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Then Chief Minister Hakim ordered rocks and beams to be hurled down from the fortress walls onto Husayn’s troops. One of these missiles struck Husayn’s head: he was bleeding badly, but would not retreat. Instead, his men – enraged at the sight of their injured prince – climbed over the barriers and rushed to the fortress gates, smashing them down with the same rocks that had been hurled at them. |
Шу учур Ҳаким-қушбеги буларнинг бошига Арк деворларидан тошу-ғўлалар ёғдириш буйруғини қилди. Тошлардан бири келиб Ҳусайн-тўра бошини ёрди. Қонга буланса-да, тўра шаштидан қайтмади. Қайтага жароҳатланган шаҳзодани кўриб, халойиқ жунбушу уштулумга келди. Басталигу чеплар оша, энди булар ўқу тошбўронга ҳам қарамай, Арк дарвозасига ёпишдилар ва ерга сочилган тошлар ила уни уриб синдиришди. |
As a drop becomes a rivulet, and a rivulet a river, and a river a torrent, so the men broke into the fortress in a matter of hours, pouring in until they had flooded it. The wounded prince Husayn rode through the open gates as the new Emir. Despite extensive searches, the rebellious vizier Hakim was nowhere to be found. Shortly afterwards he appeared before the Emir of his own accord, carrying the severed head of his chief of artillery. ‘Forgive your servant: I was in the grip of ignorance, when this ungrateful dog started firing |
Томчи сув кетидан фаврак, фаврак кетидан оқим, оқим кетидан сел келганидек, бир заҳоти оламон Аркка сизди, ёпирилди, босиб кетди. Яраланган шаҳзода Ҳусайн Аркка амирсимон кириб борди. Бузғунчи Ҳаким-қушбегини қидиришди, ҳеч қаердан топишолмади. Ўшанда бир пайт, тўпчи Ражабнинг олинган калласи қўлида, Ҳаким-қушбеги Амир олдига ўзи чиқиб келди. “Бир қошиқ қонимдан кечинг, ғафлат уйқусида қолибман, мана бу кўрнамак эса сиз Хумоюн ҳазратларига Арк дарвозасини очиш ўрнига ўт очибди!” – дея, кўплаб тавозеълар қилди. Ҳусайн-тўра унинг гуноҳидан кечиб, марҳум отаси йўлида ўз вазири қилиб тайинлади. |
The next day Husayn was crowned Emir, but he did not hold power for long; a mysterious illness forced him off the throne in less than three months. The doctors failed to conjure one of their miracles, and Emir Husayn left this world of sorrows. When Nasrullo heard what had happened, his thoughts turned to his master chef, who he had only recently sent to serve his brother Husayn as a peace-offering: ‘Seems the bastard took his arsenic with him’. Then he gathered his army and set off for Bukhara once again. |
Эртасига Ҳусайн-тўрани Амир қилиб тахтга кўтаришди, бироқ тахтни эгаллаганидан сал ўтмай, Амир Ҳусайн бир номаълум касалга чалиниб, масиҳонафас табибларнинг муолажа уринишлари зое кетиб, салтанати уч ойга етар-етмас дунё омонатини қўлдан бой берди. Насруллоҳхон баковулини ҳадъя тариқасида саройга юборган эди, “Маргимушини ҳам ўзи билан олиб кетибди-йўв бу аблаҳ!” - деб ўйлади ўзича у, яна черигини Бухоро томон тортар экан... |
Thoughts have strange paths. Where had all this come from? The injuries to his body, Vinokurov’s threats, the immortal Georgian Leader? After all, Abdulla had been thinking only about his children, left to weep on New Year’s eve. |
Хаёл йўллари ажиб. Қаердан келди буниси, танадаги жароҳатлариданми, ё анави Винокуровнинг дағдағасиданми? Ё балки лоямут гуржи пошшони эслаганиданми? Ахир Янги йил кечаси чирқиллаб қолган болаларини ўйлаётган эдию Абдулла. |
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? |
Why hadn’t Abdulla begun his story with a description of the bunch of grapes? He might have got away with saying that this was just a little sketch of a fictitious gardener. But now his pieces would certainly damn him. Thoughts have strange paths, indeed. |
Нега ахир узум ғужумидан бошлагани йўқ, боғбонлар ҳаётидан бир асарча деб қўя қолармиди. Ҳали бунисини ҳам унинг бўйнига қўйишса керак. Хаёл йўллари ажиб. |
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. |
