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What a pity: the New Year presents which he’d brought back after a cultural evening at the Railway Workers’ Palace were tucked away at home. There were packets of confectionery from Moscow and oranges, the colour of the setting sun, fruit for each child. | Аттанг, бугун Темир йўлчилар саройига бориб, болаларига Янги йил совғаларини уйда яшириб қўйган эди-да! Ҳар бир бордонда Москвадан келган ширинликлару болаларга энг ёққани - биттадан сап-сариқ норинж бор эди-я! |
Meanwhile the Emir, for whom entire towns and fortresses were not plunder enough, sat enchanted with the prospect of yet another conquest: an eighteen-year-old beauty, whose equal could not be found in eighteen thousand worlds, and who that night was to become his third wife! | Юзига бироз сўлиқлик югурган Амирул-мўминийн эса шаҳару-қалъаларни забт этишдан олмаган нашъасида усрукланиб ўтирибди. Ўн сакиз минг оламда тенги йўқ ўн саккиз ёш гўзал қиз бу кеча унинг никоҳига тушажак. |
Alas, a number of intrigues were put into place for the Emir to get her. A new stanza was composed: |
Ҳай-ҳай не ошублар ила ани қўлга киритди. Эндигина ёзилган ғазалида битилмиш: |
While Umar was in Shahrixon to see his younger sister Oftob, he also encountered the clever and virtuous wife of the Khan of Shahrixon, who offhandedly told the Emir: ‘Sire, you may remember being angry with G’ozixo’ja and expelling him from his home. This man now lives in a cottage very close by, just behind my house, and he is very poor. But he has a daughter called Oyxon, a girl of indescribable beauty – words simply can’t capture her, tongues become numb, pens break. |
Бир куни ҳаракатда эпчил Амир Умархон Шаҳрихонга ўз синглиси Офтоб-ойимдан хабар олгани борганида, у даргоҳда Шаҳрихон хонининг оқила ва покиза хотини ҳам хозир экан. У Амир арзига ушбу сўзларни қилди: “Ҳазрати олийлари хотирларида бўлса, Ўратепадан Сайид Ғози-хожани ўз ғазабларига дучор этиб, кўч-кўрони билан ушбу вилоятга сургун қилиб эрдилар. У зот ҳозир шу ўлтирган уйимиз орқасидаги бир кулбада хору-зорликда кун кечирмоқда. Аммо ул зотнинг Ойхонпошша отли бир қизи борки, унинг чиройини тавсиф этишга сўз ожиз, тил соқов, қалам синиқдур. |
It was dark when the car came to a sudden halt and Abdulla lost the thread of his thoughts. They must have arrived at the prison. What had he been thinking about? Oh yes, the five bright-red oranges he hadn’t been able to give his children, now left in a house where the lights were out. When he was still very young, he’d written a story called ‘Devils’ Dance’ about something terrible that had happened to his father. Could Abdulla have been taken captive by devils, as his father was? |
Шу пайт ичи қоронғи машина таққа тўҳтаб, Абдулланинг хаёлини узди. Манзилига етиб келишибди-да... Нималарни ўйлаётган эди боягинда. Ҳа, қандили ўчган уйдаги болаларига улашилмаган бешта қуёшранг норинж ҳақида... Аттанг-а! Йўқ, навқирон ёшлигида ёзган бир ҳикояси бўлгич эди. Отасининг бир ваҳимали саргузашти ҳақида. “Жинлар базми” деган... Отасига ўхшаб Абдулланиям жин босдими? |
You get used to physical pain: you synchronise your breathing to its throbbing waves, you are ready for the waves to surge up and you can wait for the waves to die down. But the pains of humiliation are unbearable, and it is impossible to endure the suffering caused by your own helplessness. At first Abdulla attributed Vinokurov’s brutality to the fact that he was a Russian, but he then recalled that among the men who searched his house there had been an interrogator who spoke Uzbek like a Tatar, replacing all his ‘j’s with ‘y’s. |
