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Crossing 014:40 pm · Late afternoon

Asnaheṛ i iruḥen

Tedduyt deg ubrid. Takerrust teḥbes akken ad tɛeddiḍ.

Acu n tidet ilaq d a-d-tessalliḍ afus-ik. Tirgit tamectuṭ. Asnaheṛ. Ahat tadṣa. Yedda kan tasint. Ulac acu i tt-iswan. Aneɣmuc yeẓra belli twalliḍ-it. Tessenɛamtaḍ d acu i ad ur ilaq ad ixedm. Asuf-d yefri n tidet. Sin-iken ttkemmilen ass-iwen yif-it ifaz ɣef akken ad yili.

Tura mmuqel yal abrid deg yal temdint tameqqrant. Ḥseb acḥal n medden i ixeddmen aya.

Yruḥ akemmel. Imdanen tteddun zdat n tkerusin yeḥebsen, udmawen-nsen di tilifunin-nsen, headphones deg imeẓuɣen, ulac amaqar, ulac ulemmes. Aneɣmuc yeẓwig, amjeḍ yedda, asuf yruḥ, ulac kra i yeḍṛan gar sin n medden i ekken n yiwen yebḍa amkan-nni i lawan amecṭuḥ.

Bɣiɣ ad d-iniɣ acuɣer ayagi yesɛa azal ugar n yelan.

Aktayen-aṭas n umazray n bnadem, taklaṣ n tagdult tella tella d isegra-imeẓyanen. Tɛeddiḍ ɣer yiwen, ad as-tenhereḍ. Tekceḍ ɣer ḥanut, ad tinniḍ azul tameddit. Yiwen yeṭṭef tewwurt, ad as-tinniḍ tanemmirt. Tqimeḍ ɣer ubarrani, ad sturem snat n inawalen ɣef lehwa. Ulac yiwen ilan azal weḥd-s. Akmaḍ-nsen llan d aẓetta n usuḍeẓ n teɣiwa.

Fig. 1 — The connective tissue

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Tesseneḍ tudert-ik d tarbɛiit n imdanen-nniḍen axaṭer twikeḍ-iten, tirsel, yal ass. Iɛemraten llan d imeẓyanen. Aneru akemmal yella d aḥass d akken adeg agbur n medden imdanen-nniḍen i twalliḍ d wid i k-twallin.

Yal yiwet seg-sent tella tetwasaram. Tura yal yiwet tedrus armi tt-tessenneḍ mi tt-d-yeḍṛan.

Mmuqel ddu di temdint deg 2026. Tuget n isufa-yya yruḥen. Headphones. Tilifun ɣer ufella. Tiṭ ɣer wakal. Taklaṣ n tudert atimettit tetwaqlel armi tewweḍ ɣer ulac. Tezmreḍ ad teɛeddi ass akk deg temdint tetkecmen mebla amaqar n tidet d bnadem-nniḍen i ur yetwaxellaṣ ad k-iẓer.

Mačči d kra tamecṭuḥt. D abeddel ameqran deg amek tudert deg tagdult tetwa-ḥuss. Yerna yeḍra-d s ttawil armi ur d-nessenneḍ ara.

Crossing 026:15 pm · Golden hour

Seg umkan n uneɣmuc

Fig. 2 — From the driver’s seat

Eɛred ayagi seg umkan n uneɣmuc.

Teḥbeseḍ i umjeḍ. Yedda zdat n tkerrust-ik yetmuqul deg tilifun-is. Ur k-id-itmuqul ara. Ur d-icufuru ara. Ur d-isiseni belli tefkkad-as amkan.

Amek tḥusseḍ?

Tuget n medden, s tilawit, ḥussun aẓettelek amecṭuḥ n rrazf. Mačči i ttenfaḍ. Mačči akken ad tinniḍ ula kra. Maca yif-it iẓay armi tikkelt-nniḍen ma twalliḍ ḥedd igguz ɣer crosswalk, ad t-temneɛ ad teḥebseḍ srid. Ad tedduḍ. Ad teɣileḍ iman-ik aneɣmuc isemmḥen drus ugar n yelliḍ.

D nettan amek ttuɣalent leqdimat tatimitiyin srid. Mačci s ifekkayen imeqranen n urɛuf. Deg meyyat n tegnatin tameẓyanin anida yiwen yetfekkar, win-nniḍen ur d-isiseni, yerna afkkar yebda ad ifekkar drus s ttawil.

Amjeḍ idduyen s uqerru ɣer wakal mačci d acmat. Ahat ur d-itɛeddi ara. Maca aneru akemmel n tasut n imeġḍen i tteddun s iqerra n ɣer wakal d tasut n ineɣmuc i tikwen-bedden ur tt-id-tetɛeddin ad rrnden axaṭer ulac kra n yelhan i d-yusan seg-s. Aleqdem isagga seg sin n iyaffawen.

Crossing 037:50 pm · Dusk

Snat n tɣawsiwin ḍrant

Sin n tɣawsiwin ddrant azal mxaṣalent.