That same morning Hakim brought the girl home with him, entrusting her to the care of his mother Oftob. Delighted by the bride’s beauty, the young matchmaker recited a Persian couplet to his mother: | Ўша саҳарнинг ўзидаёқ Муҳаммадҳакимхон-тўра ул бокира қизни ўз қўшига келтириб, Амир Умархоннинг сингли бўлмиш Офтоб-онасига топширибди. Қиз чиройидан ёқасини тишлаган совчи йигит ўз онасига ушбу байтни айтибди. |
It was now New Year. Happy New Year to you, Abdulla! You said that if you could sit down for one winter, you would finish your novel. Clearly, you didn’t say inshallah at the time. But you had sensed the danger. Writers as well-known as you had already been arrested – Fitrat and Cho’lpon, G’ozi Yunus and Anqaboy – hadn’t they? Were you really likely to be left alone? When you tell a horse to ‘Chuh’, you have given it a bit more rope. He can go on writing for a bit, they would have thought, we’ll squash him when the time is ripe. |
Янги йил ҳам кирибди. Янги йилингиз муборакбод, Абдулла! Бир қиш ўтирсам қиссамни ёзиб битираман, - деган эдингиз. Худо хоҳласа демаган экансиз-да ўшанда. Кўнглингизда бор эдию бу хатар, ахир Фитрату Чўлпон, Вадуд Маҳмуду Ғози Юнус, Анқабою Элбекни олиб кетган жойда сизни тинч қўйишармиди?! “Чўҳ”- деса кетадиган от экансиз, арқонингизни узунроқ ташлаб қўйишган экан-да, “Қани ёзиб турсинчи, роса қизиғида босамиз”, - дейишган эканми. |
You’ll spend the new year wherever you spent New Year’s day, as the Russian proverb goes. So, Abdulla, it looks as if you’ll be spending this year in prison. Last time you were let out after six months, but now… Fitrat and Cho’lpon have been languishing here for longer than that time already, and who knows when they’ll be released? There might just be a few walls separating them from you, Abdulla. If you were to yell out like Vinokurov, might you get an answer? |
Янги йилни қаерда кутиб олсанг, йилинг ҳам шундай ўтади, - деган ўрислардан юққан бир ирим бор эди, қамоқда ўтказар экансиз-да бу йилни, Абдулла! Ўтган сафар олти ой деганда қўйиб юборишган эди, бу сафар ана Фитратнинг ҳам, Чўлпониннг ҳам қамоққа тушганига ярим йилдан ошиб кетди. Чиқишидан дом-дарак бўлгани йўқ. Улар ҳам шу атрофдамикан? Бир-икки девор наримикан? Анави барзанги Винокуровга ўхшаб ҳайқирса, жавоб беришармикан?! |
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. |
The sufferings Qantak endured gave her a swollen goitre the following winter, and she developed a cough which she could not shake. G’ozi-xo’ja managed to get some deergrass to make an extract, which he gave her to drink. But nothing was of any use: by spring Qantak had departed this treacherous world, leaving behind five motherless children. There was a great deal of mourning and lamenting. The eldest daughter became her father’s sole support, a substitute mother to her siblings. Oyxon had been embroidering ten skull-caps a week; now she had to embroider twenty. Her doe-like eyes became as sharp as a blade and she herself as quick and nimble as a panther. She bathed, fed, nursed and taught the children, attending, also, to her prematurely aged father: her voice became as sweet as honey served in porcelain. |
Ютган аламлариданми, иккинчи қишга бориб, Қантак-пошшанинг аввалига буқоғи шишиб кетди. Кейин битмас йўтал ёпишди. Сайид Ғози-хожа аллақаердан кийик ўти тилаб келди, уни қайнатиб ичиришди, ёрдам бергани йўқ, кўкламга етар-етмас беш болани тирик етим қолдириб, Қантак-пошша бу вафосиз дунёдан кечди. Зор-зор йиғлаб қолишди булар. Энди Ойхон-пошша отасига ягона суянчиқ, ука-сингилларига она ўрнида қолди. Илгари ҳафтасига ўн дўппи тиккан бўлса, энди йигирматадан тикди, ўшанданми шаҳло кўзлари икки ўткир ханжардек чархланди, укаларини ювди, таради, ўқишию ошига қаради, ҳаракатлари сиртлоннинг урғочисидек енгилу эпчил бўлди, бирданига мункайиб қолган отасининг синиқ кўнглини асраб-авайлаб чегалади - овозлари чиннидаги қиёмдек ширалади... |
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: |