Лўққиллаган оғриққа ҳам кўникса бўларкан: нафасингни оғриқ тўлқинларига мослайсан-да, бу мавжнинг авжини атайин кутасан, лекин адолатсизлик аламига чидаб бўлмайди, кучсизлик азобига бардош бериш қийин. Абдулла аввалига анавининг бағритошлигинию юрагини анор қилиб эзган бу оғриқни унинг ўрислигига йўйди, бироқ уйидан чиқаверишида афтидан андироқ татар терговчининг “ий”лаганроқ талаффузидаги гаплари эсига тушди: “Сини биз билябиз. Уртақларинг барлиғини бизгя йеткургянляр...” |
Had Rahbar given the children the oranges he’d meant for them? Tomorrow (but wasn’t it tomorrow already?) Abdulla had planned to take them to see the New Year fir at the Railway Workers’ Palace, where the biggest and best celebrations were supposed to take place. Last year the children’s favourites had been the trained dogs which answered questions and took turns pulling each other round on sleighs. Would Rahbar take them this time, and would they be allowed in if she did? Might they find themselves turned away at the doors, as the family of an arrested man? His heart sank at the thought. |
Бердимикан Раҳбар-бону болаларига аталган норинжларни? Эртага (ё аллақачон бугунми?) Абдулла болаларини Темир йулчилар саройига арча байрамига олиб бориши керак эди. Темир йулчилар саройида арчаларнинг ҳам энг каттаси, томошанинг ҳам энг сараси бўлгич эди. Ўтган йили болаларига айниқса одам гапига жавоб берувчи қирриқ итлар ёққан эди. Кейин бу ажойиб маҳлуқлар бир-бирини чанада басма-бас тортиб кетишган эди. Олиб борармикан Раҳбар болаларини, ё олиб борса-да энди қўйишмасмикан уларни? Эшик тагидан ҳайдармикин баттоллар, қамалганнинг болалари деб? Юраги бирам эзилди болаларини эслаб. |
Abdulla recalled a day from his own childhood, when he had dressed up in new trousers and an Uzbek gown to go to the Christmas tree celebrations. The caretaker at his Russian-language school stopped him at the school gates. ‘Have you become a kaffir now?’ the man grumbled, raising his stick to deal Abdulla a terrific blow on the thigh. The literature teacher, seeing this, hurried over and rebuked him: ‘This is a celebration of the birth of Jesus son of Mary, and Jesus is a prophet of yours!’ Abdulla’s leg was bleeding and his new trousers were stained; he ended up visiting the hospital instead of the Christmas tree. The teacher drove him all the way home, in his own carriage: a Russian, who had defended him from an Uzbek. No, generosity or meanness had nothing to do with nationality. |
Бир куни ўзининг болалигида ерли рус мактабида ўқиятган чоғи ҳавас қилиб башанг янги шим, янги чопонда арча байрамига келаётганида мактаб қоровули Холмирза-тажанг эшик тагида тутиб олиб: “Сан ҳам копир бўлдингми?” - деб балдоқи билан бола болдирига аямай тушириб қолганида, буни кўрган адабиёт ўқитувчиси Георгий Евстигнеевич, чолнинг олдига келиб, тоза сарт тилида: “Ахир Исо ибн Мариямнинг милоди бу. Исо сенинг ҳам пайғамбаринг-ку!” - деб айтганини эслади Абдулла. Ўшанда янги шимию оёғи қонга буланиб, арча байрамининг ўрнига Георгий Евстигнеевичнинг извошчигида аввал касалхона, сўнг уйига қайтган эди у. Йўқ, саҳоватинг ҳам, разолатинг ҳам миллати бўлмас экан. |
His father was right when he said that a man can be in thrall to devils, especially if he is a writer. You have only to set to work to be gripped by your plans and inventions, and everything else seems vanity, triviality, a distraction. Over the last month Abdulla had covered reams of paper, having told himself: If I can sit down on my own this winter, I will finish writing the novel. And now all those hopes had been dashed. The Tatar NKVD man had found the manuscript, stuffed it in the only suitcase in the house, and taken it |