Tamezwarut tetwaẓray: tilifuntat. Asaɣ amalkay ɣer usaymman, taɣwalt, axeddim, asnerni deg uǧib-ik yerra tameddurt taqɛadt n usbed deg umaḍal d aweɛr i tuget n medden. Tinefqit n ad d-tesseggeḍ azwer seg tilifun-ik tasalay axaṭer asaqar yeɛni asruḥ n kra. Ihi ulac win i d-itasen.

Tis snat ttwannan drus: nḥebbes aselmed-is. Yella aleɣ akk n uselmed atimittiyan, afaffaḍ, asyaden, tikwal axarbawi, ɣef wamek ad ttuɣaleḍ deg ulgani. Eṭṭef ttuwwura. Ini meẓɛam d tanemmirt. Ekkes amaqar. Sliket ɣer ibab n ḥwanet. Ini i medden i k-id-xeddmen tighawsiwin timezyanin. Ayagi ittwaslemd di yexxam, deg uɣerbaz, deg yifekman uneẓ, deg tirubaɛ n iqcicen-iclemẓyen, yerna ttwaḥurzen s iseggasen n usrar atimittiyan.

Tuget n tafrut-a tella tuɣ neɣ tedrus. Idlisen atimittiyan i d-yellan unsiben deg uselmed amezwaru di Fṛansa, Britanya, d imkanen-nniḍen tdrumusen. Aṭas n yiɣerbazen ur ttslamaden ara tlemẓi tunsibt. Aṭas n imawlan ttekkmen mliḥ neɣ ttwafarcen aṭas akken ad t-ḥattmen. Aṭas n imuwhat seg yimukan s israrayen mxalfen ɣef tudert n ulgani werǧin ttwaslemden anasen-a, yerna tmura ay-tt-id-rrent ur asen-id-ttselmaden ɣef tlal.

Mačci d aɛkkan n yiwen, s yiman-is. D anekkat amattiyan ay-itetka yal yiwen.

Crossing 049:30 pm · Night

Asuter amecṭuḥ

D acu i sutreɣ d amecṭuḥ s aṭas.

Mi yeṭṭef yiwen tewwurt, mmuqel-it deg tiṭ ini-yas tanemmirt. Mačci "tanemmirt" yetwasebbel s asmuqul tilifun. Mi teḥbes ɣur-k takerrust, ssali-d afus-ik. Acuru amecṭuḥ. Asnahir. Ayen i d-yeqqaren twalaḍ-t. Mi tedduyeḍ deg ḥanut amecṭuḥ, ini azul i win i yellan deffir n umizan uqbel ad tebduḍ ad temuqleḍ. Mi tefɣeḍ, ini ar tufat, neɣ tameddit yelhan, neɣ au revoir. Ur tnezzeḥeḍ d kiosk. Ttesnaḥet d bnadem akk tudert-is yetɛaddi ɣef wsidem n medden i ur d-ittsisinen tellit-is. Mi tɛeddiḍ ɣef ujar, ula d win ur tesneḍ ara, snahir.

Ekkes headphones-ik deg ḥwanat. Muqel deg tiṭ n win deg ucheckout, aneḍḍal n ubus, aqahwaji. Tilifun tezmer ad d-teffeɣ ticki. Asegra izmer ad yeṛǧu tlatin n tsinin.

Ma kečč d wamejer, slemd arrac-ik. Ad ɣɣren tameddurt s asmuqul-ik. Ma ẓran-k tekemmleḍ-tt s tinezdeg i ɛecra iseggasen, ad asen-d-tas s usuden. Ma ẓran-k tdduyeḍ s tilifun-ik mi tetqaqaɣen yal yiwen yerẓa-d, d nettat i ar ɣɣren deg umkan.

Ma kečč d amselmad, slemd-it. Yella amawal akk n tlemẓit tugdezant i isruḥen axaṭer ulac win i t-iselmden s usuden. Awi-t-id-uɣal. Mačci d tadulset ilelliyt. D amek tetɛeddiḍ tagdult deg uleɣ ddaw.

Tagdult ur ttwaḥerz ara s isaḍufen, neɣ s inegrawen, neɣ s tnabbawin. Inasen-yi d aḥric d-yetwalan seg-s. Lhin axaṭer tugatiyt ddaw-asen ɣur-s allafen n isufa imeẓyanen ifuhamen yal ass i d-isenɛamen aql-aɣ akk nekka deg usenfar yebḍa. Mi ruḥen isufa imeẓyanen, inegrawen ur ɣlin srid. Tuɣalen kan ad ttwaɛuqben ad ten-tedfek. Imdanen sruḥen aḥass belli ddren deg tagdult yerna bdun ad ḥusun ddren deg ujwiḍ atilujistik d bnadem-nniḍen ay-ur ssinen mačči bɣan ad ssinen. Liman yeɣli. Tasertit tezzef ifenten. Tigdulin tessbat. Asufrek yetuɣal akkemmel.

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Fig. 3 — The wave

Eɛred-it azekka. Snahir mi yeḥbes ɣur-k uneɣmuc. Mmuqel udem-is.

Ad iban-as. D nettat d aḥric uweɛr ifenten.