﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱢ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻞ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻬﺎر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَﺮ َع ﰲ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ ِْت َ‬ ‫اﻟﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪ اﻷوْﺣَ ﺪَ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻓ َﺔ« ﺳﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﺑ ُ‬ ‫ُﻮق »ﻋَ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ْﺳﺠَ َﺔ«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ َﺔ ﻋَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻋﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫ري و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻼﻧْﺘِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻞ أ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ِﺒ َﺚ ﻋِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إذَا أَﺗَﻤﱠ ُﻪ أَﻋَ ﱠﺪ اﻟﻌُ ﱠﺪ َة ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ ْ ِﻊ ﺑُﻮﻗ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻋﺎﻛ ًِﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻠ َﺪ ٍم« ﻗﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻞ أ َ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ زا َل ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ري ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﺷﺎء َِت اﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ُر‬ ‫ُﻮاﺻ ُﻞ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا َملﻘﺎ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ ﺳﺎﺣِ ِﻞ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ َﻊ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺟَ ﻤﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘُﺠﱠ ِﺎر َﻗ ِﺪﻣُﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺑﻼدِ‬ ‫‪52‬‬

‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫ْﻒ َز ﱠﻟ ْﺖ َﻗ َﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ ِ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ْﻠ َﺪ ٍم«‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱢوهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َع َ‬ ‫ﺰﻻن‪،‬‬ ‫ف ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻄﺎر ُد أﺣَ َﺪ اﻟﻐِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﻮَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪ِ ،‬وﺗﻨَﺎﺛ َ َﺮ ْت أ َ ْﺷﻼءُ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤ ِﻪ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻂ َﻟﺤْ ُﻤ ُﻪ ِﺑﻌَ ْ‬ ‫واﺧﺘَ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻤ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َُﻫﻨﺎ زال َﻏ َﻀﺐُ‬ ‫ﴚ أ َ ْن ﻳ َ​َﻘ َﻊ اﻟﺒ ُ‬ ‫ريهِ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﻋَ ﻮ َْﺳﺠَ َﺔ« واﻧ ْ َﴫ َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ اﻻﻧْﺘِﻘﺎ ِم‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫ُﻮق اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺒﻲ ا َمل ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر ﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫إﱃ َو َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺪ — َ‬ ‫اﻵﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫راﺟﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ِ‬ ‫ري َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﻤﺎت‬ ‫ﻃﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻴ ُِﴘءَ ِﺑ ِﻪ — ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (7‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ُ‬ ‫ﺧ َ‬ ‫ُﻮق‬ ‫ِﺺ اﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄَﻟﻬﺎ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﴎ أ َ ْودَﻋَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺒﻮق ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ُه ﻟِﻴﻨْﺘَﻘِ َﻢ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱢوهِ؟«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﰲ ﻫﺬا‬ ‫»ﻓﺄَيﱡ ِ ﱟ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫وب ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َﴪ‬ ‫»ﺻﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْو َد َع ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﻳَﺘَ َﺨﻴﱠﻠُ ُﻪ اﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ُﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻳ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﴐ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺒﺎل‪ ،‬وَأَﺗﺎحَ َﻟ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻻﻧْﺘِﻘﺎ ِم ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْﺪ َر َة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺴ ِﺦ وا َمل ْﺴ ِﺦ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻟِﻨﺎﻓِ ﺨِ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫واﻟﻔ ْﺴ ِﺦ واﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﺳ ِﺦ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪» :‬أ َ ْﻓ ِﺼﺤِ ﻲ ِﺑ َﺮﺑﱢﻚ ﻋَ ﻤﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮﻟِ َ‬ ‫ﺤري َ‬ ‫ﻐﺎزكِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓﻬْ ِﻢ أ َ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َﻟﻬﺎ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ ُﻣﺘَ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺴ ِﺦ وا َمل ْﺴ ِﺦ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ :‬ﻣﺎذا ﺗَﻌْ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻘﺎدِ ِر َ‬ ‫واﻟﻔ ْﺴ ِﺦ واﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﺳ ِﺦ؟«‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ٍة أﻋْ َﲆ وأ َ ْﴍ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫»ﺻﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪» :‬ﰲ ا َمل ْﺮﺗَﺒَ ِﺔ اﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ُ‬ ‫وﱃ ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ اﻵد َِﻣ ﱡﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َف‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة إﺣْ ﺪَى اﻟﺒَﻬﺎ ِﺋ ِﻢ‪ .‬وَﰲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ِﺔ ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫وﰲ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ ﻳَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫إﱃ ُ‬ ‫إﱃ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ اﻟﺤَ‬ ‫ﴩات‪.‬‬ ‫وﰲ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ ِﺔ ﻳَﺘﺤَ ﻮﱠل ﻧَﺒﺎﺗًﺎ أ َ ْو ﺟَ ﻤﺎدًا‪«.‬‬ ‫ني‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ َ‬ ‫ﴫخ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮق؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﺘِ ﱡﻢ ذﻟِﻚ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻔ ُﺦ ﰲ اﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ﰲ ذِ ْﻫﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻮ َل إ َﻟﻴْﻬﺎ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪» :‬ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻮان أ َ ْو ﻧ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت أ َ ْو ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪ ٍِن — َﺧ ِﺴ ً‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺸﺎءُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻳَ ْﺬ ُﻛ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻟِﺴﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ْ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن أ َ ْو ﺣَ ﻘِ ريًا‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ ﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُﻮق ﺛ َ َ‬ ‫— َﻓﻼ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﴤ َﻟﺤَ ٌ‬ ‫ﻼث ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ات‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺒْﻠُ َﻎ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ُﺦ ﻣُﺮا َدهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈﺎت َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻔ َﺦ ﰲ اﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َوﻳَﺘِ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣﺎ أرا َدهُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ْ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮق ﰲ اﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎذا ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ف اﻟﺒ َ‬ ‫أن »ﻋَ ﻮ َْﺳﺠَ َﺔ« َﻗﺬَ َ‬ ‫أﺧ َﱪْﺗِﻨﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َث ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ذﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﻓﺎﺻﻄﺎدﻫﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻴﱠﺎ ٌد ْ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪» :‬ﺑَﻠﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ َﺳﻤَ َﻜ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺟﺎءَ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﴪ‪ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘﻬَ َﺰ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ ﻧ َ ْ ٌ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴﱠﺎدِ َﻏ ْﻔ ًﻠﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ َﻜ َﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻃﺎ َر ﺑﻬﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺨ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﺠَ ﺒ َِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأى ﺛ ُ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫واﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة ﻋﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ ﰲ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ ا َملﻠِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َﻛ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﱢﺸ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌﺎ َد ِﺑﻬﺎ أدْراﺟَ ﻪُ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ َﻜ َﺔ‬ ‫‪53‬‬