Чиндан ҳам отаси айтмиш, жин босар экан, ёзувчи одамни. Ишга киришдингми – зикру хаёлинг ана ўша тўқимада, қолгани - фақат алахсиш, фақат чалғишдек туюлар экан. Ўтган ой ичида анча-мунча қоғозларни қоралаб қўйди Абдулла, айтмовдими: “Шу қиш узлат қилиб ўтирсам, қиссани ёзиб битказаман” - деб. Афсус, ишнинг белига от тепди. Анави анди татар топган қўлёзмасини уйдаги биттаю битта жомадонга босиб, ўзи билан олиб келди. Ўқирмикан барини? Эскичага кўзи ўтармикан? Ё яна ўзининг қора кўзларидан ёллаб, уларга ўқитармикан? |
For a third time Umar sent a matchmaker to G’ozi-xo’ja’s house: this time it was the talkative Hakim, Umar’s sister’s son, a relation which made him a mahram, a man entitled to enter the harem. The Emir was wary of letting an outsider see his future bride’s beauty, but he could allow his nephew to behold her. Only the matchmakers and the girl’s father, whose white brows were wet with sweat, knew what was said during the negotiations. Realising that it was impossible to play with fire, G’ozi-xo’ja reluctantly nodded his agreement. | Ҳа, учинчи сафар Амир Умархон Ғози-хожа хонадонига совчи қилиб шайхулислом Маъсумхон-тўра ҳазратларининг ўғиллари одамохун Муҳаммадҳакимхон-тўрани юборди. Ҳакимхон айни пайт Амирнинг жияни бўлиб, маҳрамларидан эди, ўзгалардан қизғанса-да, Амир совчиланган қиз чиройини ўз жиянидан қизғанмади. Орадан не гаплар, таҳдиду-ваъдалар ўтди, фақат совчиларнинг ўзларию, оқ қошларини тер босгану дами ичига тушиб кетган Ғози-хожага маълум. Қандай бўлмасин ўт билан ўйнаб бўлмаслигини тушуниб етган Ғози-хожа чор-ночор бошини розиликда ирғабди. |
But no sooner had Abdulla composed this scene than the idea flew away like a spark. What was going on? | Лекин буҳам эмас эди Абдулланинг хаёлидан боя лип этибучган учқунча. Нима эди-я у? |
Ah, he now remembered the spark that had just flashed in his head: Umar’s nephew Hakim waiting for the newly-weds, who were concealed behind a curtain on the first night of their wedding. Abdulla remembered Hakim’s book Selected Histories, almost by heart. |
Ҳаҳ! Эсига тушди бояда миясида чақнаган анави учқун. Муҳаммадҳакимхон-тўранинг чимилдиқ пойлагани. Деярли ёд олган “Мунтахаб ат-таворих”ни эслади Абдулла. |
Because of his youth and naughtiness, your humble servant continued sitting by the curtain and, following the path of disrespect, raised a corner of the cover to hide under it so that he could enjoy the spectacle of the Sun meeting the Moon. The wine of desire foamed in the throat of Emir Umar- xon, and the moisture of shame appeared on the face of the beauty, like drops of dew on a rose. Moments of tenderness and elegant caresses were becoming more and more wild: the buyer’s desire grew, while the mistress of the goods gave ever greater concessions. For rain, ready to show the cloud’s final aim, was now about to pour down on the field of desire. The flower bud, submitting to the playful brazenness of the wind, was forced to unfurl its petals and turn itself bright red. And since the innate urge of the flower bud was to bear fruit, it opened fully under the force of the wind, so that a pearly drop now fell on its pollen. |
