A Poet Behind Bars (Tamazight)
Tamedyazt s deffir igeḍman
Asefru n Darin Ṭaṭur
Di lḥebs mlaleɣ medden
ggwten ur yelli leḥsab :
Yella uniɣi d umzahṭi,
yella bu-tkerkas d umakar,
yella unmezray d bu tidet,
yella umetluf d umexlul,
yella umxib d umellaẓ.
Llan imuḍan ɣef tmurt
lulen-d s yenzikmiren
ddren di tammara
tettwakkes-asen temẓi ur frizen.
Terra-ten-id taɣert n tmeddurt
Gman-d…
Yegma uɣmam deg-sen
innerna fell-asen ẓẓmik
am yefsan n wakal amerɣan.
Sekren tayri ur uggaden
tiyita deg-sen mi nnan
nra tamurt s wudɣu
ur ssinen igan nsen…
Tuɣal tayri d anɣa
Lḥebs d abrid n bu tayri
Mi yenquqel wul-iw
tettreɣ deg iman-iw
ɣef tin yeḍran d yixf-inu ?
Ur ssineɣ anamek-ines tura
nniɣ-d ayen d-nniɣ
fesreɣ-d tiktiwin-iw.
Uriɣ ɣef tirgara
sunɣeɣ asirem-iw s smax
d usefru ad t-aruɣ.
Tardayt tezdeɣ tafekka-w
seg ixf-iw ar iḍarren
nekk d tamedyazt s deffir igeḍman
d tamedyazt n tmurt n tẓuri.
Iwalen-iw ẓiẓren fell-i
imru d asgu n wanɣa.
Smax idammen n tasa rran d anagi
yurda-yi
Ssel a tawenza-w, a tudert-iw
ayen d-inna unezzarfu.
Asefru inu d amerday
asefru inu yuɣal d anɣa.
Di tmurt n uzref d tlelli
lḥebs d abrid n unaẓur.
Ittwaru ass n 11-2-2015
di lḥebs n Jalama,
ass n tuṭṭfa-inu n warra n terdayt.
Tasuqqilt n (translation by) Salem ZENIA