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‫ُﻮق‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ اﻟﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ َ‬ ‫أن َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﺮ َك اﻟﺒ َ‬ ‫ُﻮق ْ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ .‬وَﺟﺎءَ َو َﻟ ُﺪ اﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘﺎﻧِﻲ ﰲ اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َﻓ َﺮأى‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ٍﺪ — ﺛ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ِﺑﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻼث ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮق اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ري َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ات‪َ ،‬ﻓﺈذا‬ ‫ﻔﺦ ﻓِ ﻴ َﻪ — ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ِﺑﺎ َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛِﻴ ُﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎﺳﺎ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻮﻟُﻮا َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄَﻟﺘْﻬﺎ »راﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ«‪َ » :‬و ِﻟﻤﺎذا ﺗَﺤ ﱠﻮﻟُﻮا ﻧ ُ ً‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ؟«‬ ‫ُﻮق اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ ﺑ ً‬ ‫»ﻛﺎن َو َﻟ ُﺪ اﻟﺒ ُْﺴﺘﺎﻧِﻲ ﻳَﺤْ َﺴﺐُ اﻟﺒ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺗﱠﺠَ َﻪ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪:‬‬ ‫ُﻮﻗﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱡﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ذِ ْﻫﻨ ُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻫﺬَا ا َملﻌْ ﺪ ِ​ِن‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ أ َ ﱠن »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ً‬ ‫»اﻵن َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺷﺎ« ﻻ ﻳَ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻜﺒَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻓﺎﺿ ٌﻞ«‪:‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪» :‬ﺑَ ْﻞ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ني ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ و َ​َﺳﻼﻣَ ﺘِﻬﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻛﺎن َﻟ ُﻪ ﻳَ ٌﺪ ﰲ ﺗَﺄ ْ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ »وادِ ﻋَ ُﺔ«‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻛﺎن ذﻟِﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪َ » :‬ﻟﻮﻻ ُﻗﺪُو ُم ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﺠ ِﺐ ﻟ َِﻐ ْﺰ ِو ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻟﻤﺎ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﰲ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﻼق‬ ‫إﻏ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻨﻮز َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺣﺎ َو َل »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٌ‬ ‫ُﻮش« أ َ ْن ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺎب ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫َان ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﰲ َﻏ ْﺰ ِوﻫﺎ واﻧْﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫أﺑْﻮا ِﺑﻬﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟ َﺮ ﱢد ﻋُ ْﺪو ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل« ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻗﺘِﺤَ ﺎ ِم‬ ‫ري »إ ِ ْﻗ ٍ‬ ‫املﺪِﻳﻨ َ َﺔ َﻓﻌَ ﺠَ َﺰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ذﻟِﻚ َو َرﺟَ َﻊ َﺧﺎ ِﺋﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﺪْﺣُ ﻮ ًرا‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺪ ْر أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْريُ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻊ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻫﺎ اﻟﻌَ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓﺘْ ِﺢ ﺑَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا َملﻨ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ » َراﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ«‪ُ » :‬ربﱠ ﺿﺎ ﱠر ٍة ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﻌَ ٌﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫وَﻗﺎ َل ْ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل«‪» :‬أَﻻ ﺳﺒﻴ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺞ ُﻛ ْﺮﺑَﺘِﻬﺎ؟«‬ ‫إﱃ ﺗَ ْﺨﻠ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﺺ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣﺤْ ﻨَﺘِﻬﺎ؟ وﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻷﺳﺒﺎبُ ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪» :‬ﺑ َ​َﲆ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺖ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺠﺎز ﻫﺬا ا ُمل ِﻬ ّﻢ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﻹﻧ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َل ْ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل«‪َ » :‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ إﱃ ذﻟِﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﺳﺎﻋﺎت َود َ‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺎﺋﻖ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺠَ ِﲇ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻛ ْﺸ ِﻒ ﻫ ِﺬ ِه املِ ﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻏ ْريُ‬ ‫ِﻷَﻋْ ﻴُﻨِ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﺻﺪ ُْق ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُﻤُﻮه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻘﺎﺋ َِﻖ‪«.