There was a man and /

this man /

because of poverty, he, himself /

did not know anything. /

These men pertaining to the black /

this /

of the men who come from the west direction /

all the things that you want /

I will make you know something that gives you (tout ce que tu veux)', they said. /

'Make me know!', he says, they said. /

When he says that, /

he gives him names (of djinns), and /

'These names /

keep them (and repeat them)!', he says, they said. /

'When you’ll repeat these names consistently, /

men will come to you. /

These men who appear to you, /

now, /

they have conditions. /

that they give, if you accept them, /

you and them /

will be friends’, he says. /

‘It is fine’, he says, and /

'now, the conditions, those of the men, /

since I will look at them' and /

he repeats his names, they said. /

He repeats his names. /

Each time he finishes (repeating) the names (lit. when the names are finished from him), that one /

gives him another name (to repeat), they said. /

It goes on like that. /

That day, /

‘You have to be a real man’, he says, they said, 'the men /

will come to you. (forme incorrecte pour le futur) (le -a signale une mise en garde ici) /

Your pitcher /

always put it well full next to you, and /

necessarily, when you are seated, /

surely, your clothes and /

anything that belongs to you /

must be pure’, he says. /

‘It is fine’, he says, and /

he stays in his place, and his names, /

when he repeats them /

'This /

wall under which I am sitting /

from behind me /

is falling upon me, I think', he said, they said. /

'These heaps of rammed earth /

when they pass on each side of me, /

I don't pay attention to that', he said. /

'I stay unruffled', he said. /

'Then, again /

the ceiling /

itself which was over me, will fall /

I thought', he said. /

He does not pay attention to that, they said. /

He stays unruffled, they said. /

Then, again, /

‘Lions and /

hyenas and /

they (=the men) become, and frighten me’, he said. /

He said: ‘I don’t pay attention to that'. /

'Now, /

two spears ... /

they become also eyes, and /

they /

eyes (of the djinns) that are rolling, and /

they come to me’, he said. /

‘I do not pay attention to that' they said. /

Two spears /

are coming to me walking', he said. /

'These spears /

come to me walking, and /

when towards me /

that they walked /

although they (the spades) were white, when they went on /

being more red /

when they went on /

being more red /

when they got closer to me, /

they stopped', he said, they said. /

'They became very red /

When I said: 'What will they do? /

they disappeared /

suddenly', he said. /

'A man and a woman towards him ... /

towards me they go out /

'You called us? ' /

they told me, he said. /

'I call you', he said, they said. /

'We /

have conditions', they told me, he said. /

When I said: 'Your conditions, what are they?' /

'The Kuran book /

you throw it in the toilets' /

they told me, he said. /

'Or you burn it well.' /

'In this world /

all the things that you want /

we'll do to you', they told me, he said /

'It is out of the question, the Koran book /

if it is throwing in the toilets, I /

become friend with you /

I will not', I said, he said. /

'So, don't call us /

again', they told me /

Disappear /

suddenly. /

When they disappeared, /

immediately, /

as he was dying for a pee (lit. urine having killed him) /

in the trousers /

as I was about to urinate /

when I found myself /

I ran and I got my pitcher, and /

I urinated', he said. /

'When I calmed down by dint of urinating, /

there was in the country /

there was a healer whom we used to know, and /

he tells you: 'Come!' /

they told me, he said. /

'I went', he said. /

'When I came to him /

'What made you work /

it is a work? he told me, he said. (lit. it is the work that what thing made you work) /

'Your business, if it was for a need of money, /

take this money! /

Again these men /

who come from the west /

do not get close (to them)', he told me, he said. /

The west is the side that they call Darfur, so /

by a way like that, I /

I attended something like that /

Then, some time /

my money /

that the man gave to me, was useful to me', he said. /

A very small thing /

in this urine /

if it had dropped in your trousers /

you would have become mad', he told me, he said. /

Let it not be /

our destiny. /

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