Аммо камина ҳам айни ёшлик даврим бўлгани учун ва ҳам бир томони шўхлик қилиб ҳеч ёққа қўзғалмадим ва беадаблик йўлига кириб чимилдиқнинг бир чекасида бекинганча, ул ой ва қуёшнинг яқинлашувини тўйиб томоша қилдим. Ҳуллас ўша чоғда Амир Умархоннинг димоғида жуфтлашиш шароби кўпирди, ул дилрабо юзида эса ҳаё тори шабнам донасидек намоён бўлди. Нозу-ниёз лаҳзалари қизиди - ҳаридор иштиёқи кучайиб, мол эгаси мулойимлиги ортди. Чунки орзу кишининг булути мақсадини ҳосил қилиш учун мурод пардаси ортида шай турарди. Гулғунча шамолнинг уятсизлиги натижасида қабога бандини ечишга мажбур бўлди ва ўзининг гулгунлиқ оғушига солди. Омонлик суманининг ғунчаси мақсади ҳосиллик насими ҳилпираши сабабидан оғзини очди ва мақсуд бўстонидан кумуш ранг садафга симоб гавҳари томчилади. |
By whispering these words as if they were a prayer, Abdulla found that he could order his thoughts and see everything clearly. Hadn’t he just responded to Vinokurov’s roar with a burst of laughter? That was why he had recalled Hakim hiding behind a curtain. For a second, he felt as if he were Emir Umar’s nephew, except the curtain was now a stone wall and enclosed not a love scene but a death act. Wait, wait! This was no time to drop the reins. Watch out, don’t let a torrent of flighty thoughts sweep you away! If you ignored the superfluous florid style, the scene was described splendidly, especially the beginning and the end. Yet it seemed to have propelled Abdulla in an entirely different direction. |
Абдулла бу сўзларни дуосимон пичирлар экан, хаёли ҳар томонга тўзиди. Қийшиқпешона Винокуровнинг наъраси ҳам унинг кулгисини қистатмаганмиди ҳозиргина. У ҳам ўзини бир зумга чимилдиқ кетида писиб ётган Ҳакимхон-тўрага менгзатди, рост, бу чимилдиқнинг деворлари тош, остида эса севги эмас ўлим ҳукмрон эди. Тўхта, тўхта! Жиловни қўлингдан чиқариш вақти эмас бу. Учқур хаёлинг обқочиб кетмасин сени. Жимжимадоргилиги демаса саҳна ажойиб ёзилган, айниқса бошию кети, лекин Абдулла ундан азбарои бошқа туртки олди ўхшайди. |
Her cousin Qosim was the first to notice the changes in her. He would come to Shahrixon to help his uncle’s family tend the vegetable plot. This time, with his uncle’s blessing, he put off going home, instead finding more jobs to do around the house: repairing shoes, patching up the mud-brick wall, setting up the bread-baking oven – there was no lack of things to do – any excuse to stay on. |
Буни биринчи бўлиб ҳар кўклам Эски-Новқатдан Шаҳрихонга келиб, боғчаларни чопишдаю, экин экишда ёрдам бериб юрадиган амакиваччаси Сайид Қосим-хожа йигитча сеза бошлади. Энди у аввалгилардек ишини битирса, Сайид Ғози-хожа ҳазратларининг дуосини олиб йўлига ошиқмас, балки турли баҳона топиб, бир буларнинг барини ковушларини ямар, бир тандиру ўчоғ атрофидаги сувоқни янгилар, бир деворингиз нураб қолибди, - дея, пахса қаларди. |
G’ozi-xo’ja’s children grew fond of Qosim and lent a hand when he was working, or clung to his side and begged him to make them a clay toy. One of the girls – the youngest but one – insisted that she would be his wife when she grew up. Only Oyxon was reserved in her cousin’s presence, doing no more than what duty obliged of her: preparing tea, serving dinner, making up a spare bed on the floor. |
Сайид Ғози-хожанинг болалари ҳам Сайид Қосимни хуш кўрар, бири унга лой отган, бошқаси хипчин олиб келиб, тойчоқ ясаб бер дея, хархаша қилган, учинчиси “Катта бўлсам, сизга тегаман” – деб ваъдалашган. Фақат Ойхон-пошша ўзини бу амакиваччаси билан сипо тутар, керагида чойига, керагида жойига қарарди. |