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻓ ْﺖ ِﺑﺄَﺟْ ﻔﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪،‬‬ ‫وَأ َ َرا َد اﻷُﻣَ َﺮاءُ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻤﺎ َدوْا ﰲ أ َ ْﺳ ِﺌ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻮْﻻ أ َ ﱠن ِﺳﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤَ ﺘْﻬُ ْﻢ َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻗﺎدِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻆ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ْ‬ ‫ﺒﺎت َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫»إﻗﺒﺎ ٌل« َﻓﺠَ ﺎ َل ﰲ ﺟَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺠْ ُﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻐ َﻠ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜريُ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﰲ إﻧْﻘﺎذِ ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻮﻳ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﻔﺎﺋ َِﺲ َوﺗُﺤَ ٍﻒ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﴙ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬وَﺣﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺘِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى اﻟﺒ َ‬ ‫ري ُه َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﴫ ا َمل َﻠﻜِﻲ َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ اﺗﱠ َ‬ ‫ُﻮق‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ َﺳ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ وَﻋﺎ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ أ َ ْد َراﺟَ ﻪُ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴُﺤﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢث أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤﺎ َرآهُ‪.‬‬ ‫‪54‬‬

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‫)‪ (8‬ﺧﺎﺗ ُ‬ ‫ِﻤﺔ اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫ُﻮق »ﻋَ ﻮ َْﺳﺠَ َﺔ« ﻳَﻨْﺠَ ﺬِبُ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ َرأَى ﺑ َ‬ ‫إﱃ َﺷ َﻔﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻤﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻔ َﺦ‬ ‫اﻟﺒﺎل ِﺑ َﺮ ﱢد اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة َ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﺎﻣ َﺪةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺨ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ات ﺛَﻼﺛًﺎ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻪَ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐﻮ ُل‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﺘﱠﻤﺎﺛ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺤﺎس‪ ،‬وَﻋﺎ َد َ‬ ‫إﱃ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ِة ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣﺎ ﰲ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻘ ِﺖ اﻵﻣﺎ ُل ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َدﺑ ِﱠﺖ اﻟﺤَ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ ﰲ ﺗَﻤﺎﺛ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َﻮان َو َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ َ‬ ‫ﻆ اﻷُﻣَ ﺮاءُ اﻟﺜﱠﻼﺛ َ ُﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻣﺪ ُْﻫ ِ‬ ‫َﻧﺎس‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ري و ٍ‬ ‫ﻃْ ٍ‬ ‫ا َملﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة » َراﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ« ﻟِﻸ َ ِﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل« و»وَادِ ﻋَ َﺔ«‪» :‬ﻣﺎ أ َ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ﻫﺬا ﱠ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑﻤﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫»إﻗ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋﺎ ٍم َوﻧ ْ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ﻋﺎ ٍم‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﻫﺬا وَذا َك‪َ ،‬ﺷﺘﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َﻗ ْﺖ » َراﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ«‪ .‬وَﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷﺘﱠ َ‬ ‫َني ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ِْت اﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌﺎ َد َة و َذا َك ﻳَﺠْ ﻠِﺐُ اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ َﺲ‪ ،‬ﻫﺬا ﻳُﻌِ ﻴ ُﺪ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ َة وَذ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ َ‬ ‫َﺻﻮ ِْت اﻷَﻣْ ِﺲ‪ .‬ﻫﺬا ﻳَﺠْ ﻠِﺐُ ﱠ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫إﱃ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ ِﺲ َ‬ ‫)اﻟﻘ ْ ِﱪ(!‬ ‫ﴪ َع َ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻟِﻘﺎءِ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﻣﺎﺛ ًِﻼ أﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘﻞ َﻗﺪَﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫﻤﱠ ْﺖ » َراﺋِﻌَ ُﺔ« أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إﱃ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ« َ‬ ‫ُﻮق ِﺑ َﻠﺤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴫ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨﱢﻴ ُﱠﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬﺗْ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻔ ُﺦ اﻷ َ ِﻣريُ ﰲ اﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َت د َْﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ َ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟﺤَ ﻴﺎ ُة َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ اﺑْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﰲ اﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﻘﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻋﺎد ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻔ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ور‪ .