🇸🇳 Senegal · Lions of Teranga
Tamsizzelt n Sinigal: Amek i d-tessemlil takurt tamurt meṛṛa
Seg takurt n wezniq n Dakar, tazɣint n Tegzirt n Gorée ar tafat n tselmimt n Wegelmim Aweṛɣa, fahem Iyzem n Teranga
Taɣect tamezwarut n tamsizzelt n Sinigal, mačči d imḍuyen, ula d aɣect n ufrag, d ṣṣut n takurt i d-yettḍuqqun ɣef leḥyuḍ. Takeṛṛust seg ufrag n Blaise Diagne ɣer Dakar, sin n yidisan n webrid d isekla n weɣyul d yibermiyen i d-yessuɣen uḍu; mi d-yekcem ɣer temdint, aḍu n yilel yuɣal d ameḥḥaḥ, tinetti dayen yuɣal-d bla iqerra. Ṭaksiyat, leḥna, timuturin, inezzarfu d yemdanen, am yiwen n wurar n iserrasen, yal yiwen yettḍafar amkan-is, maca s tidet, cwiṭ kan i d-yettemḥazen. Tameddit n Yoff, deg yiri n yilel, arrac rran sin yisebdaden d ẓẓwayaṛ, ttmahalen-d ɣef rrmel iḍeffeṛen arma d yiḍ. Ulac aḥcic, ulac tafsarin, ala yiwen n weqcic aqbur d yiwen n ugerru i d-yessutɣun arma d aẓeḥḥaṛ n taɣect. Deg teswiɛt-nni, fehmeɣ, "takurt n uḍar + tamsizzelt", deg Sinigal, mačči d "wali yiwen n urmud, sakin inig", maca d akken kan ad d-tessekneḍ tamurt s yiwen n uccen.
Takurt n wezniq n Dakar, d tin i d-yettazzalen s tazzla, am wuncuc n temdint. Takutt teɛedda sdat n tɛella n uzenzi n tɣawsa n yimi, teɛedda sdat uḍar n weqbur i la ittaggen aẓekka, mi d-tewweḍ ar tlemmast n webrid, anehhar yessutuy-d s telqayt, aqcic yerra-d takutt s ufus-is, urar ikemmel. Llan wid yelsan umḍan 10 n Mané, llan wid yelsan tafsarin tizegzawin n terbaɛt n tmurt n Koulibaly, llan daɣen wid i d-yettrun ḥafir. Ma testeqsayd-ten anwa i tḥemmlen s waṭas, tiririt-ines tettwasen seg zik: Mané. Isem-a deg Dakar mačči d amaynut n yitran, d awal n tetwalt. Yiwen n unezzarfu n tafsarin n takurt yenna-yi-d, Mané yekka-d seg Bambali deg wenẓul, sakin yekcem ɣer Tnegluft n Lǧil n Dakar (Génération Foot), sakin ɣer Fransa, Tutrict, Southampton, Liverpool, "maca ur yetta ara axxam". Mi d-yenna awal-a, yessuɣ-d tafsa n takurt, am wakken la d-yesseknay yiwen n usenɣed.

Azekka-nni, riɣ ɣer Tegzirt n Gorée, aṣut n takurt n uḍar yettwakkes s deεwessu. Seg wemkan n yilel n Dakar, tacebbakt i d-teddan semmus n temrac kan, maca aẓeḥḥaṛ n temdint yettwakkes am wakken d waman i t-id-yebḍan. Ixxamen n tegzirt d arusayen, d iwraɣen izegzawen, ameẓyan yezger-d ɣef leḥyuḍ, ccbaḥa-sen ur d-tessaweḍ ara ad ak-d-tessezg iɣallen n ul. Sakin, tkecmeḍ ɣer wexxam n Yiklan (Maison des Esclaves), tkecmeḍ ɣer texxamin-nni timeẓyant, iḍeffeṛen, tuzḍafin, dɣa dɣa ad tfehmeḍ seg wansi i d-yekka uselɣu-a. "Tabburt n Ur D-Tuɣal" teqqel ɣer Ugaraw Aṭlanti, sdat n tebburt, ala ilel i d-yettaɛen i wallen. Ula d yiwen umazray n temtert ur d-yessifsusen ara s uklu n ccbaḥa. Mi tebḍuḍ din, xemmneɣ ɣef yimudar n yiḥerracen n Dakar i la tteddun s tazzla mi tella takurt: amek i tezmer tmurt ad d-tɛawed ad d-tini "anwa i nella", seg umezruy iɣed tettwawwi, tettwasemma, tettwakkes?
Tiririt n Sinigal, s umata, mačči d awal, d imensi, d yiwen n lkas n watay, d yiwen n urar n takurt. Mi d-uɣaleɣ ɣer Dakar, deg yiwen n umudir ameẓẓan, cciɣ Thiéboudienne, aslem, ṭumaṭic, xizu, lmaniyuk d ṛṛuz, mezzin deg yiwen n uḍebsi ameqqran. Yiwen n wergaz deg tḍeblit n tama, mi d-yuḍen ɣef lmelled-inu, yeḍsa, yessefhem-iyi-d s ufus ad d-sɛeddeɣ ṛṛuz d waslem d tkebbabin. Deg tiliẓri, la d-tessekkad tawalaḍ n Ukrwas n Tefriqt, mi d-yewweḍ ugadaz ɣer tmennaɛt, akk imdanen n tḥanut ssalin-d iqemmac-nsen deg yiwet n tizi. Deg teswiɛt-nni, inebgi, tutlayt, lɛadda n tḍeblit, ulac ayen i d-yeǧǧan. Takurt aɣ-d-tessemlal s tmeɛzirt deg yiwen n texxamt, am wakken, ɣas ma yella takutt mazal tetteḥuzzu, ad d-naf dima abrid.
