1Deffir wayagi walaɣ lmelk nniḍen i d-yusan seg igenni, yesɛa lḥekma tameqqrant, ddunit meṛṛa tfeǧǧeǧ s tmanegt-is. 2Iɛeggeḍ s ṣṣut ɛlayen yenna : Teɣli ! Teɣli temdint-nni tameqqrant n Babilun ! Tuɣal ț-țamezduɣt n ccwaṭen, d amkan anda țnejmaɛen leṛwaḥ imeɛfan, anda xeddmen leɛcuc-nsen leṭyuṛ iɛefnen. 3Axaṭer tewwi leǧnas meṛṛa ɣer leǧhel s yir tikli-ines, igelliden n ddunit jehlen yid-es, wid yețțaɣen znuzun uɣalen d imeṛkantiyen s sselɛa ifazen i s-znuzun.

4Sliɣ i yiwet taɣect i d-yekkan seg igenni teqqaṛ : Effɣet seg-s ay agdud-iw, iwakken ur tɣellim ara di ddnub-is, iwakken ur kkun-id-țawḍent ara lmuṣibat ara d-yeɣlin fell-as. 5Axaṭer ddnubat-is ɛeddan tilas wwḍen ɣer igenni, amek ara yețțu Sidi Ṛebbi lbaṭel i texdem. 6Xedmet as akken i wen-txeddem, ɛețțbet-eț akteṛ wayen i kkun-tɛețțeb, taqbuct nni n lemṛaṛ i tessew i wiyaḍ, ɛemmṛet-as-ț d lemṛaṛ yugaren win tessew nețțat. 7Akken tefka i yiman-is ccan, tɛac di lerbaḥ, ara s-tesseṛwum leɛtab d leḥzen, axaṭer teqqaṛ : Aql-iyi am ugellid, ur lliɣ ț-țaǧǧalt, ur țissineɣ leḥzen. 8Daymi, deg yiwen wass ara d-ɣlint fell-as lmuṣibat : lmut, leḥzen, laẓ akk-d tmes ara ț-yeččen. Axaṭer d Sidi Ṛebbi Bab n tezmert i ț-iɛuqben.

9Igelliden n ddunit meṛṛa i gɛacen deg-s di zzhu d zzna, ad țrun, ad meǧden fell-as, m'ara walin dexxan i gețțalin si tmes iceɛlen deg-s. 10Imi uggaden a ten-taweḍ txeṣṣart, bedden mebɛid qqaṛen : A tawaɣit-im, a tawaɣit-im a tamdint n Babilun, tamdint tameqqrant yesɛan tazmert, deg yiwet n ssaɛa kan yeɣli-d fell-am lɛiqab.

11Wid yețțaɣen znuzun ad ilin di leḥzen ameqqran ad țrun, axaṭer ulac win ara yaɣen sselɛa-nsen, 12sselɛa-nni n ddheb d lfeṭṭa, idɣaɣen ɣlayen d iɛeqcan, lkețțan n lfina akk-d lkețțan azeggaɣ d leḥrir, sselɛa n yal asɣaṛ i d-yețțaken rriḥa taẓiḍant, leḥwayeǧ akk ineǧṛen s wacciwen n lfil, s wesɣaṛ ɣlayen d wayen yețwaxedmen s nnḥas d wuzzal akk-d eṛxem ; 13ulac daɣen win ara yaɣen lqeṛfa, leɛqaqeṛ, leɛṭeṛ, lmuṛ, lebxuṛ, ccṛab, zzit, awren eṛqiqen akk-d yirden, izgaren, ulli, iɛewdiwen, ikeṛṛusen n umenɣi akk-d yemdanen i rran d aklan. 14A tamdint n Babilun, ayen akken tețmenniḍ iṛuḥ-am ibɛed fell-am, lerbaḥ-im d wayen akk mucaɛen ɣuṛ-em, ṛuḥen-am ur tețțuɣaleḍ ara a ten-tafeḍ. 15Wid yețțaɣen znuzun leḥwayeǧ di temdint-agi yuɣalen d imeṛkantiyen, ad qqimen mebɛid ad aggaden a ten-taweḍ twaɣit, ad țrun, ad ilin di leḥzen ; 16ad inin : A tawaɣit ! A tawaɣit ! Tamdint nni yellan am tmeṭṭut yețlusun lkețțan eṛqiqen d llebsa tazeggaɣt ifazen, yețɛelliqen iɛeqcan ɣlayen, idɣaɣen n lyaman n mkul ṣṣenf akk-d ddheb, 17deg yiwet n ssaɛa kan, kullec yuɣal d iɣed ! Lqebṭanat n lbabuṛat d ixeddamen nsen, ibeḥṛiyen akk-d wid yețsafaṛen di lebḥuṛ ɣer tmurt-nni qqimen mebɛid, 18țɛeggiḍen mi walan dexxan n tmes yeččan tamdint-nni, qqaṛen : Anta tamdint yecban tamdint agi ? 19 Bdan ṭeggiṛen aɣebbaṛ ɣef yiqeṛṛay-nsen, țrun țmeǧǧiden, țɛeggiḍen qqaṛen : A tawaɣit-im ! A tawaɣit-im a tamdint tameqqrant, isrebḥen wid akk yesɛan lbabuṛat di lebḥur, deg yiwet teswiɛt kan tnegreḍ tuɣaleḍ d iɣed. 20A wid yextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi, a wid i d-iceggeɛ ad beccṛen awal-is, a lenbiya, ay igenwan, ilit di lfeṛḥ ɣef wayen yedṛan yid-es, axaṭer Sidi Ṛebbi iɛuqeb-iț ɣef wayen i wen texdem.

21Imiren yiwen lmelk yesɛan tazmert tameqqrant, yeddem-ed tablaṭ annect n uɣaṛef n tsirt, iḍeggeṛ-iț ɣer lebḥeṛ yenna : Akka ara tețțuḍeggeṛ temdint tameqqrant n Babilun, ur tețțuɣal a d-tban ; 22ur nețțuɣal a nsel i ṣṣut n wid yekkaten snitra d wid i gcennun akk-d wid yekkaten ajewwaq d lbuq. Ur d-yețɣimi deg-em ṣṣaneɛ, ur nețțɣal a nsel i iɣuṛaf n tessirt. 23Ur tețțuɣal a d-tban deg-em tafat, ur nețțuɣal a nsel i taɣect n yesli ț-țeslit. Aț-țwaɛaqbeḍ a tamdint n Babilun imi imestujaṛ-im, d nutni i gellan d imeqqranen di ddunit ; leǧnas meṛṛa țwaxedɛen s ssḥur i txeddmeḍ ; 24axaṭer deg-em i yuzzlen idammen n lenbiya d wid yextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi akk-d wid meṛṛa yemmezlen di ddunit.