‬وﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﺑ َِﻬﻴﺠَ ًﺔ ﻳَﺘَ َﻀﺎءَ ُل أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬﺎ اﻟﻌُ ﻤْ ُﺮ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟ ِﺴﻨَﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ؛ َﻓﺒَ َﻜﻮْا َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱰ ًة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ﱡ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎن ﻟِﻠﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼﻴ َﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن ﺑَ َﻠ ُﻐﻮا ِﻣﻦ اﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺔ ﻧِﻬﺎﻳَﺘَﻬﺎ‬ ‫ريان ﻳَﺒ ُْﺴ ِ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻪُ‪ .‬وَأ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ اﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫»ﻋﺎﺻﻤً ﺎ« وَا ِﻟ َﺪ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ »وادِ ﻋَ ﺔ« ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺎل« واﻗِ ًﻔﺎ أَﻣﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣﺎ إ ِ ْن َرآ ُه َو َﻟﺪَاهُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَوُا ا َمل ِﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫و»إﻗ ٍ‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﺪَى َ‬ ‫ﺒﺎن ِﺑ ِﻪ َوﻳُﻌﺎﻧِﻘﺎﻧِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻻﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ْ‬ ‫إﱃ ﻣَ ﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ؟‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋﺎ ﻳُ َﺮﺣﱢ ِ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ« َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫إﱃ إِﺟﺎﺑَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ َﺔ ﻻ ﺗَ ِﺘ ﱡﻢ ﱠإﻻ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ني‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺸﻬَ ﺪا َزواجَ اﻷ َ ِﻣريَﻳ ِْﻦ ِﺑﺎﻷ َ ِﻣريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ا َمل ِﻠ َﻜ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وَﻫ َﻜﺬَا أُﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ِﺖ اﻷ َ ْﻓ َﺮاحُ ‪ ،‬وَاﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻬﺎج‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ ُﻛ ﱡﻠ ُﻪ أﻳﱠﻤﺎ اﺑْﺘ ٍ‬ ‫َﻛﺎن ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ ا َمل ْﺮ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ريان‪ ،‬ﻻ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ َﻟﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﰲ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺨﻴ ِْﻞ َروْﻋَ ًﺔ و َ​َﻓ َﺨﺎﻣَ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َادان َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺒﺔ ا َمل َﻠ ِﻜﻴ َﱠﺔ ﺟَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫وَﺣُ ْﺴﻨًﺎ و َ​َﻗﺴﺎﻣَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬أَﺣْ َﴬﺗْﻬُ ﻤﺎ اﻟﺒَﺒﱠﻐﺎءُ ِﻟﻴَﺘِ ﱠﻢ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤﺎ اﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ واﻟ ﱡﺮوَاءُ‪ .‬وَﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ ا َمل ِﻠ َﻜ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻷُﻣﺮاءِ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﴬﺗْﻬُ ﻤﺎ ﻟﻴَﺠُ ﱠﺮا ﻣَ ْﺮ َﻛﺒ َ​َﺔ اﻟ ﱢﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻬُ ﻤﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻓﺎف‬ ‫ني أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫»ﺻ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ُﺔ« أ َ ﱠن اﻟﺠَ ﻮا َدﻳ ِْﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ُﻮش« َوو َِزﻳ ُﺮ ُه »أُﻧْﺒ ٌ‬ ‫ُﻫﻤﺎ ا َمل ِﻠ ُﻚ »ﻣَ ْﺮﻣ ٌ‬ ‫أﴎﻓﺎ ﰲ إِﺳﺎءَﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪ ،‬وﺗَﻤﺎدَﻳﺎ ﰲ اﻋْ ﺘِﺪاﺋ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ان ْ َ‬ ‫ُﻮش« اﻟ ﱠﻠﺬَ ِ‬

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‫ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ اﻟﻨﺤﺎس‬

‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﱪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﺑﺎع‬ ‫ﺤﺎق اﻷَذَى ِﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﻔﻨﱠﻨﺎ ﰲ أذِ ﻳﱠ ِﺔ ِﺟرياﻧ ِ​ِﻬﻤﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻮاﻧَﻴﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻟ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌْ ﺒَﺪا ﺛَﻼﺛ َ َﺔ أ ْر ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻬﻨ ْ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ا َملﻤﺎﻟِﻚِ ِ‬

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