Agelmim Aweṛɣa, s ddaw n tafukt, ur d-yettwili ara s tlɣa. Imeẓdaɣ n wemḍiq qqaren-d dakken init n weglemim yettbeddil s usemhuḍ, s tneẓṛi n tselmimt d uswir n waman, tikwal yettban-d s tlɣa, tikwal yettawi-d kan cwiṭ n lwerd n uẓeṭṭaḍ. Maca ayen i k-id-yettɛawaden s waṭas ɣef weglemim mačči d init, d lmelḥ. Ixeddamen n lmelḥ bedden-d deg waman arma d azgen n tɣimit, la d-ttḍuqqun aseqqef n lmelḥ ɣer tcebbakt, aglim-nsen iɛeffan s zzit n usɣar n limun akken ad ḥerzen iman-nsen seg lmelḥ. ɣef yiri n yilel, iwzan n lmelḥ d imellalen am wedfel, mi d-yekker uḍu, icenfiren ttuɣalen-d d imeḥḥaḥen. Deg tmerrit, llan yinebgiten la tteddun ɣef waman, ḍeḥku d alemmas; ixeddamen n lmelḥ tteddun-d s ddaw, amurar-nsen d amesɣud am temsewt. Wagi yessemɣer-ik-d: tawlaft n tamsizzelt tettef kan yiwen n teswiɛt, maca tudert tettwaɛawed aṭas n yiseggasen. Ccbaḥa n Sinigal dima teqnen ɣer lxedma, aṛǧu d ṣṣber.

S waya i d-yuɣal usemmad n wungal n Mané d ayen i yesɛan azal deg wadeg-a. Ur yelli d aḥerraz i d-yeffeɣen seg yiɣerbazen n terkunt, maca d aqcic i d-yeffeɣen seg Sinigal yettɣimin deg taddart, seg Tambacounda ɣer Casamance. Deg wadeg-a, llant tneḍrufin timeqqranen, maca takurt n uḍar tezga d taneḍruft. Akal azeggaɣ n Bambali, tugdi n twacult, smus n yiseggasen n yiɛeddi ɣer Dakar, aɛraḍ n Génération Foot, yiḍan n Champions League n Liverpool — abrid-a ma yettwabdan-d kan d lḥikayt n tmeɣra, yettili d ayen fessusen. Ayen i d-yettɛawaden s tidet d akken, mi d-yewwi ccra, yerra-yas-d idrimen ɣer taddart: aɣerbaz, asebitar, aẓeṭṭa, leḥwayeǧ n udrim. Deg yiwen n umeslay n The Guardian, yessefhem maɣef i d-yebna asebitar, acku mi meẓẓiy-it, baba-s yuḍen, deg taddart-nsen ur yelli usebitar, ttawin-t ɣer wayeḍ, deg taggara, yemmut. Akken, takurt n uḍar deg-s ur d-tuɣal ara d abrid i d-yettawin amdan kan, maca d tazmert n tuɣalin ɣer wexxam.
Ur riɣ ara ɣer Bambali, maca deg wezniq n Dakar, walaɣ tifawt-is. Yiwen n weqcic deg wakal, la yettḥuzzu takurt, afekka-s d amezwrug, amurar-is am wakken d Mané i d-yettɛawaden seg ubrid ayeffus ɣer tlemmast; iberdanen nniḍen i meẓẓiyen ugar, zzin-d, allen-nsen tteɛerriqent am wakken la ttallen ɣef wezmez i d-itteddun. Inezzarfu, inehraten, ibabaten n yemensi, mi d-ttmeslayen ɣef terbaɛt taɣelant, awalen-nsen mačči "nitni", maca "nekni". Isem n "Iyzem n Teranga" (Lions of Teranga) d win i d-yeɣlen: Teranga d anebgi, d tamezdagnut; Iyzem d zzux, d tnefsit n usefrurek n yiwen n wemḍiq. Takurt n uḍar deg Sinigal mačči d asunfu n yiḍ n ussbeḥ, d amezday n tmetti, d amazray, d ayen i d-yettɛawaden temdint d taddart yiwen ɣer wayeḍ.
Tameddit taneggura send ad qqleɣ seg Dakar, uɣalɣeɣ ɣer yiri n yilel. Igemmi yeqqel-d d aberkan, ɣer tama n wennar, ulac tifawin, maca arrac mazal ur ttḥebsiren ara. Takutt deg tili-ines tetteḥuzzu, tikwal tettwasegla s uḍu n yilel, tikwal tettwaseḍruq s tazzla ɣer yilel. Deg tmerrit, Aṭlanti d aberkan, am waman nniḍen n tebburt n Tegzirt n Gorée; deg sdat, tamdint tetteɛerriq, am tfawt n lmelḥ n Wegelmim Aweṛɣa. Ayen i k-id-yewɛiṛen s waṭas deg tamsizzelt n Sinigal, mačči d ccbaḥa n yiwen n wemkan, maca d akken, s tɛezrit, ad tafeḍ: tamurt-a terra lǧarḥ, lxedma, anebgi d tɣawsa-nsen ɣer yiwen n uccen akken ad d-tessuqqel. Ad tḥsbeḍ dakken la tḍeffṛeḍ Mané, sakin ad tafeḍ dakken Mané yessawal kan s uɛeggu ɣef wayen i d-yezwaren Sinigal ad t-id-tessen: takurt i d-tettḍuqqeḍ yiwen, deg taggara, ad d-tuɣal ddaw uḍaren n medden.
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