At the beginning of spring, when everything else had been taken care of, Qosim stayed on to remove the winter covering from the vines and tie them to their stakes. He was so carried away by his task that he failed to accompany the elderly G’ozi-xo’ja, as he had intended, on his way to pay respects at the graves of the holy men in Eski-Novqat. At the time, Oyxon’s two younger sisters were staying with a neighbour to study more advanced reading and writing. The older boy was with his father; only the youngest, Nozim, was still at home. And, early in the morning, Nozim was still asleep. |
Ўша эрта кўклам ҳам бошқа ишларини битириб бўлгач, Сайид Қосим буларнинг икки тупгина токини очиб бериш важҳида яна Эски-Новқатига қайтишга кеч қолди. Ҳолбуки Сайид Ғози-хожа ўша куни Янги-Новқат томон Саҳобани зиёрат қилгани ўзининг 14 яшар ўғли Сайид Олим билан йўлга чиққан эди. Ойхон-пошшанинг икки синглиси маҳалладаги Отинча-бувиникига дарс олгани чиқиб кетишган, ёлғиз кенжатой Сайид Нозимхон уйда ҳали ҳам уйқусидан турмаган эди. |
Qosim fixed the loose cross-ties on the vine stakes and drove in new ones, before starting to rake over the dry reeds. He lifted the reeds carefully and saw that mercifully the frost hadn’t got at the vines: they could be tied to the stakes. The vine buds were already about to burst open: any day now the green shoots would break through. |
Сайид Қосим-йигит аввалига ишкомининг бир-икки ямоғини янги ходалар билан ямади. Бир чой қайнар вақтдан сўнг токни очишга киришди, бардиларни аста бир чекага йиғди, қўндоқланган токни авайлаб очди, хар тугул совуқ урмабди, ва оҳиста таг-тагидан бошлаб, ток поясинию, новдаларини истак билан ишкомга тараб-тараб боғлай бошлади. Кўклам жони поя танасидан югура бошлаган, шўралар эгилиб-букилиб, ҳар томон гажак ташлай бошлаган эди. |
‘Your good health, cousin!’ Oyxon greeted him, spreading a cloth on the ground and laying some flatbread on it. ‘Come and have some tea!’ ‘As you wish,’ he replied. He moved to where she had laid out breakfast. Watching the girl get up to return to the house, her slender figure supple as a vine, he surprised himself by calling out, ‘I need your help!’ Oyxon looked around. ‘What for, cousin?’ She said the word ‘cousin’ so gently that Qosim couldn’t help missing a breath at the implications. He could barely whisper: ‘Would you mind holding the ladder? The crossbeams on the stakes are too thin, and I need to tie the vine branches firmly…’ Oyxon spun round to face him. ‘As you wish…’ |
Шу пайт чойини кўтариб Ойхон-пошша келиб қолди. “Ҳормангиз, ака!” – деб сўрашди-да, қўлтиғидаги қийиқчани ёзиб, ичидаги нонни ушатди, чойни пиёлага қуйиб имо қилди: “Чойдан ичиб олинг, қувват бўлади!”. “Майлингиз!”, - деб жавоб берди Сайид Қосим ва дастурхонгача яқинлашар экан, Ойхон-пошшанинг анави гажак-гажак шўралар каби ўгирилиб, уй томон кетажагини пайқади-да, бирдан: - Менга ёрдамингиз керак эди, Ойпошша! - деди. Ойхон бир қиё боқди-да: - Нима эди, ака? - деб сўради. Бу “ака” деб айтган сўзида неларни англамади ўша он Сайид Қосим-йигит, дами ичига тушиб кетиб, қарийиб шивирлади: - Шотини ушлаб туролмайсизми. Ишкомнинг тепаси нозикроқ, шўрани боғлаб олай... Ойхон бебоғ шўрадек ялт этиб ўгирилди. - Майлингиз... |
The tea was left undrunk. His hands trembling with excitement, his breath quickening, Qosim picked up the ladder which lay near the vineyard and placed it against a strong supporting pillar. ‘If you hold it from this side, I’ll have the branches tied to the crossbeams in no time,’ he said. |
Чой ҳам бир чекада қолиб кетди, Сайид Қосим-йигитча, қўлу-нафаси титраганича, ишком тагида ётган нарвонни турғизиб, ишкомнинг пухтароқ бир ходасига тирадию: |